Re: [expert] Mandrake 8 GLX (Nvidia)
Woody Green wrote: Nathan wrote: Jerry, Thanks for trying to help with this, if I manage to fix this problem I'll probably give up Windows all together. What is your agp status? Enabled or Disabled. and agp driver says NVIDIA cat /proc/nv/card0 brings up the following - NVRM Version: 1.0-769 Model: Riva TNT2 Ultra IRQ 11 AGP status: Disabled AGP driver: Bridge: Ali M1541 SBA: Supported [Disabled] FW: Unspoorted [Disabled] Rates: 2x 1x Nathan, In your /etc/X11/XF86Config-4, go to the Device section and add a line: Options NvAGP 3 This will tell the NVidia driver to try using *either* the interal AGP routines or failing that, fall back to agpgart. The default is 1 which is internal only. On my system, (VIA based MVP3 chipset) the NVidia internal AGP code doesn't work. If you like, you can use 2 also which is to try agpgart only. I had your same problem until I added the option line and told it to try agpgart. Enjoy, Woody Another thing you can try is CAREFULLY :) reading the file os-registry.c which comes with the nvidia kernel tarball. nvidia's own install file is incorrect when it comes to certain cards, including mine, the tnt2 m64. The m64 readme that comes with the kernel tarball itself is also bullshit. I had to read the actual developer notes inside os-registry.c and work out what I needed to change to get my card to work. All the AGP settings are set in that file. My AGP did not give me grief, so I don't know exactly how to help you, so read and potentially edit that file and see how it goes. -- Kind regards, Hylton Clarke www.eBucks.com
Re: [expert] Mandrake 8 GLX (Nvidia)
Nathan wrote: Jerry, Thanks for trying to help with this, if I manage to fix this problem I'll probably give up Windows all together. What is your agp status? Enabled or Disabled. and agp driver says NVIDIA cat /proc/nv/card0 brings up the following - NVRM Version: 1.0-769 Model: Riva TNT2 Ultra IRQ 11 AGP status: Disabled AGP driver: Bridge: Ali M1541 SBA: Supported [Disabled] FW: Unspoorted [Disabled] Rates: 2x 1x Nathan, In your /etc/X11/XF86Config-4, go to the Device section and add a line: Options NvAGP 3 This will tell the NVidia driver to try using *either* the interal AGP routines or failing that, fall back to agpgart. The default is 1 which is internal only. On my system, (VIA based MVP3 chipset) the NVidia internal AGP code doesn't work. If you like, you can use 2 also which is to try agpgart only. I had your same problem until I added the option line and told it to try agpgart. Enjoy, Woody -- --- Gatewood Green Web Developer http://www.linux.org/ The first stop for Linux info on the Net Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- All opinions expressed by me are my own and not necessarily endorsed by Linux Online, Inc. or Linux Headquarters, Inc.
Re: [expert] Mandrake 8 GLX (Nvidia)
Michael, I checked, it says the same thing whilst in X windows - AGP is disabled. Nathan On Wednesday 02 May 2001 15:05, Michael Leone wrote: Did you do this while in X? You get different values, if you do this from the command line while not in X. As an example, mine says the same thing yours does, if I cat /proc/nv/card0 from the command line before starting X. However, if I do it in a shell from within X, the AGP *is* enabled, and there is a driver name listed. - Original Message - From: Nathan [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Jerry Sternesky [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, May 02, 2001 6:31 AM Subject: Re: [expert] Mandrake 8 GLX (Nvidia) Jerry, Thanks for trying to help with this, if I manage to fix this problem I'll probably give up Windows all together. What is your agp status? Enabled or Disabled. and agp driver says NVIDIA cat /proc/nv/card0 brings up the following - NVRM Version: 1.0-769 Model: Riva TNT2 Ultra IRQ 11 AGP status: Disabled AGP driver: Bridge: Ali M1541 SBA: Supported [Disabled] FW: Unspoorted [Disabled] Rates: 2x 1x I had to go into /etc/rc.sysinit and comment out the loading of agp to allow the nvidia one to get loaded. in /etc/rc.sysinit there is no reference to AGP I'd be grateful for any ideas you might have, Nathan
Re: [expert] Mandrake 8 GLX (Nvidia)
Todd, Thanks for any help you can give on this problem, The X Version is 4.0.3 Lsmod tells me that the NVdriver is loaded (size 630112, used 0) The driver is version 0.9-769 (14 March 2001) My hardware is as follows - AMD K6-2 (3D Now) 500 Mhz (Super Socket 7 on a 100 Mhz MSI Mboard) 96 MB SDRAM DIMMs (they are 66mhz, but have tried 32mb 100mhz to see if faster memory improves problem) 14 Monitor at 800x600, 65,000 colours I'm running Mandrake 8 (although others seem to get their Nvidia cards working fine on this distro) If you have any ideas please pass them on, Nathan On Monday 30 April 2001 14:17, you wrote: I don't have help for your specific errors. But at least make sure you are running X 4: X -version And that NVidia loaded properly: lsmod If you are definitely running X 4.0.x and NVidia shows up in the list of modules, right back with specific information about your hardware and Linux distribution. Also, list what version of the nvidia drivers you are using.
