Guest TusTus Posted June 25, 2006 Report Share Posted June 25, 2006 Hi! I've installed Mandriva 2006 in my computer and, since the first time I restart the computer, the graphic card dosen't word properly. I need to install nvidia drivers starting the system in run level 3, because the X don't work... After a few attempts (installing kernel source, etc.), the installation finished ok, and the X works "correctly". All seems to be ok, but, when I tried to launch armagetron game, I notice that the performance of the graphics was so bad... I try with other games with the same result! I'm looking for a solution in forums, but I don't find it. I have an AMD Athlon XP 2600+, ASUS Motherboard (A7VX8-X) and a nvidia 6600gt. glxinfo says: name of display: :0.0 display: :0 screen: 0 direct rendering: No server glx vendor string: SGI server glx version string: 1.2 cat /proc/driver/nvidia/agp/card Fast Writes: Supported SBA: Supported AGP Rates: 8x 4x Registers: 0xff000e1b:0x1f000302 cat /proc/driver/nvidia/agp/host-bridge Host Bridge: PCI device 1106:3189 Fast Writes: Supported SBA: Supported AGP Rates: 8x 4x Registers: 0x1f000a1f:0x00000b02 cat /proc/driver/nvidia/agp/status Status: Enabled Driver: AGPGART AGP Rate: 8x Fast Writes: Disabled SBA: Enabled I need help :-( Thank you, Roberto Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tyme Posted June 25, 2006 Report Share Posted June 25, 2006 Hey TusTus! Welcome to the board :) direct rendering: No This is where your problem resides. Can you post the contents of you /etc/X11/xorg.conf file? This will be helpful in giving you further directions and narrowing down the problem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daniewicz Posted June 25, 2006 Report Share Posted June 25, 2006 (edited) Can you post the contents of the file /etc/X11/xorg.conf here? This file may need to be tweaked a little. Arrrgh! Beaten by tyme Edited June 25, 2006 by daniewicz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tyme Posted June 25, 2006 Report Share Posted June 25, 2006 ha ha! i'm quicker :P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest TusTus Posted June 25, 2006 Report Share Posted June 25, 2006 Thank you for reply so quickly! This is my xorg.conf file: # nvidia-xconfig: X configuration file generated by nvidia-xconfig # nvidia-xconfig: version 1.0 (buildmeister@builder3) Mon May 15 13:23:42 PDT 2006 # File generated by XFdrake. # ********************************************************************** # Refer to the XF86Config man page for details about the format of # this file. # ********************************************************************** Section "ServerLayout" Identifier "layout1" Screen "screen1" 0 0 InputDevice "Keyboard1" "CoreKeyboard" InputDevice "Mouse1" "CorePointer" EndSection 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 "Module" Load "dbe" # Double-Buffering Extension Load "v4l" # Video for Linux Load "extmod" Load "type1" Load "freetype" Load "glx" # 3D layer EndSection Section "ServerFlags" #DontZap # disable <Crtl><Alt><BS> (server abort) # allows the server to start up even if the mouse does not work #DontZoom # disable <Crtl><Alt><KP_+>/<KP_-> (resolution switching) Option "allowmouseopenfail" EndSection Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Mouse1" Driver "mouse" Option "Protocol" "ExplorerPS/2" Option "Device" "/dev/mouse" Option "ZAxisMapping" "6 7" EndSection Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Keyboard1" Driver "keyboard" Option "XkbModel" "pc105" Option "XkbLayout" "es" Option "XkbOptions" "compose:rwin" EndSection Section "Monitor" # TV fullscreen mode or DVD fullscreen output. # 768x576 @ 79 Hz, 50 kHz hsync Identifier "monitor1" VendorName "Sony" ModelName "Sony SDM-HS74P (Digital)" HorizSync 28.0 - 65.0 VertRefresh 57.0 - 63.0 ModeLine "768x576" 50.0 768 832 846 1000 576 590 595 630 ModeLine "768x576" 63.1 768 800 960 1024 576 578 590 616 EndSection Section "Device" Identifier "device1" Driver "nvidia" BoardName "NVIDIA GeForce" Option "NvAGP" "3" EndSection Section "Screen" Identifier "screen1" Device "device1" Monitor "monitor1" DefaultDepth 24 Option "DPMS" SubSection "Display" Virtual 1280 1024 Depth 8 EndSubSection SubSection "Display" Virtual 1280 1024 Depth 15 EndSubSection SubSection "Display" Virtual 1280 1024 Depth 16 EndSubSection SubSection "Display" Virtual 1280 1024 Depth 24 EndSubSection EndSection Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daniewicz Posted June 25, 2006 Report Share Posted June 25, 2006 Any warnings or errors in /var/log/Xorg.0.log ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest TusTus Posted June 25, 2006 Report Share Posted June 25, 2006 Yes, I find this: (EE) NVIDIA(0): Failed to initialize the GLX module; please check in your X (EE) NVIDIA(0): log file that the GLX module has been loaded in your X (EE) NVIDIA(0): server, and that the module is the NVIDIA GLX module. If (EE) NVIDIA(0): you continue to encounter problems, Please try (EE) NVIDIA(0): reinstalling the NVIDIA driver. (WW) NVIDIA(0): (WW) NVIDIA(0): No modes were requested; the default mode "nvidia-auto-select" (WW) NVIDIA(0): will be used as the requested mode. (WW) NVIDIA(0): Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daniewicz Posted June 25, 2006 Report Share Posted June 25, 2006 On my older Mandriva 2005 install with an ancient GeForce2 card I have the following in my xorg.conf Load "/usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions/libglx.so" instead of Load "glx" # 3D layer Do a search on your box to locate libglx.so and try the above line like mine with the correct path for your system. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest TusTus Posted June 25, 2006 Report Share Posted June 25, 2006 I tried... but it seems that it doesn't work... :-( I've restarted and the glxinfo still showing: name of display: :0.0 display: :0 screen: 0 direct rendering: No server glx vendor string: SGI server glx version string: 1.2 Thank you for your reply, daniewicz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daniewicz Posted June 26, 2006 Report Share Posted June 26, 2006 What version of driver did you install? I did a quick google and found references to the use of a 6600gt with 7174, 7167, and 6629 drivers. Perhaps it is worth trying one of these older drivers? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scarecrow Posted June 26, 2006 Report Share Posted June 26, 2006 (edited) Change in your xorg.conf Driver "nvidia" to either Driver "nv" or Driver "vesa" (whatever works) and then update your system, including of course xorg. After the update you may try using the nvidia driver again. System updates are preferrably made without X running- that is going first telinit 3 and then running "urpmi --auto-select" The reason is the xorg version shipped with Mandriva 2006.0, which was at best a beta one, and having numerous issues with the ATi and nvidia drivers. Edited June 26, 2006 by scarecrow Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daniewicz Posted June 26, 2006 Report Share Posted June 26, 2006 (edited) Good suggestion scarecrow. TusTus: I didn't think to ask you if you had updated your new installation. Your problem could well be associated with the need for an xorg update. This recent thread details how to update your installation: https://mandrivausers.org/index.php?showtopic=32867&hl= Edited June 26, 2006 by daniewicz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest TusTus Posted June 26, 2006 Report Share Posted June 26, 2006 Yeah!!! It works!!! Thank you very much!!! I've updated the xorg and reinstalled nvidia drivers and now it works :-) glxinfo shows: name of display: :0.0 display: :0 screen: 0 direct rendering: Yes server glx vendor string: NVIDIA Corporation server glx version string: 1.4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scarecrow Posted June 26, 2006 Report Share Posted June 26, 2006 Nice to hear. Now you could (and should) try tuning up a bit your video driver, by running nvidia-settings ...this time as normal user. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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