-CONTINUED
- Download and compile Device3Dfx-2.2-3.src.rpm
by:
- rpm --rebuild Device3Dfx-2.2-3.src.rpm
- rpm -Uvh /usr/src/redhat/RPMS/i386/Device3Dfx-1.1-2.i386.rpm
- Download the following driver/server to a temp-directory
(e.g. /tmp):
- XFree86_3DFX-SVGA-3.3.3-5.i386.rpm
- XFree86_3DFX-XF86Setup-3.3.3-5.i386.rpm
- XFree86_3DFX-rushlib-3.3.3-6.i386.rpm
- Download the Glide-glibc driver that corresponds
to your glibc-version
- Glide_V3-2.60-5.i386.glibc20.rpm (if
your glibc is 2.0.7)
- Assuming you have downloaded the rpms listed above
to a temp-directory like /tmp, type the following
below:
- rpm –Uvh *.rpm --nodeps.
That should be it on installing the glide-drivers.
We now need to run XF86Setup to configure your XFree
xwindows system:
- type from the command-prompt
- XF86Setup <enter>
- Accept the default-settings regarding your video-card.
These are usually set at SVGA and PROBED settings.
- Check the bppp settings and make sure that you
select 16bpp or higher. You also need to
check the video-resolutions, so check the resolutions
that mostly comprises your video-card/monitor capabilities
(i.e. 1024x768, 800x600, 640x480).
Caution: make sure that your monitor can actually
support these 3 resolutions. Check the monitor-settings
of XF86Setup. Be careful. To be on the safe side,
choose only the 640x480 mode.
- Press Ok and XF86Setup will try to load the Xserver
you choose.
- If everything goes well, you will get a graphical-screen
with some radio-buttons. Just press the Save…
button settings.
- If you get an error, please read the error-message
because it will tell you what the problem is.
You will need to re-run XF86Setup to correct the
error.
- If you get a blank-screen for a long time (3
minutes) or you get some weird looping error-messages,
press CTRL-C to stop the program. You might
probably want to restart your linux-system and
re-run XF86Setup to select the proper configurations.
When everything is ok with XF86Setup, load up your
Xwindows via startx and we’ll test your installation
of the 3dfx server-drivers. Once you’re in Xwindows,
load up Netscape and browse to the 3dfx-howto site
at http://www.netroedge.com/~phil/3dfx-howto.html.
Reading the site, we
find an instruction on testing the 3dfx-drivers. Here’re
the instructions:
get glide working.
Run these commands in X while in 16 bit depth (startx
-- -bpp 16) as root:
# /usr/local/glide/bin/test3Dfx
-r 640x480
# /usr/local/glide/bin/test3Dfx
-r 800x600
# /usr/local/glide/bin/test3Dfx
-r 1024x768
You should get a
blue screen at increasing resolutions for each test.
That should be correct
instructions. My additional comments are:
- When you run the
test3dfx program, you will get the familiar 3dfx
banner-splash.
- Make note on which
resolution the 3dfx banner-splash was correctly
displayed. You will be using those successful
resolutions on your Q3Test video-configuration.
My own linux-box supports all 3 resolutions, but
loses the colors when on 640x480-mode.
- In case you’re wondering,
my fps on 640-mode was 45fps, 800-mode was 33-35fps,
and 1024-mode was 30-33 fps. These were taken using
the cg_drawfps 1 tilde-command in Q3Test
and just standing alone in one of the empty servers,
with vsync on and default settings. I didn’t do
any tweaks. Have to remember that I’m running on
a Banshee card. You’re fps will vary if you run
on a Voodoo-2 or a Voodoo-3.
That’s about it. Onward
to Q3Test installation!
Q3Test installation and
Configuration
Now that we got the
correct XFree video-server/driver installed, we are
now free to install Q3Test and be confident that it
should work. Or are we really now. J
Assuming you already
downloaded the Q3Test rpm-file into the /tmp
, you can do either one of these things:
- su as root
then open an Xterm window and type:
rpm –Uvh /tmp/q3test*.rpm
- If you have Gnome,
you can use Gnorpm to install the q3test-rpm file.
Either way, the Q3Test-files
will be decompressed and installed in the /usr/local/games/q3test
directory. Before we play Q3Test, we need to know
the ip-addresses of some q3test-server. Try the following
guides:
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