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CrayMk7

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From: Norway

Registered: 2004-03-29

Posts: 51

Enabling Coolbits

Hi all.

I'm trying to enable Coolbits on my new NV6600GT AGP card.

But when I add: Option "Coolbits" "1"
to my: Section "Device" in xorg.conf I get no changes running nvidia-settings after restarting X.

This is not an native AGP card, but have an AGP bridge or something (an extra chip), could that have something to do with it?

I'm running all the latest from pacman, base, xorg, gnome, nvidia. Here is my complete xorg.conf if anyone can spot some errors.

Thanks.

#*****************************************************************************
# ServerLayout Section : Adjust for single or dual screen output.
#                      : Dual screen output is selected.
#*****************************************************************************

Section "ServerLayout"
   Identifier          "Tv&Monitor"
   Screen 0            "Monitor" 0 0
   Screen 1            "TV" leftOf      "Monitor"
   InputDevice         "Mouse0"         "CorePointer"
   InputDevice         "Keyboard0"      "CoreKeyboard"
EndSection

#*****************************************************************************
#Section Extensions : Add extensions.
#                   : Composite addet but disabled.
#*****************************************************************************

#Section "Extensions"
#         Option         "Composite" "Enable"
#EndSection

#*****************************************************************************
#Files Section : Adjust to find rgb,module & font paths.
#              : Default setup is selected.
#*****************************************************************************

Section "Files"
   RgbPath             "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb"
   ModulePath          "/usr/X11R6/lib/modules"
   FontPath            "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/"
   FontPath            "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/TTF/"
   FontPath            "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/"
   FontPath            "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/CID/"
   FontPath            "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/"
   FontPath            "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/"
EndSection

#*****************************************************************************
#Module Section : Adjust to load variuos modules.
#               : Default setup is selected (-dri) (+ddc,bitmap)
#*****************************************************************************

Section "Module"
   Load                "ddc"
   Load                "extmod"
   Load                "glx"
   Load                "dbe"
   Load                "record"
   Load                "xtrap"
   Load                "bitmap"
   Load                "type1"
   Load                "freetype"
EndSection

#*****************************************************************************
#InputDevice Section : Adjust to configure keyboard.
#                    : Standard norwegian keyboard is selected.
#*****************************************************************************

Section "InputDevice"
   Identifier          "Keyboard0"
   Driver              "kbd"
   Option              "CoreKeyboard"
   Option              "XkbRules"      "xorg"
   Option              "XkbModel"      "pc105"
   Option              "XkbLayout"     "no"
   Option              "XkbVariant"    "nodeadkeys"
EndSection

#*****************************************************************************
#InputDevice Section : Adjust to configure mouse.
#                    : 3 button ps2 mouse with scroll wheel is selected.
#*****************************************************************************

Section "InputDevice"
   Identifier          "Mouse0"
   Driver              "mouse"
   Option              "Protocol"      "IMPS/2"
   Option              "Device"        "/dev/psaux"
   Option              "Buttons"       "3"
   Option              "ZAxisMapping"  "4 5"
EndSection

#*****************************************************************************
#Monitor Section : Adjust to set correct refresh rates on monitor.
#                : Targa TM-4896-1 is selected.
#*****************************************************************************

Section "Monitor"
   Identifier         "MonitorTarga"
   VertRefresh         50.0 - 150.0
   HorizSync           31.5 -  96.0
EndSection

#*****************************************************************************
#Monitor Section : Adjust to set correct refresh rates on monitor.
#                : 28 inc Thomson TV is selected.
#*****************************************************************************

Section "Monitor"
   Identifier         "TVThomson"
   VertRefresh         50.0 - 60.0
   HorizSync           30.0 - 50.0
   Option             "TVStandard"     "PAL-B"
EndSection

#*****************************************************************************
#Device Section : Adjust to load driver and select output.
#               : Nvidia driver on Targa TM-4896-1 is selected.
#*****************************************************************************

Section "Device"
   Identifier         "NV6600GT"
   Driver             "nvidia"
   Option             "Nologo"         "true"
   Option             "Coolbits"       "1"
   BusID              "PCI:3:0:0"
   Screen 0
EndSection

#*****************************************************************************
#Device Section : Adjust to load driver and select output.
#               : Nvidia driver on 28 inc Thomson TV is selected.
#*****************************************************************************

Section "Device"
   Identifier         "NV6600GT-TVOut"
   Driver             "nvidia"
   Option             "Nologo"         "true"
   Option             "Coolbits"       "1"
   BusID              "PCI:3:0:0"
   Screen 1
EndSection

#*****************************************************************************
#Screen Section : Adjust to set dept and resulotions.
#               : 24 depth & auto resolutions under 1280x1024 is selected.
#*****************************************************************************
Section "Screen"
   Identifier         "Monitor"
   Device             "NV6600GT"
   Monitor            "MonitorTarga"
   DefaultDepth        24
   SubSection         "Display"
      Viewport         0 0
      Depth            16
      Modes           "1280x1024"
   EndSubSection
   SubSection         "Display"
      Viewport         0 0
      Depth            24
      Modes           "1280x1024"
   EndSubSection
EndSection

#*****************************************************************************
#Screen Section : Adjust to set dept and resulotions.
#               : 24 depth & auto resolutions under 1024x768 is selected.
#*****************************************************************************

Section "Screen"
   Identifier         "TV"
   Device             "NV6600GT-TVOut"
   Monitor            "TVThomson"
   DefaultDepth        24
   SubSection         "Display"
      Viewport         0 1
      Depth            24
      Modes           "1024x768"
   EndSubSection
EndSection

#*****************************************************************************

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codergeek42

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From: Anaheim, CA (USA)

Registered: 2005-06-03

Posts: 90

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Re: Enabling Coolbits

Are you using the latest version of nvidia-settings? nvidia-settings and your nVidia driver version must be the same, if I recall correctly.

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iBertus

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From: Greenville, NC

Registered: 2004-11-04

Posts: 2,228

Re: Enabling Coolbits

didn't realize this worked with linux.

CrayMk7

Member

From: Norway

Registered: 2004-03-29

Posts: 51

Re: Enabling Coolbits

Hm, I think so.

I installed latest nvidia drivers from pacman and just run nvidia-settings.

neri

Forum Fellow

From: Victoria, Canada

Registered: 2003-05-04

Posts: 553

Re: Enabling Coolbits

hi,

from what I know, the NV6600GT AGP is PCIe(xpress) card utilizing
a bridge chip fpr AGP.
So this might be the reason that the nvidia driver doesn't support that on
such cards.

-neri

CrayMk7

Member

From: Norway

Registered: 2004-03-29

Posts: 51

Re: Enabling Coolbits

I was afraid it could be the PCIe to AGP brigde who was making the trouble :?.

Oh well, everything else under nvidia-settings works just fine and I guess maybe the next driver or some driver after that will correct this, I know this card will go from 450/900 to 550/1050 whit the default cooling just fine, but I can wait .

Thanks for the input ppl .