Comments on: NVIDIA Driver Installation Help

By: Prian

Prian — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

: mv /usr/X11R6/lib/libGL.so.1.2 : /usr/lib/libMesaGL.so.1.2
: ln -s /usr/lib/libGL.so : /usr/X11R6/lib/libGL.so.1.2
Yep. THIS is it !!!
Now Q3 works fine for me.
I have a Epox-Board, Athlon 650 and Elsa ErazorX.

Ciao Rob

By: Eric V.

Eric V. — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

When I installed XFree86 4.0 it somehow filled up all of my Hard drive space and when I typed the “df” command it said that 100% of all of my partitions were full. I then found a core file that was were I installed XFree86 and deleted it and it freed up about 1.5GB of hard drive space.
Also could anyone send me a XF86Config file that works with the new NVIDIA drivers becuase I can’t get a working XF86Config file.
my email is linux@ignmail.com

By: emorize

emorize — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

After getting Xfree 4.0 and the Nvidia drivers to work properly I was able to run Q3 flawlessly, or at least I thought. The only problem I have noticed is that the brightness will not increase from the bare minimum. Is there a way to subvert this problem..?

By: kwijibo

kwijibo — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

To get the new drivers to work you ned to make sure that you have either run the install.sh from the NVIDIA_kernel-0.9 tar or the install the NVIDIA_kernel-0.0 rpm. You will also need to install the NVIDIA_GLX stuff for GL. You also need to change the Driver from “nv” to “nvidia” in the XF86Config(in the Device section), I also uncommented the VideoRam line for shits and giggles(don’t know if it helped or not, might get rid of 0kb problem).

To get the GL stuff workin you will probably need to uncomment the line Load “glx” in the Module section.

Those are the only changes I made to my XFConfig except monkeying with my resolution options and refresh rates.

Hope it helps.

By: ywwg

ywwg — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Has anyone else gotten DGA mouse support to work in q3a? I have a firstmouse+ with the imps/2 protocol, and when I play q3a the cursor will only move down and right (positive values). To check to see if you are using DGA, check the value of in_dgamouse. I would be interested in talking with anyone who has no problems with in_dgamouse.

By: richie123

richie123 — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

has anybody got UnrealTournament 413 to work? I have been hunting around for info, and found info for the matrox g400 but nvidia yet. But I got quake3 working after reading the FAQ at nvidia.com

By: kefx

kefx — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Make sure SDLGLDrv.ini in UnrealTournament/System has a line in it to point to /usr/lib/libGL.so. I ran ldconfig, but UT did not run until I specified the path to libGL.so.

By: Kashue

Kashue — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

if you guys still need answers, as far as i know, the dga problem is with something broken in X4 and it will be resolved in 4.0.1. to fix the gamma, run XFree86 with a -gamma . if you use xinit you gotta go xinit — :0 -gamma 1.2 or something like that.

By: Loon

Loon — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Has anyone managed to get the mouse to work in Quake 2 with this driver? I can’t get the mouse to stay in the window. I’ve tried in_mouse 1 but it make’s no odds.

By: root42

root42 — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

I read in a newsgroup that in you BIOS you have to turn on the option “Assign VGA IRQ” to avoid the 0k problem. Don´t know if it works (got an ATI Rage ;)