On 8 Feb 2002, Brenden Conte wrote: >Date: 08 Feb 2002 06:09:51 -0500 >From: Brenden Conte <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: Xpert-List <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Content-Type: text/plain >List-Id: General X Discussion <xpert.XFree86.Org> >Subject: very confused about Direct rendering > >I'm not sure where to ask this, this seemed to be the most logical >place... > >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) > >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doing it all wrong, using outdated methods?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? > >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 need Glide3, not Glide2. Some games and whatnot link themselves directly to Glide2, and so you need Glide2 installed in order for those games to run (original Quake/Quake II for example), however Glide2 doesn't have anything to do with DRI. To have DRI working on a Banshee, you need XFree86 4.1.0, Mesa 3.4.2 (preferably the one that comes _with_ XFree86), and Glide3. You must use 16 bit depth, and use a resolution of 1024x768 or less. Using higher resolution will cause lockups. When configured correctly, running glxinfo will show "DRI" in the OpenGL renderer string. Hope this helps. -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Mike A. Harris Shipping/mailing address: OS Systems Engineer 190 Pittsburgh Ave., Sault Ste. Marie, XFree86 maintainer Ontario, Canada, P6C 5B3 Red Hat Inc. Phone: (705)949-2136 http://www.redhat.com ftp://people.redhat.com/mharris Red Hat XFree86 mailing list: [EMAIL PROTECTED] General open IRC discussion: #xfree86 on irc.openprojects.net ---------------------------------------------------------------------- _______________________________________________ Xpert mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xpert
