On Fri, Feb 13, 2004 at 11:36:39PM +0000, Stroller wrote: > > On Feb 13, 2004, at 11:21 pm, Brendan Sullivan wrote: > >the nvidia README is rather helpful...it got me through setting the > >nvidia drivers up just fine when i started using linux. > > It did..?!??!? Yikes! You must be loads cleverer than me! > Mind you, I think all the discussion on this list recently of the > "binary" & "DRI" drivers has only confused me.
"binary" - drivers are in a compiled form, and the source code is not available. "dri" - Three Letter Acronym (TLA) for Direct Rendering .... something or other. > >two basic things you need to do is modify your /etc/X11/XF86Config and > >in the modules section add: > > > >Load "glx" > > and remove : > >Load "dri" > > Okies... so I think I need to emerge the nvidia-glx package, too..? Yup. For nvidia support you need to do a couple of things. emerge nvidia-kernel and load 'nvidia' module through your /etc/modules.autoload.d/kerne-<version> file (or modprobe nvidia at the command line) emerge nvidia-glx for the libraries for X modify the XF86Config as noted above. restart x That should be all that you need. > >Also, in the Device section that has your video card in it, change the > >driver to "nvidia" instead of the standard 'vesa' or 'nv'. > > That won't affect my VESA framebuffer..? Nope, completely different. This is for the X config, the framebuffer isn't affected. > Many thanks for your speedy & helpful response, Good luck! -- Alan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - http://arcterex.net -------------------------------------------------------------------- "There are only 3 real sports: bull-fighting, car racing and mountain climbing. All the others are mere games." -- Hemingway -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
