Try to run X with 3dfx Voodoo Banshee card....[SOLVED]

Elvis-Gauss · n00b Joined: 14 Jul 2005 Posts: 73

I have an old computer whose video card is 3dfx Voodoo Banshee. That means I must have tdfx driver installed if I want to run properly xdm.
There is 2 drivers I've seen in portage: glide-v3, xf86-video-voodoo. I've installed glide but rather than I have error message when I startx. It says there's no tdfx module found and xdm can't start. The other package xf86-video-voodoo is hard masked and I don't think it's safe to install it...
My question is - How can I install the tdfx modules to run X? (I didn't see tdfx module in the kernel config..., I have 3dfx in USE flags)
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NeddySeagoon · Posted: Sat Feb 18, 2006 3:42 pm Post subject:

Elvis-Gauss,

glide is the OpenGL driver for 3dfx cards. You need to rebuild X with the 3dfx use flag set in /etc/make.conf

========= edit ========

Oops - you have that.

Your kernel needs to have

Elvis-Gauss · n00b Joined: 14 Jul 2005 Posts: 73

I've done it, but I get an error message:( :
Symbol xf86SetDDCproperties from module /usr/lib/modules/drivers/tdfx_drv.o is unresolved
Symbol xf86PrintEDID from module /usr/lib/modules/drivers/tdfx_drv.o is unresolved
Any ideas? :cry:

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NeddySeagoon · Posted: Sun Feb 19, 2006 5:43 pm Post subject:

Elvis-Gauss,

Are you using the tdfx driver you found on the web or the one provided with xorg-x11 ?
If you are using the xorg-x11 one, add dlloader to you use flags and rebuild X.

See this page for details http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/hardened/hardenedxorg.xml
Gentoo gcc generates Position Independant Executables by default.
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Elvis-Gauss · n00b Joined: 14 Jul 2005 Posts: 73

I don't use xorg7 drivers.. I've just compiled the kernel with voodoo3+ build-in... and installed glide-v3, nothing more...
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NeddySeagoon · Posted: Sun Feb 19, 2006 6:27 pm Post subject:

Elvis-Gauss,

You have also built xorg-x11 (or XFree86) the symbol names mention xf86, rather than xorg, which is why I asked where you obtained the tdfx
driver.

The dlloader USE flag helps X whine its made with the -PIE option.
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Elvis-Gauss · n00b Joined: 14 Jul 2005 Posts: 73

I did it:) Now it's working fine... thanks

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