Install Help On Fc4

[user_deleted]

I am trying to install Shake 4.0 on Fedora Core 4.0

I finally got all the paths and library permissions and such taken care of. What I hope is the last obstacle is that when Shake tries to load it returns the error that there is NO GLX extension on Display0:0. I checked the xorg.conf file and it shows that the glx module is set to load. We are using a NVidia FX3400 card/driver. Any help or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you

[deke-kincaid]

Did you install the nvidia drivers or just the default ones that come with Fedora? The default Fedora ones aren't 3d accelerated drivers which Shake needs to run.

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QUOTE(beaker @ 03/14/06, 01:09 PM) [snapback]231070[/snapback]
Did you install the nvidia drivers or just the default ones that come with Fedora? The default Fedora ones aren't 3d accelerated drivers which Shake needs to run.

I downloaded and install the NVidia drivers. I will try and post a copy of the Xorg.conf file later. thanks.

[deke-kincaid]

did you make the other modifications to the x.org file that are listed in the nvidia readme? Like switching the driver to "nvidia".

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QUOTE(beaker @ 03/15/06, 11:45 AM) [snapback]231196[/snapback]
did you make the other modifications to the x.org file that are listed in the nvidia readme? Like switching the driver to "nvidia".

Thanks for your efforts. It turns out that the option Allow GLX with composties was in the file. I removed that and it worked fine and Shake starts just fine.

That brought me to another minor issue, in that we have a wide screen monitor connect to it, and if we try other resolutions greater then 1280x1024, the GLX entensions fail again. I think I will just put a normal monitor(or two), back on the box. Thanks again.

[deke-kincaid]

Glx is failing because your asking it to goto a resolution that the video card doesn't support.

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QUOTE(beaker @ 03/16/06, 01:11 PM) [snapback]231341[/snapback]
Glx is failing because your asking it to goto a resolution that the video card doesn't support.

It turns out that for some reason, that I had to do two things to get it to work properly. I am a Linux newbie, so I do not know why, but here is what I had to do to get it to work. I had to hand add the right modes(in may case 1920x1200) for 24bit depth into the xorg.conf file. Then I could select that resolution from my desktop. However, everytime I use the Display(s) interface in FC4 to set the resolution it seems to break GLX working for me. However, if I run the nvidia-xconfig utility right away it fixes the problem again. (I think it is because the nvidia utility takes out the line to load dri., the FC4 displays interface seems to add back. Just a guess)

So after this I now have my widescreen monitor working in the right mode running Shake.

Thanks for your time.