Mandrake 9.2/Voodoo 5500 with 3D
David Oxlade
I know that this isn't a general linux question but I thought I'd ask here
as well as in aolm.
I've just installed Mandrake 9.2 on my machine (Athlon 750, 256 Mb, Voodoo
5500, soundblaster Live! 1024). Whilst the setup recognised my video card
(as with many previous versions of Mandrake and other distributions of
linux), the hardware 3d acceleration doesn't seem to be working. I've
included the XFConfig-4 file which looks fine to me but I might have
missed something. Mesa is installed but the glxgears mesa demo is
terrible, giving ~90 fps instead of the 500-600 fps I used to get.
Similarly, Tuxracer is a slideshow... Does anybody have any ideas?
Cheers,
Dave
# File generated by XFdrake.
# **********************************************************************
# Refer to the XF86Config man page for details about the format of
# this file.
# **********************************************************************
Section "Files"
# Multiple FontPath entries are allowed (they are concatenated
together)
# By default, Mandrake 6.0 and later now use a font server independent
of
# the X server to render fonts.
FontPath "unix/:-1"
EndSection
Section "ServerFlags"
#DontZoom # disable <Crtl><Alt><KP_+>/<KP_-> (resolution switching)
AllowMouseOpenFail # allows the server to start up even if the mouse
doesn't work
#DontZap # disable <Crtl><Alt><BS> (server abort)
EndSection
Section "Module"
Load "dbe" # Double-Buffering Extension
Load "v4l" # Video for Linux
Load "extmod"
Load "type1"
Load "freetype"
Load "glx" # 3D layer
Load "dri" # direct rendering
EndSection
Section "DRI"
Mode 0666
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Keyboard1"
Driver "Keyboard"
Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
Option "XkbLayout" "gb"
Option "XkbOptions" ""
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Mouse1"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "MouseManPlusPS/2"
Option "Device" "/dev/psaux"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
EndSection
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "monitor1"
VendorName "Plug'n Play"
ModelName "CTX VL710 series"
HorizSync 30.0-95.0
VertRefresh 50.0-160.0
# Sony Vaio C1(X,XS,VE,VN)?
# 1024x480 @ 85.6 Hz, 48 kHz hsync
ModeLine "1024x480" 65.00 1024 1032 1176 1344 480 488 494 563
-hsync -vsync
# TV fullscreen mode or DVD fullscreen output.
# 768x576 @ 79 Hz, 50 kHz hsync
ModeLine "768x576" 50.00 768 832 846 1000 576 590 595 630
# 768x576 @ 100 Hz, 61.6 kHz hsync
ModeLine "768x576" 63.07 768 800 960 1024 576 578 590 616
EndSection
Section "Device"
Identifier "device1"
VendorName "3Dfx Interactive, Inc."
BoardName "Voodoo5 (generic)"
Driver "tdfx"
Option "DPMS"
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "screen1"
Device "device1"
Monitor "monitor1"
DefaultColorDepth 24
Subsection "Display"
Depth 8
Virtual 1600 1200
EndSubsection
Subsection "Display"
Depth 15
Virtual 1600 1200
EndSubsection
Subsection "Display"
Depth 16
Virtual 1600 1200
EndSubsection
Subsection "Display"
Depth 24
Virtual 1600 1200
EndSubsection
EndSection
Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "layout1"
Screen "screen1"
InputDevice "Keyboard1" "CoreKeyboard"
InputDevice "Mouse1" "CorePointer"
EndSection
Menno Duursma
> Hi,
Hello.
> I know that this isn't a general linux question but I thought I'd ask here
> as well as in aolm.
Ok.
> I've just installed Mandrake 9.2 on my machine (Athlon 750, 256 Mb, Voodoo
[..]
> missed something. Mesa is installed but the glxgears mesa demo is
> terrible, giving ~90 fps instead of the 500-600 fps I used to get.
> Similarly, Tuxracer is a slideshow... Does anybody have any ideas?
