nvidia users: about the xorg-x11 update

[Jack Spaar]

If you used nvidia's installer for the 6106 driver, you will 
need to re-run the installer after the new xorg-x11 update.

After the xorg-x11 update, glxgears dropped from ~5200 fps to 1750 fps.
Re-running nvidia's installer patched things up again.

This is because nvidia's installer effectively replaces some GL libraries
with nvidia's accellerated version.  The xorg-x11 update re-installs the
un-accellerated GL libraries.  [My explanation is approximate.  So is my
understanding. ;) ]

I wish there was some rpm-savvy way for nvidia's installer to handle
this situation.]

--Jack

[Axel Thimm]

On Tue, Jul 06, 2004 at 01:21:35PM -0700, Jack Spaar wrote:
> If you used nvidia's installer for the 6106 driver, you will 
> need to re-run the installer after the new xorg-x11 update.
>
> After the xorg-x11 update, glxgears dropped from ~5200 fps to 1750 fps.
> Re-running nvidia's installer patched things up again.
>
> This is because nvidia's installer effectively replaces some GL libraries
> with nvidia's accellerated version.  The xorg-x11 update re-installs the
> un-accellerated GL libraries.  [My explanation is approximate.  So is my
> understanding. ;) ]
>
> I wish there was some rpm-savvy way for nvidia's installer to handle
> this situation.]

You mean like http://ATrpms.net/name/nvidia-graphics/ ? ;)

No messing with library or Mesa rpm replacement, and you can even have
multiple nvidia drivers installed in parallel.

[Jack Spaar]

On Wed, 07 Jul 2004 13:09:28 +0200, Axel Thimm wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 06, 2004 at 01:21:35PM -0700, Jack Spaar wrote:

...
> > I wish there was some rpm-savvy way for nvidia's installer to handle
> > this situation.]
>
> You mean like http://ATrpms.net/name/nvidia-graphics/ ? ;)
>
> No messing with library or Mesa rpm replacement, and you can even have
> multiple nvidia drivers installed in parallel.

Thanks Axel!  Where would we be without community packagers?

A question -- the description at:
http://atrpms.net/dist/fc2/nvidia-graphics/nvidia-graphics6106-1.0_6106-59.rhfc2.at.i386.rpm.html

says "You must also install a matching kernel-module-nvidia-graphics6106 rpm, if you want to
utilize these drivers."  But I don't see a kernel-module-nvidia*6106*.rpm
in http://download.atrpms.net/production/packages/fedora-2-i386/atrpms/

Am I looking at the wrong place?

Thanks,
--Jack

[Axel Thimm]

On Wed, Jul 07, 2004 at 12:19:10PM -0700, Jack Spaar wrote:
> On Wed, 07 Jul 2004 13:09:28 +0200, Axel Thimm wrote:
> > On Tue, Jul 06, 2004 at 01:21:35PM -0700, Jack Spaar wrote:
>
> ...
> > > I wish there was some rpm-savvy way for nvidia's installer to handle
> > > this situation.]
> >
> > You mean like http://ATrpms.net/name/nvidia-graphics/ ? ;)
> >
> > No messing with library or Mesa rpm replacement, and you can even have
> > multiple nvidia drivers installed in parallel.
>
> Thanks Axel!  Where would we be without community packagers?
>
> A question -- the description at:
> http://atrpms.net/dist/fc2/nvidia-graphics/nvidia-graphics6106-1.0_6106-59.rhfc2.at.i386.rpm.html
>
> says "You must also install a matching kernel-module-nvidia-graphics6106 rpm, if you want to
> utilize these drivers."  But I don't see a kernel-module-nvidia*6106*.rpm
> in http://download.atrpms.net/production/packages/fedora-2-i386/atrpms/
>
> Am I looking at the wrong place?

Ooops, no, right place, but modules were wiped out in accident (while
pruning kernel modules for phased out kernels). Check again in an
hour.

Thanks for reporting!