Hi, I have SuSE 9.3 with nVidia driver 7167 succesfully installed with SuSE fetchnvidia script. I have, of course, reconfigured X with SAX to enable 3D support. However, 3DDiag gives the following: Verifying driver installation: nvidia ... done. Tests for X.Org configuration: Config File /etc/X11/xorg.conf ... done. Driver ... done. Extensions ... done. Options ... done. Checking GL/GLU/glut runtime configuration: GL/GLU ... done (package xorg-x11-Mesa) glut ... done (package freeglut) It seems like my system uses MESA instead of nVidia GLX. I have tried to reinstall kernel, nvidia driver again, but it did not helped. I am trying to run Command&Conquer Generals Zero Hour, and it is hell slow (absolutely non-usable, to say precisely) without real hardware 3D support. Anyone know how to fix this? Thanks in advance for any suggestion(s) Andrei
Andrei Verovski (aka MacGuru) wrote:
Hi,
I have SuSE 9.3 with nVidia driver 7167 succesfully installed with SuSE fetchnvidia script. I have, of course, reconfigured X with SAX to enable 3D support.
However, 3DDiag gives the following:
Verifying driver installation: nvidia ... done.
Tests for X.Org configuration: Config File /etc/X11/xorg.conf ... done. Driver ... done. Extensions ... done. Options ... done.
Checking GL/GLU/glut runtime configuration: GL/GLU ... done (package xorg-x11-Mesa) glut ... done (package freeglut)
It seems like my system uses MESA instead of nVidia GLX. I have tried to reinstall kernel, nvidia driver again, but it did not helped. I am trying to run Command&Conquer Generals Zero Hour, and it is hell slow (absolutely non-usable, to say precisely) without real hardware 3D support.
Anyone know how to fix this?
Thanks in advance for any suggestion(s)
Andrei
Do you have the 'Option "dri" ' in your xf86.conf (or if using x.org) in the xorg.conf file? If the X module DRI (direct render interface) is not in the conf file and therefore not loaded at the start of X it will default to software 3D - hence Mesa glx being used to render 3D with. Google is your friend and a quick search of the XF86 site/X.org site (interchangable related to configuring 3D) and the web provides some nice info. There are walkthroughs that are pretty striaght forward - take a look. There quit a bit of "options" that can be added to your xorg.conf file for nVidia drivers to optimize your 3D (e.g. gaming, CAD, etc). HTH, Curtis.
With 9.3 I had to manually edit xorg.conf (in /etc/X11/) to replace nv with nvidia in the Devices(?) section, and I followed the same install path you did. Have a look and see which module is being loaded. Once done, you should have a look with glxinfo to see if 3D acceleration is enabled. Cheers, Jon. In message <200506292330.00147.andreil1@starlett.lv> andreil1@starlett.lv writes:
Hi,
I have SuSE 9.3 with nVidia driver 7167 succesfully installed with SuSE fetchnvidia script. I have, of course, reconfigured X with SAX to enable 3D support.
However, 3DDiag gives the following:
Verifying driver installation: nvidia ... done.
Tests for X.Org configuration: Config File /etc/X11/xorg.conf ... done. Driver ... done. Extensions ... done. Options ... done.
Checking GL/GLU/glut runtime configuration: GL/GLU ... done (package xorg-x11-Mesa) glut ... done (package freeglut)
It seems like my system uses MESA instead of nVidia GLX. I have tried to reinstall kernel, nvidia driver again, but it did not helped. I am trying to run Command&Conquer Generals Zero Hour, and it is hell slow (absolutely non-usable, to say precisely) without real hardware 3D support.
Anyone know how to fix this?
Thanks in advance for any suggestion(s)
Andrei
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Jonathan Brooks wrote:
With 9.3 I had to manually edit xorg.conf (in /etc/X11/) to replace nv with nvidia in the Devices(?) section, and I followed the same install path you did.
Have a look and see which module is being loaded. Once done, you should have a look with glxinfo to see if 3D acceleration is enabled.
Cheers, Jon.
In message <200506292330.00147.andreil1@starlett.lv> andreil1@starlett.lv writes:
Hi,
I have SuSE 9.3 with nVidia driver 7167 succesfully installed with SuSE fetchnvidia script. I have, of course, reconfigured X with SAX to enable 3D support.
However, 3DDiag gives the following:
Verifying driver installation: nvidia ... done.
Tests for X.Org configuration: Config File /etc/X11/xorg.conf ... done. Driver ... done. Extensions ... done. Options ... done.
Checking GL/GLU/glut runtime configuration: GL/GLU ... done (package xorg-x11-Mesa) glut ... done (package freeglut)
It seems like my system uses MESA instead of nVidia GLX. I have tried to reinstall kernel, nvidia driver again, but it did not helped. I am trying to run Command&Conquer Generals Zero Hour, and it is hell slow (absolutely non-usable, to say precisely) without real hardware 3D support.
Anyone know how to fix this?
Thanks in advance for any suggestion(s)
Andrei
-- Check the headers for your unsubscription address For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the archives at http://lists.suse.com Please read the FAQs: suse-linux-e-faq@suse.com
AH! I forget the most basic of things to check - nv verse nvidia. The "nv" driver is an OSS implimentation of the nvidia proprietary drivers. In other words, it doesn't have anywhere near the feature set/calls at the "nvidia" driver and this will as cause X to default to Mesa GLX software rendering. Have you found anything useful on the net to help you. If not I can give you a few links (or few dozen if you want - /I spent a lot of time with X and Nvidia, be happy your not dealing with ATi and GL/X - _fun_ _fun_ />:? ). Cheers, Curtis.
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Jonathan Brooks