On Fri, 21 Sep 2001, Fabrice FACORAT wrote:
> Le Vendredi 21 Septembre 2001 03:22, Yura Gusev scribit :
> > On Thu, 20 Sep 2001, Fabrice FACORAT wrote:
> > > Le Jeudi 20 Septembre 2001 07:51, Borsenkow Andrej scribit :
> > > > http://www.nvidia.com/view.asp?PAGE=linux
> > >
> > > great indeed but still no devfs support :(
> >
> > So I can't use them?
>
> yes you can.
> you can patch the source ( cf chmouel post ) or use a script launched at each
> boot ( http://perso.wanadoo.fr/linux_wizard/howto_nvidia.html#pb )
>
> > Oh and can Mandrake include them in Unsupported foldier ?
>
> you mean contrib ?
Don't know. I can be nice to have them. Check attachment.
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I am not 31337. But I can use the Vi editor... ;-0
Setup of 3D (OpenGL) based on nVidia TNT/TNT2/GeForce256(DDR)/
GeForce 2 GTS(Pro)/GeForce 2MX(100,200,400)/GeForce 3 for
ALT Linux Junior.
Due to license limitations we can not include driver
for cards using nVidia chipsets. But with this instruction
You shall be able to install the last versions of driver for the card.
For setup the following hard/soft is used:
Hardware:
* 3D accelerator MSI MS-8815 GeForce 2 GTS.
* processor� AMD Athlon (Thunderbird)
* mother board MSI MS-6330 K7T Turbo based on VIA KT133A chipset.
Software:
* ALT Linux Junior 1.0.
* kernel 2.4.5 from the distribution.
* XFree 4.1.0 from the distribution.
* Commercial drivers from nVidia version 0.9-769
* packages Mesa-demos, rpm-build, kernel24-headers,
kernel24-source, compat-gcc from the distribution.
First you should download driver packages from nVidia site
((http://www.nvidia.com/view.asp?PAGE=linux): kernel module and driver
for XFree with glx library in src.rpm format.
Put these *.src.rpm for building. (Check that user named "user" is
the member of rpm group, i.e. in file /etc/groups there should
be the following string:
rpm:x:16:user
The user name may be different from "user").
[user@localhost user]$ rpm -i NVIDIA_kernel-0.9-769.src.rpm
[user@localhost user]$ rpm -i NVIDIA_GLX-0.9-769.src.rpm
From the directory unsupported in the root of CDROM with distribution
start rebuilding of packages kernel-nvidia-0.9-769-alt5.nosrc.rpm
and nvidiaGL-0.9-769-alt5.nosrc.rpm
[user@localhost user]$ mount /mnt/cdrom
[user@localhost user]$ cd /mnt/cdrom/unsupported
[user@localhost unsupported]$ rpm --rebuild kernel-nvidia-0.9-769-alt5.nosrc.rpm
[user@localhost unsupported]$ rpm --rebuild nvidiaGL-0.9-769-alt5.nosrc.rpm
In the following text paths and filenames may differ as they depend
upon the processor type and system settings.
[user@localhost unsupported]$ cd /usr/src/RPM/SPECS
Build packages :
[user@localhost user]$ rpm -bb kernel-nvidia-0.9.769.spec
[user@localhost user]$ rpm -bb nvidiaGL-0.9.769.spec
and install them:
[root@localhost root]$ cd /usr/src/RPM/RPMS/athlon
[root@localhost athlon]$ rpm -Uvh kernel-nvidia-0.9.769-alt5.athlon.rpm
[root@localhost athlon]$ rpm -Uvh nvidiaGL-0.9.769-alt5.athlon.rpm
RPM at installation time will insert setups in file
/etc/modules.conf and load kernel module - NVdriver:
You can check it by following command:
[root@localhost /root]# lsmod| grep NVdriver
NVdriver 630096 12 (autoclean)
Setup XFree-4.0.3, using command:
[root@localhost /root]# XFdrake --expert
In the configuration file created by the program -
/etc/X11/XF86Config-4, in section "Module" there should be
line:
Load "glx"
If it is absent, please, add it.
In section "Device", where parameter Identifier looks like:
Identifier "NVIDIA GeForce2 DDR (generic)"
parameter Driver with the value "nv" change for "nvidia":
Driver "nvidia"
After that start/restart XFree.
In a terminal give command, which shows the device responsible
for rendering OpenGL:
[user@localhost user]$ glinfo| grep RENDERER
GL_RENDERER: GeForce2 GTS/AGP/3DNow!
If the output is like this, then the setup is OK!
After that You can start gears and enjoy it's speed.
