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Linux And Drivers For Forlorn 3DFx Cards?

Posted by Cliff on from the gone-but-not-forgotten dept.

CyberKnet asks: "I'm new to 3D gaming, but have been using Linux for a substancial amount of time. I recently started downloading all the applications/drivers required to run 3D under Linux, but in the course found out I was supposed to download Glide and Device3Dfx. With 3Dfx now sold and no longer offering their linux device drivers, where can I download all the code I need to get a Voodoo2 PCI working under linux? It doesnt work with 'out-of-the-box' RPMs."

6 of 9 comments (clear)

  1. Re:How to get the RPMs to work. by Chris+Pimlott · · Score: 2

    You shouldn't need to use RPMs... all the stuff you need is in potato:

    glide2-base

    libglide-vg

    libglide-v2

    libglide-v3

    device3dfx-source

    mesag3-glide2

  2. Re:How to get the RPMs to work. by Chris+Pimlott · · Score: 2

    I'm sorry, I should have replied to the parent of your post. I assumed since you were asking him about it you were using Debian too.

  3. Re:View through the looking glass. by CyberKnet · · Score: 2

    I run Mandrake 7.0, and have tried running several rh6.1 packages previously with no luck. I get different outcomes with different versions of different packages. I believe it was the Glide SRPM from the 7.0 cd that wouldnt compile. Recently I have tried the 7.1 SRPM and it compiled, but then *mesa* wouldnt compile with it as well. (previously I have not been running device3dfx, which was probably a mistake)

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  4. Re:How to get the RPMs to work. by CyberKnet · · Score: 2

    Hi, thanks for the (really complete) details!
    A few questions:
    1) Where did you get those RPMS from? There are several sources for them out there, and I'd like to use the same ones if possible.
    2) What kernel version are you running? Have you upgraded your kernel since you installed?
    3) What version of Mesa are you running?

    I've had some problems getting glide and mesa to play nicely, I havent had dev3dfx running though. did you have to make Mesa with i386-linux-glide or some such or not?

    Thanks,

    CK

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  5. Re:How to get the RPMs to work. by CyberKnet · · Score: 2

    I run mandrake linux, not debian. as such, there is no support for .debs on my system, and although I have heard a lot about apt-get, I'm not quite ready to install it on my system and begin the (long) task of updating everything to apt-get's format.

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  6. right here by AntiNorm · · Score: 3

    This place has Linux drivers for 3Dfx cards from the Banshee/Rush to the V5. Yes, it even has Voodoo2 drivers.

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