OpenSUSE 11.1 and Nvidia

trizoni · 01-13-2009, 03:49 PM

I am using Suse versions since 10.1.
Recently I installed the last version (11.1) and I have serious problems with my Nvidia 6200.
All 3D applications (Kwin, Compiz, Googlearth, Second Life) are running very slow and sometimes with a lot of crashes.
I have tried to install the drivers either from the repositories via Yast or from the nvidia's website (via sh NVIDIA*****...etc). but the problem persist.

I never had problems with previous versions of Opensuse.

I tried to follow this guideline but i couldn't solve the problem.

I have also installed in the same machine (other partition) Debian Lenny and everything is working perfect with the same nvidia driver.

Could you propose me something?

TB0ne · 01-13-2009, 04:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by trizoni

I am using Suse versions since 10.1.
Recently I installed the last version (11.1) and I have serious problems with my Nvidia 6200.
All 3D applications (Kwin, Compiz, Googlearth, Second Life) are running very slow and sometimes with a lot of crashes.
I have tried to install the drivers either from the repositories via Yast or from the nvidia's website (via sh NVIDIA*****...etc). but the problem persist.

I never had problems with previous versions of Opensuse.

I tried to follow this guideline but i couldn't solve the problem.

I have also installed in the same machine (other partition) Debian Lenny and everything is working perfect with the same nvidia driver.

Could you propose me something?

Try this guide:

http://www.suse.de/~sndirsch/nvidia-...ler-HOWTO.html

The latest nVidia driver is from January of this year, is that the one you're using? Are you getting any errors in your x windows log? Can you describe it further, other than saying "very slow and sometimes with a lot of crashes"??

trizoni · 01-13-2009, 04:31 PM

Thanks for the answer. I always follow the guide of the given lnk.

I use the 177.82 driver (the newer one is not available to the Suse repos yet).

I don't get any errors to my Xorg.0.log. Here is the NVIDIA's section to my log file:

Quote:

(II) NVIDIA dlloader X Driver 177.82 Tue Nov 4 13:42:45 PST 2008
(II) NVIDIA Unified Driver for all Supported NVIDIA GPUs
(II) Primary Device is: PCI 01@00:00:0
(II) Loading sub module "fb"
(II) LoadModule: "fb"

(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules//libfb.so
(II) Module fb: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
compiled for 1.5.2, module version = 1.0.0
ABI class: X.Org ANSI C Emulation, version 0.4
(II) Loading sub module "wfb"
(II) LoadModule: "wfb"

