Hi there,

I am having issues using the nVidia drivers with LM 8.0.
I've downloaded the RPM's from the nVidia website and amended
XF86Config-4 as described in the readme, and the 'nvidia' driver seems
to load OK (X works as normal except that it flashes up a nvidia logo on
startup). However, I can't reproducibly get OpenGL to work - I'm using
the KDE GL screensavers (Pipes, Morph etc.) to test.

It seems to work if I 'startx' from a tty as root, but not as a normal
user or via 'init 5' (as default runlevel or by booting into RL 3 and
'init 5' from tty). I just get a SIGSEV in the screensaver app or
nothing happens at all (screen stays black.)

In either case the logfile reports that the 'GLX' module is being loaded
and says something about 'allocated 8 of 8 contexts' on load (on a
different machine now, so not sure about the exact message). But if it's
working it adds further messages to the log, if it's not it stays mute,
no error msgs or anything.

BTW: I downloaded the uniprocessor module, is that the right one to use?
I'm using the default kernel off the iso image. (The X log says
something about a SMP kernel, but it doesn't have the same version
number as mine, soI'm guessing that was the kernel the rpm was built on) 
I get no mention of smp if I 'uname -a' so I'm guessing it isn't.

Any suggestions?

Config:
LM 8.0 from the ISO images, no major updates or changes that I recall
Creative 'plain vanilla' GF2
using XF86 4.0.3 (IIRC - the default option that isn't 3.3.6)

cheers

Liam



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