From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Mar 9 9:47:47 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from node7.cluster.srrc.usda.gov (symbion.srrc.usda.gov [199.133.86.40]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8D0B937B719 for ; Fri, 9 Mar 2001 09:47:43 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from gjohnson@srrc.ars.usda.gov) Received: (from glenn@localhost) by node7.cluster.srrc.usda.gov (8.11.2/8.11.2) id f29HkxS03032; Fri, 9 Mar 2001 11:46:59 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from glenn) Date: Fri, 9 Mar 2001 11:46:59 -0600 From: Glenn Johnson To: Adriaan Rossouw Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: G450 + 3D on X 4.0.2 Message-ID: <20010309114659.A1466@node7.cluster.srrc.usda.gov> Mail-Followup-To: Glenn Johnson , Adriaan Rossouw , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <00ec01c0a87a$c8af9300$956410ac@abraxas365.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <00ec01c0a87a$c8af9300$956410ac@abraxas365.com>; from adriaanr@abraxas365.com on Fri, Mar 09, 2001 at 11:24:47AM +0200 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG 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