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Author: Bart Garst
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Subject: Anyone been able to get Neverwinter Nights running on Gentoo?
>
> Got the three tar.gz files for nwn 1.32:
> nwclient129.tar.gz
> linuxclientupdate129to132eng.tar.gz
> nwresources129.tar.gz
>
> emerged nwn, then tar xvzf'd the resources file in /opt, then (because
> the resources are for 1.29) re-emerged it again to properly patch. Ran
> fixinstall as root in /opt/nwn, and when, as a fully game privileged
> user, I run nwn, all that happens is a message of "Error" on the command
> prompt.
>
> Running on an nForce2 board with nVidia X server on latest Gentoo, and
> Alsa sound. Onboard GeForce4 MX 440 and nForce2 audio.
>


Is that the XFree86 provided Nvidia driver or the one from www.nvidia.com?
I've only been able to get it to work with the "nvidia" driver (RedHat 8.0
w/ GeForce2 MX400)

Also be sure your color depth is correct (24).

Bart