(old)Puppy Linux Discussion Forum

Hehehe..
I'll try, but I can't promise anything. Oh well...I could change my drinking regime and start drinking....bloody marys. (I guess it's another addiction).

Hi All,
new card problem,
Had a nvidia Geforce2 MX 440 which I had running ok with the nvidia drivers. Now have updated to a nividia 6600GT.
Upon rebooting xorgwizard came up I selected my normal settings. Then nothing. Rebooting it says loading settings from xorg.conf for about 20 seconds then fails back to command promt.
I've tried lots of combinations of editing / deleting / copying from a new installation but still the same. I want to get this installation working again as its my main work one.

So can anybody tell me how to get back to default graphics or which files to delete to force a start again.

DC
P.S. xvesa does not work either

Thank you for these drivers. Not having them didn't effect Puppy too much, but this has made all the difference in the world for using Cedega.

NVIDIA-964301-k2.6.21.7.pet works for my NVidia GeForce 5200 FX [PCI ID 10DE:0322] thank you
I think I choose not to have it update my xorg.conf
I got dumped at the prompt
xwin
bzflag seems nice and quick with all the shinies turned on

I'm now trying to play flightgear I think I'm going to need a lot of practice

Tried installing nvidia-100.14.11.pet on a HP laptop, running 3.01...

Didn't work...got this in the log:

Using: nvidia-installer ncurses user interface
-> License accepted by command line option.
-> No precompiled kernel interface was found to match your kernel; this means
that the installer will need to compile a new kernel interface.
ERROR: Unable to find the development tool `cc` in your path; please make sure
that you have the package 'gcc' installed. If gcc is installed on your
system, then please check that `cc` is in your PATH.

Thought gcc is part of the package?? so any ideas?

TIA

the drivers in the .pet are precompiled so something is wrong... you should not be getting that message unless you were actually trying to rebuild the drivers from source

I'm having another problem with the drivers. I've got this old riva tnt2 on an old amdk6.

The drivers( NVIDIA-718601-k2 ) install ok, but when i try to restart the xserver, I get the nvidia logo, and when the wm (jwm) starts loading up, x freezes. I'm still able to move the mouse on the screen but that's about it. Nothing actualy loads up, not even the pinboard, just about half of the taskbar, without the tray. I can't exit x, or do anything because the keyboard and mouse clicks aren't working.

This happens only when I use the nvidia drivers. Right now i am using the nv drivers, xorgwizard reverts the "driver" in conf to these.

@ cb88 - Your Nvidia pet was fabulous - best I've ever used!

Flawless! Excellent! No problems! Elegant!

Did I say it was good?

Thanks so so so much!

David

Thank you for your work! I have used this to get my GeForce 8600GT up an running! Easy install!

I just downloaded Google Earth and it runs beautifully with these drivers.

Thanks!

And what of new drivers for Dingo, any news on that?

Paul-B

Paul-B wrote:And what of new drivers for Dingo, any news on that?

Paul-B

I'm by no means an expert, but don't 3.x and 4.x puppies use the same kernel? I think that means they can use the same driver package.

I have this current .pet running my 4.0 puppy and it DOES work for me. No more refresh lines in my movies anymore.

Hi people,

I am completely new to linux so please bear with me.
I just recently installed puppy 4 and then installed openFOAM, the open source cfd program.
when i launch the paraFoam (paraview) , a viewing postprocessing tool to view the results, i get msg in the console window

Xlib:mixing "GLX" extension in display "0.0"

is this the problem with display driver? honestly i dont know what display card i have but it is a acer travelmate 270.

please kindly help me with a instruction on wher to download and how to install the or perhaps before al lthis, how to determine my display card type.

your help is very very much appreciated.

thanks

Lawrence

Hi,

I'm new to puppy. I have a GeForce 6600 and downloaded the nvidia-100-xx files. I installed it using the pup installer.

I tried following further instructions, but I can't find "install_nvidia"

When I restarted xwin, I noticed Nvidia X Server Settings installed, but when I checked my Display settings, I noticed my OpenGL config is still unknown.

What am I missing?

Thanks

ricesteam wrote:Hi,

I'm new to puppy. I have a GeForce 6600 and downloaded the nvidia-100-xx files. I installed it using the pup installer.

I tried following further instructions, but I can't find "install_nvidia"

When I restarted xwin, I noticed Nvidia X Server Settings installed, but when I checked my Display settings, I noticed my OpenGL config is still unknown.

What am I missing?

Thanks

Xorg DRI drivers. which version of Puppy are you using?

I think I got it working. I installed the xorg-dri packages from the package installer. I'm using Puppy 4.00.

hi, i think i have a Sis M650 on my laptop and i have puppy 4.0. i cannot launch paraview and it keep saying the Xlib: extension "GLX" is missing. any helps please?

Thanks

Lawrence

well this is kinda old news but I didn't make any nvidia dotpup or pet ... it was most likely gray wow mu or tempestuous

@ gray

Brilliant nvidia drivers. I was struggling to get xorg working with anything other than a generic driver on the HurtMePlenty puppy. Then I discovered your pet which worked perfectly, and now I can use the external monitor as well.

My Laptop is a Sony VAIO VGN-SZ71MN/B with NVIDIA GeForce 8400M GS in case anyone else has similar model. The pet I used was: NVIDIA-100.14.19-k2.6.21.7.pet

Thanks very much, I'm off to game land now.

Arfon
(North Wales)

PS: I found it useful to start with Xvesa then
install pet - Exit X - run xorgwizard - restart X

Hi, I am new to puppy. I have puppy linux on a dell latitude d520. So far everything has worked very well and I am very happy with it. However, dual monitors are necessary for my work. When I start xorg the monitors are mirrored. I have looked at what other people's suggestions and tried to install nvidia and enable the "twin view" option. When I install nvidia, i exit out of x and go into xorgwizard. The xorgwizard recognizes two different screens (it asks for the resolution for each) but when x starts (i type xwin) it goes back to the original xorg.conf file.

At the moment, I run puppy from a USB, which may be the problem. I have tried all the different versions of nvidia.pet that are available and none seem to work. Does anyone know how I can install nvidia? Any help is greatly appreciated.

Hi,any one pleas:
I can not let nvidia Geforce 6100 work with any of the driver list above.
My computer:
cpu: AMD 2800+
mainboard:T6100 with on board nvidia Geforce 6100(c51 GPU)
memry:ddr 1G+512M
os:puppy 4.2(k2.6.21.7)

I have test all the driver above,and test other nvidia driver for puppy,after install,I reboot the computer,the sys can not start the xorg,but the Xseg is ok.I check the err file log,It show me "can not load the nvidia dirver kernel".So,is the version of puppy(k2.6.21.7) can not use these driver?The other version I hav'nt test.
plese help me.Forgive my bad English.

thank a lot!!