XFree86 Server Related Problems

To install XFree86 4.3.0 download the appropriate files, i.e. all the files (not including the sub directory DRI) located in

then in a konsole navigate to the directory with all the rpm's, and type the following commands to update XFree86 to release 4.3.0:

rpm --nodeps --force -Uhv *.rpm
 SuSEconfig
	      

Just ignore the warnings (if there are any).

For configuration of XFree86 4.3.0 use the configuration XFree86 tools 'xf86config', 'xf86cfg' or the SuSE XFree86 4 configuration tool SaX2. SaX2 is located in

Install SaX2 with

rpm -Uhv sax*.i386.rpm
	      

Make sure that the following packages are installed, They are required by SaX2!

Just type the following command if you want to use SaX2 for configuration:

sax2
	      

If the mouse does not work, please run SaX2 with the following options:

		sax2 -n /dev/mousedevice -t protocol
	      

For hardware accelerated OpenGL support please download and install the SuSE 8.1 RPMs located on the nvidia website.

rpm -Uhv NVIDIA_GLX-1.0-*.suse81.i386.rpm --nodeps --force 
    (ignore all occuring error messages!)
rpm -Uhv NVIDIA_kernel-1.0-*.suse81.i386.rpm --force
switch2nvidia_glx
	      

The kernel RPM also contains the sources, so you can compile the kernel module NVdriver yourself if you want. Your kernel sources, i.e. package kernel-source, must be installed for this.

 cd /usr/src/linux; make cloneconfig; make dep
 cd /usr/src/kernel-modules/nv_glx
 make -f Makefile.module
 make -f Makefile.module install
 depmod -a
	    

You must configure XFree86 4.3.0 with

 sax2 -m 0=nvidia (0 is a digit, not a letter!)
      

and enable 3D support, i.e. there must be a line in your /etc/X11/XF86Config in the Modules section which looks like this:

###
Load "glx"
###
      

Otherwise you will get the following error when starting an OpenGL application:

Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0"
      

To be able to use DRI you must compile some kernel modules. Your kernel source package 'kernel-source' must be installed and configured for this. The configuration can be done with the commands:

cp /boot/vmlinuz.config /usr/src/linux/.config
cp /boot/vmlinuz.version.h /usr/src/linux/include/linux/version.h
cd /usr/src/linux; make cloneconfig; make dep
	    

Then you'll have to compile the DRM kernel modules. The sources can be found in SuSE FTP under suse81/DRI (SuSE Linux 8.1) .

Install the sources with

rpm -Uhv km_drm-*.i386.rpm
	      

Compile and install the kernel modules with

cd /usr/src/kernel-modules/drm
make -f Makefile.module
install -m 644 -o root -g root gamma.o i810.o i830.o mga.o r128.o radeon.o tdfx.o /lib/modules/`uname -r`/kernel/drivers/char/drm
depmod -a
	      

At last you must install the XFree86-GLX package located in suse81/DRI (SuSE Linux 8.1) with:

rpm -Uhv XFree86-GLX-*.i386.rpm
/usr/X11R6/bin/switch2xf86_glx
	      

and add the following entries to your /etc/X11/XF86Config in the Modules Section:

###
Load "glx"
Load "dri"
###
	      

Please notice, that most drivers only support 16bpp ("DefaultDepth 16" in "Screen" Section of /etc/X11/XF86Config)!

DRI Support is currently available for the following boards:

You'll need the following entry in the "Device" Section of your /etc/X11/XF86Config for i810/i815/i830/i845 chipsets, otherwise there won't be enough memory available to use 3D.

#
VideoRam 16384
#
	      

Section "DRI"
  Group         "video"
  Mode          0666
EndSection