3D Acceleration help reqd!!

The Mad Rapper · 28 Nov 2002 at 13:22

I am using Suse Linux 8.1 Pro, and want to enable the 3D aspect of my Nvidia GF2 MX 200 card.

I have used the Yast Online Update app to d/l the Nvidia drivers.

I then logged as /root and typed 'switch2xf86_glx' in the konsole.

Then I logged again as /root. This time I used Sax2 to try and enable the 3D features, but when it tests it, the settings fail and I have to deselect the 3D acceleration in Sax2 before it will be happy.

Where am I going wrong?

The Mad Rapper · 28 Nov 2002 at 16:41

My understanding was that once I had d/l the relevant Nvidia drivers from the Suse FTP I could just run Sax2 and select the enable 3D features.

When I do this what happens is the test does not complete, and I get a message saying it had found screens, but none that it could use?

I am in /root when trying to do this, so I really cannot understand what's wrong.

The only thing I can think is that the Nvidia drivers do not support 1280x1024@16 bit. That's what the 2D default drivers are running at.

Help!!

The Mad Rapper · 28 Nov 2002 at 20:29

Thank you!

I will have a go at doing that now. I'll post back if it's dramacidal

The Mad Rapper · 28 Nov 2002 at 23:05

Went to Nvidia site, downloaded the GLX and Kernel RPM's. Installed via Yast, and voila! One dead penguin. Reinstalling at the moment.

I have had to reinstall every day this week because I cannot get the Nvidia drivers working properly, and they stop me from booting properly.

The so called safe mode in Linux sucks - I was expecting a Windows style safe mode, not a command line

Thanks to everyone that's offered advice so far - I'll stick with it.

The Mad Rapper · 28 Nov 2002 at 23:06

Oh, and how do I exit X from within KDE?

Thanks

The Mad Rapper · 29 Nov 2002 at 10:22

That's excellent! Thanks so very much for taking the time to type all that. I shall have a go later today and let you know how it all goes