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Title: Installing graphic cards with the GeForce 256 chip

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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:

  1. 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).
  2. Download the drivers from the nvidia website:
    1. nVIDIA homepage: http://www.nvidia.com/
    2. License of the Linux drivers: http://www.nvidia.com/Marketing/Products/Pages.nsf/pages/linuxdownload
    3. FAQ: http://www.nvidia.com/Marketing/Products/Pages.nsf/pages/linuxfaq
    4. 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
  3. Make sure that the following packages from the series of x3d are installed:
    1. glxriva
    2. mesa
    3. ssystem
  4. When you have downloaded the packages, unpack it with the following command:
    tar xfvz nvidia-X-GLX-335-i386-dyn_tar.gz
    
  5. Change to the unpacked directory nvidia-X-GLX-335-i386-dyn
  6. Start the installation script with the command ./riva_install and follow the instructions.
  7. 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

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Keywords: GEFORCE_256, NVIDIA

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