ok, this is reeealy starting to p1$$ me off now !

ages ago i installed my nvidia card, and it was working fine,

i went to the nvidia site, downloaded the binary .run file

changed to runlevel 3, ran it. updated XF86config
EASY

NOW, months later ive found a load of open GL games.
but when i try to install them, i get a failed dependance, OpenGL is not installed. AGH !

aparently i also have to install NVIDIA_GLX,
which has the dependency NVIDIA_kernel.

there are NO links to these files on nvidia's site, nor any mention of them, but i finaly find them using the search feature, (direct links to the files, no other explanation)

but, the damn NVIDIA_kernel will not compile.
it gives programming errors..
integer to pointer without casting
and warning depreciated header files ect ect ect.

i have redhat 9.

how the h3ll do i get openGL on my system ?????????

The GLX module should be built with the .run file automatically.

so you run the .run file (as root, with Kernel Source and headers installed), and you get no errors?

Then you edit your XF86Config:

adding: "load glx"
and removing: "load dri" and "load GLcore"


and using the driver: "nvidia".

Yes, that is exactly what i did.

and got NO errors.

but then, every OpenGL game i try to install fails on the missing dependency

OpenGL is NOT installed.

when it must be !!!
Ut2003 works, so does tuxracer (1000 frames per second)

but no other games.

Well if UT2003 and Tuxracer work then it's obviously installed and working fine.
Maybe those apps are looking in the wrong place or for an out-dated thing. Which apps are they and how are you installing them?

I get an error saying that Kernel headers wern't installed

I'm a newbie, and I don't remember doing such a thing

how do I install these "kernel headers"??

I use Slackware 9.0 and a Geforce FX 5600

Thanks!

Kernel headers are found in the source code of your kernel. You can find the version of your kernel by typing this in the console:
uname -r
This will tell you the kernel version, after that you can simply download and install kernel-source package from the internet. For example, if my kernel is 2.4.8-20, I'll look for kernel-source-2.4.8-20-i386.tar.gz on the net.

if you are installing your graphics card, use the binary from nvidia.com

(the ia32 driver, ull know what i mean when u see it)

i was only trying to do it the old way (compiling the headers)
because the normal way wasnt working for me.

go for the binary .run file