Continuing problems with Nvidia
Support knowledgebase (nvidialong)
Applies to
SuSE Linux: Version 7.0
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Therefore some of the informations given in this article may
be outdated or the article may contain stale links.
XFree86: Version 4.0
Symptom:
You have followed the steps of the article
Problems with graphic cards using nVidia
chips
but the X Window System isn't stable yet.
Cause:
The previous versions of the RPM-packages were not complete
and did not work with some systems.
Solution:
- To use your Nvidia grahics card, you need the following drivers:
nv_glx.rpm
and
nvdriver.rpm.
- Assuming, you are in the GUI (graphical user interface,
e.g. KDE), shut down the GUI and switch to runlevel 1:
- Switch to a text console and log in as root user.
- Enter:
init 1
and confirm with "enter". You should see the following:
Master Resource Control: runlevel 1 has been reached
press "enter" again once or twice. Now you can enter
commands at the shell prompt.
- Now type in sax2 -f to start the configuration of your
graphics card with SaX2.
- Enter all configuration items as usual. For TNT/TNT2 cards
select the driver (modul) named nvidia. Do NOT use the
nv module selected by SaX2, because this module does not work with
the 3D drivers from Nvidia. 3D only works with the original drivers
from Nvidia nvdriver.rpm and nv_glx.rpm.
- Edit /etc/X11/XF86Config with an editor of your
choice. Search for the line
Section "Module"
and add a line
Load "glx"
Have look at the file /etc/modules.conf and check, if the line
alias char-major-195 NVdriver
exists, or add it at the appropriate position.
- Save the files you edited and reboot your computer.
- Log in and start your window manager. Then start an xterm and
enter the command
grep "NVIDIA Corporation" /var/log/XFree86
Now you should read:
(II) Module glx: vendor="NVIDIA Corporation"
(II) Module nvidia: vendor="NVIDIA Corporation"
In this case do the next step:
- Check, if the glutdemo is installed, or install it now
(series x3d -> glutdemo). Use xterm to enter the command
xlock-mesa -nolock -mode atlantis
If the whales now move very fast, your Open-GL system is configured.
See also:
Problems with graphic cards using nVidia chips
Keywords: NVIDIA, GLX, 3D
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