Sunwatcher Posted March 21, 2009 Report Share Posted March 21, 2009 Can anyone help with this? I've just installed Mandriva 2009 Free on a new machine that has an nVidia 8400 GS video card. Mandriva installed the nvidia driver automatically through the MCC hardware screen. I've installed compiz and emerald. Unfortunately, MCC won't allow me to get the 3D effects working; it says that my system does not support 3D effects (I know it does). Any suggestions? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg2 Posted March 21, 2009 Report Share Posted March 21, 2009 We need some more info, please post the output of uname -r and rpm -qa | grep nvidia and glxinfo | grep -i direct Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sunwatcher Posted March 22, 2009 Author Report Share Posted March 22, 2009 This is what I get: $ uname -r 2.6.27.19-desktop-1mnb $ rpm -qa | grep nvidia nvidia-current-kernel-desktop-latest-177.70-1.20090305.2.3mdv2009.0 nvidia-current-kernel-2.6.27.19-desktop-1mnb-177.70-2.3mdv2009.0 nvidia-current-doc-html-177.70-2.3mdv2009.0 nvidia-current-kernel-2.6.27-desktop-0.rc8.2mnb-177.70-1mdv2009.0 dkms-nvidia-current-177.70-2.3mdv2009.0 x11-driver-video-nvidia-current-177.70-2.3mdv2009.0 $ glxinfo |grep -i direct direct rendering: No (If you want to find out why, try setting LIBGL_DEBUG=verbose) OpenGL renderer string: Mesa GLX Indirect Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daniewicz Posted March 22, 2009 Report Share Posted March 22, 2009 Direct rendering needs to be ON, that is the problem. Can you post the contents of your etc/X11/xorg.conf file? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
medo3891 Posted March 22, 2009 Report Share Posted March 22, 2009 Try reconfiguring your card using drakx11, open the Mandriva control centre>hardware>set up the graphical server>graphics card. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg2 Posted March 22, 2009 Report Share Posted March 22, 2009 You have everything installed that you need for that card. You could remove the nvidia-current-kernel-2.6.27-desktop-0.rc8.2mnb-177.70-1mdv2009.0 package if you no longer use that (2.6.27-desktop-0.rc8.2mnb) kernel. As daniewicz has already noted, you need direct rendering for the 3D effects. So please follow medo's instructions and see if that works for you. Please let us know if you still have any problems. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sunwatcher Posted March 22, 2009 Author Report Share Posted March 22, 2009 Direct rendering needs to be ON, that is the problem. Can you post the contents of your etc/X11/xorg.conf file? The graphical server in MCC is set to "NVIDIA gforce 6100 and later". Here is xorg.conf: # File generated by XFdrake (rev 247269) # ********************************************************************** # Refer to the xorg.conf man page for details about the format of # this file. # ********************************************************************** Section "ServerFlags" #DontZap # disable <Ctrl><Alt><BS> (server abort) #DontZoom # disable <Ctrl><Alt><KP_+>/<KP_-> (resolution switching) AllowMouseOpenFail # allows the server to start up even if the mouse does not work EndSection Section "Module" Disable "dri" 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 "kbd" Option "XkbModel" "pc105" Option "XkbLayout" "us" Option "XkbOptions" "compose:rwin" EndSection Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Mouse1" Driver "mouse" Option "Protocol" "ExplorerPS/2" Option "Device" "/dev/mouse" EndSection Section "Monitor" Identifier "monitor1" VendorName "Plug'n Play" ModelName "AL1716" HorizSync 31-81 VertRefresh 56-75 # 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 Corporation" BoardName "NVIDIA GeForce 6100 and later" Driver "nv" Option "DPMS" EndSection Section "Screen" Identifier "screen1" Device "device1" Monitor "monitor1" EndSection Section "ServerLayout" Identifier "layout1" InputDevice "Keyboard1" "CoreKeyboard" InputDevice "Mouse1" "CorePointer" Screen "screen1" EndSection Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg2 Posted March 22, 2009 Report Share Posted March 22, 2009 Driver "nv"This is your problem. When you select your card from XFdrake (set up the graphical server), it should ask you if you want to use the proprietary driver, click on 'yes'. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sunwatcher Posted March 22, 2009 Author Report Share Posted March 22, 2009 OK, but I'm not sure what to do exactly. I go to MCC>Hardware>Set up the Graphical Server. I see bars, "Graphic Card", "Monitor", etc. If I click on Graphic Card, it shows me a list of X servers. The one already highlighted is under NVIDIA and says "GeForce 6100 and later". Am I supposed to pick something else? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daniewicz Posted March 22, 2009 Report Share Posted March 22, 2009 You need to edit the xorg.conf file: change Driver "nv" to Driver "nvidia" then reboot Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sunwatcher Posted March 22, 2009 Author Report Share Posted March 22, 2009 Many thanks everyone! I got it working -- well, you guys got it working. I love this forum. Again, thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Guest mykee Posted June 7, 2009 Report Share Posted June 7, 2009 (edited) Hi guys, I got the totally same problem on a same iron its an aspire notebook with 8400M GS and mandriva 2009 installed, I edited my xorg.conf from "nv" to "nvidia" and after that the Xserver dosent bring up. so i had to change back to nv. I saw a message when the putter boots up 'the nvidia 180.1 driver already in the kernel' or smth like that. anybody can help me to solve the problem ? 2.6.29.3-desktop586-1mnb direct rendering: Yes nvidia-current-kernel-2.6.29.3-desktop586-1mnb-180.51-1mdv2009.1 x11-driver-video-nvidia-current-180.51-1mdv2009.1 nvidia-current-doc-html-180.51-1mdv2009.1 nvidia-current-kernel-2.6.29.1-desktop586-4mnb-180.51-1mdv2009.1 nvidia-current-kernel-2.6.29.3-desktop-1mnb-180.51-1mdv2009.1 nvidia-current-kernel-desktop-latest-180.51-1.20090515.1mdv2009.1 dkms-nvidia-current-180.51-1mdv2009.1 nvidia-current-kernel-2.6.29.1-desktop-4mnb-180.51-1mdv2009.1 nvidia-current-kernel-desktop586-latest-180.51-1.20090515.1mdv2009.1 meanwhile i did that greg2 mention and its woking now. cheers Edited June 7, 2009 by mykee Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg2 Posted June 7, 2009 Report Share Posted June 7, 2009 @mykee- I'm glad you have it sorted out. Welcome aboard! :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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