[ale] geforce3

[Robert L. Harris]

I remember reading this.  In my XF86Config generated the dri, glcore were not
there, and glx was.  Struck me as a bit odd.

Thus spake Vernard Martin (vernard at cc.gatech.edu):

> > I use a GFrorce3 on my desktop, dual boot.  Works great.  Big trick, get
> > the nvidia drivers from ftp.nvidia.com.  Download the GLX and kernel modules,
> > install em,  then configure your XFree86 per norm.  After you install, edit
> > /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 and change the instance of "nf" to "nvidia"  works
> > absolutely great and looks amazing.
> 
> Well, there are couple of other things you need to do as well. You need to
> remove references to the DRI the GLcore stuff and add in the GLX reference. All
> of ths info is in the readm/installation docs for the nvidia drivers. I use a 
> Geforce2 MX card and this driver works well for me. The docs say it works fine
> for the GeForce 3 card as well but as alawyas, your mileage may vary.
> 
> V
> -- 
> Vernard Martin (vernard at cc.gatech.edu) http://www.cc.gatech.edu/~vernard/     
>         "Anything worth fighting over is worth fighting dirty over"



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