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Mark Stodola <[log in to unmask]>
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Mark Stodola <[log in to unmask]>
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Tue, 12 Apr 2011 09:02:05 -0500
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Brunner, Brian T. wrote:
> Board: Gigabyte GA-M59SLI-S5
> (http://www.gigabyte.com/products/product-page.aspx?pid=2302&dl=1#ov)
> Chipset nVidia nForce 590 SLI
> CPU: AMD 64 FX 62 (2-core)
> Video: Nvidia 280
> OS: SL6 (kernel 2.6.32-71.24.1.el6.i686)
> RAM: 4GB
>
> I did yum install wine wine-devel and a few other things.
>
> Attempting to run video games (Diablo II-LOD and World of Warcraft)
> under wine raises an error "OpenGL drivers are probably not installed
> correctly".
>
> ==> Question: Which video driver package(s) should I install?
>
>
> (Sorry, I won't buy nVidia again. Promise. At least not until they
> support Linux as well as ATI)
>
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> Life is complex: it has both real and imaginary parts.
>
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Install the kmod-nvidia and associated packages from ELRepo.  I'd take 
nvidia over ati under linux, the 2D performance from the ati driver is 
horrible, especially under multiple monitor configurations.  The binary 
driver has been very stable for the last 5+ years.  Just my 2 cents...

Cheers,
Mark

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Mr. Mark V. Stodola
Digital Systems Engineer

National Electrostatics Corp.
P.O. Box 620310
Middleton, WI 53562-0310 USA
Phone: (608) 831-7600
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