Get the Glide libraries (your distro might have packages for them,
otherwise google and roll yer own) and install them.
--
-Menno.
David Oxlade
I tried that and it didn't work... I installed Glide_V5-cvs-6.mdk,
Glide_V5-devel-cvs-6mdk and XFree86-glide-module-4.3-23mdk. There was no
difference in performance at all. Do I have to 'turn on' the glide
support?
TIA,
Dave
Menno Duursma
> On Tue, 18 Nov 2003, Menno Duursma wrote:
>> On Tue, 18 Nov 2003 13:05:57 +0000, David Oxlade wrote:
>> > I've just installed Mandrake 9.2 on my machine (Athlon 750, 256 Mb, Voodoo
>> > missed something. Mesa is installed but the glxgears mesa demo is
>> > terrible, giving ~90 fps instead of the 500-600 fps I used to get.
>> > Similarly, Tuxracer is a slideshow... Does anybody have any ideas?
>>
>> Get the Glide libraries (your distro might have packages for them,
>> otherwise google and roll yer own) and install them.
> I tried that and it didn't work... I installed Glide_V5-cvs-6.mdk,
> Glide_V5-devel-cvs-6mdk and XFree86-glide-module-4.3-23mdk. There was no
> difference in performance at all. Do I have to 'turn on' the glide
> support?
Well, i haven't used any 3dfx cart with MD. However, you did load the
"tdfx" driver and GLX whith DRI (in the config you posted). Which was all
i needed to do. Only thing i can think of is the "agpgart" and "tdfx"
kernel modules should be loaded (use "lsmod" to see if they are).
Make sure you don't have the framebuffer "tdfxfb" module loaded - as that
might couse conflicts. Also, the kernel should be compiled with AGP
support for your mobo chipset (and i have no idee if it is).
If non of this helps, maybe someone else has knows.
(If all else fails - i'd start recompiling stuff for it...)
--
-Menno.
David Oxlade
Cheers for your suggestions. Unfortunately, both the "tdfx" and "agpgart"
modules are installed. The "tdfxfb" module is not installed... I'm not
sure about the AGP support for my mobo chipset though... Where would I
find that out?
Dave
Menno Duursma
It's a parameter in /usr/src/linux/.config but it's probably specific to
your distro as to where they provide a copy of what they have used.
(For instance in Slackware in resides in /boot).
You'd need to know what chipset is on your board, to have it make any
sense (use "lspci", "cat /proc/pci" and/or "dmesg" to find out).
Then try "grep AGP /path/to/config" for a list.
However i'd think it unlikely this would be the problem as to load the
"agpgart" module without support for your chipset you'd need to feed it
"agp_try_unsupported=1" (or some such).
Though have a look anyways...
--
-Menno.
David Oxlade
> your distro as to where they provide a copy of what they have used.
> (For instance in Slackware in resides in /boot).
> You'd need to know what chipset is on your board, to have it make any
> sense (use "lspci", "cat /proc/pci" and/or "dmesg" to find out).
> Then try "grep AGP /path/to/config" for a list.
>
> However i'd think it unlikely this would be the problem as to load the
> "agpgart" module without support for your chipset you'd need to feed it
> "agp_try_unsupported=1" (or some such).
>
> Though have a look anyways...
Cheers,
I've had a look at all of this and, there doesn't seem to be any errors
etc. I might just try recompiling from the source... It's damned
annoying though as I haven't had problems like this since MDK 6.2 (or
something like that...) :-(
Thanks for your help though...
Dave
bruce mcgregor
when mandrake setup - works great
David Oxlade
> i loaded my voodoo 5, with the 9.2 power pack - it did it automatically
> when mandrake setup - works great
Is it possible that Mandrake have only put 3d support for our voodoo
cards in the purchased versions (like they do with the nvidia and ati
cards) and that they've deliberately missed it out of the download
version?
Cheers,
Dave