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nv fx5200 pci glxgears problems

I finally got my video card working and am using the generic drivers, since I was never able to build the kernel interface for the latest drivers for some reason... I'm still not sure.

Glxgears is running waaay slower than I'd expect and I keep getting this "fatal IO error 104", which I've read is the result of a problem in hw.

Code:

$ glxgears

Xlib:  extension "XFree86-DRI" missing on display ":0.0".

324 frames in 5.0 seconds = 64.800 FPS

280 frames in 5.0 seconds = 56.000 FPS

280 frames in 6.0 seconds = 46.667 FPS

280 frames in 5.0 seconds = 56.000 FPS

280 frames in 6.0 seconds = 46.667 FPS

XIO:  fatal IO error 104 (Connection reset by peer) on X server ":0.0"

      after 3201 requests (30 known processed) with 0 events remaining.

Code:

$ 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

Here is my XF86Config-4 file:

Code:

Section "Files"

        FontPath        "unix/:7100"                        # local font server

        # if the local font server has problems, we can fall back on these

        FontPath        "/var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/TrueType"

        FontPath        "/var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/CID"

        FontPath        "/usr/share/fonts/truetype"

        FontPath        "/usr/local/share/fonts/truetype"

        FontPath        "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/CID"

        FontPath        "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo"

        FontPath        "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/misc"

        FontPath        "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/cyrillic"

        FontPath        "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/:unscaled"

        FontPath        "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled"

        FontPath        "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/Type1"

        FontPath        "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/CID"

        FontPath        "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo"

        FontPath        "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi"

        FontPath        "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi"

EndSection



Section "Module"

#        Load        "GLcore"

        Load        "bitmap"

        Load        "dbe"

        Load        "ddc"

#        Load        "dri"

        Load        "extmod"

        Load        "freetype"

        Load        "glx"

        Load        "int10"

        Load        "record"

        Load        "speedo"

        Load        "type1"

        Load        "vbe"

EndSection



Section "InputDevice"

        Identifier        "Generic Keyboard"

        Driver                "keyboard"

        Option                "CoreKeyboard"

        Option                "XkbRules"        "xfree86"

        Option                "XkbModel"        "pc104"

        Option                "XkbLayout"        "us"

EndSection



Section "InputDevice"

        Identifier        "Configured Mouse"

        Driver                "mouse"

        Option                "CorePointer"

        Option                "Device"                "/dev/psaux"

        Option                "Protocol"                "ImPS/2"

        Option                "Emulate3Buttons"        "true"

        Option                "ZAxisMapping"                "4 5"

EndSection

Section "InputDevice"

        Identifier        "Generic Mouse"

        Driver                "mouse"

        Option                "SendCoreEvents"        "true"

        Option                "Device"                "/dev/input/mice"

        Option                "Protocol"                "ImPS/2"

        Option                "Emulate3Buttons"        "true"

        Option                "ZAxisMapping"                "4 5"

EndSection



Section "Device"

#        Identifier        "Intel Corporation 82810 CGC [Chipset Graphics Controller]"

#        Driver                "i810"

        Identifier        "FX5200"

        Driver                "nv"

EndSection



Section "Monitor"

        Identifier        "Dell P1110"

        HorizSync        30-121

        VertRefresh        48-160

        Option                "DPMS"

EndSection



Section "Screen"

        Identifier        "Default Screen"

#        Device                "Intel Corporation 82810 CGC [Chipset Graphics Controller]"

        Device                "FX5200"

        Monitor                "Dell P1110"

        DefaultDepth        24

#        SubSection "Display"

#                Depth                1

#                Modes                "1600x1200" "1280x1024" "1280x960" "1152x864"

#        EndSubSection

#        SubSection "Display"

#                Depth                4

#                Modes                "1600x1200" "1280x1024" "1280x960" "1152x864"

#        EndSubSection

#        SubSection "Display"

#                Depth                8

#                Modes                "1600x1200" "1280x1024" "1280x960" "1152x864"

#        EndSubSection

#        SubSection "Display"

#                Depth                15

#                Modes                "1600x1200" "1280x1024" "1280x960" "1152x864"

#        EndSubSection

#        SubSection "Display"

#                Depth                16

#                Modes                "1600x1200" "1280x1024" "1280x960" "1152x864"

#        EndSubSection

        SubSection "Display"

                Depth                24

                Modes                "2560x1600" "1920x1200" "1680x1050" "1600x1200" "1280x1024" "1280x960" "1152x864"

        EndSubSection

#        SubSection "Display"

#                Depth                32

#                Modes                "2560x1600" "1920x1200" "1680x1050" "1600x1200" "1280x1024" "1280x960" "1152x864"

#        EndSubSection

EndSection



Section "ServerLayout"

        Identifier        "Default Layout"

        Screen                "Default Screen"

        InputDevice        "Generic Keyboard"

        InputDevice        "Configured Mouse"

        InputDevice        "Generic Mouse"

EndSection



Section "DRI"

        Mode        0666

EndSection

Specs:
Celeron A 733MHz
Nvidia FX5200 PCI
319MB PC133 RAM

Thanks

edit: Screen res is 1600x1200.

