On Fri, 27 Oct 2006 15:21:10 -0400 Ric Moore <wayward4now@xxxxxxxxx> took out a #2 pencil and scribbled: > On Fri, 2006-10-27 at 10:39 -0700, Lonni J Friedman wrote: > > On 10/27/06, ethericalzen@xxxxxxxxx <ethericalzen@xxxxxxxxx> > > wrote: > > > On Fri, 27 Oct 2006 12:57:58 -0400 > > > Ric Moore <wayward4now@xxxxxxxxx> took out a #2 pencil and > > > scribbled: > > > > > > > Guys and Gals, I'm getting to information overload here and > > > > my brain hurts. Is there one definitive site with a > > > > step-by-step to install FC5 compiz for my GeForce FX 5200? > > > > So far I have the 1.0-8774 driver version, 128 MB of video > > > > memory and it sez Bus Type AGP 8X > > > > > > Just out of curiosity. Are you trying to get AIGLX working > > > along with compiz? That will not work without the 9626 nvidia > > > driver. the 8xxx series doesn't have the GLX component to do > > > the 3d stuff from AIGLX. If you're just installing compiz, > > > well..yeah there's that then. > > > > See: > > http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=77030 > > Lonnie, been there.. first it starts off with assumptions that I > have already done so and so and I'm not sure that I have. A step > by step is really better, for idiots and dear ole Mum. <grins> My > fear is that I'll do something half-baked and wind up with a > locked machine or something equally dreadful. > > I have dnloaded the 9626 nvidea driver from nVidia. But with all > of the caveats in the past against doing so, should I instead try > livna and yum? I don't want to grab packages willy-nilly and jam > them in with a shoehorn and curses. I have to live with this > machine and I'd hate to be deprived of my one addiction. (OK, > make it second addiction) I want the result of this major upgrade > to be forever yum upgradable and "approved" meaning I can get > some form of relief should it blowup anyway. And! ...shown how to > do eet stepper by stepper, just like a harddrive thinks. Thanks > for all the work over there at nVidia Lonnie!!! But, James made > some very basic assumptions that this user would be where he is, > technologically speaking, and that ain't the case. Ric > Step by step what I did. Be mindful of line breaks. I downloaded the following rpms from livna. http://rpm.livna.org/fedora/testing/6/i386/xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-1.0.9626-2.lvn6.i386.rpm and http://rpm.livna.org/fedora/testing/6/i386/kmod-nvidia-1.0.9626-1.2.6.18_1.2798.fc6.i686.rpm Armed with these two rpms I went ahead and installed. After which I did the following: cp /etc/X11/xorg.conf /etc/X11/xorg.conf-bak emacs /etc/X11/xorg.conf add: Option "AllowGLXWithComposite" "true" Option "AddARGBGLXVisuals" "True" to the "Device" section of your file. add: Section "Module" Load "extmod" Load "glx" EndSection to the file. I placed the above section before the section "InputDevice" But add: Section "Extensions" Option "Composite" EndSection To the bottom of xorg.conf. If something breaks, you can telinit 3 and or boot to run level 3 and just copy xorg.conf-bak over xorg.conf and your machine will work properly once again. I believe the install of the nvidia driver edits your xorg.conf file anyway to use the nvidia driver. So I suggest you make sure that you log out and back in to ensure the nvidia module is working before your start editing things and making back ups. HTH -- Alex White ethericalzen@xxxxxxxxx Life is a prison, death is a release
