nvidia drivers & rivafb
Edward
edward at tripled.iinet.net.au
Wed Oct 20 01:23:44 UTC 2004
Richie Turner wrote:
> i installed the nvidia drivers on RHEL3 WS and it says
> i need to disable rivafb support becuase it interferes
> with the nvidia driver. I've done some research but
> have come up with nothing. I've been told that it
> should be located in /lib/modules/ but when i locate
> riva and rivafb nothing comes up in there.
>
> [root at localhost fire]# locate rivafb
> /usr/src/linux-2.4.21-20.EL/drivers/video/riva/rivafb.h
>
> about the only locations i get when i locate riva
> would be
>
> /usr/X11R6/lib/Server/drivers/nv/riva_hw.c
> /usr/X11R6/lib/Server/drivers/nv/riva_hw.h
> /usr/X11R6/lib/Server/drivers/nv/riva_tbl.h
>
> also when i try to install tuxracer from source it
> gives me the following error during ./configure
>
> checking whether glx.h defines glXGetProcAddressARB...
> no
> configure: error: Your copy of glx.h is out of date.
> You can get a more recent copy from the latest Mesa
> distribution (http://mesa3d.sourceforge.net).
>
> and homeworld runs all screwy.. (no text, objects
> during gameplay are invisible)
>
> some games work some dont...
I think you're looking in the wrong place. I think you need to take the
reference to rivafb out of your X configuration file.
Regards,
Ed.
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