Thanks to everyone for their suggestions. I got it working and now I see
what all the fuss is about TuxRacer .... neat!
For the next newbie who has trouble with an NVIDIA install let me tell
you what I did and what went wrong.
I downloaded the latest RPMS from the NVIDIA site. They're using version
2313 currently, They do have rpms for LM 8.1 with the 2.4.8 kernel. You
need two rpms - the extension to the kernel
'NVIDIA_kernel-1.0-2313.mdk81up.i686.rpm' and the glx module
'NVIDIA_GLX-1.0-2313.i386.rpm.'
Install the kernel rpm and do a
rpm -e NVIDIA_GLX' to remove any old NVIDIA modules (installed
automatically by M when it detects the NVIDIA card) and
rpm -ivh NVIDIA_GLX..etc.
Check your /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 file. You should have a line in the
modules section
Load "glx"
and in the 'Graphics Device Section' a line
Driver "Nvidia" [not "nv"]
My Config-4 file had another entry in the modules section
"Load /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions/libglx.so"
I debugged the problem by examining the /var/log/XFree86.0.log file (as
suggested by NVIDIA in their Troubleshooting Notes) and found that the
file called for could not be found.
Sure enough I didn't have it but had a similar file
"...libglx.so.1.2313"
I then reran the rpm -e NVIDIA_GLX and rpm -ivh NVIDIA_GLX....
The file ....libglx.so was now in the right place and tuxracer was up
and running!
For some reason I had to run the rpm install twice.
Anyhow if you're having problems check out the XFree86 log file. There's
lots of info in it.
Now back to the slopes!
Terry Smith
Hatchville, MA
>
>
> 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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