On Sun, Dec 13, 2015 at 01:57:02AM +0100, Juan Francisco Cantero Hurtado wrote: > On Sat, Dec 12, 2015 at 03:06:01AM +0100, Theo Buehler wrote: > > On Fri, Dec 11, 2015 at 10:09:20AM +0100, Martin Pieuchot wrote: > > > Without hardware acceleration my PowerBook G4 12'' with a NVIDIA > > > GeForce FX Go 5200 is unusable. Since XAA is no longer supported, > > > here's a simple EXA backend for nv(4) based on the XAA sources and > > > Nouveau. It only implements Solid and Copy but that already makes > > > a huge difference. > > > > > > To test it you need to regenerate configure scripts for xf86-video-nv > > > as described in /usr/xenocara/README. > > > > > > I can provide a diff for upstream it the driver is still maintained. > > > > > > I'd like to hear from people using NVidia cards. > > > > > > > This is quite an impressive improvement, thanks a lot! Full screen > > video becomes watchable. However, trying to move an xterm with the > > mouse still isn't fun. > > Try this xorg.conf: > Section "Device" > Identifier "nvidia modesetting" > Driver "modesetting" > Option "HWCursor" "off" > EndSection
Thanks for the suggestion, but putting this in a new file /etc/X11/xorg.conf results in xdm refusing to start both on boot time and with startx. I don't know anything about xorg.conf, so it may well be that I'm missing something obvious. Here's the resulting Xorg.log [ 56.984] (--) checkDevMem: using aperture driver /dev/xf86 [ 57.018] (--) Using wscons driver on /dev/ttyC4 in pcvt compatibility mode (version 3.32) [ 57.031] X.Org X Server 1.17.4 Release Date: 2015-10-28 [ 57.031] X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0 [ 57.031] Build Operating System: OpenBSD 5.8 amd64 [ 57.031] Current Operating System: OpenBSD miraculix.home 5.8 GENERIC.MP#531 amd64 [ 57.032] Build Date: 11 December 2015 07:02:02AM [ 57.032] [ 57.032] Current version of pixman: 0.32.8 [ 57.032] Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.x.org to make sure that you have the latest version. [ 57.032] Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting, (++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational, (WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown. [ 57.032] (==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.0.log", Time: Sun Dec 13 08:27:37 2015 [ 57.033] (==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf" [ 57.033] (==) Using system config directory "/usr/X11R6/share/X11/xorg.conf.d" [ 57.034] (==) No Layout section. Using the first Screen section. [ 57.034] (==) No screen section available. Using defaults. [ 57.034] (**) |-->Screen "Default Screen Section" (0) [ 57.034] (**) | |-->Monitor "<default monitor>" [ 57.034] (==) No device specified for screen "Default Screen Section". Using the first device section listed. [ 57.034] (**) | |-->Device "nvidia modesetting" [ 57.034] (==) No monitor specified for screen "Default Screen Section". Using a default monitor configuration. [ 57.034] (==) Disabling SIGIO handlers for input devices [ 57.034] (==) Automatically adding devices [ 57.034] (==) Automatically enabling devices [ 57.034] (==) Not automatically adding GPU devices [ 57.035] (==) FontPath set to: /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/, /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/TTF/, /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/OTF/, /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/, /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/, /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/ [ 57.035] (==) ModulePath set to "/usr/X11R6/lib/modules" [ 57.035] (II) The server relies on wscons to provide the list of input devices. If no devices become available, reconfigure wscons or disable AutoAddDevices. [ 57.035] (II) Loader magic: 0x110e45931ce0 [ 57.035] (II) Module ABI versions: [ 57.035] X.Org ANSI C Emulation: 0.4 [ 57.035] X.Org Video Driver: 19.0 [ 57.035] X.Org XInput driver : 21.0 [ 57.035] X.Org Server Extension : 9.0 [ 57.035] (--) PCI:*(0:1:0:0) 10de:0407:106b:00a3 rev 161, Mem @ 0x92000000/16777216, 0x80000000/268435456, 0x90000000/33554432, I/O @ 0x00007000/128, BIOS @ 0x????????/131072 [ 57.035] (II) LoadModule: "glx" [ 57.037] (II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions/libglx.so [ 57.049] (II) Module glx: vendor="X.Org Foundation" [ 57.049] compiled for 1.17.4, module version = 1.0.0 [ 57.049] ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 9.0 [ 57.049] (==) AIGLX enabled [ 57.049] (II) LoadModule: "modesetting" [ 57.050] (II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/drivers/modesetting_drv.so [ 57.051] (II) Module modesetting: vendor="X.Org Foundation" [ 57.051] compiled for 1.17.4, module version = 1.17.4 [ 57.051] Module class: X.Org Video Driver [ 57.051] ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 19.0 [ 57.051] (II) modesetting: Driver for Modesetting Kernel Drivers: kms [ 57.052] (EE) open /dev/drm0: Device not configured [ 57.052] (WW) Falling back to old probe method for modesetting [ 57.052] (EE) open /dev/drm0: Device not configured [ 57.052] (EE) Screen 0 deleted because of no matching config section. [ 57.052] (II) UnloadModule: "modesetting" [ 57.052] (EE) Device(s) detected, but none match those in the config file. [ 57.052] (EE) Fatal server error: [ 57.052] (EE) no screens found(EE) [ 57.052] (EE) Please consult the The X.Org Foundation support at http://wiki.x.org for help. [ 57.052] (EE) Please also check the log file at "/var/log/Xorg.0.log" for additional information. [ 57.052] (EE) [ 57.055] (EE) Server terminated with error (1). Closing log file.
