Re: [TCLUG:10020] TNT2 support

[Scott Dier - dieman <dieman@ringworld.org>]

The problem with this was that q2 wasn't keeping itself in glx mode
because it didn't like it with the g200 driver.  Therefore, it was doing
fallback into svgalib mode.


Ugh. Cant we make gl easy?


 On Fri, 12 Nov 1999, Andrew S. Zbikowski
wrote:

> Date: Fri, 12 Nov 1999 06:30:48 -0600 (CST)
> From: Andrew S. Zbikowski <zibby@ringworld.org>
> Reply-To: tclug-list@mn-linux.org
> To: tclug-list@mn-linux.org
> Subject: Re: [TCLUG:10020] TNT2 support
> 
> On Thu, 11 Nov 1999, Ben Kochie wrote:
> 
> | driver or X server, I have been trying to get quake3 to work with the TNT2
> | under linux, and have had no luck.. i'm running 3.3.5 SVGA server with the
> | GLX module dynamically loaded
> | 
> | Thank You,
> |         Ben Kochie (ben@nerp.net)
> | 
> 
> So far I haven't gotten glx going on my tnt2 either. I keep getting kicked
> out to svgamode. Seems that quake2 user svga lib for mouse (say what?!?),
> unfourtantly, svgalib refuses to follow my configurations telling it my
> mouse is on /dev/psaux. 
> 
> I'm sure if I catually cared I could get it to work, but I have better
> thing to do (attend class more often comes to mind)
> 
> Final note, Nvidia recomends that you don't run q3 on their drivers, yet.
> Wait for XFree4 they say. I think I'll take their advice on that...I have
> enough problems.....
> 
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