Nvidia installation problem

stratcat · 03-31-2007, 09:07 PM

Fedora core 5
2.6.20-1.2307.fc5 i686

Hi, I just installed a EVGA e-GeForce 6200 LE 3d video card. I installed the drivers with; yum -y --enablerepo livna install kmod-nvidia. The installation was successfull. When I tried to test the installation with glxgears I redieced this message;

Quote:

[bob@localhost ~]$ glxgears
Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0".
Error: couldn't get an RGB, Double-buffered visual

When I try to open a simple 3d game (xmoto) I get this message;

Quote:

[bob@localhost ~]$ xmoto
Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0".
Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0".
Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0".
Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0".
Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0".
Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0".
fatal exception : SDL_SetVideoMode : Couldn't find matching GLX visual
[bob@localhost ~]$

Root make no difference.

Can anyone help?

puntjuh · 03-31-2007, 09:18 PM

You should check if in your /etc/X11/xorg.conf the following is uncommented:

# This loads the GLX module
# Load "glx"

SHOULG BE:

# This loads the GLX module
Load "glx"

You can check this quickly by doing:

cat /etc/X11/xorg.conf | grep glx

stratcat · 03-31-2007, 09:25 PM

Here's how it reads:

Quote:

[bob@localhost ~]$ cat /etc/X11/xorg.conf | grep glx
Load "glx"
[bob@localhost ~]$

puntjuh · 04-01-2007, 03:47 PM

In your xorg.conf did you change your device's driver to nvidia?

Something like this should be in there:

Code:

diem@tux ~ $ cat /etc/X11/xorg.conf | grep nvidia
    Driver      "nvidia"

If this is not the case, change the line to nvidia.

**EDIT** Also try the following:

Shutdown X , init 3

Login as root

Enable driver using: nvidia-config-display enable

restart X, init 5

**/EDIT**

stratcat · 04-01-2007, 05:43 PM

It's working

Quote:

[bob@localhost ~]$ cat /etc/X11/xorg.conf | grep nvidia
# nvidia-xconfig: X configuration file generated by nvidia-xconfig
# nvidia-xconfig: version 1.0 (buildmeister@builder3) Mon Oct 16 22:13:07 PDT 2006
ModulePath "/usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/nvidia"
Driver "nvidia"
[bob@localhost ~]$

Here is my GLXgears

Quote:

[bob@localhost ~]$ glxgears
10986 frames in 5.0 seconds = 2197.134 FPS
11634 frames in 5.0 seconds = 2326.696 FPS
11762 frames in 5.0 seconds = 2352.244 FPS
11768 frames in 5.0 seconds = 2353.473 FPS
11766 frames in 5.0 seconds = 2353.122 FPS
11735 frames in 5.0 seconds = 2346.920 FPS
11759 frames in 5.0 seconds = 2351.764 FPS
11772 frames in 5.0 seconds = 2354.213 FPS
11491 frames in 5.0 seconds = 2298.042 FPS
11389 frames in 5.0 seconds = 2277.714 FPS
11446 frames in 5.0 seconds = 2288.807 FPS
^[11343 frames in 5.0 seconds = 2268.577 FPS
11395 frames in 5.0 seconds = 2278.809 FPS
10832 frames in 5.0 seconds = 2166.307 FPS
10466 frames in 5.0 seconds = 2093.050 FPS
11158 frames in 5.0 seconds = 2231.474 FPS
13341 frames in 5.0 seconds = 2668.127 FPS
10259 frames in 5.0 seconds = 2051.711 FPS
14904 frames in 5.0 seconds = 2980.654 FPS
11028 frames in 5.0 seconds = 2205.547 FPS
X connection to :0.0 broken (explicit kill or server shutdown).
[bob@localhost ~]$

For some reason when I opened the game "xmoto" in gui it seemed to configure itself. Not only did the game work but I was able to use the "glxgears" command. When I first tested the game I typed "xmoto" in terminal. I really don't know how this happened but it's working and I'm happy. Thank you for your follow ups. Bob

dfowensby · 04-02-2007, 11:55 AM

i posted something like this elsewhere, but it might work:

remove the livna nvidia driver, and go to http://freshrpms.net and load in their rpm for nvidia-drv. it auto-config'd xorg.conf, reboot gave a really fine running test of both scorched3d and doom3 (in ultra-high graphics mode!)with only a 1 degree C rise on the card.
The monitor section and the modes line was a hand-edit to prevent fedora's tendency to overdrive my monitor. ymmv.

# Xorg configuration created by pyxf86config

Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "Default Layout"
Screen "Screen0"
InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
EndSection

Section "Files"
ModulePath "/usr/lib64/xorg/modules/extensions/nvidia"
ModulePath "/usr/lib64/xorg/modules"
EndSection

#Section "Modules"
# Load "glx"
#EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Keyboard0"
Driver "kbd"
Option "XkbModel" "pc104"
Option "XkbLayout" "us"
EndSection

Section "Device"
Identifier "Videocard0"
Driver "nvidia"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Monitor0"
HorizSync 31-72
VertRefresh 50-160
EndSection

Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen0"
Device "Videocard0"
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 24
Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600"
EndSubSection
EndSection