[opensuse] nviddia 3D support potential bug
Before I submit this as a bug I thought I would run it by those of you who know something about 3D and Nvidia card configuaration. I have a PCI-E GeFoce 6500 which reports as having 512MB of RAM. VBIOS 05.44.02.49.00 I have installed two RPMS from NVIDIA that are Driver Version 100.14.19 Released 9/18/2007. The drivers work properly but when I go into YaST -> Hardware -> Graphics Card and Monitor setup it reports back as: 3D Acceleration Not Supported --------------------------------------------- SaX2 cannot offer activation of the 3D subsystem because your graphics card/driver doesn't support 3D. However, when I try using 3D programs they are all working properly and even glxgears seems be doing quite well. I haven't run glxinfo as yet. My conclusion is that YaST is simply not reporting accurately the true state of the card. This is the first machine I have had this happen on. I have installed on dozens of machines SUSE with no such issue surfacing. Do I bug report this or am I missing something? Cheers, Bob -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
Before I submit this as a bug I thought I would run it by those of you who know something about 3D and Nvidia card configuaration.
I have a PCI-E GeFoce 6500 which reports as having 512MB of RAM. VBIOS 05.44.02.49.00
I have installed two RPMS from NVIDIA that are Driver Version 100.14.19 Released 9/18/2007. The drivers work properly but when I go into YaST -> Hardware -> Graphics Card and Monitor setup it reports back as:
3D Acceleration Not Supported --------------------------------------------- SaX2 cannot offer activation of the 3D subsystem because your graphics card/driver doesn't support 3D.
However, when I try using 3D programs they are all working properly and even glxgears seems be doing quite well. I haven't run glxinfo as yet.
My conclusion is that YaST is simply not reporting accurately the true state of the card. This is the first machine I have had this happen on. I have installed on dozens of machines SUSE with no such issue surfacing.
Do I bug report this or am I missing something?
Cheers, Bob
Humm, I just found something else that can add top this. The card says GF 6600 256MB DDR2 TV DVI So why is YaST seeing it as a 6500 512M ? Maybe I shouldn't worry since it is working. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On Nov 30, 2007, at 12:27 PM, Robert Lewis wrote:
3D Acceleration Not Supported --------------------------------------------- SaX2 cannot offer activation of the 3D subsystem because your graphics card/driver doesn't support 3D.
However, when I try using 3D programs they are all working properly and even glxgears seems be doing quite well. I haven't run glxinfo as yet. Humm, I just found something else that can add top this.
This is a known issue, if you did install the driver correctly then YAST may not report back that you have 3d acceleration. Something to do with proprietary drivers interacting with open source software. As I said with the drivers installed correctly you should have 3d acceleration no problem.
The card says GF 6600 256MB DDR2 TV DVI
So why is YaST seeing it as a 6500 512M ?
Maybe I shouldn't worry since it is working.
Perhaps you can outline for me the method in which you installed the driver and what you have done since then. Its hard to troubleshoot without specifics. This may be beyond the scope of this list so you may want to respond to me personally. Cheers Todd Smith Systems Administrator --------------------------------------------- Soho VFX - Visual Effects Studio 99 Atlantic Avenue, Suite 303 Toronto, Ontario, M6K 3J8 (416) 516-7863 http://www.sohovfx.com --------------------------------------------- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
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