[MPlayer-users] "Couldn't open /dev/3dfx"

[Alban Bedel]

Hi ellen at euronet.nl,

on Wed, 24 Apr 2002 12:28:36 +0200 (MEST) you wrote:

> [Automatic answer: RTFM (read DOCS, FAQ), also read DOCS/bugreports.html]
> > Initially, my linux system (kernel 2.4.18) didn't have a /dev/3dfx,
> > but after reading snippets of various docs, I created the device file:
> > 
> > geoff:/$ ls -l /dev/3dfx
> > crw-r--r--    1 root     admin    120,   0 Apr 24 01:21 /dev/3dfx
> > 
> > But that didn't seem to change anything.
> > 
> > Does anybody know what exactly the problem is, and/or what the
> > solution is?  Thanks a lot for your help.  
> 
> Do a Google search for "Device3Dfx", and download and install it.
> BTW, my /dev/3dfx has a major number of 107, not 120.  That may have
> changed, though...
> 
You may also try tdfxfb wich has hw scalling, YUV support and direct rending
support.
	Albeu