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Old 04-25-2006, 01:22 AM   #1
Pastorlois
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3d Acceleration with an nVidia 5500 in SuSE10


im having trouble turning on 3d Acceleration in SuSE10, i go to the monitor configuration and the option is grey'ed out.

any ideas on how to activate it?
(video card is nVidia 5500 256mb card)
 
Old 04-25-2006, 03:11 AM   #2
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i suspect you need to download the drivers.... I guess you are using Open SuSE and the drivers are closed source, so i doubt they are included on the disc(s)....

You could follow these instructions:

http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...d.php?t=397878

Although i believe you can install it thru YAST:

http://www.linuxforu.com/yabbse/inde...;threadid=1488


maybe these guides will be of some use:

http://www.suseforums.net/index.php?showtopic=18000
http://www.thejemreport.com/mambo/content/view/178/42/


sorry for all the links, but they looked useful....
 
  


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