MarkO,
Well that's kind of funny. Because if you go to the supported hardware
section of the linux-mandrake web site there is a link to instructions
that are awfully similar to the ones I posted below. But just to be
sure. I ran over and checked the Linux Drivers page ... funny thing.
Requirement 2.1 says that Nvidia drivers require XFree4.01 to work.
Directly above that it says that the Riva and NV1 chips are supported
under XFree4.0 ... not Gforce 1 and 2. Which would probably explains
some of the threads we get around here about once or twice a month
bitching about installing XFree4.01. If you don't believe me go to
irc.openprojects.net channel #loki and ask jlundy if nvidia drivers are
supported by Mandrake 7.1 .... he works in the driver dept. at Nvidia so
I think he should know.
Larry
markOpoleO wrote:
>
> What are you talking about?! MD 7.1 Supports Geforce 2 and 1 cards right
> during install.
> You can allways upgrade to 4.1.0 if you want..
>
> markOpoleO
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Larry Hignight" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Monday, September 25, 2000 7:46 PM
> Subject: Re: [newbie] Geforce 2 driver
>
> > Dominus Paparum wrote:
> > >
> > > quick question before I install LM, does it come with drivers for the
> geforce2? i can download them from nvidia how do i install these drivers?
> the file extention is .rpm what do i do with it?
> > >
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> > Dominus,
> >
> > First, do us all a favor and set your email client to wrap outgoing
> > messages at 72 characters or less. Thanks. If your new to Linux and
> > not comfortable working from a command line then forget about it for
> > right now. I don't think any distro currently has support for Nvidia
> > "built in". That may have already changed with the release Red Hat 7
> > though. I'm sure Mandrake 7.2 will also support Nvidia cards out of the
> > box. If you still feel up for a project here is what I did in a
> > nutshell to get my Gforce working.
> >
> > A. Your gonna have to upgrade to XFree4.01
> > .5 Almost forgot ... mv /etx/X11 and /usr/X11 to /etc/X11-old and
> > /usr/X11-old
> > 1. goto www.xfree86.org and download Xinstall.sh and extract
> > 2. take a look at the readme files while your there
> > 3. run 'sh Xinstall.sh' then download the correct binaries
> > 4. install the binaries
> > 5. run /usr/X11/bin/xf86config ... be sure to have your monitor manual
> > handy
> >
> > B. Install the Nvidia drivers
> > 1. Install the both rpm's ... no sweat here. I had to --nodeps one of
> > them.
> >
> > C. Tweak XF86Config
> > 1. Refer to the faq at Nvidia under linux drivers
> > 2. I recall having to uncomment the glx line under modules
> > 3. Had to change the driver from nv to nvidia
> >
> > voila ... your done for now. I'm just leaving my machine on inittab 3
> > for now. Whenever I want to play a game I simply 'startx' and run the
> > game from inside of twm which seems to be more stable then before I had
> > a Nvidia card. Incedently, I'm also getting fairly significantly higher
> > frame rates under this setting then under WinME.
> >
> > --
> > Larry Hignight Descent 3 Beta tester Caldera Linux 2.4
> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> > 12:45am up 1 day, 8:49, 5 users, load average: 0.00, 0.03, 0.00
> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> >
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Larry Hignight Descent 3 Beta tester Caldera Linux 2.4
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