Date: Mon, 12 Mar 2001 10:28:25 +0100 From: "Karel J. Bosschaart" <karelj@wop21.wop.wtb.tue.nl> To: Glenn Johnson <glennpj@charter.net> Cc: Adriaan Rossouw <adriaanr@abraxas365.com>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: G450 + 3D on X 4.0.2 Message-ID: <20010312102825.A68142@wop21.wop.wtb.tue.nl> In-Reply-To: <20010309114659.A1466@node7.cluster.srrc.usda.gov>; from glennpj@charter.net on Fri, Mar 09, 2001 at 11:46:59AM -0600 References: <00ec01c0a87a$c8af9300$956410ac@abraxas365.com> <20010309114659.A1466@node7.cluster.srrc.usda.gov>
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On Fri, Mar 09, 2001 at 11:46:59AM -0600, Glenn Johnson wrote: > 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. > FYI, I did a write-up of the postings concerning DRI with G400 on http://wop21.wop.wtb.tue.nl/freebsd/hwaccel.html , and I'm working to add instructions for installing linux games. Chop off hwaccel.html from mentioned url to see the pages in construction; please note they are not completed yet. Karel. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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