Re: [expert] Mandrake 8 GLX (Nvidia)
It looks like you are having an issue with the agpgart (agp) stuff, during the install Mandrake loads a kernel driver based on the chipset it detects, by commenting out what Mandrake detected and loads I was able to get the nvidia agp driver to load. I just check my /etc/rc.sysinit using vi, in my script the entry was at line 796 here is what it looks like: # Load agpgart here. This is a hack, and will probably go away soon. #if grep driver: agpgart /etc/sysconfig/hwconf /dev/null 21 ; then # modprobe agpgart /dev/null 21 #fi I had to add # to the last three lines, and I hate to say this but rebooting the system will be a lot easier than trying to stop and restart services. Be warned, if you upgrade your scripts any changes you makes to this file will be overwritten. Since you indicated that you followed the Nvidia instructions, I am guessing you made the edits to XF86Config-4 to add glx and change the chipset from nv to nvidia. Also you checked to make sure none of the other gl stuff (mesa) is conflicting with glx. There used be a good writeup on mandrakeuser.org about setting up nvidia cards, but since the site changed I no longer have the link to refer you to. Good Luck Jerry On 02 May 2001 06:31:05 -0400, Nathan wrote: Jerry, Thanks for trying to help with this, if I manage to fix this problem I'll probably give up Windows all together. What is your agp status? Enabled or Disabled. and agp driver says NVIDIA cat /proc/nv/card0 brings up the following - NVRM Version: 1.0-769 Model: Riva TNT2 Ultra IRQ 11 AGP status: Disabled AGP driver: Bridge: Ali M1541 SBA: Supported [Disabled] FW: Unspoorted [Disabled] Rates: 2x 1x I had to go into /etc/rc.sysinit and comment out the loading of agp to allow the nvidia one to get loaded. in /etc/rc.sysinit there is no reference to AGP I'd be grateful for any ideas you might have, Nathan On Monday 30 April 2001 21:59, Jerry Sternesky wrote: As root do a cat /proc/nv/card0 What is your agp status? Enabled or Disabled. and agp driver says NVIDIA You can also confirm which x is using by checking your /var/log/XFree86.0.log. If it is the one from the kernel you need to stop that from loading, so the nvidia one can get in there. I had to go into /etc/rc.sysinit and comment out the loading of agp to allow the nvidia one to get loaded. Jerry On 30 Apr 2001 11:17:23 -0700, Todd Flinders wrote: I don't have help for your specific errors. But at least make sure you are running X 4: X -version And that NVidia loaded properly: lsmod If you are definitely running X 4.0.x and NVidia shows up in the list of modules, right back with specific information about your hardware and Linux distribution. Also, list what version of the nvidia drivers you are using. --- Nathan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have compiled and installed the Nvidia kernel GLX source code without any problems. In fact everything seems to work for a second or two, until the 3D image freezes or X Windows crashes (depending on the 'OpenGL' program I run). I have checked that GLX is loading correctly and that there are no conflicting libraries, have tried everything in the Nvidia documentation, and everything else I can think of. But X Windows continues brings up the following error (in its log) - RM failed to reinstate pixmap cache (I've also had warnings such as - Open APM failed Failure reading EDID parameters for head 0) I'd be very grateful if anyone with any idea of whats going wrong could let me know how to fix this. I have a Guillemot Max Gamer Cougar Riva TNT2 M64 Card, and have tried a similar card by a different manufacturer too, but had the same problem. It works fine under Windows, but I don't often need or want to use Windows for reasons everyone on this list I'm sure understands. Any help would be appreciated. Nathan Taylor __ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Auctions - buy the things you want at great prices http://auctions.yahoo.com/
Re: [expert] Mandrake 8 GLX (Nvidia)
