Date: Fri, 9 Mar 2001 11:46:59 -0600 From: Glenn Johnson <glennpj@charter.net> To: Adriaan Rossouw <adriaanr@abraxas365.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: G450 + 3D on X 4.0.2 Message-ID: <20010309114659.A1466@node7.cluster.srrc.usda.gov> In-Reply-To: <00ec01c0a87a$c8af9300$956410ac@abraxas365.com>; from adriaanr@abraxas365.com on Fri, Mar 09, 2001 at 11:24:47AM %2B0200 References: <00ec01c0a87a$c8af9300$956410ac@abraxas365.com>
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On Fri, Mar 09, 2001 at 11:24:47AM +0200, Adriaan Rossouw wrote: > I was just wondering if hardware 3d works on XF4.0.2 (compiled with > the matrox supplied proprietery drivers, and running perfectly) works > on FreeBSD. > > It's not really a feature i *need* , just be nice to be able to play > with blender and the like. You will have to build the 3D bits yourself. Unfortunately, I do not think that anyone is keeping up with the FreeBSD DRI and specifically the mga module in XF4.0.2 from a development standpoint so there is a bit of hacking involved. I have it working (sort of) with a Matrox G400 on my home system. The speed is quite good but it will make my system wedge periodically, I would say maybe once out of every 3-4 times I launch a 3D app. I have not tried blender however. You do _not_ want to enable this on a production machine. When my system locks up with a 3D app I go to my wife's computer and telnet into my FreeBSD box and kill the 3D app if I can or reboot if necessary. I have had it also kill the networking as well which meant I had to hit the reset button which of course can lead to file system damage. Let me know if you still want to pursue this and I will cobble together some instructions. Actually, most of what you need to do is posted in the mail archives. -- Glenn Johnson glennpj@charter.net To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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