Baldeagle wrote:
> Jim Beard wrote:
>> Baldeagle wrote:
>>> Jim Beard wrote:
>>>> Baldeagle wrote:
>>>>> I just did a clean install of 2008.1 and found that I can't get the
>>>>> nvidia legacy 71xx to run opengl on my box. It was running fine on
>>>>> 2008. I let xdrake (the monitor setup in the control program) load
>>>>> all the support packages and the "NVIDIA" logo pops up when turning
>>>>> the box on. Granted, I didn't clean out my HOME partition but I did
>>>>> reformat 'var' and 'temp' partitions. OK, I've forgot something,
>>>>> but I can't remember what.
>>>>
>>>> Assuming 2008.1 rather than 2006.1 and XFdrake rather than xdrake,
>>>> the first question is, do you have the devel package installed for
>>>> your kernel. rpm -qa |grep kernel
>>>> should provide some package names including something like
>>>>
>>>> kernel-desktop-2.6.24.5-2mnb-1-1mnb1
>>>> kernel-desktop-devel-2.6.24.5-2mnb-1-1mnb1
>>>> plus the nvidia package
>>>> nvidia-current-kernel-2.6.24.5-desktop-2mnb-169.12-4mdv2008.1
>>>>
>>>> Note that the two kernel versions are exactly the same except for
>>>> the "devel" label included.
>>>>
>>>> Alternatively, you can install the "latest" packages for the kernel
>>>> and these will automatically get the actual packages you need
>>>> upon update of the kernel.
>>>>
>>>> nvidia-current-kernel-desktop-latest-169.12-1.20080612.4mdv2008.1
>>>> kernel-desktop-devel-latest-2.6.24.5-2mnb1
>>>> kernel-desktop-latest-2.6.24.5-2mnb1
>>>>
>>>> Once the kernel and devel package for it is in place, you can cd to
>>>> /usr/src/nvidia* and as root run
>>>> make module
>>>> make install
>>>>
>>>> And that should get you squared away.
>>>>
>>>> If that does not work for you, or if you are using the
>>>> nVidia installer from the nVidia website, tell us more about
>>>> your system.
>>>>
>>>> Cheers!
>>>>
>>>> jim b.
>>>>
>>> Well,
>>> I got the right right packages (I think), replacing the ones marked
>>> 71xx or 'legacy' for the current ones, mine is an olt TNT2 card, and
>>> using the monitor compiled and installed them per your instructions.
>>> It didn't work. So I downloaded the Nvidia engine from nvidia and
>>> loaded that from the monitor and all seemed OK, but it didn't work
>>> either. I still get a crash from KInfo when I look at GL, it saying
>>> "Open GL doesn't donnect", and when I looked at the "NVidia X Server
>>> settings", "Open GL for GLX is not supported by X server or not
>>> retrieving information from X server" is the response.
>>> I have a Dell PC 800mhz with a TNT2 card and GL worked fine on Mva
>>> 2008. I loaded the 2008.1 free from IOS's I burnt at only 4x- clean
>>> install. The xorg system miffs me to no end but whatever loads with
>>> the standard install is on the box. I looked at my config files in
>>> ect to see if 'nv' had been left in place of 'nvidia' and such was
>>> not the case.
>>
>> Ok. Use of the legacy drivers may alter things a bit, but for the
>> moment I will assume that current-style settings are workable.
>> Take a look in your xorg.conf, and see if you have something like the
>> following.
>>
>> Section "Module"
>> Load "dbe" # Double-Buffering Extension
>> Load "v4l" # Video for Linux
>> Load "extmod"
>> Load "type1"
>> Load "freetype"
>> Load "glx" # 3D layer
>>
>> EndSection
>>
>> In /usr/bin, you should find some nvidia programs. The last one is
>> the one you want to run at this point, to modify your xorg.conf file
>> if needed. man nvidia-xconfig for more details.
>>
>> nvidia-bug-report.sh
>> nvidia-settings
>> nvidia-smi
>> nvidia-xconfig
>>
>> Run the nvidia-xconfig program, make sure there is a line in xorg.conf
>> to load glx, and after that exit KDE or GNOME and restart it with
>> startx. See what happens.
>>
>> Cheers!
>>
>> jim b.
> I find only
>
> nvidia-bug-report.sh
> nvidia-settings
>
> and nvidia-settings is only a link. I looked with kerry beagle and did
> not find 'nvidia-xconfig' anywhere, nor was there a 'nvidia-smi'

The nvidia-smi is a very recent addition and nvidia-xconfig has
been around for only a few months. As you are using a legacy
driver, you may not have it. What does nvidia-settings point to?
If that too is a link, what does it point to?

Do you have the Load "glx" line in xorg.conf?

When you tried installing drivers using the package from
the nvidia site, did it ask you if you wanted it to configure
or xorg.conf or XF86Config file? If so, did you tell it to
do so?

Please run the following and copy and paste the results.

ls -l /usr/src
ls -l /boot |grep vmlinuz
uname -a

Cheers!

jim b.


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