David: I have Redhat 9.0 and nVidia FX5x00 running with full hardware acceleration. 3D OpenGL test glxgears runs at 3200fps, Free86 works too. This may work for you too: First, plug in any old PCI video card from pevious computer. Install Redhat 9.0 "everything". Go ahead and let it config for the old PCI card. Login as root to perform these install procedures, and change your /etc/inittab to id:3:initdefault (not id:5). Upgrade to glibc version 2.3.2-11.9 or higher. The glibc on Rdhat 9.0 CDs is "broken" (thread-local-storage Vs dlopen() shared lib access). The nVidia driver depends on this code to function properly. Go to: https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2003-136.html and download: glibc-common-2.3.2-27.9.i386.rpm glibc-2.3.2-27.9.i686.rpm Go to: http://www.nvidia.com/object/linux.html and download: NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-4496-pkg2.run The nVidia corporation driver replaces some files. If you want to be safe, rename all these files to XXXfilename (for example). Then, you can "back out" if needed. By * , I mean all files matching first part of the name. /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions/libglx* /usr/lib/libGL* /usr/lib/libGLcore* /usr/lib/tls/libGL* /usr/lib/tls/libGLcore* Edit /etc/X11/XF86Config: (under Section Module) Remove: Load "dri" Remove: Load "GLcore" Add: Load "glx" (under Section "Device") Change: Driver "nv" To: Driver "nvidia" Install both Redhat RPMs, in order (rpm -i -v -h --replacefiles). Now your glibc can actually function properly with the nVidia driver (next). Finally, install the nVidia driver. You must be at the command-line, not in XFree86. Use the command-line sh NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-4496.pkg2.run Shutdown, install nVidia card, reboot, making sure the BIOS detected the card properly, and set BIOS as required, including AGP. After you reboot, use the command-line startx and everything should be working well. Open a terminal and use the command-line glxgears, also make sure that xmms works and that OpenOffice works. If so, you are done! Also thanks to Mark for the best clues! Cheers, Michael - Graphics & Engineering http://www.bowlvisions.com/ the System: OS: Redhat 9.0 / kernel 2.4.20-6 / XFree86 4.3.0-2 / glibc-2.3.2-27.9 CPU: Intel P4 / 2.60cGHz / 800MHz system bus Board: Intel D865 PERLK / 1GB PC3200 DDR Memory Discs: WD 120MB UATA 100 Hard drive / Sony CDRW 52-24-52 Sound: Creative Audigy 2 Graphics: ASUS V9560VS - 128MB using nVidia FX5600 Video BIOS version: 04.31.20.28.00 Video driver version: NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-4496-pkg2.run --- thread follows --- On Thursday 30 October 2003 08:45 am, you wrote: > This is related to xfree86 as i am told. i have an AMD Athlon XP2500 > system with an Nvidia GeForce FX5200 video card. when i am trying to > install Redhat 9 on this sytem, Anaconda detects my video card and > assigns the Generic VESA driver--this is where things go wrong. The > installer appears to start X but the screen goes blank and my monitor > button goes amber as if in sleep mode. I have tried several workarounds > like loading as "Linux lowres" "Linux resolution = (several sizes)" > "Linux xdrvr=nv" stc. i have even set the AGP to 4x in bios and the > video still crashes. > > several sources have told me that all of this is due to Redhat's install > disk using an older version of XFree86, which doesn't detect the FX5200 > card. do you know of any workarounds other than putting in an older > video card or installing in text mode (that has other issues)? please > let me know whatever you can. > > thanks in advance for your support. > > david valencia > > _______________________________________________ > XFree86 mailing list > XFree86@xxxxxxxxxxx > http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86 _______________________________________________ XFree86 mailing list XFree86@xxxxxxxxxxx http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86
