On Wed, 9 Apr 2003, Sergio Enrique Schvezov wrote: >Hi there, can anyone give me any tips about installing shrike on a machine >that has an add-on acelerator card (voodoo2), the main card is a sis540. Will >it get detected or do i have to do some mods to get some aceleration in X? >Any chances of getting to play quake2 with aceleration? Out of the box, Voodoo II hardware is not supported in any version of Red Hat Linux. XFree86 source code has a driver "glide" for Voodoo I/II which is 2D only (yes, I mean 2D, that's not a typo) and requires Glide2 to be installed on the system. The "glide" XFree86 driver coupled with the Glide2 3Dfx library provides working very slow 2D support with no acceleration since it is implemented by an ugly hack which renders a 3D texture to the screen. If you want 3D support for this card, there is a 3Dfx HOWTO document out there which has instructions on how to get the Voodoo I/II cards working with old games like Quake/Quake II, however this old hardware can not be used in XFree86 as a general 3D accelerator due to it's vintage. In short, if you're looking for 3D support, you're best off just buying a supported 3D card for $20 or more depending on your budget. If you're looking for an extra 2D head, you're best off just buying a supported 2D/3D card for $20 or more depending on your budget. ;o) If you're determined to get a Voodoo II to work as a secondary 2D head you can download Glide2 (no, the Glide3 that comes with the distribution already is not compatible or useable with a 3Dfx Voodoo I/II, you really do need Glide2) and you can edit the XFree86.spec file and enable the "glide' driver, then rebuild XFree86. Note however that doing this is unsupported by Red Hat, however if you experience problems you can try the xfree86@xxxxxxxxxxx mailing list for help. Hope this helps. -- Mike A. Harris ftp://people.redhat.com/mharris OS Systems Engineer - XFree86 maintainer - Red Hat
