harware acceleration for linux?

mimithebrain · 07-26-2004, 05:43 PM

I know I need hardware acceleration after I tryed bzflag and after windstille told me "you don't have hardware acceleration, hope you have a fast computer"

What is hardware acceleration anyway, and where do I get it and install it?

Thanks

I ask the most simple questions sometimes.

misterflibble · 07-26-2004, 10:07 PM

Hardware acceleration refers to the use of your graphics card's hardware for rendering as opposed to relying solely on software->CPU to render. Getting this depends on what kind of graphics card you have (as not all have hardware acceleration support for Linux).

mimithebrain · 07-27-2004, 02:19 PM

01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: S3 Inc. 86C380 [ProSavageDDR K4M266] (rev 02)

from lspci : Savage S3
then what?

thanks!

Amirhossein · 09-20-2004, 02:47 PM

Go to this site and follow the steps...
I have the same card and finally I made 3D acceleration for it.....
http://dri.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/moin.cgi/Building
Ask me if you have any difficulties.....We should help each other...

mimithebrain · 09-24-2004, 01:07 PM

thanks a lot

wow! I'll try it as soon as I can!!!