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* [[NVidia]] (proprietary driver download at http://www.nvidia.com)
* [[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)
* [[ATI]] (now belonging to AMD) (proprietary driver download at http://ati.amd.com)


== 3D ==
== 3D ==
* [[3D visualization]]
* [[3D visualization]]

Revision as of 12:24, 14 February 2008

graphics cards and drivers

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:

if [ ! -h /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libglx.so ]; then
  echo "re-installing NVIDIA driver. This takes some time. Ignore any warnings."
  /root/NVIDIA.run --no-network -s -n --kernel-source-path=/usr/src/linux-2.6.24
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

3D