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nVidia does not supply Open Source drivers for GNU/Linux. Thus some
extra work is required to get nVidia graphics chips
working. Bartok (101.6) has an nVidia Riva Ultra 64 graphics
chip. The appropriate driver was installed and configured.
$ wajig install nvidia-kernel-2.4.25-1-686-smp nvidia-glx
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Then edit Path[]/etc/X11/XF86Config-4 to remove the two lines:
and to replace:
with
The nVidia splash screen should then be displayed when X is started.
Compiling the Driver
If the package for your kernel is not available yo ucan compile your
own. The process of installing the video drivers for GEForce 256
(Velox (101.31)) and TNT2 (Mint (101.32)) is straightforward. Note
that this is no longer required for standard Debian kernels which
supply the nvidia-kernel-2.4.25-1-686-smp
and
nvidia-glx
packages. See section 96.1.1 for
details.
Install the appropriate Debian packages (with the kernel-headers
package that matches your installed kernel):
$ wajig install nvidia-kernel-src nvidia-glx-src
$ wajig install kernel-headers-2.4.20-686
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Then, assuming you've installed a standard Debian kernel (e.g.,
kernel-image-2.4.20-686) go to the kernel source directory and unpack
the downloaded archives:
# cd /usr/src
# tar zxvf nvidia-kernel-src.tar.gz
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Debian packages are now generated from these sources with the
following steps. First build the nvidia kernel package. As part of
this step the file NVIDIA_kernel-1.0-4349.tar.gz (about 700K) will be
downloaded from the nVidia archive:
# export KSRC=/usr/src/kernel-headers-2.4.20-686
# export KVERS=2.4.20-686
# cd modules/nvidia-kernel-1.0.4349
# CC=gcc-2.95 debian/rules binary_modules
# cd ../..
# wajig install nvidia-kernel-2.4.20-686_1.0.4349-1+_i386.deb
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Next build and install the nVidia GLX package. Again, during this step
the file NVIDIA_GLX-1.0-4349.tar.gz (about 4.2M) will be retrieved
from the nNidia archive:
# cd nvidia-glx-1.0.4349
# dpkg-buildpackage -us -uc
# cd ..
# wajig install nvidia-glx_1.0.4349-1_i386.deb
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If not already modified, edit /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 to
replace
with
Remove from the Modules section the:
Make sure to load the new nVidia module:
To have this loaded at boot time add the following line to
/etc/modules:
You can check that it all works by loading some of the GL graphics
from xscreensaver. Or run them directly, e.g., "gears" or "evas-demo".
On Mint (101.32) with version 0.9.769 of the nVidia driver there were
problems with system freezes. It generally happened in the
xscreensaver preferences when trying some of the GL savers (in full
screen mode). In window mode outside of xscreensaver they work just
fine. Also freezes were occurring when switching between multiple X
Window Sessions (C-A-F7 and C-A-F8, for example). The screen would
go black. The problem appears to have gone away with version 1.0.2314
of the nVidia driver.
On Velox (101.31) with version 0.9.769 of the nVidia driver running the
evas_test demo command crashed the xserver on exit from
evas-demo!
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