3D

[studmuffin007]

Just had to do a new install and for the love of god i can not get the 3d affects to work ive updated the graphics driver but that didnt help, whats wrong? it all worked well when i first installed 2007 (untill i installed the driver twice)

 

thanks in advance

[SoulSe]

We will need a little more info here... which graphic's card do you have? When you say '3d affects' do you mean 'direct rendering'? Which drivers did you use and how did you install them? Can we see your xorg.conf / XF86Config file?

[studmuffin007]

the graphic card i have is a nvidia 128mb gforce 4 and the 3d effects i was refering to were XGL or AIGLX so i get the cube back, the driver i used was the 9629 nvidia driver installed via mcc

 

my xorg.conf file

# File generated by XFdrake (rev 57713)

 

# **********************************************************************

# Refer to the xorg.conf man page for details about the format of

# this file.

# **********************************************************************

 

Section "Files"

# font server independent of the X server to render fonts.

FontPath "unix/:-1"

 

# minimal fonts to allow X to run without xfs

FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/misc:unscaled"

EndSection

 

Section "ServerFlags"

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

AllowMouseOpenFail # allows the server to start up even if the mouse does not work

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

EndSection

 

Section "Module"

Load "dbe" # Double-Buffering Extension

Load "v4l" # Video for Linux

Load "extmod"

Load "type1"

Load "freetype"

Load "/usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/nvidia/libglx.so"

EndSection

 

Section "InputDevice"

Identifier "Keyboard1"

Driver "kbd"

Option "XkbModel" "pc105"

Option "XkbLayout" "gb"

Option "XkbOptions" "compose:rwin"

EndSection

 

Section "InputDevice"

Identifier "Mouse1"

Driver "mouse"

Option "Protocol" "ExplorerPS/2"

Option "Device" "/dev/mouse"

EndSection

 

Section "InputDevice"

Identifier "Eraser1"

Driver "wacom"

Option "Device" "/dev/input/event0"

Option "Type" "eraser"

Option "Mode" "Absolute"

Option "USB"

EndSection

 

Section "InputDevice"

Identifier "Cursor1"

Driver "wacom"

Option "Device" "/dev/input/event0"

Option "Type" "cursor"

Option "Mode" "Relative"

Option "USB"

EndSection

 

Section "InputDevice"

Identifier "Stylus1"

Driver "wacom"

Option "Device" "/dev/input/event0"

Option "Type" "stylus"

Option "Mode" "Absolute"

Option "USB"

EndSection

 

Section "InputDevice"

Identifier "SynapticsMouse1"

Driver "synaptics"

Option "SHMConfig" "on"

EndSection

 

Section "Monitor"

Identifier "monitor1"

VendorName "Generic"

ModelName "1024x768 @ 60 Hz"

HorizSync 31.5-48.5

VertRefresh 50-70

 

# 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"

BoardName "NVIDIA GeForce4 (generic)"

Driver "nvidia"

Option "DPMS"

EndSection

 

Section "Screen"

Identifier "screen1"

Device "device1"

Monitor "monitor1"

DefaultColorDepth 24

 

Subsection "Display"

Depth 8

Modes "1024x768" "832x624" "800x600" "640x480" "480x360" "320x240"

EndSubsection

 

Subsection "Display"

Depth 15

Modes "1024x768" "832x624" "800x600" "640x480" "480x360" "320x240"

EndSubsection

 

Subsection "Display"

Depth 16

Modes "1024x768" "832x624" "800x600" "640x480" "480x360" "320x240"

EndSubsection

 

Subsection "Display"

Depth 24

Modes "1024x768" "832x624" "800x600" "640x480" "480x360" "320x240"

EndSubsection

EndSection

 

Section "ServerLayout"

Identifier "layout1"

InputDevice "Keyboard1" "CoreKeyboard"

InputDevice "Mouse1" "CorePointer"

InputDevice "Eraser1" "AlwaysCore"

InputDevice "Cursor1" "AlwaysCore"

InputDevice "Stylus1" "AlwaysCore"

InputDevice "SynapticsMouse1" "AlwaysCore"

Screen "screen1"

EndSection

 

my XF86Config file

# File generated by XFdrake (rev 57713)

 

