Mandrake v7.1 install

[Brian Cluff]

The fact that you were running Xconfigureator was the reason that you didn't
get it up.
X4 is so new that the config utils havent had a chance to catch up yet, so
the Xconfigurator that you were running was your old 3.3.x one.  The only
way to configure X4 is to use the xf86config program and just answer all the
questions it asks.
You can sometimes make a working config file by doing
XFree86 -configure
and that will write the most basic config that you have every seen to the
~root directory.  It will work, but you will have a much better time
configuring the one cranked out by xf86config.

If you are running a voodoo, from what the reviews of X4 are saying, its
significantly slower to upgrade right now.  This seems to be a Voodoo only
thing and that alot of other cards are much faster after the upgrade.  I can
tell you that a matrox millenium I 4 meg and a matrox millenium II 8meg are
much faster.  I also have an nvidia G-Force Erazor X running on X4, but I
have never had it running on the older X versions, so I can't tell you if
there is any speed increase in it.... but its pretty damn fast.
----- Original Message -----
> I don't know if the Voodoo3 2000 is supported but I downloaded and
installed it
> on Redhat 6.2 and had a heck of a time.  I could run Xconfigurator but
couldn't
> get it officially "up" (due to patience deficit syndrome ;-)
>   I ended up rolling back to my previous version of XFREE86 downloaded
from
> 3DFX.
>
> Donn Shumway wrote:
>
> > I just downloaded the latest Mandrake version 7.1 last night and
attempted
> > an install tonight. Everything was going well (I have installed v7.02
many
> > times and never had a problem) so I proceeded with the 'Expert' install.
I
> > have a K6-2 450 with 128MB ram and a 3dfx Voodoo 3 2000 with Samsung
17gli
> > monitor. I have used this configuration in version 7.0 for months with
no
> > problem, at the 1152 x 864 resolution x 16bpp.
> >
> > During Install,  there is the option of installing Xfree86 v4 (in
addition
> > to stable 3.3.6? I think). Not thinking this would be a problem I
answered
> > 'Yes' and proceeded with the 'X' configuration. When I got to the
resolution
> > selection, I chose 1152 x 864 as I have many times and the system
crashed
> > when it attempted to test the configuration. Hard. It turns out that
there
> > was no Voodoo 3 2000 driver in Xfree86 v4 (that I can see). Should I
avoid
> > this Xfree86 version for now, or does anyone have any suggestions? This
> > hardware and resolution configuration has worked well on mandrake
versions
> > 6.5 and 7.02. Does anyone know if the Voodoo card is currently not
supported
> > in Xfree86 v4? Could something else have gone wrong with my install?
> >
> > I checked the Xfree86 site and they state that, regarding the Voodoo
banshee
> > and Voodoo 3, "All hardware supported in 3.3.6 is also supported in
4.0." by
> > the 'tdfx' driver.
> >
> > Thanks for any input. I know this is a VERY recent distribution version.
I'm
> > hoping someone has some experience with Xfree86 v4 and a Voodoo card.
> >
> > Thanks and regards,
> > Donn Shumway
> >
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