nvidia is installed, how do i install openGl ?
 

the openGl games i am rying to install are complaining tat i do not have openGL installed.

i have installed my nVidia graphics card, i though this installed openGL too.

what do i have to do now ???

did you install the nvidia GLX rpm / tar.gz?

i did the whole change to runlevel 3, and run the binary provided by nvidia, then update my XF86Config to load the new driver.

when the X-server starts, the nvidia logo is displayed.

is, so i assumed i had completed the installation.

where can i find this GLX ?

ill just assume nvidia.com.

ill try that thanx for the quick reply.

yes there's two parts, NVIDIA_Kernel and NVIDIA_GLX

yes, i cant find a nvidia kernel for my system (redhat 9 i686)

non of them will install :(

and i cant find the damn page, im using the nvidia's home page search box, GRRR !

use the source luke!

lol,

yeah, thats always the answer.

i wouldnt mind using source if i werent so damn lazy and kept track of what i have and have not installed :)

rpm -q is a godsend :P

thanX (again)

the strange thing is, is that UT2003 runs fine on my system, and its an OpenGL game. ohh well.

thanx again for the help.

AGH !!!!!

cant even install from source !!!

:(

any surgestions ?

it looks like a programming error, but i know this cannot be the case

[root@localhost NVIDIA_kernel-1.0-1541]# make
rm -f nv.o os-interface.o os-registry.o Module-linux NVdriver
cc -c -Wall -Wno-unknown-pragmas -Wno-multichar -O -D__KERNEL__ -DMODULE -D_LOOSE_KERNEL_NAMES -D_X86_=1 -Di386=1 -DUNIX -DLINUX -DNV4_HW -DNTRM -DRM20 -D_GNU_SOURCE -DRM_HEAPMGR -D_LOOSE_KERNEL_NAMES -DNV_MAJOR_VERSION=1 -DNV_MINOR_VERSION=0 -DNV_PATCHLEVEL=1541 -I. -I/lib/modules/2.4.20-8/build/include nv.c
In file included from nv-linux.h:56,
from nv.c:55:
/lib/modules/2.4.20-8/build/include/linux/malloc.h:4:2: #error linux/malloc.h is deprecated, use linux/slab.h instead.
nv.c: In function `nvos_get_kvirt_address':
nv.c:564: warning: implicit declaration of function `pte_offset'
nv.c:564: warning: assignment makes pointer from integer without a cast
nv.c: In function `nv_kern_mmap':
nv.c:1355: warning: passing arg 1 of `remap_page_range_R2baf18f2' makes pointer from integer without a cast
nv.c:1355: incompatible type for argument 4 of `remap_page_range_R2baf18f2'
nv.c:1355: too few arguments to function `remap_page_range_R2baf18f2'
nv.c:1372: warning: passing arg 1 of `remap_page_range_R2baf18f2' makes pointer from integer without a cast
nv.c:1372: incompatible type for argument 4 of `remap_page_range_R2baf18f2'
nv.c:1372: too few arguments to function `remap_page_range_R2baf18f2'
nv.c:1402: warning: passing arg 1 of `remap_page_range_R2baf18f2' makes pointer from integer without a cast
nv.c:1402: incompatible type for argument 4 of `remap_page_range_R2baf18f2'
nv.c:1402: too few arguments to function `remap_page_range_R2baf18f2'
make: *** [nv.o] Error 1

in the Success Stories forum there is a thread bout how to install the drivers, try reading through that

where is this forum ?

#error linux/malloc.h is deprecated, use linux/slab.h instead.

Try changing all occurences of the
#include <linux/malloc.h>
to
#inlcude <linux/slab.h> and then run the make process.

question: I have an Nvidia GForce2 and I'm running rh9. I install the nvidia driver everytime I do a kernel update. Is the opengl driver (two parts: NVIDIA_Kernel and NVIDIA_GLX) different from this? I know I have opengl because when I install from source ./configure sees opengl. Just curious.

hmm, if i'm correct the 2 parts (NVIDIA_Kernel and NVIDIA_GLX) were what was used a while ago. Now they just have the .run file. I believe they are the same thing but the new way only has one file.

yeah, i used the new .run way.
i tried the old way because the new way didnt seem to work.

but it turned out my problem was a package i was trying to install gave VERY missleading dependancy information!!!!

when it said... Your system does not support openGL...
what it meant was, upgrade glut-devel

They kind of rhyme, I can see the ease of mis-guidance there ;)

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Source can be done with RPM's.

How? Liar!

No, really. Check out www.freshmeat.net and look for:
checkinstall

It will take an ordinary source tarball and turn it into an RPM for your system to gobble up and add to the rpm database.

:D

Whew, it's late.

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