# **********************************************************************

# Refer to the xorg.conf man page for details about the format of

# this file.

# **********************************************************************

 

Section "Files"

# font server independent of the X server to render fonts.

FontPath "unix/:-1"

 

# minimal fonts to allow X to run without xfs

FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/misc:unscaled"

EndSection

 

Section "ServerFlags"

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

AllowMouseOpenFail # allows the server to start up even if the mouse does not work

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

EndSection

 

Section "Module"

Load "dbe" # Double-Buffering Extension

Load "v4l" # Video for Linux

Load "extmod"

Load "type1"

Load "freetype"

Load "/usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/nvidia/libglx.so"

EndSection

 

Section "InputDevice"

Identifier "Keyboard1"

Driver "kbd"

Option "XkbModel" "pc105"

Option "XkbLayout" "gb"

Option "XkbOptions" "compose:rwin"

EndSection

 

Section "InputDevice"

Identifier "Mouse1"

Driver "mouse"

Option "Protocol" "ExplorerPS/2"

Option "Device" "/dev/mouse"

EndSection

 

Section "InputDevice"

Identifier "Eraser1"

Driver "wacom"

Option "Device" "/dev/input/event0"

Option "Type" "eraser"

Option "Mode" "Absolute"

Option "USB"

EndSection

 

Section "InputDevice"

Identifier "Cursor1"

Driver "wacom"

Option "Device" "/dev/input/event0"

Option "Type" "cursor"

Option "Mode" "Relative"

Option "USB"

EndSection

 

Section "InputDevice"

Identifier "Stylus1"

Driver "wacom"

Option "Device" "/dev/input/event0"

Option "Type" "stylus"

Option "Mode" "Absolute"

Option "USB"

EndSection

 

Section "InputDevice"

Identifier "SynapticsMouse1"

Driver "synaptics"

Option "SHMConfig" "on"

EndSection

 

Section "Monitor"

Identifier "monitor1"

VendorName "Generic"

ModelName "1024x768 @ 60 Hz"

HorizSync 31.5-48.5

VertRefresh 50-70

 

# 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"

BoardName "NVIDIA GeForce4 (generic)"

Driver "nvidia"

Option "DPMS"

EndSection

 

Section "Screen"

Identifier "screen1"

Device "device1"

Monitor "monitor1"

DefaultColorDepth 24

 

Subsection "Display"

Depth 8

Modes "1024x768" "832x624" "800x600" "640x480" "480x360" "320x240"

EndSubsection

 

Subsection "Display"

Depth 15

Modes "1024x768" "832x624" "800x600" "640x480" "480x360" "320x240"

EndSubsection

 

Subsection "Display"

Depth 16

Modes "1024x768" "832x624" "800x600" "640x480" "480x360" "320x240"

EndSubsection

 

Subsection "Display"

Depth 24

Modes "1024x768" "832x624" "800x600" "640x480" "480x360" "320x240"

EndSubsection

EndSection

 

Section "ServerLayout"

Identifier "layout1"

InputDevice "Keyboard1" "CoreKeyboard"

InputDevice "Mouse1" "CorePointer"

InputDevice "Eraser1" "AlwaysCore"

InputDevice "Cursor1" "AlwaysCore"

InputDevice "Stylus1" "AlwaysCore"

InputDevice "SynapticsMouse1" "AlwaysCore"

Screen "screen1"

EndSection

 

Thank in advance

[SoulSe]

In this section over here:

Section "Module"
Load "dbe" # Double-Buffering Extension
Load "v4l" # Video for Linux
Load "extmod"
Load "type1"
Load "freetype"
Load "/usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/nvidia/libglx.so"
EndSection

 

Try replacing

Load "/usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/nvidia/libglx.so"

with just

 Load "glx"

Also remember to restart the X server before testing it again.

 

Are you just trying glxgears? Have youchecked anywhere else? Try the following for a sure-fire check:

 $ glxinfo |grep direct

(Hope I remembered all that correctly :P )

[studmuffin007]

Thanks SoulSe ive tried to replace what you advised but all i get is access denied. I ran the glxinfo |grep direct as SU and it returned direct rendering: No.

 

Thanks

[tyme]

if you're running XGL as your 3d desktop at the time you run glxinfo then you will always receive direct rendering: no as the result.