The "tar xvzf RIVA-X-GLX-1.0-glibc-i386-dyn.tar.gz" file extracts:
GLX.so to /usr/X11R6/lib/modules
libGL.so* to /usr/X11R6/lib
XF86_SVGA to /usr/X11R6/bin
I tried:
ln -fs /usr/X11R6/bin/X /usr/X11R6/bin/XF86_SVGA
ls -fs /etc/X11/X /usr/X11R6/bin/XF86_SVGA
then i try "startx" which gives the:
Fatal Server Error:
No GLINT/PERMEDIA based card found.
Where did I go wrong...or what should I try now?
> 1. You have XFree86 3.3.5 in 6.1
>
> 2. You may need to set up the link
>
> Where did the X server from the tarball go?
>
> And the -dyn. in the package seems to imply it will be looking for some
> libraries on your machine, which may be a later source of error. See if
you
> can get the staticly linked binary
>
> To set up the link, you need to discover where it got inflated and placed
> when you ran
>
> tar xvzf RIVA-X-GLX-1.0-glibc-i386-dyn.tar.gz
>
> to do that you need to FIND it Probably searching on RIVA will do it.
>
> For demo purposes, let's say it is /usr/X11R6/bin/RIVA (this probably
won't
> be the filename or directory. You'll have to find that)
>
> You need to try
>
> ln -fs /usr/X11R6/bin/X /usr/X11R6/bin/RIVA
> ln -fs /etc/X11/X /usr/X11R6/bin/RIVA
>
> After that, the program to use is XF86Setup and maybe xvidtune once you
have
> it going.
>
> The last parts of those instruction lines need to be changed to point to
the
> file where the Xserver actually installed.
>
> If you have more questions after trying this, then ask.
>
> Civileme
> Steven Thomas Madara wrote:
>
> > I'm having trouble getting X to boot up, as in - it won't. My video
card
> > is a Creative Labs Ultra TNT2. I've visited the nvidia website, and
> > installed the "RIVA-X-GLX-1.0-glibc-i386-dyn.tar.gz" file. The page
also
> > mentions that I have to have "XFree86 3.3.3.1 dated after January 7,
1999"
> > for it to work. I'm running Mandrake 6.1...how can i check to see if my
x
> > server is 3.3.3.1 and dated after jan7, 1999? I've tried setting my
card
> > up with xf86config several times, selecting the regular SVGA server
> > options...but each time i attempt to run X I get the error message:
> > "No GLINT/PERMEDIA based card found."
> > Are there any urls someone could point me to that explain the
installation
> > and setup of X with a TNT2 card? Do I need to setup XFree86 3.3.3.1?
> > Looking for any input on this...
> >
> > Thx,
> > Steve
>
