Derek Jennings wrote:
On Friday 03 December 2004 09:30, you wrote:Re:
OK Your card uses the Nvidia chipset and Mandrake has configured the open source 'nv' video driver, but has not enabled the glx extension. Removing the comment # from the Load "glx" line ought to enable that to load, I am not sure why it is being put back in again.
In any case the 'nv' driver is not very good at handling 3D Tuxracer would not be fast enough to be usable. You need the proprietary 'nvidia' driver which Mandrake cannot ship because it is not OpenSource.
I have a page on installing the nvidia driver here http://www.jennings.homelinux.net/nvidia.html At the moment there is a bug in the Nvidia driver which requires you to modify it before it works with Mandrake 10.1 I think this bug is still present. I am sure someone will correct me if it is no longer around.
Good luck
derek
Hi again list and Derek. I'm sorry to disturb the peace again but thanks for all the help I've been getting!!!!!!!
First Derek and all others who helped me: Changing the hostname worked! Thanks!
Then to installing the nvidia driver. I've printed out your website manual nvidia.html, and jumped right into the job. But I can not find any folder /usr/src/nv nor the file nv.c. I've searched the entire filesystem after a file called nv.c and any file containing the text PM_SAVE_STATE and I can't find any thing.
Are there a similar file, with need of a similar changes in mdk 10.0 as nv.c is in mdk10.1?
Best regards, Vegard
If you are following the instructions on my web site, once you have downloaded the file from nvidia.com and run the command
'sh NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-6111-pkg1.run --extract-only'
there will be a new folder created called 'NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-6111-pkg1' inside your current folder.
You will find usr/src/nv inside that folder.
By the way. If you want to search for stuff you will find it easier using slocate. See here http://www.jennings.homelinux.net/locate.html
derek
"By the way. If you want to search for stuff you will find it easier using
slocate. See here http://www.jennings.homelinux.net/locate.html";
You must first of all as su issue:
#updatedb
to ensure all new files are added to the slocate database else slocate won't see them.
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