hi. u've got acceleration? 2D or 3D? i didn't know
trio3D had 3D acceleration in Linux. AFAIK, it only
supports Direct3D, NOT OpenGL. plz. clarify... I am
planning on doing a OpenGL to D3D call translater for
Linux, maybe sometime when i manage some time at
all... ;-)
Nikhil.
--- Syed Khader Vali <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi Folks,
> Back after a big e-holiday :-) Finally I have been
> able to get X running
> muh machine i.e. an IBM PC300Gl with Acceleration.
> Wooohoooooooooo!
> It's party time. Now I feel the rush of Adrenalin to
> do anything on
> muh machine. So anybody feeling adventorous in
> compiling Xfree86 4.0.
> I am putting the details for getting Xfree86 up on
> an machine (
> specifically IBM PC300GL with S3 Trio3D card )
> Remember before asking any questions that these are
> on a Debian
> Machine :-)
>
> Here they go
>
> 1. Download the X400src-1/2/3.tgz from
> ftp://ftp.xfree86.org
> 2. Get the patch xf4patch.txt from
> http://www.debian.org/~branden/xf4patch.txt
> 3. Unpack it (tar xzf X400src-?.tgz)
> 4. Patch it (patch -p0 <xf4patch.txt)
> 5. cd to xc
> 6. Change ProjectRoot in config/cf/site.def to
> /usr/local/X11R6 (I wanted
> to keep my old X, just in case)
> 7. make World (This took around 65mins on a
> PII-400, 45 on a K6-III 450
> and 65mins on a PIII 550)
> 8. backup /etc/X11/XF86Config and
> /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc
> 9. make install
> 10. restore /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc
> 11. change the first line in /etc/X11/Xserver to
> /usr/local/X11R6/bin/X
> 12. run /usr/local/X11R6/bin/xf86config
> that was it for my ThinkPad, but the other to
> systems wanted more
> 13. run /usr/local/X11R6/bin/X -configure
> 14. test this config
> 15. merge ~/XF86Config.new and /etc/X11/XF86Config
> into something usefull
>
> Have fun.
>
> BTW I had a look at the statistics and found out
> that I had the lowest
> noise :-) Now don't I feel good ? :-)
>
> Thanks
> Regards
> - Khader " The accelerated Enlightenment
> junkie " Vali
>
> P.S: In case any one wants my Xf86Config file, mail
> me personally.
> --
> Syed Khader Vali (Siddiq)
> - Linux Guy, LCC
> IBM Global Services , India
> Work -- [EMAIL PROTECTED],
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Play -- [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Debian GNU/Linux ( Woody )
> http://www.sidcarter.com
>
>
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