I've had the dubious pleasure of doing this at least six times now.
Here are "David Willson's Instructions for the Ridiculously Impatient".
Yes, you actually DO have to do all this.
- Install the kernel-source, if you haven't already.
'rpm -Uvh /somewhere/RedHat/rpms/kernel-source-something.rpm'
- Do a complete up2date, if you haven't already.
'up2date --update --force'
- Download the kernel driver src.rpm and the GLX driver src.rpm from
nVidia's website.
- Build the binary version of each file with something like
'rpmbuild --rebuild ~/blah.src.rpm'
Take note of the location of the binaries as you build them! It's
given in the output.
- Install the binary rpms. 'rpm -Uvh kernel.rpm' 'rpm -Uvh glx.rpm'
- Edit your /etc/X11/XF86Config to make three changes:
- In the 'Section "Module"' section, pound (#) out 'Load "dri"' and
'Load "GLcore"'.
- In the same section, add 'Load "glx"', if it's not already there.
- In the 'Section "Device"' section, change the name of driver
from "nv" or "VESA" or whatever to "nvidia"
David Willson
MCT, MCSE, Network+, A+, Linux Enthusiast
http://TheGeek.NU
-----Original Message-----
From: psyche-list-admin@redhat.com [mailto:psyche-list-admin@redhat.com]
On Behalf Of Mr. Adam ALLEN
Sent: Friday, November 15, 2002 5:18 PM
To: psyche-list@redhat.com
Subject: Re: RedHat 8.0 and TNT2 Ultra
On Fri, 2002-11-15 at 18:59, Sylvain Jodoin wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm new to Linux and just installed RH 8.0 Personal Desktop to learn
> and play with it. Everything seems to work correctly besides graphics.
> In fact, I just can't enable 3D hardware acceleration (the option is
> shaded so I can not enable it) with the result that graphical
> intensive apps are quite slow.
>
> I have a P-III 450 Mhz PC with a Nvidia Riva TNT2 Ultra/32MB-based
> graphic board.
That sounds familiar so that could be the same card that I have
> Any hints, resources, pointers for newbie on how to resolve this would
> be highly appreciated.
If you haven't downloaded the drivers from nVidia's site, then that's
the first job. There's two files, a GLX file and a Kernel file.
nVidia pre-compile the drivers, so you either need to match the kernel
you are running (probably 2.4.18), or you can download 'generic' files
which you can rebuild - each time you upgrade the kernel you will need
to reinstall the drivers for the graphic card. My personal choice would
be the GLX SOURCE RPM and KERNEL SOURCE RPM. (I'd keep these on the
machine in a handy location for future use).
Follow the instructions,
rpmbuild --rebuild
the docs will say rpm --rebuild
Then you may need to change /etc/X11/XF86Config, as directed in the
readme file from nVidia's page.
Hopefully this points you in the right direction.
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