Yeah,thanks from me, too. I was having trouble with the Nvidia RPM's from the Mandrakeuser.org site.
I was able to install the rpm's. X would start. The Nvidia logo would appear and I'd get to the KDE desktop. BUT, OpenGL wouldn't work. 1) I didn't know how to quit X. or boot up without X starting. Solved: Thanks to the user who pointed me to the Documentation on Mandrakeuser.org, I was able to change my configuration to boot into console instead of X. 2) Instead of using the rpm's, I download the tar files from Nvidia's linux driver site, unzipped them and did a "make install" (which some users recommended rather than using rpms" 3) edited the XF86Config-4 file as the instructions said. Rebooted. Now i can get the OpenGL screensavers and Tux Racer to work. THANKS. Only slight problem.. when I finished a race in Tux Racer, the system locked and wouldn't respond (tried Ctrl-Alt-F1, etc but no good).. Ctrl-Alt-Delete didn't work either. I had to press Reset button. At 12:08 PM 11/24/01 -0500, you wrote: >OK Everyone, it worked....well sort of! > >I installed the kernel portion with no problems at all but, >when I installed the GLX portion I received a WARNING. > >It seems that libGL.so.1.2 belonged to a conflicting MESA >rpm, so the install was smart enough to rename the file to >XXX.libGL.so.1.2.RPMSAVE for me....cool! > >The first time I tried to startx, I got all kinds of >messages but NO X > >Don't know what was wrong....I poured over the XF86Config-4 >file until I noticed a sample file came with the package. >While viewing it, I noticed that instead of: > >Load "dbe" >Load "glx" > >being on top of each other, their was a #COMMENT section >between them. SOoooo, I made the change and then rebooted! > >Alas, it loaded X but, OpenGL programs were still not >working. I per viewed the xsessions-erros file which stated >that the nvidia driver modules permissions were too >restrictive. > >I noticed that the modules were given the permissions: > >rw_ _ _ _ _ _ _ > >and most others were: > >rw_ rw_ _ _ _ > >so, I changed these as well. Now everything works! > >After getting back online and researching the permission >thing, I found that I was supposed to solve this problem >another way. ie: Removing the line that starts with <dri> >in the file /etc/security/console.perms >Something about my security module for the PAM system >making the changes of permissions of nvidia device files. > >I see it also tells me to change the permissions manually >as well....like I already did. > >Anyway, to make a long story short, it all works, so far so >good! > >Thanks to all who took the time to walk me through this >process. I can't express the gratitude I have for your >assistance. > >By the way, should I still remove the line that begins with: ><dri> in my /etc/security/console.perms file? :) > >Thank you all very much, I've now graduated 1st grade! >Roger > > >On Thursday 22 November 2001 12:55 am, I received the >following message: > >> I'm going to try to install the NVidia Drivers from their >> web site onto my system. I find so much conflicting >> information in all the installation guides and readme >> files that I'm totally confused. >> >> I have an idea of what I'm supposed to do but.......? >> > > >-- >Registered Linux User 244036 >Since August 2001 - LM8.0 >Open Source = Freedom > >Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? >Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com >
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