On Tue, 27 Dec 2005 15:27:04 -0500 jlquinn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Mark Grieveson wrote: > > Hello. Is it possible for me to enable 3d acceleration with the hardware > > I have? Right now, there is absolutely no 3d acceleration. I feel that > > if it was present, even though my hardware is old, I at least would be > > able to play PlanetPenguin-Racer (aka TuxRacer). > > > > I have a Pentium III, 450 MHz system, running Debian Sarge with a > > 2.6.8-2-386 kernel image, 384 MB ram. My VGA compatible controller is > > ATI Technologies Inc 3D Rage Pro AGP 1X/2X (rev 5c), which I believe is > > also known as Mach64, with 8 MB. So, is the name "3D Rage Pro" just a > > lie, to en*rage* me? > > > Either install the debian packages for xfree from dri.sf.net (check the download section - three packages which include an xorg server which installs over the xfree one and a package for kernel drivers) or install the xorg server from unstable and then install the snapshots package from the same download place. You will need the common and mach64 packages. I used the first option originally which worked fine. I use the second one currently for other reasons, with full scree 3d games I get some issues though (acceleration is present but some triangles aren't being drawn for some reason, didn't get around to find out the reason yet. > You're not going to find what you're looking for by default. Check out > the following page on the status of Mach64 support. > > http://dri.freedesktop.org/wiki/ATIMach64?action=highlight&value=CategoryHardware > > If you're savvy enough, you could build it and get 3d support. > Otherwise, you should pick up a newer video card that is already > supported. Finding a supported 3d card shouldn't be very expensive. > There's plenty of older HW that will work out of the box such as older > radeons. > > Jerry Quinn > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > This Mail Was Scanned By Mail-seCure System > at the Tel-Aviv University CC. > +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ This Mail Was Scanned By Mail-seCure System at the Tel-Aviv University CC. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
