nvidia, how?

a4z · 12-28-2016, 10:14 AM

thinkpad t430s, nvida + intel

I do not need optimus, but sometimes the nvidia grafics, it is ok for me to handle this via nvidia-settings ,change , log out and in.

installed nvidia-kernel and nvidia-driver via slackbuilds.

nouveau is blacklisted

Code:

blacklist nouveau
options nouveau modeset=0
/etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf lines 1-5/5 (END)

nothing works, tried with, and without vga=normal on the kernel append parameters
just 64bit, no multilib.

what are my options to have this working?

use this, and without this /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/10-nvidia.conf

Code:

Section "OutputClass"
    Identifier     "nvidia"
    MatchDriver    "nvidia-drm"
    Driver         "nvidia"
EndSection

glxinfo

Code:

glxinfo 
name of display: :0
Xlib:  extension "GLX" missing on display ":0".
Xlib:  extension "GLX" missing on display ":0".
Xlib:  extension "GLX" missing on display ":0".
Xlib:  extension "GLX" missing on display ":0".
Xlib:  extension "GLX" missing on display ":0".
Xlib:  extension "GLX" missing on display ":0".
Xlib:  extension "GLX" missing on display ":0".
Error: couldn't find RGB GLX visual or fbconfig
Xlib:  extension "GLX" missing on display ":0".
Xlib:  extension "GLX" missing on display ":0".

Xlib:  extension "GLX" missing on display ":0".
Xlib:  extension "GLX" missing on display ":0".
Xlib:  extension "GLX" missing on display ":0".
Xlib:  extension "GLX" missing on display ":0".
Xlib:  extension "GLX" missing on display ":0".
Xlib:  extension "GLX" missing on display ":0".
Xlib:  extension "GLX" missing on display ":0".
Xlib:  extension "GLX" missing on display ":0".

xorg log is attached

orbea · 12-28-2016, 10:36 AM

Lol, you have a rankine card?

https://nouveau.freedesktop.org/wiki/CodeNames/

You will likely be better off with nouveau who still supports such old cards.

a4z · 12-28-2016, 11:05 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by orbea

Lol, you have a rankine card?

https://nouveau.freedesktop.org/wiki/CodeNames/

You will likely be better off with nouveau who still supports such old cards.

no, I do not think so

Code:

lspci | grep NVIDIA
01:00.0 3D controller: NVIDIA Corporation GF117M [GeForce 610M/710M/810M/820M / GT 620M/625M/630M/720M] (rev a1)

I think this is Kepler
and the same hardware works without any issues and out of the box with Ubuntu and the nvidia drivers, so this should be fine with the nvidia drivers

orbea · 12-28-2016, 11:27 AM

Seems we are both wrong. GF* are fermi cards. Its likely not worth using nvidia blob drivers unless you have kepler or newer. However kepler also has good nouveau support these days so its only really needed with maxwell or pascal cards currently. As for kepler the choice is sanity (mesa), nice devs and some stability issues vs insane propriety hacks and a little more performance. Generally the older the card the worse the proprietary support will be and the better the open source support is.

As for why it worked on ubuntu, my guess is that it was using legacy nvidia drivers while you are now trying to use the current nvidia drivers which does not work for your hardware.

Didier Spaier · 12-28-2016, 11:35 AM

Knowing the exact IDs (both numeric and textual) wouldn't hurt.Try lspci -qqnn|grep NVIDIA.

This could help find an appropriate driver.

orbea · 12-28-2016, 12:01 PM

He posted it.

Code:

lspci | grep NVIDIA
01:00.0 3D controller: NVIDIA Corporation GF117M [GeForce 610M/710M/810M/820M / GT 620M/625M/630M/720M] (rev a1)

The important part is GF117M, all of the GF* cards are fermi. I'm not sure which legacy nvidia driver supports such old cards, but a quick online search should be informative.

