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Article #1580Re: errr new voodoo card.. xwindows not working...errr
From: Sean
Date: Sat, 15 Jul 2000 00:00
Date: Sat, 15 Jul 2000 00:00
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i did.. but there was no hope to be found there. I just emailed their support, spent freaken 30 min in the phone on hold. Hopefull I will get a responce. I have tried every option under the sun. 3dfx website just so happens to have one card supported in Linux, and i think i saw crap in there for windows2k and win ME. Sean faraz khan <frk2@cornell.edu> wrote in message news:8kked2$kqp$1@news01.cit.cornell.edu... > you need to have a Xserver that can communicate with your card. I picked up > mine for my voodoo 2 somewhere from redhat.com . look around there - you > can get reall cool shit (if your lucky and patient! ) :) > > > -- > FARAZ KHAN > H (607) 273-1780 > C (607) 280 7025 > frk2@Cornell.edu > Sean <seann@nls.net> wrote in message > news:uLbb5.506$1b4.402616@news1.onlynews.com... > > I just got a Voodoo5 5500 and went to use Xconfigurator but only Voodoo3 > > listed and I can only choose up to 32 megs of RAM. I got the follow card: > > > > New Cards config: > > > > controller: Dual 3dfx VSA-100 > > Bus: AGP > > Memory: 64MB Grphic mem > > Core clock: 166 > > RAMDAC: 350hz > > api : DirectX, Glide, OpenGL > > connector: svga > > > > > > > > i looked at 3dfx's web site for linux drivers but i did not find any. Any > > clue as to what i can do or what i should do? I tried to config the card > in > > xconfigurator manually, but that did not work. I would like to get back > into > > Linux cause i really miss it a lot! I am running RH 6.2, if you need or > > want any more info please tell me and i'll provide you with it (yes, > > expensive cigars and cheap women are included!) > > Thanks in advance. > > Sean > > seann@nls.net > > > > > >
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: fcd6c,e2b8e12864ed4ee0 X-Google-Attributes: gidfcd6c,public X-Google-Thread: 11033e,e2b8e12864ed4ee0 X-Google-Attributes: gid11033e,public X-Google-Thread: 1154bf,e2b8e12864ed4ee0 X-Google-Attributes: gid1154bf,public From: "Sean" <seann@nls.net> Subject: Re: errr new voodoo card.. xwindows not working...errr Date: 2000/07/15 Message-ID: <uD2c5.255$0H4.257753@news1.onlynews.com> X-Deja-AN: 646767785 References: <uLbb5.506$1b4.402616@news1.onlynews.com> <8kked2$kqp$1@news01.cit.cornell.edu> X-Priority: 3 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2615.200 X-Trace: onlyNews customer X-MSMail-Priority: Normal NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 15 Jul 2000 12:07:06 PDT Newsgroups: ahn.tech.linux,alt.os.linux.redhat,linux.redhat.install