On Wednesday 16 November 2005 12:51 pm, jfweber@bellsouth.net 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