From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1G1tx4-000750-S3 for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sat, 15 Jul 2006 23:53:39 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.7/8.13.6) with SMTP id k6FNqPeM029827; Sat, 15 Jul 2006 23:52:25 GMT Received: from nf-out-0910.google.com (nf-out-0910.google.com [64.233.182.185]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.7/8.13.6) with ESMTP id k6FNlSU2018714 for ; Sat, 15 Jul 2006 23:47:29 GMT Received: by nf-out-0910.google.com with SMTP id m19so207114nfc for ; Sat, 15 Jul 2006 16:47:29 -0700 (PDT) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=NJMa0bMgmjG+uJ6+RlPJWpCMNRc9jYnNfTwPMw4oj44/r6g6yeM3uKO/BKZN06nt+MQG0wCX0/E1Ifae/jvoIg6ZbaefwRINRbSRNjmSeDnbxsYs3/HGIewLbxppJ8k+GYf9beBoDKb11mqcDgHyTcIvJXXevFpm1oFqdMScmWc= Received: by 10.78.139.5 with SMTP id m5mr289778hud; Sat, 15 Jul 2006 16:47:28 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.78.97.8 with HTTP; Sat, 15 Jul 2006 16:47:28 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <7d20977a0607151647y6f5b76dby8e0a3fb26734207c@mail.gmail.com> Date: Sat, 15 Jul 2006 16:47:28 -0700 From: Korthrun To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: [gentoo-user] Re: Nvidia+Xorg not allowing DRI. In-Reply-To: <7d20977a0607140530m4b60b8fexa4ee64e6c2ff63d8@mail.gmail.com> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <7d20977a0607140530m4b60b8fexa4ee64e6c2ff63d8@mail.gmail.com> X-Archives-Salt: d8d7f84b-ff2d-4b86-b14c-117511b54f10 X-Archives-Hash: cd43e3eac45ca9e739057e7238b39f03 On 7/14/06, Korthrun wrote: > Heyyas, > > I'm running: > Xorg 7.0-r1 > nvidia-kernel 1.0.8762 > nvidia-glx 1.0.8762 > > I've followed the guide at > http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/nvidia-guide.xml with the following > exceptions. I'm using a kernel.org kernel not a portage kernel, and I > didn't make the "changes" regarding framebuffers because I don't > intend to use one.That whole bit is disabled in my kernel. > > X starts up fine and looks great, I get decent FPS from glxgears. > While following the above guide I get to this point "Code Listing > 2.19: Checking the direct rendering status" and end up with this: > > glxinfo | grep direct > Xlib: extension "XFree86-DRI" missing on display ":0.0". > direct rendering: No > > My Xorg.conf follows: > ######Start xorg.conf > Section "ServerLayout" > Identifier "X.org Configured" > Screen 0 "Screen[0]" 0 0 > InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer" > InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard" > EndSection > > Section "Files" > RgbPath "/usr/share/X11/rgb" > ModulePath "/usr/lib/xorg/modules" > FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/misc" > FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi" > FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/100dpi" > FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/TTF" > FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/Type1" > EndSection > > Section "Module" > Load "glx" > Load "extmod" > Load "xtrap" > Load "record" > Load "dbe" > # Load "dri" > Load "freetype" > Load "type1" > EndSection > > Section "InputDevice" > Identifier "Keyboard0" > Driver "kbd" > EndSection > > Section "InputDevice" > Identifier "Mouse0" > Driver "mouse" > Option "Protocol" "IMPS/2" > Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice" > Option "Buttons" "7" > Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5" > EndSection > > Section "Monitor" > Identifier "Monitor[0]" > Option "VendorName" "ATI Proprietary Driver" > Option "ModelName" "Generic Autodetecting Monitor" > Option "DPMS" "true" > HorizSync 30-70 > VertRefresh 50-180 > EndSection > > Section "Device" > Identifier "Device[0]" > Driver "nvidia" > EndSection > > Section "Screen" > Identifier "Screen[0]" > Device "Device[0]" > Monitor "Monitor[0]" > DefaultDepth 24 > SubSection "Display" > Viewport 0 0 > Depth 24 > Modes "1280x1024" > EndSubSection > EndSection > > Section "DRI" > Group "video" > Mode 0660 > EndSection > > ######End xorg.conf > > I've tried it both with and without this last stanza regarding > DRI. I tossed it in there for giggles since I needed it with my ATI > card. One thing I haven't ventured to yet is recompilin xorg. When I > compiled it I did have VIDEO_CARDS set to radeon. Will this effect > xorg working with nvidia cards? What would the proper VIDEO_CARDS > setting be for a geforce 6800? > > Any suggestions/comments are very welcome. Thanks muchly., > > Korf > -- > () The ASCII Ribbon Campaign - against HTML Email, > /\ vCards, and proprietary formats. > Well, I've now narrowed it down to permissions. I didn't install the drivers off of nvidias site as they are the same version. Perusing the nvidia linux forum I came across a post that made me want to do glxgears again. I was root on that console due to just having emerged something, and DRI works fine. I'm going to poke some stuff with chmod and restart, but if any know what might be the difference that allows root to do it I'd love to hear it. 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