Riva TNT2 M64 XFree86 4.0(.1) problem

[Marian Jancar]

Filip Stanek wrote:
> 
> Podarilo se nekomu rozbehnout Rivu TNT2 M64 (ja ji mam s 32MB RAM) spolu
> sdrivery od Nvidie (jakakoliv verze od 0.9-3 az po 0.9-5)pod XFree86 4.0
> (nebo 4.0.1)?

NVIDIA_GLX-0.9-5 obsahuje soubor M64_USERS_README s timto obsahem:

M64 USERS
NVIDIA Release 0.95

We are currently experiencing problems with some versions of TNT2 M64s when
starting the X Server. We are working on a transparent fix for the problem,
but wanted to provide a workaround immediately for those suffering from
this
problem.

If this driver fails for you, do the following:

  - get the most recent NVIDIA_kernel tarball from our web site, and unpack
        it.

  - edit the file "os-registry.c" from the kernel module sources. Look for
the
        variable "NVreg_SkipBiosPost". The value of this variable should 
        already be '1'. Leave it at that.

  - since we don't normally use this variable, change the "#if 0" that is
        about 10 lines above the variable to "#if 1".

  - rebuild and reinstall the new driver ("make")


This will force the driver to skip posting the M64's bios, and X should
start up and run great.

-- 
Marian Jančár <mjanx123 na milada.troja.mff.cuni.cz>