Does anyone have a suggestion as to where I might get some advice on 
this problem. I would appreciate it.

Benjamin Betts
bmbetts at mail.uophx.edu
benbetts at charter.net



Benjamin Betts wrote:

> Greetings all,
>    Thanks so much for all the help at the install...um...loadfest? 
> Anyway, I've got Debian up on my old P1 box and on my thinkpad 560.
> On to the question.
> I'm trying to configure X with a 3Dfx Voodoo 4 4500 and an Acer 7133s 
> monitor. I've broken my XF86Config file several times now and I'm 
> getting used to it but I haven't had much success. Basically I can't 
> get above 640x480. I've looked at the 3Dfx HOWTO, the XFree86 website 
> and every conceivable Google search, so I'm not just wussing out here.
> Here's what I know.
> Some sites claim that the Voodoo4 and 5 use the same drivers.
> There is very little mention of the Voodoo4 specifically.
> The Glide drivers are said to work only with Voodoo 1&2 cards
> I've done apt-get install glide2-bin
> Here is some of my XF86Config-4 (ask if you need it all, just trying 
> to be conservative)
>
> Section "ServerLayout"
>    Identifier     "Default Layout"
>    Screen         "Screen 1"
>    InputDevice    "Generic Keyboard"
>    InputDevice    "Configured Mouse"
> EndSection
>
> Section "Monitor"
>    Identifier   "Acer 7133S"
>    VendorName   "AAC"
>    ModelName    "5321"
> #    HirizSync    31.0 - 40.0
> #    VertRefresh  50-90
> EndSection
>
> Section "Device"
>    Identifier  "Voodoo4"
>    VendorName  "3dfx"
>    Driver      "tdfx"
>    ChipSet     "3dfx Voodoo5"
> #    Option        "UseFBDev" "true"
>    BusID       "PCI:1:0:0"
> EndSection
>
> Section "Screen"
>    Identifier "Screen 1"
>    Device     "Voodoo4"
>    Monitor    "Acer 7133S"
>    DefaultDepth     24
>    SubSection "Display"
>        Depth     16
>        Modes     "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600"
>        ViewPort  0 0
>    EndSubSection
>    SubSection "Display"
>        Depth     24
>        Modes     "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600"
>        ViewPort  0 0
>    EndSubSection
> EndSection
>
> Section "DRI"
>    Mode         0666
> EndSection
>
> Many Thanks,
>

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