Hi everyone,
I think I just screwed up installing my nVidia drivers. I downloaded these
two files (they are supposed to be compatible, the newer kernel just fixes an
install issue and something else(?)):
NVIDIA_GLX-1.0-2313.src.rpm
NVIDIA_kernel-1.0-2314.src.rpm
Then I used the following commands to install them:
rpm --rebuild NVIDIA_GLX-1.0-2313.src.rpm
rpm --rebuild NVIDIA_kernel-1.0-2314.src.rpm
rpm -Uvh /usr/src/RPM/RPMS/i686/NVIDIA_kernel-1.0-2314.i686.rpm
And then I typed one of these (can't remember):
rpm -Uvh /usr/src/RPM/RPMS/i686/NVIDIA_GLX-1.0-2313.i686.rpm
rpm /usr/src/RPM/RPMS/i686/NVIDIA_GLX-1.0-2313.i686.rpm
And then changed the reference of "nv" in xf86config-4 to read "nvidia".
I did this from the console (runlevel 3), typed startx and saw the nVidia
splash screen followed by the gui. I am not suffering lockups (knock on
wood), but when I try to load any 3d/GL app (ie Tux Racer, Chromium, the
mesaGears, the morphing thing, etc.) it acts busy for several seconds like it
is loading but never starts. No lockup, just acts like I never tried to run
the app. Oh No!
I reread a few things and it seems that was the process for Upgrading, and I
needed to find the process for Install! And I am also concerned, I think my
kernel is the i586 one! I am using the automatically installed (Mandrake
Linux 8.1 single processor Powerpack) one that I believe to be 2.4.8.26mdk.
The worse thing is I could have installed the 1541 drivers because before I
was able to use them to access most of these programs, but I was still having
hard lockups & I reinstalled. But I got greedy for the most current version
(the 20 series supports "GL 1.3" instead of 1.2, I believe). That is about
the only feature that I could probbably benefit from, since I have an older
card, a Diamond Viper V550 16meg TNT AGP - the oldest chipset supported by
their unified driver. I don't even know if there are games/apps for the 1.3
GL. I doubt anything on the powerpack cds depend on it. And I am (obviously
<groan>) not ready to download and install my own program/source code yet. I
am still working on basic desktop functionallity.
Is this <fubar> repairable without major surgery? I really am tired of
reinstalling, and it seems stable, just primitive (2d) graphics. I would
almost deal with it rather than reinstall (again).
Thanks,
Wes Gregg
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Registered Linux User # 252649
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