3DFX

[Theodore J. Soldatos]

Panos Katsaloulis wrote:
> 
> Gia na katalabw kai egw...
> To Linux yposthrizei 3DFX kartes, etsi den einai; Aytes einai idanikes gia
> 3D grafika - p.x. GL 'h Quake2. Epishs exw diabasei den einai kanonikes kartes
> alla epitaxyntes.
> Dhladh, einai mia karta pou mazi me thn yparxousa twn grafikwn thn epitaxynei;

Oxi, h karta ayth leitoyrgei aytonoma. H VGA soy syndeetai sth Voodoo kai h
Voodoo sto monitor. Se normal leitoyrgia, h Voodoo afhnei na perasei to shma ths
VGA sto monitor. Otan thes 3D, h Voodoo kovei thn VGA kai stelnei to diko ths
output sto Monitor. Oi 2 kartes leitoyrgoun teleios aneksarthta. Den exei kamia
shmasia poso kalh h kakh einai h VGA soy. Tha mporoyses na exeis 2 monitors, to
ena sth VGA kai to allo sth Voodoo, pragma poly voliko an skopeyeis na
asxolhtheis epistamena me 3D graphics. 

Yparxoun vevaia kai 2 chips pou einai 2D/3D, kanonikes VGA me 3D epitaxynsh
dhladh, to Rush (palio) kai to Banshee. Ap oti ksero den yposthrizontai plhros
sto Linux.

> 
> Poies markes kykloforoun sthn ellhnikh agora; Ennow poies poy na einai 100%
> compatible me to Linux (kai ta XFree).

Oles sxedon oi Voodoo einai panomoiotypes sth sxediash giati einai vasismenes
sto reference board ths 3dfx. Dyo gnostes markes einai h Creative kai h Diamond.
Einai kai oi dyo compatible me Linux - xreiazesai to Glide kai thn MesaGL (OSS
OpenGL). 
Yposthriksh sta XFree den exei nohma, mia kai otan eisai sta X h Voodoo apla den
doulevei. Yparxei vevaia ena hack sth MesaGL pou stelnei to output se parathyro
ton X, alla ap oti ksero einai argo (h Voodoo kanei render kai to apotelesma
ginetai copy sto parathyro). Oi sygekrimenoi epitaxyntes pantos einai ftagmenoi
gia na doulevoun se fullscreen mono. 

> 
> To hardware compatibility howto den leei kai tipota :-(

Symperasma: Opoiadhpote voodoo1 (palia) h voodoo2 karta vasismenh sto reference
board einai ok gia Linux. Gi aytes pou *den* einai vasismenes sto reference
board, den eimai sigouros alla nomizo oti doulevoun. Ta montela ths Diamond kai
ths Creative einai ayta pou vlepo pio syxna kai einai OK (ego exo Creative).
Koita na exei 12MB RAM kai oxi 8MB (4MB parapano gia textures). Epishs volevei
na exeis deytero monitor h toylaxiston ena dump terminal sth seiriakh - an
paikseis me thn MesaGL einai poly eykolo na kollhseis thn Voodoo, ki eno to
Linux tha doulevei esy ta vlepeis thn kollhmenh voodoo. Opote me ena dump
terminal mporeis na thn synefereis (kill thn process, reset thn karta) xoris na
kaneis reboot, ektos vevaia kai an mporeis na ta kaneis ola ayta sta tyfla :-) 

> 
> Panos

T.

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