> > 3Dfx works out of the box with 3D accel in 16bit depth only > (hardware limitation, not software), and 16Mb cards work only in > resolutions of 1024x768 or less due to a limitation which is a > combination of the limitation of having only 16Mb of video > memory, as well as the video driver not being able to handle > the video memory more effectively. As such, it disables DRI in > situations known to be crashable. There is a patch floating > around which might make the situation better, but I lost it. > I thought do too, but kernel-2.4.18-4 (latest up2date)does not include a /lib/modules/2.4.18-4/kernel/drivers/char/drm directory. :( and I had to create the drm directory because... ----- [root@icebreaker kernel]# rpm -qf /lib/modules/2.4.18-4/kernel/drivers/char/drm/ file /lib/modules/2.4.18-4/kernel/drivers/char/drm is not owned by any package ----- I downloaded the XFree86 source from your site and tried a build out of the /usr/src/redhat/BUILD/XFree86-4.2.0/xc/programs/Xserver/ hw/xfree86/os-support/linux/drm/kernel but I have the same problems. Even when I restore the kernel headers from the kernel-source rpm I still get: ----- [root@icebreaker kernel]# make -f Makefile.linux tdfx.o cc -O2 -Wall -Wwrite-strings -Wpointer-arith -Wcast-align -Wstrict-prototypes -Wnested-externs -Wpointer-arith -D__KERNEL__ -DMODULE -fomit-frame-pointer -DCONFIG_AGP -DCONFIG_AGP_MODULE -DCONFIG_DRM_SIS -DMODVERSIONS -I/lib/modules/2.4.18-4/build/include -include /lib/modules/2.4.18-4/build/include/linux/modversions.h -DEXPORT_SYMTAB -I/lib/modules/2.4.18-4/build/include -c tdfx_drv.c -o tdfx_drv.o In file included from tdfx_drv.c:107: drm_lock.h: In function `tdfx_lock_take': drm_lock.h:57: warning: implicit declaration of function `cmpxchg' ld -r tdfx_drv.o -o tdfx.o ----- and when I install the module this happens: ----- [root@icebreaker kernel]# modprobe tdfx /lib/modules/2.4.18-4/kernel/drivers/char/drm/tdfx.o: unresolved symbol cmpxchg /lib/modules/2.4.18-4/kernel/drivers/char/drm/tdfx.o: insmod /lib/modules/2.4.18-4/kernel/drivers/char/drm/tdfx.o failed /lib/modules/2.4.18-4/kernel/drivers/char/drm/tdfx.o: insmod tdfx failed ----- Greg -
