[gentoo-user] nvidia driver 177.80 + xorg 1.5.1 + Compiz

[gentoo-user] nvidia driver 177.80 + xorg 1.5.1 + Compiz

[Nicola]

Hi!
Somebody out there try to set up the latest xorg server (and all the ~x86 
dependency) the latest nvidia driver and compiz? 
I would like to try, but my latest attempt three weeks ago caused same crazy 
problems (X didn't start at all), and I am not so crazy to do the same 
mistake twice in a row, without some prior advices. Well in my latest attempt 
I used xorg 1.4.2 and 173.14 nvidia drivers (I don't like Marked beta 
software).

Thanks

Nicola

Re: [gentoo-user] nvidia driver 177.80 + xorg 1.5.1 + Compiz

[Roy Wright]

Nicola wrote:
> Hi!
> Somebody out there try to set up the latest xorg server (and all the ~x86 
> dependency) the latest nvidia driver and compiz? 
> I would like to try, but my latest attempt three weeks ago caused same crazy 
> problems (X didn't start at all), and I am not so crazy to do the same 
> mistake twice in a row, without some prior advices. Well in my latest attempt 
> I used xorg 1.4.2 and 173.14 nvidia drivers (I don't like Marked beta 
> software).

I may have had the same problem a week ago.  X would start, kdm would
let me log in, but just about when the kde desktop would finish loading
kde would quit back to kdm.  Couldn't find any hint in /var/log.
Started backing out various things ended up getting the system working
again by masking hal 0.5.11:

# cat /etc/portage/package.mask/monolithic
=sys-fs/encfs-1.4.2
~sys-apps/hal-0.5.11
=media-video/mplayer-1.0_rc2_p27725


At the time I was suspecting that hal 0.5.11 was requiring evdev (which
with 20+ hours of unsuccessfully trying to get it to work over the last
year, I wouldn't be surprised if it's the culprit).

Haven't had time to dig further.

HTH,
Roy

Re: [gentoo-user] nvidia driver 177.80 + xorg 1.5.1 + Compiz

[Roy Wright]

Nicola wrote:
> Hi!
> Somebody out there try to set up the latest xorg server (and all the ~x86 
> dependency) the latest nvidia driver and compiz? 
> I would like to try, but my latest attempt three weeks ago caused same crazy 
> problems (X didn't start at all), and I am not so crazy to do the same 
> mistake twice in a row, without some prior advices. Well in my latest attempt 
> I used xorg 1.4.2 and 173.14 nvidia drivers (I don't like Marked beta 
> software).

After more hours than I like to think about without X, found a warning in:

  http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=238969

> ------- Comment #13 From Dan Coats 2008-10-10 14:47:42 0000 [reply] -------
> 
> on a side note, nvidia-drivers ebuilds should now warn that backingstore
> should be set to false or not specified in xorg.conf at all now. kde4 will bail out with backingstore enabled.


Commenting out the BackingStore option fixed my problem with KDE 4.1.2
crashing on logging in.

Also I was finally successful in using the latest version of HAL, so
that was not the problem.

The only other gotcha I'm looking into is that KDE 3.5.10 recently
disappeared on my system, leaving just KDE 4.1.2 available.

HTH,
Roy

Re: [gentoo-user] nvidia driver 177.80 + xorg 1.5.1 + Compiz

[Nicola]

Alle lunedì 20 ottobre 2008, Roy Wright ha scritto:
>
> After more hours than I like to think about without X, found a warning in:
>
>   http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=238969
>
> > ------- Comment #13 From Dan Coats 2008-10-10 14:47:42 0000 [reply]
> > -------
> >
> > on a side note, nvidia-drivers ebuilds should now warn that backingstore
> > should be set to false or not specified in xorg.conf at all now. kde4
> > will bail out with backingstore enabled.
>
> Commenting out the BackingStore option fixed my problem with KDE 4.1.2
> crashing on logging in.
>
> Also I was finally successful in using the latest version of HAL, so
> that was not the problem.
>
> The only other gotcha I'm looking into is that KDE 3.5.10 recently
> disappeared on my system, leaving just KDE 4.1.2 available.
>
> HTH,
> Roy

Lucky!!