The "nv" drivers offer NO 3d support, so what you are getting is software acceleration.

Quote:

$ glxinfo
name of display: :0.0
Xlib: extension "XFree86-DRI" missing on display ":0.0".
display: :0 screen: 0
direct rendering: No

Must read as the following for 3d acceleration

Quote:

glxinfo
name of display: :0.0
display: :0 screen: 0
direct rendering: Yes
server glx vendor string: NVIDIA Corporation

To have proper 3d acceleration you need to install the proprietary Nvidia drivers.

Thanks for your quick reply.

Would someone be willing to help me install the latest drivers..? I've posted my question to NVNews but no one's replied for 3 days.

Nvidia-installer successfully installs the kernel module, but then it encounters an error:

Code:

ERROR: Unable to load the kernel module 'nvidia.ko'.  This is most likely

      because the kernel module was built using the wrong kernel source files.

      Please make sure you have installed the kernel source files for your

      kernel and that they are properly configured; on Red Hat Linux systems,

      for example, be sure you have the 'kernel-source' RPM installed.  If you

      know the correct kernel source files are installed, you may specify the

      kernel source path with the '--kernel-source-path' command line option.

-> Kernel module load error: ./usr/src/nv/nvidia.ko: couldn't find the kernel

  version the module was compiled for

-> Kernel messages:

  PCI: Sharing IRQ 9 with 00:1f.3

  PCI: Sharing IRQ 9 with 00:1f.5

  NVRM: loading NVIDIA Linux x86 NVIDIA Kernel Module  1.0-7174  Tue Mar 22

  06:44:39 PST 2005

  Linux Tulip driver version 0.9.15-pre12 (Aug 9, 2002)

  PCI: Found IRQ 9 for device 00:1f.5

  PCI: Sharing IRQ 9 with 00:1f.3

  PCI: Sharing IRQ 9 with 01:0d.0

  PCI: Setting latency timer of device 00:1f.5 to 64

  intel8x0_measure_ac97_clock: measured 42000 usecs

  intel8x0: clocking to 48000

  uhci.c: USB Universal Host Controller Interface driver v1.1

  pci_hotplug: PCI Hot Plug PCI Core version: 0.5

  shpchp: acpi_shpchprm:get_device PCI ROOT HID fail=0x1001

  pci_hotplug: PCI Hot Plug PCI Core version: 0.5

  pciehp: acpi_pciehprm:get_device PCI ROOT HID fail=0x1001

  hw_random: misc device register failed

  parport0: PC-style at 0x378 [PCSPP,TRISTATE]

  lp0: using parport0 (polling).

  ppdev: user-space parallel port driver

  ppdev0: registered pardevice

  ppdev0: unregistered pardevice

  ppdev1: claim the port first

  ppdev2: claim the port first

  apm: BIOS version 1.2 Flags 0x03 (Driver version 1.16)

  i810_rng hardware driver 0.9.8 loaded

Looks like the installer is complaining that the kernel sources do not match the kernel currently running.

At CLI enter "uname -r" will give you the kernel that is currently running.
Then look in /usr/src/ you should see linux-???????
Make sure that it matches your running kernel and you have a link to the folder like the example below:

Quote:

keith@slack:~$ uname -r
2.6.15.4
keith@slack:~$ ls -l /usr/src/
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 14 2006-02-21 21:27 linux -> linux-2.6.15.4/
drwxrwxrwx 20 root root 4096 2006-02-21 21:54 linux-2.6.15.4/

If it does not match you will need to install the correct kernel sources and link to "linux"
ie: ln -s /user/src/linux-????? /usr/src/linux

The nvidia module needs to be compiled against the running kernel's sources.

My kernel is 2.4.27-2 and the kernel sources is 2.4.27-12, which I installed with apt-get. Does the number following the hyphen matter or not? This is something I've never been sure of. I never linked it to linux so I was just using the --kernel-source-path instead.

Thanks

The number after the hyphen is the Debian specific patch level and yes it does matter.
They need to be the same.

Debian's packages site only has kernel-source 2.4.27-12. It has a kernel-image package with the correct kernel version, but this isn't what I want.

I can't even find it here.

from Debian---->"Package: kernel-image-2.4.27-2-386 (2.4.27-10sarge1)"
Linky------------->http://packages.debian.org/stable/ba...e-2.4.27-2-386

So assuming I am reading that correctly 2.4.27-2-386 = 2.4.27-10sarge1

Hope that helps

Yes, you are correct.
Unfortunately, for etch they only have kernel-source-2.4.27-12.