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ash

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Registered: 2008-12-17

Posts: 134

cant get openGL on nvidia gf2 mx400

when trying to enable opengl mode in kde 4 desktop effects it says that there is a problem and goes back to xrender

card nvidia geforce 2 mx400 64mb agp
driver nvidia-96xx 96-43-11.4
xorg 1.6
kernel 2.6.29
all installed according to wiki

parts of xorg.conf. i tried to enable / disable most combinations of the +'d lines in modules

Section "Module"
    Load  "extmod"
+    Load  "dri"
+    Load  "glx"
    Load  "record"
+    Load  "dri2"
    Load  "dbe"
EndSection

Section "Device"
    Identifier  "Card0"
    Driver      "nvidia"
    VendorName  "nVidia Corporation"
    BoardName   "NV11 [GeForce2 MX/MX 400]"
    BusID       "PCI:1:0:0"
    Option      "NoLogo" "True"
    Option      "RenderAccel" "True"
EndSection

glxinfo direct rendering : yes and glxgears work well

Last edited by ash (2009-06-03 23:08:54)

Ranguvar

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Registered: 2008-08-12

Posts: 2,549

Re: cant get openGL on nvidia gf2 mx400

Can you run stuff like Tux Racer?

This may be your problem (I used Google): http://forum.kde.org/kde-on-geforce-2-m … 61625.html

ash

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Registered: 2008-12-17

Posts: 134

Re: cant get openGL on nvidia gf2 mx400

hey thats my own post in the kde forum

all opengl screensavers perform bad in fullscreen and take 100 % cpu