[AuckLUG] Re: Opensuse 10.2 NVIDIA driver problem with Geforce 7900 GS card

[Kent Wilkinson]

Subs wrote:
> Well I uninstalled those troublesome nvidia rpms that yast gave me and got 
> hold of the NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-9755-pkg1.run file in order to proceed with 
> the hard way. Thanks, Tich, for the link to the URL 
> http://www.suse.de/~sndirsch/nvidia-installer-HOWTO.html#1 - I used this to 
> help carry out the next steps. So I did the following
>
>   
>> telinit 3
>> sh NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-9755-pkg1.run -q
>> sax2 -r -m 0=nvidia
>>     
> This didn't work so I ran
>   
>> sax2 -r 0=nvidia
>>     
> This worked without problems.
>
> Then I rebooted back into my lovely linux box and ran
>   
>> gnome-xgl-switch --enable-xgl
>>     
> and rebooted.
>
> However, the starting of X failed on reboot citing a failure to load nvidia 
> and glx modules. So I ran
>   
>> gnome-xgl-switch --disable-xgl
>>     
> and rebooted. Things worked ok again and my machine booted into X but 
> obviously without the XGL stuff.
>
> So what's the story now? Am I running off the nvidia driver? I think I am - 
> but I have no 3D acceleration. When I perform lsmod|grep nvidia I get
> *************
> nvidia 4566646 0
> agpgart 35528 0 nvidia
> i2c_core 34543 2 nvidia,i2c_nforce2
> *************
>
> Additionally, my /etc/X11/xorg.config file has the following entries under 
> section "Module" and section "Device" respectively
> **************
> Load "glx"
> Load "v41"
>
> Driver "nv"
> **************
>
> Now, as I write this I'm thinking that the nv driver is not the 'real' 
> proprietry nvidia driver so am I running the nvidia driver or not???
>
> And is there anything I can do to get XGL going from here???
>
> Thanks,
> Dec
>
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You need to change the driver to nvidia in xorg.conf
You shouldn't need XGL to get beryl or compiz working, nvidia drivers 
provide the same function, check out relevant sections from my xorg.conf


Section "Device"
    Identifier  "Card0"
    Driver      "nvidia"
    VendorName  "nVidia Corporation"
    BoardName   "GeForce 6600 LE"
    Option         "Coolbits" "1"
    BusID       "PCI:1:0:0"
    Option      "NoLogo" "true"
    Option      "UseEdidDpi"   "false"
    Option         "Dpi"        "120 x 120"
EndSection

Section "Extensions"
        Option      "Composite"   "enable"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
    Identifier "Screen0"
    Device     "Card0"
    Monitor    "Monitor0"
    DefaultDepth 24
    Option      "AddARGBGLXVisuals" "true"

    SubSection "Display"
        Depth     24
        Modes      "1360x768"
    EndSubSection

EndSection

 
Regards Kent