Mailinglist Archive: opensuse (4570 mails)

["Steven T. Hatton" <hattons@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Wednesday 16 November 2005 12:51 pm, jfweber@xxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

>  Steven,
> I have one of those... the nvida driver adds some version of 3d control
> that most programs that do POVRAY ,or similar proggies , need.. you can
> use the one in the Yast online update menu ( somewhere near the bottom
> of the list ) and stuff just stops bitching.. I didn't go thru the
> build your own because stuff stopped bitchin at me when I used the one
> YOU had on offer.. <shrug>  OF course YMMV
> ;-D

I have the one from YaST installed.  Or so I thought.  In SaX2 the 3D option 
is grayed out. 3Ddiag gives this:

$ 3Ddiag
3Ddiag version 0.728
Verifying 3D configuration:
Using 3dinfo
************************************************************

Verifying 3D configuration for 3D board "nVidia Corporation GeForce 6800 GT 
(10de@0045)":


Verifying driver installation:
  nvidia ... failed!
======================= !!! WARNING !!! ========================
Due to license issues only a Dummy Nvidia 2D/3D driver with
Software 3D/OpenGL rendering is provided. Please download
the official 2D/3D Nvidia driver from the nVidia webserver
(http://www.nvidia.com), if you want to use 3D hardware
accelerated 3D/OpenGL.
================================================================

Tests for X.Org configuration:
  Config File /etc/X11/xorg.conf ... done.
  Driver ... failed!
================================================================
3D Hardware acceleration is not used. To use 3D
Hardware acceleration please specify the entry

  Driver "nvidia"

in the Section "Device" of your /etc/X11/xorg.conf.
================================================================
  Extensions ... done.
  Options ... done.


Checking GL/GLU/glut runtime configuration:
  GL/GLU  ... done (package xorg-x11-Mesa)
  glut ... done (package freeglut)

<shrug>

Steven