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Re: Quake3 + XFree86-4.0.3 + Voodoo3 = Death Slow

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From: Charles Fultz
Date: Wed, 02 May 2001 13:12
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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
server glx vendor string: SGI
server glx version string: 1.2
server glx extensions:
    GLX_EXT_visual_info, GLX_EXT_visual_rating, GLX_EXT_import_context
client glx vendor string: SGI
client glx version string: 1.2
client glx extensions:
    GLX_EXT_visual_info, GLX_EXT_visual_rating, GLX_EXT_import_context, 
    GLX_ARB_get_proc_address
GLX extensions:
    GLX_EXT_visual_info, GLX_EXT_visual_rating, GLX_EXT_import_context
OpenGL vendor string: VA Linux Systems, Inc.
OpenGL renderer string: Mesa GLX Indirect
OpenGL version string: 1.2 Mesa 3.4
OpenGL extensions:
    GL_ARB_multitexture, GL_ARB_texture_cube_map, GL_ARB_tranpose_matrix, 
    GL_EXT_abgr, 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_compiled_vertex_array, GL_EXT_histogram, 
    GL_EXT_packed_pixels, GL_EXT_paletted_texture, GL_EXT_point_parameters, 
    GL_EXT_polygon_offset, GL_EXT_rescale_normal, 
    GL_EXT_shared_texture_palette, GL_EXT_stencil_wrap, GL_EXT_texture3D, 
    GL_EXT_texture_env_add, GL_EXT_texture_env_combine, GL_EXT_texture_object, 
    GL_EXT_texture_lod_bias, GL_EXT_vertex_array, GL_HP_occlusion_test, 
    GL_INGR_blend_func_separate, GL_MESA_window_pos, GL_MESA_resize_buffers, 
    GL_NV_texgen_reflection, GL_PGI_misc_hints, GL_SGI_color_matrix, 
    GL_SGI_color_table, GL_SGIS_pixel_texture, GL_SGIS_texture_edge_clamp, 
    GL_SGIX_pixel_texture

   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
----------------------------------------------------------------------
0x23 16 tc  0 16  0 r  .  .  5  6  5  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0 0 None
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0x25 16 tc  0 16  0 r  .  .  5  6  5  0  0  0  0 16 16 16  0  0 0 Slow
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0x27 16 tc  0 16  0 r  .  .  5  6  5  0  0 16  0  0  0  0  0  0 0 None
0x28 16 tc  0 16  0 r  .  .  5  6  5  0  0 16  8  0  0  0  0  0 0 Slow
0x29 16 tc  0 16  0 r  .  .  5  6  5  0  0 16  0 16 16 16  0  0 0 Slow
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0x2f 16 tc  0 16  0 r  y  .  5  6  5  0  0 16  0  0  0  0  0  0 0 None
0x30 16 tc  0 16  0 r  y  .  5  6  5  0  0 16  8  0  0  0  0  0 0 Slow
0x31 16 tc  0 16  0 r  y  .  5  6  5  0  0 16  0 16 16 16  0  0 0 Slow
0x32 16 tc  0 16  0 r  y  .  5  6  5  0  0 16  8 16 16 16  0  0 0 Slow
0x33 16 dc  0 16  0 r  .  .  5  6  5  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0 0 None
0x34 16 dc  0 16  0 r  .  .  5  6  5  0  0  0  8  0  0  0  0  0 0 Slow
0x35 16 dc  0 16  0 r  .  .  5  6  5  0  0  0  0 16 16 16  0  0 0 Slow
0x36 16 dc  0 16  0 r  .  .  5  6  5  0  0  0  8 16 16 16  0  0 0 Slow
0x37 16 dc  0 16  0 r  .  .  5  6  5  0  0 16  0  0  0  0  0  0 0 None
0x38 16 dc  0 16  0 r  .  .  5  6  5  0  0 16  8  0  0  0  0  0 0 Slow
0x39 16 dc  0 16  0 r  .  .  5  6  5  0  0 16  0 16 16 16  0  0 0 Slow
0x3a 16 dc  0 16  0 r  .  .  5  6  5  0  0 16  8 16 16 16  0  0 0 Slow
0x3b 16 dc  0 16  0 r  y  .  5  6  5  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0 0 None
0x3c 16 dc  0 16  0 r  y  .  5  6  5  0  0  0  8  0  0  0  0  0 0 Slow
0x3d 16 dc  0 16  0 r  y  .  5  6  5  0  0  0  0 16 16 16  0  0 0 Slow
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0x3f 16 dc  0 16  0 r  y  .  5  6  5  0  0 16  0  0  0  0  0  0 0 None
0x40 16 dc  0 16  0 r  y  .  5  6  5  0  0 16  8  0  0  0  0  0 0 Slow
0x41 16 dc  0 16  0 r  y  .  5  6  5  0  0 16  0 16 16 16  0  0 0 Slow
0x42 16 dc  0 16  0 r  y  .  5  6  5  0  0 16  8 16 16 16  0  0 0 Slow

Charles Fultz
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From: Charles Fultz <fultz@cs.purdue.edu>
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