Andrew Benton wrote:
> On Sun, 11 Dec 2011 12:04:10 -0600
> Bruce Dubbs <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> I thought it's primary use was a benchmark. I can't ever remember
>> running it at less than about 200 fps.
>
> http://wiki.cchtml.com/index.php/Glxgears_is_not_a_Benchmark
Maybe I should have said 'coarse' benchmark.
>> xinit "$client" $clientargs -- "$server" $display $serverargs
>
> So starx is a simple script that ends up calling xinit.
Yup.
>>> I think it's because you don't have kernel mode setting enabled in you
>>> kernel config.
>> I'm not sure which setting you mean.
>
> Kernel mode setting is enabled by default when you select the nouveau
> driver in you kernel config. With some drivers (eg the radeon ati one)
> you get a choice whether top have KMS enabled by default, but even then
> you can enable or disable it with a kernel command line option. KMS is
> incompatible with the Nvidia binary blob.
>
>> LOL. And you think the binary nvidia install is hard!
>
> Yes, I've always found the Nvidia driver to be a PITA because it makes
> recompiling the kernel much more compilcated.
It always seemed pretty automatic to me. I just had to point it the the
right kernel headers in /lib/modules/`uname -r`/{build,source}.
The only thing it does is build kernel/drivers/char/agp/nvidia-agp.ko
and kernel/drivers/video/nvidia.ko.
-- Bruce
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