Andrei Verovski (aka MacGuru) wrote:
Hi,
I have SuSE 9.3 with nVidia driver 7167 succesfully installed with SuSE fetchnvidia script. I have, of course, reconfigured X with SAX to enable 3D support.
However, 3DDiag gives the following:
Verifying driver installation: nvidia ... done.
Tests for X.Org configuration: Config File /etc/X11/xorg.conf ... done. Driver ... done. Extensions ... done. Options ... done.
Checking GL/GLU/glut runtime configuration: GL/GLU ... done (package xorg-x11-Mesa) glut ... done (package freeglut)
It seems like my system uses MESA instead of nVidia GLX. I have tried to reinstall kernel, nvidia driver again, but it did not helped. I am trying to run Command&Conquer Generals Zero Hour, and it is hell slow (absolutely non-usable, to say precisely) without real hardware 3D support.
Anyone know how to fix this?
Thanks in advance for any suggestion(s)
Andrei
Do you have the 'Option "dri" ' in your xf86.conf (or if using x.org) in the xorg.conf file? If the X module DRI (direct render interface) is not in the conf file and therefore not loaded at the start of X it will default to software 3D - hence Mesa glx being used to render 3D with. Google is your friend and a quick search of the XF86 site/X.org site (interchangable related to configuring 3D) and the web provides some nice info. There are walkthroughs that are pretty striaght forward - take a look. There quit a bit of "options" that can be added to your xorg.conf file for nVidia drivers to optimize your 3D (e.g. gaming, CAD, etc). HTH, Curtis.