Freebsd graphics issue

David T. Lewis lewis at mail.msen.com
Mon Oct 18 02:00:33 UTC 2004


On Sun, Oct 17, 2004 at 09:38:48PM +0000, pgrunwald at comcast.net wrote:
> I installed the latest FreeBSD version ( Squeak-3.7b-5.i386-freebsd4.8.tar.gz) 
> under Freebsd 4.10.  Everything seems to be functional except I can't see the 
> "games" and "3d" in the "Worlds of Squeak" project.  Squeak is updated with latest patches. 
> 
> I am running FreeBSD 4.10 using the TDFX X11 server.  XFConfig is  below.  FreeBSD has been fully patched with cvsup and then portupgrade -a.  I have not done anything with the kernel.
> 
> squeak with -glxdebug with any 'n' just gives me the help as if it is an invalud 
> flag.
> 
> I get the same results with 16 or 24 bit color.  I did not try 32 bit color. 
> 
> glxgears runs at 120FPS so I think I'm getting Open GL accel.
> 
> -----------------------
> Questions:
> Am I correct in thinking this is a color depth or 3D rendering issue with XWindows?
> Any suggestions for solving this?
> --------------------------------

Your FreeBSD and X windows are probably both OK. You just need to download a "full" Squeak
image rather than the "basic" one.  See http://minnow.cc.gatech.edu/squeak/3412 for details.

Dave




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