Excuse me, could you write down your system configuration?

Xorg version, Kernel version, Gcc, Nvidia-drivers, Hal version, compiz-fusion 
version.

Thanks a lot!!

Nicola.

Re: [gentoo-user] nvidia driver 177.80 + xorg 1.5.1 + Compiz

[Roy Wright]

Nicola wrote:
> Excuse me, could you write down your system configuration?
> 
> Xorg version, Kernel version, Gcc, Nvidia-drivers, Hal version, compiz-fusion 
> version.

Basically just a ~x86 system with dual monitors (twinview).

royw-gentoo ~ # cat /etc/portage/package.mask/monolithic
# packages that currently fail to compile
=sys-fs/encfs-1.4.2
=media-video/mplayer-1.0_rc2_p27725
=sys-apps/util-linux-2.14.1

royw-gentoo ~ # eix -Ic xorg

[I] app-doc/xorg-docs (1.4-r1@06/30/2008)
[I] app-doc/xorg-sgml-doctools (1.2@09/14/2008)
[I] x11-base/xorg-server (1.5.2@10/16/2008)
[I] x11-base/xorg-x11 (7.4@10/06/2008)
[I] x11-misc/xorg-cf-files (1.0.2@06/30/2008)


royw-gentoo ~ # cat /proc/version

Linux version 2.6.25-gentoo-r6 (root@royw-gentoo) (gcc version 4.3.1
(Gentoo 4.3.1 p1.0) ) #7 SMP Thu Sep 25 03:52:13 CDT 2008



royw-gentoo ~ # eix -Ice gcc

[U] sys-devel/gcc (3.3.6-r1(3.3)@06/22/2008 4.3.1(4.3)@06/29/2008

royw-gentoo ~ # eix -Ic nvidia

[I] media-video/nvidia-settings (177.80@10/13/2008)
[I] x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers (177.80@10/19/2008)


royw-gentoo ~ # eix -Ice hal

[I] sys-apps/hal (0.5.11-r3@10/19/2008)

compiz not installed.

royw-gentoo ~ # cat /etc/X11/xorg.conf | grep -vP "^\s*#"
Section "ServerLayout"
    Identifier     "Layout0"
    Screen      0  "Screen0"
EndSection

Section "Files"
    ModulePath   "/usr/lib/xorg/modules"
    FontPath        "/usr/share/fonts/misc/"
    FontPath        "/usr/share/fonts/Type1/"
    FontPath        "/usr/share/fonts/TTF/"
    FontPath        "/usr/share/fonts/OTF/"
    FontPath        "/usr/share/fonts/corefonts"
    FontPath        "/usr/share/fonts/freefonts"
    FontPath        "/usr/share/fonts/terminus"
    FontPath        "/usr/share/fonts/ttf-bitstream-vera"
    FontPath        "/usr/share/fonts/unifont"
    FontPath        "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi"
    FontPath        "/usr/share/fonts/100dpi"
    FontPath        "/usr/share/fonts/cyrillic/"
EndSection

Section "Module"
    Load           "dbe"
    Load           "extmod"
    Load           "freetype"
    Load           "glx"
    Load           "xtrap"
    Load           "wfb"
    Load           "dri"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
    Identifier     "Monitor0"
    VendorName     "Unknown"
    ModelName      "Unknown"
    HorizSync       30.0 - 110.0
    VertRefresh     50.0 - 150.0
    Option         "DPMS"
EndSection

