[Techtalk] {Techtalk] 3d acceleration in X
Mick Timony
madra at gis.net
Fri Oct 4 18:22:38 EST 2002
Voodoo's are a line of cards produced by 3Dfx and are now dis-continued
and I believe no longer supported by the manufacturer. 3Dfx were bought
by NVidia* a few years ago, but the driver's are different, and the
NVidia driver's are only for:
GeForce, TNT, Quadro, Riva, and Dentonator's.
For the 3Dfx look at the 3Dfx HOWTO:
http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/3Dfx-HOWTO.html
Or look to see if your distro has info about how to use a 3Dfx card.
Is this a 2-head system?
*(3Dfx sued NVida for patent infrigment and NVida bought 3Dfx, which was
probably cheaper than paying the lawyers to go to court!).
Luck
Mick
> Message: 8
> Date: Thu, 3 Oct 2002 21:33:54 +0100
> From: Conor Daly <conor.daly at oceanfree.net>
> To: techtalk at linuxchix.org
> Subject: Re: [Techtalk] 3d acceleration in X
>
> On Thu, Oct 03, 2002 at 09:12:35AM -0700 or so it is rumoured hereabouts,
> Carla Schroder thought:
> > Look, all I want to do is play Tux racer, OK? Is that too much to ask? Can
> > anyone point me to a doc that tells how to enable 3d acceleration in Xfree?
> > I've been all over xfree.org, and I think DRI is what I want, but hey, who
> > knows? I just want to play Tux Racer. I'm running Red Hat 7.2 and 8.0. Voodoo
> > 3 card and Nvidia TNT2.
>
> Running RH72 and TNT2 here... It goes something like this:
>
> Download two RPMs from the nvidia site:
> NVIDIA_GLX.....rpm
> NVIDIA_kernel....rpm # You _must_ use the correct rpm for your kernel
> # nvidia supply drivers compiled against most
> # distros stock kernels. If you have a custom
> # kernel, you'll need to get the
> NVIDIA_kernel....src.rpm
>
> download the README.txt and view.html (view.html is the actual page that
> you do the downloading from).
>
> Judging by your tone, you'll want the "Instructions for the impatient" to
> be found in the README.txt :-) It boils down to
>
> rpm -ivh NVIDIA_kernel NVIDIA_GLX
>
> followed by a quick edit of /etc/X11/XF86config-4
>
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> If you already have an XF86Config file working with a different driver
> (such as the 'nv' or 'vesa' driver), then all you need to do is find
> the relevant Device section and replace the line:
>
> Driver "nv"
> (or Driver "vesa")
>
> with
>
> Driver "nvidia"
>
> In the Module section, make sure you have:
>
> Load "glx"
>
> You should also remove the following lines:
>
> Load "dri"
> Load "GLcore"
>
> if they exist. There are also numerous options that can be added to
> the XF86Config file to fine-tune the NVIDIA XFree86 driver. Please see
> Appendix D for a complete list of these options.
> -----------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> I had to play a few of the games listed in the README to get running,
> particularly the "permissions are too restrictive" error, but I'm now
> happily enjoying "Who said penguins can't fly?"
>
> I've no idea if the Voodoo card is an nvidia chip but if so, same
> applies...
