Bugzilla – Bug 115112
Nvidia 6800 GT - No 3D Acceleration
Last modified: 2005-09-05 14:52:51 UTC
I did a new Beta 4 install and before booting into KDE, I went into the YAST control center and fetched nvidia as well as mstttf. After this anda few more problems, I could not figure out why I was not able to eneable 3D acceleration from YAST. It was all grayed out even after the Nvidia driver install and a restart. This is a default install apart from the addition of some KDE games and the LaTex package.
Please attach output of "hwinfo --gfxcard". Thanks.
Well, yes, the same behavior is experienced by me, with my GeForce FX 5200 card. One thing I think about - current drivers are only updated for BETA3, since BETA4 has newer kernel, it requires different driver.
linux:/home/alexey # hwinfo --gfxcard 20: PCI(AGP) 100.0: 0300 VGA compatible controller (VGA) [Created at pci.277] UDI: /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/pci_10de_322 Unique ID: VCu0.u4xNycTFLBD Parent ID: vSkL.S16qDHSKEeD SysFS ID: /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:01.0/0000:01:00.0 SysFS BusID: 0000:01:00.0 Hardware Class: graphics card Model: "LeadTek GeForce FX 5200 (0x0322)" Vendor: pci 0x10de "nVidia Corporation" Device: pci 0x0322 "GeForce FX 5200 (0x0322)" SubVendor: pci 0x107d "LeadTek Research Inc." SubDevice: pci 0x2967 Revision: 0xa1 Memory Range: 0xe0000000-0xe0ffffff (rw,non-prefetchable) Memory Range: 0xd8000000-0xdfffffff (rw,prefetchable) Memory Range: 0xe1000000-0xe101ffff (ro,prefetchable,disabled) IRQ: 11 (no events) I/O Ports: 0x3c0-0x3df (rw) Module Alias: "pci:v000010DEd00000322sv0000107Dsd00002967bc03sc00i00" Driver Info #0: XFree86 v4 Server Module: nv Driver Info #1: XFree86 v4 Server Module: nvidia 3D Support: yes Color Depths: 16 Extensions: Options: Config Status: cfg=yes, avail=yes, need=yes, active=unknown Attached to: #11 (PCI bridge) Primary display adapter: #20 linux:/home/alexey #
even throught it writes: ===================== 3D Support: yes ===================== It has *no* 3D support in BETA4. Under BETA3 everything was OK.
Also I don't know what means: Driver Info #0: Driver Info #1: anybody knows???
Sorry, but I need the feedback by the reporter.
OK, here's my output for the hwinfo: " linux:/home/exigentsky # hwinfo --gfxcard 34: PCI(AGP) 200.0: 0300 VGA compatible controller (VGA) [Created at pci.277] UDI: /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/pci_10de_45 Unique ID: B35A.P3RBgzHdaw3 Parent ID: 6NW+.j5eDVgS7Ow6 SysFS ID: /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1e.0/0000:02:00.0 SysFS BusID: 0000:02:00.0 Hardware Class: graphics card Model: "nVidia GeForce 6800 GT" Vendor: pci 0x10de "nVidia Corporation" Device: pci 0x0045 "GeForce 6800 GT" Revision: 0xa1 Memory Range: 0xd9000000-0xd9ffffff (rw,non-prefetchable) Memory Range: 0xc0000000-0xcfffffff (rw,prefetchable) Memory Range: 0xda000000-0xdaffffff (rw,non-prefetchable) Memory Range: 0xdb000000-0xdb01ffff (ro,prefetchable,disabled) IRQ: 10 (no events) I/O Ports: 0x3c0-0x3df (rw) Module Alias: "pci:v000010DEd00000045sv00000000sd00000000bc03sc00i00" Driver Info #0: XFree86 v4 Server Module: nv Driver Info #1: XFree86 v4 Server Module: nvidia 3D Support: yes Config Status: cfg=yes, avail=yes, need=yes, active=unknown Attached to: #24 (PCI bridge) Primary display adapter: #34 "
Strange. Please call the script behind the YOU patch manually as "root". sh /var/lib/YaST2/you/scripts/fetchnvidia.sh And attach the output. Thanks.
And I do realize it says "3d Support: yes" in the output, but when I go to the YAST module called "Graphics Card and Monitor" the "Activate 3D Acceleration" option is all grayed out. Furthermore, when I started a 3D game called Chromium, I had this error: " Warning 3D Hardware Support Not Available _____________________________________ No 3D graphics card available or 3D support is not configured yet. However, the application uses or requires 3D hardware support. {Continue} {Abort} " When I continued, the game was extremely laggy, just moving over to the "Quit" menu was a monumental task.
I asked you to attach the output of this script. Please do so.
I know what you asked me for, but there was a mid air collision with my other comment and I had to post it after. Anyway, it doesn't seem to work, but here's the output: " linux:~ # sh /var/lib/YaST2/you/scripts/fetchnvidia.sh sh: /var/lib/YaST2/you/scripts/fetchnvidia.sh: No such file or directory linux:~ # " BTW: When I logged in as root, it again detected and informed about all the hardware with pop ups and kinternet crashed as did the network. It is just like the first time I booted SUSE with beta 4. See: 115113, 115114 I'm really having a lot of problems that I did not have in Beta 3. But I don't think it is bad media because I downloaded it through Bittorrent and that has automatic integrity checking.
Ok. Let's search for it: find /var/lib/YaST2/you -name "fetchnvidia*"
OK, here's the output: " exigentsky@linux:~> su Password: linux:/home/exigentsky # find /var/lib/YaST2/you -name "fetchnvidia*" /var/lib/YaST2/you/mnt/i386/update/10.0/patches/fetchnvidia.sh-52401 /var/lib/YaST2/you/installed/fetchnvidia.sh-52401 linux:/home/exigentsky # "
The script is completely missing. I have no idea why. Please try the following: 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.
I alraedy did that after it first didn't work. But I will do it again. Anyway, my hunch is that installing updates through YAST right after installation ebfore first login is a bad idea. I've had problems with that before. For example, in 9.2 (I think) afterr I did that, the bootup messages were all on a black background and did not show the nice progressbar anymore.
It works now! I just can't understand it though. I did the online update for Nvidia before even logging in and it didn't work. Then I did the same update, just as you pointed out after a restart and it didn't work. Now, finally, I did exactly what you said but also selected "Reload All Patches from Server" and rebooted. Suddenly it works and Chromium is actually fun to play. Strange!
For whatever reasons YOU was even not able to download the script for downloading and installing the driver (see comment #13). I'll give it a try ASAP to see if this is a general problem to use the nvidia patch already during installation.
... which works for me.