Hi,
You didn't mention it in your message, but did you modify your
XF86Config and XF86Config-4 files by replacing "nv" with "nvidia"? Based on
the output of lsmod it looks like X is still loading the old nv driver and
not the new one.
Also I have the 0.9-6 drivers working in 7.2 with the 2.2.17 kernel just
fine, after I made the modifications from evil3d. But my PC has a Via
Apollo Pro chipset.
Trevor
----- Original Message -----
From: "s" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, January 30, 2001 1:33 AM
Subject: Re: [newbie] Problems with GLX for LM 7.2
> If I remember correctly, they are for the 2.4.0 kernel. (They got
released
> like two days after I used a patch for the 0.9-5 and installed them,
so...)
> If your using 2.2.17 or 2.2.18, and don't have the the i815 mobo you
should
> probably try the 0.9-5 drivers. If you have an i815 mobo, you will have
to
> install the 2.4.0 kernel for agpgart support.
> -s
>
> On Tuesday 30 January 2001 07:54 am, you wrote:
> > Hello, List:
> >
> > I am hoping someone can help me install these Nvidia
> > drivers. I am trying to install
> > NVIDIA_kernel-0.9-6.tar.gz and
> > NVIDIA_GLX-0.9-6.tar.gz.
> >
> > My system is the following:
> > Pentium III 866MHz
> > 384 Megs PC-133 RAM
> > Hercules Prophet II Geforce 2 GTS w/ 64megs of DDR
> > Asus CUSL2 Motherboard (Intel 815E chipset)
> > Soundblaster Live! Platinum
> >
> > I download the drivers from the nvidia.com website to
> > my /tmp directory and decompress them with tar -xvzf.
> >
> > I then make a change to my os-registry.c as per
> > http://www.evil3d.net/articles/linux/nv95v96_2/ This
> > is a perfermance bug fix and should not affect my
> > installation.
> >
> > Before install I removed the Mesa rpm using rpm -e
> > because Mesa is not compatible with the nvidia
> > drivers.
> >
> > I have tried installing these nvidia drivers probably
> > 30 times. Several times I have tried from a clean
> > install of Mandrake 7.2. Currently I am trying to
> > install these drivers on Mandrake 7.2 with all of the
> > updates and KDE 2.1 beta 1.
> >
> > I have followed the instructions on linuxnewbie.org
> > and mandrakeuser.org (both short and long) as best as
> > I can. I have also followed the Nvidia
> > instructions/FAQ thoroughly. However, all of these
> > (including nvidia) seem to be written for the old 9-5
> > drivers.
> >
> > After decompressing and applying the performance fix
> > as mentioned above, I first go to the
> > NVIDIA_kernel-0.9-6 directory. I had to make
> > /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions and
> > /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/drivers directories because
> > they were needed for the driver install, but did not
> > previously exist. As root I have tried compiling with
> > make, make install, and make
> > SYSINCLUDE=/usr/src/linux/include. Sometimes after
> > the compile I try running sh ./makedevices.sh. These
> > all SEEM to end with the same results.
> >
> > Following is the output from make (please notice the
> > warnings):
> >
> > [root@localhost NVIDIA_kernel-0.9-6]# make
> > rm -f nv.o os-interface.o os-registry.o Module-linux
> > NVdriver
> > cc -c -Wall -Wunknown-pragmas -Wno-multichar -O
> > -D__KERNEL__ -DMODULE -D_LOOSE_KERNEL_NAMES -DUNIX
> > -DLINUX -DNV4_HW -DNTRM -DRM20 -D_X86_=1 -Di386=1
> > -D_GNU_SOURCE -DRM_HEAPMGR -D_LOOSE_KERNEL_NAMES
> > -I. -I/usr/src/linux/include nv.c
> > /tmp/ccvvfRE1.s: Assembler messages:
> > /tmp/ccvvfRE1.s:9: Warning: Ignoring changed section
> > attributes for .modinfo
> > cc -c -Wall -Wunknown-pragmas -Wno-multichar -O
> > -D__KERNEL__ -DMODULE -D_LOOSE_KERNEL_NAMES -DUNIX
> > -DLINUX -DNV4_HW -DNTRM -DRM20 -D_X86_=1 -Di386=1
> > -D_GNU_SOURCE -DRM_HEAPMGR -D_LOOSE_KERNEL_NAMES
> > -I. -I/usr/src/linux/include os-interface.c
> > cc -c -Wall -Wunknown-pragmas -Wno-multichar -O
> > -D__KERNEL__ -DMODULE -D_LOOSE_KERNEL_NAMES -DUNIX
> > -DLINUX -DNV4_HW -DNTRM -DRM20 -D_X86_=1 -Di386=1
> > -D_GNU_SOURCE -DRM_HEAPMGR -D_LOOSE_KERNEL_NAMES
> > -I. -I/usr/src/linux/include os-registry.c
> > /tmp/ccgZ6UM6.s: Assembler messages:
> > /tmp/ccgZ6UM6.s:16: Warning: Ignoring changed section
> > attributes for .modinfo
> > ld -r -o Module-linux nv.o os-interface.o
> > os-registry.o
> > ld -r -o NVdriver Module-linux Module-nvkernel
> > size NVdriver
> > text data bss dec hex filename
> > 444879 28160 19528 492567 78417 NVdriver
> > NVdriver installed successfully.
