[ale] geforce3
Robert L. Harris
Robert.L.Harris at rdlg.net
Tue Oct 23 11:24:12 EDT 2001
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"
:wq!
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