> -----Original Message----- > From: Mike Dresser [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, 21 November 2002 12:42 AM > To: Edward Guldemond > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: GeForce4 MX 440 & Woody > > > On Tue, 19 Nov 2002, Edward Guldemond wrote: > > > nv is the unaccelerated driver...nvidia is the accelerated driver. In > > order to get accelerated GL, you need the nvidia driver. > > > > Read the /usr/share/doc/nvidia-glx/README.gz if you have compiled and > > installed and the accelerated driver kit. > > Ok, thank you. My Xterm's come up just fine on this machine, so I'll be > sticking with nv. =)
With all due respect Mike, you should look at using the nvidia accelerated driver. I've installed it on three machines this week, and it is not only fairly simple with Debians excellent package management system, it also makes an incredible difference to the speed of GL graphics. Uncle Andy's quick and dirty Nvidia setup. # installs the debian sorce packages apt-get update apt-get install nvidia-kernel-src nvidia-glx-src # in an xterm as the root user ie. su type (assumes src 2.X.XX is installed and ln -s to /usr/src/linux cd /usr/src/linux make mrproper make xconfig # when the xconfig window pops up, load the config file from /boot/config-2.X.XX. Exit and save the config. If you have a custom kernel, **don't** do the make mrproper above. cd /usr/src tar -zxf nvidia-kernel-src.tar.gz cd /usr/src/linux make-kpkg modules_image cd /usr/src dpkg -i nvidia-kernel-KVER*.deb cd /usr/src/nvidia-glx-1.0.2880 dpkg-buildpackage -us -uc cd /usr/src dpkg -i nvidia-glx*.deb # install the kernel framebuffer driver. If it can't be found, make sure it is in your /lib/modules/you_running_kernel_/kernel/drivers/video directory. If it isn't, copy it there from where dpkg installed it in /lib/modules/2.X.XX/kernel/drivers/video. modprobe NVdriver #edit your XF86Config-4 file. # replace Driver "nv" # with Driver "nvidia" # make sure there is a line that says # Load "glx" # Delete any lines that say # Load "dri" # Load "GLcore" # now reboot your machine or simply do a /etc/init.d/[xgk]dm restart or a killall -HUP X Hope that works. If not read /usr/share/doc/nvidia-kernel-src/README.Debian, /usr/share/doc/nvidia-glx-src/README.Debian and /usr/share/doc/nvidia-glx/README.gz. Everything is there. Good work to the people who maintain these packages. Only one problem. It would be good to make sure the drivers get put into the running kernel directory rather than the version number directory if the base kernel number is equal. Andrew > > Mike > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