Did you do this while in X? You get different values, if you do this from the command line while not in X. As an example, mine says the same thing yours does, if I cat /proc/nv/card0 from the command line before starting X. However, if I do it in a shell from within X, the AGP *is* enabled, and there is a driver name listed. - Original Message - From: Nathan [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Jerry Sternesky [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, May 02, 2001 6:31 AM Subject: Re: [expert] Mandrake 8 GLX (Nvidia) Jerry, Thanks for trying to help with this, if I manage to fix this problem I'll probably give up Windows all together. What is your agp status? Enabled or Disabled. and agp driver says NVIDIA cat /proc/nv/card0 brings up the following - NVRM Version: 1.0-769 Model: Riva TNT2 Ultra IRQ 11 AGP status: Disabled AGP driver: Bridge: Ali M1541 SBA: Supported [Disabled] FW: Unspoorted [Disabled] Rates: 2x 1x I had to go into /etc/rc.sysinit and comment out the loading of agp to allow the nvidia one to get loaded. in /etc/rc.sysinit there is no reference to AGP I'd be grateful for any ideas you might have, Nathan On Monday 30 April 2001 21:59, Jerry Sternesky wrote: As root do a cat /proc/nv/card0 What is your agp status? Enabled or Disabled. and agp driver says NVIDIA You can also confirm which x is using by checking your /var/log/XFree86.0.log. If it is the one from the kernel you need to stop that from loading, so the nvidia one can get in there. I had to go into /etc/rc.sysinit and comment out the loading of agp to allow the nvidia one to get loaded. Jerry On 30 Apr 2001 11:17:23 -0700, Todd Flinders wrote: I don't have help for your specific errors. But at least make sure you are running X 4: X -version And that NVidia loaded properly: lsmod If you are definitely running X 4.0.x and NVidia shows up in the list of modules, right back with specific information about your hardware and Linux distribution. Also, list what version of the nvidia drivers you are using. --- Nathan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have compiled and installed the Nvidia kernel GLX source code without any problems. In fact everything seems to work for a second or two, until the 3D image freezes or X Windows crashes (depending on the 'OpenGL' program I run). I have checked that GLX is loading correctly and that there are no conflicting libraries, have tried everything in the Nvidia documentation, and everything else I can think of. But X Windows continues brings up the following error (in its log) - RM failed to reinstate pixmap cache (I've also had warnings such as - Open APM failed Failure reading EDID parameters for head 0) I'd be very grateful if anyone with any idea of whats going wrong could let me know how to fix this. I have a Guillemot Max Gamer Cougar Riva TNT2 M64 Card, and have tried a similar card by a different manufacturer too, but had the same problem. It works fine under Windows, but I don't often need or want to use Windows for reasons everyone on this list I'm sure understands. Any help would be appreciated. Nathan Taylor __ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Auctions - buy the things you want at great prices http://auctions.yahoo.com/
Re: [expert] Mandrake 8 GLX (Nvidia)
I don't have help for your specific errors. But at least make sure you are running X 4: X -version And that NVidia loaded properly: lsmod If you are definitely running X 4.0.x and NVidia shows up in the list of modules, right back with specific information about your hardware and Linux distribution. Also, list what version of the nvidia drivers you are using. --- Nathan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have compiled and installed the Nvidia kernel GLX source code without any problems. In fact everything seems to work for a second or two, until the 3D image freezes or X Windows crashes (depending on the 'OpenGL' program I run). I have checked that GLX is loading correctly and that there are no conflicting libraries, have tried everything in the Nvidia documentation, and everything else I can think of. But X Windows continues brings up the following error (in its log) - RM failed to reinstate pixmap cache (I've also had warnings such as - Open APM failed Failure reading EDID parameters for head 0) I'd be very grateful if anyone with any idea of whats going wrong could let me know how to fix this. I have a Guillemot Max Gamer Cougar Riva TNT2 M64 Card, and have tried a similar card by a different manufacturer too, but had the same problem. It works fine under Windows, but I don't often need or want to use Windows for reasons everyone on this list I'm sure understands. Any help would be appreciated. Nathan Taylor __ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Auctions - buy the things you want at great prices http://auctions.yahoo.com/
