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From: "J. Kyllo" <jjkyllo@u.washington.edu>
To: UW Linux Group <linux@u.washington.edu>
Subject: Re: voodoo4 4500 & XFree86
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Yeah, I've got a GeForce 2 MX and it works beautifully.  They've got a
kernel module that is used to get to the hardware (instead of dri).  Also,
it's got the normal gl libraries so everything (so far) has worked without
trouble; including glx and glut apps.


On Sun, 4 Mar 2001, Andrew Poliakov wrote:

> I had no problem with Voodoo3 3000 AGP (PCI is no good).  3D acceleration
> worked right away (Redhat 7,  XFree86 4.0.1,  I think I had to make a
> couple of changes in configuration file, those are described in DRI docs).
>
> I could not get ATI cards (r128 and r128 pro chips) to work.
>
> Matrox is supposed to be good, Intel sounds like trouble.  DRI does not
> support any other cards.
>
> Nvidia will probably work, they are not using DRI architecture, and their
> libraries ore based on OpenGL (not Mesa).  It was no use for me, since they
> don't provide libglut, and I need it to compile stuff.
>
> Andrew.
>
> Sam Coskey wrote:
>
> > i too have problems with a voodoo card.
> >
> > i have a vodoo3 3000, and i can't seem to get 3d acceleration....  i
> > also have Xfree86 3.3.6.  i installed glide, etc., but when running
> > /usr/local/glide/bin/test3Dfx, i get "video memory unprotecting"
> >
> > if anybody has had similar problems with a 3Dfx card, or has one that
> > works magically, let me know.  i'd like to see your /etc/X11/XF86Config
> > file.
> >
> > SAM
> >
> > Cliff wrote:
> > >
> > > Anyone got this card to work for XFree 3.3.6?  Or do I have to upgrade
> > > slackware to 4.x?
> > >
> > > If you did get it to work for 3.3.6, point me to some documentation ;)
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > > Cliff
>
>

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