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The proprietary driver works well but it needs a bit of care. On RedHat systems that are regularly booted, the following lines in /etc/rc.local result in the necessary parts of the driver being re-installed automatically after booting:
The proprietary driver works well but it needs a bit of care. On RedHat systems that are regularly booted, the following lines in /etc/rc.local result in the necessary parts of the driver being re-installed automatically after booting:
<code>
  if [ ! -h /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libglx.so ]; then
  if [ ! -h /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libglx.so ]; then
   echo "re-installing NVIDIA driver. This takes some time. Ignore any warnings."
   echo "re-installing NVIDIA driver. This takes some time. Ignore any warnings."
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   /root/NVIDIA.run --no-network -s -K -n
   /root/NVIDIA.run --no-network -s -K -n
  fi
  fi
</code>


If everything is ok with the driver you get the following output from "glxinfo|head":
If everything is ok with the driver you get the following output from "glxinfo|head":
<code>
  name of display: :0.0
  name of display: :0.0
  display: :0  screen: 0
  display: :0  screen: 0
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     GLX_EXT_texture_from_pixmap, GLX_ARB_multisample, GLX_NV_float_buffer
     GLX_EXT_texture_from_pixmap, GLX_ARB_multisample, GLX_NV_float_buffer
  client glx vendor string: NVIDIA Corporation
  client glx vendor string: NVIDIA Corporation
</code>


* [[ATI]] (now belonging to AMD) (proprietary driver download at http://ati.amd.com)
* [[ATI]] (now belonging to AMD) (proprietary driver download at http://ati.amd.com)


== 3D ==
== 3D ==
* [[3D visualization]]
* [[3D visualization]]
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