Ahh, ok. i think thats where i was getting confused. I was still thinking of glide as an application layer API, and trying to use programs made for glide.
I got it working, finally! Thanks a lot for the help :) -Brenden On Fri, 2002-02-08 at 12:47, Derrik Pates wrote: > On 8 Feb 2002, Brenden Conte wrote: > > > So i have a banshee (Creative labs, 16M, AGP), on a 2.4.17 debian > > system. and i'm trying to get as much out of it as i can, being an old > > card. I've been trying to get direct rendering to work, using (if > > anyone is familiar with them) mesag3-glide2 and the device3dfx module. > > glxinfo works and says Direct rendering is on, but i need to set > > MESA_GLX_FX. once i do that and run it again, it locks the system hard > > (no matter if i specify window or fullscreen) > > You're using the wrong GL library then. Are you using XFree86 4.1.0? If > so, you should have 'xlibmesa3' installed on your system. You'll probably > also have to install the 'libglide3' package, and build and load the > 'tdfx' DRM module (it's in the kernel). > > > i've been fishing around the web for answers, which made me even more > > confused as ever... :-\ Do i need to use the kernel module for the > > banshee as well? should i not build it (its built as a module now)? am i > > doing it all wrong, using outdated methods? Do i need a certain glide > > version for this card? > > The 'libglide3' package will link the right Glide lib for your needs > automatically. But yes, the method you're using is severely outdated, if > you're using XFree 4.1.0 (which if you have glxinfo, I suspect is the > case). > > > I would love to get glide working on this card, and any help (including > > directions to other people who would know more) would be very much > > appreciated... > > You won't be using Glide itself, but OpenGL (which links the glide > library through the tdfx_drm.so module). Once you've installed libglide3, > put the whole concept of Glide as an application-level interface out of > your head, it's 100% totally irrelevant. > > Derrik Pates | Sysadmin, Douglas School | #linuxOS on EFnet > [EMAIL PROTECTED] | District (dsdk12.net) | #linuxOS on OPN > _______________________________________________ Xpert mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xpert
