Re: 3dfx and X

["Lee Helpingstine" <sig11@ideacomputers.com>]

Date sent:      	Tue, 2 Mar 1999 19:44:59 -0600 (CST)
From:           	KoReE <koree@squishy.ameth.org>
To:             	SILUG <silug-discuss@silug.org>
Subject:        	3dfx and X
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Organization:   	Southern Illinois Linux Users Group

> 
> Okay, I'm helping a friend install Redhat on his system.  He's got a
> Voodoo Banshee video card, and X HATES it.  I know it doesn't have a
> driver, but I'd think it'd be able to run in VGA16 or SVGA unaccelerated.
> Any ideas or alternate X servers that anyone knows about.  Thanks!
> 


I think that VGA 16 is your only option.  Did you check XSuSe and 
RedHat's X stuff?  They may have a beta driver.  Also, Xig may 
have somthing.  Also, you could try the generic vesa framebuffer 
console driver and get XFB_dev from Xfree.  Right now I'm using the 
Matrox FBcon and XFBDev is really slow compared to the 
accelerated servers. But it may work. ;)

		Lee


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