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

[Ben Lancaster]

On 15 Jun 2006, at 18:17, 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.
>> I really don't know enough about graphics drivers under linux!
>
> Just don't do too much. On a new system having ATrpms enabled and
> using smart the following (+ a subsequent reboot) is enough

OK! All working now. To get the drivers working on the standard  
2.6.16-1.2133_FC5smp kernel (including XvMC) I had to add:

Options "NVAGP" "0"

...to the Screen section of my xorg.conf. Without that, XvMC didn't  
work at all.

Thanks for your patience and help on this one, am pleased to have got  
there in the end :)

Ben