[lug] 3D Accel, SuSE v9.0

[Timothy C. Klein]

* Hugh Brown (hugh at math.byu.edu) wrote:
> 
> > OK, maybe its because I'm a gluten for punishment, but I really want to 
> > try enabling 3D Acceleration again.  If I get into the same issue as 
> > before, what file do I edit to turn off 3D Acceleration?   What should I 
> > look for in this file?
> > 
> > Cheers,
> > Gary
> 
> Not sure about SuSE 9, but on redhat 8 and 9, enabling 3d accel (to play
> armagetron, tuxracer,etc. ) was a matter of making sure the dri and glx
> modules were loaded in XF86Config.  I also had one machine require that
> I drop down to 16bpp from 24.

I do believe that the Matrox G400 I have does indeed require 16 rather
than 24 bpp for 3D-accel to work.  May be similar for the G450.

Tim
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