[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]:
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.
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:
* Fred Miller <fmiller@lightlink.com> [06-19-08 22:43]:
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.
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.
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.
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
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Andreas Vetter schrieb:
On Thu, 19 Jun 2008, Patrick Shanahan wrote:
* Fred Miller<fmiller@lightlink.com> [06-19-08 22:43]:
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.
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.
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.
glxinfo is the tool you shoud use A short list: mesa A really long list nvidi And look at the first ~10 lines!
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
-- Joachim --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-factory+help@opensuse.org
Joachim Reichelt schrieb:
Andreas Vetter schrieb:
On Thu, 19 Jun 2008, Patrick Shanahan wrote:
* Fred Miller<fmiller@lightlink.com> [06-19-08 22:43]:
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.
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.
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.
glxinfo is the tool you shoud use A short list: mesa A really long list nvidi And look at the first ~10 lines!
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:
Joachim Reichelt schrieb:
Andreas Vetter schrieb:
On Thu, 19 Jun 2008, Patrick Shanahan wrote:
* Fred Miller<fmiller@lightlink.com> [06-19-08 22:43]:
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.
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.
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.
glxinfo is the tool you shoud use A short list: mesa A really long list nvidi And look at the first ~10 lines!
what about: cat /proc/driver/nvidia/version
if it is not available: no nvidia driver
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:
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
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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