[ATrpms-users] Installing nvidia-graphics

[Axel Thimm]

On Tue, Jan 08, 2008 at 05:59:24PM -0600, Mitch Gore wrote:
> On Jan 6, 2008 1:14 PM, Axel Thimm <Axel.Thimm at atrpms.net> wrote:
> 
> > On Sun, Jan 06, 2008 at 01:04:35PM -0600, Mitch Gore wrote:
> > > On Jan 6, 2008 12:44 PM, Axel Thimm <Axel.Thimm at atrpms.net> wrote:
> > > > > That you Axel.  I did a Yum --version and saw i was running
> > > > > 3.2.5.  Then i did a yum update yum.  Then i was able to install
> > > > > nvidia-graphics.  I wanted to a do full yum update and i got
> > > > > this:
> > > >
> > > > Could you please cut the below output and paste it into a bug report
> > > > at bugzilla.redhat.com against the yum component? Thanks!
> >
> > > Bug# 1354
> >
> > You filed it under bugzilla.atrpms.net, the ATrpms' bugzilla, where
> > yum developers will not likely look for their bugs :)
> >
> > You should file it under https://bugzilla.redhat.com/enter_bug.cgi
> > instead :)
> >
> > Thanks!
> >
> 
> So after given a pointer from the red hat bugzilla to make sure my 'rpm'
> package was upto date.  I did a yum upgrade rpm and that fixed the yum
> crash.  I have since done a full yum update.  then a yum upgrade to F8.  I
> am runnign F8 just find now.  But i still cant the nvidia driver to load.
> ARG sometimes this makes me made.  I have done this so many times....

Did you find the root of this issue?

> related output
> 
> [root at mythfe log]# rpm -qa |grep nvidia
> nvidia-graphics169.07-169.07-94.fc8
> nvidia-graphics169.07-kmdl-2.6.23.9-85.fc8-169.07-94.fc8
> nvidia-graphics-devices-1.0-6.fc8
> nvidia-graphics169.07-libs-169.07-94.fc8
> nvidia-graphics-helpers-0.0.22-23.fc8
> nvidia-graphics-169.07-23
> [root at mythfe log]# uname -a
> Linux mythfe 2.6.23.9-85.fc8 #1 SMP Fri Dec 7 15:49:59 EST 2007 i686 i686
> i386 GNU/Linux

Looks OK.

> Xorg log.
> (II) Setting vga for screen 0.
> (II) Enabling PCI device
> (**) NVIDIA(0): Depth 24, (--) framebuffer bpp 32
> (==) NVIDIA(0): RGB weight 888
> (==) NVIDIA(0): Default visual is TrueColor
> (==) NVIDIA(0): Using gamma correction (1.0, 1.0, 1.0)
> (**) NVIDIA(0): Enabling RENDER acceleration
> (EE) NVIDIA(0): Failed to initialize the GLX module; please check in your X
> (EE) NVIDIA(0):     log file that the GLX module has been loaded in your X
> (EE) NVIDIA(0):     server, and that the module is the NVIDIA GLX module.
> If
> (EE) NVIDIA(0):     you continue to encounter problems, Please try
> (EE) NVIDIA(0):     reinstalling the NVIDIA driver.
> (EE) NVIDIA(0): Failed to load the NVIDIA kernel module!
> (EE) NVIDIA(0):  *** Aborting ***

Is there any indication further up this log that GLX has been loaded?
For example:

(II) LoadModule: "glx"
(II) Loading /usr/lib64/xorg/modules/extensions/nvidia//libglx.so
(II) Module glx: vendor="NVIDIA Corporation"
        compiled for 4.0.2, module version = 1.0.0
        Module class: X.Org Server Extension
        ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 0.1
(II) NVIDIA GLX Module  169.07  Thu Dec 13 19:15:29 PST 2007
(II) Loading extension GLX
[...]
(II) Loading extension NV-GLX
[...]
(II) Initializing built-in extension XEVIE
(II) Initializing extension GLX
(**) Option "Protocol" "IMPS/2"

You need to have Load "glx" under Section "Module". Furthermore you
should have the driver in place:

]$ ls -l /usr/lib64/xorg/modules/extensions/nvidia/libglx.so*
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root      16 2007-12-26 13:55 /usr/lib64/xorg/modules/extensions/nvidia/libglx.so -> libglx.so.169.07
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 1039432 2007-12-24 20:52 /usr/lib64/xorg/modules/extensions/nvidia/libglx.so.169.07

and you should have the following entry in xorg.conf:

Section "Files"
        ModulePath   "/usr/lib64/xorg/modules/extensions/nvidia"
        ModulePath   "/usr/lib64/xorg/modules/extensions"
        ModulePath   "/usr/lib64/xorg/modules"
[...]
EndSection
-- 
Axel.Thimm at ATrpms.net
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