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go4it

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Registered: 2006-10-03

Posts: 44

3dfx Voodoo Banshee How ? [SOLVED with vesa]

Hallo,

I am trying to have a better font. Installing TTF did not help. So I installed the tdfx package found here.
I got a resolution of 1600 x 1200 but the whole system blocked and I had to power off.
Maybe I have to compile a driver specific for 3dfx Voodoo Banshee ?

Questions:

Is it usefull to install 3dfx drivers to get a better font, if I do not to intent to  play 3d games ?
What about drm driver ? Option or necessary with tdfx driver ?

nadman10

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From: USA

Registered: 2005-10-15

Posts: 202

Re: 3dfx Voodoo Banshee How ? [SOLVED with vesa]

I'm not sure the Banshee is included in the 3DFX drivers. I have not checked this though, just a thought.

go4it

Member

Registered: 2006-10-03

Posts: 44

Re: 3dfx Voodoo Banshee How ? [SOLVED with vesa]

I am happy, I got a good font.
I ran Xconfig to make a new xorg.conf
In this xorg.conf I had the driver "tdfx".
Screen freezes. I found a lot of similar complaints on the web.
So I used this xorg.conf and just swapt the driver line tdfx > vesa
The result is very well.
But it looks like vesa supports only
1280 x 1200
1024 x 768  ( or less)
If someone is able to use another resolution with, please let it know here. Thanks

nadman10

Member

From: USA

Registered: 2005-10-15

Posts: 202

Re: 3dfx Voodoo Banshee How ? [SOLVED with vesa]

Banshee is hard to find anything for, even windows. It was plagued with problems from the start and 3Dfx was quick to drop it.