regarding nvidia!!!

mssanchu · Tux's lil' helper Joined: 28 Sep 2004 Posts: 112

hi ppl,
recently i did 'emerge nvidia-glx' followed the procedures of the documentation and installed nvidia drivers. updated xorg.conf etc... but when ut came to testing.. i cud run glxgears(cud see gear wheels spinning ) but the which should render 'direct:yes' says 'direct:no' does that indicate my install isnt proper..?
also when i give 'startx' the nvidia image splashes for a sec and disappears(does that mean my install is successful?). but i cudnt find any appreciable change after installing it, why? should i have to tweak more with the settings...?

thanks in advance...
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=DvD= · Veteran Joined: 25 Mar 2004 Posts: 1353

If you see the splash image and the gears then you are using nvidia drivers, all is ok =D

ruskiLion · n00b Joined: 22 Jun 2003 Posts: 8

have you activated dri in your xorg.conf?

westboy21 · Posted: Thu Jan 06, 2005 9:08 pm Post subject:

First off. With the nvidia drivers you don't need the DRI section in your xorg.conf file. Nvidia doesn't use the DRI interface. You DO however need to load the glx module. So at the top of you xorg.conf file make sure you see Load glx in the modules section.

Secondly, you might need to run 'opengl-update nvidia' to setup the nvidia glx libraries. They seem to work best for me.

mssanchu · Tux's lil' helper Joined: 28 Sep 2004 Posts: 112

hi,
thanx ppl.
i see the splash screen.
i changed the driver(dri)
i have to check with "opengl-update nvidia" stuff..
let u know the results...
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