Peter Kiem wrote:
>
> Hi Samuel,
>
> > Use the precompiled binaries or follow the howto. It works for me,
> > but I'm running VA's 7.0.1 on my quake box which fixes the kernel.h
> > issue.
> >
> > Precompiled:
> > ftp://ftp1.detonator.nvidia.com/pub/drivers/english/XFree86_40/0.9-5/
> > NVIDIA_kernel-0.9-5.rh7rc2.i386.rpm
> > NVIDIA_kernel-0.9-5.rh7rc2.smp.i386.rpm
>
> I tried the NVIDIA_kernel-0.9-5.rh7rc2.i386.rpm but that was for a different
> minor kernel version than what shipped with Red Hat 7 and hence the module
> wouldn't load.
>
> I finally used the SRPM and got the kernel module compiled and installed,
> ripped out the old libGL stuff as per nVidia's instructions and loaded the
> GLX RPM.
>
> In one way it worked better since the screen corruption stopped but X would
> hang the computer solid after about 10 minutes of use.
> At least with the old drivers I could use the system even if the screen did
> become garbled.
>
This is likely a motherboard issue. My old MS440BX did this before I
upgraded to the latest bios rev. Have you tried the 'Option
"NvAGP" "0" ' option in the Device section of your config file? It will
slow things down a bit, but not to a noticeable degree in 2D. In 3D
it's noticeable, but speed was as fast as my G400 using 3.3.6 + utah
glx. (It makes a major difference on a GeForce.)
> > http://www.evil3d.net/articles/linux/howto/nvidia/redhat7/
>
> Unfortunately that howto was done using the GeForce video cards but I was
> having problems with a Riva TNT 2 card...
>
But the configuration isn't any different between the 2. Other than
the fact that my tnt based system is dual headed there isn't a huge
difference between config files.
--
Solving people's computer problems always
requires more hardware be given to you.
(The Second Rule of Hardware Acquisition)
Samuel J. Flory <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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