Re: [expert] Mandrake 8 GLX (Nvidia)
As root do a cat /proc/nv/card0 What is your agp status? Enabled or Disabled. and agp driver says NVIDIA You can also confirm which x is using by checking your /var/log/XFree86.0.log. If it is the one from the kernel you need to stop that from loading, so the nvidia one can get in there. I had to go into /etc/rc.sysinit and comment out the loading of agp to allow the nvidia one to get loaded. Jerry On 30 Apr 2001 11:17:23 -0700, Todd Flinders wrote: I don't have help for your specific errors. But at least make sure you are running X 4: X -version And that NVidia loaded properly: lsmod If you are definitely running X 4.0.x and NVidia shows up in the list of modules, right back with specific information about your hardware and Linux distribution. Also, list what version of the nvidia drivers you are using. --- Nathan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have compiled and installed the Nvidia kernel GLX source code without any problems. In fact everything seems to work for a second or two, until the 3D image freezes or X Windows crashes (depending on the 'OpenGL' program I run). I have checked that GLX is loading correctly and that there are no conflicting libraries, have tried everything in the Nvidia documentation, and everything else I can think of. But X Windows continues brings up the following error (in its log) - RM failed to reinstate pixmap cache (I've also had warnings such as - Open APM failed Failure reading EDID parameters for head 0) I'd be very grateful if anyone with any idea of whats going wrong could let me know how to fix this. I have a Guillemot Max Gamer Cougar Riva TNT2 M64 Card, and have tried a similar card by a different manufacturer too, but had the same problem. It works fine under Windows, but I don't often need or want to use Windows for reasons everyone on this list I'm sure understands. Any help would be appreciated. Nathan Taylor __ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Auctions - buy the things you want at great prices http://auctions.yahoo.com/
Re: [expert] Mandrake 8 GLX (Nvidia)
I have compiled and installed the Nvidia kernel GLX source code without any problems. In fact everything seems to work for a second or two, until the 3D image freezes or X Windows crashes (depending on the 'OpenGL' program I run). I have checked that GLX is loading correctly and that there are no conflicting libraries, have tried everything in the Nvidia documentation, and everything else I can think of. But X Windows continues brings up the following error (in its log) - RM failed to reinstate pixmap cache (I've also had warnings such as - Open APM failed Failure reading EDID parameters for head 0) I'd be very grateful if anyone with any idea of whats going wrong could let me know how to fix this. I have a Guillemot Max Gamer Cougar Riva TNT2 M64 Card, and have tried a similar card by a different manufacturer too, but had the same problem. It works fine under Windows, but I don't often need or want to use Windows for reasons everyone on this list I'm sure understands. Any help would be appreciated. Nathan Taylor
[expert] Mandrake 8 GLX (Nvidia)
Hi. First of all I installed LM8 last night and it worked fine for me. But acording to LM:s homepage LM8 cames with accellerated 3D for a number of vendors (Matrox, Nvidia, ATI(?)) but it doesn't seam to be aktivated. I started with adding Load GLX and Load dri to the XF86Config-4 (I'm useing X 4.0.3). Then GLX programs was able to run but slow. When I was useing LM7.2 I could use Nvidias driver and Nvidias GLX the all GLX programs was fast. (100fps in gears, fullscreen) So where is the accellerated 3D in LM8 I didn't find any RPM that could indicate that it hade Nvidias drivers... Anyone knows what to do? PS I'm haveing a SMP mashine with two 800 P3 and Nvidias Geforce2 Ultra (Asus 7700) DS. -- /EgU * Erik (EgU) Günther can be found at: Netch Technologies AB | www.ludat.lth.se/~dat94egu +46 (0)46 - 272 46 35 | [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Fortune: And tomorrow will be like today, only more so. -- Isaiah 56:12, New Standard Version
