Nvidia 310 drivers for Fedora 17?

[Sérgio Basto]

On Qui, 2013-01-03 at 20:42 -0700, Michael Smith wrote:
> 
> 
> On Thu, Jan 3, 2013 at 8:11 PM, Sérgio Basto <sergio at serjux.com>
> wrote:
>         On Sex, 2013-01-04 at 03:21 +0100, Reindl Harald wrote:
>         >
>         > Am 04.01.2013 03:16, schrieb Sérgio Basto:
>         > >> When I try to run steam I get the following error:
>         > >>
>         > >> PROBLEM: You appear to have OpenGL 1.4.0, but we need at
>         least 2.0.0!
>         > >> Could not find required OpenGL entry point 'glGetError'!
>         Either your
>         > >> video card is unsupported, or your OpenGL driver needs to
>         be updated.
>         > >>
>         > >>
>         > >> Looking on line, these appear to be offered by the nvidia
>         310.19 or
>         > >> never version.  rpmfusion is currently providing 304.
>         > >>
>         > > On my nvidia test computer which have F18, I got OpenGL
>         2.1.2 with
>         > > NVIDIA 304
>         > >
>         > > glxinfo | grep -i opengl
>         > > OpenGL vendor string: NVIDIA Corporation
>         > > OpenGL renderer string: GeForce 6500/PCIe/SSE2
>         > > OpenGL version string: 2.1.2 NVIDIA 304.64
>         > > OpenGL shading language version string: 1.20 NVIDIA via Cg
>         compiler
>         > > OpenGL extensions:
>         > >
>         > > I going test it now, I will write something if can't
>         install it
>         >
>         > F17 has also opengl 2.1
>         > 1.4 is the GLX version
>         >
>         > OpenGL vendor string: Tungsten Graphics, Inc
>         > OpenGL renderer string: Mesa DRI Intel(R) Ivybridge Desktop
>         > OpenGL version string: 2.1 Mesa 8.0.4
>         >
>         > client glx version string: 1.4
>         
>         
>         glxinfo | grep -i version
>         server glx version string: 1.4 
>         client glx version string: 1.4
>         
>         GLX version: 1.4 
>         OpenGL version string: 2.1.2 NVIDIA 304.64
>         OpenGL shading language version string: 1.20 NVIDIA via Cg
>         compile
>         
>         
>         
>         and steam is running without problems , I already played
>         "world of goo
>         demo".
>         
>         Have you nvidia installed correctly ?
>         rpm -qa | grep nvidia
>         nvidia-settings-1.0-26.fc18.x86_64
>         kmod-nvidia-3.6.7-4.fc17.x86_64-304.64-1.fc18.2.x86_64
>         kmod-nvidia-3.6.7-5.fc18.x86_64-304.64-1.fc18.2.x86_64
>         xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-libs-304.64-3.fc18.i686
>         xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-304.64-3.fc18.x86_64
>         nvidia-xconfig-1.0-25.fc18.x86_64
>         kmod-nvidia-3.6.10-4.fc18.x86_64-304.64-1.fc18.3.x86_64
>         xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-libs-304.64-3.fc18.x86_64
>         akmod-nvidia-304.64-1.fc18.3.x86_64
>         
> 
> 
> Hello again,
> 
> 
> Well, I was able to get it working with the 304 drivers.  The missing
> component was the 32bit Nvidia libraries.  Once those were installed,
> I am able to play cogs, Team Fortress 2, etc.

good to hear :)

> Sorry for the noise.
> 
no problem 
Regards, 
-- 
Sérgio M. B.