Hello.

I have just installed slack10, and I have to say I love it. (much better than FC1)
The only problem I have run into so far is the video quality of avi and other video playback. MPlayer and xine both playback video files poorly. I am not sure if my kernel is compiled correctly. Xine is a nice app and I would like to use it. I am using a voodoo3 3000 16MB AGP. What would be one of the first steps to see if my kernel is compiled with the right modules for this card. I am guessing but I think I may need a module called "tdfxfb"? should I use "lsmod" to look for a certian module, and if its loaded? Any help would be great.. Thanks

Heh. I know its run of the mill. I guess module and video problems are pretty boring topics.. Heh heh. I could post some output if it would help.

greg@charter:/etc/X11$ glxinfo
name of display: :0.0
display: :0 screen: 0
direct rendering: No
server glx vendor string: SGI
server glx version string: 1.2
server glx extensions:
GLX_ARB_multisample, GLX_EXT_visual_info, GLX_EXT_visual_rating,
GLX_EXT_import_context, GLX_SGI_make_current_read, GLX_SGIS_multisample
client glx vendor string: SGI
client glx version string: 1.2
client glx extensions:
GLX_ARB_get_proc_address, GLX_ARB_multisample, GLX_EXT_import_context,
GLX_EXT_visual_info, GLX_EXT_visual_rating, GLX_MESA_allocate_memory,
GLX_MESA_swap_control, GLX_MESA_swap_frame_usage, GLX_OML_swap_method,
GLX_OML_sync_control, GLX_SGI_make_current_read, GLX_SGI_swap_control,
GLX_SGI_video_sync, GLX_SGIS_multisample, GLX_SGIX_fbconfig,
GLX_SGIX_visual_select_group
GLX extensions:
GLX_ARB_get_proc_address, GLX_ARB_multisample, GLX_EXT_import_context,
GLX_EXT_visual_info, GLX_EXT_visual_rating, GLX_SGI_make_current_read,
GLX_SGIS_multisample
OpenGL vendor string: Mesa project: www.mesa3d.org
OpenGL renderer string: Mesa GLX Indirect
OpenGL version string: 1.2 (1.4 Mesa 5.0.2)
OpenGL extensions:
GL_ARB_depth_texture, GL_ARB_imaging, GL_ARB_multitexture,
GL_ARB_point_parameters, GL_ARB_shadow, GL_ARB_shadow_ambient,
GL_ARB_texture_border_clamp, GL_ARB_texture_cube_map,
GL_ARB_texture_env_add, GL_ARB_texture_env_combine,
GL_ARB_texture_env_crossbar, GL_ARB_texture_env_dot3,
GL_ARB_texture_mirrored_repeat, GL_ARB_transpose_matrix,
GL_ARB_window_pos, GL_EXT_abgr, GL_EXT_bgra, GL_EXT_blend_color,
GL_EXT_blend_func_separate, GL_EXT_blend_logic_op, GL_EXT_blend_minmax,
GL_EXT_blend_subtract, GL_EXT_clip_volume_hint, GL_EXT_copy_texture,
GL_EXT_draw_range_elements, GL_EXT_fog_coord, GL_EXT_multi_draw_arrays,
GL_EXT_packed_pixels, GL_EXT_polygon_offset, GL_EXT_rescale_normal,
GL_EXT_secondary_color, GL_EXT_separate_specular_color,
GL_EXT_shadow_funcs, GL_EXT_stencil_two_side, GL_EXT_stencil_wrap,
GL_EXT_subtexture, GL_EXT_texture, GL_EXT_texture3D,
GL_EXT_texture_edge_clamp, GL_EXT_texture_env_add,
GL_EXT_texture_env_combine, GL_EXT_texture_env_dot3,
GL_EXT_texture_lod_bias, GL_EXT_texture_object, GL_EXT_texture_rectangle,
GL_EXT_vertex_array, GL_APPLE_packed_pixels, GL_ATI_texture_mirror_once,
GL_ATI_texture_env_combine3, GL_IBM_texture_mirrored_repeat,
GL_MESA_pack_invert, GL_MESA_ycbcr_texture, GL_NV_blend_square,
GL_NV_point_sprite, GL_NV_texgen_reflection, GL_NV_texture_rectangle,
GL_SGIS_generate_mipmap, GL_SGIS_texture_border_clamp,
GL_SGIS_texture_edge_clamp, GL_SGIS_texture_lod, GL_SGIX_depth_texture,
GL_SGIX_shadow, GL_SGIX_shadow_ambient
glu version: 1.3
glu extensions:
GLU_EXT_nurbs_tessellator, GLU_EXT_object_space_tess

