Re: How to verify nvidia drivers working
On Thu, 2010-01-07 at 16:08 +0100, Jan Litwi?ski wrote: > G'day steve, > > * steve [100107 15:56] wrote: > > I am building a new FC12 system intended for MythTV which needs the > > acceleration provided by the drivers for my nvidia video card. After following > > the advice herehttp://linuxsoftwareblog.com/blog/?p=232 I think I have them > > installed properly, but I only say that because X works after the install. > > > > > > > > Is there some kind of test that will tell me for sure if these drivers are > > functioning properly and providing the video services they?re supposed to? > > glxgears ? The default configuration for the nvidia driver displays a splash screen on startup with the nvidia brand name. If you see that, you're good. Also look in /var/log/Xorg.0.log for the name of the driver that loaded. Also, lsmod should show the nvidia kernel module. There is a program available at http://hftom.free.fr/qvdpautest-0.5.tar.gz which will test and spec out your system. It will give you information such as: SURFACE GET BITS: 1169.1 M/s SURFACE PUT BITS: 1255.18 M/s MPEG DECODING (1920x1080): 78 pic/s VC1 DECODING (1440x1080): 94 pic/s MIXER WEAVE (1920x1080): 5586 frames/s MIXER BOB (1920x1080): 8771 fields/s MIXER TEMPORAL (1920x1080): 2150 fields/s MIXER TEMPORAL_SPATIAL (1920x1080): 753 fields/s (That is from a GTX285.) Geoff -- Please let me know if anything I say offends you. I may wish to offend you again in the future. Tux says: "Be regular. Eat cron flakes." -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
Re: How to verify nvidia drivers working
2010/1/8 Matthew Saltzman : > > No need to rebuild. I just installed akmod-nvidia (the 64-bit one) and > added "rdblacklist=nouveau" to the kernel line in /etc/grub.conf. You > can add "nomodeset", but I didn't need to. This is a 64-bit F12. > You could do that, but it's already blacklisted in the system. When you get a kernel update it will not be included. Problem is that it's included in the current initramfs, so if you reboot it'll be loaded. Doing either will work, but really Yum should probably do this after it blacklists nouveau. >> >> Update your modules database: >> su -c 'depmod -ae' >> >> Create an nvidia xorg.conf: >> su -c 'nvidia-xconfig' > > Didn't need to do these either. > Maybe not, but it covers all bases, just in case. If he doesn't do this and he can't load the module on a reboot, then we'll waste time trying to find out why. Just doing it makes sure it'll work :-) -c -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
Re: How to verify nvidia drivers working
On Fri, 2010-01-08 at 09:56 +1100, Chris Smart wrote: > 2010/1/8 steve : > > > > I guess that means I don’t have the drivers installed after all :-) > > > > First, make sure you have it installed correctly. > > If you are running 64 bit and have added the RPMFusion repositories, then run: > su -c 'yum install kmod-nvidia xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-libs.i686 > xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-libs.x86_64' > > If you're running 32 bit, then add the RPMFusion repo and run: > su -c 'yum install kmod-nvidia xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-libs' > > This will install required libs and blacklist nouveau driver. > > If you had kernel based modesetting enabled, then re-build your > initial ram disk: > su -c 'dracut -f /boot/initramfs-$(uname -r).img $(uname -r)' No need to rebuild. I just installed akmod-nvidia (the 64-bit one) and added "rdblacklist=nouveau" to the kernel line in /etc/grub.conf. You can add "nomodeset", but I didn't need to. This is a 64-bit F12. > > Update your modules database: > su -c 'depmod -ae' > > Create an nvidia xorg.conf: > su -c 'nvidia-xconfig' Didn't need to do these either. > > Reboot. > > -c > > -- Matthew Saltzman Clemson University Math Sciences mjs AT clemson DOT edu http://www.math.clemson.edu/~mjs -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
Re: How to verify nvidia drivers working
2010/1/8 steve : > > I guess that means I don’t have the drivers installed after all :-) > First, make sure you have it installed correctly. If you are running 64 bit and have added the RPMFusion repositories, then run: su -c 'yum install kmod-nvidia xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-libs.i686 xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-libs.x86_64' If you're running 32 bit, then add the RPMFusion repo and run: su -c 'yum install kmod-nvidia xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-libs' This will install required libs and blacklist nouveau driver. If you had kernel based modesetting enabled, then re-build your initial ram disk: su -c 'dracut -f /boot/initramfs-$(uname -r).img $(uname -r)' Update your modules database: su -c 'depmod -ae' Create an nvidia xorg.conf: su -c 'nvidia-xconfig' Reboot. -c -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
Re: How to verify nvidia drivers working
Per Michael's advice, I ran glxinfo. Result: Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0" (printed 5x) Error: couldn't find RGB GLX visual or fbconfig Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0" (printed like 50x) Segmentation fault (core dumped) I guess that means I don't have the drivers installed after all :-) What to do? Steve -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
Re: How to verify nvidia drivers working
On Thu, 2010-01-07 at 16:08 +0100, Jan Litwiński wrote: > G'day steve, > > * steve [100107 15:56] wrote: > > I am building a new FC12 system intended for MythTV which needs the > > acceleration provided by the drivers for my nvidia video card. After > > following > > the advice here http://linuxsoftwareblog.com/blog/?p=232 I think I have them > > installed properly, but I only say that because X works after the install. > > > > > > > > Is there some kind of test that will tell me for sure if these drivers are > > functioning properly and providing the video services they’re supposed to? > > glxgears ? The default configuration for the nvidia driver displays a splash screen on startup with the nvidia brand name. If you see that, you're good. Also look in /var/log/Xorg.0.log for the name of the driver that loaded. Also, lsmod should show the nvidia kernel module. -- Matthew Saltzman Clemson University Math Sciences mjs AT clemson DOT edu http://www.math.clemson.edu/~mjs -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
Re: How to verify nvidia drivers working
Jan Litwiński on 01/07/2010 09:08 AM wrote: glxgears ? No. No. No. No. At the very least, use glxinfo to see if Direct Rendering is reporting "yes" and your OpenGL render string reports nVidia instead of Mesa. -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
Re: How to verify nvidia drivers working
G'day steve, * steve [100107 15:56] wrote: > I am building a new FC12 system intended for MythTV which needs the > acceleration provided by the drivers for my nvidia video card. After > following > the advice here http://linuxsoftwareblog.com/blog/?p=232 I think I have them > installed properly, but I only say that because X works after the install. > > > > Is there some kind of test that will tell me for sure if these drivers are > functioning properly and providing the video services they’re supposed to? glxgears ? -- Janek http://janek.wroc.prv.pl/ -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
How to verify nvidia drivers working
I am building a new FC12 system intended for MythTV which needs the acceleration provided by the drivers for my nvidia video card. After following the advice here http://linuxsoftwareblog.com/blog/?p=232 I think I have them installed properly, but I only say that because X works after the install. Is there some kind of test that will tell me for sure if these drivers are functioning properly and providing the video services they're supposed to? TIA.. Steve -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