Section "Device"
    Identifier     "Device0"
    Driver         "nvidia"
    VendorName     "NVIDIA Corporation"
    Option         "TwinView"
    Option         "UseEdidFreqs" "true"
    Option         "UseEDID" "true"
    Option         "UseDisplayDevice" "DFP-0, DFP-1"
    Option         "MetaModes" "DFP-0: 1920x1200, DFP-1: 1920x1200;
DFP-0: 1920x1200, DFP-1: NULL; DFP-0: NULL, DFP-1: 1920x1200"
    Option         "MonitorHorizSync"   "UseEdidFreqs"
    Option         "MonitorVertRefresh" "UseEdidFreqs"
    Option         "SecondMonitorHorizSync"   "UseEdidFreqs"
    Option         "SecondMonitorVertRefresh" "UseEdidFreqs"
    Option         "TwinViewOrientation" "DFP-1 RightOf DFP-0"
    Option         "TwinViewXineramaInfoOrder" "DFP-0"
    Option         "TripleBuffer"      "false"
    Option         "RandRRotation"     "true"
    Option         "RenderAccel"       "true"
    Option         "AddARGBGLXVisuals" "true"
    Option         "UseEvents"         "false"
    Option         "PixmapCacheSize"   "2000000"
    Option         "OnDemandVBlankInterrupts" "True"
    Option         "NvAGP" "0"  # disable AGP
    Option         "DamageEvents" "1"
    Option         "InitialPixmapPlacement" "2"
    Option         "DPMS" "TRUE"
    Option         "NoLogo" "1"  # disable drawing of NVidia logo
    Option         "AllowIndirectPixmaps" "false"
    Option         "AllowSHMPixmaps" "0"
    Option         "Coolbits" "1"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
    Identifier     "Screen0"
    Device         "Device0"
    Monitor        "Monitor0"
    DefaultDepth    24
    SubSection     "Display"
    Depth           24
    EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "Extensions"
    Option         "Composite"   "enable"
EndSection


Also after kde startup running:

  nvidia-settings -a InitialPixmapPlacement=2 -a GlyphCache=1

still seems to help.

HTH,
Roy

Re: [gentoo-user] nvidia driver 177.80 + xorg 1.5.1 + Compiz

[Nicola]

Hi! Good news for me and all nvidia + compiz fan!!
I have just upgraded my gentoo box to xorg 7.4 + nvidia 177.80 and 
compiz-fusion 0.7.8 and everyting is working like a charm!
Using kde3.5.9 or gnome everyting is fast and stable. 
The command
nvidia-settings -a InitialPixmapPlacement=2 -a GlyphCache=1
seem to help the resizing effect.
I have also tried kde4.1 with compiz and apart a little slowness moving around 
some plasmoid (like the Desktop plasmoid) I have seen many improvements. 

So for me the subject of this thread is closed.

To reply to Roy, I have no problem compiling mplayer-1.0_rc2_p27725, for 
util-linux or encfs no ~x86 sorry.

