games like chromium and tuxracer use openGL (ie 3D acceleration). the xfree86 nv driver only supports 2D accel, so you will not see any difference in speed (or very little anyway). for 3D accel, download nvidia's binary driver. Alex --- Ben Logan <ben@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hello, all. > > I just bought an Nvidia Verto TNT2-M64 with 32Mb based on the fact > that the xfree86 nv driver supports the TNT2-M64 with full graphics > acceleration. I did note that the driver man page says that it > supports the "RIVA TNT2" whereas my video card package says "Verto > TNT2" However, the output of lspci IDs the card as > > 00:09.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation RIVA TNT2 Model > 64 (rev 15) > > And xfree also probes the card as a RIVA TNT2. My problem is that I > don't seem to be getting hardware acceleration. Games like chromium > and tuxracer are still unplayable, and it seems to make no speed > difference whether I specify 'Option "NoAccel"' vs. 'Option "Accel"'. > > Anyone have any solutions? I would *really* like to avoid having to > upgrade/change my kernel version and use the Nvidia drivers. > > Here are my specs: > Redhat 8.0 on a 1.1Ghz AMD Duron with 192Mb SDRAM. > kernel-2.4.18-26.8.0 > > $ rpm -qa | grep -i xfree > > XFree86-75dpi-fonts-4.2.0-72 > XFree86-Xnest-4.2.0-72 > XFree86-xfs-4.2.0-72 > XFree86-devel-4.2.0-72 > XFree86-ISO8859-15-75dpi-fonts-4.2.0-72 > XFree86-cyrillic-fonts-4.2.0-72 > XFree86-Mesa-libGLU-4.2.0-72 > XFree86-4.2.0-72 > XFree86-ISO8859-9-100dpi-fonts-4.2.0-72 > XFree86-ISO8859-2-100dpi-fonts-4.2.0-72 > XFree86-Xvfb-4.2.0-72 > XFree86-libs-4.2.0-72 > XFree86-truetype-fonts-4.2.0-72 > XFree86-base-fonts-4.2.0-72 > XFree86-xauth-4.2.0-72 > XFree86-twm-4.2.0-72 > XFree86-doc-4.2.0-72 > XFree86-ISO8859-2-75dpi-fonts-4.2.0-72 > XFree86-font-utils-4.2.0-72 > redhat-config-xfree86-0.6.7-1 > XFree86-tools-4.2.0-72 > XFree86-ISO8859-15-100dpi-fonts-4.2.0-72 > XFree86-Mesa-libGL-4.2.0-72 > XFree86-100dpi-fonts-4.2.0-72 > XFree86-xdm-4.2.0-72 > XFree86-ISO8859-9-75dpi-fonts-4.2.0-72 > XFree86-xtrap-clients-4.2.0-72 > > Here's my XF86Config file: > > > # XFree86 4 configuration created by pyxf86config > > Section "ServerLayout" > Identifier "Default Layout" > Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0 > InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer" > InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard" > InputDevice "DevInputMice" "AlwaysCore" > EndSection > > Section "Files" > # RgbPath is the location of the RGB database. Note, this is the > name of the > # file minus the extension (like ".txt" or ".db"). There is normally > # no need to change the default. > # Multiple FontPath entries are allowed (they are concatenated > together) > # By default, Red Hat 6.0 and later now use a font server independent > of > # the X server to render fonts. > RgbPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb" > FontPath "unix/:7100" > EndSection > > Section "Module" > Load "dbe" > Load "extmod" > Load "fbdevhw" > Load "glx" > Load "record" > Load "freetype" > Load "type1" > EndSection > > Section "InputDevice" > # Specify which keyboard LEDs can be user-controlled (eg, with > xset(1)) > # Option "Xleds" "1 2 3" > # To disable the XKEYBOARD extension, uncomment XkbDisable. > # Option "XkbDisable" > # To customise the XKB settings to suit your keyboard, modify the > # lines below (which are the defaults). For example, for a non-U.S. > # keyboard, you will probably want to use: > # Option "XkbModel" "pc102" > # If you have a US Microsoft Natural keyboard, you can use: > # Option "XkbModel" "microsoft" > # > # Then to change the language, change the Layout setting. > # For example, a german layout can be obtained with: > # Option "XkbLayout" "de" > # or: > # Option "XkbLayout" "de" > # Option "XkbVariant" "nodeadkeys" > # > # If you'd like to switch the positions of your capslock and > # control keys, use: > # Option "XkbOptions" "ctrl:swapcaps" > # Or if you just want both to be control, use: > # Option "XkbOptions" "ctrl:nocaps" > # > Identifier "Keyboard0" > Driver "keyboard" > Option "XkbRules" "xfree86" > Option "XkbModel" "pc105" > Option "XkbLayout" "us" > EndSection > > Section "InputDevice" > Identifier "Mouse0" > Driver "mouse" > Option "Protocol" "PS/2" > Option "Device" "/dev/psaux" > Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5" > Option "Emulate3Buttons" "no" > EndSection > > Section "InputDevice" > # If the normal CorePointer mouse is not a USB mouse then > # this input device can be used in AlwaysCore mode to let you > # also use USB mice at the same time. > Identifier "DevInputMice" > Driver "mouse" > Option "Protocol" "IMPS/2" > Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice" > Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5" > Option "Emulate3Buttons" "no" > EndSection > > Section "Monitor" > Identifier "Monitor0" > VendorName "Monitor Vendor" > ModelName "Unknown monitor" > HorizSync 31.5 - 37.9 > VertRefresh 50.0 - 70.0 > ModeLine "1400x1050" 129.0 1400 1464 1656 1960 1050 1051 1054 > 1100 +hsync +vsync > ModeLine "1400x1050" 151.0 1400 1464 1656 1960 1050 1051 1054 > 1100 +hsync +vsync > ModeLine "1400x1050" 162.0 1400 1464 1656 1960 1050 1051 1054 > 1100 +hsync +vsync > ModeLine "1400x1050" 184.0 1400 1464 1656 1960 1050 1051 1054 > 1100 +hsync +vsync > Option "dpms" > EndSection > > Section "Device" > Identifier "Videocard0" > Driver "nv" > VendorName "Videocard vendor" > BoardName "RIVA TNT2" > Option "Accel" > EndSection > > Section "Screen" > Identifier "Screen0" > Device "Videocard0" > Monitor "Monitor0" > DefaultDepth 16 > SubSection "Display" > Modes "800x600" > EndSubSection > SubSection "Display" > Depth 16 > Modes "800x600" "640x480" > EndSubSection > EndSection > > Section "DRI" > Group 0 > Mode 0666 > EndSection > > > Any help is greatly appreciated, > Ben > > -- > Ben Logan > Google Answers Researcher > answers.google.com > When you're searching for information, Google Answers. > > Avoid strange women and temporary variables. > > > === message truncated === __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? 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