Any good Linux Distros for 3DLabs graphic cards?

Asked by VoodooLogic (729

) July 10th, 2009

Turning my friend’s old Pentium III into his first Linux experience. Unfortunately, Ubuntu – my go to distro – does not support the 3DLabs graphics card. After much tooling around on the command line and Google, I thought I’d ask the Fluther.

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you could try a lighter version of ubuntu- like Kubuntu or Xubuntu, or even Fluxbuntu if you really wanted to go bare bones

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@patg7590

He’s not saying that it just doesn’t run well, he’s saying that the operating system does not support his video card.

Ivan (13479

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Ah- I see
try this

patg7590 (4608

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3Dlabs website says it doesn’t have any Linux drivers for Oxygen XV1. I did find a glint driver (xserver-xorg-video-glint), which referenced 3DLabs, in my repositories, which I managed to install in the command line but was unable to get working.

At this stage I am looking for a Linux OS that is robust enough for a new user (not DSL) and will look good at the same time (not vesa drivers).

So far I’ve tried Ubuntu and PCLinuxOS. :( and :(

VoodooLogic (729

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my link has options for SUSE and RedHat, depending on your model :/

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