> > [root@localhost NVIDIA_kernel-0.9-6]#
> >
> > I then cd ../NVIDIA_GLX-0.9-6 where I do another make.
> > This results in the following with a new error
> > (earlier I did not have this error, but still had the
> > same situation [meaning GLX was not loaded]):
> >
> > [root@localhost NVIDIA_GLX-0.9-6]# make
> > Removing all old and conflicting files!
> > rm -f //usr/lib/libGL.*
> > rm -f //usr/lib/libGLcore.*
> > rm -f
> > //usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions/libGLcore.*
> > rm -f
> > //usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions/libglx.*
> > Installing new drivers
> > install libGL.so.1.0.6 //usr/lib
> > install libGLcore.so.1.0.6 //usr/lib
> > install nvidia_drv.o
> > //usr/X11R6/lib/modules/drivers
> > install libglx.so.1.0.6
> > //usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions
> > /sbin/ldconfig
> > /sbin/ldconfig: warning: can't open
> > /usr/X11R6/lib/libGL.so.1 (No such file or directory),
> > skipping
> > cd //usr/lib/; ln -fs libGL.so.1.0.6 libGL.so
> > cd //usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions; \
> > ln -fs libglx.so.1.0.6 libglx.so
> > [root@localhost NVIDIA_GLX-0.9-6]#
> >
> > At this point (after the completion of the GLX make)
> > running ldconfig seems to work okay.
> >
> > After a reboot, I do not have the NVdriver module
> > loaded. Loading this manually with /sbin/insmod
> > NVdriver seems to work, but lsmod gives the following
> > peculiar results (notice the unused):
> >
> > [root@localhost NVIDIA_GLX-0.9-6]# lsmod
> > Module Size Used by
> > NVdriver 608976 0 (unused)
> > tulip 33392 1 (autoclean)
> > pci-scan 2624 0 (autoclean) [tulip]
> > emu10k1 42480 0
> > soundcore 2800 4 [emu10k1]
> > nls_cp437 3952 2 (autoclean)
> > vfat 9408 1 (autoclean)
> > fat 30432 1 (autoclean) [vfat]
> > supermount 14224 3 (autoclean)
> > ide-scsi 7664 0
> > [root@localhost NVIDIA_GLX-0.9-6]#
> >
> > The nvidia FAQ suggests viewing the results of
> > xdpyinfo and looking for glx. An xpdyinfo > test
> > reveals no glx or GLX in my test file.
> >
> > Nvidia suggests that failing to find glx may mean that
> > my XF86Config (I think they meant XF86Config-4) needs
> > the Load "glx". However, it has that. The following
> > is a portion of my /etc/X11/XF86Config-4:
> >
> > Section "Module"
> >
> > # This loads the GLX module
> >
> > Load "glx"
> >
> > # This loads the DBE extension module.
> >
> > Load "dbe"
> >
> >
> > # This loads the miscellaneous extensions module, and
> > disables
> > # initialisation of the XFree86-DGA extension within
> > that module.
> >
> > SubSection "extmod"
> > #Option "omit xfree86-dga"
> > EndSubSection
> >
> > # This loads the Type1 and FreeType font modules
> >
> > Load "type1"
> > Load "freetype"
> > EndSection
> >
> > I have tried commenting out the subsection as I had
> > seen in some help on the web. This made no difference
> > that I am aware of. Incidentally, I did change the
> > "nv" to "nvidia" in the driver portion.
> >
> > The nvidia FAQ also suggests checking
> > /var/log/XFree86.0.log for information about why the
> > GLX extension did not load. However, this log file
> > does not seem to exist on my machine. :(
> >
> > Finally, when trying to run Unreal Tournament
> > (installed with ut-install-436.run from
> > http://www.lokigames.com) I receive the following
> > error:
> >
> > Input system initialized for SDLViewport0
> > Opening SDL viewport.
> > Bound to SDLGLDrv.so
> > Loaded render device class.
> > Initializing SDLGLDrv...
> > binding libGL.so.1
> > Resizing SDL viewport. X: 640 Y: 480
> > OpenGL
> > Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0".
> > Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0".
> > appError called:
> > Couldn't set video mode: Couldn't find matching GLX
> > visual
> >
> > Executing UObject::StaticShutdownAfterError
> > Executing USDLClient::ShutdownAfterError
> > Executing USDLViewport::ShutdownAfterError
> > USDLGLRenderDevice::ShutdownAfterError
> > Signal: SIGIOT [iot trap]
> > Aborting.
> > Exiting.
> > Name subsystem shut down
> > [root@localhost NVIDIA_GLX-0.9-6]#
> >
> > I have been working on this for quite some time and
> > have been trying to research all avenues I could find.
> > I did try building rpms from the src.rpm at
> > nvidia.com. However, this did not work either (and
> > does not allow me to execute the performance fix). I
> > also tried installing the 7.1 binary .rpms which did
> > not work. Help here would be greatly appreciated.
> > Thank you for your efforts.
> >
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