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

[Ben Lancaster]

On 15 Jun 2006, at 14:11, Axel Thimm wrote:

> 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.

I was under the impression that XvMC will only work when using  
"nvidia" as opposed to "nv"? It's the XvMC stuff I'm after! Am I  
right in thinking that the nv driver is the open source one, and  
nvidia is closed source? Does hardware mpeg2 accel work without NVAGP?

I really don't know enough about graphics drivers under linux!

Thanks again,

Ben