Dustpuppy

Cheers people. I've set seta r_mode to 6, and I now have something other than a blank screen.

However... it's not rendering properly. The menu and setup screens are fine, but when I go into an arena it's distorted, like the blocks aren't being rendered well. When I escape to the menu it's unreadable, like blocks of red rather than letters.

Not sure if this has anything to do with it, but the initialising of the graphics bit goes like this:

...loading libGL.so.1: Initializing OpenGL display

...setting mode 6: 1024 768

Using XFree86-VidModeExtension Version 2.2

XF86DGA Mouse (Version 2.0) initialized

XFree86-VidModeExtension Activated at 1024x768

Using 4/4/4 Color bits, 16 depth, 0 stencil display.

GL_RENDERER: GeForce4 MX 440/AGP/SSE2

Initializing OpenGL extensions

...GL_S3_s3tc not found

...GL_EXT_texture_env_add not found

...using GL_ARB_multitexture

...GL_EXT_compiled_vertex_array not found

XF86 Gamma extension initialized

 

GL_VENDOR: NVIDIA Corporation

GL_RENDERER: GeForce4 MX 440/AGP/SSE2

GL_VERSION: 1.2 (1.5.2 NVIDIA 66.29)

GL_EXTENSIONS: GL_EXT_draw_range_elements GL_EXT_vertex_array GL_ARB_multitexture GL_ARB_window_pos GL_EXT_blend_color GL_EXT_texture_object GL_EXT_secondary_color GL_EXT_multi_draw_arrays GL_EXT_blend_minmax GL_ARB_imaging GL_EXT_fog_coord GL_ARB_point_parameters

GL_MAX_TEXTURE_SIZE: 2048

GL_MAX_ACTIVE_TEXTURES_ARB: 2

 

PIXELFORMAT: color(16-bits) Z(16-bit) stencil(0-bits)

MODE: 6, 1024 x 768 fullscreen hz:N/A

GAMMA: hardware w/ 0 overbright bits

CPU:

rendering primitives: multiple glArrayElement

texturemode: GL_LINEAR_MIPMAP_LINEAR

picmip: 1

texture bits: 16

multitexture: enabled

compiled vertex arrays: disabled

texenv add: disabled

compressed textures: disabled

I don't know how to solve this, but a workaround might be to install using the KDE configuration ("configure your desktop > peripherals") rather than MCC. This is how I installed a HP on my parent's computer that wasn't playing ball.

This is what /var/log/Xorg.0.log says when I run and then exit Quake:

SwitchToMode - scrn: 0 clock: 36000

              hdsp: 640 hbeg: 696 hend: 752 httl: 832

              vdsp: 480 vbeg: 481 vend: 484 vttl: 509 flags: 10

Checking against clock: 94500 (94500)

                hdsp: 1024 hbeg: 1072 hend: 1168 httl: 1376

                vdsp: 768 vbeg: 769 vend: 772 vttl: 808 flags: 5

Checking against clock: 78800 (78800)

                hdsp: 1024 hbeg: 1040 hend: 1136 httl: 1312

                vdsp: 768 vbeg: 769 vend: 772 vttl: 800 flags: 5

Checking against clock: 75000 (75000)

                hdsp: 1024 hbeg: 1048 hend: 1184 httl: 1328

                vdsp: 768 vbeg: 771 vend: 777 vttl: 806 flags: 10

Checking against clock: 65000 (65000)

                hdsp: 1024 hbeg: 1048 hend: 1184 httl: 1344

                vdsp: 768 vbeg: 771 vend: 777 vttl: 806 flags: 10

Checking against clock: 44900 (44900)

                hdsp: 1024 hbeg: 1032 hend: 1208 httl: 1264

                vdsp: 768 vbeg: 768 vend: 776 vttl: 817 flags: 21

Checking against clock: 57284 (57284)

                hdsp: 832 hbeg: 864 hend: 928 httl: 1152

                vdsp: 624 vbeg: 625 vend: 628 vttl: 667 flags: 10

Checking against clock: 65000 (65000)

                hdsp: 1024 hbeg: 1032 hend: 1176 httl: 1344

                vdsp: 480 vbeg: 488 vend: 494 vttl: 563 flags: 10

Checking against clock: 56300 (56300)

                hdsp: 800 hbeg: 832 hend: 896 httl: 1048

                vdsp: 600 vbeg: 601 vend: 604 vttl: 631 flags: 5

Checking against clock: 49500 (49500)

                hdsp: 800 hbeg: 816 hend: 896 httl: 1056

                vdsp: 600 vbeg: 601 vend: 604 vttl: 625 flags: 5

Checking against clock: 50000 (50000)

                hdsp: 800 hbeg: 856 hend: 976 httl: 1040

                vdsp: 600 vbeg: 637 vend: 643 vttl: 666 flags: 5

Checking against clock: 40000 (40000)

