Re: 3DFX Banshee Problems for a New User.

[Denice <deatrich lcavsun1 epfl ch>]

On Sun, 19 Sep 1999, Emily wrote:

> Hi Everyone....
>                     I' ve got a few problems.....
> 
> 1- The GNOME, when launched is out of proportion.... I need to get the
> right video server. I checked Daryll's page to get the
> 3DFX-XF86Setup-3.3.3-.....
> I'm doing this is Win98 as I don't have anything setup in Linux to do it
> through there...(PPP, GUI,...) or anything else....I just installed
> Linux for the X'th time....
> So I found on the Creative Labs page a Linux Driver for my Card ...
> 3D Blaster Banshee 16MB AGP Card. I downloaded the file on a disk.
> The name of the file is: XF86_Banshee-1_01_tar.gz
> 
> Now all I need to figure out is how to get this thing on my Linux Box.
> 
> I know that someone is going to answer me with a bunch of terms that I
> don't understand.....I do have a good Bible on Linux but it is lacking
> in the very basic commands.... accessing the floppy... unziping a file
> and where to put the unziped file... etc...
> 
> I'm hoping that someone will use easy terms.....

When you boot into linux, you can copy the tarball
(XF86_Banshee-1_01_tar.gz) from windows if you mount the windows
partition.  If you set this up during the redhat install, then you should
be able to just mount it (inspect your /etc/fstab file). If not, then try
this:
 
 Suppose that your windows partition is /dev/hda1, then:
   mkdir /win
   mount /dev/hda1 /win -t vfat

 Copy the tarball to /tmp  This supposes that you have enough space in
 /tmp.  Check it with 'df':
   df /tmp
   cp /win/path_to_file/XF86_Banshee* /tmp/ 
                          (don't forget command-line completion in the
                           bash shell .. use the <TAB> key to help you
                           avoid lots of typing)

 Unpack the file:
   cd /tmp
   tar zxf XF86_Banshee*

 Look for a readme file of some kind in the unpacked files.  If the
 instructions are like those at:

http://www.cle.creaf.com/techknow/downloads/readme/ReadMe_XF86_Banshee-1.01.txt

 then it should be fairly easy..

 It's a good idea to clean up /tmp, and unmount the windows partition..

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