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Article #11Re: Quake3 + XFree86-4.0.3 + Voodoo3 = Death Slow
From: Philip Willoughby
Date: Wed, 02 May 2001 14:51
Date: Wed, 02 May 2001 14:51
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Today, Charles Fultz wrote:
>The following message is a courtesy copy of an article
>that has been posted to alt.os.linux.slackware,3dfx.glide.linux,alt.games.quake3,comp.os.linux.misc as well.
>
>Philip Willoughby <pgw99@doc.ic.ac.uk> writes:
>
>> Today, Charles Fultz wrote:
>>
>> >I'm having a bit of trouble getting Quake3Arena to play at an
>> >acceptable speed. My setup is as follows:
>> >CPU: dual PII-overdrives 333MHz
>> >RAM: 384MB
>> >Video: 3Dfx Voodoo3 3000 PCI
>> >Disk: 18GB IBM SCSI (40MB/sec) 7200RPM
>> >Kernel: 2.4.3
>> >X: XFree86-4.0.3 w/ tdfx driver and DRI and GLX modules
>> >
>> >The game looks fine, but the response is horrible. I get anywhere
>> >from 2-10 secs/frame. That's right secs/frame, not frames/sec.
>> >I get the same results playing as a user or root.
>> >Can anyone help me out here? I know I should be getting like anywhere
>> >from 30-50 frames/sec.
>>
>> enter \com_hunkmegs 192
>>
>> also send us the output of glxinfo and lsmod
>
>Here is the output of glxinfo:
>display: :0.0 screen:0
>direct rendering: No
^^
that means it is using software GL... Chack the kernel module is loaded and
that DRI is enabled in your XF86Config, and that you have read and write
access in the DRI mode command.
Regards,
Philip Willoughby
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