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Article #20Re: Quake3 + XFree86-4.0.3 + Voodoo3 = Death Slow
From: Philip Willoughby
Date: Thu, 03 May 2001 15:24
Date: Thu, 03 May 2001 15:24
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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: > >> Yesterday, Charles Fultz wrote: > >> >I don't have any AGP cards, so the complaint from agpgart should be >> >fine. Is this good enough for the kernel level? >> >> Probably. Are you using the drm from the kernel or from the DRI tree? The >> one in the DRI tree is the best one to use, especially if you are using the >> DRI X server. Which X server are you using? > >I'm using DRM built into the kernel. Should I rebuild a kernel and >build DRM as a module? Or can I use the kernel I have now (w/ DRM builtin) >and just insmode the DRI module? You shoulf build the drm as a module unless you have a good reason not to. This will allow you to use the module out of DRI cvs should it become necessary.B >> >Also, when I start X here is the output concerning DRI/DRM: >> <snip> >> >(II) TDFX(0): direct rendering enabled >> >> This means that it has loaded and enabled the DRI... So your kernel part is >> probably correct. >> >> >Here is the DRI section from my XF86Config: >> >Section "DRI" >> > Mode 0666 >> >EndSection >> >> This should be OK. >> >> >And here is the output of me running quake3 with the command: >> >/usr/local/games/quake3/quake3.x86 +set r_smp 1 >> >> Try /usr/local/games/quake3/quake3.x86 +set r_smp 0 +set r_gldriver >> /usr/X11R6/lib/libGL.so > >I'll give it a try. > >Again, thanks for helping me out here. >I know my machine can do better, I just need a bit of help getting it >to do better. > >Charles Fultz >fultz > Regards, Philip Willoughby -- echo bzidd@nfo.ho.co.se | tr "bizndfohces" "pwgd9ociaku"
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