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Old 03-27-2004, 03:09 PM   #1
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3dfx drivers


Who makes good 3dfx drivers for the voodoo 3 3000 under linux?
 
Old 03-27-2004, 03:35 PM   #2
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I think you have only the deault 'tdfx' driver.
 
Old 03-27-2004, 07:46 PM   #3
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well...damn
 
Old 03-28-2004, 04:10 PM   #4
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well, I could suggest one, but....check out my problems elsewhere in this forum!
 
Old 04-02-2004, 11:49 AM   #5
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i use my voodoo3 as a second display running its own second screen with nvidia gforce to onboard as primary -

my problem is i can't get gl and dri to work for the tdfx - anyone got an idea been all over google and tried all the fixes only suceeding in messing up my system - so this is my last place to find a solution -

anyone got an idea ?? please
 
Old 04-02-2004, 12:04 PM   #6
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open GL didnt work(well) with standard 3dfx drivers on windows back in the day. you had to get 3rd party(omega i think) drivers. after that, even my voodoo3 ran great.
 
Old 04-02-2004, 01:51 PM   #7
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Do you have 'Load "glx"' somewhere at the beginning in your /etc/X11/XF86Config-4?
 
  


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