nvidia drivers & rivafb

[Edward]

Richie Turner wrote:
> i installed the nvidia drivers on RHEL3 WS and it says
> i need to disable rivafb support becuase it interferes
> with the nvidia driver. I've done some research but
> have come up with nothing. I've been told that it
> should be located in /lib/modules/ but when i locate
> riva and rivafb nothing comes up in there. 
> 
> [root at localhost fire]# locate rivafb
> /usr/src/linux-2.4.21-20.EL/drivers/video/riva/rivafb.h
> 
> about the only locations i get when i locate riva
> would be 
> 
> /usr/X11R6/lib/Server/drivers/nv/riva_hw.c
> /usr/X11R6/lib/Server/drivers/nv/riva_hw.h
> /usr/X11R6/lib/Server/drivers/nv/riva_tbl.h
> 
> also when i try to install tuxracer from source it
> gives me the following error during ./configure
> 
> checking whether glx.h defines glXGetProcAddressARB...
> no
> configure: error: Your copy of glx.h is out of date. 
> You can get a more recent copy from the latest Mesa
> distribution (http://mesa3d.sourceforge.net).
> 
> and homeworld runs all screwy.. (no text, objects
> during gameplay are invisible) 
> 
> some games work some dont... 

I think you're looking in the wrong place. I think you need to take the 
reference to rivafb out of your X configuration file.

Regards,
Ed.