Hi All,

I recently downloaded the most up2date driver from nvidia for my graphics card, and to be truthful I think its worse. I run RH8 and have GeForce2 gts ( hercules or something ) 32MB. It is a fairly decent card and in windoze it works excellent, so I am guessing I screwed up somewhere along the line when i installed the driver. I tried the command mentioned above and here is the output:

[root@localhost rpm]# glxinfo
name of display: :0.0
Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0".
Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0".
Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0".
Error: couldn't find RGB GLX visual

visual x bf lv rg d st colorbuffer ax dp st accumbuffer ms cav
id dep cl sp sz l ci b ro r g b a bf th cl r g b a ns b eat
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Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0".
Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0".
0x21 16 tc 0 0 0 c . . 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 None
Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0".
Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0".
0x22 16 dc 0 0 0 c . . 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 None

I am still fairly new to Linux, but that is screaming out to me, HELP!

Can anyone help me on this.....

Thanks in Advance...


lub0

check that there isn't a # in front of the "load GLX" line in the XF86Config file

Here is a copy of my /etc/X11/XF86Config

# File generated by anaconda.

Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "Anaconda Configured"
Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0
InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
InputDevice "Mouse1" "SendCoreEvents"
InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
EndSection

Section "Files"
# The location of the RGB database. Note, this is the name of the
# file minus the extension (like ".txt" or ".db"). There is normally
# no need to change the default.
# Multiple FontPath entries are allowed (they are concatenated together)
# By default, Red Hat 6.0 and later now use a font server independent of
# the X server to render fonts.
RgbPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb"
FontPath "unix/:7100"
EndSection

Section "Module"
Load "dbe"
Load "extmod"
Load "fbdevhw"
Load "dri"
Load "glx"
Load "record"
Load "freetype"
Load "type1"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
# Option "AutoRepeat" "500 5"
# when using XQUEUE, comment out the above line, and uncomment the
# following line
# Option "Protocol" "Xqueue"
# Specify which keyboard LEDs can be user-controlled (eg, with xset(1))
# Option "Xleds" "1 2 3"
# To disable the XKEYBOARD extension, uncomment XkbDisable.
# Option "XkbDisable"
# To customise the XKB settings to suit your keyboard, modify the
# lines below (which are the defaults). For example, for a non-U.S.
# keyboard, you will probably want to use:
# Option "XkbModel" "pc102"
# If you have a US Microsoft Natural keyboard, you can use:
# Option "XkbModel" "microsoft"
#
# Then to change the language, change the Layout setting.
# For example, a german layout can be obtained with:
# Option "XkbLayout" "de"
# or:
# Option "XkbLayout" "de"
# Option "XkbVariant" "nodeadkeys"
#
# If you'd like to switch the positions of your capslock and
# control keys, use:
# Option "XkbOptions" "ctrl:swapcaps"
#Option "XkbOptions" ""
Identifier "Keyboard0"
Driver "keyboard"
Option "XkbRules" "xfree86"
Option "XkbModel" "pc101"
Option "XkbLayout" "gb" #Option "XkbVariant" ""
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Mouse0"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "IMPS/2"
Option "Device" "/dev/psaux"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
Option "Emulate3Buttons" "no"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Mouse1"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
Option "Protocol" "IMPS/2"
Option "Emulate3Buttons" "no"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Monitor0"
VendorName "Monitor Vendor"
ModelName "Monitor Model"
HorizSync 30.0 - 107.0
VertRefresh 50.0 - 200.0
Option "dpms"
EndSection

Section "Device"
# no known options
#BusID
Identifier "NVIDIA GeForce 2 GTS (generic)"
Driver "nv"
VendorName "NVIDIA GeForce 2 GTS (generic)"
BoardName "NVIDIA GeForce 2 GTS (generic)"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen0"
Device "NVIDIA GeForce 2 GTS (generic)"
Monitor "Monitor0"
DefaultDepth 16
SubSection "Display"
Depth 16
Modes "1152x864" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "DRI"
Mode 0666
EndSection

the "glx" module appears to be loaded ( if this is the right file )

Thanks i advance..


lub0

well judging by that you didn't follow instructions very well when you installed you nvidia driver...
Driver "nv" is supposed to be :: Driver "nvidia"
and you have to remove the line
Load "dri" or just comment it out by putting a pound sign (#) in front of it like :: #Load "dri"

Thanks man I will give it a go, am new to this. I was born and bred ( &corrupted) on windoze. Where they hold your hand for you and tell you it's ooook. lol


thanks Dr0zz

lub0

Hi Dr0zz,

Well it appears you were dead right, not only did I incorrectly install the driver it appears its does not even exist. I tried what you said and edited the /etc/X11/XF86Config file, but when i rebooted it failed to start X and ended up "trying fresh configuration" in which it resorted back to the old XF86Config file. With some changes :

Section "Module"
Load "dbe"
Load "extmod"
Load "fbdevhw"
Load "glx"
Load "record"
Load "freetype"
Load "type1"
EndSection

When I installed the driver I printed out the instructions and followed them word by word have you got way in which i can try it again. Any help is much appreciated.


lub0

Make sure x is not running. One way to do this is to open a term and get root access and type in "init 3". Don't panic. The GUI will disappear rather rudely. When you get to command line just CD to where the driver is and install. I usually put it in the root directory. Easy to find there.

When you get it installed, just type in "init 5". The services will start back up and x will load. You can use kwrite to change the driver to nvidia if you want. Just log out and back in. Should see the white screen with NVIDIA then. You can then go real big.

Hope that helps.