Fedora 9 x64_84 and nVidia driver -- loading but not working (?)

kiwi_MTBer · 03-19-2009, 11:51 PM

I have set this up before (ie installed the drivers and had them working perfectly) but had to do a system wide re-install of fedora. Since this clean install, I've had non-stop grief with nVidia drivers. They have been downloaded and installed via yum, and on start-up nvidia.ko loads. But from with gnome I cant gain access to any 'special effects' (ie desktop effects wont enable).

Any advice/help on this matter would be much appreciated

serafean · 03-21-2009, 06:00 AM

Hi, add the following to your device section in xorg.conf :

Code:

Option      "AddARGBGLXVisuals" "1"

Serafean

kiwi_MTBer · 03-25-2009, 09:18 PM

Hey- sorry about late reply,

Have tried the above, all to no avail. The line still appears in xorg.conf but cant enable desktop affects.. Ive tried uninstalling kmod-nvidia and then re-installing thru yum, but again this does nothing

serafean · 04-04-2009, 08:13 AM

Hi, sorry for not showing up sooner...
First things first : does direct rendering work? "glxinfo | grep direct"
Are you trying to use Compiz or the Metacity integrated compositor?
You might try specifically enabling AIGLX; the composite extension and checking that you have access rights to the DRI device in xorg .conf

Code:

Section "DRI"
        Group        video
        Mode         0666
EndSection
Section "Extensions"
    Option        "Composite"    "1"
EndSection

And in the ServerLayout section add "Option 'AIGLX' '1' "
Also check that you installed the correct driver version for your card.

kiwi_MTBer · 04-04-2009, 11:56 PM

Ok thanks, its now working in a state where I can now play around with it more. glxinfo | grep direct was not working before, and error message was displayed. With hindsight I should have posted the error. The second lot of changes made to xorg.conf seemed to have fixed it.

Thanks again