NVIDIA beta drivers

brain0 · 2006-10-17 00:31:43

I also had a black screen with the next beta (9626). I discovered that X segfaulted but my framebuffer went black, I could reboot though. Haven't seen that problem with 9625.

Pierre · 2006-10-17 11:00:28

Is this driver still a beta? http://www.nvidia.com/object/linux_disp … -9626.html It looks like a release for me. In addition to this there was a security-hole discoverd in the nvidia-1.8x-drivers...so an update to 1.9x is perhaps a good idea.

chrismortimore · 2006-10-17 12:10:09

Pierre wrote:

Is this driver still a beta? http://www.nvidia.com/object/linux_disp … -9626.html It looks like a release for me. In addition to this there was a security-hole discoverd in the nvidia-1.8x-drivers...so an update to 1.9x is perhaps a good idea.

http://www.nvidia.com/object/unix.html makes me think it's still beta.

Pierre · 2006-10-17 12:20:56

Hmm, but it isn`t listed here, too: http://www.nzone.com/object/nzone_downl … river.html

Neuro · 2006-10-17 13:27:01

brain0 wrote:

I also had a black screen with the next beta (9626). I discovered that X segfaulted but my framebuffer went black, I could reboot though. Haven't seen that problem with 9625.

I had similar problems with both 9625 and 9626 (Geforce Go 7300). I was building my own packages, though (since I have my own custom-built kernel). The problem was resolved though by downloading a ready-built nvidia-utils package. Don't really know why mine was faulty, but it now works.

brain0 · 2006-10-17 14:57:06

9626 IS still a beta release. People who made it work claim that the splash screen shows a big "BETA" banner.

Anyway, I'll look into my segfault issue again, maybe I can make a package that actually works. If anyone who is interested could please build 9626 (use my PKGBUILDs, change the version number and comment or change the md5sums), see if they work for you and report that?

twiistedkaos · 2006-10-17 16:56:43

brain0 wrote:

9626 IS still a beta release. People who made it work claim that the splash screen shows a big "BETA" banner.
Anyway, I'll look into my segfault issue again, maybe I can make a package that actually works. If anyone who is interested could please build 9626 (use my PKGBUILDs, change the version number and comment or change the md5sums), see if they work for you and report that?

I'll try this when I get home

Pudge · 2006-10-17 20:36:12

brain0 wrote:

If anyone who is interested could please build 9626 (use my PKGBUILDs, change the version number and comment or change the md5sums), see if they work for you and report that?

I did as requested. I used your PKGBUILDS from the unstable repository, changed the version number and md5sum and compiled and installed version 9626.

Rebooted, got the black screen. Looked in the log file, and the last entry was

initiating GLX

then nothing. It went to start GLX and never came back, no error code, no nothing.

So, I commented out the

Load "glx"

line in /etc/X11/xorg.conf and rebooted. It booted up fine. I got the Nvidia splash screen, which still says Beta Driver in red. However, once in Gnome, I tried to run nvidia-settings to verify the version was indeed 9626, and nvidia-settings segfaulted. I'm fairly sure I'm running on 9626, but don't know how to prove it without nvidia-settings.

Going back over what I did in nvidia-beta-utils and see if I can figure out why it segfaults nvidia-settings.

Pudge

EDIT: I did a

cat /proc/driver/nvidia/version

and got the following:

NVRM version: NVIDIA Linux x86 Kernel Module  1.0-9626  Wed Sep 20 16:39:14 PDT 2006
GCC version:  gcc version 4.1.1

so I am running 9626 O.K. so far on a GeForce FX 5700LE.
I hope that helps in some way.

EDIT 2: I went back and re-ran makepkg and noticed the following error:

==> Starting build()...
Creating directory NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-9626-pkg0
Verifying archive integrity... OK
Uncompressing NVIDIA Accelerated Graphics Driver for Linux-x86 1.0-9626..............................................................................................................................
install: will not overwrite just-created `/home/don/nvidia/nvidia-beta-utils/pkg/usr/lib/libnvidia-tls.so.1.0.9626' with `lib/tls/libnvidia-tls.so.1.0.9626'
==> Removing info/doc files...

Pierre · 2006-10-17 21:36:53

9626 works for me on Arch64. I did not have any problems. nvidia-settings is working, too. I`ve got a nforce4 and a Geforce 7.

chrismortimore · 2006-10-17 21:58:30

Pierre wrote:

Hmm, but it isn`t listed here, too: http://www.nzone.com/object/nzone_downl … river.html

true, but you'll notice it isn't listed as an "IA32" driver, it's listed as a Quadro Plex driver.

brain0 · 2006-10-17 23:06:19

Pudge, this was the same for me, X segfaulted and the log stopped when loading GLX. I know the error message and it is always that way and not the cause of the error. It is no problem, but is still an unclean thing in the PKGBUILD.

