Re: [Dri-users] confused

[Stefan L. <hoi...@gm...>]

Sam Halliday wrote:
> hi there,
> 
> I have nvidia tnt and voodoo3000 cards. I have been
> using the nvidia one with 3d accelerated graphics with
> no problem... well except that i dont like running
> closed source code (i run gnu/linux from scratch). So
> i decided to get the latest xfree86, the cvs of dri
> and the cvs of glide3. I have managed to get dri for
> the tdfx to work, but the glide drivers are a mission
> and fail every time (segfaults everywhere), and anyway
> i cant get X to compile the glide support into
> libGL... i needed to download mesa and do it myself.
> 

now you are confusing me ;-)
what do you mean by "i got dri for tdfx to work"? what's the problem, if 
it does work?
also, you don't have to download or compile mesa separately, all the 
needed mesa-code to get accelerated 3d is included in the 
xserver-sources. also, i strongly advise against compiling glide3 
yourself, as several people have reported that it's a real pain in the 
ass. you can get precompiled glide3-libs that fit dri at dri.sf.net


> Now the thing that confuses me is this... i got dri
> working from the XFree86-4.2.1 sources... NOT the cvs
> of dri... is this mostly all synced into the main X
> tree now or what?
> 

every now and then the dri-sources get merged into the xf86 codebase, 
but dri-cvs will always be more up-to-date for this reason (although 
that probably doesn't matter much as there is not really a lot of 
ongoing tdfx-development anymore...)


> well, the thing is, i cant get the voodoo to work, and

the voodoo3 should work just fine for 2d and 3d. i had such a card 
myself until recently, and it always worked fine

make sure you run your server at 16 bpp (3d is only supported in 
16bit-mode for voodoo3 because of a hardware-limitation)

if you want to continue trying to get it to work, we need more info ( 
your /etc/X11/XF86Config-4, /var/log/XFree86.0.log, and exactly what 
drivers and kernel module you're using)



> i dont like the nvidia card. I want to get a card
> which has 2d AND 3d acceleration under XFree86
> supported by opened source drivers... which one is the
> BEST supported card?

There is pretty good support for the "old" radeon-cards (including 
7x00), and r200 (radeon 8500) support is also being done at the moment 
(not stable yet, at least for me)

i think matrox g400 cards are also quite well supported, and voodoo3 of 
course ;-)

if 3d-performance is not your main concern, i'd first try to get that 
voodoo to work, if you want more power i'd get a radeon card (8500 cards 
have become quite cheap lately, and are quite fast, but as i said, you 
might have to wait a while until the drivers get more mature)

> 
> thanks in advance!

hope this helps a bit

Stefan
> Sam
> PS: please CC responses to me, i have a small inbox
> and slow connection, so subscribing isn't an option :(