This may not be much of an answer, but I have had success downloading the source rpm's instead of the pre-compiled ones. If your files are already editted, maybe it's worth a shot?
-Paul Rodríguez On Wed, 2002-01-02 at 19:12, Terry Smith wrote: > Hi gang, > > My new computer is up and running (it's been periodically dead but > that's another story...and a bit long...when it's all sorted out I'll do > a post mortem for y'all:-). > > I don't know whether my NVIDIA card is working correctly. I have a > NVIDIA GeForce2 MX200 w/32 mb RAM installed in the AGP slot. Mandrake > 8.1 installed the generic NVIDIA drivers. I went through the material on > Mandrake User and went to the NVIDIA site and grabbed and installed > NVIDIA_GLX* and NVIDIA_kernel-1.02313...(revision 20, using the version > for Mandrake 8.1 with the 2.4.8 kernel). Installation seemed to go OK > but I did get some warnings that the drivers were conflicting with some > already installed MESA drivers (which I know nothing about). The msgs > told me that those (Mesa) drivers were being renamed so as to not > conflict. > > Then, per Mandrake's and NVIDIA's instructions, I modified the > XF86Config-4 file to change driver 'nv' to 'nvidia' and to include a > line to > > Load 'glx' > > When I reboot the X-server I get the NVIDIA splash screen, and, to my > unpracticed eye, the performance seems a little 'snappier'. > > Tuxracer won't load, however. Here's the message I get from the console: > " > Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0". > Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0". > *** tuxracer error: Couldn't initialize video: Couldn't find matching > GLX visual > (Success) > " > > I have also tried installing some KDE screensavers, specifically "Morph > 3D (GL)" assuming that they use 3D graphics. That particular screensaver > does not seem to be available to me. > > Have I missed a step? Left something out? Configured things incorrectly? > > I've run through the full NVIDIA documentation and seem to have the > files it says I should have. > > TIA. > > Terry Smith > Hatchville > > > > > > ------------=_1010016746-11608-3010 > 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
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