On Sat, 29 Jan 2000, doomdorf wrote:
> OK, here goes. I have a problem with my Voodoo3 card... Now I have installed the
> X server w/ the MDK 6.1 installer, and everything with that works fine. Now this is
> my problem: When got a downloaded the 3d GLIDE stuff from the linux.3dfx.com site (or
> whater it is) and installed the RPMs, everything went just peachy. But when i try the
> final step of setting up the voodoo, it fails. All this last step is, is running a
> simple program called "test3Dfx". It makes sure your card works. All i get when i run
> the program is " video memory is unprotecting" "Could not open display (640x480)
> Application Aborted. "
Make sure you have 640x480 resolution (and any other resolution you might
be using in 3d mode) as an option in your XF86Config file. Also, you
might have to manually load the 3dfx module by typing "modprobe 3dfx" as
root.
-Tom
