New Nvidia driver with 4k stack support is out

[Gene Heskett]

On Tuesday 06 July 2004 07:30, Ernest L. Williams Jr. wrote:
>On Tue, 2004-07-06 at 06:29 -0400, Ernest L. Williams Jr. wrote:
>> On Tue, 2004-07-06 at 14:17 +1200, Greg Trounson wrote:
>> > Ernest L. Williams Jr. wrote:
>> > > On Thu, 2004-07-01 at 15:27 +0930, Mark Bradbury wrote:
>> > >>Get it while its hot
>> > >>
>> > >>ftp://download.nvidia.com/XFree86/Linux-x86/1.0-6106/README.tx
>> > >>t
>> > >> http://download.nvidia.com/XFree86/Linux-x86/1.0-6106/NVIDIA-
>> > >>Linux-x86-1.0-6106-pkg1.run
>> > >
>> > > Got it.  However, I am not working:
>> > >
>> > > ==============================================================
>> > >=
>> > >
>> > > [williams at matrix williams]$ glxinfo
>> > > name of display: :0.0
>> > > Xlib:  extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0".
>> > > Xlib:  extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0".
>> > > Xlib:  extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0".
>> > > Error: couldn't find RGB GLX visual
>> > > ==============================================================
>> > >
>> > > What am I missing??
>> >
>> > What driver are you using?
>>
>> I am using the NVIDIA driver
>>
>> > Check in your /etc/X11/xorg.conf (or /etc/X11/XF86Config if
>> > you're using FC1) that your video driver is set to 'nvidia' and
>> > not 'nv' or 'vesa'.
>>
>> I am using Fedora Core 2.
>>
>> > You should have a section that looks like this:
>> > Section "Device"
>> >          Identifier  "Videocard0"
>> >          Driver      "nvidia"
>> >          VendorName  "Videocard vendor"
>> >          BoardName   "NVIDIA GeForce 4 MX (generic)"
>> > EndSection
>>
>> My section indeed is as above:
>> ==================================================================
>>========= Section "Device"
>>         Identifier  "Videocard0"
>>         Driver      "nvidia"
>>         VendorName  "Videocard vendor"
>>         BoardName   "NVIDIA GeForce 4 (generic)"
>> EndSection
>> ==================================================================
>>=========
>>
>> What linux kernel are you using?
>> What version of gcc are you using?
>>
>>
>> For me:
>> linux kernel -- kernel-2.6.7-1.471
>> gcc -- gcc-3.4.0-7
>>
>> To build the driver I am doing the following:
>> sh NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-6106-pkg1.run --add-this-kernel
>>
>> I will read the instructions and try again
>
>Still no luck:
>When booting up I get can't find nvidia module
>====================================================================
>======= Jul  6 06:55:55 matrix udev[3953]: creating device node
> '/udev/nvidia0' Jul  6 06:55:55 matrix udev[3947]: creating device
> node '/udev/ nvidiactl'
>Jul  6 07:06:35 matrix nvidia: Disabling nvidia driver succeeded
>Jul  6 07:08:50 matrix nvidia: Checking for nvidia kernel module
> failed Jul  6 07:08:51 matrix nvidia: Disabling nvidia driver
> succeeded
> ===================================================================
>======== Next, the system automatically modifies my xorg.conf and
> uses nv instead.
>
>Hmmm.
>
Did you run depmod -a 2.6.whatever-you're-running after installing the 
nvidia drivers?

That would be one reason it cannot find the driver.
and it sounds as if a re-run of ldconfig might be in order.

>> > Greg
>>
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>> Ernest L. Williams Jr.
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>> Oak Ridge National Labs
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>
>--
>***************************
>Ernest L. Williams Jr.
>SNS Control Systems Group
>Oak Ridge National Labs
>Office: (865) 241-9071
>CELL:   (865) 591-0183
>***************************

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