Voodoo 3 pci

[Michael Kronsteiner]

well... err funny...

i just tried mine and found out that dri can stay enabled (default
config), but then running glsnake from the xscreensaver package crashes
the server with following backtrace:


Backtrace:
0: X(xf86SigHandler+0xa4) [0x1200be1a4]
1: /lib/libc.so.6.1 [0x20000298b80]
2: /usr/lib/dri/tdfx_dri.so [0x200049c16cc]
3: /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libglx.so [0x2000069df80]
4: /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libglx.so(DoMakeCurrent+0x454)
[0x2000066a084]
5: /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libglx.so(__glXMakeCurrent+0x2c)
[0x2000066a2dc]
6: /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libglx.so [0x20000671488]
7: X(Dispatch+0x25c) [0x120051a2c]
8: X(main+0x5e0) [0x120031440]
9: /lib/libc.so.6.1(__libc_start_main+0xe0) [0x2000027df30]
10: X(__start+0x38) [0x1200302a8]

Fatal server error:
Caught signal 11.  Server aborting

i dont have any problem leaving dri running, but i disabled the glx
option (as seen in some nvidia-driver install guides IIRC).
i didnt try disabling only dri at the moment....
The machine is AlphaPC164SX w/512Mb aha2940u scsi 2

seems to be somehow machine-dependant what works and what not...???

greetz

Michael

On Wed, 2007-04-25 at 14:28 -0400, Jay Estabrook wrote:
> Jay Estabrook wrote:
> > Michael Kronsteiner wrote:
> >> is anything good/bad known about the status of this card? i got one toda
> >> y and cant wait to test it anyway :D hope to be able to replace at least
> >> one of these f...ine ati rage xl blah cards
> > 
> > I believe it works fine for 2D under AC3 (Xorg 7.1). The 3D support was
> > rewritten/reorganized recently to do away with the Glide library,
> > IIRC, and AFAIK hasn't since worked (in 3D) on Alpha.
> 
> Just had the chance to (re)try Voodoo3 3000 PCI again under AC3 on DS10,
> and here's what I found:
> 
> Configured first for 2D only (comment-out the 'Load "dri"' line in
> /etc/X11/xorg.conf), the server crashed the machine hard, requiring
> a power cycle.
> 
> Solved that problem by adding 'Option "SWCursor" "true"' line to the
> Device Section in the config file; then everything worked fine in 2D.
> 
> Leaving sotware cursor enabled, re-edited the config file for 3D by
> reactivating the 'Load "dri"' line. Everything came up, but as soon
> as a 3D operation was tried, in this case only "glxinfo", it crashed
> the server (but thankfully not the machine).
> 
> Updated the TDFX driver from xorg-x11-drv-tdfx-1.3.0-2.fc6.src.rpm, and
> had success using the hardware cursor, but 3D operation still crashed
> the server... :-(
> 
> Note also that 3D screen resolution is limited to 1024x768 if you have a
> Voodoo3 3000 or Banshee card with only 16MB of videoRAM... :-\
> 
> On a different note, I found that ETCH 40r0 support for Voodoo3 3000 on
> DS10 all "just worked" in both 2D and 3D - no config file changes were
> needed, though the limitation noted above (1024x768) was also enforced.
> 
> So, bottom lines for Voodoo3 3000 16MB PCI:
> 
> 1. AC3 needs a software cursor enabled to run at all
> 2. AC3 won't run 3D at all
> 3. ETCH 40r0 runs it OOTB
> 4. 3D support for 16MB videoRAM cards is limited to 1024x768 resolution
> 
> Good luck.
> 
> --Jay++
>