>
> Conor
> --
> Conor Daly <conor.daly at oceanfree.net>
>
> Domestic Sysadmin :-)
> ---------------------
> Faenor.cod.ie
> 9:21pm up 34 days, 1:49, 0 users, load average: 0.00, 0.00, 0.00
> Hobbiton.cod.ie
> 9:15pm up 34 days, 1:24, 2 users, load average: 0.12, 0.07, 0.01
>
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>
> Message: 9
> From: Carla Schroder <carla at bratgrrl.com>
> Reply-To: carla at bratgrrl.com
> To: <techtalk at linuxchix.org>
> Subject: Re: [Techtalk] NAT server
> Date: Thu, 3 Oct 2002 21:39:11 -0700
>
> On Thursday 03 October 2002 06:41 pm, Shirrell wrote:
> > We would like to install a NAT server as a firewall and
> > would appreciate any recommendations -- manufacturer,
> > models, etc.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Shirrell at pstat.com
>
>
> I like Snapgear a lot. Look for a local reseller, they can usually give you a
> better price, and support. http://www.snapgear.com/
>
> --
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> Carla Schroder, Bratgrrl Computing
> Plain English Spoken Here
> www.bratgrrl.com
> this message brought to you by Kmail,
> on Red Hat Linux 7.2
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> Message: 10
> Date: Thu, 3 Oct 2002 14:18:50 -0400
> From: Andrew <showork at adelphia.net>
> To: TechTalk <techtalk at linuxchix.org>
> Organization: ShoWorK
> Subject: [Techtalk] X11 config-4
>
> Hi Everyone,
>
> I was reading the 3d messages and thought this might be a good time to
> persue my two monitor questions.I tried a few weeks ago to adjust my
> monitors and got confused by the large amount of info in the "config-4
> file. My trouble was in figuring out "exactly" which line(s) to change.
> A few attempts failed so I settled for the auto settings from
> xcinerama.Which set both monitors at 600x80.
> I have a 19 in CTX monitor which is listed in the configuation dialog
> boxes and a old NEC 14 which works well on a generic settings and is not
> listed. In Mndrk 8.2 I do not believe the GUI allows setting monitors
> individually. Both are now set to 600x800, So now it's time to use the
> terminal...
> Is it helpful to type in the exact name of the monitor if it has a
> listing in the GUI?
>
> One card is, nvidia Vanta connected to 14" NEC (an old,old svga) 600x800
> 2nd Card is, nvidia TNT2 connected to the 19" CTX (a few years
> old)768x1024 is what I want to set it to.
>
> Can I change both (Drivers) to the newly downloaded and installed ("rpm
> -Uhv" right?) Nvida driver? As in Conor's suggestion?
> re; Driver "nvida"
> While I at it can I do/ type in "load glx"?
>
> I had no problem changing the leftof or rightof setting it was easy to
> find at the bottom of the page, but got a but confused when looking
> higher up/above(lots of stuff), so a more explict direction to where,
> which line to make the changes, is mostly what I need.
>
> Thanks in Advance,
> Andrew
>
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>
> Message: 11
> Date: Fri, 4 Oct 2002 00:17:01 -0700
> From: Raquel Rice <raquel at thericehouse.net>
> To: TechTalk <techtalk at linuxchix.org>
> Subject: Re: [Techtalk] Caching-only Name Server
> Organization: TheRiceHouse
>
> On Thu, 3 Oct 2002 18:31:45 -0700
> Raquel Rice <raquel at thericehouse.net> wrote:
>
> > I've been using my provider's name servers but am wanting to set
> > up a caching-only name server to speed up email. I run apache,
> > sendmail and a mailing list server (Mailman). The caching-name
> > server should speed up mail coming from my server. My question
> > is, will the other computers (Windoze machines) be able to use the
> > caching server?
> >
> > --
> > Raquel
>
> I did the server setup and I'm able to send/receive mail, browse,
> etc. When I run "/etc/rc.d/init.d/named status" it says that the
> server's configuration file is not loading. What may be causing
> this?
>
> --
> Raquel
> ============================================================
> If you think you're too small to make a difference, you've obviously
> never been in bed with a mosquito.
> --Michelle Walker
>
>
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>
> Message: 12
> Subject: Re: [Techtalk] X11 config-4
> From: claudia <monsviridinus at tin.it>
> To: techtalk <techtalk at linuxchix.org>
> Date: 04 Oct 2002 13:14:02 +0200
>
>
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> Il gio, 2002-10-03 alle 20:18, Andrew ha scritto:
> > Hi Everyone,
> >
> > I was reading the 3d messages and thought this might be a good time to
> > persue my two monitor questions.I tried a few weeks ago to adjust my
> > monitors and got confused by the large amount of info in the "config-4
> > file. My trouble was in figuring out "exactly" which line(s) to change.
