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#1 2009-08-26 01:33:56

lestoil
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Registered: 2005-08-09
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What happened to Nvidia 3D effects in kdemod4.3?

Recently I re-installed Arch using the 08/2009 iso onto my P4(no hyperthreading)/AsusP4S800DXmob/ GeForce6200 desktop with HannspreeHF237 monitor.  The video card(8XAGP) and monitor were recent additions.
    The prior 2mo old install updated until midAug. gave me the 3D effects.  The new install following the new wiki and my old notes did not give me the 3D stuff.  Ubu and MDK(mandriva) still did. But Ubu log files mentioned ACPI not found by nvidia after the last kernel update. So I checked the var/log for xorg and I noticed that nvidia could not find ACPI... so 3D desktop was changed to 2D.
    Reading the recent posts about the nvidia driver(from extra) and my GeForce6200 having problems with 3D I said EEK!  I've been hit by the Arch rolling release engine!
    Could there be a problem with the  new kernel's built-in ACPI that nvidia wasn't seeing the ACPI module it expects?  So I installed ACPID and now the kernel was  showing ACPI messages and hal loaded the acpid module.  /var/log/Xorg.0.log  shows nvidia now seeing ACPI and loading 3D.  Just to be sure I ran nvidia-xconfig( since kernel was recently upgraded) and xorg logs showed same ACPI loading. Following the log messages that AGPFastWrite and PageFlip were not used and that Freetype module doesn't exist I commented those lines from /etc/X11/xorg.conf. And now nvidia loads dri and dri2!  Go figure! ---Gotta go over the fonts wiki entries again...
    So the conclusion to the tale is that yes the nvidia driver from extra(repo) works fine with my GeForce. And I must read read read those logs and make sure acpid is installed.  Hope this  experience helps:)

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#2 2009-08-26 06:23:31

Rasi
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Re: What happened to Nvidia 3D effects in kdemod4.3?

o_O - i dont see how acpi should affect 3d capabilities....


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#3 2009-08-26 07:23:04

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Re: What happened to Nvidia 3D effects in kdemod4.3?

since the latest driver in [extra] nvidia did not work at all for me anymore on my 350m. The driver in AUR nvidia-beta works fine however.


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#4 2009-08-26 18:00:32

lestoil
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Re: What happened to Nvidia 3D effects in kdemod4.3?

Should have mentioned that ( 8/24/09)kernel gave message that my bios doesn't support acpi or apm--which it does!  And during boot ACPI wasn't mentioned.  Don't recall ever having to install acpid in arch.  Figured the kernel missed it so I installed acpid.  xorg log now shows acpi present and 3D desktop didn't revert to 2D. And the boot sequence includes starting acpi.
   Will wait until I get more experience with arch linux before trying aur, though I've used yaourt.  More familiar with slackware.  Thanx all:)

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