Re: [expert] Mandrake 8 GLX (Nvidia)
Hiya As far as I know, the nvidia drivers are closed source, so, Mandrake opted to exclude them from the public downloadable version. You will need to download the drivers manually, and install them yourself. I think, one of the commercial versions of LM8 comes with the nvidia linux detonators. And yea, on Tuesday 24 April 2001 09:05, verily Erik Günther doth wroteth: First of all I installed LM8 last night and it worked fine for me. But acording to LM:s homepage LM8 cames with accellerated 3D for a number of vendors (Matrox, Nvidia, ATI(?)) but it doesn't seam to be aktivated. I started with adding Load GLX and Load dri to the XF86Config-4 (I'm useing X 4.0.3). Then GLX programs was able to run but slow. When I was useing LM7.2 I could use Nvidias driver and Nvidias GLX the all GLX programs was fast. (100fps in gears, fullscreen) So where is the accellerated 3D in LM8 I didn't find any RPM that could indicate that it hade Nvidias drivers... -- Regards Gabriel Fortuna Independent Newspapers Information Technology - Projects Networking Division T: 27 11 633 2833 F: 27 11 838 2528 It's not whether you win or lose but how you played the game. -- Grantland Rice
Re: [expert] Mandrake 8 GLX (Nvidia)
On Tue, 24 Apr 2001, Haim Ashkenazi wrote: Hi just download the tar files from 'www.nvidia.com' and follow the instructions on the how-to. it's very simple and works without a problem. pay special attention to the part that deals with conflicts with Mesa libraries (in my case I had to delete all the '/usr/X11R6/lib/libGL.so*'). Hmmm... With rpm did you use? There aren't any drivers for LM8 the closesed is for RH7.1 that use 2.4.? kernel. ...or did you use src.rpm? On Tue, Apr 24, 2001 at 09:05:49AM +0200, Erik Günther wrote: Hi. First of all I installed LM8 last night and it worked fine for me. But acording to LM:s homepage LM8 cames with accellerated 3D for a number of vendors (Matrox, Nvidia, ATI(?)) but it doesn't seam to be aktivated. I started with adding Load GLX and Load dri to the XF86Config-4 (I'm useing X 4.0.3). Then GLX programs was able to run but slow. When I was useing LM7.2 I could use Nvidias driver and Nvidias GLX the all GLX programs was fast. (100fps in gears, fullscreen) So where is the accellerated 3D in LM8 I didn't find any RPM that could indicate that it hade Nvidias drivers... Anyone knows what to do? PS I'm haveing a SMP mashine with two 800 P3 and Nvidias Geforce2 Ultra (Asus 7700) DS. -- /EgU * Erik (EgU) Günther can be found at: Netch Technologies AB | www.ludat.lth.se/~dat94egu +46 (0)46 - 272 46 35 | [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Fortune: And tomorrow will be like today, only more so. -- Isaiah 56:12, New Standard Version Good Luck -- /EgU * Erik (EgU) Günther can be found at: Netch Technologies AB | www.netch.se/~erikg +46 (0)46 - 272 46 35 | [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Fortune: I thought YOU silenced the guard!
Re: [expert] Mandrake 8 GLX (Nvidia)
just download the tar files from 'www.nvidia.com' and follow the instructions on the how-to. it's very simple and works without a problem. pay special attention to the part that deals with conflicts with Mesa libraries (in my case I had to delete all the '/usr/X11R6/lib/libGL.so*'). Hmmm... With rpm did you use? There aren't any drivers for LM8 the closesed is for RH7.1 that use 2.4.? kernel. ...or did you use src.rpm? Look closely, he said he downloaded the tar files from the nvidia webpage. They are not, I repeat, not rpm's. They need to be uncompressed and then compiled. This insures that you can use them on any distribution, although I could not get them to compile on LM8 RC1, maybe after I install the final release they will work. Adam
Re: [expert] Mandrake 8 GLX (Nvidia)
