[ale] SuSE, Nvidia, and Quake 3

[Jerald Sheets]

I would assume you dd the followng:


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If you already have an XF86Config file working with a different driver
(such as the 'nv' or 'vesa' driver), then all you need to do is find
the relevant Device section and replace the line:

        Driver "nv"
    (or Driver "vesa")

with 

        Driver "nvidia"  

In the Module section, make sure you have:

        Load   "glx"

You should also remove the following lines:
      
        Load  "dri"
        Load  "GLcore"

if they exist.  There are also numerous options that can be added to
the XF86Config file to fine-tune the NVIDIA XFree86 driver.  Please see
Appendix D for a complete list of these options.

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The other thing that only lives in te id dos that a lot of people don't
happen across is that the Quake3 application actually chages
resolutions.  So, if you don't have multiple resolutions for your X
server enabled (so you can cycle through them with CTRL-ALT-+/-, Q3
won't be able to change resoltuions as it wats.  It'll still reder, but
it's dog slow.  

Try having more resolutions available for Q3 to use (320x240 and
640x480, and 800x600) for your chosen color depth.

I'll bet you'll end up "rght as rain".

(Oracle Quote!!!  Oracle Quote!!)  :-D

--Jerald








-----Original Message-----
From: ale-bounces at ale.org [mailto:ale-bounces at ale.org] On Behalf Of
Preston Boyington
Sent: Wednesday, April 14, 2004 5:20 PM
To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts (E-mail)
Subject: [ale] SuSE, Nvidia, and Quake 3


i grabbed a cheap agp card that is based on the nvidia geforce chipset
(i think SuSE shows it to be a 440 MX) and installed it into my play
machine.

upon seeing that i was not able to switch "on" 3d i downloaded the
proprietary driver.  i hand edited the XF86Config file to reflect
"nvidia" instead of "nv".

rebooted to a blank screen.

restarted the machine and used "no apic" and "no splash".  now when i
login i see a nice nvidia splash screen and my driver shows as nvidia.

try and enable 3d and it states i must get the proprietary driver from
SuSE's download site.

5 hours later it finishes downloading the driver using Online Update (i
have a horrible dialup connection because some nitwit's electric fence
is bleeding into my telephone line)

still says i need to download the driver when trying to enable the card
features.

that said "gears" shows the fps to be almost 3 times faster using
"nvidia" than using "nv".

oh well, i don't guess i need 3d for anything... so i dug out my Quake3
arena (Loki) and thought i would load it onto this AMD 1800+, 384MB
machine.  

it is unplayable.  even at 320x240 (think that is the lowest setting)
you would think you were running it on a 33mhz (heck, i was looking for
the "turbo" button!)

so can anyone give me a hint as to what i need to do to get this running
correctly?

thanks,
preston
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