Still, why use a legacy blob driver when you can have modern mesa instead? Its not much competition at all...

a4z · 12-28-2016, 12:20 PM

the thinkpad t430s should have a NVIDIA NVS 5200M
http://www.notebookcheck.net/NVIDIA-...M.76732.0.html
so I think this is Fermi

personally I do not care if I have the nvidia blob, what should work are the external interfaces, VGA / displayport
and sometimes I have some 3d stuff to display which should perfomre as good as possible.
this should work at presentations (because I would like to show them on Slackware :-)

I thought I use the binary nvidia driver since it seemed they 'just worked', but if this is not the case I can also try something different,

will this solve my problems?

Code:

curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ryanpcmcquen/linuxTweaks/master/slackware/crazybee.sh | STABLE=yes sh

or do I need to read the rest of the page?
It is not that I do not want to read the rest, it is just that my 'fix odd hardware issues' motivation dropped in the last more than 15 years to somewhere to zero. And my thinkpad w500 with intel + amd gave me years ago the rest, It worked, but was not funny ...

a4z · 12-28-2016, 01:07 PM

running now

Code:

sboinstall nvidia-legacy340-driver nvidia-legacy340-kernel

maybe this works better

edit: no
frustrating,
but I am meanwhile pretty good in restoring the system after installing nvidia drivers :-)
wasted hours, still not knowing if I run now intel of nivida/nouveau, how the power consumption is or 3 d performance. one of the moments I start to ask why I wanted Slackware on this device...... ;-(

bormant · 12-29-2016, 02:29 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by orbea

He posted it.

No. There are no -nn switch for lspci and thus no [VID:PID] in the output.

Code:

# lspci -knns 1:0

does the trick.

RadicalDreamer · 12-29-2016, 02:42 AM

Becareful with the installing and removing of these drivers. They like to stick around and screw up the symlinks but I'm sure you know that.

Why not the new nvidia blob? It supports the 5200M
"Version: 375.26
Release Date: 2016.12.14" ?

http://www.nvidia.com/Download/index.aspx?lang=en-us

a4z · 12-29-2016, 04:46 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by RadicalDreamer

Becareful with the installing and removing of these drivers. They like to stick around and screw up the symlinks but I'm sure you know that.

Why not the new nvidia blob? It supports the 5200M
"Version: 375.26
Release Date: 2016.12.14" ?

http://www.nvidia.com/Download/index.aspx?lang=en-us

restoring works, just use the nvidia switch befor uninstalling the packages,
if I forget to do that, I re install simply every thing in slackware/x :-)

I would like to use the nvidia binaries and be able to toggle between intel and nvidia card as on Ubuntu, but see the original post.
after installing the nvidia driver, I had X, but no glx.

Bindestreck · 12-29-2016, 07:58 AM

Have you tried installing with the native NVIDIA installer?

a4z · 12-29-2016, 08:56 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bindestreck

Have you tried installing with the native NVIDIA installer?

not until now, but this might become an option
I have until now installed bbswitch, so I can control/be sure about the power options, (or I think I can do so)

orbea · 12-29-2016, 10:48 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bormant

No. There are no -nn switch for lspci and thus no [VID:PID] in the output.

Code:

# lspci -knns 1:0

does the trick.

You don't need the VID:PID to know what card he has or what driver to use for it...

Still, this thread is ridiculous... The solution is easy, yet everyone is trying to instruct him on how to use ancient, unmaintained and broken proprietary drivers instead...

a4z · 12-29-2016, 11:40 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by orbea

Still, this thread is ridiculous... The solution is easy, yet everyone is trying to instruct him on how to use ancient, unmaintained and broken proprietary drivers instead...

the only one who is ridiculous is you.
first you loled and told me about a wrong graphic card, that that I should use the 'modern mesa driver'

what instructions did come to use optimus and how it works? zero, none? and especially nothing from you. on you rapple it just works, right. do you even know what I am talking about when I ask for optimus? please, unsubscribe from this thread, no further commets from you required, it's just OT anyway. thanks!