Bug 104636

Might be a driver bug. Please attach the result of "nvidia-bug-report.sh". 

I'm not sure where this script is and can't find it on the wiki. Where is this
script located?

(In reply to comment #2)
> I'm not sure where this script is and can't find it on the wiki. Where is this
> script located?

After installing the nvidia driver, it should be located on your hdd :)
In my case (installed the nvidia driver from nvidia.com) it is located at
/usr/bin/nvidia-bug-report.sh - /usr/bin should be in your $PATH so that it should
be enough to run "nvidia-bug-report.sh".

This might be another problem then. I installed the nVidia Drivers from YOU
after installation:

gtaylor@linux:/usr/bin> lsmod | grep nvid
nvidiafb               54172  0
i2c_algo_bit            9096  1 nvidiafb
i2c_core               20368  3 nvidiafb,i2c_algo_bit,i2c_viapro

There is no nvidia-bug-report.sh on my drive at all yet there are plenty of
other nvidia related things:

/dev/nvidia0
/dev/nvidiactl
/home/gtaylor/.yast2/you/mnt/i386/update/10.0/patches/fetchnvidia.sh-52374
/lib/modules/2.6.13-rc5-git3-3-default/kernel/drivers/char/agp/nvidia-agp.ko
/lib/modules/2.6.13-rc5-git3-3-default/kernel/drivers/video/nvidia
/lib/modules/2.6.13-rc5-git3-3-default/kernel/drivers/video/nvidia/nvidiafb.ko
/lib/modules/precompiled/2.6.13-rc5-git3-3-default/nvidia
/lib/modules/precompiled/2.6.13-rc5-git3-3-default/nvidia/gfx
/lib/modules/precompiled/2.6.13-rc5-git3-3-default/nvidia/gfx/nv-linux.o-1.0-7667.pre
/lib/modules/scripts/nvidia
/lib/modules/scripts/nvidia/2.6.13-rc5-git3-3-default
/lib/modules/scripts/nvidia/2.6.13-rc5-git3-3-default/nv-linux.o-1.0-7667
/lib/modules/scripts/nvidia/nv-kernel.o-1.0-7667
/lib/modules/scripts/nvidia.sh
/usr/bin/3Ddiag.nvidia_glx
/usr/bin/switch2nvidia
/usr/bin/tiny-nvidia-installer
/usr/lib/directfb-0.9.22/gfxdrivers/libdirectfb_nvidia.la
/usr/lib/directfb-0.9.22/gfxdrivers/libdirectfb_nvidia.so
/usr/lib/xine/plugins/1.1.0/vidix/nvidia_vid.so
/usr/share/doc/nvidia
/usr/share/doc/nvidia/EULA.html
/usr/share/doc/nvidia/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-7667-pkg1.run
/usr/share/sax/profile/nvidia
/usr/share/sax/profile/nvidia16
/usr/X11R6/lib/modules/drivers/nvidia_drv.o
/var/lib/YaST2/you/installed/fetchnvidia.sh-52374
/var/lib/YaST2/you/mnt/i386/update/10.0/patches/fetchnvidia.sh-52374
/var/log/nvidia-installer.log

I'm no longer sure you have the nvidia driver installed at all. Please paste the
output of "3Ddiag" and attach /var/log/nvidia-installer.log.

That would be the problem. I thought that when I installed the nVidia driver
from YOU that it installed the actual driver rather than a "dummy driver."

linux:/home/gtaylor # 3Ddiag
3Ddiag version 0.726
Verifying 3D configuration:
Using 3dinfo
************************************************************

Verifying 3D configuration for 3D board "nVidia Corporation GeForce FX 5500
(10de@0326)":


Verifying driver installation:
  nvidia ... failed!
======================= !!! WARNING !!! ========================
Due to license issues only a Dummy Nvidia 2D/3D driver with
Software 3D/OpenGL rendering is provided. Please download
the official 2D/3D Nvidia driver from the nVidia webserver
(http://www.nvidia.com), if you want to use 3D hardware
accelerated 3D/OpenGL.
================================================================

Tests for X.Org configuration:
  Config File /etc/X11/xorg.conf ... done.
  Driver ... done.
  Extensions ... done.
  Options ... done.


Checking GL/GLU/glut runtime configuration:
  GL/GLU  ... done (package xorg-x11-Mesa)
  glut ... done (package freeglut)

To figure out, why the nvidia driver was not installed I still need the
/var/log/nvidia-installer.log. We're really interested in supporting FX 5500 boards.

Created attachment 46086 [details]
nVidia Driver Install Log

Here's my driver installation log.

Looks like you did an update, the nvidia driver was uninstalled - which is 
correct, but you didn't try to reinstall the nvidia driver again via YOU after 
the update.

Opening up YOU, my update selection reads:
"The system is up to date"
I have no option to re-install. Do we have to do the nVidia driver installation
manually from their website?

Hmm ... try this one:

Inside YOU enable "Installable and Installed Patches" for "Show Patch
Category" and select "Download NVIDIA(r) Graphics Driver" from the
patches list (usually at the bottom of the list). Note, that you need
to mark it as "Update" (right mouse click) if you already installed it
before and the driver was uninstalled - for any reason. Proceed as
usual now. After YOU has finished restart your Xserver (i.e. logout
from your Xsession) and you're fine.

Ok, that did it. I don't remember having to do this before or seeing it
documented somewhere, it might be a good idea to try to streamline the nVidia
install a little bit. I started with a clean install, went directly into YOU
after install, did an update and selected the nVidia driver, and it didn't
install what I needed? 

Maybe this is best taken to forums or whatnot or maybe I did something wrong,
but if this is a little kludgey I'd definitely look into smoothing it out as
video cards are something that have to work well :)

I'm afraid it's difficult to reproduce this problem. Therefore I close this now as
WORKSFORME. I'm sorry.