Hi what I meant was that you download the NVIDIA*.tar.gz files. if there isn't direct link to them, there is a link to their ftp so download it from there (read the howto). On Tue, Apr 24, 2001 at 02:54:00PM +0200, Erik Günther wrote: On Tue, 24 Apr 2001, Haim Ashkenazi wrote: Hi just download the tar files from 'www.nvidia.com' and follow the instructions on the how-to. it's very simple and works without a problem. pay special attention to the part that deals with conflicts with Mesa libraries (in my case I had to delete all the '/usr/X11R6/lib/libGL.so*'). Hmmm... With rpm did you use? There aren't any drivers for LM8 the closesed is for RH7.1 that use 2.4.? kernel. ...or did you use src.rpm? On Tue, Apr 24, 2001 at 09:05:49AM +0200, Erik Günther wrote: Hi. First of all I installed LM8 last night and it worked fine for me. But acording to LM:s homepage LM8 cames with accellerated 3D for a number of vendors (Matrox, Nvidia, ATI(?)) but it doesn't seam to be aktivated. I started with adding Load GLX and Load dri to the XF86Config-4 (I'm useing X 4.0.3). Then GLX programs was able to run but slow. When I was useing LM7.2 I could use Nvidias driver and Nvidias GLX the all GLX programs was fast. (100fps in gears, fullscreen) So where is the accellerated 3D in LM8 I didn't find any RPM that could indicate that it hade Nvidias drivers... Anyone knows what to do? PS I'm haveing a SMP mashine with two 800 P3 and Nvidias Geforce2 Ultra (Asus 7700) DS. -- /EgU * Erik (EgU) Günther can be found at: Netch Technologies AB | www.ludat.lth.se/~dat94egu +46 (0)46 - 272 46 35 | [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Fortune: And tomorrow will be like today, only more so. -- Isaiah 56:12, New Standard Version Good Luck -- /EgU * Erik (EgU) Günther can be found at: Netch Technologies AB | www.netch.se/~erikg +46 (0)46 - 272 46 35 | [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Fortune: I thought YOU silenced the guard! Bye -- Haim
Re: [expert] Mandrake 8 GLX (Nvidia)
On Tuesday 24 April 2001 07:54 am, you wrote: On Tue, 24 Apr 2001, Haim Ashkenazi wrote: Hi just download the tar files from 'www.nvidia.com' and follow the instructions on the how-to. it's very simple and works without a problem. pay special attention to the part that deals with conflicts with Mesa libraries (in my case I had to delete all the '/usr/X11R6/lib/libGL.so*'). Hmmm... With rpm did you use? There aren't any drivers for LM8 the closesed is for RH7.1 that use 2.4.? kernel. I had to use these because the tarballs wouldn't make. But they work good, I'm getting the best framerates yet out of them. 33% better testing with gears. Here's window and full screen with a geforce2gts: ]#gears 8817 frames in 5.000 seconds = 1763.400 FPS 11772 frames in 5.000 seconds = 2354.400 FPS 11804 frames in 5.000 seconds = 2360.800 FPS 8144 frames in 5.001 seconds = 1628.474 FPS 1962 frames in 5.000 seconds = 392.400 FPS 2047 frames in 5.000 seconds = 409.400 FPS 2236 frames in 5.001 seconds = 447.111 FPS 2234 frames in 5.000 seconds = 446.800 FPS second test: ]# gears 8897 frames in 5.007 seconds = 1776.912 FPS 11767 frames in 5.000 seconds = 2353.400 FPS 11713 frames in 5.000 seconds = 2342.600 FPS 11602 frames in 5.000 seconds = 2320.400 FPS 7708 frames in 5.000 seconds = 1541.600 FPS 2142 frames in 5.001 seconds = 428.314 FPS 2242 frames in 5.000 seconds = 448.400 FPS 2247 frames in 5.009 seconds = 448.593 FPS 2244 frames in 5.001 seconds = 448.710 FPS 2241 frames in 5.000 seconds = 448.200 FPS But in all fairness, gltron does 100fps consistantly, where the previous drivers fluctuated anywhere in the 90's, but did dip as low as 79. So not a big jump there. NVIDIA_kernel-0.9-769-2.4.3-20mdk.i686.rpm NVIDIA_GLX-0.9-769.i686.rpm Now I got them off an unoffical relatively new (to me anyway) site, but I had to have acceleration. :-) http://www.crazy-horse.net/cooker/ ...or did you use src.rpm?
Re: [expert] Mandrake 8 GLX (Nvidia)
I have always used the src.rpm files (kernel and GLX) and they work great! From my experience, it works with 8.0b2, 8.0b3, 8.0RC1, and the 8.0 final. Tars work great too and are just as fast as the src.rpm. But I like RPM and stick with it. Look closely, he said he downloaded the tar files from the nvidia webpage. They are not, I repeat, not rpm's. They need to be uncompressed and then compiled. This insures that you can use them on any distribution, although I could not get them to compile on LM8 RC1, maybe after I install the final release they will work. Adam
