On Friday 11 May 2007 20:02:57 Patrick Shanahan wrote:
> * Bob Williams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [05-11-07 13:52]:
> > Having been unsuccessful with my ATI Radeon card, I treated myself to
> > an nVidia 7600 graphics card. I've added the download.nvidia
> > repository and installed the drivers, but running glxgears gives the
> > following
> >
> > :~> glxgears
> >
> > Xlib: extension "XFree86-DRI" missing on display ":0.0".
> > 1074 frames in 5.0 seconds = 214.689 FPS
> > 1221 frames in 5.0 seconds = 244.026 FPS
> > 1221 frames in 5.0 seconds = 244.039 FPS
> > 1221 frames in 5.0 seconds = 244.031 FPS
> > 1221 frames in 5.0 seconds = 244.034 FPS
> >
> > I'm sure it should do better than that, and I'm not sure what to do
> > about that missing extension :(
> >
> > Any suggestions, please?
>
> sounds like it is using the provided 'nv' instead of the new nvidia
> driver. btw, which version did you install? I am successfully using
> NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-100.14.03-pkg2.run
>
> do from command-line: glxinfo | grep direct
> you should get: direct rendering: Yes
>
No, I get direct rendering: No
> if not, do from command-line: grep -i nv /etc/X11/xorg.conf
> if it returns nv and not nvidia,
and this gives me
~> grep -i nv /etc/X11/xorg.conf
# nvidia-xconfig: X configuration file generated by nvidia-xconfig
# nvidia-xconfig: version 1.0 ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Thu Nov 9 17:55:59
PST 2006
Driver "nvidia"
VendorName "NVIDIA"
> as root from a console in runlevel 3,
> run either:
> nvidia-xconfig
> or
> sax2 -r -m 0=nvidia
>
so I fall between two stools. It's nearly midnight here, so I'm off to bed.
Thanks for your input, Patrick.
Bob
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