[MPlayer-users] Re: 3Dfx Voodoo3 not found.

[Alban Bedel]

Hi Pamplemousse Mk2,

on Tue, 8 Jul 2003 19:40:01 +0200 you wrote:

> [Automatic answer: RTFM (read DOCS, FAQ), also read
> DOCS/bugreports.html] Hello,
> 
> I have a PIII 500 with a 3Dfx Voodoo 3, Knoppix 3.2 distribution. I use
> MPlayer to play video files and DVD. I have compiled it successfully
> with option --enable-tdfxfb to have optimzation for 3Dfx video cards. 
> 
> But when I call:
> 	mplayer -vo tdfxfb -dvd 1
> 
> I have this error message: 
> 	tdfxfb: can't open /dev/fb0: Permission non accordée (permission
> 	denied)
> 
> And when I call it as logged as root:
> 	tdfxfb: This driver is only supports the 3Dfx Banshee, Voodoo3 and
> 	Voodoo 5
> 
> But I have a real 3Dfx Voodoo3. I have tested it with GLXGear, I had
> download the specific library needed by X11 and DRI for 3DFX Voodoo3
> support (without this GLXGear could not run). 
>
If you have agp support you can try tdfx_vid wich is even faster.
It's still experimental and i tested it only on banshee but it
should work on voodoo3 too.
	Albeu

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