> > A few attempts failed so I settled for the auto settings from
> > xcinerama.Which set both monitors at 600x80.
> > I have a 19 in CTX monitor which is listed in the configuation dialog
> > boxes and a old NEC 14 which works well on a generic settings and is not
> > listed. In Mndrk 8.2 I do not believe the GUI allows setting monitors
> > individually. Both are now set to 600x800, So now it's time to use the
> > terminal...
> > Is it helpful to type in the exact name of the monitor if it has a
> > listing in the GUI?
> >
> > One card is, nvidia Vanta connected to 14" NEC (an old,old svga) 600x800
> > 2nd Card is, nvidia TNT2 connected to the 19" CTX (a few years
> > old)768x1024 is what I want to set it to.
> >
> > Can I change both (Drivers) to the newly downloaded and installed ("rpm
> > -Uhv" right?) Nvida driver? As in Conor's suggestion?
> > re; Driver "nvida"
> > While I at it can I do/ type in "load glx"?
> >
> > I had no problem changing the leftof or rightof setting it was easy to
> > find at the bottom of the page, but got a but confused when looking
> > higher up/above(lots of stuff), so a more explict direction to where,
> > which line to make the changes, is mostly what I need.
> >
> > Thanks in Advance,
> > Andrew
>
> I don't know if this be of any help but yesterday evening I succeded in
> configuring a Matrox G550 Dual Head on my PC so I can now use my new
> monitor and my old one on the same PC.
> I post you my XF86Config-4 file: I hope it will help you...you can take
> it as a canvas and substitute the features of your video cvard and
> monitor...
> See what you cando with this and If you have problems don't hesitate
> writing me!
>
> Claudia
> > _______________________________________________
> > Techtalk mailing list
> > Techtalk at linuxchix.org
> > http://mailman.linuxchix.org/mailman/listinfo/techtalk
>
>
> --=-IJKlTNSnG47fdLD+t5Sp
> Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=XF86Config-4
> Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-15
>
> Section "ServerLayout"
> Identifier "Matrox PowerDesk configured."
> Screen "Display 1" LeftOf "Display 2"
> Screen "Display 2" LeftOf "screen2"
> InputDevice "Mouse1" "CorePointer"
> InputDevice "Keyboard1" "CoreKeyboard"
> Option "Xinerama" "on"
> EndSection
>
> Section "Files"
> RgbPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb"
> FontPath "unix/:-1"
> EndSection
>
> Section "Module"
> Load "dbe"
> Load "v4l"
> Load "glx"
> Load "extmod"
> Load "type1"
> Load "freetype"
> EndSection
>
> Section "ServerFlags"
> Option "allowmouseopenfail"
> Option "Xinerama"
> EndSection
>
> Section "InputDevice"
> Identifier "Keyboard1"
> Driver "Keyboard"
> Option "AutoRepeat" "250 30"
> Option "XkbRules" "xfree86"
> Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
> Option "XkbLayout" "it"
> EndSection
>
> Section "InputDevice"
> Identifier "Mouse1"
> Driver "mouse"
> Option "Protocol" "IMPS/2"
> Option "Device" "/dev/psaux"
> Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
> EndSection
>
> Section "Monitor"
> Identifier "Display 1"
> VendorName "Unknown"
> ModelName "Unknown"
> HorizSync 30,0 - 71,0
> VertRefresh 50,0 - 160,0
> #ModeLine "1024x480" 65,0 1024 1032 1176 1344 480 488 494 563 -hsync -=
> vsync
> #ModeLine "768x576" 50,0 768 832 846 1000 576 590 595 630
> #ModeLine "768x576" 63,0 768 800 960 1024 576 578 590 616
> EndSection
>
> Section "Monitor"
> Identifier "Display 2"
> VendorName "Unknown"
> ModelName "Unknown"
> HorizSync 31,0 - 48,0
> VertRefresh 55,0 - 90,0
> EndSection
>
> Section "Device"
> Identifier "normale"
> =09
> Driver "mga"
> BusID "PCI:1:0:0"
> EndSection
