* Brian Dunaway (brian@fusionwerks.com) [010602 02:40]: ->> The latest drivers need to be 'activated' for 3D. The file tells you to ->> install them in a particular order and then run the ->> "switch2nvidia.glx"(sp?) file to activate the 3D. -> ->I have tried it two ways both on fresh installs. I installed 7.2 personal ->edition straight out of the box and downloaded the drivers from Nvidia ->following their intructions. I get OpenGL support in my games no ->problem...but my GL screensavers and Blender both look for Mesa drivers. I ->also tried getting the software update from the Yast Control Center before I ->installed the Nvidia drivers from Nvidia....I get the same bugginess before ->and after I install the Nvidia drivers from Nvidia's site. -> ->> I did what it said and mine works fine on a very similar system to your own ->> (V550, AMD450). Without the switch-file being run I got about 50fps in ->> 'gears', afterwards I got over 400. (Just type "gears" in the console and ->> that should run it - it prints the FPS in the console window so you can see ->> if your 3D accel is working) -> ->I ran gears and I get a little more than 600 FPS. Ok..it wouldn't look for the Mesa drivers if you installed nVidia's GLX and run the modified 'switch2nv_glx' script I've posted twice. It really does work. I just ran the pipes GL screen saver in KDE2 in order to check.. :) Here ya go... -- Ben Rosenberg mailto:ben@whack.org ----- If two men agree on everything, you can be sure that only one of them is doing the thinking.