Hi Eric,
I think that it needs to be done before so that things link correctly. I installed the Nvidia driver without the uninstall and graphics was not working even after the uninstall of the Mesa stuff. A re-install of the Nvidia driver (with the Mesa removed) seemed to fix the problem. I will not profess to completely understand why but I expect that the Nvidia drivers come with their own libGL that conflicts with the Mesa-libGL?
Kind regards,
Mike
ERIC KLINGER wrote:
Well.... I never knew to uninstall the XFree-Mesa-libGL package. Do you think its ok dto do so after the driver install?
Thanks Eric
From: Wayne Schuller <k_wayne@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Reply-To: fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To: fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: getting Nvidia 2D/3D to work (M.Hockings) Date: Mon, 10 Nov 2003 11:40:04 +1100
hi David,
Thanks for the great instructions. They should have been in the Release Notes!
thanks, wayne
On Sun, 2003-11-09 at 07:21, David Utidjian wrote:
> Mike,
>
> I also went through similar tribulations since installing RC1 and the
> 4496 version of the Nvidia drivers. I went to the Nvidia forum and there
> are some pretty goofy methods in there (recompile the kernel with
> gcc-3.3.2 and whatnot). The basic method (see below) is identical to the
> regular Nvidia install instructions in the README from Nvidia with two
> added steps. Pretty (relatively) simple.
> I also had some problems with running Quake3. Very messed up. I haven't
> tried UT2K3 yet. I also have a dual PIII system not an Athlon.
>
> Please let me know if this works.
>
> [Begin included instructions]
>
> This is what I did (all root commands are prepended with a # sign):
>
> 0. Download the file NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-4496-pkg2.run from
> http://download.nvidia.com/XFree86/...0-4496-pkg2.run
> and put it somewhere useful (/tmp or /home/downloads or whatever).
>
> 1. Logout of the system then Ctrl-Alt-F1 to get to a virtual console and
> log in as root.
>
> 2. Switch runlevels from 5 to 3 this will stop X (as root):
>
> # telinit 3
>
> It will take a few seconds as things shutdown/restart.
> Hit [Enter] if you don't get a prompt back right away.
> This will stop X "gracefully". X will restart automatically on reboot OR
> the command startx OR the command telinit 5.
>
> 3. Set the C compiler environment variable to gcc32 (it is currently gcc
> by default).
>
> # export CC=gcc32
>
> 4. Remove the XFree86-Mesa-libGL package:
>
> # rpm -e --nodeps XFree86-Mesa-libGL
>
> 5. Now run the Nvidia driver installer as usual:
>
> # cd /path/to/where/you/put/it
> # sh NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-4496-pkg2.run
>
> Answer the usual questions and it should build and install correctly.
>
> 6. Make a backup copy of your "known good" /etc/X11/XF86Config file:
>
> # cd /etc/X11
> # cp XF86Config XF86Config.bak
>
> 7. Edit your XF86Config file so that it will use the nvidia driver
> rather than the stock nv driver. This will be in 'Section "Device"' and
> there will be a line like this:
>
> Driver "nv"
>
> Change that line to:
>
> Driver "nvidia"
>
> You may also need to add and/or comment out some options in the 'Section
> "Module"' part of that file. For details on this see the README file
> which should be in /usr/share/doc/NVIDIA_GLX-1.0/README. Once you are
> finished editing the XF86Config file save it.
>
> 8. Test the new driver:
>
> # startx
>
> Which should start X. If X starts up OK try opening a terminal and type
> in the command:
>
> # glxgears
>
> If that works fine then you are done installing the driver.
>
> 9. Logout of X. You should be abck at a command prompt. Then restart the
> GUI login for X:
>
> # telinit 5
>
> The GUI login for X should start up.
>
> 10. One last thing... you left a virtual console logged in as root. You
> propably don't want to forget and leave that open so....
>
> Ctrl-Alt-F1
> # exit
> Alt-F7
>
> Will log you out as root and return you to the GUI login.
>
>
> Note: The above method is really pretty simple. There are only two added
> steps from the method one would use in previous versions of Red Hat 9 or
> earlier... they are steps 3 and 4. If you have installed Nvidia drivers
> in Red Hat (or other distros) before then you will already be familiar
> with most of this. Even if you are familiar with the Nvidia Linux
> drivers you should read the README and other docs because there are a
> lot of very cool features you may want to try out. This feature set
> changes with each release of the drivers.
>
> [End included post]
>
> -DU-...etc...
>
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