[TriLUG] advice on installing nVidia card

[Dan Chen]

On Mon, Jan 28, 2002 at 06:53:25PM -0500, Matt Matthews wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 28, 2002 at 05:37:33PM -0500, Andrew C. Oliver wrote:
> > 1> recompile the kernel with the nvidia stuff  (or can I just compile
> > this as a module? do  I need to recompile the kernel)?
> 
> It must be modular, IIRC. At least that's the standard way of doing things.

Nvidia allows one no other choice.

> > 2> install the card
> 
> This can come first. Boot into initlevel 3. Configure 2D first.

Definitely first boot with it physically installed.

> > Is that about the crux of it?  Am I missing something?  
> 
> That's most of it. NVIDIA's documentation should be *very* good and I
> recommend reading it *first*.

I can't emphasize this more.

> Generally speaking:
> - configure 2D using the nv driver

Not necessary, actually. It's faster to just slap the card in the agp
slot, fire up the machine to runlevel 2/3, compile and install NVdriver,
install the GLX libs, edit XF86Config-4 (see below), and start X.

> - compile the module, install the GLX libs
> - edit XF86Config-4 to switch from nv driver to nvidia, and add the line to
> make sure XF86Config-4's Modules section includes the glx module.

Don't forget to comment out: Load "dri"
in the Modules section as well.

If you need more assistance, there's always #nvidia on irc.openprojects.net.

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Dan Chen                 crimsun at email.unc.edu
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