Re: nVidia GeForce + Linux
From: The Black Wibble (anthony.neville_at_paradise.org.nz)
Date: 01/12/04
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Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2004 09:11:16 +1300
Ken Zahorec wrote:
> On Fri, 09 Jan 2004 16:50:48 +0100, Juan wrote:
>
>
>>Hi.
>>I'm new to Linux and have installed Linux Fedora (Red Hat).
>>
>>I've got nvidia geforce 4 mx 64mb video card.
>>Linux recognizes me the card as a "nvidia Geforce 4" and configure it in
>>"Device" section of XF86Config with "nv" driver. With this default settings
>>display in Gnome and KDE works fine. Problem is that i cannot use the
>>acceleration of the card, so OpenGl games as Chromium and Tuxracer run very
>>slowly.
>>
>>I've downloaded and installed nvidia drivers from nvidia.com. I've spend
>>hours installing it, and i've read the whole READE file that came with the
>>drivers, but i got no succed in making the acceleration work.
>>
>>First of all, I've got an 32 bits AMD athlon. When I downloaded drivers from
>>nvidia.com, I had to chose from IA32, IA64 and AMD64, but there was not an
>>AMD32 file... I've tried with IA32. (And i dont get any error message during
>>instalation).
>>
>>So, I execute the .run file of the nvidia drivers, so the drivers install
>>ok.
>>Next, I edit XF86Config file and make the changes the README file says:
>> I write "nvidia" as driver in "Device" section.
>> I write "Load "glx"" in "Module" section.
>> I erase "Load "gri"" and "Load "glcore"" in "Module" section.
>>that way, XF86Config is propperly configured attempting to the README file.
>>
>>After these configurations I've experienced that X desktops works fine as
>>before, but hardware acceleration does not work. OpelGL games get on runnig
>>very slow.
>>
>>If I boot the system in runlevel 3 and type startx in the console, screen
>>turns black and it seems to hang.
>>If I directly boot in runlevel 5, just before desktop appears, nVidia logo
>>is shown on the screen.
>>
>>Now, I don't know what to do to get the geforce acceleration run... i've
>>searched but goy no info... people in the news seem to make work theyr
>>nvidia card following the steps I've followed with no succed...
>>
>>Can anyboy of you help me??
>>
>>Thanks very much
>>
>>
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>
> First of all I would like to say that I am having the same problem. I also
> am running fedora. I have also tried suse 9.0. Now I do believe there is a
> problem with the driver on AMD with Geforce 4. I have also successfully
> updated the kernel on the suse system and get the same symptoms you
> describe. I get nvidia flash screen but no 3d support. GL games run very
> slow. I am seeing another problem as well when I switch to terminal
> session (ctrl-alt-f2). The terminal session is all goofed up with large
> fuzzy font. I have to reboot to recover. Initial black screen when X
> starts requires me to kill the X server and let it restart before I can
> get a run level 5 login screen. I have reverted back to using the
> stock "nv" driver for now with fedora. Don't understand, I have installed
> nvidia drivers for some time now had have not had any problems. I
> currently believe problem is on AMD platform only. Nvidia needs to fix
> this.
>
> I have installed this latest 5328 driver successfully on a suse 9.0
> Pentium system w/Geforce 2.
Does /var/log/XFree86.0.log offer a clue? See if adding Option "NvAGP"
"1" to Section "Device" in /etc/X11/XF86Config makes a difference.
Tony.
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