Thanks. I already used the nv_check.sh script and it
said that everything was OK. Based on the information
I have been seeing I am thinking that I need to try
installing the 1251 drivers from the tarball instead
of the rpm. Should I uninstall the drivers I installed
from the rpm first and then install the tar files?
TC
--- james <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> i used to get segmentation errors when using OpenGL
> - it was because i hadnt
> installed the kernel properly - there is a shell
> script called nv check
> which checks if everything is installed ok
> get it at :
>
http://www.lokigames.com/~heimdall/nvidia/nv_check.sh
>
> just cd to the dir and type :
> $ sh nv_check.sh
>
> oh year - with rpms you may want to type :
> $ rpm -i NV_GLX.blahblah.rpm --nodeps --force
>
> this will force the install of rpms even if your
> system says it is already
> installed
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Terry C <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Monday, July 23, 2001 5:09 PM
> Subject: [newbie] nVidia drivers (again)
>
>
> > 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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