[CVALE] 3D in Ubuntu

[Stephen Walski]

Should have just been able to do

sudo apt-get install nvidia-glx
sudo nvidia-glx-config enable
sudo reboot

Get pretty Nvidia splash screen.. no need to modify xorg by hand.

GLXgears doest give FPS anymore because they got real touchy about people
using it for a benchmark tool.

On 6/21/06, Dennis Baker <mtbogre at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> What is the "Driver" line in xorg.conf?  It should be nvidia.
>
> -- Dennis
>
>
> On 6/21/06, Terry <terry at zinnianet.net > wrote:
> >
> > Greetings,
> >
> > I loaded Ubuntu on someone's desktop so they could try Linux.  It seems
> > to work okay.  The wireless even worked once we swapped out a newer
> > Netgear PCI card for an older one.
> >
> > I'm having trouble getting the video drivers working for the Nvidia
> > GeForce 7800GT card however.  lsmod shows either the default "nv" driver
> >
> > or the Synaptic installed "nvidia" driver after I modify the
> > /etc/X11/xorg.conf file.
> >
> > When I run glxgears though it's just a cpu running at 99% that's
> > rendering the graphic.  Also glxgears is NOT giving the fps numbers.
> > When I purposely make a mistake in the xorg.conf file X11 complains so I
> > believe Ubuntu uses that path.
> >
> > What am I doing wrong?  Is there another simple test for the 3D
> > acceleration other than glxgears?  Do I need to pull the Nvidia web site
> >
> > file down because there's a problem with the Ubuntu binary driver.
> >
> > We're running the current desktop Ubuntu release pulled from the Ubuntu
> > site (or a mirror) about 10 days ago (6.06).  We also updated to the
> > newest kernel ( -25) available with an Ubuntu update via the Synaptic
> > manager.
> >
> > This is a dual boot machine and the video card works fine in MSXP-SP2.
> >
> > Although I've never cared for point-and-click distributions in the years
> >
> > past I'm giving this one a try and it mostly works on the target
> > hardware.
> >
> > Thanks for your help.
> >
> > Terry
> >
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> Dennis Da-Ogre http://ogrehut.com
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