Re: XFree86 and NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200
At last, I found the documentation suggested by Mr. Tartler below. One
of the things not included in Mr. Tartler's selection from the text is
that the "TLS libraries" cannot be linked under 2.4, but must be linked
under 2.6.
file:/usr/share/doc/nvidia-glx/README.Debian
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Likewise, not having these libraries installed under 2.6.x
will prevent X from starting at all.
Simple Explanation:
To switch back and forth between the two systems simply run:
dpkg-reconfigure -plow nvidia-glx
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Sure enough, reconfiguring under 2.6.3, it installed the links to the
libraries, and I am now typing this note while running 2.6.3.
My thanks to the Laptop list, at last everything is working. The
transition from 2.4 to 2.6 is not absolutely smooth, but I guess on
this Vaio with all its twisted hardware nothing is actually smooth,
just really bitchen fast when it does work.
Curt-
On Tuesday 09 March 2004 10:38, Reinhard Tartler wrote:
> On Fri, Mar 05, 2004 at 03:57:49PM -0500, Curt Howland wrote:
> > I noticed that Xwin is now giving me these errors also:
> >
> > (EE) Failed to load module "GLcore" (module does not exist, 0)
> >
> > Symbol __glXActiveScreens from
> > module /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions/libdri.a is unresolved!
> > Symbol __glXActiveScreens from
> > module /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions/libdri.a is unresolved!
> >
> > Any idea where GLcore went?
>
> From the nvidia readme:
>
> You should also remove the following lines:
>
> Load "dri"
> Load "GLcore"
>
> if they exist. There are also numerous options that can be added to
> the XF86Config file to fine-tune the NVIDIA XFree86 driver. Please
> see Appendix D for a complete list of these options.
>
>
> regards,
> Reinhard
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