I hate to say it but I had the same problem and with the exception of Chromium have never been able to play an GL based games or run any of the mesa demos without a total lock-up. I even corresponded directly with Nvidia for about two weeks trying everything to get them to work and it was all for nothing. My card is PCI perhaps that has something to do with it. Nvidia never said yes, no or possibly with regards to the fact of the card being PCI. Good luck, John At 03:42 PM 9/18/01 -0400, you wrote: >Ok, I've installed both the tar balls and later the src rpms of the >latest nVidia drivers. I am running Mandrake 8.0 freq 2. > >I still get the same problem. Computer starts successfully (with nVidia >logo). Launching a 3d accelerated program (e.g. gears or tuxracer) >freezes the computer. I cannot even log out the a command line or >restart x. > >-Paul Rodríguez > >On 16 Sep 2001 11:23:31 -0500, Tom Brinkman wrote: > > On Sunday 16 September 2001 06:27 am, Paul Rodríguez escribió: > > > Did the earlier versions supprt 3d acceleration? > > > > > > I'm concerned about using the rpms. I was told that using them would > > > make my problem easier to troubleshoot. However, if they were > > > compiled on a different kernel version than the one I am using > > > (almost certyainly since I am using Freq 2), can this cause me any > > > probelms? This won't change my kernel will it? > > > > Many people have the mistaken belief that tarballs are always > > source. The nVidia tarballs are nothin more than archive (.tar), > > compressed (.gz) wrappers around secret, closed source, nVidia binaries. > > The src.rpm's are the same, but add in the increased ability to easily > > remove them when/if the nVidia closed binaries break your system. Which > > they will, sooner or later. > > -- > > Tom Brinkman Galveston Bay, USA > > Admiral Yamamoto: "I fear that all we have done is to awaken a > > sleeping giant, and filled him with a terrible resolve." > > > > > > ------------=_1000657534-7607-4076 > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com > > >_________________________________________________________ >Do You Yahoo!? >Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com > > >Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? >Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
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