nVidia video and Fedora Core 3
I got really pissed off at Windows XP on my AMD 64 system so I installed Fedora Core 3 64bit. Runs hella sweet too. One problem is the built in generic nvidia drivers sucks major ass. The nvidia driver installer is very picky about X-Windows running. Even if you logout of X-Win by the CTRL+ALT+F1 function it still thinks X-Windows is running. Anyway, what i'm getting at is I found a way to get the drivers to install and work correctly. I even made a howto guide while it was still fresh in my head lol. Heres the howto.
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GeForce Video for Fedora Core 3 Howto
By TCPMeta
Fedora is a bit tricky to add new drivers since udev gets in the way and the nVidia installer doesn't like to work in X-Windows. This guide will help you bypass all of that and have full flege drivers for your Videocard.
This was done with a system with the following specs.
AMD Athlon 64 2800+
K8 Triton (GA-K8NSNXP) Motherboard
512MB ram
GeForce FX 5200
Pioneer 8x DVD+RW
80GB IDE
40GB and 30GB IDE RAID-0
Fedora Core 3
Well lets get to it.
Step one.
Download your drivers from nvidia.com Since I have a 64bit CPU I went with the AMD-64 drivers. Anyway, after you have downloaded them logout and get to the login screen then press CTRL+ALT+F1 to go into the console.
Step two.
Login as root and go into the directory that has the .run file you downloaded. Issue the chmod 777 command to the file then extract it with the --extract-only command.
Example:
./NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-1.0-6629-pkg2.run --extract-only
Noe go into the directory that it extracted to
Example:
cd NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-1.0-6629-pkg2
Now run the following command.
make install
Step three.
After you have installed the drivers now issue theses commands so udev won't go nuts or make the system hang.
cp -a /dev/nvidia* /etc/udev/devices
chown root.root /etc/udev/devices/nvidia*
Step four.
You're almost done. You have done the easy part, this is where it gets tricky. Now to edit the xorg.conf file. Fedora uses the x.org X-Window system it uses a diffrent config file. Trust me on this. I used EMacs as my editor for this so i'll use it as a example.
Example:
emacs /etc/X11/xorg.conf
Search for a entry that states ( Load "dri" )
This is with out the ( ). Now look for the entry that states ( Driver "nv" ) change the "nv" to say "nvidia"
For thoses of you that don;t know the EMacs commands just hit the following.
F10
f
s
Then hit
F10
f
e
After that just hit CTRL+ALT+DELETE. When Fedora loads up into the GUIish system shck the nVidia logo should popup for a second, this means the driver is working. Well good luck and happy gamming.
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GeForce Video for Fedora Core 3 Howto
By TCPMeta
Fedora is a bit tricky to add new drivers since udev gets in the way and the nVidia installer doesn't like to work in X-Windows. This guide will help you bypass all of that and have full flege drivers for your Videocard.
This was done with a system with the following specs.
AMD Athlon 64 2800+
K8 Triton (GA-K8NSNXP) Motherboard
512MB ram
GeForce FX 5200
Pioneer 8x DVD+RW
80GB IDE
40GB and 30GB IDE RAID-0
Fedora Core 3
Well lets get to it.
Step one.
Download your drivers from nvidia.com Since I have a 64bit CPU I went with the AMD-64 drivers. Anyway, after you have downloaded them logout and get to the login screen then press CTRL+ALT+F1 to go into the console.
Step two.
Login as root and go into the directory that has the .run file you downloaded. Issue the chmod 777 command to the file then extract it with the --extract-only command.
Example:
./NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-1.0-6629-pkg2.run --extract-only
Noe go into the directory that it extracted to
Example:
cd NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-1.0-6629-pkg2
Now run the following command.
make install
Step three.
After you have installed the drivers now issue theses commands so udev won't go nuts or make the system hang.
cp -a /dev/nvidia* /etc/udev/devices
chown root.root /etc/udev/devices/nvidia*
Step four.
You're almost done. You have done the easy part, this is where it gets tricky. Now to edit the xorg.conf file. Fedora uses the x.org X-Window system it uses a diffrent config file. Trust me on this. I used EMacs as my editor for this so i'll use it as a example.
Example:
emacs /etc/X11/xorg.conf
Search for a entry that states ( Load "dri" )
This is with out the ( ). Now look for the entry that states ( Driver "nv" ) change the "nv" to say "nvidia"
For thoses of you that don;t know the EMacs commands just hit the following.
F10
f
s
Then hit
F10
f
e
After that just hit CTRL+ALT+DELETE. When Fedora loads up into the GUIish system shck the nVidia logo should popup for a second, this means the driver is working. Well good luck and happy gamming.
Comments
CHESS????
Play a REAL game.
Right.
There are plenty more than that:
ArmyOps, Cube, Descent 3, Deus Ex, Heavy Gear, Heretic, Reaper....
Even you play Starcraft and Age of Empires.
-Q
-Q
Laziness
(I think Quake III was ported to linux and ArmyOps is almost brand new)
So, this is my question, why the pre 96 stuff, but supposedly littleafter that.
-Q
ftp://ftp.idsoftware.com/idstuff/doom/linux/
ftp://ftp.idsoftware.com/idstuff/unsup/unix/
ftp://ftp.idsoftware.com/idstuff/quake2/unix/
-Q
I mean come on, these people create games for Windows, not LINUX and half the time they don't even know HOW to port them (or they are too lazy)....
If you have the Unofficial Doom FAQ Version 6.66 handy, check the ports section (i think in dmfaq66c.txt). There's like 30.