On Fri, Sep 20, 2002 at 11:38:05AM +1000, Sam Haldane wrote: > Hi all, > > I've just been using Debian for a week or so now and I am trying to get my > Asus GeForce 2 MX to handle 3d graphics. > > Everything seems to work fine in 2d but as soon as I try to run something > that requires some acceleration things slow down to about 0.5 fps (P2 400, > 256 Mg RAM). Even the _title screen_ of 'tuxracer' is this slow.
If you are using XFree86 "nv" driver, you won't be able to run tuxracer. You have to use the nvidia drivers. > > I tried installing / uninstalling the XFree86 Mesa library and the non XF > one also, this fixed up a problem with Java3d (not crashing X). I have > installed the GLUT, and also installed the nvidia driver packages (all > through the package manager). > > When I change the video card driver in XFConfig-4 from "nv" to "nvidia", I > get an error saying that the nvidia module cannot be found. Did you compile and install the modules using the instructions is in /usr/share/doc/nvidia-kernel-src/README.Debian.gz and /usr/share/doc/nvidia-glx-src/README.Debian? Read about using driver in http://download.nvidia.com/XFree86_40/1.0-3123/README After installing, change your XF86Config-4 to use "nvidia" driver, modprobe NVdriver, restart X. Rather than modprobe, you could reboot. I've seen a number of messages recommending turning off APM in BIOS. Also, if restarting X results in a black screen and locked-up computer, try adding 'Option "NvAgp" "1"' to section "Device" of XF86Config-4. > > Do I have to recompile the kernel in some way to fix this? If so, I > cannot find my kernel source (should be bf2.4) anywhere. > > Help! > > Cheers, > > Sam > > -- Jerome
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