Re: [gentoo-user] nvidia GeForce 6200 questions
On Tuesday 02 March 2010 17:18:38 Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Tue, 2 Mar 2010 16:09:06 +, Peter Humphrey wrote: > > > There was a patch for the 190.53 driver released yesterday to > > > make it work with 2.6.33. > > > > Can you give a link please? I'm having trouble compiling > > nvidia-drivers with 2.6.33 and I can't see much on the nvidia > > site. > > emerge --sync and try again. the patch is now in portage. So it is. I sync daily but I hadn't got this version until now. Thanks Neil. -- Rgds Peter.
Re: [gentoo-user] nvidia GeForce 6200 questions
On Tue, Mar 2, 2010 at 8:09 AM, Peter Humphrey wrote: > On Monday 01 March 2010 22:47:36 Neil Walker wrote: > >> There was a patch for the 190.53 driver released yesterday to make it >> work with 2.6.33. > > Can you give a link please? I'm having trouble compiling nvidia-drivers > with 2.6.33 and I can't see much on the nvidia site. > > -- > Rgds > Peter. 190.53-r1 is what I'm using. It works fine but so far things like glxgears are very slow. I'll need to look at that, maybe over the weekend. It has no effect that I can see on what my wife does with the machine. But should it effect 2D-ish things like HuluDesktop or Myth? I cannot see it. They seem to work fine. - Mark
Re: [gentoo-user] nvidia GeForce 6200 questions
Peter Humphrey wrote: >> There was a patch for the 190.53 driver released yesterday to make it >> work with 2.6.33. >> > > Can you give a link please? I'm having trouble compiling nvidia-drivers > with 2.6.33 and I can't see much on the nvidia site. > emerge =x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers-190.53-r1 nvidia-drivers-195.36.03 also compiles with kernel 2.6.33 as that is what I'm using here - but I had to unmask it first. Be lucky, Neil http://www.neiljw.com
Re: [gentoo-user] nvidia GeForce 6200 questions
On Tue, 2 Mar 2010 16:09:06 +, Peter Humphrey wrote: > > There was a patch for the 190.53 driver released yesterday to make it > > work with 2.6.33. > > Can you give a link please? I'm having trouble compiling nvidia-drivers > with 2.6.33 and I can't see much on the nvidia site. emerge --sync and try again. the patch is now in portage. -- Neil Bothwick Contentsoftaglinemaysettleduringshipping. signature.asc Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] nvidia GeForce 6200 questions
On Monday 01 March 2010 22:47:36 Neil Walker wrote: > There was a patch for the 190.53 driver released yesterday to make it > work with 2.6.33. Can you give a link please? I'm having trouble compiling nvidia-drivers with 2.6.33 and I can't see much on the nvidia site. -- Rgds Peter.
Re: [gentoo-user] nvidia GeForce 6200 questions
Mark Knecht wrote: > Hi, >I've been trying to get an nvidia controller working today and not > having much luck. It's complaining about failing to load kernel > module. > >As a starting point I'm following this guide: > > http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/nvidia-guide.xml > >My nvidia device is (I think) a GeForce 6 family card: > > dragonfly ~ # lspci | grep VGA > 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV44A [GeForce > 6200] (rev a1) > dragonfly ~ # > > and from this nVidia page seems to be supported by the 173.xx series drivers: > > http://www.nvidia.com/object/linux_display_ia32_173.14.25.html > >Because modinfo nvidia suggested it depended on them I've added > agpgart and i2c-core to modules.autoload and after booting this is > what's loaded: > > dragonfly ~ # lsmod > Module Size Used by > ipv6 176929 18 > sg 19077 0 > usb_storage29021 0 > usbhid 18281 0 > snd_intel8x0 19155 0 > snd_ac97_codec 76628 1 snd_intel8x0 > ac97_bus 662 1 snd_ac97_codec > snd_pcm42338 2 snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec > ehci_hcd 27089 0 > uhci_hcd 15779 0 > snd_timer 11966 1 snd_pcm > usbcore87247 4 usb_storage,usbhid,ehci_hcd,uhci_hcd > agpgart19136 0 > snd31592 4 snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm,snd_timer > 8139cp 12993 0 > soundcore 3607 1 snd > rtc 6022 0 > 8139too14560 0 > i2c_core 11618 0 > snd_page_alloc 4685 2 snd_intel8x0,snd_pcm > processor 20861 0 > thermal 9266 0 > button 3526 0 > thermal_sys 8333 2 processor,thermal > dragonfly ~ # > > When I try to load the nvidia driver it just complains: > > dragonfly ~ # modprobe nvidia > FATAL: Error inserting nvidia > (/lib/modules/2.6.33-gentoo/video/nvidia.ko): No such device > dragonfly ~ # > > dragonfly ~ # modprobe --show-depends nvidia > insmod /lib/modules/2.6.33-gentoo/kernel/drivers/i2c/i2c-core.ko > insmod /lib/modules/2.6.33-gentoo/kernel/drivers/char/agp/agpgart.ko > insmod /lib/modules/2.6.33-gentoo/video/nvidia.ko > NVreg_DeviceFileMode=432 NVreg_DeviceFileUID=0 NVreg_DeviceFileGID=27 > NVreg_ModifyDeviceFiles=1 > dragonfly ~ # > > dragonfly ~ # modprobe -v nvidia > insmod /lib/modules/2.6.33-gentoo/video/nvidia.ko > NVreg_DeviceFileMode=432 NVreg_DeviceFileUID=0 NVreg_DeviceFileGID=27 > NVreg_ModifyDeviceFiles=1 > FATAL: Error inserting nvidia > (/lib/modules/2.6.33-gentoo/video/nvidia.ko): No such device > dragonfly ~ # > > The driver exists: > > dragonfly ~ # ls -al /lib/modules/2.6.33-gentoo/video/nvidia.ko > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 7859091 Mar 1 13:35 > /lib/modules/2.6.33-gentoo/video/nvidia.ko > dragonfly ~ # > > I'm not clear what it means by 'no such device'. Is that a message > that this driver doesn't support this card? > > I tried going down to the 96 series drivers but got the same results. > > Sort of obvious stuff in the kernel config I could think of before > sending this email is here: > > dragonfly ~ # zcat /proc/config.gz | grep AGP > CONFIG_AGP=m > # CONFIG_AGP_ALI is not set > # CONFIG_AGP_ATI is not set > # CONFIG_AGP_AMD is not set > # CONFIG_AGP_AMD64 is not set > CONFIG_AGP_INTEL=m > # CONFIG_AGP_NVIDIA is not set > # CONFIG_AGP_SIS is not set > # CONFIG_AGP_SWORKS is not set > # CONFIG_AGP_VIA is not set > # CONFIG_AGP_EFFICEON is not set > dragonfly ~ # zcat /proc/config.gz | grep NVIDIA > # CONFIG_AGP_NVIDIA is not set > # CONFIG_FB_NVIDIA is not set > dragonfly ~ # zcat /proc/config.gz | grep DRM > CONFIG_DRM=m > # CONFIG_DRM_TDFX is not set > # CONFIG_DRM_R128 is not set > # CONFIG_DRM_RADEON is not set > # CONFIG_DRM_I810 is not set > # CONFIG_DRM_I830 is not set > # CONFIG_DRM_I915 is not set > # CONFIG_DRM_MGA is not set > # CONFIG_DRM_SIS is not set > # CONFIG_DRM_VIA is not set > # CONFIG_DRM_SAVAGE is not set > dragonfly ~ # > > I assumed the Intel AGP might be usefull since it's an Intel > motherboard but it didn't help so I blacklisted it and it's not > loaded. > >Anyone able to spot what must be an obvious mistake? > >Current xorg.conf file it attached. It was done by hand so it could > easily have big problems. I tried running with no xorg.conf file but > it didn't work either. > >hald is running. > > Thanks, > Mark > > > dragonfly ~ # cat /etc/X11/xorg.conf > Section "Files" > ModulePath "/usr/lib/xorg/modules" > FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/misc/" > FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/TTF/" > FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/OTF" > FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/Type1/" > FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/100dpi/" > FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi/" > EndSection > > Section "Module" > Load "extmod" > Load "glx" > # Load "dri" > EndSect
Re: [gentoo-user] nvidia GeForce 6200 questions
Mark Knecht wrote: > and from this nVidia page seems to be supported by the 173.xx series drivers: > Yes, but I don't think they are compatible with the 2.6.33 kernel. There was a patch for the 190.53 driver released yesterday to make it work with 2.6.33. Try that. Be lucky, Neil http://www.neiljw.com
Re: [gentoo-user] nvidia GeForce 6200 questions
On Tuesday 02 March 2010 00:04:08 Mark Knecht wrote: > Hi, >I've been trying to get an nvidia controller working today and not > having much luck. It's complaining about failing to load kernel > module. > >As a starting point I'm following this guide: > > http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/nvidia-guide.xml > >My nvidia device is (I think) a GeForce 6 family card: > > dragonfly ~ # lspci | grep VGA > 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV44A [GeForce > 6200] (rev a1) > dragonfly ~ # > > and from this nVidia page seems to be supported by the 173.xx series > drivers: > > http://www.nvidia.com/object/linux_display_ia32_173.14.25.html > >Because modinfo nvidia suggested it depended on them I've added > agpgart and i2c-core to modules.autoload and after booting this is > what's loaded: > > dragonfly ~ # lsmod > Module Size Used by > ipv6 176929 18 > sg 19077 0 > usb_storage29021 0 > usbhid 18281 0 > snd_intel8x0 19155 0 > snd_ac97_codec 76628 1 snd_intel8x0 > ac97_bus 662 1 snd_ac97_codec > snd_pcm42338 2 snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec > ehci_hcd 27089 0 > uhci_hcd 15779 0 > snd_timer 11966 1 snd_pcm > usbcore87247 4 usb_storage,usbhid,ehci_hcd,uhci_hcd > agpgart19136 0 > snd31592 4 > snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm,snd_timer 8139cp 12993 > 0 > soundcore 3607 1 snd > rtc 6022 0 > 8139too14560 0 > i2c_core 11618 0 > snd_page_alloc 4685 2 snd_intel8x0,snd_pcm > processor 20861 0 > thermal 9266 0 > button 3526 0 > thermal_sys 8333 2 processor,thermal > dragonfly ~ # > > When I try to load the nvidia driver it just complains: > > dragonfly ~ # modprobe nvidia > FATAL: Error inserting nvidia > (/lib/modules/2.6.33-gentoo/video/nvidia.ko): No such device The nvidia driver in not bundled with the kernel, it is an external third- party module. You need to set /usr/src/linux to point to the kernel(s) you intend to run, and emerge nvidia-drivers for each one. Then modprobe -r nvidia ; modprobe nvidia and restart X module-rebuild is a great tool for this. It knows what out-of-tree modules you use and the ebuilds that install them, and remembers the list (because the time will come when you forget and pull your hair out before you remember) -- alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com
