[opensuse-factory] nvidia drivers
Does anyone have a sage advice on getting the nvidia drivers to work properly? I added the site in the "community sites" added in Yast, but neither of the official nvidia drivers provide 3d. Thanks! Fred -- Linux is an old Latin word meaning, "I don't have to support your Windows anymore." --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-factory+help@opensuse.org
* Fred Miller <fmiller@lightlink.com> [06-19-08 22:43]:
and you *know* this how? 1. Historically the nvidia drivers have denied to show 3d availability. 2. grep -i nv /ect/X11/xorg.conf if result is nvidia, nvidia *is* installed 3. open a text window and run: glxgears. if it runs you have 3d. Really Fred, you know the drill. You must give information for *anyone* to assist you. Crystal balls do *not* work! Many use the repositories to install the nvidia drivers. I perfer to download the bin file and install it. sh ./NVIDIAxxxxxxxx -a or sh ./NVIDIAxxxxxxxx --update both work and require kernel headers to be installed -- Patrick Shanahan Plainfield, Indiana, USA HOG # US1244711 http://wahoo.no-ip.org Photo Album: http://wahoo.no-ip.org/gallery2 Registered Linux User #207535 @ http://counter.li.org --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-factory+help@opensuse.org
On Thu, 19 Jun 2008, Patrick Shanahan wrote:
Well, glxgears also works with software 3d. You have to start it from a terminal window and compare the fps written there before and after installation of nvidia driver. The fps depends on hardware, but usually it increases from under 500 to over 1000.
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Andreas Vetter schrieb:
glxinfo is the tool you shoud use A short list: mesa A really long list nvidi And look at the first ~10 lines!
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Joachim Reichelt schrieb:
what about: cat /proc/driver/nvidia/version if it is not available: no nvidia driver --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-factory+help@opensuse.org
Michael Riess wrote:
Correct way to test enabled acceleration is glxinfo | grep "direct rendering" which answer Yes or No Installed nvidia can have this disabled (but you must broke something and then you doesn't have 3d support). JR --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-factory+help@opensuse.org
Fred A. Miller wrote:
After installing 11.0 (32-bit) I selected the nVidia repository in the Community Repositories (plus all the others) and Yast2 went away and installed/upgraded whatever was necessary including the nVidia driver -- which is the first time EVER that I didn't have to download it myself from the nVidia and compile it! And, yes, the driver is installed and is working (glxgears is churning away showing me 3790+fps for my video card). Ciao. -- If you don't succeed you run the risk of failure. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-factory+help@opensuse.org
* Fred Miller <fmiller@lightlink.com> [06-19-08 22:43]:
and you *know* this how? 1. Historically the nvidia drivers have denied to show 3d availability. 2. grep -i nv /ect/X11/xorg.conf if result is nvidia, nvidia *is* installed 3. open a text window and run: glxgears. if it runs you have 3d. Really Fred, you know the drill. You must give information for *anyone* to assist you. Crystal balls do *not* work! Many use the repositories to install the nvidia drivers. I perfer to download the bin file and install it. sh ./NVIDIAxxxxxxxx -a or sh ./NVIDIAxxxxxxxx --update both work and require kernel headers to be installed -- Patrick Shanahan Plainfield, Indiana, USA HOG # US1244711 http://wahoo.no-ip.org Photo Album: http://wahoo.no-ip.org/gallery2 Registered Linux User #207535 @ http://counter.li.org --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-factory+help@opensuse.org
On Thu, 19 Jun 2008, Patrick Shanahan wrote:
Well, glxgears also works with software 3d. You have to start it from a terminal window and compare the fps written there before and after installation of nvidia driver. The fps depends on hardware, but usually it increases from under 500 to over 1000.
-- Mit freundlichen Gruessen, Andreas Vetter Fakultaet fuer Physik und Astronomie Universitaet Wuerzburg --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-factory+help@opensuse.org
Andreas Vetter schrieb:
glxinfo is the tool you shoud use A short list: mesa A really long list nvidi And look at the first ~10 lines!
-- Joachim --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-factory+help@opensuse.org
Joachim Reichelt schrieb:
what about: cat /proc/driver/nvidia/version if it is not available: no nvidia driver --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-factory+help@opensuse.org
Michael Riess wrote:
Correct way to test enabled acceleration is glxinfo | grep "direct rendering" which answer Yes or No Installed nvidia can have this disabled (but you must broke something and then you doesn't have 3d support). JR --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-factory+help@opensuse.org
Fred A. Miller wrote:
After installing 11.0 (32-bit) I selected the nVidia repository in the Community Repositories (plus all the others) and Yast2 went away and installed/upgraded whatever was necessary including the nVidia driver -- which is the first time EVER that I didn't have to download it myself from the nVidia and compile it! And, yes, the driver is installed and is working (glxgears is churning away showing me 3790+fps for my video card). Ciao. -- If you don't succeed you run the risk of failure. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-factory+help@opensuse.org
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