Newbie needs UT help

[Tjoh311]

I just Installed UT (windows disk, linux download) and after I had installed it successfully, It runs very slow. is there any reading or tutorials or knowledge that someone can lend to help me properly configure this?
Thanks in advance

[z0mbix]

Perhaps you could enlighten us on what hardware you have? Video Card? Drivers installed for that card? Nvidia? Any other OpenGL games installed and working ok? Distro?

[Tjoh311]

My hardware is:
Duron 950
nvidia G2 ti
K7S5A elitegroup motherboard
384 mb ram
RedHat 7.3

[Closer]

Did you install the nvidia drivers for your geforce card and are they working.

[mark@localhost mark]$ cat /proc/driver/nvidia/agp/status
Status: Enabled
Driver: NVIDIA
AGP Rate: 4x
Fast Writes: Disabled
SBA: Disabled
[mark@localhost mark]$

closer

[Tjoh311]

OK, My machine is telling me that the nvidia directory does not exist. If I go through the tree I can't find it anywhere so... I downloaded the proper drivers untarred them but I don't know where (directory wise) I should run the Makefile.
I try to run it root, at my home/UserName dir. Is this right? Or do I need to create the nvidia/vga directory?

[Icarus]

The README from nVidia's site tells you all you need and then some :)

Basicly, download the drivers, login as root, untar, cd to the directory, make install, edit /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 for the driver "nv" to "nvidia"

restart X, if you see the nVidia splash screen all is good

[Closer]

I will say that RedHat doesnt install the kernel source by default. The source must be installed for proper installation of the drivers.

do this command and see if the results are.

ls /usr/src
linux-2.4 linux-2.4.7-10 redhat

It should list linux-2.4.xxx as the source. if not install it off your Redhat install cd.The actual kernel version will differ


also I recommend pointing to the kernel headers in RedHat

example
tar xvzf NVIDIA_kernel-1.0-3123.tar.gz

then
cd NVIDIA_kernel-1.0-3123


then

make SYSINCLUDE=/usr/src/linux-2.4/incude

you should make with no errors

then

tar xvzf NVIDIA_GLX-1.0-3123.tar.gz

then

cd NVIDIA_GLX-1.0-3123

make

there should be no errors

then
gedit /etc/X11/XF86Config-4

{use your favorite editor here}

then
go th device section and change driver from
nv to nvidia

example

Section "Device"
# no known options
Identifier "NVIDIA GeForce 4 (generic)"
Driver "nvidia"
VendorName "NVIDIA GeForce 4 (generic)"
BoardName "NVIDIA GeForce 4 (generic)"

#BusID
EndSection

then

from in module section make sure glx is loading

Section "Module"
Load "dbe"
Load "extmod"
Load "fbdevhw"
Load "pex5"
Load "glx"
Load "pex5"
Load "record"
Load "xie"
EndSection

then reboot and play ut at high fps

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[Tjoh311]

This may be because I just f%$&ed up in the first place but...
after installing my drivers (I installed rpms) none of the games work and none of the directories seemed to have change one bit. No errors during install but its not working

I think, Closer, You got me in the right direction because there is no directory after /proc/driver/

Further more ls /usr/src/ leads me only to the /redhat/ directory. Neither it or the directorie inside remotely give any information about the kernel (i.e. 2.4.xxx).

So moving on to my Redhat disk, I'm not quite sure where I can find Linux 2.4.xxx (or something to that affect.
Thank you for your help it is appreciated

[bwkaz]

Did you make the necessary changes to /etc/X11/XF86Config-4, as prescribed in the readme?

[Closer]

The kernel source is on disk 2 and is called
kernel-source-2.4.xx.i386

As root

rpm -Uvh /mnt/cdrom/RedHat/RPMS/kernel-source-2.4.7-10.i386.rpm

replacing the 2.4.7-10 with your kernel version

please understand this will work only if you have not updated your kernel with redhats up2date
feature

And as bwkaz asked make sure you followed my steps on editing your XF86Config-4 above


closer

[Tjoh311]

I just finished installing my kernel-source rpm from my RH disk

ls /usr/src =
linux-2.4 linux-2.4.18-3 redhat

Very Happy:D
Now I'm going to try to find the correct downloads for my particular build
I could use alittle sdvice in this department (RPM or tar.gz.) what should I look for???

Thanks again

[Tjoh311]

It seems I can only find rpm files for my drivers. Does this affect how or when I edit my XF86Config-4 file? TheNvidia README file says that I need to exit XServer (I'm not sure how to "cleanly" exit X in the first place) in order to run the rpms.

When I ran these rpm files last time, X would not start. will changing XFcongig-4 fix that so that it recognizes the drivers.

PS. I downloaded NV chooser,ran it and it told me to download a Nvidia kernel file for Athlon CPU architechture. I have a Duron, is there goin to be a conflict?

Thanks For your help in advance!!!

[Closer]

If you look at my post above I used the tar drivers
and they worked well. however if you already installed the rpm,s then edit your XF86Config-4 file as descibed above and reboot and give it a try. Duron and Athlon are the same CPU architechture.

Closer

[Tjoh311]

It works, it works OMF'n God it works!
Thanks a million for your help it was very informative. I even took notes so I will remember ( since I have absolutely no ability to retain information)

Thank you guys again
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