[ATrpms-users] nvidia-graphics8762 + 2.6.16-1.2122_FC5 x86_64 = broken?

[Axel Thimm]

On Wed, Jun 14, 2006 at 11:49:34PM +0100, Ben Lancaster wrote:
> 
> On 3 Jun 2006, at 01:53, Axel Thimm wrote:
> 
> > On Sat, Jun 03, 2006 at 01:26:14AM +0100, Ben Lancaster wrote:
> >> Hey,
> >>
> >> I seem to be having a few problems with the latest nvidia graphics
> >> packages for x86_84:
> >> --snip--
> >> # init 3
> >> # nvidia-graphics-switch 8762
> >> -- no error
> >> # tail /var/log/messages
> >> Jun  3 01:20:14 benlancaster init: Switching to runlevel: 3
> >> Jun  3 01:20:44 benlancaster kernel: ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:01:00.0
> >> [A] -> GSI 16 (level, low) -> IRQ 20
> >> Jun  3 01:20:44 benlancaster kernel: NVRM: loading NVIDIA Linux
> >> x86_64 Kernel Module  1.0-8762  Mon May 15 13:58:14 PDT 2006
> >>
> >> # init 5
> >> # tail /var/log/messages
> >> Jun  3 01:21:42 benlancaster kernel: NVRM: not using NVAGP, kernel
> >> was compiled with GART_IOMMU support!!
> >
> > You asked in xorg.conf to use nvidia's AGPGART, but that isn't
> > uspported by this kernel. You may be luckier with the kernel-suspend2
> > kernel.
> 
> OK, so I was *never* able to get the nvidia drivers to work with any  
> FC5 x86_64 kernel, so I downgraded (clean install) to FC4, installed  
> 2.6.16-1.2115_FC4smp and nvidia-graphics8762 and nvidia-graphics8762- 
> kmdl-2.6.16-1.2115_FC4smp and I'm still not getting a working XvMC,  
> with the same error I was getting on FC5.
> 
> What's going on? I'm so confused!

Of course you can use nvidia drivers with FC5's default kernel only
not nvidia's AGPGART.

Just setup your system to use the "nv" driver which FC5 will do
automatically. Then simply install the nvidia-graphics package and
xorg.conf will already have a proper default setup that will work (but
w/ the kernel's AGPGART). Once you're at that point you can still
think about switching to a kernel with modular AGP kernel modules, so
you can use nvidia's, but I recommend to get first to the standard
nvidia setup, maybe you'll already be satisfied, or at least will have
seen it's installation procedure.
-- 
Axel.Thimm at ATrpms.net
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