3D

[Dr. Shim]

I can't run any 3D programs what-so-ever. It detects my graphix card fine (Nvidia TNT2). I'm running

[Malakin]

Download the Nvidia drivers. http://www.nvidia.com/view.asp?PAGE=linux
The readme there provides information on installing them.

[Dr. Shim]

I've installed the drivers, still I can't run any 3D games or screensavers!!! :(

Is there anything else I have to download?!

[tallulah]

Here is a link that helped me get 3D running:

http://www.littlewhitedog.com/reviews_other_00022.asp

Did you install both the drivers AND the glx? One thing I found is that you MUST change inittab to run level 3. If you choose a graphical login, 3D won't work. At least it didn't for me. Another little glitch I found was that I had to be root to run the game. I am thinking this may have something to do with permissions and resolution settings, but I don't know for certain. Try a text login as root to see if perhaps it is working. That's my only suggestion.

:)

[ 29 July 2001: Message edited by: jane doe ]

[Dr. Shim]

Just one morre itty bitty question. I have to modify this configuration file, but I can't save it changes cause I have the wrong permissions, how do I make myself the 'root' while editing the file? I did it in the Terminal but it still wouldn't let me...

[tallulah]

You can just log in as root, open the file with a text editor, and save it (if X is working). Otherwise, if you are logged into a regular account in the console mode, just type su and hit enter. Then fill in the root password and hit enter. Now type vim /etc/inittab to open it with vim. Change the line that says "id:5:initdefault" to "id:3:initdefault". You then have to hit escape (either once or twice, I forgot), shift and : so that you can type w for write (ie save). Shift : q will let you quit the editor. I thought it was easiest to just log in graphically as root, makes sure my XF486Config-4 file was correct, edit inittab with a text editor, save, and reboot. The next time, then, I had to log in with a text prompt. After you're are logged in, you can type startx, launching your default window manager. There is a file in /etc/sysconfig/ called desktop that lists your default window manager in all caps. One word all caps. I changed mine from KDE to BLACKBOX so that I would get my preferred environment. It can be frustrating to get sent to an environment you don't prefer. (I hope the instructions are fairly accurate as I am writing them rather from the top of my head!) Hope it gets 3D going for you!

[ 29 July 2001: Message edited by: jane doe ]

[Malakin]

I've installed the drivers, still I can't run any 3D games or screensavers!!!
Is there anything else I have to download?!
You'll have to provide us with some more info then. What distro are you using? Try typing "gears" at a command line, what error are you getting?
You could also give us the output of "xpdyinfo" and "glxinfo"

[Domin]

I'm having this problem also. I did what you said but it doesn't work. When I type gears I get: gears: error while loading shared libraries: /usr/X11R6/lib/libglut.so.3: undefined symbol: glXQueryExtension