santner

This is my never ending saga to resolve:

cat /proc/drivers/nvidia/agp/status

Status: Disabled

So I checked to see what modules are loaded, looking for a clue. It turns out that both agpgart and nvidia are loaded. When I try to remove them:

rmmod nvidia

ERROR: Module nvidia is in use

rmmod agpgart

ERROR: Module agpgart is dependent on via-agp ----or something like that

So I am just wondering if this is normal for both modules to be loaded at the same time, and it seems that they are both in use since I can not remove them. Is this normal?

Also, is there a tutorial or something on /etc/modules* and /etc/modprobe*? I have like 6 of these files, and if I was more educated on what they do and how they work I think that might help.

I just migrated from RedHat 9 to Mandrake 10 2 weeks ago, and my dial-up connection has been painfully slow (even for dial-up). I currently use kppp for the connection. Last night I wrote a script to make the connection hoping that somehow kppp was the culprit but still no luck. Has anyone had a similar problem? Thanks

Some interesting developements. It turns out that I already had:

Options "NvAGP" "1"

in my XF86Config file, but when I tried to change it to a 2 or 3, then the screen outputs strange characters, mostly in black and white but also in a strange neon green color, similar to the PASS color on bootup. So I tried:

lsmod | grep nvidia

nvidia 2068232 24

lsmod | grep agpgart

agpgart 31016 1 via-agp

cat /proc/drivers/nvidia/agp/status

Status: Disabled

Still disabled From my previous post, "NvAGP" "1" means that I am using the nvidia AGP driver, and 2 means that I am using the linux kernel AGP driver. I don't know what else to try. Is there some file somewhere where I could enable the AGP? I already checked the BIOS and everything is as it should be there.

I think this is the solution from the nvidia readme.txt:

There are several choices for configuring the NVIDIA kernel module's

use of AGP: you can choose to either use NVIDIA's AGP module (NVAGP),

or the AGP module that comes with the linux kernel (AGPGART). This is

controlled through the "NvAGP" option in your XF86Config file:

Option "NvAgp" "0" ... disables AGP support

Option "NvAgp" "1" ... use NVAGP, if possible

Option "NvAgp" "2" ... use AGPGART, if possible

Option "NvAGP" "3" ... try AGPGART; if that fails, try NVAGP

Somehow my system must have defaulted to disabling AGP support. I will try to fix this tonight when I get home. I'll post tomorrow to confirm if this is in fact the correct solution.

Here is my card:

CHAINTECH nVIDIA GeForce FX5200 Video Card, 128MB DDR, 64-bit, DVI/TV-Out, 8X AGP

***** Although my mobo only supports speeds of 4x

Also, on glxgears I am getting around 930 fps.

Direct rendering actually is enabled.

glxinfo | grep "direct rendering"

direct rendering: Yes

I was just concerned about the status: disabled. Should I just ignore it and assume that it is working properly?

I finally got my nvidia card installed and working with the correct driver(driver "nvidia") :P , but when I issue the command:

cat /proc/driver/nvidia/agp/status

Status: Disabled

It says that the driver/card is disabled? How can this be? Is there a file where this can be enabled?

I also issued:

lsmod | grep nvidia

nvidia 2068232 36

So the module is loaded. Also, on glxgears I am at 930 fps and the card that I have is an nvidia GeForce FX 5200 with 128 MB of RAM. Does anyone have some input on this? Thanks,

Shane

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I was also thinking about trying YANC. It's on the tips and tricks forum for maximizing the performance of your nvidia card. Any experience or advice on YANC? B)

Thanks for the link. I will try it when I get home tonight.

Hello again,

I have my /home directory on a seperate partition, and some screwy things have been happening since I installed mandrake10 when it automounts during the boot process, however I think that I have them all fixed except that when I log in I receive the error:

KDEInit could not launch /usr/bin/autorun

I checked the directory and the file does not exist. I was thinking of creating a dummy user and seeing if that user would have this file, then copying it over. Will that work? Is there a better way?

Good morning everyone. I just installed mandrake 10 and I am trying to configure my XFree86.conf file to use the nvidia driver, but I can't install the driver because the nvidia installer can't find the kernel source files. When I look in /usr/src there is only a directory called RPMS. So I executed:

uname -r

which returned:

2.6.3-7mdk

and I tried

rpm -q kernel

and

rpm -q kernel-source

and both rpm commands said that neither were installed. I came from redhat so maybe it's a mandrake newbie thing, I don't know? Any suggestions? Thanks,

Shane