geforce2, installed drivers off of nvidia.com, now what?
 

i installed the drivers for the card from www.nvidia.com, but it still doesnt work, so now what?

Did you also make the changes to xfree86? Do you get the Nvidia splash screen on start up? Can you give us more details?

Yeah. In linux you can have multiple drivers for the same card installed and point X to the one you want to use. So after you install the driver, it might be there, but XFree is still using the one it was set to by default (probably NV). You need to configure X so that its using the nVidia driver. I dont know much about Mandrake (which Im assuming you use since it is in your profile), but from what I do know, there should be some sorta GUI config tool which will make that really simple. When you have it set correctly, a screen should flash for a sec with the nVidia logo on it every time you start X. You can also us glxgears to make sure your FPS is running at just about the right speed. (example: I have a nVidia card, and when I run glxgears with the NV driver I get around 260 FPS. With the nVidia driver I get around 4,030 FPS)

how and what do i change in xfree86?

i dont get an nvidia splash screen either

i forgot to change my profile, i installed redhat 9 when i get my new hard drive last week, sorry for the confusion

change the following lines in the "device" settings
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and now startx again :D

from the README at nvidia.com:
http://www.nvidia.com/view.asp?IO=li..._ia32_1.0-4363



(sec-03) EDITING YOUR XF86CONFIG FILE
_______________________________
When XFree86 4.0 was released, it used a slightly different XF86Config
file syntax than the 3.x series did, and so to allow both 3.x and 4.x
versions of XFree86 to co-exist on the same system, it was decided that
XFree86 4.x was to use the configuration file "/etc/X11/XF86Config-4"
if it existed, and only if that file did not exist would the file
"/etc/X11/XF86Config" be used (actually, that is an over-simplification
of the search criteria; please see the XF86Config man page for a complete
description of the search path). Please make sure you know what
configuration file XFree86 is using. If you are in doubt, look for a
line beginning with "(==) Using config file:" in your XFree86 log file
("/var/log/XFree86.0.log"). This README will use "XF86Config" to refer
to your configuration file, whatever it is named.

If you do not have a working XF86Config file, there are several ways
to start: there is a sample config file that comes with XFree86,
and there is a sample config file included with the NVIDIA driver
package (it gets installed in /usr/share/doc/NVIDIA_GLX-1.0/).
You could also use a program like 'xf86config'; some distributions
provide their own tool for generating an XF86Config file. For more
on XF86Config file syntax, please refer to the man page.

If you already have an XF86Config file working with a different driver
(such as the 'nv' or 'vesa' driver), then all you need to do is find
the relevant Device section and replace the line:

Driver "nv"
(or Driver "vesa")

with

Driver "nvidia"

In the Module section, make sure you have:

Load "glx"

You should also remove the following lines:

Load "dri"
Load "GLcore"

if they exist. There are also numerous options that can be added to
the XF86Config file to fine-tune the NVIDIA XFree86 driver. Please see
Appendix D for a complete list of these options.

Once you have configured your XF86Config file, you are ready to restart
X and begin using the accelerated OpenGL libraries. After you restart X,
you should be able to run any OpenGL application and it will automatically
use the new NVIDIA libraries. If you encounter any problems, please
see the FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS section below.

ok i did what kazuni said to do and it messed something up the xfree86config file and it wouldnt boot into xwindows, so instead of figuring out that headache i just installed mandrake since somebody said that it had a GUI config thing or something, so no more redhat

now i know this is asking alot, but could somebody give me a step by step thing of what to do.....please :)

i know im missing something minor and its really getting annoying, what am i doing wrong? :cry:

i just thought of something, do i even have everything that i need, i downloaded the top driver here http://www.nvidia.com/view.asp?IO=linux

p.s. it doesnt start xwin it goes to text login, i tried startx, but it comes up with some error and wont start it :(

*sigh* i guess i reinstall it AGAIN :(, why is this such a PITA to get working :mad:

nono, what i said is to configure only 2 bare line of code in your XF86Config -

...

ftp://download.nvidia.com/XFree86/Li...363/README.txt make sure u take a closer look at that i guess ...

ok i guess i'll do that when i get home, man i am so lost :confused: but thats what makes me a newbie

hmmm... why didnt you just read the README in the first place, like all the rest of us had to?

this link has everything you need:

http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...701#post326701

i dont know what i did differently but i tried it again and it worked without any problems, THANKS EVERYONE WHO POSTED HERE :) :) :) its the people like you that make linux better for everyone

now that its working glxgears runs around 375 fps is that any good?

:D

Hmmm.. when I run glxgears on my geforce2, I get a little better:

alex@linux:~> glxgears
13405 frames in 5.0 seconds = 2681.000 FPS
15813 frames in 5.0 seconds = 3162.600 FPS
16790 frames in 5.0 seconds = 3358.000 FPS
16765 frames in 5.0 seconds = 3353.000 FPS

hmmm...