So today I decided it was about time I got 3D working on my box again (I have a Voodoo 3 2000, and am running Debian testing).
I started with the innocent looking: apt-get install xserver-xfree86 That bumped me up to XFree86 Version 4.1.0.1. Yay! However, accelerated 3D still didn't work. A bit of head-pounding and IRCing later, I finally found the answer on Google Groups: apt-get install xlibmesa3 Now, the "glxgears" demo runs at ~80fps, even in fullscreen! Yay! But now, I'm having a few issues. The first, and most apparent, is that my fonts are... umm... different. For example, in Konsole (the x-term in KDE), the default font is some sans-serif proportional font which is coming out anti-aliased, and in non-proportional space (which, of course, looks very odd). I'm guessing I need to apt-get install some other fonts. I'll probably get that figured out if I spend more time (and time while I'm /awake/ :) ) I installed Terminus and TuxRacer today (two of the many commercial Linux games I've ended up buying or being given, which require accel'd 3D). Terminus, unfortunately, won't run due to a libstdc++ conflict. (A simple symblink won't fix it, so I've had to resort to e-mailing Vicarious Vision's support address.) TuxRacer, at first, didn't run, because I didn't have a 'matching GLX visual.' Checking their website, I discovered that for some reason the default '.rc' file for TuxRacer asks for 32bpp, but my screen's at 16bpp. I just changed the .rc file to use whatever my current color depth was. Now, however, rather than complaining and aborting, running the 'tuxracer' executable actually kills my X server! Also, now, my virtual consoles (the text consoles accessible via Ctrl-Alt-F1 thru Ctrl-Alt-F6) can't be seen. (Instead, I just see a frozen 640x480 zoom-in of the upper righthand corner of what was on the X screen (C-A-F7) when I switched. I can still log in and so forth, but I'm blind. I may as well have the monitor turned off :^( -- Note... once upon a time, under Red Hat, I had the same issue.) Finally... and this is a dumb question (but I was having a hell of a time finding anything using dselect), when I try to compile one of my OWN 3D games from source, I get complaints about glx.h, gl.h, glu.h, and glut.h missing. What do I need to apt-get to get those fellows on my box? Does any of this sound familiar? And if so, does anyone have any suggestions? In the meantime, I guess I'll leave my invisible consoles, my akward X11 fonts, and my broken 3D games, and head to bed. :) G'nite, and thanks! -bill! _______________________________________________ vox-tech mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech
