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On Dienstag 05 Mai 2009, Mark Knecht wrote: |
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> On Mon, May 4, 2009 at 4:07 PM, Volker Armin Hemmann |
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> <volkerarmin@××××××××××.com> wrote: |
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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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> > |
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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 If it is then is it at all out of date in terms of xorg.conf setup |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 |
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> >> > it to work, though I haven't tried since. |
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> >> > |
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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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> >> > |
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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 |
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> >> > another xorg.conf once you get a basic X display running. It works |
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> >> > pretty well, particularly regarding 3D settings and multiple monitors, |
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> >> > so it's a good 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/appen |
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> >> >dix -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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> >> |
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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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> >> |
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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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> > |
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> > no. Nvidia uses its own stuff. No need for dri in kernel. |
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> Without DRI in the kernel I got an error message when running glxinfo |
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> | grep direct. |
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> Once I put nvidia in xorg.conf it loaded automatically. That seems |
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> inconsistent with this new push to use hald and no xorg.conf. |
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you need to have consolekit running before X starts to have working direct |
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rendering. |
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