On Sunday 07 December 2003 04:56, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > 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'.
Do not modprobe the nvidia modul! The modul must not be loaded, when X starts. X is doing that and X has to do it. > 'startx' started KDE, but once started it became very slow, then stopped. do you have fam running? Nvidia problems are more of a 'binary' nature. X works, or it does not start up. It will run fine or lock up completly, but getting slow does not sound like a nvidia problem. > > 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. I do not have any problems with librarys. opengl-update is working fine, no fiddling needed. > (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. do not do that!! That is only needed, if you do not use devfs. As a gentoo user, you use of course devfs and do not have to worry about the devices. > (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". I have 4620 (have a look into the nvidia forums) and they (GLX) are still compiled for 4.0.2. Do not worry about that. Nvidia does not have them recompiled yet ;o) > problem (1) seems to be with Gentoo's ebuilds; not for almost all users. > (2) mb with something like devfs, which i've never had to look into; no > (3) may mean i need to compile the modules specially myself: that 'modules' (X modules, not kernel modules!) can not compiled by yourself. They are compiled by nvidia and distributed in compiled form. The only compiling done by the user is the glue-code between the nvidia-binary blob and the kernel. > 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. So, you do not have compiled a kernel, but your system is running? Gl�ck Auf Volker -- Conclusions In a straight-up fight, the Empire squashes the Federation like a bug. Even with its numerical advantage removed, the Empire would still squash the Federation like a bug. Accept it. -Michael Wong -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
