Hello > My out put from glxgears was: > Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0".
GLX is some sort of DirectX (it's OpenGL) for Linux. No GLX => no 3D => no java3d. GLX only works if: - mesa is installed (hardware-version) - drm/dri are "loaded" - the nividia-driver loads without problems and has "3D-stuff" enabled Looks like you have mesa (hardware or software) installed, but the nividia-driver doesn't work. (mesa hardware-version uses the graphicscards-3D-GPU to produce OpenGL-Images. mesa software-version uses the CPU to produce OpenGL-Images. Software-version is much, much slower. With software-version you get << 200 fps, even in very simple examples. Serious stuff like games just crashs or runs << 1 fps) Since the TNT is a nividia-based card you have a problem: nividia does provide 3D-enabled drivers, but doesn't allow linux to ship with them. So mandrake (suse, debian...) does not have a 3D-enabled driver for nividia-cards included. Up until now you only have a 2D-driver. You have to download them yourself. Here ist the nividia-driver-page: http://www.nvidia.com/object/linux.html (nividia calls normal i386-CPUs "IA32". That's the one you want.) Here is the how-to for installation: http://www.linux-gamers.net/modules/wfsection/article.php?articleid=31 good luck. I don't use nividia-based cards or mandrake, so .... try mandrake-forums or hope for a mandrake-user in the java3d-forum. cu =========================================================================== To unsubscribe, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and include in the body of the message "signoff JAVA3D-INTEREST". For general help, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and include in the body of the message "help".
