Here is a snip of the nvidias own readme that you find from the same section
of nvidias homepage there where you can download the tars.
This snip concerns the tar install prozess . I repeat: Use the tars not the
rpms and follow the instructions from THIS readme DONT use the instructions
that you find inside the tars!!! They are wrong.
snip
Installing/Upgrading by Tar file
--------------------------------
Instructions for the Impatient:
$ tar xvzf NVIDIA_kernel.tar.gz
$ tar xvzf NVIDIA_GLX.tar.gz
$ cd NVIDIA_kernel
$ make install
$ cd ../NVIDIA_GLX
$ make install
Instructions:
To install from tar file, unpack each file:
$ tar xzf NVIDIA_kernel.tar.gz
$ tar xzf NVIDIA_GLX.tar.gz
cd into the NVIDIA_kernel directory. Type 'make install'. This will
compile the kernel interface to the NVdriver, link the NVdriver, copy
the NVdriver into place, and attempt to insert the NVdriver into the
running kernel:
$ cd NVIDIA_kernel
$ make install
Next, move into the NVIDIA_GLX directory. Type 'make install' -- this
will copy the files into place:
$ cd ../NVIDIA_GLX
$ make install
Note that the "make install" for each package will remove any previously
installed NVIDIA drivers.
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(sec-03) EDITING YOUR XF86CONFIG FILE
=====================================
When XFree86 4.0 was released, it used a slightly different XF86Config
file syntax than the 3.x series did, and so to allow both 3.x and 4.x
versions of XFree86 to co-exist on the same system, it was decided that
XFree86 4.x was to use the configuration file "/etc/X11/XF86Config-4"
if it existed, and only if that file did not exist would the file
"/etc/X11/XF86Config" be used (actually, that is an over-simplification of
the search criteria; please see the XF86Config manpage for a complete
description of the search path). Please make sure you know what
configuration file XFree86 is using. If you are in doubt, look for a
line beginning with "(==) Using config file:" in the your XFree86 log
file ("/var/log/XFree86.0.log"). This README will use "XF68Config"
to refer to your configuration file, whatever it is named.
If you do not have a working XF86Config file, there are several ways
to start: there is a sample config file that comes with XFree86, and
there is a sample config file included with the NVIDIA_GLX package
(it gets installed in the /usr/share/doc tree). You could also use a
program like 'xf86config'; some distributions provide their own tool
for generating an XF86Config file. For more on XF86Config file syntax,
please refer to the manpage.
If you already have an XF86Config file working with a different driver
(such as the 'nv' driver), then all you need to do is find the relevant
Device section and replace the line:
Driver "nv"
with
Driver "nvidia"
In the Module section, make sure you have:
Load "glx"
You should also remove the following lines:
Load "dri"
Load "GLcore"
if they exist. There are also numerous options that can be added to
the XF86Config file to fine-tune the NVIDIA XFree86 driver. Please see
Appendix D for a complete list of these options.
Once you have configured your XF86Config file, you are ready to restart
X and begin using the accelerated OpenGL libraries. After you restart X,
you should be able to run any OpenGL application and it will automatically
use the new NVIDIA libraries. If you encounter any problems, please
see the troubleshooting section below...
snip
Details on http://www.nvidia.com/view.asp?IO=linux_readme_install
On Monday 23 July 2001 19:09, Terry C wrote:
> I am wondering if I may be able to resolve the
> segmentation fault errors I am getting trying to run
> Chromium, or Tuxracer by changing to the nVidia 769
> drivers instead of using the 1251 drivers. Has anyone
> tried this to resolve the seg. fault problems?
> I have already made sure that I am not using KDM, I
> have tried booting into run level 3 and using startx,
> & I have tried using gdm. The black screen and seg.
> fault errors started after I tried to run BZflag and
> it locked up. No GL games have worked since.
> Also, what exactly is a segmentation fault?
> Thanks.
>
> TC
>
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