No direct rendering on XFree89 4 with GeForce4 MX

FutureEX · 10-13-2003, 11:56 PM

My 64mb NVidia GeForceMX 420 is so slow on linux :S... playing 3d games is so slow...
i found on some site or forum to check if rendering is on with this command.

Code:

glxinfo | grep render

after i did that it said

direct rendering: no

or something like it... help?
I tried to install nvidia's linux drivers is like a shell thingy... i can't run it when X-Server is on and it tells me to close it how do i close X-Server?

thx in advance

FutureEX · 10-14-2003, 06:59 PM

Aight this is what i got from that glxinfo thingy

Code:

[futureex@localhost futureex]$ glxinfo
name of display: :0.0
Xlib:  extension "XFree86-DRI" missing on display ":0.0".
display: :0  screen: 0
direct rendering: No
server glx vendor string: SGI
server glx version string: 1.2
server glx extensions:
    GLX_EXT_visual_info, GLX_EXT_visual_rating, GLX_EXT_import_context
client glx vendor string: SGI
client glx version string: 1.2
client glx extensions:
    GLX_EXT_visual_info, GLX_EXT_visual_rating, GLX_EXT_import_context
GLX extensions:
    GLX_EXT_visual_info, GLX_EXT_visual_rating, GLX_EXT_import_context
OpenGL vendor string: Mesa project: www.mesa3d.org
OpenGL renderer string: Mesa GLX Indirect
OpenGL version string: 1.3 Mesa 4.0.4
OpenGL extensions:
    GL_ARB_imaging, GL_ARB_multitexture, GL_ARB_texture_border_clamp,
    GL_ARB_texture_cube_map, GL_ARB_texture_env_add,
    GL_ARB_texture_env_combine, GL_ARB_texture_env_dot3,
    GL_ARB_transpose_matrix, GL_EXT_abgr, GL_EXT_blend_color,
    GL_EXT_blend_minmax, GL_EXT_blend_subtract, GL_EXT_texture_env_add,
    GL_EXT_texture_env_combine, GL_EXT_texture_env_dot3,
    GL_EXT_texture_lod_bias
glu version: 1.3
glu extensions:
    GLU_EXT_nurbs_tessellator, GLU_EXT_object_space_tess

   visual  x  bf lv rg d st colorbuffer ax dp st accumbuffer  ms  cav
 id dep cl sp sz l  ci b ro  r  g  b  a bf th cl  r  g  b  a ns b eat
----------------------------------------------------------------------
0x23 24 tc  1 24  0 r  y  .  8  8  8  0  0 16  0  0  0  0  0  0 0 None
0x24 24 tc  1 24  0 r  y  .  8  8  8  0  0 16  8 16 16 16  0  0 0 None
0x25 24 tc  1 24  0 r  y  .  8  8  8  8  0 16  8 16 16 16 16  0 0 None
0x26 24 tc  1 24  0 r  .  .  8  8  8  8  0 16  8 16 16 16 16  0 0 None
0x27 24 dc  1 24  0 r  y  .  8  8  8  0  0 16  0  0  0  0  0  0 0 None
0x28 24 dc  1 24  0 r  y  .  8  8  8  0  0 16  8 16 16 16  0  0 0 None
0x29 24 dc  1 24  0 r  y  .  8  8  8  8  0 16  8 16 16 16 16  0 0 None
0x2a 24 dc  1 24  0 r  .  .  8  8  8  8  0 16  8 16 16 16 16  0 0 None

this is wat i got with the filter

Code:

[futureex@localhost futureex]$ glxinfo | grep render
Xlib:  extension "XFree86-DRI" missing on display ":0.0".
direct rendering: No
OpenGL renderer string: Mesa GLX Indirect

I want to know how to do a direct rendering... :S my computer runs Chomium BSU really really slow like 14fps

my 64mb Nvidia GeForce4 MX 420 should run faster then that don't u think?

someone please help me get this working :S i tried to install the newest drivers but then it messed up linux then i had to reinstall linux

qanopus · 10-15-2003, 03:58 AM

Okey tell me what you did to get it going.

You should of

1) installed the nvidia drivers form the nvidia site
2) edit your /etc/x11/xfconfig-4 file .

I think you skipped that last part. Edit that file so that all the "nv" thingies there are chaged to "nvidia". Restart the x server. If it worked, you should see an nvidia splash screen come up.
Also check if the drivers are loaded my doing "/sbin/lsmod"
Don't worry. Many people here, including me, have the same card and it workes fine with linux

FutureEX · 10-15-2003, 06:03 PM

aight thx i added load "nvidia" like on the first line and then it crashed

then i found out this cool feature vi that lets me edit so i edited the config then it works thx

50-60fps for Chomium