                hdsp: 800 hbeg: 840 hend: 968 httl: 1056

                vdsp: 600 vbeg: 601 vend: 605 vttl: 628 flags: 5

Checking against clock: 36000 (36000)

                hdsp: 800 hbeg: 824 hend: 896 httl: 1024

                vdsp: 600 vbeg: 601 vend: 603 vttl: 625 flags: 5

Checking against clock: 63070 (63070)

                hdsp: 768 hbeg: 800 hend: 960 httl: 1024

                vdsp: 576 vbeg: 578 vend: 590 vttl: 616 flags: 0

Checking against clock: 54000 (54000)

                hdsp: 640 hbeg: 664 hend: 720 httl: 844

                vdsp: 512 vbeg: 512 vend: 514 vttl: 533 flags: 37

Checking against clock: 36000 (36000)

                hdsp: 640 hbeg: 696 hend: 752 httl: 832

                vdsp: 480 vbeg: 481 vend: 484 vttl: 509 flags: 10

(II) NVIDIA(0): Setting mode "640x480"

SwitchToMode - Succeeded

SwitchToMode - scrn: 0 clock: 94500

              hdsp: 1024 hbeg: 1072 hend: 1168 httl: 1376

              vdsp: 768 vbeg: 769 vend: 772 vttl: 808 flags: 5

Checking against clock: 94500 (94500)

                hdsp: 1024 hbeg: 1072 hend: 1168 httl: 1376

                vdsp: 768 vbeg: 769 vend: 772 vttl: 808 flags: 5

(II) NVIDIA(0): Setting mode "1024x768"

SwitchToMode - Succeeded

Tried that, just got the black screen treatment. :sad:

I've looked and looked online but can't see anything on this, so here you go!

I can't get 640x480 resolution. At all. I've tried editing my xorg.conf file and I've tried changing resolution using KDE, but I just get a blank screen when I restart X. Now, this normally wouldn't be a problem except that Quake 3 runs under 640x480 and so I can't play it The weird thing is that Quake is loading fine, I can hear the noises and move down the menu using the keys, I just can't see anything but a blank screen!

I have the latest Nvidia drivers and they installed fine, and the latest version of xorg (from my updates source). My xorg.conf file is

Section "Files"

    # Multiple FontPath entries are allowed (they are concatenated together)

    # By default, Mandrake 6.0 and later now use a font server independent of

    # the X server to render fonts.

    FontPath "unix/:-1"

EndSection

 

Section "ServerFlags"

    #DontZap # disable <Crtl><Alt><BS> (server abort)

    #DontZoom # disable <Crtl><Alt><KP_+>/<KP_-> (resolution switching)

    AllowMouseOpenFail # allows the server to start up even if the mouse doesn't work

EndSection

 

Section "Module"

    Load "dbe" # Double-Buffering Extension

    Load "v4l" # Video for Linux

    Load "extmod"

    Load "type1"

    Load "freetype"

    Load "glx" # 3D layer

EndSection

 

Section "InputDevice"

    Identifier "Keyboard1"

    Driver "keyboard"

    Option "XkbModel" "pc105"

    Option "XkbLayout" "gb"

    Option "XkbOptions" ""

EndSection

 

Section "InputDevice"

    Identifier "Mouse1"

    Driver "mouse"

    Option "Protocol" "ExplorerPS/2"

    Option "Device" "/dev/mouse"

    Option "ZAxisMapping" "6 7"

EndSection

 

Section "Monitor"

    Identifier "monitor1"

    VendorName "Plug'n Play"

    HorizSync 30-70

    VertRefresh 50-160

   

    # Sony Vaio C1(X,XS,VE,VN)?

    # 1024x480 @ 85.6 Hz, 48 kHz hsync

    ModeLine "1024x480"    65.00 1024 1032 1176 1344  480  488  494  563 -hsync -vsync

   

    # Dell D800 and few Inspiron (16/10) 1280x800

    ModeLine "1280x800"  147.89  1280 1376 1512 1744  800 801 804 848

   

    # Dell D800 and few Inspiron (16/10) 1680x1050

    ModeLine "1680x1050"  214.51  1680 1800 1984 2288  1050 1051 1054 1103

   

    # Dell D800 and few Inspiron (16/10) 1920x1200

    ModeLine "1920x1200" 230 1920 1936 2096 2528 1200 1201 1204 1250 +HSync +VSync

   

    # TV fullscreen mode or DVD fullscreen output.

    # 768x576 @ 79 Hz, 50 kHz hsync

    ModeLine "768x576"    50.00  768  832  846 1000  576  590  595  630

   

    # 768x576 @ 100 Hz, 61.6 kHz hsync

    ModeLine "768x576"    63.07  768  800  960 1024  576  578  590  616

EndSection

 

Section "Device"

    Identifier "device1"

    VendorName "nVidia Corp."

