Axel Thimm wrote:
>
>> OS: SL 4.4 i386.
>>
>>
>> I got a GeForce 7300 GT AGP, and installed the latest 9746 driver from 
>> atrpms, but in "NVIDIA X Server Settings" (nvidia-settings), when I am 
>> trying to select "OpenGL/GLX Information" option on the left, X Server 
>> gets killed and restarted. Also when I am trying to run Google Earth, 
>> the same happens. Currently I am planning to fall back to 8776 driver, 
>> but I wonder if anyone has come across to this problem.
> 
> 
> What hardware is this? 9746 officially dropped some models, but still
> mostly works on them, "GeForce4 and older GPUs are supported through
> the 1.0-96xx and 1.0-71xx NVIDIA legacy graphics drivers."


This is a brand new card, Albatron GeForce 7300 GT AGP 8x, placed on an AGP 4x port. I 
bought it, because the previous Geforce4 MX 440 was no longer supported by NVIDIA.


> If this is not it, make sure you have nvidia-graphics installed


This is what I have installed:

[root@localhost download]# rpm -qa |grep nvidia

nvidia-graphics9746-libs-1.0_9746-85.el4.at.i386
nvidia-graphics9746-kmdl-2.6.9-42.0.3.EL-1.0_9746-85.el4.at.i686
nvidia-graphics-helpers-0.0.18-19.el4.at.i386
nvidia-graphics9746-1.0_9746-85.el4.at.i386
nvidia-graphics-devices-1.0-5.el4.at.noarch
nvidia-graphics9746-devel-1.0_9746-85.el4.at.i386
nvidia-graphics9746-kmdl-2.6.9-42.0.8.EL-1.0_9746-85.el4.at.i686
nvidia-graphics9746-kmdl-2.6.9-42.0.10.EL-1.0_9746-85.el4.at.i686

[root@localhost download]#


> and use 
> nvidia-graphics-switch 9746


I did the above command, but the problem still persists.



> Also please check the output of
> 
> modinfo nvidia-1_0-9746 | grep ^ver


[root@localhost download]# modinfo nvidia-1_0-9746 | grep ^ver

vermagic:       2.6.9-42.0.10.EL 686 REGPARM 4KSTACKS gcc-3.4

[root@localhost download]#