On Mon, May 4, 2009 at 4:07 PM, Volker Armin Hemmann <volkerar...@googlemail.com> wrote: > On Dienstag 05 Mai 2009, Mark Knecht wrote: >> On Mon, May 4, 2009 at 2:58 PM, Brandon Vargo <brandon.va...@gmail.com> > wrote: >> > On Mon, 2009-05-04 at 14:25 -0700, Mark Knecht wrote: >> >> Hi, >> >> Is this the right page to follow for up-to-date installation >> >> instructions for a 6200-based card? >> >> >> >> http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/nvidia-guide.xml >> >> >> >> If it is then is it at all out of date in terms of xorg.conf setup >> >> for the newer xorg-server/hald setup, or is it OK? >> > >> > I have the PCI version of the 6200, and I can confirm that 180.29 >> > (stable for my arch) work great as well as the vesa framebuffer. I had >> > problems with the uvesa framebuffer a few kernels back, and never got it >> > to work, though I haven't tried since. >> > >> > The rest of the nvidia guide looks good, though I do not use the same >> > options as the guide for my xorg.conf configuration. For example, I've >> > never had to set the VideoRam option in the device section, and set >> > things such as NoLogo, RenderAccel, etc in the screen section. Take a >> > look at [1] for all the options. That's the amd64 version, though it >> > should be similar if not the same for other architectures. >> > >> > I don't use hal, so I cannot comment on that. >> > >> > I would recommend using the nvidia-xconfig utility to configure another >> > xorg.conf once you get a basic X display running. It works pretty well, >> > particularly regarding 3D settings and multiple monitors, so it's a good >> > starting point from which to customize. >> > >> > [1]: >> > http://us.download.nvidia.com/XFree86/Linux-x86_64/180.29/README/appendix >> >-b.html >> > >> > Regards, >> > >> > Brandon Vargo >> >> Thanks Brandon. I'm up in X now on the 6200 AGP so it's functional. >> glxgears seems sort of slow at about 230FPS but I probably don't have >> things set up right yet. >> >> I had questions about the setup instructions as I went through it. >> >> 1) Do you completely drop out DRI support in the kernel? Seems this >> document says not to load the dri driver in xconf and it wasn't shown >> in the kernel options so I took it out. Maybe that should be enabled? > > no. Nvidia uses its own stuff. No need for dri in kernel.
Without DRI in the kernel I got an error message when running glxinfo | grep direct. Once I put nvidia in xorg.conf it loaded automatically. That seems inconsistent with this new push to use hald and no xorg.conf. > >> >> 2) I used to have /dev/agpgart and framebuffer suppport as modular but >> this setup doc seemed to go with built-in so I switched to that. I do >> have the Intel chipset AGP GART support as modular and it does load >> OK. Not sure if I should use that or NVidia's? > > no, you should use the kernel agpgart. Nvagp is a remnant from former times > when there were bugs with certain chipsets and agpgart versions. Times long > gone. Even nvidia devs tell you on nvnews to use agpgart and only switch to > nvagp if that really does not work. > >> >> No problems getting the card up and running. Now it's a matter of >> figuring out how to do it right. I am using hald but it wouldn't load >> the nvidia driver automatically, opting for the nv driver. Do you have >> that problem? Should I put it in modules.autoload? > > no. Just put the nvidia module in xorg.conf. Also make sure you set the right > opengl version with eselect. At the end don't forget that the 6200 is a very > slow card. Very slow? Compared to a 9600? Yes. Compared to a Riva? No. It's all relative. I just require it to work and play MythTV for my wife. Nothing more. > > glxinfo and nvidia-settings can help you detect problems. > emerge word going on now. I'll try out nvidia-settings soon. Thanks, Mark
