On Tue, 27 Dec 2005 23:09:01 +0100 Arnt Karlsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Tue, 27 Dec 2005 23:42:26 +0200, Micha wrote in message > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > On Tue, 27 Dec 2005 15:27:04 -0500 > > jlquinn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Mark Grieveson wrote: > > > > Hello. Is it possible for me to enable 3d acceleration with the > > > > hardware I have? Right now, there is absolutely no 3d > > > > acceleration. I feel that if it was present, even though my > > > > hardware is old, I at least would be able to play > > > > PlanetPenguin-Racer (aka TuxRacer). > > > > > > > > I have a Pentium III, 450 MHz system, running Debian Sarge with a > > > > 2.6.8-2-386 kernel image, 384 MB ram. My VGA compatible controller > > > > is ATI Technologies Inc 3D Rage Pro AGP 1X/2X (rev 5c), which I > > > > believe is also known as Mach64, with 8 MB. So, is the name "3D > > > > Rage Pro" just a lie, to en*rage* me? > > ..gotcha! ;o) > > > Either install the debian packages for xfree from dri.sf.net (check > > the download section - three packages which include an xorg server > > which installs over the xfree one and a package for kernel drivers) or > > install the xorg server from unstable and then install the snapshots > > package from the same download place. You will need the common and > > mach64 packages. > > > > I used the first option originally which worked fine. I use the second > > one currently for other reasons, with full scree 3d games I get some > > issues though (acceleration is present but some triangles aren't being > > drawn for some reason, didn't get around to find out the reason yet. > > ..lspci, Micha? Last time I chkd, them dri guys spoke of missing > triangle hardware or somesuch, so I bought a radeon. > They didn't find a way around that hardware issue??? > First of all I can't upgrade since its a laptop. Second, it's definitly a software problem since 3d acceleration worked fine a few months back. There was talk about changing the memory access method due to security reasons but it was probably held back at the time due to lack of interest. I didn't have time yet to check on the dri mailing list to see if anyone knew anything about it. BTW, the card is a ATI rage mobility M1 with 8MB of onboard ram (week, but does the job for me and it did mange to run return to castle wolfenstein and quake (2k I think it was) at the time. > > > You're not going to find what you're looking for by default. Check > > > out the following page on the status of Mach64 support. > > > > > > http://dri.freedesktop.org/wiki/ATIMach64?action=highlight&value=CategoryHardware > > > > > > If you're savvy enough, you could build it and get 3d support. > > > Otherwise, you should pick up a newer video card that is already > > > supported. Finding a supported 3d card shouldn't be very expensive. > > > There's plenty of older HW that will work out of the box such as > > > older radeons. > > ..just found one of my junk boxes has it stuck onto the mobo, in that > case, he's looking at a new one with 939 pin holes and a coupla pci-e > slots for his new video card(s), if he wants decent video, and, getting > savvy enough to _deserve_ decent video. ;o) > > -- > ..med vennlig hilsen = with Kind Regards from Arnt... ;o) > ...with a number of polar bear hunters in his ancestry... > Scenarios always come in sets of three: > best case, worst case, and just in case. > > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > This Mail Was Scanned By Mail-seCure System > at the Tel-Aviv University CC. > +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ This Mail Was Scanned By Mail-seCure System at the Tel-Aviv University CC. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
