Hi,

When trying to run tux racer it runs very slow (0.5 Fps!!!), after browsing around LQ i found it was the graphics accelerator was not turned on, but it did not say how to turn it on!

How do you turn graphics accelerator on?

I am using an NVidia G-Force 2.

Ian

You'll have to install the drivers for your graphics card, these can be found
here:
http://download.nvidia.com/XFree86/L...-7174-pkg1.run

run the .run file in a console, and when the drivers are installed

Edit your /etc/X11/xorg.conf file:
It is a good idea to take a copy of xorg.conf before changing anything.
change the line that says Driver "nv" or Driver "vesa"
to Driver "nvidia" .
remove the lines that say Load "dri" and Load "GLcore"
and make sure you have a line that says Load "glx"
Save the file and restart X, now you'll hopefully be able to run 3d-games.
If something goes wrong, just copy back your old xorg.conf.
//the_phantom

How would you do this with an ATI card?

ATI provides drivers for Linux, check on the ATI website for instructions on how to install it.

download the latest snapshot of dri for your ATI card from dri.sf.net... make sure to also download the common files...

compile it and run and restart X...