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Sorry to Slightly add to this conversation but you mention installing NVIDIA cards( I've attached a document on how to install them, and getting them to work under RH8.0 ) and getting GLcore to work, Remember to backup your XF86config file.. Athlon CPU's rule... I hope this help if you are considering NVIDIA video cards. Configuring the Nvidia Video Card. please check the Nvidia website for the installation and the script to install the two files required. Run the NVchooser to check which packages are required. in a shell type sh NVchooser.sh This will tell you which to files you require. You need to change to things then in the /X11/ XF86Config files - Instructions for the impatient : Please read the note completely before doing this. Remeber to back up your config files. - just in case. Instruction are true for a fresh install of RH 8.0 a frsh install is always good folks so please consider doing one if you can - however if you upgraded fom a previous version you just need to do minor modifications and take a little extra care. Read the thread Also my XF86Config file which I have posted down in the thread was default generated by anaconda. Some of you may not be that lucky :-) so take a little care there too ... read the thread for tips. Step 1> Download the following from NVidia's site. (Note that the NVIDIA_kernel is the **src.rpm** rpm file and the NVIDIA_GLX is a **rpm**): NVIDIA_kernel-1.0-3123.src.rpm and NVIDIA_GLX-1.0-3123.i386.rpm Step 2> Make sure you have the kernel headers installed along with all other dev tools - these are needed along with other dependencies. The best way to ensure that you have all dependencies is to just go start menu > system settings > packages > and in the development section choose the Kernel development packge and install the whole thing. Step 3> In a gnome terminal window do a "rpmbuild --rebuild NVIDIA_kernel-1.0-3123.src.rpm" to create drivers for the RH 8.0 kernel. (This will create the binary RPM in "/usr/src/redhat/RPMS/i386/NVIDIA_kernel-1.0-3123.i386.rpm") Confirm this. Note: "rpm --rebuild" does not work with newer versions of rpm so use "rpmbuild --rebuild". Also do the rebuild in "X" in a gnome terminal. I dont know why but I had problems doing the rebuild and especially installing the kernel on command line. when I did this in a Gnome terminal in a runing Xserver it works fine. So do it in a gnome terminal. STEP 4> Installed this new (NVIDIA_kernel-1.0-3123.i386.rpm) "rpm -ivh /usr/src/redhat/RPMS/i386/NVIDIA_kernel-1.0-3123.i386.rpm" Note: It is important that you do this step also in a gnome terminal in a xserver session and not on command line. When doing through a command line the rpm install hanged and did not complete, I had to restart my computer. (I dont know why). But it works great in a terminal window in gnome and completes fine. The rpm after installation may complain that the nvidia_kernel is export tainted. This is OK ignore it. To read more on export tained and what it means: http://www.tux.org/lkml/#export-tainted Step 5>Now log out of gnome and go to the command line. Install the GLX (NVIDIA_GLX-1.0-3123.i386.rpm) "rpm -ivh NVIDIA_GLX-1.0-3123.i386.rpm" Note: I did this on the command line outside of gnome and it works so just do it guys the same way :-) Step 6> Edit the /etc/X11/XF86Config file and make a backup copy of the original: - Remove the Load "dri" line. - Change the Driver line from "nv" to "nvidia" Happy UT2003 playing....... I am so so happy. Hope this helps you guys. Its working yeah !!! ---------update for new kernel-2.4.18-17.8.0 ------------ this message is also posted in the thread later.... If you have never loaded the "nvidia" driver before. Use the instructions below to get going directly on the new kernel. Redhat auto updater will update your kernel to kernel-2.4.18-17.8.0 This will stop XServer since we compiled it using the older version of the kernel kernel-2.4.18-14 Instructions to get XServer working again for linux newbies or anyone else who cares: Step 1> To get Xserver working again we have to recompile the NVIDIA_kernel-1.0-3123 on Linux kernel kernel-2.4.18-17.8.0. Download the following files from NVidia's site if you deleted your initial file you downloaded before. (Note that the NVIDIA_kernel is the **src.rpm** rpm file and the NVIDIA_GLX is a **rpm**): NVIDIA_kernel-1.0-3123.src.rpm and NVIDIA_GLX-1.0-3123.i386.rpm Driver: Nvidia not NV Enable GLcore. On Wed, 2003-01-01 at 21:05, John Horne wrote: > On Sat, 2002-12-28 at 14:08, piltdown wrote: > > I'm slowly but surely migrating to Linux but need to upgrade my PC > > -motherboard, processor, video and sound card. Has anyone got any > > recommendations as to what to look out for? I'm thinking of using a Gigabyte > > board with an AMD Athlon processor - but unsure about sound or graphics > > cards. Budget - about £220. > > > I've used a gigabyte board with linux for some time now. It's a GA-7ZX, > but I don't think you can get them anymore. No problems with it. It had > a Duron 700 in it, but now has a 1.3. again, no problems although the > cpu temp has of course gone up! :-) I use to use 128MB memory but > chucked in a (relatively) cheap 512MB stick as well when I bought the > new cpu. So it has about 640MB of memory and goes great. One thing with > the gigabyte and athlon is make sure you have enough cooling - I got an > extra fan for the duron 700 and that was okay. > > The board has on-board sound card so I use that - Soundblaster > compatible I gather. Personally I use sound very rarely so it wasn't a > big concern for me. Graphics I use a bulk standard ATI Mach 64 - again > no problems and works fine (1024x768x75 I think, on an old 17" monitor). > Before that I used a very ordinary S3 card. Again it depends on what you > want to do with the graphics - I only use the PC for work and surfing, > not games, CAD or that sort of thing. > > With the nvidia graphics card - which someone else mentioned - beware of > all the hassle people have had with it with redhat 8.0. RH don't supply > the drivers for it, so either you have to download them (I gather) > yourself, or save the aggro and get something else :-) > > Hardware suppliers have either been the computer shop in plymouth or > dabs - I've had no problems with either. > > > John. > > -- > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > John Horne, University of Plymouth, UK Tel: +44 (0)1752 233914 > E-mail: J.Horne@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx > PGP key available from public key servers > > -- > The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG > Mail majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxx with "unsubscribe list" in the > message body to unsubscribe. -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG Mail majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxx with "unsubscribe list" in the message body to unsubscribe.