Installing X from source
 

I am in the middle of compiling X by source, because i couldn't get my Geforce3 to work (when loading nvidia driver, computer crashes entirely).
Well, I didn't get to the point where I can type make install so I have a question: since many apps are based on the xlibs, do I need to recompile everything or does eg KDE3 still work when the new X is installed? Currently, x 4.2 from SuSe 8 is installed.
Thanks

kde3 should work after you have installed x

Thanks Phonics3k. Everything still works - except 3d acceleration :(:(
So, the problem isn't the driver, not x.... what else could it be???????

hmm you have enabled it or cant you?

have you built the "DRI" part of Xfree86?

thats what supports 3d accelaration

I enabled it - but the X couldn't start then - I have postet this problem a while ago: http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...threadid=21868
I'm right now trying to use dri as well... it seems that glx and nvidia load up just fine. Thanks

Why are you trying to use DRI with a card that doesn't support it - read the Nvidia driver README and INSTALL files I think they tell you this - if they don't read the DRI information that comes with the Kernel, or the DRI webpages (http://dri.sourceforge.net/ ) - they will tell you for definite.

Hope this helps

Matt

I just figured i cannot use dri with nvidia - thanks for the info