zfalcon Posted July 23, 2003 Report Share Posted July 23, 2003 :roll: hello , i m new to the Mandrake and particularly to Nvidia things but i have the following problem i installed everything you said in other nvidia post , followed what you was saying and it keep telling me GLX not found , in the /usr/X11R6..... extensions/folder i have a libglx.so.1.0.4191 in my config file i have the Load "/usr ...../extensions/libglx.so" and Load "Glx" both of the command when i shutdown the X server tell me that doesn t exist and Glxgears tell me no glx so an idea ? oh and when i start the .run files it tells me i don t have binutils never had this problem before so if anybody know a place for a precompiled package for mdk 9.1 thx to tell me :D i m using a standard Mandrake linux 9.1 ( i buyed the box for support Mandrake ) i guess that if i ll install the Nvidia drivers found on Nvidia.com for linux it will work but i 'll prefer have your opinions before doing something really stupid :) thx Zfalcon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
static Posted July 23, 2003 Report Share Posted July 23, 2003 So how did you install the nvidia driver exactly? Was it an rpm or did you download the driver form nvidia's site? By config file I take it you mean /etc/X11/XF86Config or /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest dardack Posted July 23, 2003 Report Share Posted July 23, 2003 Generally Mandrake 9.1 (In my experience so far) installs both Xfree3 and 4, so the config you need to change is the /XF86Config-4, i did exactly as the readme from NVIDIA said and it worked fine, just download the .run file from nvidia, shutdown X (cntl-alt-backspace might have to do that a few times) log in as root, sh NVIDIA*, will run the setup program, finish that. Open the readme file usually in /usr/share/doc/NVIDIA*, it tells you to change a few items in XF86Config(-4), i just emacs it cntrl s for nv, change nv to nvidia, than cntrl s for modules, put Load "glx", looked for the dri and GLcore (weren't in mine), cntrl x s, cntrl x c, rebooted, came into X with the nvidia splash screen and accelerated drivers. and that's basically it. there are other options you can add in the config the Readme talks about but i didn't have to do any of those. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
static Posted July 23, 2003 Report Share Posted July 23, 2003 I think ctrl-alt-backspace will restart the X server though, you might want to open a terminal and type su -c "init 3" and give your root password Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ixthusdan Posted July 23, 2003 Report Share Posted July 23, 2003 "load glx" should already be in your XF86Config-4 file. By default, Mandrake uses mesa for glx, but they do not work with the nvidia drivers, so the install program renames those mesa files. Just for kicks, what vid card and which motherboard do you have? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest dardack Posted July 23, 2003 Report Share Posted July 23, 2003 I think ctrl-alt-backspace will restart the X server though, you might want to open a terminal and type su -c "init 3" and give your root password Really? Ctrl-alt-backspace worked for me. But coulda been a fluke. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tyme Posted July 23, 2003 Report Share Posted July 23, 2003 ctrl-atl-backspace works if you start from a command line and use startx to bring up the GUI. usually, if you login graphically, ctl-alt-backspace will only restart the x-server and you'll end up back at the login. statics way will work, all the time ;-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zfalcon Posted July 23, 2003 Author Report Share Posted July 23, 2003 yes i was talking of the XF86Config-4 i use the 4.3 the new drivers i installed ( the only that wanted to install the ones from nvidia refuse to work since he say don t find binutils :? i used the .rpm i found on the Mandrakeusers Ftp i m used to vi i change the thing and did correctly as i saw on the other config file put in the others nvidia thread i think just the problem don t come from the config file Mobo : Asus A7V333-X grph : GF3 ti 200 and generally i use the gnome command close session to end X server it work better :D the graphism look normal the only problem that i don t have any GLX loaded Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest dardack Posted July 23, 2003 Report Share Posted July 23, 2003 ctrl-atl-backspace works if you start from a command line and use startx to bring up the GUI. usually, if you login graphically, ctl-alt-backspace will only restart the x-server and you'll end up back at the login. statics way will work, all the time ;-) Interesting. I'll need to write his down, because mine must of been a fluke than. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tyme Posted July 23, 2003 Report Share Posted July 23, 2003 posting your /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 file may help... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zfalcon Posted July 23, 2003 Author Report Share Posted July 23, 2003 its ok i ended to find the thing by myself the .rpm found on the FTP of mandrakeusers seems to don t work properly and add a wrong libglx i downloaded the binutils and libbinutils on the ftp.mandrakeusers.com ( the athlon XP ones) and i installed the nvidia.run found on Nvidia.com 14956 frames in 5.0 seconds = 2991.200 FPS 17359 frames in 5.0 seconds = 3471.800 FPS 17978 frames in 5.0 seconds = 3595.600 FPS 18018 frames in 5.0 seconds = 3603.600 FPS 17912 frames in 5.0 seconds = 3582.400 FPS 17964 frames in 5.0 seconds = 3592.800 FPS 16634 frames in 5.0 seconds = 3326.800 FPS 18501 frames in 5.0 seconds = 3700.200 FPS 18496 frames in 5.0 seconds = 3699.200 FPS 18520 frames in 5.0 seconds = 3704.000 FPS 18396 frames in 5.0 seconds = 3679.200 FPS 18558 frames in 5.0 seconds = 3711.600 FPS 18514 frames in 5.0 seconds = 3702.800 FPS 18562 frames in 5.0 seconds = 3712.400 FPS 18396 frames in 5.0 seconds = 3679.200 FPS 18522 frames in 5.0 seconds = 3704.400 FPS 18563 frames in 5.0 seconds = 3712.600 FPS 18517 frames in 5.0 seconds = 3703.400 FPS and it worked , sorry to have bother u for such stupid problem other and last thing my Xserver take like 5 min to start during this time i have a blank screen and nothing move is that normal on a 4.3 xserver with nvidia driver or there is a problem anywhere ? thx for your times :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
static Posted July 23, 2003 Report Share Posted July 23, 2003 It's a 333 MHz ? Could be, not too sure. Mine takes about 10 seconds from the time the bootsplash goes off and I can type in my password, but I'm running a 733 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zfalcon Posted July 23, 2003 Author Report Share Posted July 23, 2003 na its a XP athlon 2200+ running at 2Kghz that why i wonder what the prob ^^ so there is something wrong around ^^ i will search for that ... and for a command for up the brigtness of the screen.... my screen brightness is at max and its still pretty dark damn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest dardack Posted July 24, 2003 Report Share Posted July 24, 2003 If you have XV you can use the program xvattr to change such things as brightness and many other stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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