On 13/09/2010 16:52, C. Brouerius van Nidek wrote:
On Monday, September 13, 2010 01:04:13 pm Basil Chupin wrote:
On 13/09/2010 15:35, C. Brouerius van Nidek wrote:
On Monday, September 13, 2010 06:16:21 am Patrick Shanahan wrote:
* Terry Eck<terry_eck@verizon.net> [09-12-10 14:48]:
I hope I'm just missing some rpm and someone can help me out. When I issue "glxgears" the following is displayed on the console:
lib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0". glxgears: Error: couldn't get an RGB, Double-buffered visual.
you do not have 3d enabled, ie: nv is driver no nvidia
Just a question. I have e.g. nouveau (nv) on my machine and glxgears is able to run. Is nv better as general thought?
My NVIDIA card is not included anymore in the newest nvidia drivers. GeForce2 MX/MX400. And I never was able or had the time to install the nvidia 96.43.18 driver which would be the driver of choice.
But why not? Not complicated.
Unless things have changed radically in recent times, download& install the kernel source; then download the #96 driver from nVidia site. Easier if you then transfer/copy it into a simple recognisable directory such as ~/temp0 for example.
Do CTRL-ALT-F3; then place yourself in the ~/temp0 directory (or whichever) [cd /home/<your-home-name>/temp0] and do "sh NVIDIA<tab> " and then press RETURN to execute the driver's installation script. Follow the prompts which appear - answer Yes or No.
After the driver is installed, CTRL-ALT-F7 and you are back on your Desktop with nVidia driver installed. Easy-peasy.
BC
Will keep this explanation handy ;)
But what are the advantages of the nividia driver towards the nouveau driver.
Didn't you state that you see "nv" rather than "nvidia" driver? Why not do a search to see the difference between the two?
Would I see improvements apart from the Nvidia splash screen halfway booting?
If you don't see the nVida splash screen then your system is fast enough not to display it. BC -- Fact is that which enough people believe. Truth is determined by how fervently they believe it. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org