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ganja_guru

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Registered: 2005-02-14

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NVIDIA AGP fast write,SBA & agpgart questions <SOLVED

http://gentoo-wiki.com/HARDWARE_Nvidia_ … Addressing

i guess this should be possible on arch...whats the equivalent of the file mentioned here :

/etc/modules.d/nvidia

in arch?

is anyone using FW and SBA?

i compiled kernel 2.6.11 today, and the olny way i was able to get the nvidia driver installed was by disabling the agpgart and DRM(direct rend. manager) completely( not even as a module)...is this the right way to do it? 99% of the time things seem ok , but there is an occasional jerk while scrolling..will building agpgart/drm have anything to do with this

ganja_guru

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Re: NVIDIA AGP fast write,SBA & agpgart questions <SOLVED

P.S - glxgears gives me the normal 4500 FPS even though agpgart and drm are disabled..

jerem

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From: France

Registered: 2005-01-15

Posts: 310

Re: NVIDIA AGP fast write,SBA & agpgart questions <SOLVED

I had no problem with the nvidia package. It installed smoothly on my self-built 2.6.11 official kernel.

ganja_guru

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Re: NVIDIA AGP fast write,SBA & agpgart questions <SOLVED

did you use agpgart and drm? modules or built in?

ganja_guru

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Re: NVIDIA AGP fast write,SBA & agpgart questions <SOLVED

for anyone who is interested, add this to your /etc/modprobe.conf to enable FW and SBA

alias char-major-195* nvidia
options nvidia NVreg_EnableAGPSBA=1 NVreg_EnableAGPFW=1

ganja_guru

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Re: NVIDIA AGP fast write,SBA & agpgart questions <SOLVED

cat /proc/driver/nvidia/agp/status

will tell you if its enabled ok..

khazdar

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From: ohio

Registered: 2003-11-06

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Re: NVIDIA AGP fast write,SBA & agpgart questions <SOLVED

Doesn't fast writes and sba cause instability?

ganja_guru

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Re: NVIDIA AGP fast write,SBA & agpgart questions <SOLVED

not on my machine...:)

actually ive never heard that it causes instability...and AFAIK its enabled by default in windows..

wdemoss

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From: WV - USA

Registered: 2004-01-18

Posts: 222

Re: NVIDIA AGP fast write,SBA & agpgart questions <SOLVED

enabling those options totally hoses vncserver on my machine (using vino).

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sud_crow

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Registered: 2003-06-30

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Re: NVIDIA AGP fast write,SBA & agpgart questions <SOLVED

Hi,
I wasnt much interested in enabling them until i read wdemoss comment, but i dont fully know the meaning:

Does "hoses" mean something good or something bad?

Because the literal translation ... well.. lets just say it has little to do with the subject.

By the way>
Enabling this options has to be supported by your videocard, for example, my GF2MX has FastWrites but not Side Band, so watch out.

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Snowman

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From: Montreal, Canada

Registered: 2004-08-20

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Re: NVIDIA AGP fast write,SBA & agpgart questions <SOLVED

Does "hoses" mean something good or something bad?

It means something bad. (i.e. it breaks the system)

jerem

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From: France

Registered: 2005-01-15

Posts: 310

Re: NVIDIA AGP fast write,SBA & agpgart questions <SOLVED

I use agpgart built-in. Well my kernel is fully monolithic apart from a few things not to bother about.

I have no DRM and no whatever framebuffer stuff or device.

And I like tuxracer