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rhox

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Oct 10, 2006, 1:08:11 AM10/10/06
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I just used tiny-nvidia-installer --update and it ran fine. Afterwards I
tried to load the X-Moto sports game, and it said that 3d acceleration
isn't on. What did I do wrong?
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Joachim

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Oct 10, 2006, 12:27:26 PM10/10/06
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rhox wrote:

Did you activatet 3D in sax2?
Joachim
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rhox

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Oct 10, 2006, 5:01:51 PM10/10/06
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Joachim wrote:

> Did you activatet 3D in sax2?
> Joachim

There is no option to. Is there something I need to add to something? How
exactly do I activate 3D?
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rhox

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Oct 10, 2006, 5:05:47 PM10/10/06
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Joachim wrote:

> Did you activatet 3D in sax2?
> Joachim

I can't. I can see "activate 3d acceleration" but I cannot check the box
next to it.
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fda

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Oct 10, 2006, 7:15:05 PM10/10/06
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Install the NVidia driver with the operating instrcions on the Nvidia page :

http://www.nvidia.fr/object/linux_fr.html

Both IA 32 (with a 6600 LE on an AMD x2 3800+ 939) and AMD 64 (with a
6150 on an AMD 3000+ 939)) work beautifully for me, the former being
slightly faster for the "Molecule" screensaver, and allowing electon
clouds without penalty, whis is alas slower on the (silent) 6150.

Chris Wilkinson

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Oct 10, 2006, 7:35:06 PM10/10/06
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Hi there,

Open /etc/X11/xorg.conf in a text editor as root user. The "Device"
section should look similar to this...

Section "Device"
BoardName "GeForce 6800 GS"
Driver "nvidia"
Identifier "Device[0]"
Screen 0
VendorName "NVidia"
EndSection

If Driver is set to "nv" change it to "nvidia". Also check the
"Module" section...it should contain the following line...

Load "glx"

If it does not, add it, and remove any line from that section
with "DRI" in it. Save the file. Restart X and it should be
OK.

Failing that check /var/log/Xorg.0.log for a log of the X
server startup...any line with (WW) and/or (EE) with info
about "glx" may give a clue as to the problem preventing
hardware 3D from working...

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tyggy

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Oct 19, 2006, 3:29:08 AM10/19/06
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rhox wrote:

make sure you have:

1. gcc
2. kernel sources
3. the driver package from nvidia
4. a Nvidia card

drop to init 3

check for GLX driver

sh NVIDIA-Linux.......

sax2 -m 0=nvidia
change config, there is a option in here to add 3d

then init 5

you should see the nvidia logo splash screen

jamesromeongmail.com

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Oct 19, 2006, 10:07:07 AM10/19/06
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I just saw there is an overflow bug in the NVidia drivers that allow
root access. It is in all the prepackaged driver versions, and
apparently only the latest beta release has been fixed.

So I would recommend either using the beta version or holding off on
the NVidia driver altogether.

Jim

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