Preferred way of going to XFree86 4.1.0 (Geforce3 support)

[Kenneth Mays]

Here is another answer about Nvidia chipsets including Geforce3 support.
-Ken

Linux drivers for Nvidia chipsets
Version: 1.0-1251 | Post Date: 5/17/2001
These XFree86 binary drivers provide optimized hardware acceleration of
OpenGL applications via a direct-rendering X Server and support the TNT,
TNT2, GeForce 256, GeForce2 GTS, GeForce2 MX, GeForce2 Pro, GeForce2 GTS,
GeForce 2 Ultra, GeForce2 Go, GeForce3, Quadro, Quadro2 MXR, and Quadro2 Pro
chipsets. AGP and flat panel displays are also supported.

NVIDIA has a unified driver architecture model; this means that one driver
set can be used with all supported NVIDIA hardware. Please see Appendix
A for a list of the NVIDIA hardware supported by the current drivers.
The NVIDIA Accelerated Linux Driver Set consists of two packages
which you will need to download and install: the NVIDIA_GLX package
which contains the OpenGL libraries and the XFree86 driver, and the
NVIDIA_kernel package which contains the NVdriver kernel module needed
by the X driver and OpebGL libraries in the NVIDIA_GLX package (for
more details on the components of each package, please see Appendix C).
You will need to install both packages, with matching version numbers
(ie NVIDIA_GLX-0.9-6 should only be used with NVIDIA_kernel-0.9-6 and
not NVIDIA_kernel-0.9-3).
The packages are available in several formats: RPM, SRPM, and tar file.
Installation of each package type is described below. The package
type is largely a matter of personal preference, though please note
that the binary RPMs are for use only with the kernel shipped with a
particular distribution (eg NVIDIA_kernel-0.9-6.rh62.i386.rpm should
only be used with the uni-processor kernel shipped with RedHat 6.2).
Where appropriate, NVIDIA has provided separate RPMs for the distinct SMP
and uni-processor kernels of each distribution. If you have upgraded
your kernel, or a specific NVIDIA_kernel rpm is not available for your
distribution, then use either the NVIDIA_kernel SRPM or tar file.
In the case where distributors ship multiple kernels (as is often
the case with uni-processor and SMP machines), there will be
multiple RPMs available, ie: NVIDIA_kernel-0.9-7.rh62.i386.rpm and
NVIDIA_kernel-0.9-7.rh62.smp.i386.rpm.
The NVIDIA_GLX RPM, however, is not dependent upon the kernel version,
and therefore an SRPM is not needed. Install the NVIDIA_GLX package
either by RPM or tar file.

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[Munish Chopra]

On Wed, Jul 18, 2001 at 08:24:30AM -0400, Kenneth Mays wrote:
> Here is another answer about Nvidia chipsets including Geforce3 support.
> -Ken
>

[snip announcement]

Well, to put this to rest...

2D support (non-accelerated) has been working for Geforce models since
at least 4.0.1 (if not before). I've used my Geforce 2 MX with all
releases from 4.0.1 to 4.1.0. The announcement is for the accelerated
2D/3D drivers, currently Linux-only. The FreeBSD drivers are in the
works, and we're currently just waiting for NVIDIA to help us out on
some central issues (see http://nvidia.netexplorer.org). With any luck,
and the NVIDIA engineers having a bit more time (nForce launch and all),
we should have 3D support for pretty much the full line of NVIDIA cards
within the next several weeks.

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-Munish