F13 - Nvidia graphic driver - 3D acceleration problems

Hi all!

I installed Fedora 13 x86_64 (Kernel 2.6.33.6-147.fc13.x86_64) and the nvidia driver 265.35 with the .run file described in this guide:

http://forums.fedoraforum.org/showthread.php?t=234595

After the installation the driver and the 3D acceleration worked fine. But after 1-2 hours and the installation of Skype and Wine the 3D acceleration doesn't work correctly anymore. I started World of Warcraft but the game was just a freeze frame and every few seconds a new frame.

I checked glxgears, but the output is very bad:

68 frames in 6.9 seconds =  9.862 FPS
64 frames in 5.0 seconds = 12.747 FPS

Unfortunately I have no idea why. I checked the bug report file from nvidia, but I can't see any error messages. Enclosed you can find the bug report.

Can someone help me to find the error?

Thank you in advance.

Best regards,
Melanie

[Chris Rouch]

On 24 July 2010 18:40,   wrote:
> Hi all!
>
> I installed Fedora 13 x86_64 (Kernel 2.6.33.6-147.fc13.x86_64) and the nvidia driver 265.35 with the .run file described in this guide:
>
> http://forums.fedoraforum.org/showthread.php?t=234595
>
> After the installation the driver and the 3D acceleration worked fine. But after 1-2 hours and the installation of Skype and Wine the 3D acceleration doesn't work correctly anymore. I started World of Warcraft but the game was just a freeze frame and every few seconds a new frame.
>
> I checked glxgears, but the output is very bad:
>
> 68 frames in 6.9 seconds =  9.862 FPS
> 64 frames in 5.0 seconds = 12.747 FPS
>
> Unfortunately I have no idea why. I checked the bug report file from nvidia, but I can't see any error messages. Enclosed you can find the bug report.
>
> Can someone help me to find the error?

I've had lots of problems with my nvidia graphics card since
installing f13 - both with the nouveau and proprietary nvidia drivers.
I found the only way to get the proprietary driver to work reliably
was to install the latest f12 kernel
(kernel-2.6.32.16-141.fc12.x86_64). The problems i saw were different
to yours, but i think something changed between kernel versions 2.6.32
and 2.6.33 which adversely effects the nvidia driver.

I'd also recommend that you install akmod-nvidia from rpmfusion and
that you try to get help with this problem there. As the proprietary
driver is not part of fedora support on this list tends to be a bit
limited. That said, if you find a solution, posting it here would be
appreciated.

Regards,

Chris

[Kevin Fenzi]

On Sat, 24 Jul 2010 18:40:43 +0200
[e-mail] wrote:
> Hi all!
>
> I installed Fedora 13 x86_64 (Kernel 2.6.33.6-147.fc13.x86_64) and
> the nvidia driver 265.35 with the .run file described in this guide:
>
> http://forums.fedoraforum.org/showthread.php?t=234595
>
> After the installation the driver and the 3D acceleration worked
> fine. But after 1-2 hours and the installation of Skype and Wine the
> 3D acceleration doesn't work correctly anymore. I started World of
> Warcraft but the game was just a freeze frame and every few seconds a
> new frame.
>
> I checked glxgears, but the output is very bad:
>
> 68 frames in 6.9 seconds =  9.862 FPS
> 64 frames in 5.0 seconds = 12.747 FPS
>
> Unfortunately I have no idea why. I checked the bug report file from
> nvidia, but I can't see any error messages. Enclosed you can find the
> bug report.
>
> Can someone help me to find the error?

I would suggest removing the '.run' installed driver:

http://fedorasolved.org/video-solutions/remove-nvidia-installer/

Then, see if the free nouveau driver included with fedora meets your
needs:

http://fedorasolved.org/Members/dcr226/nouveau-kmods-mesa-dri-exper/

If it doesn't, then finally install the kmod from rpmfusion for the non
free binary only nvidia driver:

http://fedorasolved.org/video-solutions/nvidia-yum-kmod/

kevin

Hi!

Thanks for your answers!

Unfortunately the noveau driver doesn´t fit my needs, because I need the proprietary nvidia driver to start games with wine.

I also tried the kmod and akmod nvidia driver with the rpm packages. But this driver doesn´t work too.

I posted a thread in nvnews forum. A member informed me, that I have some error messages in my bug report file. But only nvidia can decode this "cryptic stuff". But this errors mean, that something is wrong with my gpu, because of a bug in the driver or a hardware problem.

So I think in my case, the problem is the graphic card and not Fedora or adjustments in the system.

Thanks a lot for your answers and suggestions.

Best regards,
Melanie

-------- Original-Nachricht --------
> Datum: Mon, 26 Jul 2010 17:22:40 +0200
> Von: Chris Rouch 
> An: Community support for Fedora users 
> Betreff: Re: F13 - Nvidia graphic driver - 3D acceleration problems
> On 24 July 2010 18:40,   wrote:
> > Hi all!
> >
> > I installed Fedora 13 x86_64 (Kernel 2.6.33.6-147.fc13.x86_64) and the
>
> nvidia driver 265.35 with the .run file described in this guide:
> > http://forums.fedoraforum.org/showthread.php?t=234595
> >
> > After the installation the driver and the 3D acceleration worked fine.
>
> But after 1-2 hours and the installation of Skype and Wine the 3D
> acceleration doesn't work correctly anymore. I started World of Warcraft but the game
> was just a freeze frame and every few seconds a new frame.
> > I checked glxgears, but the output is very bad:
> >
> > 68 frames in 6.9 seconds =  9.862 FPS
> > 64 frames in 5.0 seconds = 12.747 FPS
> >
> > Unfortunately I have no idea why. I checked the bug report file from
>
> nvidia, but I can't see any error messages. Enclosed you can find the bug
> report.
> > Can someone help me to find the error?
>
> I've had lots of problems with my nvidia graphics card since
> installing f13 - both with the nouveau and proprietary nvidia drivers.
> I found the only way to get the proprietary driver to work reliably
> was to install the latest f12 kernel
> (kernel-2.6.32.16-141.fc12.x86_64). The problems i saw were different
> to yours, but i think something changed between kernel versions 2.6.32
> and 2.6.33 which adversely effects the nvidia driver.
>
> I'd also recommend that you install akmod-nvidia from rpmfusion and
> that you try to get help with this problem there. As the proprietary
> driver is not part of fedora support on this list tends to be a bit
> limited. That said, if you find a solution, posting it here would be
> appreciated.
>
> Regards,
> Chris
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[Kevin Fenzi]

On Mon, 26 Jul 2010 19:27:39 +0200
[e-mail] wrote:
> Hi!
>
> Thanks for your answers!
>
> Unfortunately the noveau driver doesn´t fit my needs, because I need
> the proprietary nvidia driver to start games with wine.

Have you tried installing the mesa-dri-drivers-experimental package as
mentioned in the second link there? That should provide 3d for many
(but not all) chipsets.
> I also tried the kmod and akmod nvidia driver with the rpm packages.
> But this driver doesn´t work too.

Can you expand on that? Any errors? Did you follow the procedure in the
link exactly?
> I posted a thread in nvnews forum. A member informed me, that I have
> some error messages in my bug report file. But only nvidia can decode
> this "cryptic stuff". But this errors mean, that something is wrong
> with my gpu, because of a bug in the driver or a hardware problem.
>
> So I think in my case, the problem is the graphic card and not Fedora
> or adjustments in the system.

That could be the case...
> Thanks a lot for your answers and suggestions.

No problem.
> Best regards,
> Melanie

kevin