Dave Martin wrote:
On Wednesday 02 Feb 2005 09:45, Jon Stockill wrote:
Innis Cunningham wrote:
No.I get this replyNo, they don't - it's even easier than that - you just download it, run
Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display "0.0"
and
Error:couldn't get an RGB, double-buffered visual.
Will this problem be fixed by downloading and installing
the Nvidia drivers.Don't suppose they come in a rpm.:-)
it, and it installs itself.
Like Jon says but if its your first time:
*Download the package.
*Log out of your Window Manager
*Ctrl-F1 for a command console
*Login as root
*type: init 3
*cd to the directory where the downloaded package resides.
*type: sh NVIDIA*.run (now follow instructions)
*type: init 5
*Now log yourself back in to the Window Manager and try glxgears.
Please somebody correct the above if Mandrake uses different runlevels.
I would point out that if you get an "nvidia" splash screen when X11 starts back up, then you have probably done everything right. Also, try running glxgears before you install the opengl drivers so you know if the frame rate has changed.
This is essentially the same process as required for Fedora Core. In addition, with Fedora Core I have to manually edit my /etc/X11/xorg.conf file to change the "nv" driver to "nvidia".
If I upgrade my kernel (which isn't necessary for most people), then I need to reinstall the nvidia drivers so a new nvidia kernel module gets built for the new kernel. Also, for some reason, after you upgrade from the default kernel, the nvidia kernel module doesn't seem to get automatically loaded at boot. I created an /etc/rc.modules file and added "modprobe nvidia" to work around that problem. There might be an easier way, but I'm a Debian guy and this RedHat stuff can be a bit mistifying sometimes. :-)
Curt.
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