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Installing graphic cards with the GeForce 256 chip
Applies to
SuSE Linux: Version 6.3
Request:
You would like to install a graphic card with the GeForce 256 chip.
Procedure:
- Create an /etc/XF86Config file for a Riva TNT card, e.g. for to
Diamond viper 550. You can do this with SaX (Chapter 9 "Configuration
using SaX" in the manual).
- Download the drivers from the nvidia website:
- nVIDIA homepage: http://www.nvidia.com/
- License of the Linux drivers: http://www.nvidia.com/Marketing/Products/Pages.nsf/pages/linuxdownload
- FAQ: http://www.nvidia.com/Marketing/Products/Pages.nsf/pages/linuxfaq
- Driver for XFree86 3.3.5 (Select the binary): http://www.nvidia.com/Marketing/Developer/OpenDrvDwn.nsf/linux?OpenView&Start=1&Count=250&Expand=1#1
- Make sure that the following packages from the series of x3d are
installed:
- glxriva
- mesa
- ssystem
- When you have downloaded the packages, unpack it with the following
command:
tar xfvz nvidia-X-GLX-335-i386-dyn_tar.gz
- Change to the unpacked directory nvidia-X-GLX-335-i386-dyn
- Start the installation script with the command ./riva_install and follow
the instructions.
- Done
Start the X server and open a terminal. Type in the command
ssystem -bench
and enjoy your frame rate.
It may be easier if you read the following article:
http://sdb.suse.de/sdb/en/html/xfree336.html

See also:

Keywords: GEFORCE_256, NVIDIA

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