    BoardName "NVIDIA GeForce4 (generic)"

    Driver "nvidia"

    Option "DPMS"

    Option "NvAgp" "3"

EndSection

 

Section "Screen"

    Identifier "screen1"

    Device "device1"

    Monitor "monitor1"

    DefaultColorDepth 16

   

    Subsection "Display"

        Depth 8

        Virtual 1024 768

    EndSubsection

   

    Subsection "Display"

        Depth 15

        Virtual 1024 768

    EndSubsection

   

    Subsection "Display"

        Depth 16

        Virtual 1024 768

    EndSubsection

   

    Subsection "Display"

        Depth 24

        Virtual 1024 768

    EndSubsection

 

    Subsection "Display"

        Depth 16

        Virtual 640 480

    EndSubsection

EndSection

 

Section "ServerLayout"

    Identifier "layout1"

    InputDevice "Keyboard1" "CoreKeyboard"

    InputDevice "Mouse1" "CorePointer"

    Screen "screen1"

EndSection

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There aren't any updates for 10.1CE - you need to update to 10.1OE and then add and "updates" source. To do this, just go to easyurmpi and say that your system is 10.1OE. Add all three sources and then run an update. This will update your entire system to 10.1OE, and from then on you'll be able to get security updates.

A couple of people have found this borks their systems, but I had no probs...

The flickering is normally when X is trying different types of screens to see if they work. Your log will tell you why they didn't (lines beginning "not using...").

There's certainly something in Slashdot that breaks a normal firefox install, don't know about the other browsers, though. Try adding the "slashfix" extension to firefox and see how that goes.

More specifically:

http://www.mandrakeusers.org/index.php?showtopic=4567

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Yeah, well, I wasn't going to do all the work for him/her

Read the FAQ! :deal: (it's under the "hardware, drivers..." heading)

I've just booted into my Suse 9.1 partition, and Cube plays fine , so it's not a hardware thing.

I've done:

re-install latest drivers

changed x.org as above

added nvidia to modules.preload

What else should I do? Cube is looking like there's no 3-d support, but I don't know where to find logs that would help me see what's happening...

I'm having problems with 3d from my graphics card. I'm running 10.1OE with a Geforce4 MX440 graphics card. The latest NVIDIA drivers installed fine and glx gears work OK, and I've altered xorg.conf to have "load glx" and use "nvidia" rather than "nv". All seemed fine until I tried to play a 3d game - both Quake 3 and Cube will start and play, but the graphics are wavy and so distorted that I can't see a thing properly, including any settings to change!

Does anyone have any idea what's going on?

Got it a couple of hours ago. Took ages to get the page, and download painful at 18kps. Still can't get near the themes page

Overall - funky and fast! And I do like that big green button (well, it is in Noia...). And did I mention fast?

:D

Should be /usr/bin/realplay. I don't think it automatically goes onto the KDE menu, but you can add it yourself in menudrake.

WOW! You guys are fast!!!!

 

Ok, so I have the file "Mandrakelinux10officialCD1.iso", or whatever the name is, that I downloaded. Now, I simply burn an image of that? I thought an .iso was an image file? How will that make the CD bootable? Sorry I'm a block, but I'm just having a hard time understanding this process.

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Just do it. Stick the .iso file in Nero and tell it to burn the image. It will. Then reboot with the CD in the drive and Mandrake will appear. It's magic :D

A .iso file is an image. Telling Nero to "burn image" is telling it to burn that image onto the CD.

Go and grab yourself a free Nero demo version, then chose recorders>burn image. Burn away, and enjoy Mandrake

Thankyou!

I've finally got it working by changing the Mandrake boot thingie to grub, and then adding the Suse entry to that. Hurrah!

Of course, it's all going to go horribly wrong when I update to Mandrake 10.1 and Suse 9.2 :D

kdesu konqueror

... alternatively, how do I add Suse to lilo?

I've just installed Suse on my second harddrive (first harddrive has Mandrake 10OE dual booted with XP), and although grub found XP perfectly fine, I can't now boot into Mandrake.

What should I add to the grub bootloader for it to find Mandy?

My partitions are:

/dev/hda 57.2GB

/dev/hda1 34.2GC windows

/dev/hda2 23.0GB extended

/dev/hda5 5.8GB linux native

/dev/hda6 500MB linux swap

/dev/hda7 16.6GB linux native

.dev.hdb 38.1GB

/dev/hdb1 1011MB linux swap

/dev/hdb2 37GB linux native /

hda is the Mandrake/XP harddrive, hdb the suse one.

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Any ideas?

Isn't it just Recorders > burn image?

by the time the mailman arrives to deliver the cheap cd's you might as well download them again like 10 times or so and sell them to your neighbours, that will buy you time do do other stuff like 

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It does on the other hand free up your computer to do other bandwidthy things (not to mention not being able to boot into XP to play the Sims for the duration!). You pays your money and makes your choice... :P