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Felix Kollmann

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Sep 20, 1999, 3:00:00 AM9/20/99
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Hi,

is this just a joke?

/dev/3dfx is installed and exist.

But test3Dfx still says: unable to find V3/Banshee Board.
o.s.

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Felix Kollmann, DG5PT

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Thib

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Sep 22, 1999, 3:00:00 AM9/22/99
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I have had the same problem but it works fine now.
It was just because the module doesn't load automatically.
Try "modprobe 3dfx"

Felix Kollmann a écrit dans le message <37E63BAD...@gmx.net>...

Nobby_trussin

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Sep 27, 1999, 3:00:00 AM9/27/99
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Yeah i know the feeling - ive been having a cunt of a time with it - you
MUST run test 3dfx from under X11 though

Nobby_trussin

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castor

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Oct 1, 1999, 3:00:00 AM10/1/99
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On Wed, 22 Sep 1999 19:35:30 +0200, Thib <th...@libertysurf.fr> wrote:
>I have had the same problem but it works fine now.
>It was just because the module doesn't load automatically.
>Try "modprobe 3dfx"
>

Ok, this is my first post in this group, but if you wanna automatically
load the 3dfx module try to put this in your /etc/conf.modules:

alias char-major-107 3dfx

It works for me.

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Kenneth P. Turvey

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Oct 2, 1999, 3:00:00 AM10/2/99
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You will also have to create the device file itself... depending on the
distribution you are using it won't be created on install.

Take a look at `mknod'. Make a character special file with a major mode
of 107 and a minor mode of 0. The file should be called /dev/3dfx.

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Chunky Kibbles

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Oct 5, 1999, 3:00:00 AM10/5/99
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This may be a dumb question, but have you set the permissions correctly?

Gary (-;

R. Reucher

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Oct 8, 1999, 3:00:00 AM10/8/99
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Chunky Kibbles wrote:

> This may be a dumb question, but have you set the permissions correctly?
>
> Gary (-;

No, this is not a dumb question, it's one of a set of common sources for trouble
;-) !

"chmod 666 /dev/3dfx" does the job, btw !

Rene

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Jesse Marandino

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Oct 20, 1999, 3:00:00 AM10/20/99
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that test3dfx thing only works from within X btw...
afaik.

"R. Reucher" wrote:

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Antti Kosunen

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Oct 24, 1999, 3:00:00 AM10/24/99
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Jesse Marandino wrote:

The whole thing is a joke, I did everything you all said, and it still doesn't find
my Voodoo3 3000 board. BTW,
my Glide_V3.2.60-8 doesn't make /usr/local/glide/lib or anything, just bin/ with
test3Dfx, what seems to be the problem?


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