i have a nicely working Gentoo system (XP 2500+ , nVidia GeForce4 MX 440 AGP 8x ). i'ld like to get 3D acceleration working, insofar as it's not now. actually, i'm not sure whether this will improve the look of 3D graphics or merely make more efficient use of my hardware.
following a recent thread here, i did the following: emerge nvidia-glx (also merges nvidia-kernel ) comment 'Load "dri"' in XF86Config replace 'Driver "nv"' there with 'Driver "nvidia"' reboot as root, enter 'modprobe nvidia' (it says 'loaded but tainted') as user, start XFCE or KDE the normal way both start w the Nvidia splash screen, but are slow, erratic & finally everything freezes. restoring the previous XF86Config, all is ok again. ordinarily when Xscreensaver starts, there mb a line 'dri missing from kernel (or :0.0 ? )' at top of screen: might this be relevant ? i've read thro' the Gentoo 'dri' howto file, which advises recompiling the kernel, which i've not done before. a search of Gentoo Forum with 'nvidia' reveals nothing sensible. does anyone have any suggestions ? -- ========================,,============================================ SUPPORT ___________//___, Philip Webb : [EMAIL PROTECTED] ELECTRIC /] [] [] [] [] []| Centre for Urban & Community Studies TRANSIT `-O----------O---' University of Toronto -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
