Well so far I'm loving slackware 10 except for a kinna big problem I've
been having...

It seems as if X.Org is lacking what 3D support I had with XFree86 and
the binary nVidia drivers. I've attempted to run quake3 and it just
crashes without even starting and some other 3D programs start but run
horribly, horribly slow. I also have notice X.Org takes up a lot more
CPU time then XFree86 used to...

I attempted to run the binary drivers a couple of times but it makes my
whole system hang. It'll start to load when I run startx but the screen
simply goes blank and I lose it.

I'm not sure if the nvidia drivers aren't just up to date enough to run
with X.Org but I IMAGINED there wouldn't be much of a
difference...Otherwise it all runs great, but I would like to be able to
run these 3D apps because my system gets kinna boring without my
games... Anyone have any ideas as to what to do or even what's going on?

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On Wed, 30 Jun 2004 14:55:59 -0400, J. "Spydir Web" Powers wrote:

> It seems as if X.Org is lacking what 3D support I had with XFree86 and
> the binary nVidia drivers. I've attempted to run quake3 and it just
> crashes without even starting and some other 3D programs start but run
> horribly, horribly slow. I also have notice X.Org takes up a lot more
> CPU time then XFree86 used to...

have you reinstalled nvidia drivers? kernel version?

J. "Spydir Web" Powers wrote:
> Well so far I'm loving slackware 10 except for a kinna big problem I've
> been having...
>
> It seems as if X.Org is lacking what 3D support I had with XFree86 and
> the binary nVidia drivers. I've attempted to run quake3 and it just
> crashes without even starting and some other 3D programs start but run
> horribly, horribly slow. I also have notice X.Org takes up a lot more
> CPU time then XFree86 used to...
>
> I attempted to run the binary drivers a couple of times but it makes my
> whole system hang. It'll start to load when I run startx but the screen
> simply goes blank and I lose it.
>
> I'm not sure if the nvidia drivers aren't just up to date enough to run
> with X.Org but I IMAGINED there wouldn't be much of a
> difference...Otherwise it all runs great, but I would like to be able to
> run these 3D apps because my system gets kinna boring without my
> games... Anyone have any ideas as to what to do or even what's going on?

Don't use the binary drivers. Tell the nvidia installer to compile from
scratch.

Jen

Jennifer Knoell schreef:
> J. "Spydir Web" Powers wrote:
>
>> Well so far I'm loving slackware 10 except for a kinna big problem
>> I've been having...
>>
>> It seems as if X.Org is lacking what 3D support I had with XFree86 and
>> the binary nVidia drivers. I've attempted to run quake3 and it just
>> crashes without even starting and some other 3D programs start but run
>> horribly, horribly slow. I also have notice X.Org takes up a lot more
>> CPU time then XFree86 used to...
>>
>> I attempted to run the binary drivers a couple of times but it makes
>> my whole system hang. It'll start to load when I run startx but the
>> screen simply goes blank and I lose it.
>>
>> I'm not sure if the nvidia drivers aren't just up to date enough to
>> run with X.Org but I IMAGINED there wouldn't be much of a
>> difference...Otherwise it all runs great, but I would like to be able
>> to run these 3D apps because my system gets kinna boring without my
>> games... Anyone have any ideas as to what to do or even what's going on?
>
>
> Don't use the binary drivers. Tell the nvidia installer to compile from
> scratch.
>
> Jen

And... download the latest drivers that Nvidia released yesterday:
http://www.nvidia.com/object/linux.html

Maybe that fixes things too

Cheers, Eric

yeah I installed the latest, 6106 or something, and they're working
great. Thanks for the help.

Eric Hameleers wrote:
> Jennifer Knoell schreef:
>
>> J. "Spydir Web" Powers wrote:
>>
>>> Well so far I'm loving slackware 10 except for a kinna big problem
>>> I've been having...
>>>
>>> It seems as if X.Org is lacking what 3D support I had with XFree86
>>> and the binary nVidia drivers. I've attempted to run quake3 and it
>>> just crashes without even starting and some other 3D programs start
>>> but run horribly, horribly slow. I also have notice X.Org takes up a
>>> lot more CPU time then XFree86 used to...
>>>
>>> I attempted to run the binary drivers a couple of times but it makes
>>> my whole system hang. It'll start to load when I run startx but the
>>> screen simply goes blank and I lose it.
>>>
>>> I'm not sure if the nvidia drivers aren't just up to date enough to
>>> run with X.Org but I IMAGINED there wouldn't be much of a
>>> difference...Otherwise it all runs great, but I would like to be able
>>> to run these 3D apps because my system gets kinna boring without my
>>> games... Anyone have any ideas as to what to do or even what's going
>>> on?
>>
>>
>>
>> Don't use the binary drivers. Tell the nvidia installer to compile
>> from scratch.
>>
>> Jen
>
>
> And... download the latest drivers that Nvidia released yesterday:
> http://www.nvidia.com/object/linux.html
>
> Maybe that fixes things too
>
> Cheers, Eric


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On Wed, 30 Jun 2004 14:55:59 -0400, J. "Spydir Web" Powers wrote:

> I'm not sure if the nvidia drivers aren't just up to date enough to run
> with X.Org but I IMAGINED there wouldn't be much of a
> difference...Otherwise it all runs great, but I would like to be able to
> run these 3D apps because my system gets kinna boring without my
> games... Anyone have any ideas as to what to do or even what's going on?

Hmm... that's strange.. I run Slackware 10.0 as well, and I installed the
NV drivers and everything works great.. I have the geForce 2 MX/400 64MB
and every game runs great ..

>>I'm not sure if the nvidia drivers aren't just up to date enough to run
>>with X.Org but I IMAGINED there wouldn't be much of a
>>difference...Otherwise it all runs great, but I would like to be able to
>>run these 3D apps because my system gets kinna boring without my
>>games... Anyone have any ideas as to what to do or even what's going on?
>
> Hmm... that's strange.. I run Slackware 10.0 as well, and I installed the
> NV drivers and everything works great.. I have the geForce 2 MX/400 64MB
> and every game runs great ..

Same for me - Slackware 10, nv drivers with GeForce 4 MX 64, everything
works fine.

Mik

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