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On Dienstag 05 Mai 2009, Mark Knecht wrote: |
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> On Mon, May 4, 2009 at 2:58 PM, Brandon Vargo <brandon.vargo@×××××.com> |
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wrote: |
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> > On Mon, 2009-05-04 at 14:25 -0700, Mark Knecht wrote: |
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> >> Hi, |
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> >> Is this the right page to follow for up-to-date installation |
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> >> instructions for a 6200-based card? |
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> >> |
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> >> http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/nvidia-guide.xml |
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> >> |
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> >> If it is then is it at all out of date in terms of xorg.conf setup |
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> >> for the newer xorg-server/hald setup, or is it OK? |
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> > |
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> > I have the PCI version of the 6200, and I can confirm that 180.29 |
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> > (stable for my arch) work great as well as the vesa framebuffer. I had |
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> > problems with the uvesa framebuffer a few kernels back, and never got it |
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> > to work, though I haven't tried since. |
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> > The rest of the nvidia guide looks good, though I do not use the same |
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> > options as the guide for my xorg.conf configuration. For example, I've |
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> > never had to set the VideoRam option in the device section, and set |
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> > things such as NoLogo, RenderAccel, etc in the screen section. Take a |
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> > look at [1] for all the options. That's the amd64 version, though it |
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> > should be similar if not the same for other architectures. |
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> > I don't use hal, so I cannot comment on that. |
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> > |
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> > I would recommend using the nvidia-xconfig utility to configure another |
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> > xorg.conf once you get a basic X display running. It works pretty well, |
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> > particularly regarding 3D settings and multiple monitors, so it's a good |
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> > starting point from which to customize. |
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> > |
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> > [1]: |
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> > http://us.download.nvidia.com/XFree86/Linux-x86_64/180.29/README/appendix |
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> >-b.html |
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> > |
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> > Regards, |
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> > |
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> > Brandon Vargo |
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> Thanks Brandon. I'm up in X now on the 6200 AGP so it's functional. |
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> glxgears seems sort of slow at about 230FPS but I probably don't have |
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> things set up right yet. |
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> I had questions about the setup instructions as I went through it. |
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> 1) Do you completely drop out DRI support in the kernel? Seems this |
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> document says not to load the dri driver in xconf and it wasn't shown |
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> in the kernel options so I took it out. Maybe that should be enabled? |
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no. Nvidia uses its own stuff. No need for dri in kernel. |
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> 2) I used to have /dev/agpgart and framebuffer suppport as modular but |
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> this setup doc seemed to go with built-in so I switched to that. I do |
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> have the Intel chipset AGP GART support as modular and it does load |
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> OK. Not sure if I should use that or NVidia's? |
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no, you should use the kernel agpgart. Nvagp is a remnant from former times |
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when there were bugs with certain chipsets and agpgart versions. Times long |
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gone. Even nvidia devs tell you on nvnews to use agpgart and only switch to |
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nvagp if that really does not work. |
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> No problems getting the card up and running. Now it's a matter of |
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> figuring out how to do it right. I am using hald but it wouldn't load |
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> the nvidia driver automatically, opting for the nv driver. Do you have |
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> that problem? Should I put it in modules.autoload? |
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no. Just put the nvidia module in xorg.conf. Also make sure you set the right |
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opengl version with eselect. At the end don't forget that the 6200 is a very |
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slow card. |
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glxinfo and nvidia-settings can help you detect problems. |
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