Mandrake v7.1 install

[Brian Cluff]

The Voodoo drives are indeed in the new version, but in your case I wouldn't
attempt to use the XFree86 4 for a while.  It's alot harder to setup and
maintain, and with the voodoo cards its actually alot slower that the other
server.  This will of course cange (so they say).
In my case, I have a Gforce card, and its WAAAAY faster to run it under ver.
4... so I shoe horned it into my mandrake 7 install the day after it was
released.

----- Original Message -----
> 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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