On Wed, Jan 30, 2002 at 07:11:24PM -0600, Lance Hoffmeyer wrote: > I am trying to optimize my Voodoo 3500. I have compiled the kernel > with 3dfx support. It is my understanding that I should now have a > /dev/3dfx drivers, but I do not. I had downloaded the device3dfx > drivers but after reading the docs I was lead to believe that these > were only for 2.2.x kernels and were not needed for 2.4.x kernels. > Do I need the device3dfx files for 2.4.x kernels? > If not, why do I not have a /dev/3dfx file and how do I create one?
i think the 2.4.x kernels don't have /dev/3dfx device. You will just get DRI acceleration for X. So if you install xfree 4.1.x with xmesa then you should get accelerated X performance (including OpenGL). - Adam
