On Wed, Jan 10, 2001 at 06:47:02AM -0600, Casey Webster wrote: > The stock drivers for nvidia's cards depend on mesa for opengl, so you > will not get accelerated 3d graphics. whether you need/want them us up to > you, but here is what do do if you want them.
Aha, I didn't know that (didn't try anything 3d yet anyway). Thanks > > from nvidia's ftp there is a NVIDIA_KERNEL*.tgz and an NVIDIA_GLX*.tgz, > grab both and make sure the get the newest version. they both extract > into thier own directories, go into the NVIDIA_KERNEL directory and i > believe you jsut have to type make. this comples the driver as a module to > the kernel who's headers are in /usr/include/linux installs it and insmods > itself. Now go into the GLX directory. Here you want to read the FAQ you > can get off nvidia's website, and backup the libGL.so's and glx.so's that > this driver will overwrite. when your satisifed, type make and then go to > your XF86Config file. for your card, change the driver from "nv" to > "nvidia" and wherever the option is, you can do options "glx". I dont > know if its specific to TNT cards (what i have), but only 24 bit color is > supported, if i try 32 bit the console freezes and i have to telnet in and Yep I noticed the 32 bit problem too. > reboot to get it back. I've successfully played Descent3 and Quake3 under > this setup with hardware accelerated openGL (a bit faster that they are > under windows for me even) > > -casey > > On Wed, 10 Jan 2001, Nico De Ranter wrote: > > > I took the binary (tgz) distribution from the XFree86 website and installed > > it > > over my existing X 3.3.x. It worked without problem. Didn't have to > > install anything > > from NVidia (according to the readme on the NVidia website, support for the > > Geforece2 MX > > is included in the newest 4.whatever release). I do realise however that I > > will be > > in trouble when I want to upgrade Debian, but I'll see about that when it > > happens :-) > > I definitely did not have to recompile my kernel (altough it might be > > necessary for the > > more advanced features?) > > > > Nico > > > > On Wed, Jan 03, 2001 at 10:52:31PM -0500, Jonathan Markevich wrote: > > > Well, the price was right and I grabbed a GeForce2 MX card... now I have > > > no > > > X. I understood X 3.3.x support was nil, so started an X4 upgrade...! > > > > > > Now, I'm not sure how to proceed, I'm still downloading one packages, > > > (xserver-xfree86), but if I understand correctly, I need to compile the > > > kernel module and stuff. Has anyone done this? > > > > > > I try to compile the latest module (0.9-5) and get... > > > > > > cpp: -lang-c: linker input file unused since linking not done > > > cc: installation problem, cannot exec 'cc1': No such file or directory > > > make: *** [nv.o] Error 1 > > > > > > ? I don't understand the error. What just happened? Do I really need to > > > do this? This is quite different... > > > > > > -- > > > Jonathan Markevich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > http://www.geocities.com/jmarkevich > > > == It's VIRUSES, not VIRII! See http://language.perl.com/misc/virus.html > > > == > > > > > > Concerning the war in Vietnam, Senator George Aiken of Vermont noted > > > in January, 1966, "I'm not very keen for doves or hawks. I think we need > > > more owls." > > > -- Bill Adler, "The Washington Wits" > > > > > > > > > -- > > > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --------------------------------------------------------- > > "It has been said that there are only two businesses that > > refer to customers as users: illegal drug trade and > > the computer industry." > > --------------------------------------------------------- > > Nico De Ranter > > Sony Service Center (SDCE/NEE-B) > > Sint Stevens Woluwestraat 55 (Rue de Woluwe-Saint-Etienne) > > 1130 Brussel (Bruxelles), Belgium, Europe, Earth > > Telephone: +32 2 724 86 41 Telefax: +32 2 726 26 86 > > e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > -- > > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------- "It has been said that there are only two businesses that refer to customers as users: illegal drug trade and the computer industry." --------------------------------------------------------- Nico De Ranter Sony Service Center (SDCE/NEE-B) Sint Stevens Woluwestraat 55 (Rue de Woluwe-Saint-Etienne) 1130 Brussel (Bruxelles), Belgium, Europe, Earth Telephone: +32 2 724 86 41 Telefax: +32 2 726 26 86 e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
