Re: [SLUG] Nvidia 5200 FX Twinview (SVGA) Driver

From: Joe Brandt (vzd1s11k@verizon.net)
Date: Wed Oct 08 2003 - 21:24:41 EDT


On Wed, 2003-10-08 at 18:37, Matt Miller wrote:
> On Wednesday 08 October 2003 05:50 pm, you wrote:
> > Downloading and running the latest Linux drivers and editing the
> > X-config file as instructed leads to a NO screens found error when I use
> > "nvidia" driver. I get an operational X with no OpenGL or 3D when I use
> > "nv" driver.
>
> There are two components which need to be installed for the Nvidia drivers to
> work - the Nvidia kernel driver and the Nvidia glx modules. I am suspecting
> you have compiled the Nvidia kernel driver, but not the Nvidia glx modules
> for XFree86.

Nvidia now uses a unified driver loading script which supposedly takes
care of all that. I ran it "successfully" several times. I even tried
loading separate archived drivers which used RPM for each of them.

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