civileme wrote:
>
> On Tuesday 14 November 2000 21:54, you wrote:
> > So, 7.2 betas 1 through 3 autodetected my Voodoo5 and configured it for
> > 3d acceleration without any intervention on my part. I just installed
> > 7.2 full and while it did detect my V5 I cannot get hard ware
> > acceleration to work. The Xlog file says this:
> >
> >
> > (II) Module mouse: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
> > compiled for 4.0.1, module version = 1.0.0
> > Module class: XFree86 XInput Driver
> > ABI class: XFree86 XInput driver, version 0.1
> > (II) TDFX: Driver for 3dfx Banshee/Voodoo3 chipsets: 3dfx Banshee,
> > 3dfx Voodoo3, 3dfx Voodoo5
> > (--) Assigning device section with no busID to primary device
> > (WW) TDFX: No matching Device section for instance (BusID PCI:1:0:1)
> > found
> > (--) Chipset 3dfx Voodoo5 found
> > (II) resource ranges after xf86ClaimFixedResources() call:
> >
> > and this about it:
> >
> > (II) TDFX(0): Textures Memory 22.24 MB
> > [drm] failed to load kernel module "tdfx"
> > (EE) TDFX(0): DRIScreenInit failed, disabling DRI.
> > (II) TDFX(0): Using XFree86 Acceleration Architecture (XAA)
> > .....
> > (==) TDFX(0): Write-combining range (0xd8000000,0x4000000)
> > (II) TDFX(0): Textures Memory 22.24 MB
> > [drm] failed to load kernel module "tdfx"
> > (EE) TDFX(0): DRIScreenInit failed, disabling DRI.
> > (**) TDFX(0): DPMS enabled
> > (II) TDFX(0): direct rendering disabled
> >
> > whats up? It look sto my highly untrained eyes that the X startup
> > process can only find half of the video card but I don't know what the
> > hell I'm talking about.
> >
> > I tried recompiling the tdfx module from the linux.3dfx.com web site and
> > when I installed it I got messages that it conflicts with a kernel
> > module.
> >
> > Other then this 7.2 is great. It feels more fluid, faster, more
> > stable. Keep up the great work mandrake folks!
> >
> > Abe
>
> OK
> Please send me
>
> cat /etc/X11/XF86Config-4
>
> Civileme
> --
> QA/Software Testing [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Thank you! Here it is:
# File generated by XFdrake.
# **********************************************************************
# Refer to the XF86Config(4/5) man page for details about the format of
# this file.
# **********************************************************************
Section "Files"
RgbPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb"
# Multiple FontPath entries are allowed (they are concatenated together)
# By default, Mandrake 6.0 and later now use a font server independent
of
# the X server to render fonts.
FontPath "unix/:-1"
EndSection
# **********************************************************************
# Server flags section.
# **********************************************************************
Section "ServerFlags"
# Uncomment this to cause a core dump at the spot where a signal is
# received. This may leave the console in an unusable state, but
may
# provide a better stack trace in the core dump to aid in debugging
#NoTrapSignals
# Uncomment this to disable the <Crtl><Alt><BS> server abort
sequence
# This allows clients to receive this key event.
#DontZap
# Uncomment this to disable the <Crtl><Alt><KP_+>/<KP_-> mode
switching
# sequences. This allows clients to receive these key events.
#DontZoom
# This allows the server to start up even if the
# mouse device can't be opened/initialised.
AllowMouseOpenFail
EndSection
# **********************************************************************
# Input devices
# **********************************************************************
# **********************************************************************
# Keyboard section
# **********************************************************************
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Keyboard1"
Driver "Keyboard"
Option "AutoRepeat" "250 30"
Option "XkbRules" "xfree86"
Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
Option "XkbLayout" "us"
EndSection
# **********************************************************************
# Pointer section
# **********************************************************************
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Mouse1"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "IMPS/2"
Option "Device" "/dev/usbmouse"
Option "ZaxisMapping" "4 5"
# Option "Emulate3Buttons"
# Option "Emulate3Timeout" "50"
# ChordMiddle is an option for some 3-button Logitech mice
# Option "ChordMiddle"
EndSection
Section "Module"
# This loads the DBE extension module.
Load "dbe"
Load "glx"
Load "dri"
# This loads the miscellaneous extensions module, and disables
# initialisation of the XFree86-DGA extension within that module.
SubSection "extmod"
#Option "omit xfree86-dga"
EndSubSection
# This loads the Type1 and FreeType font modules
Load "type1"
Load "freetype"
EndSection
Section "DRI"
Mode 0666
EndSection
# **********************************************************************
# Monitor section
# **********************************************************************
# Any number of monitor sections may be present
Section "Monitor"
Identifier ""
VendorName ""
ModelName ""
# HorizSync is in kHz unless units are specified.
# HorizSync may be a comma separated list of discrete values, or a
# comma separated list of ranges of values.
# NOTE: THE VALUES HERE ARE EXAMPLES ONLY. REFER TO YOUR MONITOR'S
# USER MANUAL FOR THE CORRECT NUMBERS.
HorizSync 30-70
# VertRefresh is in Hz unless units are specified.
# VertRefresh may be a comma separated list of discrete values, or a
# comma separated list of ranges of values.
# NOTE: THE VALUES HERE ARE EXAMPLES ONLY. REFER TO YOUR MONITOR'S
# USER MANUAL FOR THE CORRECT NUMBERS.
VertRefresh 50-120
EndSection
# **********************************************************************
# Graphics device section
# **********************************************************************
Section "Device"
Identifier "Generic VGA"
Driver "vga"
EndSection
Section "Device"
Identifier "Voodoo5 (generic)"
VendorName "Unknown"
BoardName "Unknown"
Driver "tdfx"
# VideoRam 16384
# Clock lines
# Uncomment following option if you see a big white block
# instead of the cursor!
# Option "sw_cursor"
Option "DPMS"
EndSection
# **********************************************************************
# Screen sections
# **********************************************************************
Section "Screen"
Identifier "screen1"
Device "Voodoo5 (generic)"
Monitor ""
DefaultColorDepth 24
Subsection "Display"
Depth 8
Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x400"
ViewPort 0 0
EndSubsection
Subsection "Display"
Depth 16
Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
ViewPort 0 0
EndSubsection
Subsection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
ViewPort 0 0
EndSubsection
Subsection "Display"
Depth 32
Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
ViewPort 0 0
EndSubsection
EndSection
Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "layout1"
Screen "screen1"
InputDevice "Mouse1" "CorePointer"
InputDevice "Keyboard1" "CoreKeyboard"
EndSection
Its the same as it was before I'm pretty sure. Thanks again Civileme.
Abe
