On 16/05/10 17:34, Donn Washburn wrote: > On 05/16/2010 08:13 AM, Curtis Olson wrote: >> I run fedora here, and not suse, but if I saw this on a fedora system, >> the very next thing I would do is reinstall my nvidia graphics >> drivers. Often, system updates step on the nvidia driver pieces >> forcing a reinstall. >> >> There is also something new in Xorg for Fedora 12 ... an open source >> driver for nvidia cards called noveuau (probably have an off by one >> error on the spelling) is installed by default. This driver seems to >> work really well for 2d operations, but not for 3d, so I've taken >> steps on my system to disable it and install the nvidia drivers from >> nvidia.com <http://nvidia.com> >> >> Regards, >> >> Curt. >> >> >> Guess what? glxgears fails also. >> # glxgears >> glxgears: Error: glXCreateContext failed >> >> And fgfs strill fails after everything was recompiled. >> >> as root even> # fgfs >> Error: Unable to create OpenGL graphics context. >> Error: Unable to create OpenGL graphics context. >> Segmentation fault >> >> Notice the word "context" in both errors >> >>> > There has been a lot of chatter about the nouveau driver lately > concerning openSuSE's elist. Thing like xorg no longer needs > /etc/X11/xorg.conf. It seems xorg chooses the best match video driver > (if your card supports this) and then interrogates the card for all of > the variable it needs. If it fails - tough luck. I have even > seen/heard that the kernel will be handling the video soon. So, say > good bye to a lot of past years functionality. > Like <CTRL><ALT><+/->. My guess is about all distros will soon follow > xorg, nouveau and the kernel. Bad News! >
Not really bad news, when nouveau does 3D, expected in Fedora 13. CTRL-ALT+/- , i.e changing resolutions can be done using xrandr and I would hope from within KDE and Gnome menus. The kernel handles most drivers that's why you don't have to find that CD you know you had or get online when your link is down to get something to work. If nouveau 3D goes in, good news that I don't have to fiddle with NVidia's driver that often fails when the kernel ABI changes. If NVidia would open source it, then the kernel guys could maintain it. Regards Sid. As Linus told the suits, Linux is evolution, not intelligent design. -- Sid Boyce ... Hamradio License G3VBV, Licensed Private Pilot Emeritus IBM/Amdahl Mainframes and Sun/Fujitsu Servers Tech Support Specialist, Cricket Coach Microsoft Windows Free Zone - Linux used for all Computing Tasks ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Flightgear-users mailing list Flightgear-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-users
