Thanks for the help. Nice array of options!

--Akshun J

that worked beautifully! had it up and running in no time. many thanks for posting those links cjorli.

Hi -

I've just installed Mandrake 9.0 on a new PC with nForce Integrated graphics.

I've tried installing Pedro's RPMs as above, but I the X Server is crashing with the message

ioctl FBIOPAN_DISPLAY : invalid argument [GLX] Calling GlxExtension Init
Fatal Server Error Caught Signal 11
Server aborting

If I edit XF86Config-4 and comment out the line 'Load "glx" then I can start X, but without 3D

As everyone seems to be having great success with these RPMs I am stumped!

Can anyone help ?

The other thing you can do is download the source rpms and rebuild them for your system. Very nice and easy with a great step by step tutorial here:

http://mdkxp.by-a.com/htm/tutorials/nvidiacli.php

Thanks for the link. It is a very clear tutorial !

However I still have a problem - when I try 'startx' I'm getting a message :

NVIDIA(0) failed to initialize the NVDriver kernel module
Fatal Server error
Add Screen/Screen Init failed for driver 0

Here are a few extracts from /var/log/XFree86.0.log .....

As you can see from these, all the modules say "Compiled for 4.2.1" except for my new NVidia ones, which say "Compiled for 4.0.2"

Do I need to compile the drivers in some other way ?

( Extract starts )

XFree86 Version 4.2.1 / X Window System
(protocol Version 11, revision 0, vendor release 6600)
Release Date: 3 September 2002
If the server is older than 6-12 months, or if your card is
newer than the above date, look for a newer version before
reporting problems. (See http://www.XFree86.Org/)
Build Operating System: Linux 2.4.18-23mdkenterprise i686 [ELF]
Module Loader present

(II) LoadModule: "pcidata"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libpcidata.a
(II) Module pcidata: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
compiled for 4.2.1, module version = 0.1.0
ABI class: XFree86 Video Driver, version 0.5

(II) LoadModule: "scanpci"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libscanpci.a
(II) Module scanpci: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
compiled for 4.2.1, module version = 0.1.0
ABI class: XFree86 Video Driver, version 0.5

(II) LoadModule: "/usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions/libglx.so" (glx)
(WW) LoadModule: given non-canonical module name "/usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions/libglx.so"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions/libglx.so
(II) Module glx: vendor="NVIDIA Corporation"
compiled for 4.0.2, module version = 1.0.3123
Module class: XFree86 Server Extension
ABI class: XFree86 Server Extension, version 0.1
(II) Loading extension GLX

(II) LoadModule: "nvidia"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/drivers/nvidia_drv.o
(II) Module nvidia: vendor="NVIDIA Corporation"
compiled for 4.0.2, module version = 1.0.3123
Module class: XFree86 Video Driver

(II) LoadModule: "mouse"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/input/mouse_drv.o
(II) Module mouse: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
compiled for 4.2.1, module version = 1.0.0
Module class: XFree86 XInput Driver
ABI class: XFree86 XInput driver, version 0.3

(Ends )

My log says the same thing so that should be ok. Perhaps you should start over. Put your old config file back, make sure it works, then remove all the nvidia stuff. Something might be corrupt or pointing wrong. Then try the tutorial again.

Thanks for the reply Kamikaze_Gerbil -

I've just tried uninstalling and I've repeated the tutorial - still no luck

One thing that might give a clue - when I run "rpm -ivh NVIDIA* I get some warning messages -

NVDriver installed successfully

WARNING !!
libglx.a
libGLcore.a
libGL.so.1.0.3123
libGL.so.1.2

The above files possibly belong to a conflicting MESA rpm or to a previous stale NVIDIA distribution

( they get renamed to xxx< originalFile >>.RPMSAVE to avoid conflicts )

I dont have MESA installed so that may be where you are having the problem.

I feel like I need to inject my 9.0 cents here...

I had a lot of the problems everyone else is having here when I upgraded from Mandrake 8.2 to 9.0. Here is what I did which I believe solved my GL problems:

1. Download the kernel and GLX tar files from nVidia. (I put them in my /home dir)
2. Make sure you have the following packages installed: 'binutils', 'gcc-3.2-1.mdk'.
3. I also installed the 'kernel-headers-2.4.18-41mdk' package. (Even though my actual kernel is 2.4.19-16mdk, these headers worked fine for me)
4. exit out of X.
5. su
6. cd to dir where you saved tar files.
7. tar xvzf NVIDIA_kernel-1.0-3123.tar.gz
8. tar xvzf NVIDIA_GLX-1.0-3123.tar.gz
9. cd NVIDIA_kernel-1.0-3123
10. make install
11. cd..
12. cd NVIDIA_GLX-1.0-3123
13. make install

Both installed fine for me. Then just edit your XF86Config-4 file. If it doesn't work with Load "GLX", then change it to Load "glx". Also make sure the driver is "nvidia" not "nv". I believe I have mesa installed.

I was hoping not to have to recompile the nvidia kernel, which obviously I didn't have to do. So if you are running Mandrake 9.0, I don't believe you should have to either. Hope this helps.....i'm going to play tuxracer now....later