Re: VooDoo + S3 968 + Linux

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From: Irish
Date: Thu, 29 Oct 1998 00:00

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kuhn@lpr.e-technik.tu-muenchen.de.nospam wrote:
> 
> Irish <irish@eskimo.com> wrote:
> : OK, I have an Obsidian Voodoo card, an S3 968 (rev0) and Linux.
> : When I try to run 3D stuff (read: Quake), it runs for a bit, then locks
> : up the entire console.
> 
> I have the same problem with S3Virge/VX and Riva128 :-(

Rats! Well I guess I won't be trying the Virge card I have...

> : I've read that the problem is because the S3 card
> : steps on the Voodoo cards memory space (bad S3!).
> 
> Interessting! Where did you read that?
> 
> | Bernhard Kuhn                (kuhn[at]lpr.ei.tum.de)  O|||OO||OO| |

The 3DFX HOWTO. Actually, the S3 doesn't alloc all the space it uses, so
the Voodoo tries to use space actually used (but not reported) by the
S3.

-- 
        Irish

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Subject: Re: VooDoo + S3 968 + Linux
Date: 1998/10/29
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