031129 Brett I. Holcomb wrote: > 031129 Philip Webb wrote: >> i have a nicely working Gentoo system >> (XP 2500+ , nVidia GeForce4 MX 440 AGP 8x ). >> i'ld like to get 3D acceleration working, insofar as it's not now. >> following a recent thread here, i did the following: >> emerge nvidia-glx (also merges nvidia-kernel ) >> comment 'Load "dri"' in XF86Config >> replace 'Driver "nv"' there with 'Driver "nvidia"' >> reboot >> as root, enter 'modprobe nvidia' (it says 'loaded but tainted') >> as user, start XFCE or KDE the normal way >> both start w the Nvidia splash screen, >> but are slow, erratic & finally everything freezes. >> does anyone have any suggestions ? > Check the Nvidia docs for what you need in XF86Config.
which Nvidia docs are you referring to ? i've looked at the Nvidia site, which is enormous, w/o seeing anything useful. 'man nvidia' & 'man nvidia-glx' get nothing (no surprise). there is an extensive README in /usr/share/doc/nvidia-glx-<stuff> , which i will look thro': is that what you meant ? > Then try running opengl-update nvidia. isn't that supposed to be run by the 'nvidia-glx' ebuild ? thanx for your response. -- ========================,,============================================ SUPPORT ___________//___, Philip Webb : [EMAIL PROTECTED] ELECTRIC /] [] [] [] [] []| Centre for Urban & Community Studies TRANSIT `-O----------O---' University of Toronto -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
