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Visualization: graphics cards and 3D (edit)

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 * [[NVidia]] (proprietary driver download at http://www.nvidia.com)
-For stereo, the xorg.conf might need the following lines
+The proprietary driver works well but it needs a bit of care. On RedHat systems that are regularly booted, the following lines in /etc/rc.local result in the necessary parts of the driver being re-installed automatically after booting:
-        Section "Extensions"
+ if [ ! -h /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libglx.so ]; then
-          Option     "Composite" "Disable"
+   echo "re-installing NVIDIA driver. This takes some time. Ignore any warnings."
-        EndSection
+   /root/NVIDIA.run --no-network -s -n --kernel-source-path=/usr/src/linux-2.6.24
-if the X log file (e.g. at /var/log/Xorg.0.log) says that stereo is not supported by composite
+ fi
+ if [ ! -e /lib/modules/`uname -r`/kernel/drivers/video/nvidia.ko ]; then
+   echo "installing NVIDIA kernel module. This takes some time. Ignore any warnings."
+   /root/NVIDIA.run --no-network -s -K -n
+ fi
 * [[ATI]] (now belonging to AMD) (proprietary driver download at http://ati.amd.com)
 == 3D ==
 * [[3D visualization]]