getting Nvidia 2D/3D to work (M.Hockings)

[M.Hockings]

Thanks David,

That did the trick all works just peachy again!  I think the key was the 
removal of the XFree86-Mesa-libGL package.  Is there any downside to 
doing this, I have not noticed any problems though.

Even Quake 3 works now!

Kind regards,

Mike

David Utidjian wrote:

> Mike,
>
> I also went through similar tribulations since installing RC1 and the 
> 4496 version of the Nvidia drivers. I went to the Nvidia forum and 
> there are some pretty goofy methods in there (recompile the kernel 
> with gcc-3.3.2 and whatnot). The basic method (see below) is identical 
> to the regular Nvidia install instructions in the README from Nvidia 
> with two added steps. Pretty (relatively) simple.
> I also had some problems with running Quake3. Very messed up. I 
> haven't tried UT2K3 yet. I also have a dual PIII system not an Athlon.
>
> Please let me know if this works.
>
> [Begin included instructions]
>
> This is what I did (all root commands are prepended with a # sign):
>
> 0. Download the file NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-4496-pkg2.run from
> http://download.nvidia.com/XFree86/...0-4496-pkg2.run
> and put it somewhere useful (/tmp or /home/downloads or whatever).
>
> 1. Logout of the system then Ctrl-Alt-F1 to get to a virtual console 
> and log in as root.
>
> 2. Switch runlevels from 5 to 3 this will stop X (as root):
>
> # telinit 3
>
> It will take a few seconds as things shutdown/restart.
> Hit [Enter] if you don't get a prompt back right away.
> This will stop X "gracefully". X will restart automatically on reboot 
> OR the command startx OR the command telinit 5.
>
> 3. Set the C compiler environment variable to gcc32 (it is currently 
> gcc by default).
>
> # export CC=gcc32
>
> 4. Remove the XFree86-Mesa-libGL package:
>
> # rpm -e --nodeps XFree86-Mesa-libGL
>
> 5. Now run the Nvidia driver installer as usual:
>
> # cd /path/to/where/you/put/it
> # sh NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-4496-pkg2.run
>
> Answer the usual questions and it should build and install correctly.
>
> 6. Make a backup copy of your "known good" /etc/X11/XF86Config file:
>
> # cd /etc/X11
> # cp XF86Config XF86Config.bak
>
> 7. Edit your XF86Config file so that it will use the nvidia driver 
> rather than the stock nv driver. This will be in 'Section "Device"' 
> and there will be a line like this:
>
> Driver "nv"
>
> Change that line to:
>
> Driver "nvidia"
>
> You may also need to add and/or comment out some options in the 
> 'Section "Module"' part of that file. For details on this see the 
> README file which should be in /usr/share/doc/NVIDIA_GLX-1.0/README. 
> Once you are finished editing the XF86Config file save it.
>
> 8. Test the new driver:
>
> # startx
>
> Which should start X. If X starts up OK try opening a terminal and 
> type in the command:
>
> # glxgears
>
> If that works fine then you are done installing the driver.
>
> 9. Logout of X. You should be abck at a command prompt. Then restart 
> the GUI login for X:
>
> # telinit 5
>
> The GUI login for X should start up.
>
> 10. One last thing... you left a virtual console logged in as root. 
> You propably don't want to forget and leave that open so....
>
> Ctrl-Alt-F1
> # exit
> Alt-F7
>
> Will log you out as root and return you to the GUI login.
>
>
> Note: The above method is really pretty simple. There are only two 
> added steps from the method one would use in previous versions of Red 
> Hat 9 or earlier... they are steps 3 and 4. If you have installed 
> Nvidia drivers in Red Hat (or other distros) before then you will 
> already be familiar with most of this. Even if you are familiar with 
> the Nvidia Linux drivers you should read the README and other docs 
> because there are a lot of very cool features you may want to try out. 
> This feature set changes with each release of the drivers.
>
> [End included post]
>
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