Nvidia Problems, need help! (Fedora 7)

[Frank-o]

I have an Nvidia GF MX4000 64 MB DDR TV PCI, at least thats what the card says. and i have to install without it using my Onboard Video Card which is on a ABIT Motherboard with a Celeron 2.0 Ghz Processor with 1GB of RAM.


My Problem,

Once installed i can install my Nvidia card. it will say it cant, but it will generate a configuration that is useable. i make my resolution my nice 1028x1024 or something around there. haha and it looks really sketchy and i cant use my awesome desktop effects. makes me sad.

im installing a fresh new fedora 7 so i make sure i dont do anything wrong.

i ran the gears thing and i was at a very embarassing 50 fps, actually i think thats bad, but im not sure hah

can someone please help me!? ive tried i think everything. but if someone has any experience with this card. please. help!

[A.Serbinski]

You need to disable your onboard video card. Either in the bios setup program, or maybe a jumper on the mainboard.

The default open source nvidia drivers are 2d only - 3d is software rendering (very very slow). You will need to install the real nvidia drivers - www.nvidia.com

[Frank-o]

i already have it installed now, they are both enabled, but the nvidia is running now, but at a very slow framerate, i donno about 50 fps according to the gears.. at the default size.

so running the official nvidia drivers should kind of get everything working a little better?

thanks for your help! (only if this works!) haha jk

[iamroot]

Yes. Using the official nvidia drivers will get your performance up to standard.

[Frank-o]

ive looked and looked for this driver last night, and i cant find it. couldi get any help?

oh yeah, ima a linux noon too ahaha but its ok, because im learning slowly

[iamroot]

You will have to download and install the livna F7 repository file. Just google livna and follow the instructions. After that, search for kmod-nvidia and install it through yum.

[Frank-o]

ive tried that one, and it didnt do anything

[iamroot]

Originally Posted by Frank-o

ive tried that one, and it didnt do anything

What did you try? And what didn't do anything?

[Frank-o]

well im not sure, lol, i installed the linva driver.

i restarted and tried opening it and nothing looked any better so i uninstalled it

[iamroot]

Did you install the correct one? To test if the driver is enabled, run glxgears in the terminal. The fps should be very high.