begin nbs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > 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 too bad you didn't look in the linux gamers' howto. it would've saved you from head-pounding and ircing! :)
> Now, however, rather than complaining and aborting, running the 'tuxracer' > executable actually kills my X server! definitely contact the author. > 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.) you're probably using a frame buffer. recompile the kernel without it. i would think this problem would be "searchable". > 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? use auto-apt. i think i posted this once before, but it's such a nice trick that it deserves to be posted again. satan# auto-apt search glx.h usr/include/GL/glx.h devel/mesag-dev satan# auto-apt search glu.h usr/include/GL/fglu.h devel/glutg3-dev usr/include/GL/glu.h devel/mesag-dev satan# auto-apt search glut.h usr/include/GL/glut.h devel/glutg3-dev usr/include/GL/fglut.h devel/glutg3-dev pete -- Enron..safe legal abortion..civil liberty..repealing ICBM treaty..deficit.. What's worse? Screwing an intern or screwing an entire country? PGP Fingerprint: B9F1 6CF3 47C4 7CD8 D33E 70A9 A3B9 1945 67EA 951D _______________________________________________ vox-tech mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech
