[opensuse] PLasma desktop lockup and nVidia driver replacement
I have had this happen before, but this time I think I finally isolated the problem. When Desktop Effects are enabled, using alt-tab to switch between workspaces my system locks up. It also locks up with the desktop cube effect enabled and trying to switch between workspaces using ctrl-F11. It does not lock up every time, but the only consistent thing has been desktop effects enabled. Here is a segment of my log messages for the time that the system locked up: May 5 09:03:59 linux-aw90 kernel: [24314.701263] [drm] nouveau 0000:00:0d.0: fail post-validate sync May 5 09:03:59 linux-aw90 kernel: [24314.701277] [drm] nouveau 0000:00:0d.0: validate both_list May 5 09:03:59 linux-aw90 kernel: [24314.701291] [drm] nouveau 0000:00:0d.0: validate: -16 May 5 09:03:59 linux-aw90 kernel: [24314.769564] [drm] nouveau 0000:00:0d.0: error fencing pushbuf: -16 May 5 09:03:59 linux-aw90 kernel: [24314.777875] [drm] nouveau 0000:00:0d.0: PGRAPH - ERROR nsource: ILLEGAL_MTHD nstatus: PROTECTION_FAULT May 5 09:03:59 linux-aw90 kernel: [24314.777898] [drm] nouveau 0000:00:0d.0: PGRAPH - ch 1 (0x0005b000) subc 6 class 0x0039 mthd 0x02fc data 0x00000003 May 5 09:03:59 linux-aw90 kernel: [24314.777907] [drm] nouveau 0000:00:0d.0: PGRAPH - ERROR nsource: ILLEGAL_MTHD nstatus: PROTECTION_FAULT May 5 09:03:59 linux-aw90 kernel: [24314.777921] [drm] nouveau 0000:00:0d.0: PGRAPH - ch 1 (0x0005b000) subc 6 class 0x0039 mthd 0x0300 data 0x00000003 May 5 09:03:59 linux-aw90 kernel: [24314.777929] [drm] nouveau 0000:00:0d.0: PGRAPH - ERROR nsource: ILLEGAL_MTHD nstatus: PROTECTION_FAULT May 5 09:03:59 linux-aw90 kernel: [24314.777942] [drm] nouveau 0000:00:0d.0: PGRAPH - ch 1 (0x0005b000) subc 6 class 0x0039 mthd 0x03fc data 0x00000000 May 5 09:03:59 linux-aw90 kernel: [24314.778003] [drm] nouveau 0000:00:0d.0: PGRAPH - ERROR nsource: ILLEGAL_MTHD nstatus: PROTECTION_FAULT May 5 09:03:59 linux-aw90 kernel: [24314.778016] [drm] nouveau 0000:00:0d.0: PGRAPH - ch 1 (0x0005b000) subc 6 class 0x0039 mthd 0x02fc data 0x00000003 May 5 09:03:59 linux-aw90 kernel: [24314.778024] [drm] nouveau 0000:00:0d.0: PGRAPH - ERROR nsource: ILLEGAL_MTHD nstatus: PROTECTION_FAULT May 5 09:03:59 linux-aw90 kernel: [24314.778036] [drm] nouveau 0000:00:0d.0: PGRAPH - ch 1 (0x0005b000) subc 6 class 0x0039 mthd 0x0300 data 0x00000003 May 5 09:03:59 linux-aw90 kernel: [24314.778044] [drm] nouveau 0000:00:0d.0: PGRAPH - ERROR nsource: ILLEGAL_MTHD nstatus: PROTECTION_FAULT May 5 09:03:59 linux-aw90 kernel: [24314.778056] [drm] nouveau 0000:00:0d.0: PGRAPH - ch 1 (0x0005b000) subc 6 class 0x0039 mthd 0x03fc data 0xffffffff May 5 09:03:59 linux-aw90 kernel: [24314.778063] [drm] nouveau 0000:00:0d.0: PGRAPH - ERROR nsource: ILLEGAL_MTHD nstatus: PROTECTION_FAULT May 5 09:03:59 linux-aw90 kernel: [24314.778075] [drm] nouveau 0000:00:0d.0: PGRAPH - ch 1 (0x0005b000) subc 6 class 0x0039 mthd 0x0400 data 0x00000000 May 5 09:03:59 linux-aw90 kernel: [24314.778083] [drm] nouveau 0000:00:0d.0: PGRAPH - ERROR nsource: ILLEGAL_MTHD nstatus: PROTECTION_FAULT May 5 09:03:59 linux-aw90 kernel: [24314.778095] [drm] nouveau 0000:00:0d.0: PGRAPH - ch 1 (0x0005b000) subc 6 class 0x0039 mthd 0x0404 data 0x00010001 May 5 09:03:59 linux-aw90 kernel: [24314.778135] [drm] nouveau 0000:00:0d.0: PGRAPH - ERROR nsource: ILLEGAL_MTHD nstatus: PROTECTION_FAULT May 5 09:03:59 linux-aw90 kernel: [24314.778170] [drm] nouveau 0000:00:0d.0: PGRAPH - ch 1 (0x0005b000) subc 6 class 0x0039 mthd 0x02fc data 0x00000003 May 5 09:03:59 linux-aw90 kernel: [24314.778184] [drm] nouveau 0000:00:0d.0: PGRAPH - ERROR nsource: ILLEGAL_MTHD nstatus: PROTECTION_FAULT May 5 09:03:59 linux-aw90 kernel: [24314.778217] [drm] nouveau 0000:00:0d.0: PGRAPH - ch 1 (0x0005b000) subc 6 class 0x0039 mthd 0x0300 data 0x00000003 May 5 09:03:59 linux-aw90 kernel: [24314.778232] [drm] nouveau 0000:00:0d.0: PGRAPH - ERROR nsource: ILLEGAL_MTHD nstatus: PROTECTION_FAULT May 5 09:03:59 linux-aw90 kernel: [24314.778265] [drm] nouveau 0000:00:0d.0: PGRAPH - ch 1 (0x0005b000) subc 6 class 0x0039 mthd 0x03fc data 0x00000000 May 5 09:03:59 linux-aw90 kernel: [24314.778279] [drm] nouveau 0000:00:0d.0: PGRAPH - ERROR nsource: ILLEGAL_MTHD nstatus: PROTECTION_FAULT May 5 09:03:59 linux-aw90 kernel: [24314.778312] [drm] nouveau 0000:00:0d.0: PGRAPH - ch 1 (0x0005b000) subc 6 class 0x0039 mthd 0x0400 data 0x00100000 May 5 09:03:59 linux-aw90 kernel: [24314.778325] [drm] nouveau 0000:00:0d.0: PGRAPH - ERROR nsource: ILLEGAL_MTHD nstatus: PROTECTION_FAULT May 5 09:03:59 linux-aw90 kernel: [24314.778358] [drm] nouveau 0000:00:0d.0: PGRAPH - ch 1 (0x0005b000) subc 6 class 0x0039 mthd 0x0404 data 0x00e20011 May 5 09:03:59 linux-aw90 kernel: [24314.778372] [drm] nouveau 0000:00:0d.0: PGRAPH - ERROR nsource: ILLEGAL_MTHD nstatus: PROTECTION_FAULT May 5 09:03:59 linux-aw90 kernel: [24314.778406] [drm] nouveau 0000:00:0d.0: PGRAPH - ch 1 (0x0005b000) subc 6 class 0x0039 mthd 0x02fc data 0x00000003 May 5 09:03:59 linux-aw90 kernel: [24314.778419] [drm] nouveau 0000:00:0d.0: PGRAPH - ERROR nsource: ILLEGAL_MTHD nstatus: PROTECTION_FAULT May 5 09:03:59 linux-aw90 kernel: [24314.778450] [drm] nouveau 0000:00:0d.0: PGRAPH - ch 1 (0x0005b000) subc 6 class 0x0039 mthd 0x0300 data 0x00000003 May 5 09:03:59 linux-aw90 kernel: [24314.778465] [drm] nouveau 0000:00:0d.0: PGRAPH - ERROR nsource: ILLEGAL_MTHD nstatus: PROTECTION_FAULT May 5 09:03:59 linux-aw90 kernel: [24314.778499] [drm] nouveau 0000:00:0d.0: PGRAPH - ch 1 (0x0005b000) subc 6 class 0x0039 mthd 0x03fc data 0x00000000 May 5 09:03:59 linux-aw90 kernel: [24314.778513] [drm] nouveau 0000:00:0d.0: PGRAPH - ERROR nsource: ILLEGAL_MTHD nstatus: PROTECTION_FAULT May 5 09:03:59 linux-aw90 kernel: [24314.778546] [drm] nouveau 0000:00:0d.0: PGRAPH - ch 1 (0x0005b000) subc 6 class 0x0039 mthd 0x02fc data 0x00000003 May 5 09:03:59 linux-aw90 kernel: [24314.778565] [drm] nouveau 0000:00:0d.0: PGRAPH - ERROR nsource: ILLEGAL_MTHD nstatus: PROTECTION_FAULT May 5 09:03:59 linux-aw90 kernel: [24314.778597] [drm] nouveau 0000:00:0d.0: PGRAPH - ch 1 (0x0005b000) subc 6 class 0x0039 mthd 0x0300 data 0x00000003 May 5 09:03:59 linux-aw90 kernel: [24314.778612] [drm] nouveau 0000:00:0d.0: PGRAPH - ERROR nsource: ILLEGAL_MTHD nstatus: PROTECTION_FAULT May 5 09:03:59 linux-aw90 kernel: [24314.778644] [drm] nouveau 0000:00:0d.0: PGRAPH - ch 1 (0x0005b000) subc 6 class 0x0039 mthd 0x03fc data 0x00000000 May 5 09:03:59 linux-aw90 kernel: [24314.778659] [drm] nouveau 0000:00:0d.0: PGRAPH - ERROR nsource: ILLEGAL_MTHD nstatus: PROTECTION_FAULT May 5 09:03:59 linux-aw90 kernel: [24314.778690] [drm] nouveau 0000:00:0d.0: PGRAPH - ch 1 (0x0005b000) subc 6 class 0x0039 mthd 0x0400 data 0x00000000 So you can see that it repeated the error in the log file several times. My mouse was responsive, but nothing on the keyboard was responsive, so I had no choice but to hit the reset button on the computer and reboot. It seems that the error is related to the nouveau driver for my nvidia display, and I googled to find that some other people have had related problems with the nouveau driver (though I didn't see any on SUSE forums, only other distros). I am using my desktop (box #1 below) and the driver description is more accurate to be listed like this: nVidia C61 [GeForce 7025 / nForce 630a] The big question is this. Is it better to get a proprietary nVidia driver, and will that make my graphics generally perform better, as well as not have the system lockups? The nVidia driver available from the nVidia repositories is x11-video-nvidiaG02. I sometimes read people not wanting to use proprietary drivers so I am hesitant, thinking this might cause more problems than it solves. Any ideas? -- G.O. Box #1: 12.1 | KDE 4.8.2 | AMD Athlon X3 | 64 | nVidia C61 GeForce 7025 | 4GB RAM Box #2 12.1 | KDE 4.7.2 | Pentium 4 (2core) | 32 | Intel 82915G | 2GB RAM Lap #1: 12.1 | KDE 4.8.2 | Core2 Duo T8100 | 64 | Intel 965GM | 3GB RAM Lap #2: 12.1 | KDE 4.8.2 | Core Duo T2400 | 32 | NVIDIA Quadro NVS 120 | 2GB RAM learning openSUSE and loving it -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
On Sat, May 5, 2012 at 4:02 AM, George Olson <grglsn765@gmail.com> wrote:
It seems that the error is related to the nouveau driver for my nvidia display, and I googled to find that some other people have had related problems with the nouveau driver (though I didn't see any on SUSE forums, only other distros).
I am using my desktop (box #1 below) and the driver description is more accurate to be listed like this: nVidia C61 [GeForce 7025 / nForce 630a]
The big question is this. Is it better to get a proprietary nVidia driver, and will that make my graphics generally perform better, as well as not have the system lockups?
The nVidia driver available from the nVidia repositories is x11-video-nvidiaG02. I sometimes read people not wanting to use proprietary drivers so I am hesitant, thinking this might cause more problems than it solves. Any ideas?
I've (almost) always had good success with the NVidia binary driver. I'm using it now with no problems at all. In most cases, the people not wanting to use the proprietary driver is out of principle (wanting only open source software) and not based on issues with the driver. There are at times hiccups with the binary driver as there is with any software, but the current version 295 in the repos is not giving any troubles. Add the NVidia community repository in YaST, install the driver and try it out. If it doesn't work for you, you can always roll back to the Nouveau driver. C. -- openSUSE 12.1 x86_64, KDE 4.8.2 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
On Sat, 05 May 2012 08:12:24 +0530, C <smaug42@opensuse.org> wrote:
In most cases, the people not wanting to use the proprietary driver is out of principle (wanting only open source software) and not based on issues with the driver.
or if they're working on kernel modules and bugs. i think it's a prerequisite to have an 'uncontaminated' system, i.e., no proprietary blobs loaded, to be listened to by kernel dev.s. -- phani. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
On Saturday, May 05, 2012 04:42:24 AM C wrote:
On Sat, May 5, 2012 at 4:02 AM, George Olson <grglsn765@gmail.com> wrote:
It seems that the error is related to the nouveau driver for my nvidia display, and I googled to find that some other people have had related problems with the nouveau driver (though I didn't see any on SUSE forums, only other distros).
I am using my desktop (box #1 below) and the driver description is more accurate to be listed like this: nVidia C61 [GeForce 7025 / nForce 630a]
The big question is this. Is it better to get a proprietary nVidia driver, and will that make my graphics generally perform better, as well as not have the system lockups?
The nVidia driver available from the nVidia repositories is x11-video-nvidiaG02. I sometimes read people not wanting to use proprietary drivers so I am hesitant, thinking this might cause more problems than it solves. Any ideas?
I've (almost) always had good success with the NVidia binary driver. I'm using it now with no problems at all. In most cases, the people not wanting to use the proprietary driver is out of principle (wanting only open source software) and not based on issues with the driver. There are at times hiccups with the binary driver as there is with any software, but the current version 295 in the repos is not giving any troubles.
Add the NVidia community repository in YaST, install the driver and try it out. If it doesn't work for you, you can always roll back to the Nouveau driver.
C. -- openSUSE 12.1 x86_64, KDE 4.8.2 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
Just a comment I had been woriking fine past releases (oS-11.2., 11.3, 11.4) with Nouveau- Mesa 3D driver pretty fine. Now same machiine openSUSE 12.1 with Nouveau (3D integrated) gave me a lot of pain (flickering, choppy, and some freezes). So, I tried Nvidia propietary driver vers. 295 and it gave me a smooth behavior. The video adapter is Nvidia Quadro G98M [ NVS 160M ] So you could try it too to test it. If it doesn't work for you roll it back. Regards, -- Ricardo Chung | Panama openSUSE Linux Ambassador openSUSE 11.4 | KDE 4.7 | Mesa-Nouveau 3D Linux for Education -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
On 05/05/12 14:02, George Olson wrote:
I have had this happen before, but this time I think I finally isolated the problem. When Desktop Effects are enabled, using alt-tab to switch between workspaces my system locks up. It also locks up with the desktop cube effect enabled and trying to switch between workspaces using ctrl-F11.
It does not lock up every time, but the only consistent thing has been desktop effects enabled. Here is a segment of my log messages for the time that the system locked up:
<snip>
It seems that the error is related to the nouveau driver for my nvidia display, and I googled to find that some other people have had related problems with the nouveau driver (though I didn't see any on SUSE forums, only other distros).
I am using my desktop (box #1 below) and the driver description is more accurate to be listed like this: nVidia C61 [GeForce 7025 / nForce 630a]
The big question is this. Is it better to get a proprietary nVidia driver, and will that make my graphics generally perform better, as well as not have the system lockups?
My desktop system is three years old, with nVidia GeForce 9800 GT video card. It has run each and every openSUSE 64-bit release across that time, and I've kept it serviced with all updates as they occurred, including KDE4. Currently on openSUSE 12.1, KDE 4.8.2, and NVIDIA 295.40 In all of that time and with all those variations, I've never been able to run "Desktop Effects" or the compiz alternative under the nouveau drivers. Invariably I've had to install the nVidia proprietary drivers to get either DE or compiz to work at all. (As an aside, I much preferred the compiz/emerald/fusion icon combo over kwin and its integral desktop effects, but emerald became abandonware some time ago, and changes as KDE4 continued to develop introduced compatibility problems with compiz. So, as of about a year ago (maybe more) I reverted to kwin and Desktop Effects.) But, to repeat, a prerequisite has always been the nVidia proprietary drivers - and, to boot, I've also always used the install packages from nVidia installed "the hard way", rather than the repository version(s). And apart from very occasional stutters which have been easily fixed by backlevelling the packages temporarily to an earlier version, it has all worked smoothly and well. I've never had any trouble with "the hard way" of installation. As a matter strictly of personal opinion, resistance to using these packages seems to me to be at least as much a matter of religion as of practicality. And the same goes for the more general resistance to using the proprietary packages at all. On each count I get far better results with the nVidia install packages than with the nouveau default, so I use them. -- Robin K Wellington "Harbour City" New Zealand -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
On 05/05/2012 11:36 AM, Robin Klitscher wrote:
But, to repeat, a prerequisite has always been the nVidia proprietary drivers - and, to boot, I've also always used the install packages from nVidia installed "the hard way", rather than the repository version(s). And apart from very occasional stutters which have been easily fixed by backlevelling the packages temporarily to an earlier version, it has all worked smoothly and well.
Where do you get the "hard way" versions, and why do you prefer them over the repository versions? -- G.O. Box #1: 12.1 | KDE 4.8.2 | AMD Athlon X3 | 64 | nVidia C61 GeForce 7025 | 4GB RAM Box #2 12.1 | KDE 4.7.2 | Pentium 4 (2core) | 32 | Intel 82915G | 2GB RAM Lap #1: 12.1 | KDE 4.8.2 | Core2 Duo T8100 | 64 | Intel 965GM | 3GB RAM Lap #2: 12.1 | KDE 4.8.2 | Core Duo T2400 | 32 | NVIDIA Quadro NVS 120 | 2GB RAM learning openSUSE and loving it -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
On 05/05/12 18:03, George Olson wrote:
On 05/05/2012 11:36 AM, Robin Klitscher wrote:
But, to repeat, a prerequisite has always been the nVidia proprietary drivers - and, to boot, I've also always used the install packages from nVidia installed "the hard way", rather than the repository version(s). And apart from very occasional stutters which have been easily fixed by backlevelling the packages temporarily to an earlier version, it has all worked smoothly and well.
Where do you get the "hard way" versions, and why do you prefer them over the repository versions?
www.nvidia.com, select "Download Drivers" and then search for your particular model and platform. One of the objections that some have to installing this way is that it builds a specific kernel module, and if the kernel is later updated then you have to re-install. Some say that's a pain, but I've not found it difficult to accommodate - and I'm no geek. As to the reasons for doing it this way, I guess one of them would be habit, since the process always works, whereas earlier on I had troubles with the repository versions. I acknowledge, however, that that approach may now be outdated - I haven't tried the repo versions in several years. Another reason would be that the repo versions can lag the ones on the nVidia site. -- Robin K Wellington "Harbour City" New Zealand -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
On Sat, 05 May 2012 11:48:47 +0530, Robin Klitscher <robin.klitscher@gmail.com> wrote:
Another reason would be that the repo versions can lag the ones on the nVidia site.
either that, or for your hardware or kernel or whatever you need an older version, that's not supplied in the repos anymore. that "hared way" isn't hard at all, and it allows you to choose whichever driver you want, when you want. -- phani. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
On 05/05/2012 03:31 PM, phanisvara das wrote:
On Sat, 05 May 2012 11:48:47 +0530, Robin Klitscher <robin.klitscher@gmail.com> wrote:
Another reason would be that the repo versions can lag the ones on the nVidia site.
either that, or for your hardware or kernel or whatever you need an older version, that's not supplied in the repos anymore.
that "hared way" isn't hard at all, and it allows you to choose whichever driver you want, when you want.
Ok I downloaded the nvidia driver that supports my card. I installed make, gcc, and kernel source. Then I blacklisted the nouveau driver by adding nvidia.conf to /etc/modprobe.d/ and putting in the 2 lines: blacklist nouveau options nouveau modeset=0 I also made sure I had linux-glibc-devel installed. After that, I booted to run level 3, cd'd to the /root/ directory where the driver is stored, and ran sh NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-285.05.09.run This ran in the terminal at run level 3 and then I got an error: ERROR: The kernel header file '/usr/src/linux/include/linux/version.h' does not exist. The most likely reason for this is that the kernel source files in '/usr/src/linux' have not been configured. So the installation failed. Any advice? -- G.O. Box #1: 12.1 | KDE 4.8.2 | AMD Athlon X3 | 64 | nVidia C61 GeForce 7025 | 4GB RAM Box #2 12.1 | KDE 4.7.2 | Pentium 4 (2core) | 32 | Intel 82915G | 2GB RAM Lap #1: 12.1 | KDE 4.8.2 | Core2 Duo T8100 | 64 | Intel 965GM | 3GB RAM Lap #2: 12.1 | KDE 4.8.2 | Core Duo T2400 | 32 | NVIDIA Quadro NVS 120 | 2GB RAM learning openSUSE and loving it -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
On 05/05/2012 04:12 PM, George Olson wrote:
On 05/05/2012 03:31 PM, phanisvara das wrote:
On Sat, 05 May 2012 11:48:47 +0530, Robin Klitscher <robin.klitscher@gmail.com> wrote:
Another reason would be that the repo versions can lag the ones on the nVidia site.
either that, or for your hardware or kernel or whatever you need an older version, that's not supplied in the repos anymore.
that "hared way" isn't hard at all, and it allows you to choose whichever driver you want, when you want.
Ok I downloaded the nvidia driver that supports my card. I installed make, gcc, and kernel source. Then I blacklisted the nouveau driver by adding nvidia.conf to /etc/modprobe.d/ and putting in the 2 lines: blacklist nouveau options nouveau modeset=0
I also made sure I had linux-glibc-devel installed.
After that, I booted to run level 3, cd'd to the /root/ directory where the driver is stored, and ran sh NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-285.05.09.run
This ran in the terminal at run level 3 and then I got an error: ERROR: The kernel header file '/usr/src/linux/include/linux/version.h' does not exist. The most likely reason for this is that the kernel source files in '/usr/src/linux' have not been configured.
So the installation failed. Any advice?
I did also try to install the nvidia driver from the repo, but even though I blacklisted nouveau as per the instructions, I seem to still be running on nouveau. Here is the output from my log file: georgeasus@linux-aw90:/var/log> cat Xorg.0.log | grep drivers [ 112.073] (II) Loading /usr/lib64/xorg/modules/updates/drivers/nvidia_drv.so [ 112.238] (II) Loading /usr/lib64/xorg/modules/drivers/nouveau_drv.so [ 112.255] (II) Loading /usr/lib64/xorg/modules/drivers/nv_drv.so [ 112.266] (II) Loading /usr/lib64/xorg/modules/drivers/fbdev_drv.so [ 112.276] (II) Loading /usr/lib64/xorg/modules/drivers/vesa_drv.so [ 112.316] (II) Loading /usr/lib64/xorg/modules/updates/drivers/nvidia_drv.so -- G.O. Box #1: 12.1 | KDE 4.8.2 | AMD Athlon X3 | 64 | nVidia C61 GeForce 7025 | 4GB RAM Box #2 12.1 | KDE 4.7.2 | Pentium 4 (2core) | 32 | Intel 82915G | 2GB RAM Lap #1: 12.1 | KDE 4.8.2 | Core2 Duo T8100 | 64 | Intel 965GM | 3GB RAM Lap #2: 12.1 | KDE 4.8.2 | Core Duo T2400 | 32 | NVIDIA Quadro NVS 120 | 2GB RAM learning openSUSE and loving it -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
On Sat, 05 May 2012 13:42:37 +0530, George Olson <grglsn765@gmail.com> wrote:
On 05/05/2012 03:31 PM, phanisvara das wrote:
On Sat, 05 May 2012 11:48:47 +0530, Robin Klitscher <robin.klitscher@gmail.com> wrote:
Another reason would be that the repo versions can lag the ones on the nVidia site.
either that, or for your hardware or kernel or whatever you need an older version, that's not supplied in the repos anymore.
that "hared way" isn't hard at all, and it allows you to choose whichever driver you want, when you want.
Ok I downloaded the nvidia driver that supports my card. I installed make, gcc, and kernel source. Then I blacklisted the nouveau driver by adding nvidia.conf to /etc/modprobe.d/ and putting in the 2 lines: blacklist nouveau options nouveau modeset=0
I also made sure I had linux-glibc-devel installed.
After that, I booted to run level 3, cd'd to the /root/ directory where the driver is stored, and ran sh NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-285.05.09.run
This ran in the terminal at run level 3 and then I got an error: ERROR: The kernel header file '/usr/src/linux/include/linux/version.h' does not exist. The most likely reason for this is that the kernel source files in '/usr/src/linux' have not been configured.
So the installation failed. Any advice?
which kernel version are you running? newer than default kernels need patches in order to be able to compile the nvidia driver. larry finger kindly prepared those and shares them here: http://www.lwfinger.com/nvidia_patches/ you find sporadic discussion & explanation of this in this forum thread: http://forums.opensuse.org/english/get-technical-help-here/pre-release-beta/... -- phani. PS: sorry for the accidental private reply. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
On 05/05/12 20:12, George Olson wrote:
Ok I downloaded the nvidia driver that supports my card. I installed make, gcc, and kernel source. Then I blacklisted the nouveau driver by adding nvidia.conf to /etc/modprobe.d/ and putting in the 2 lines: blacklist nouveau options nouveau modeset=0
I also made sure I had linux-glibc-devel installed.
I hope you understand that this might be a case of the blind trying to lead the blind(!), but isn't kernel-devel needed as well? Some also say it's helpful to put "nomodeset" as a parameter in menu.lst (or enter it as a parameter from the grub splash). -- Robin K Wellington "Harbour City" New Zealand -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
* George Olson <grglsn765@gmail.com> [05-05-12 04:03]:
Ok I downloaded the nvidia driver that supports my card. I installed make, gcc, and kernel source. Then I blacklisted the nouveau driver by adding nvidia.conf to /etc/modprobe.d/ and putting in the 2 lines: blacklist nouveau options nouveau modeset=0
You don't need "kernel-source" but you do need kernel-devel and the development version of the particular kernel you are running, ie: kernel-desktop kernel-desktop-devel kernel-devel You do not need to edit /etc/modprobe.d/nvidia.conf as the install script will do that for you.
I also made sure I had linux-glibc-devel installed.
also not necessary. -- (paka)Patrick Shanahan Plainfield, Indiana, USA HOG # US1244711 http://wahoo.no-ip.org Photo Album: http://wahoo.no-ip.org/gallery2 http://en.opensuse.org openSUSE Community Member Registered Linux User #207535 @ http://linuxcounter.net -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
On 05/05/2012 07:46 PM, Patrick Shanahan wrote:
* George Olson<grglsn765@gmail.com> [05-05-12 04:03]:
Ok I downloaded the nvidia driver that supports my card. I installed make, gcc, and kernel source. Then I blacklisted the nouveau driver by adding nvidia.conf to /etc/modprobe.d/ and putting in the 2 lines: blacklist nouveau options nouveau modeset=0
You don't need "kernel-source" but you do need kernel-devel and the development version of the particular kernel you are running, ie: kernel-desktop kernel-desktop-devel kernel-devel
Here are all my kernel rpms that are installed: georgeasus@linux-aw90:~> rpm -qa | grep kernel kernel-desktop-devel-3.1.10-1.9.1.x86_64 kernel-desktop-3.1.9-1.4.1.x86_64 kernel-source-3.1.10-1.9.1.noarch kernel-devel-3.1.10-1.9.1.noarch kernel-syms-3.1.10-1.9.1.x86_64 kernel-xen-devel-3.1.10-1.9.1.x86_64 kernel-default-devel-3.1.10-1.9.1.x86_64 I see here that kernel-desktop, which is my active kernel, is different from kernel-desktop-devel and kernel-devel. Is that a problem, or is it supposed to be like that?
You do not need to edit /etc/modprobe.d/nvidia.conf as the install script will do that for you.
I also made sure I had linux-glibc-devel installed.
also not necessary.
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* George Olson <grglsn765@gmail.com> [05-05-12 10:37]:
On 05/05/2012 07:46 PM, Patrick Shanahan wrote:
You don't need "kernel-source" but you do need kernel-devel and the development version of the particular kernel you are running, ie: kernel-desktop kernel-desktop-devel kernel-devel
Here are all my kernel rpms that are installed: georgeasus@linux-aw90:~> rpm -qa | grep kernel
kernel-desktop-devel-3.1.10-1.9.1.x86_64
*must* match the kernel you use, ie 3.1.9-1.4.1.x86_64
kernel-desktop-3.1.9-1.4.1.x86_64
kernel-source-3.1.10-1.9.1.noarch
*must* match the kernel you use, ie 3.1.9-1.4.1.x86_64
kernel-devel-3.1.10-1.9.1.noarch kernel-syms-3.1.10-1.9.1.x86_64 kernel-xen-devel-3.1.10-1.9.1.x86_64 kernel-default-devel-3.1.10-1.9.1.x86_64
I see here that kernel-desktop, which is my active kernel, is different from kernel-desktop-devel and kernel-devel. Is that a problem, or is it supposed to be like that?
It *is* a problem. I would dl kernel-desktop-3.1.10-1.9.1 reboot to runlevel 3 to use the new 3.1.10 kernel install the nvidia driver, as root sh /<path-to>/Desired-Nvidia-.run switch to runlevel 5 -- (paka)Patrick Shanahan Plainfield, Indiana, USA HOG # US1244711 http://wahoo.no-ip.org Photo Album: http://wahoo.no-ip.org/gallery2 http://en.opensuse.org openSUSE Community Member Registered Linux User #207535 @ http://linuxcounter.net -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
On 05/06/2012 02:08 AM, Patrick Shanahan wrote:
* George Olson<grglsn765@gmail.com> [05-05-12 10:37]:
Here are all my kernel rpms that are installed: georgeasus@linux-aw90:~> rpm -qa | grep kernel
kernel-desktop-devel-3.1.10-1.9.1.x86_64
*must* match the kernel you use, ie 3.1.9-1.4.1.x86_64
kernel-desktop-3.1.9-1.4.1.x86_64
kernel-source-3.1.10-1.9.1.noarch
*must* match the kernel you use, ie 3.1.9-1.4.1.x86_64
kernel-devel-3.1.10-1.9.1.noarch kernel-syms-3.1.10-1.9.1.x86_64 kernel-xen-devel-3.1.10-1.9.1.x86_64 kernel-default-devel-3.1.10-1.9.1.x86_64
I see here that kernel-desktop, which is my active kernel, is different from kernel-desktop-devel and kernel-devel. Is that a problem, or is it supposed to be like that?
It *is* a problem.
I would dl kernel-desktop-3.1.10-1.9.1 reboot to runlevel 3 to use the new 3.1.10 kernel install the nvidia driver, as root sh /<path-to>/Desired-Nvidia-.run switch to runlevel 5
That was it! Thanks to everyone for your help. I have activated desktop effects and it seems to be working now. Just a quick final question about how to verify which driver I am using. When I run the following command, you see in Xorg.0.log what the results are: georgeasus@linux-aw90:/var/log> cat Xorg.0.log | grep drivers [ 241.931] (II) Loading /usr/lib64/xorg/modules/drivers/nvidia_drv.so [ 242.004] (II) Loading /usr/lib64/xorg/modules/drivers/nouveau_drv.so [ 242.014] (II) Loading /usr/lib64/xorg/modules/drivers/nv_drv.so [ 242.025] (II) Loading /usr/lib64/xorg/modules/drivers/fbdev_drv.so [ 242.036] (II) Loading /usr/lib64/xorg/modules/drivers/vesa_drv.so [ 242.065] (II) Loading /usr/lib64/xorg/modules/drivers/nvidia_drv.so Surely I am not using all these drivers all at the same time, but the log says that I loaded them, with nvidia being the last one. I did blacklist the nouveau driver as per the instructions on a previous thread in the forums, by adding nvidia.conf to /etc/modprobe.d/ and putting in the 2 lines: blacklist nouveau options nouveau modeset=0 However, I notice that now after running the installation, the options line has disappeared in that file. So is there a better way to determine which driver I am actually using? -- G.O. Box #1: 12.1 | KDE 4.8.2 | AMD Athlon X3 | 64 | nVidia C61 GeForce 7025 | 4GB RAM Box #2 12.1 | KDE 4.7.2 | Pentium 4 (2core) | 32 | Intel 82915G | 2GB RAM Lap #1: 12.1 | KDE 4.8.2 | Core2 Duo T8100 | 64 | Intel 965GM | 3GB RAM Lap #2: 12.1 | KDE 4.8.2 | Core Duo T2400 | 32 | NVIDIA Quadro NVS 120 | 2GB RAM learning openSUSE and loving it -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
* George Olson <grglsn765@gmail.com> [05-05-12 18:52]:
Surely I am not using all these drivers all at the same time, but the log says that I loaded them, with nvidia being the last one.
I did blacklist the nouveau driver as per the instructions on a previous thread in the forums, by adding nvidia.conf to /etc/modprobe.d/ and putting in the 2 lines: blacklist nouveau options nouveau modeset=0
However, I notice that now after running the installation, the options line has disappeared in that file.
So is there a better way to determine which driver I am actually using?
glxinfo nvidia-settings (will only indicate nvidia, or not) hwinfo --gfxcard and probably others -- (paka)Patrick Shanahan Plainfield, Indiana, USA HOG # US1244711 http://wahoo.no-ip.org Photo Album: http://wahoo.no-ip.org/gallery2 http://en.opensuse.org openSUSE Community Member Registered Linux User #207535 @ http://linuxcounter.net -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
On 05/06/2012 07:39 AM, Patrick Shanahan wrote:
* George Olson<grglsn765@gmail.com> [05-05-12 18:52]:
Surely I am not using all these drivers all at the same time, but the log says that I loaded them, with nvidia being the last one.
I did blacklist the nouveau driver as per the instructions on a previous thread in the forums, by adding nvidia.conf to /etc/modprobe.d/ and putting in the 2 lines: blacklist nouveau options nouveau modeset=0
However, I notice that now after running the installation, the options line has disappeared in that file.
So is there a better way to determine which driver I am actually using?
glxinfo nvidia-settings (will only indicate nvidia, or not) hwinfo --gfxcard
and probably others
Great! That's it, I am running with the nvidia driver now. Thanks again to everyone for help. I learned quite a bit through this one. -- G.O. Box #1: 12.1 | KDE 4.8.2 | AMD Athlon X3 | 64 | nVidia C61 GeForce 7025 | 4GB RAM Box #2 12.1 | KDE 4.7.2 | Pentium 4 (2core) | 32 | Intel 82915G | 2GB RAM Lap #1: 12.1 | KDE 4.8.2 | Core2 Duo T8100 | 64 | Intel 965GM | 3GB RAM Lap #2: 12.1 | KDE 4.8.2 | Core Duo T2400 | 32 | NVIDIA Quadro NVS 120 | 2GB RAM learning openSUSE and loving it -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
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