Re: [Dri-users] configuration for voodoo3

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

Patrick H=E4hner wrote:
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> Hello everybody,
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> i'm new to use dri drivers for enable 3d acceleration.
> I use a voodoo 3 3000 on Suse Linux 8.
> I've read that i have to use the mesa3d and a special dri or glide driv=
er.
> Can someone let me know how to install and configure the driver for the=
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> voodoo card to use opengl.
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Hello,
your distribution should include all the necessary packages needed to=20
get DRI running. Make sure that you're using "tdfx" as the driver in=20
your /etc/X11/XF86Config-4, and that that these two lines are present in=20
the modules-section of that file:

Load	"glx"
Load	"dri"

Also add this, if not already present:

Section "DRI"
         Mode    0666
EndSection

This allows any user (not only root) to use direct rendering. You can=20
also set the Mode to 0660 and specify a certain group in an extra line,=20
to make direct rendering available to a group of users only.

You will have to install a DRI-enabled Xserver-package. I don't know=20
SUSE's packet-naming scheme, but it shouldn't be too hard to find out.=20
You'all also need the drm (=3D direct rendering manager) kernel module.

Additionally you have to install glide3. (Again, I don't know the exact=20
name of the SUSE-package)

One more thing: Due to hardware limitations, Voodoo3 can only use=20
hardware-acceleration with 16 colour depth, so make sure, you're using=20
16 bit as your default depth.

Hope this helps a bit,
Stefan

p.s.: please do not send html-mail


> Thanks in advance
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