[ale] Suse 8.1 & Nvidia drivers

[Dow Hurst]

Drew,
I promise I'll get back to you tonight.  Had a busy evening so wasn't 
able to get on the PC.  I am not sure what version of the nvidia drivers 
I have but whatever I have I can make available to you.  There is a 
switch2nvidia script that fixes the nv tag in the XF86Config file.  You 
can edit the XF86Config file by hand but don't run sax2 without making a 
backup of it first.  I'll work up a step by step procedure for you and 
post it tonight.  Sorry for the delay as I know how important Tux is!  I 
really enjoyed playing Tux!  It is a great game and a nice idea.  The 
free car racer game works great too!  I've been playing Descent3 and 
Quake3Arena with great success as well.  I don't know how to make Q3A or 
Descent3 use both monitors.  The flight simulator will use both so the 
feel is like a real windshield.
Dow


ChangingLINKS.com wrote:

>That idea didn't work for me at all. :(
>The suse & nvidia manuals imply that the new driver is not for suse 8.1.
>When I used it, it detected that the driver was already there (I don't really 
>think it was). Next, there was not a pre-compiled driver for my kernel. It 
>compiled one, and said that the install was successful. I did not get a 
>splash screen and the driver in XF86Config was still "nv" instead of 
>"nvidia." I made that change manually, and it still didn't work. I also tried 
>to modify the Sax2 setting as instructed. Still not working.
>
>I am hoping that Dow, or someone else who actually has the nvidia driver 
>working on Suse 8.1 with Tux Racer working will help me find out what magic 
>to use to get this to work. One thing that I noticed was the XF86Config 
>mentioned that I should 'not modify it by hand.' Perhaps that is the clue?
>
>Drew
>
>On Monday 28 April 2003 02:54 pm, Thomas Holmquist wrote:
>  
>
>>Use the new nVidia driver
>>
>>http://www.nvidia.com/view.asp?IO=linux_display_ia32_1.0-4363
>>
>>Dow Hurst wrote:
>>    
>>
>>>Drew,
>>>To make sure that nvidia's drivers work, you have to totally switch
>>>from the installed SuSE nv driver set.  I used the rpm drivers  from
>>>nvidia and have Tux working fine under 8.1.  I'll check my
>>>configuration and get back with you tonight.
>>>Dow
>>>
>>>ChangingLINKS.com wrote:
>>>      
>>>
>>>>Does anyone have Suse 8.1 working with the Nvidia drivers.
>>>>
>>>>1. I have rtfmed, but get the government runaround - nvidia says use
>>>>drivers from Suse. Suse says download drivers from Nvidia
>>>>
>>>>2. I was able to untar and install 4191 drivers AND even get the
>>>>Nvidia splash screen, but when I try to play TuxRacer, an error
>>>>message says that 3D support is not enabled. Attempting to enable is
>>>>futile. Moreover, the system is not stable (locks up completely like
>>>>Win) and I just re-install.
>>>>
>>>>3. I have never gotten nvidia rpm drivers to work, but have used tars
>>>>on RH 7.2, 7.3, 8.0, 9.0 successfully. Used the same techniques with
>>>>Suse unsuccessfully. There is no Suse support for drivers to date -
>>>>and I do not have Suse 8.2 yet. (Besides, I LOVE 8.1 - except for
>>>>this driver problem - and their funny directory tree).
>>>>        
>>>>
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