Pierre, glad to see that it works for anyone.

We'll stay with 9625 for now, as it works for more people than 9626.

Pudge · 2006-10-18 00:11:14

brain0 wrote:

Pudge, this was the same for me, X segfaulted and the log stopped when loading GLX. I know the error message and it is always that way and not the cause of the error. It is no problem, but is still an unclean thing in the PKGBUILD.

Yes, but I got the 9626 drivers to work by not loading GLX as part of xorg.conf. Simply commenting out the "Load GLX" line in xorg.conf got the drivers to work for me. So you can count me as someone for whom the drivers are working.

I am convinced that when you go to 9626 you must NOT load glx as part of xorg.conf. Check your /etc/X11/xorg.conf file and if the Load glx line is present, remove it then see if the 9626 drivers work.

Pudge

Pierre · 2006-10-18 00:30:55

I am not sure if that is the problem...loading glx within xorg.conf works for me. Perhaps this driver is only tested on current nvidia-chipssets with a current geforce.

brain0 · 2006-10-18 06:35:25

Pudge, not loading GLX makes the driver virtually useless.

George_K · 2006-10-18 18:54:27

I don`t think that 9626 is a beta because it has it`s page on http://www.nvidia.com/object/linux_disp … -9626.html like any other non-beta driver (9625 has not) even if it shows BETA on splash, and it is not mentioned on that page that this driver is beta.

Romashka · 2006-10-18 22:17:52

It is a beta. brain0 has asked about this on Nvidia forums.

brain0 · 2006-10-30 15:28:08

Okay, I found out that nvidia 9626 not working was my fault. I am running 9626 successfully now and it is available from unstable.

tecta · 2006-10-30 20:17:14

Thank you thank you thank you, the only nvidia drivers that work for me!

swiergot · 2006-10-30 22:48:52

I know why the beta driver doesn't work for me. It somehow conflicts with em8300 (MPEG2 decoder) driver. But the patch from the first page helps. 9626 has changed nothing.

brain0 · 2006-10-31 00:24:49

swiergot wrote:

I know why the beta driver doesn't work for me. It somehow conflicts with em8300 (MPEG2 decoder) driver. But the patch from the first page helps. 9626 has changed nothing.

You mean the i2c patch? People claim that it isn't needed any more with 9626.

damjan · 2006-10-31 00:47:36

@brain0
The nvidia driver has it's own implementation of the libGL -> 3D driver ABI, and DOES NOT use the GLX ABI. (btw that's why the nvidia driver also changes the libGL libraries).

So you don't need 'Load glx' in xorg.conf.

If you'd like to understand all of this better, maybe this link will help you... (but still you might need to read it twice)... http://principe.homelinux.net/

brain0 · 2006-10-31 01:44:15

damjan wrote:

@brain0
The nvidia driver has it's own implementation of the libGL -> 3D driver ABI, and DOES NOT use the GLX ABI. (btw that's why the nvidia driver also changes the libGL libraries).
So you don't need 'Load glx' in xorg.conf.

That is nonsense. Nvidia needs the glx extension. nvidia even has its own libglx.so inthe nvidia package. you won't get any 3d acceleration if you omit Load "glx".

chrismortimore · 2006-10-31 07:47:10

damjan wrote:

@brain0
The nvidia driver has it's own implementation of the libGL -> 3D driver ABI, and DOES NOT use the GLX ABI. (btw that's why the nvidia driver also changes the libGL libraries).

Remember that the nvidia driver has an option called "AllowGLXWithComposite". I wonder why they'd impliment that if they don't use GLX...

swiergot · 2006-10-31 18:45:34

brain0 wrote:

You mean the i2c patch? People claim that it isn't needed any more with 9626.

Exactly that patch. It seems they haven't solved the problem entirely.

damjan · 2006-10-31 23:26:35

brain0 wrote:

damjan wrote:
So you don't need 'Load glx' in xorg.conf.
That is nonsense. Nvidia needs the glx extension. nvidia even has its own libglx.so inthe nvidia package. you won't get any 3d acceleration if you omit Load "glx".

You are right... I just went through updateing my kernel and installing the nvidia driver ... Load 'glx' must be present if you want GL acceleration... I must have confused it with something... "Load GL" perhaps??

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