visual x bf lv rg d st colorbuffer ax dp st accumbuffer ms cav
id dep cl sp sz l ci b ro r g b a bf th cl r g b a ns b eat
----------------------------------------------------------------------
0x22 24 tc 0 24 0 r y . 8 8 8 0 0 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 None
0x23 24 tc 0 24 0 r y . 8 8 8 0 0 16 8 16 16 16 0 0 0 None
0x24 24 tc 0 32 0 r y . 8 8 8 8 0 16 8 16 16 16 16 0 0 None
0x25 24 tc 0 32 0 r . . 8 8 8 8 0 16 8 16 16 16 16 0 0 None
greg@charter:/etc/X11$ lsmod
Module Size Used by Not tainted
snd-pcm-oss 37736 0
snd-mixer-oss 12504 0 [snd-pcm-oss]
usb-storage 66176 0 (unused)
CDCEther 11900 1
acm 5984 0 (unused)
uhci 24444 0 (unused)
usbcore 59308 1 [usb-storage CDCEther acm uhci]
tuner 10184 1 (autoclean)
tvaudio 13480 0 (autoclean) (unused)
bttv 94656 0 (unused)
i2c-algo-bit 7144 1 [bttv]
i2c-core 12804 0 [tuner tvaudio bttv i2c-algo-bit]
videodev 5952 2 [bttv]
snd-bt87x 5192 1
snd-emu10k1 62920 1
snd-pcm 56072 0 [snd-pcm-oss snd-bt87x snd-emu10k1]
snd-timer 13604 0 [snd-pcm]
snd-hwdep 4804 0 [snd-emu10k1]
snd-page-alloc 6328 0 [snd-bt87x snd-emu10k1 snd-pcm]
snd-util-mem 1136 0 [snd-emu10k1]
snd-ac97-codec 49500 0 [snd-emu10k1]
snd-rawmidi 12740 0 [snd-emu10k1]
snd-seq-device 3888 0 [snd-emu10k1 snd-rawmidi]
snd 30852 2 [snd-pcm-oss snd-mixer-oss snd-bt87x snd-emu10k1 snd-pcm snd-timer snd-hwdep snd-util-mem snd-ac97-codec snd-rawmidi snd-seq-device]
soundcore 3396 10 [bttv snd]
emu10k1-gp 1352 0 (unused)
gameport 1420 0 [emu10k1-gp]
pcmcia_core 39972 0
ide-scsi 9328 0
agpgart 43940 0 (unused)
greg@charter:/etc/X11$

root@charter:/etc/X11# lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corp. 440BX/ZX/DX - 82443BX/ZX/DX Host bridge (rev 03)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corp. 440BX/ZX/DX - 82443BX/ZX/DX AGP bridge (rev 03)
00:07.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corp. 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 ISA (rev 02)
00:07.1 IDE interface: Intel Corp. 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 IDE (rev 01)
00:07.2 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 USB (rev 01)
00:07.3 Bridge: Intel Corp. 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 ACPI (rev 02)
00:0e.0 Multimedia video controller: Brooktree Corporation Bt878 Video Capture (rev 02)
00:0e.1 Multimedia controller: Brooktree Corporation Bt878 Audio Capture (rev 02)
00:0f.0 Multimedia audio controller: Creative Labs SB Live! EMU10k1 (rev 07)
00:0f.1 Input device controller: Creative Labs SB Live! MIDI/Game Port (rev 07)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: 3Dfx Interactive, Inc. Voodoo 3 (rev 01)
root@charter:/etc/X11#


last time I tried something wild I didnt know much about I tried, $modprobe tdfxfb and then my screen clicked and wnet all out of wack. I was not in X. I then tried to $reset and that didnt work. The screen might have clicked and then gone blank, I might have pressed Ctrl-c, and then it went crazy. Not really sure.. I was up really late last night working on that. Then I could not $reset my screen so I had to reboot. Dont know if that tells you any thing

Well, I gotta go out. I will be back. But can anyone please give me a pointer on finding out if the best driver or module is compiled in my kernel. I need a hint, just something to get me started. Thanks.

Thanks. I will look into modprobe and try to google more info. Sorry for posting a complaint. :-)

I had a Voodoo3 card once, and it took a while to get it working, but dont worry, it is fully supported by linux, including 3d acceleration.

I believe the driver is tdfx, and I would expect to see this module in your lsmod output (unless you specifically compiled support directly into the kernel)

Install the glide stuff from
the /extra directory on your slack disk, or a slack mirror, eg

ftp://ftp.nluug.nl/pub/os/Linux/dist...ra/3dfx-glide/

I suspect you will have to make some changes to your /etc/xorg.conf file.
~~Always backup original first~~

You could try running xorgconfig to get a good setup, anyhow I think you will need
Option "DRI" "boolean" enabled, and
in section device something like:

Section "Device"
Identifier "** 3Dfx (generic) [tdfx]"
Driver "tdfx"

Google search for slackware/voodoo3/tdfx/xorg etc in various combinations should help, also the following:

http://freedesktop.org/~xorg/X11R6.7.0/doc/tdfx.4.html

good luck, tobyl

Thanks tobyl. :-)

That helped alot. I have fixed my problem and am running video very smoothly now..

:-)