Nvidia 3d support

Ben Duncan bns
Mon May 17 11:39:30 PDT 2004


The XF86Config file from my system with Nvidia ...
Configuration is for a 19" Monitor, at 1162x864,
  Scroll 3 Button Mouse and a PC104 keyboard.

I had to hand edit this as Yast/Sax breaks the hell out of it ...



##########################################################################
# Sample XF86Config file for NVIDIA XFree86 drivers.
#
# Refer to the XF86Config(4/5) man page for details about the format of
# this file.
#
# Be sure to replace the monitor values with correct values for your
# monitor!
##########################################################################

Section "Files"
   FontPath     "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc:unscaled"
   FontPath     "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/local"
   FontPath     "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi:unscaled"
   FontPath     "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi:unscaled"
   FontPath     "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1"
   FontPath     "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/URW"
   FontPath     "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo"
   FontPath     "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/PEX"
   FontPath     "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/cyrillic:unscaled"
   FontPath     "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/latin2/misc:unscaled"
   FontPath     "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/latin2/75dpi:unscaled"
   FontPath     "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/latin2/100dpi:unscaled"
   FontPath     "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/latin2/Type1"
   FontPath     "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/latin7/75dpi:unscaled"
   FontPath     "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/baekmuk:unscaled"
   FontPath     "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/japanese:unscaled"
   FontPath     "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/kwintv:unscaled"
   FontPath     "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/truetype"
   FontPath     "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/uni:unscaled"
   FontPath     "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/CID"
   FontPath     "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/ucs/misc:unscaled"
   FontPath     "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/ucs/75dpi:unscaled"
   FontPath     "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/ucs/100dpi:unscaled"
   FontPath     "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/hellas/misc:unscaled"
   FontPath     "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/hellas/75dpi:unscaled"
   FontPath     "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/hellas/100dpi:unscaled"
   FontPath     "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/hellas/Type1"
   FontPath     "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/sgi:unscaled"
   FontPath     "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/xtest"
   ModulePath   "/usr/X11R6/lib/modules"
   RgbPath      "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb"
EndSection


##########################################################################
# Server flags section.
##########################################################################

Section "ServerFlags"

     # Uncomment this to cause a core dump at the spot where a signal is
     # received.  This may leave the console in an unusable state, but may
     # provide a better stack trace in the core dump to aid in debugging
     #NoTrapSignals

     # Uncomment this to disable the <Crtl><Alt><BS> server abort sequence
     # This allows clients to receive this key event.
     #DontZap

     # Uncomment this to disable the <Crtl><Alt><KP_+>/<KP_-> mode 
switching
     # sequences.  This allows clients to receive these key events.
     #DontZoom

     # This  allows  the  server  to start up even if the
     # mouse device can't be opened/initialised.
     AllowMouseOpenFail

EndSection


##########################################################################
# Input devices
##########################################################################

#
# Keyboard section
#
Section "InputDevice"
   Driver       "keyboard"
   Identifier   "Keyboard[1]"
   Option       "AutoRepeat" "500 30"
   Option       "LeftAlt" "Meta"
   Option       "Protocol" "Standard"
   Option       "RightAlt" "Meta"
   Option       "RightCtl" "Control"
   Option       "ScrollLock" "Compose"
   Option       "XkbLayout" "us"
   Option       "XkbModel" "pc105"
   Option       "XkbRules" "xfree86"
EndSection
#
# Pointer section
#
Section "InputDevice"
   Driver       "mouse"
   Identifier   "Mouse[1]"
   Option       "ButtonNumber" "5"
   Option       "Device" "/dev/mouse"
   Option       "InputFashion" "Mouse"
   Option       "Name" "Autodetection"
   Option       "Protocol" "imps/2"
   Option       "Vendor" "Sysp"
   Option       "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
EndSection


##########################################################################
# Module section
##########################################################################

Section "Module"

     Load        "dbe"
     Load        "glx"
     Load        "extmod"
     Load        "type1"
     Load        "freetype"
EndSection

##########################################################################
# Monitor section
##########################################################################

Section "Monitor"
   HorizSync    30-95
   Identifier   "Monitor[0]"
   ModelName    "VL950T (1995UED)"
   VendorName   "CTX"
   VertRefresh  50-160
   UseModes     "Modes[0]"
EndSection


Section "Modes"
   Identifier   "Modes[0]"
   Modeline      "1152x864" 129.25 1152 1152 1368 1520 864 864 879 902
   Modeline      "1152x864" 142.12 1152 1152 1368 1520 864 864 879 902
EndSection


##########################################################################
# Graphics device section(s)
##########################################################################

Section "Device"
     Identifier  "NV AGP"
     VendorName  "nvidia"
     Driver   "nvidia"
     BusID       "PCI:1:0:0"
     Option "NvAGP" "1"
EndSection

##########################################################################
# Screen sections
##########################################################################

#
# screen section for an nvidia AGP card
#
Section "Screen"
     Identifier "Screen AGP"
     Device      "NV AGP"
     Monitor     "Monitor[0]"
     DefaultColorDepth 24
   SubSection "Display"
     Depth      24
     Modes      "1152x864"
   EndSubSection

EndSection

##########################################################################
# ServerLayout sections
# (invoke using the '-layout' option of 'startx'.
##########################################################################

#
# just one agp card
#
Section "ServerLayout"
     Identifier  "AGP"
     Screen      "Screen AGP"
     InputDevice "Mouse[1]" "CorePointer"
     InputDevice "Keyboard[1]" "CoreKeyboard"
EndSection




Net Llama! wrote:
> On Tue, 29 Oct 2002, Wade Barocsi wrote:
> 
>>Hi,
>>I just upgraded to Suse 8.1 (full reinstall)
>>Yast failed on the install of Nvidia's drivers.
>>I pulled the sources(tar.gz) from Nvidia's site and installed without issue.
>>However yast won't allow me to activate 3D, because it "thinks" I still have
>>the old drivers.
>>Does anyone know how to manually activate 3D?
>>
>>Thanks again
>>Wade
>>w.barocsi at worldnet.att.net
> 
> 
> Edit XF86Config manually?
> 


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