(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules//libwfb.so
(II) Module wfb: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
compiled for 1.5.2, module version = 1.0.0
ABI class: X.Org ANSI C Emulation, version 0.4
(II) Loading sub module "ramdac"
(II) LoadModule: "ramdac"
(II) Module "ramdac" already built-in
(II) resource ranges after probing:
[0] -1 0 0xffffffff - 0xffffffff (0x1) MX[B]
[1] -1 0 0x000f0000 - 0x000fffff (0x10000) MX[B]
[2] -1 0 0x000c0000 - 0x000effff (0x30000) MX[B]
[3] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x0009ffff (0xa0000) MX[B]
[4] -1 0 0xffffffff - 0xffffffff (0x1) MX[B]
[5] -1 0 0x000f0000 - 0x000fffff (0x10000) MX[B]
[6] -1 0 0x000c0000 - 0x000effff (0x30000) MX[B]
[7] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x0009ffff (0xa0000) MX[B]
[8] -1 0 0xffffffff - 0xffffffff (0x1) MX[B]
[9] -1 0 0x000f0000 - 0x000fffff (0x10000) MX[B]
[10] -1 0 0x000c0000 - 0x000effff (0x30000) MX[B]
[11] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x0009ffff (0xa0000) MX[B]
[12] -1 0 0xffffffff - 0xffffffff (0x1) MX[B]
[13] -1 0 0x000f0000 - 0x000fffff (0x10000) MX[B]
[14] -1 0 0x000c0000 - 0x000effff (0x30000) MX[B]
[15] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x0009ffff (0xa0000) MX[B]
[16] -1 0 0x0000ffff - 0x0000ffff (0x1) IX[B]
[17] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x00000000 (0x1) IX[B]
[18] -1 0 0x0000ffff - 0x0000ffff (0x1) IX[B]
[19] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x00000000 (0x1) IX[B]
[20] -1 0 0x0000ffff - 0x0000ffff (0x1) IX[B]
[21] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x00000000 (0x1) IX[B]
[22] -1 0 0x0000ffff - 0x0000ffff (0x1) IX[B]
[23] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x00000000 (0x1) IX[B]
(**) 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): Option "OnDemandVBlankInterrupts" "True"
(**) NVIDIA(0): Option "PixmapCacheSize" "3000000"
(**) NVIDIA(0): Option "AllowSHMPixmaps" "0"
(**) NVIDIA(0): Enabling RENDER acceleration
(II) NVIDIA(0): Support for GLX with the Damage and Composite X extensions is
(II) NVIDIA(0): enabled.
(II) NVIDIA(0): NVIDIA GPU GeForce 6200 LE (NV44) at PCI:1:0:0 (GPU-0)
(--) NVIDIA(0): Memory: 262144 kBytes
(--) NVIDIA(0): VideoBIOS: 05.44.02.62.00
(II) NVIDIA(0): Detected PCI Express Link width: 16X
(--) NVIDIA(0): Interlaced video modes are supported on this GPU
(--) NVIDIA(0): Connected display device(s) on GeForce 6200 LE at PCI:1:0:0:
(--) NVIDIA(0): ARM LM-17 (CRT-0)
(--) NVIDIA(0): ARM LM-17 (CRT-0): 400.0 MHz maximum pixel clock
(II) NVIDIA(0): Assigned Display Device: CRT-0
(WW) NVIDIA(0): No valid modes for "1280x800"; removing.
(WW) NVIDIA(0): No valid modes for "1280x768"; removing.
(WW) NVIDIA(0): No valid modes for "1280x720"; removing.
(WW) NVIDIA(0): No valid modes for "1280x600"; removing.
(WW) NVIDIA(0): No valid modes for "1024x600"; removing.
(WW) NVIDIA(0): No valid modes for "768x576"; removing.
(II) NVIDIA(0): Validated modes:
(II) NVIDIA(0): "1280x1024"
(II) NVIDIA(0): "1280x960"
(II) NVIDIA(0): "1152x864"
(II) NVIDIA(0): "1024x768"
(II) NVIDIA(0): "800x600"
(II) NVIDIA(0): "640x480"
(II) NVIDIA(0): Virtual screen size determined to be 1280 x 1024
(--) NVIDIA(0): DPI set to (95, 96); computed from "UseEdidDpi" X config
(--) NVIDIA(0): option
(==) NVIDIA(0): Enabling 32-bit ARGB GLX visuals.
(--) Depth 24 pixmap format is 32 bpp
(II) do I need RAC? No, I don't.
(II) resource ranges after preInit:
[0] -1 0 0xffffffff - 0xffffffff (0x1) MX[B]
[1] -1 0 0x000f0000 - 0x000fffff (0x10000) MX[B]
[2] -1 0 0x000c0000 - 0x000effff (0x30000) MX[B]
[3] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x0009ffff (0xa0000) MX[B]
[4] -1 0 0xffffffff - 0xffffffff (0x1) MX[B]
[5] -1 0 0x000f0000 - 0x000fffff (0x10000) MX[B]
[6] -1 0 0x000c0000 - 0x000effff (0x30000) MX[B]
[7] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x0009ffff (0xa0000) MX[B]
[8] -1 0 0xffffffff - 0xffffffff (0x1) MX[B]
[9] -1 0 0x000f0000 - 0x000fffff (0x10000) MX[B]
[10] -1 0 0x000c0000 - 0x000effff (0x30000) MX[B]
[11] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x0009ffff (0xa0000) MX[B]
[12] -1 0 0xffffffff - 0xffffffff (0x1) MX[B]
[13] -1 0 0x000f0000 - 0x000fffff (0x10000) MX[B]
[14] -1 0 0x000c0000 - 0x000effff (0x30000) MX[B]
[15] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x0009ffff (0xa0000) MX[B]
[16] -1 0 0x0000ffff - 0x0000ffff (0x1) IX[B]
[17] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x00000000 (0x1) IX[B]
[18] -1 0 0x0000ffff - 0x0000ffff (0x1) IX[B]
[19] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x00000000 (0x1) IX[B]
[20] -1 0 0x0000ffff - 0x0000ffff (0x1) IX[B]
[21] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x00000000 (0x1) IX[B]
[22] -1 0 0x0000ffff - 0x0000ffff (0x1) IX[B]
[23] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x00000000 (0x1) IX[B]
(II) NVIDIA(0): Initialized GPU GART.
(II) NVIDIA(0): Setting mode "1280x1024"
(II) Loading extension NV-GLX
(II) NVIDIA(0): NVIDIA 3D Acceleration Architecture Initialized
(II) NVIDIA(0): Disabling shared memory pixmaps
(II) NVIDIA(0): Using the NVIDIA 2D acceleration architecture
(==) NVIDIA(0): Backing store disabled
(==) NVIDIA(0): Silken mouse enabled
(**) Option "dpms"
(**) NVIDIA(0): DPMS enabled
(II) Loading extension NV-CONTROL
(II) Loading extension XINERAMA
(WW) NVIDIA(0): Option "CalcAlgorithm" is not used
(WW) NVIDIA(0): Option "PreferredMode" is not used
(==) RandR enabled

Trying to give some examples....

Kwin--> When I activate the 3d effects they seems to be started but after some time the system freezes (can't do nothing and i have to Ctrl+Alt+F1 to enter a terminal, give init 3 as root and init 5 to restart X)
Googlearth--> The program takes about 5 minutes to start and then the earth's movings using my mouse are very slow
Second Life--> A lot of cessations to the avatar's movings and after some minutes the mouse's pointer starts to freeze. I have to kill the Second Life's client in order to use my mouse correctly again.

I don't know if these examples helps but i don't have similar problems using my Lenny and I never had them in all previous OpenSUSE releases.

Thanks in adnvance

TB0ne · 01-13-2009, 04:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by trizoni

Thanks for the answer. I always follow the guide of the given lnk.

I use the 177.82 driver (the newer one is not available to the Suse repos yet).

I don't know if these examples helps but i don't have similar problems using my Lenny and I never had them in all previous OpenSUSE releases.

Thanks in adnvance

Then don't use the one from the repositories. Download the driver from nVidia, through the link provided before, and follow the instructions, which walk you through how to compile and install it. The one on the repository is older, the newer one probably addresses the problems you're encountering.

lauer · 01-28-2009, 03:04 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TB0ne

Then don't use the one from the repositories. Download the driver from nVidia, through the link provided before, and follow the instructions, which walk you through how to compile and install it. The one on the repository is older, the newer one probably addresses the problems you're encountering.

Seconded.

I also had performance issues (no crashes though) with the driver from the repository. Everythings fine now with the drivers directly downloaded from nvidia.