Nicola

Alle giovedì 23 ottobre 2008, Roy Wright ha scritto:
> Nicola wrote:
> > Excuse me, could you write down your system configuration?
> >
> > Xorg version, Kernel version, Gcc, Nvidia-drivers, Hal version,
> > compiz-fusion version.
>
> Basically just a ~x86 system with dual monitors (twinview).
>
> royw-gentoo ~ # cat /etc/portage/package.mask/monolithic
> # packages that currently fail to compile
> =sys-fs/encfs-1.4.2
> =media-video/mplayer-1.0_rc2_p27725
> =sys-apps/util-linux-2.14.1
>
> royw-gentoo ~ # eix -Ic xorg
>
> [I] app-doc/xorg-docs (1.4-r1@06/30/2008)
> [I] app-doc/xorg-sgml-doctools (1.2@09/14/2008)
> [I] x11-base/xorg-server (1.5.2@10/16/2008)
> [I] x11-base/xorg-x11 (7.4@10/06/2008)
> [I] x11-misc/xorg-cf-files (1.0.2@06/30/2008)
>
>
> royw-gentoo ~ # cat /proc/version
>
> Linux version 2.6.25-gentoo-r6 (root@royw-gentoo) (gcc version 4.3.1
> (Gentoo 4.3.1 p1.0) ) #7 SMP Thu Sep 25 03:52:13 CDT 2008
>
>
>
> royw-gentoo ~ # eix -Ice gcc
>
> [U] sys-devel/gcc (3.3.6-r1(3.3)@06/22/2008 4.3.1(4.3)@06/29/2008
>
> royw-gentoo ~ # eix -Ic nvidia
>
> [I] media-video/nvidia-settings (177.80@10/13/2008)
> [I] x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers (177.80@10/19/2008)
>
>
> royw-gentoo ~ # eix -Ice hal
>
> [I] sys-apps/hal (0.5.11-r3@10/19/2008)
>
> compiz not installed.
>
> royw-gentoo ~ # cat /etc/X11/xorg.conf | grep -vP "^\s*#"
> Section "ServerLayout"
>     Identifier     "Layout0"
>     Screen      0  "Screen0"
> EndSection
>
> Section "Files"
>     ModulePath   "/usr/lib/xorg/modules"
>     FontPath        "/usr/share/fonts/misc/"
>     FontPath        "/usr/share/fonts/Type1/"
>     FontPath        "/usr/share/fonts/TTF/"
>     FontPath        "/usr/share/fonts/OTF/"
>     FontPath        "/usr/share/fonts/corefonts"
>     FontPath        "/usr/share/fonts/freefonts"
>     FontPath        "/usr/share/fonts/terminus"
>     FontPath        "/usr/share/fonts/ttf-bitstream-vera"
>     FontPath        "/usr/share/fonts/unifont"
>     FontPath        "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi"
>     FontPath        "/usr/share/fonts/100dpi"
>     FontPath        "/usr/share/fonts/cyrillic/"
> EndSection
>
> Section "Module"
>     Load           "dbe"
>     Load           "extmod"
>     Load           "freetype"
>     Load           "glx"
>     Load           "xtrap"
>     Load           "wfb"
>     Load           "dri"
> EndSection
>
> Section "Monitor"
>     Identifier     "Monitor0"
>     VendorName     "Unknown"
>     ModelName      "Unknown"
>     HorizSync       30.0 - 110.0
>     VertRefresh     50.0 - 150.0
>     Option         "DPMS"
> EndSection
>
> Section "Device"
>     Identifier     "Device0"
>     Driver         "nvidia"
>     VendorName     "NVIDIA Corporation"
>     Option         "TwinView"
>     Option         "UseEdidFreqs" "true"
>     Option         "UseEDID" "true"
>     Option         "UseDisplayDevice" "DFP-0, DFP-1"
>     Option         "MetaModes" "DFP-0: 1920x1200, DFP-1: 1920x1200;
> DFP-0: 1920x1200, DFP-1: NULL; DFP-0: NULL, DFP-1: 1920x1200"
>     Option         "MonitorHorizSync"   "UseEdidFreqs"
>     Option         "MonitorVertRefresh" "UseEdidFreqs"
>     Option         "SecondMonitorHorizSync"   "UseEdidFreqs"
>     Option         "SecondMonitorVertRefresh" "UseEdidFreqs"
>     Option         "TwinViewOrientation" "DFP-1 RightOf DFP-0"
>     Option         "TwinViewXineramaInfoOrder" "DFP-0"
>     Option         "TripleBuffer"      "false"
>     Option         "RandRRotation"     "true"
>     Option         "RenderAccel"       "true"
>     Option         "AddARGBGLXVisuals" "true"
>     Option         "UseEvents"         "false"
>     Option         "PixmapCacheSize"   "2000000"
>     Option         "OnDemandVBlankInterrupts" "True"
>     Option         "NvAGP" "0"  # disable AGP
>     Option         "DamageEvents" "1"
>     Option         "InitialPixmapPlacement" "2"
>     Option         "DPMS" "TRUE"
>     Option         "NoLogo" "1"  # disable drawing of NVidia logo
>     Option         "AllowIndirectPixmaps" "false"
>     Option         "AllowSHMPixmaps" "0"
>     Option         "Coolbits" "1"
> EndSection
>
> Section "Screen"
>     Identifier     "Screen0"
>     Device         "Device0"
>     Monitor        "Monitor0"
>     DefaultDepth    24
>     SubSection     "Display"
>     Depth           24
>     EndSubSection
> EndSection
>
> Section "Extensions"
>     Option         "Composite"   "enable"
> EndSection
>
>
> Also after kde startup running:
>
>   nvidia-settings -a InitialPixmapPlacement=2 -a GlyphCache=1
>
> still seems to help.
>
> HTH,
> Roy