On Sunday 07 December 2003 09:06, Ernie Schroder wrote: > On Sunday 07 December 2003 12:19 am, Rumen Yotov wrote: > > On Sunday 07 December 2003 05:56, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > i've been trying to get hardware graphics acceleration working. > > > i've read the dox & looked at the more obvious things (i hope). > > > my graphics card is 'GeForce4 MX440 w AGP 8x'. > > > > > > first, i tried using Gentoo's emerges 'nvidia-kernel' & > > > 'nvidia-glx'; in XF86Config, i commented 'load "dri"' & changed > > > to 'Driver "nvidia"'; i also did 'opengl-update nvidia' & > > > 'modprobe nvidia'. > > > 'startx' started KDE, but once started it became very slow, then > > > stopped. > > > > > > second, i tried using Nvidia's own 'run' file; X wouldn't start > > > at all. > > > > > > 3 things seem to be wrong. > > > > > > (1) the Gentoo approach doesn't create the correct libs: > > > there's a list in the Nvidia README & most of them aren't where > > > they sb: eg /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions/libglx.so.x.y.z > > > is missing & ditto/libglx.so -> > > > /usr/lib/opengl/nvidia/extensions/libglx.so , not to > > > ditto/libglx.so.x.y.z , as the Nvidia doc says it shd; similarly > > > for /usr/lib/libGL.so.x.y.z & ditto/libGLcore.ditto . they are > > > correctly in place after the Nvidia 'run' file is used. > > > > > > (2) the Nvidia README says installation shd create files in /dev > > > , ie nvidia0 1 2 3 ctl , which weren't there with either method > > > of install'n. > > > > > > (3) /var/log/XFree86.0.log says "module(s) glx/nvidia compiled > > > for 4.0.2", whereas all the other modules loaded were compiled > > > for 4.3.0 . back with my usual working system (software > > > acceler'n), > > > modules 'glx' & 'nv' are compiled for 4.3.0 . > > > the log does claim that "AGP 8x was successfully initialised". > > > > > > problem (1) seems to be with Gentoo's ebuilds; > > > (2) mb with something like devfs, which i've never had to look > > > into; (3) may mean i need to compile the modules specially > > > myself: i've never compiled a kernel or module explicitly > > > (Nvidia's 'run' compiled the interface this time), > > > but i'm always willing to learn to do new things. > > > > > > any suggestions wb most gratefully received. > > > > Hi, > > I'm using Nvidia GeForce4-MX-440-SE with kernels: 2.4.20-rX, 2.4.22 > > and 2.4.23. > > Had to install it on initial install and after that to recompile it > > for each new kernel, All went OK, just follow the docs > > /Desktop-guide i think/. No problems for me. Maybe you should check > > the docs again. Hope that helps. > > Rumen. > > > > > > -- > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list > > You're not using a KT133 based motherboard, are you? Using any > AGP at all, locked up my kt133 box every time I tried to use a GLX > app. Nforce2 based boards ROCK with Nvidia graphics cards, but VIA > board are problematic.
Hi Ernie, It's a home machine. I'm using K7VM2 - Asrock motherboard, based on VIA chipset. But not using build-in-video /S3-Savage8 i think/, nor the build-in NIC - VIAPro or something. The video is using main-ram and isn't good and with the NIC had problems with Debian. My other OS. So put some generic Realtec-/8139too/ NIC and external GeForce MX-440SE on AGPx4, disabled both the build-in's NIC and video. That's all. Initially had many problems, until updated the BIOS, and even then I'm using rather conservative BIOS settings, but it happened to leave the system working for a day or two no hardware problems. I've also heard that VIA-boards are problematic but still mine works rather well. Bye. Rumen. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
