GeForce 4 MX 440 problem

[Lorko]

Hello Everyone!
That’s my first post here; I’m new to Linux (I know it’s not very original :-)). I have read through all the posts here, but I still can’t make my GeForce4 MX 440 work. I have installed kernel sources from CD3, kernel and GLX packages (from srpm). Everything seems normal; my GUI starts with no errors.

The only problem is that whenever I run an OpenGL application (e.g. TuxRacer) the system hangs and I cannot do anything (except for pressing Reset button). What’s more, I’ve recently installed MPlayer but it doesn’t even start. It used to some time ago (a few reinstallations earlier ;-)).
The only thing I changed in my XF86Config-4 is the line: Driver “nv” into Driver “nvidia”. The Load glx command was already under Modules section.

By the way, how do you guys run these Windows games (like UT2003) under Linux? I tried that WineX thing but it failed to install (I have NTFS partition – is that a problem?).
Could anyone help me, please???? I would be very grateful!!!

[mas582]

you might want to post your XF86config file...

to get games like ut, quake, etc running in Linux, if you have a friend *ahem* I mean if you own the windows versions you can copy the needed files over to your Hard Drive....

first make a directory for UT
# mkdir /games/UnrealTournement

Mount your Unreal Tournament CD-ROM and copy the following files and directories:

# cp -R /cdrom/Help /cdrom/Logs /cdrom/Maps /cdrom/Music /cdrom/Textures /cdrom/Web
# cp -R /cdrom/Sounds/*.uax Sounds
# cp -R /cdrom/System/*.u /cdrom/System/*.int /cdrom/System/DefUser.ini System

(the -R means recursive...and includes all the files within the dir)

I think that's it for the copying phase...now for the easy stuff...

Download the patch to run UT in Linux <ftp://ftp.lokigames.com/pub/patches/ut/>
(v436 for Linux) save as --shift click on ut-install-436.run and save it in your prefered location...

# chmod a+x /location/ut-install-436.run
# /location/ut-install-436.run

follow the instructions...if you want to run UT as a regular user then:

# chmod a+x /location/of/game/ut
# ln -s /location/of/game/ut /usr/local/bin/ut

now to run the game just type ut at the command line... but that's just for ut (regular) I'm pretty sure ut2003 is similar...but someone correct me if the setup is different..(I'm too poor to pay for it)

good luck kiddo, let me know if you need more help..

[mas582]

Quote from a posting by bwkaz:
"UT2003 comes with a Linux installer on CD 3. It's not advertised, because it was added after Epic had already decided on box art, so they couldn't change it. But it's there."

Where? I don't know :eek: , but it may be in the form of something.sh

in which case you would just type

# sh /cdrom/something.sh

at the cmd line....good luck! and I promise we'll get back to that OpenGL problem soon!!!:)

[Lorko]

Originally posted by mas582
you might want to post your XF86config file...

Thanks for Your attention mas582!
I forgot to write that I’m using Mandrake 9.0. If you need my ‘XF86Config-4’ file, it’s here:


# File generated by XFdrake.

# ************************************************** ********************
# Refer to the XF86Config man page for details about the format of
# this file.
# ************************************************** ********************

Section "Files"
# Multiple FontPath entries are allowed (they are concatenated together)
# By default, Mandrake 6.0 and later now use a font server independent of
# the X server to render fonts.
FontPath "unix/:-1"
EndSection

Section "ServerFlags"
#DontZap # disable <Crtl><Alt><BS> (server abort)
AllowMouseOpenFail # allows the server to start up even if the mouse doesn't work
#DontZoom # disable <Crtl><Alt><KP_+>/<KP_-> (resolution switching)
EndSection

Section "Module"
Load "dbe" # Double-Buffering Extension
Load "v4l" # Video for Linux
Load "extmod"
Load "type1"
Load "freetype"
Load "glx" # 3D layer
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Keyboard1"
Driver "Keyboard"
Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
Option "XkbLayout" "pl"
Option "XkbOptions" ""
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Mouse1"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "IMPS/2"
Option "Device" "/dev/psaux"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
Identifier "monitor1"
VendorName "Plug'n Play"
HorizSync 30-98
VertRefresh 50-160

# Sony Vaio C1(X,XS,VE,VN)?
# 1024x480 @ 85.6 Hz, 48 kHz hsync
ModeLine "1024x480" 65.00 1024 1032 1176 1344 480 488 494 563 -hsync -vsync

# TV fullscreen mode or DVD fullscreen output.
# 768x576 @ 79 Hz, 50 kHz hsync
ModeLine "768x576" 50.00 768 832 846 1000 576 590 595 630

# 768x576 @ 100 Hz, 61.6 kHz hsync
ModeLine "768x576" 63.07 768 800 960 1024 576 578 590 616
EndSection

Section "Device"
Identifier "device1"
VendorName "nVidia Corporation"
BoardName "NVIDIA GeForce2 DDR (generic)"
Driver "nvidia"
Option "DPMS"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
Identifier "screen1"
Device "device1"
Monitor "monitor1"
DefaultColorDepth 24

Subsection "Display"
Depth 8
Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubsection

Subsection "Display"
Depth 15
Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubsection

Subsection "Display"
Depth 16
Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubsection

Subsection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubsection
EndSection

Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "layout1"
InputDevice "Keyboard1" "CoreKeyboard"
InputDevice "Mouse1" "CorePointer"
Screen "screen1"
EndSection