Harm Bathoorn wrote: >On Thursday 03 January 2002 01:12, you wrote: >Apparently you're not loading GLX, make sure you put Load 'glx' in the >Section 'Module' (under Load 'dbe' for instance) > >and be sure it's /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 you're loading! > >>Hi gang, >> >>My new computer is up and running (it's been periodically dead but >>that's another story...and a bit long...when it's all sorted out I'll do >>a post mortem for y'all:-). >> >>I don't know whether my NVIDIA card is working correctly. I have a >>NVIDIA GeForce2 MX200 w/32 mb RAM installed in the AGP slot. Mandrake >>8.1 installed the generic NVIDIA drivers. I went through the material on >>Mandrake User and went to the NVIDIA site and grabbed and installed >>NVIDIA_GLX* and NVIDIA_kernel-1.02313...(revision 20, using the version >>for Mandrake 8.1 with the 2.4.8 kernel). Installation seemed to go OK >>but I did get some warnings that the drivers were conflicting with some >>already installed MESA drivers (which I know nothing about). The msgs >>told me that those (Mesa) drivers were being renamed so as to not >>conflict. >> I had them too. Don't think its a problem. I wonder if Mesa will still work though. >> >>Then, per Mandrake's and NVIDIA's instructions, I modified the >>XF86Config-4 file to change driver 'nv' to 'nvidia' and to include a >>line to >> >>Load 'glx' >> >>When I reboot the X-server I get the NVIDIA splash screen, and, to my >>unpracticed eye, the performance seems a little 'snappier'. >> >>Tuxracer won't load, however. Here's the message I get from the console: >>" >>Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0". >>Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0". >>*** tuxracer error: Couldn't initialize video: Couldn't find matching >>GLX visual >> (Success) >>" >> >> >>I have also tried installing some KDE screensavers, specifically "Morph >>3D (GL)" assuming that they use 3D graphics. That particular screensaver >>does not seem to be available to me. >> >>Have I missed a step? Left something out? Configured things incorrectly? >> >>I've run through the full NVIDIA documentation and seem to have the >>files it says I should have. >> >>TIA. >> >>Terry Smith >>Hatchville >> You took out "load dri" & "load GLcore" did you? I just installed the NVIDIA drivers myself today and everything went well. I have a Geforce3 Ti200 64MB. I took the precaution to rebuild the NVIDIA-kernel driver as I had updated my kernel to the latest security advised 2.4.8.34-1mdk version. This went well. Guy.
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