[ILUG] Accelerated X...

[Glen Gray]

On Wed, 2001-10-10 at 09:00, Wynne, Conor wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> Anyone every had experience with http://www.xig.com/
> 
Yup, I used it a good few years ago, when I was first getting into
Linux. I managed to convince my boss that it would be a good thing for
me to get Unix experience via linux. We had some new fangled PC's with
cards that XFree86 didn't support at the time so I got him to get me the
Accelerated X server. Lovely package. Easy install way back when that
got easier. I was very pleased with it. So much so that I kept using it
up version 4.0 (the original I got was 2.1). Then around the time of
RedHat 6 and the glibc issues I stopped (as it didn't work) and started
using XFree86. I've been thinking about it for my laptop as of late but
can't justify the expense out of my own wallet :-D.

> I have just about given up with my voodoo5 5500 64MB, works grand except in
> bloody GL. 
> 
> Well not quite true now. 
> What happens is, any GL games will open and you hear the sound (quake3 duff
> duff duff for example) But it draws in a quarter of the screen and it is
> also unreadable. 
> 
> The resolution is 1600*1200 and 16-bit colour. 
> 
> I tried installing tdfx rpm, but it said, sorry this conflicts with some
> bull....
> I also tried installing glide package and that apparantly also conflicts
> with some other bull. 
> 
> Anyroads, gl works - kindof. It used to say goodluck, no gl libraries
> installed or something. 
> 
> Has anyone got a voodoo5 and knows whats up? 
> 
> I am going to download the demo and check it out, but it requires removal of
> all GL stuff first and thats a pain. 
> 
No idea about any of this. Though the later Voodoo chip sets were the
"flag ship" cards for the Accelerated3D X server.

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