I have a GeForce 2 MX/MX400... er something like that... and I d.loaded the drivers for linux. I chmod 777'd them and ./ran them... telinit 3 and I got the set up screen to come up and I installed them. However, after its done nothing really happens. I do startx and play a game and its still drapy graphics. I must have missed something. One game, maelstrom doesnt even display on the screen... sound, but not display.

What did I miss?

did you configure your XF86Config file? check out the README file to see what you need to change..

EDIT: this is found from the README:

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(sec-03) EDITING YOUR XF86CONFIG FILE
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When XFree86 4.0 was released, it used a slightly different XF86Config
file syntax than the 3.x series did, and so to allow both 3.x and 4.x
versions of XFree86 to co-exist on the same system, it was decided that
XFree86 4.x was to use the configuration file "/etc/X11/XF86Config-4"
if it existed, and only if that file did not exist would the file
"/etc/X11/XF86Config" be used (actually, that is an over-simplification
of the search criteria; please see the XF86Config man page for a complete
description of the search path). Please make sure you know what
configuration file XFree86 is using. If you are in doubt, look for a
line beginning with "(==) Using config file:" in your XFree86 log file
("/var/log/XFree86.0.log"). This README will use "XF86Config" to refer
to your configuration file, whatever it is named.

If you do not have a working XF86Config file, there are several ways
to start: there is a sample config file that comes with XFree86,
and there is a sample config file included with the NVIDIA driver
package (it gets installed in /usr/share/doc/NVIDIA_GLX-1.0/).
You could also use a program like 'xf86config'; some distributions
provide their own tool for generating an XF86Config file. For more
on XF86Config file syntax, please refer to the man page.

If you already have an XF86Config file working with a different driver
(such as the 'nv' or 'vesa' driver), then all you need to do is find
the relevant Device section and replace the line:

Driver "nv"
(or Driver "vesa")

with

Driver "nvidia"

In the Module section, make sure you have:

Load "glx"

You should also remove the following lines:

Load "dri"
Load "GLcore"

if they exist. There are also numerous options that can be added to
the XF86Config file to fine-tune the NVIDIA XFree86 driver. Please see
Appendix D for a complete list of these options.

Once you have configured your XF86Config file, you are ready to restart
X and begin using the accelerated OpenGL libraries. After you restart X,
you should be able to run any OpenGL application and it will automatically
use the new NVIDIA libraries.

yes I suppozse the read me would be a good start


I was supposed to config that file in my /etc/X11 dir.... BUT there was not X11 dir or anything.. I dont know where to look for teh conf file...

I will check out that read me though. *chuckles*

thanks man. i will try that tonight.

yeah, no problem..post here if you encounter problems this forum is for help