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Giscardo
08-08-2001, 10:24 PM
I'm running Slack 8.0, kernel 2.4.7. Enlightenment window manager (that shouldn't really matter), XFree86 4.1.0, and the newest NVIDIA kernel and GLX drivers. I untarred the drivers and the make and the make install went fine.
When I run startx it tries to load up, but then fails with several errors, the first one being Failed to initialize AGP (or something really similar to that.
Does your graphics card support AGP? Did you read the Nvidia install docs? If not, you should...you need to edit your XF86CONFIG-4 file.
Check it out here:
http://www.nvidia.com/view.asp?IO=linux_readme_install
Giscardo
08-08-2001, 11:14 PM
Yes my card is AGP, and it's a GeForce2 MX. I read the install procedure before installing. I installed once on my mandrake system and it worked fine. I followed the instructions, i did the make and I edited my XF86config file (for some reason my system doesn't use XF86Config-4, I installed X myself). startx works if i edit the XF86Config by commenting out the Load "glx", and using the 'nv' driver instead of the "nvidia".
Giscardo
08-08-2001, 11:32 PM
Also, I have a KK266 motherboard which uses the VIA KT133A chipset. When i compiled the kernel i selected support for AGP and the VIA chipset to be built in, not used as a module. Does agp support have to be set up as a module for the NVIDIA drivers to work?
[ 08 August 2001: Message edited by: Giscardo ]
Malakin
08-09-2001, 03:04 AM
nvidia drivers have their own agp support, you do not need agpgart.
In your XF86Config-4 file there will be the option for agp support
"Option "NvAGP" "0" "
I think 0 disables it, 1 enables nvidia agp support and 2 enables agpgart support. nvidia agp support is the preferred method. Not sure if I have the numbers right but it's all included in nvidia's documentation. Play around with this and you might get it working.
Giscardo
08-09-2001, 04:32 AM
hmm, i recompiled kernel without support for agp this time, and i did NVagp "1" and this time it didn't give me the AGP error, but i did get another error about being unable to initialize DMA push buffer. I got that error before as well, but teh agp error came before it so i assumed that was cause the subsequent errors.
Icculus
08-09-2001, 10:28 AM
http://www.evil3d.net/UltraBoard/Public/Uploads/Post-3-748-Makefile
that site has a custom make file
http://www.littlewhitedog.com/reviews_other_00022.asp
that site will tell you how to correctly install them , they helped me and im a dumb newbie ;)