Ok i mounted my win98 drive to get the filesa all went well till i got to
the src file.. it said something about the files enclosed need to start with
/
So i figured you said it was not mandatory i tried the next file.. the setup
file... it said it is dependant upon svga16 so now i am hunting for that
file :)
----- Original Message -----
From: scott worley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Saturday, August 14, 1999 1:23 PM
Subject: [newbie] RE:
> I've used the same card recently. 3dfx has a link on their site under
drivers
> to the site http://glide.xxedgexx.com which has the RPM's you will need to
> download. I downloaded the following:
>
> Glide_V3-2.60-6.i386.rpm
> Device3Dfx-2.2-3.src.rpm This is optional but recommended
> XFree86_3DFX-SVGA-3.3.3-5.i386.rpm
> XFree86_3DFX-XF86Setup-3.3.3-5.i386.rpm
>
>
> I did:
> rpm -Uvh Glide_V3-2.60-6.i386.rpm
>
> for the next command you need the C compiler/libs to be installed
> rpm --rebuild Device3Dfx-2.2.-3.src.rpm
> rpm -Uvh /usr/src/RPM/RPMS/i386/Device3Dfx-2.2-3.i386.rpm
>
> rpm -Uvh XFree86-SVGA-3.3.3-5.i386.rpm
> rpm -Uvh XFree86-XF86Setup-3.3.3-5.i386.rpm
>
> You can't use Xconfigurator to setup X anymore. Use XF86Setup. On the card
page
> it will have the Voodoo cards listed.
>
> The one problem I had was I entered the Vert. & Horiz. specs for my
> monitor(Viewsonic 15GS) and when I ran X the display was not stable. I had
to
> run XFSetup again and choose 1024x768 at 70Hz for the monitor then I had
no
> problems running at 1024x768 with 16bit color.
>
> scottw
>
>
>
> On 14-Aug-99 RReed wrote:
> > I am very new to linux and just installed mandrake 6.0.
> > I am having 1 problem and have read and tried everything i could to fix
it.
> > I have a p2 400 system with 128 M ram a voodoo3 2000 video card and an
ast
> > sabre monitor.
> > The vid card and monitor can support up to 1280x1024 32 bit.
> > For some reason or another the xwindows (startx) will only start in 8bpp
> > 320x200
> > I have tried nearly all settings in xf86config and xconfigurator.
> > If someone has any way to help me please feel free.. I greatly need the
> > help.
> > I have tried to get the archived mail from this list but there is
nothing
> > there.. it reads 0 in the index :(
> >
> > Thank you very much for any help you can give a very fresh newbie to
linux.
> >
> > Ron Reed
>
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> Date: 14-Aug-99
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