[gentoo-dev] 3D-3dfx-gaming

[gentoo-dev] 3D-3dfx-gaming

[Djamil ESSAISSI]

Guys any clue on how to get voodoo3 working like it should be ?! tuxracer is at 1fps !

I know i should be working ...

Djamil

Re: [gentoo-dev] 3D-3dfx-gaming

[Daniel Robbins]

On Wed, Jul 18, 2001 at 01:55:33PM +0000, Djamil ESSAISSI wrote:
> Guys any clue on how to get voodoo3 working like it should be ?! tuxracer is at 1fps !
> 
> I know i should be working ...

Well, quite a few of us use accelerated 3D with nvidia cards, but I
don't know of anyone actively using accelerated 3dfx video.  You should
be able to find some kind of FAQ somewhere.  The quick answer is that
you will need to enable "DRI" (Direct Rendering Infrastructure) in the
kernel and use tha appropriate Xfree86 driver.  I'd check on 3dfx's site
for some kind of Linux driver FAQ.

Best Regards,

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Re: [gentoo-dev] 3D-3dfx-gaming

[enrico zschemisch]

hi,

>Guys any clue on how to get voodoo3 working like it should be ?! tuxracer
is at 1fps !
ok, i have no Voodoo3, but I have Banshee ;-(
You need to install the mesalibs and DRI dri.sourceforge.net, i think the
mesalibs can be found at freshmeat, but I´m not sure. I had a small text
about 3dfx cards in a linux box, but I don´t know where it is. If you can´t
get it running, contact me, I´ll search again.


PS: Linux Box: ~39FPS quake3
      Win Box: ~41FPS quake3 :)

Re: [gentoo-dev] 3D-3dfx-gaming

[Djamil ESSAISSI]

Thnx for replying! u 2  drobbins@gentoo.org
I'll check it out as soon as i can ..

I'm not bitching but just saying so ppl see it later if they have the same question:
 The FAQ/HOWTOS [at least the one i found ] are so freaking old ...
 3dfx.com is down i meant does not exist anymore -- correct me if wrong.
 i'm having a hard time to find Glide as it is i think only on CVS @ freshmeat or sourceforge ..

I insist on getting this thing working more for a "sensible" cause than just playing 'cause i got a win98 box to do that just "almost fine" ...

It's because i wanna get a linux platform to perform as it should be on the gaming side 'cause the resources are here : the Kernel the best. the drivers : almost there !

This will help get more and more ppl to use Linux --- FYI in Russia the new president ordered "in a military" meaning to use only linux and especially not M$ !

I really really wish i had the time to participate --- writing drivers -- tuning distributions ... but now dont really have the time .

As a purist [i mean freak] i admire gentoo way too much since i'm using it already in production!

thnx

asta

On Wed, 18 Jul 2001 20:03:55 +0200
"enrico zschemisch" <dirtbag@gmx.li> wrote:

:-)hi,
:-)
:-)>Guys any clue on how to get voodoo3 working like it should be ?!
:-)tuxracer
:-)is at 1fps !
:-)ok, i have no Voodoo3, but I have Banshee ;-(
:-)You need to install the mesalibs and DRI dri.sourceforge.net, i think
:-)the
:-)mesalibs can be found at freshmeat, but I´m not sure. I had a small
:-)text
:-)about 3dfx cards in a linux box, but I don´t know where it is. If you
:-)can´t
:-)get it running, contact me, I´ll search again.
:-)
:-)
:-)PS: Linux Box: ~39FPS quake3
:-)      Win Box: ~41FPS quake3 :)
:-)
:-)
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:-)gentoo-dev mailing list
:-)gentoo-dev@cvs.gentoo.org
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