>
> Section "Device"
> Identifier "MATROX CARD 2"
> Driver "mga"
> VendorName "Unknown"
> BoardName "Unknown"
> VideoRam 32768
> Option "AGPMode" "1"
> Option "DPMS" "on"
> BusID "PCI:1:0:0"
> Screen 1
> EndSection
>
> Section "Device"
> Identifier "MATROX CARD 1"
> Driver "mga"
> VendorName "Unknown"
> BoardName "Unknown"
> VideoRam 32768
> Option "AGPMode" "1"
> Option "DPMS" "on"
> BusID "PCI:1:0:0"
> EndSection
>
> Section "Screen"
> Identifier "Display 1"
> Device "MATROX CARD 1"
> Monitor "Display 1"
> DefaultDepth 24
> SubSection "Display"
> Depth 8
> Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
> EndSubSection
> SubSection "Display"
> Depth 15
> Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
> EndSubSection
> SubSection "Display"
> Depth 16
> Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
> EndSubSection
> SubSection "Display"
> Depth 24
> Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
> EndSubSection
> SubSection "Display"
> Depth 32
> Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
> EndSubSection
> EndSection
>
> Section "Screen"
> Identifier "Display 2"
> Device "MATROX CARD 2"
> Monitor "Display 2"
> DefaultDepth 24
> SubSection "Display"
> Depth 8
> Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
> EndSubSection
> SubSection "Display"
> Depth 15
> Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
> EndSubSection
> SubSection "Display"
> Depth 16
> Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
> EndSubSection
> SubSection "Display"
> Depth 24
> Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
> EndSubSection
> SubSection "Display"
> Depth 32
> Modes "800x600" "640x480"
> EndSubSection
> EndSection
>
> Section "DRI"
> Mode 0666
> EndSection
>
>
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>
>
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> Message: 13
> Subject: Re: [Techtalk] X11 config-4
> From: Beth Johnson <linux.chick at verizon.net>
> To: Tech Talk <techtalk at linuxchix.org>
> Date: 04 Oct 2002 07:50:13 -0400
>
> On Thu, 2002-10-03 at 14:18, Andrew wrote:
>
> > One card is, nvidia Vanta connected to 14" NEC (an old,old svga) 600x800
> > 2nd Card is, nvidia TNT2 connected to the 19" CTX (a few years
> > old)768x1024 is what I want to set it to.
> >
> > Can I change both (Drivers) to the newly downloaded and installed ("rpm
> > -Uhv" right?) Nvida driver? As in Conor's suggestion?
> > re; Driver "nvida"
> > While I at it can I do/ type in "load glx"?
>
> I don't know about the twin head stuff, but this above you can't do.
> The nVidia drivers are modules for a kernel and if you have updated your
> kernel the stock rpm won't work. So you'll either have to rebuild the
> rpm against your kernel or compile the modules from source (which is
> easy--just a make install). Then you have to hack your XFree config
> file in a couple of places, uncommenting the glx and commenting out dri
> and GLcore, then changing the nv driver to nvidia. If you just try to
> load the glx with GLcore and dri running the whole thing will choke up.
>
> Backup your config file before you jump in, print out the installation
> instructions (some troubleshooting stuff there is very helpful) and make
> sure you know how to edit your config file in a console text editor.
>
> regards,
> Beth
> --
> /\/\ Beth Johnson
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> ( / ^^\) Springfield, MA USA
> \ M_M/ "Ruling a country is like cooking a small fish--
> you have to handle it with care."--Lao Tzu
>
>
>
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Mick Timony
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