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===Troubleshooting===
 
===Troubleshooting===
To activate Xgl you have to follow a few aspects.
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To activate Xgl you have to follow a few aspects. Additional Informations you find at [http://de.opensuse.org/Xgl_unter_SUSE_Linux_verwenden Xgl unter SUSE Linux verwenden] from which these instructions here were gathered.
Additional Informations you find at [http://de.opensuse.org/Xgl_unter_SUSE_Linux_verwenden Xgl unter SUSE Linux verwenden] from which these instructions here were gathered.
 
  
 
===Download Novell NVidia Packages===
 
===Download Novell NVidia Packages===
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Using the parameter ''-a -n'' avoids the question about licence and matching online binary drivers. We don't need them because we are compiling the kernel ourselves.
 
Using the parameter ''-a -n'' avoids the question about licence and matching online binary drivers. We don't need them because we are compiling the kernel ourselves.
  
Then - if everything went o.k.
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Then - if everything went o.k. load the module:
 
  modprobe nvidia
 
  modprobe nvidia
  
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Now you can start sax2
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sax2 -m 0=nvidia
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After you finished
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init 5
 
===Configure XGL as default Desktop===
 
===Configure XGL as default Desktop===
 
Look at
 
Look at

Revision as of 03:56, 2 July 2006

Troubleshooting

To activate Xgl you have to follow a few aspects. Additional Informations you find at Xgl unter SUSE Linux verwenden from which these instructions here were gathered.

Download Novell NVidia Packages

From

for NVidia.

Install these rpm packages.

Download NVidia driver

Go to your favorite nvidia website and look into the driver archives. Download the appropriate (!) driver version according to

  1. your pc architecture / kernel
  2. the corresponding driver version

Consider the downloaded rpm's above.

Go into a shell (Ctrl+Alt+F1) and switch to runlevel three:

init 3

Then install the NVidia driver

modprobe -r nvidia
sh NVIDIA_XYZ.run -a -n

Using the parameter -a -n avoids the question about licence and matching online binary drivers. We don't need them because we are compiling the kernel ourselves.

Then - if everything went o.k. load the module:

modprobe nvidia

Now you can start sax2

sax2 -m 0=nvidia

After you finished

init 5

Configure XGL as default Desktop

Look at

how to configure the sysconfig files. Using YaSR, you have to look at the bottom in the sysconfig editor to find the appropriate field.