How install Nvidia 4191 under MDk 9.1 ?

[wbreen]

have you a link procedure to install it ?

[arise]

Using src.rpm
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Open console and change to root (su), then....

export IGNORE_CC_MISMATCH=true
rpmbuild --rebuild NVIDIA_GLX_.....
rpmbuild --rebuild NVIDIA_kernel......

the rebuilt RPMs are to be found in /usr/src/i586/RPMS/RPMs (or somewhere around there). Use them....


Using URPMI
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Open console, switch to root (su) then...

urpmi.addmedia Textar ftp://ftp.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/distributions/contrib/texstar/linux/distributions/mandrake/9.1/rpms/i586 with hdlist.cz

then...

urpmi NVIDIA_GLX NVIDIA_kernel

(notice the space between glx and nvidia).


I suggest rebuilding from src, it's better...the orig. link for urpmi is here http://www.mandrakeusers.org/viewtopic.php?t=3858

[Kenneth]

Originally posted by arise
Using src.rpm
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Open console and change to root (su), then....

export IGNORE_CC_MISMATCH=true


This step is not needed. Just making sure that the kernel-sources are installed is enough.

/Kenneth

[arise]

This step is not needed...

Just in case :P

I have another problem though...will test more tonight, but right off the bat i cannot get X to work...it tells me there is no display available or something.

I edited xfree86-4, only changed nv to nvidia, cos Load "glx" is already there...startx dies with "Device (EE): Cannot find screen at 0,0" or something similar.

Also ADSL is not working, so no chance of URPMI-izing anything...not even search online forums for clues...well, don't kick that Windows XP installation yet, folks.

[bwkaz]

arise -- post more of the log file if/when you can get at it. That error message is usually caused by other things.

[arise]

When i installed the GLX i think, it reported that it had to overwrite some "older" config. files (or files) that had to do with "glx", but overall it gave me Errors (0) which is good.

I WILL get it to work...maybe some of you will be on the IRC channel tonight, if i can get ADSL to work i will abuse BitchX as always (when i have no GUI) lol !!

[arise]

ok got it to work by manually modprobing nvidia....

I noticed a VERY funny "feature" of glxgears :)

Can you guess how my FPS are fluctuating so much?

[one@Gremlin one]$ glxgears
27523 frames in 5.0 seconds = 5504.600 FPS
35049 frames in 5.0 seconds = 7009.800 FPS
35139 frames in 5.0 seconds = 7027.800 FPS
35131 frames in 5.0 seconds = 7026.200 FPS
44011 frames in 5.0 seconds = 8802.200 FPS
54991 frames in 5.0 seconds = 10998.200 FPS
54938 frames in 5.0 seconds = 10987.600 FPS
42410 frames in 5.0 seconds = 8482.000 FPS
35116 frames in 5.0 seconds = 7023.200 FPS
48642 frames in 5.0 seconds = 9728.400 FPS
38524 frames in 5.0 seconds = 7704.800 FPS
37077 frames in 5.0 seconds = 7415.400 FPS
82570 frames in 5.0 seconds = 16514.000 FPS
91195 frames in 5.0 seconds = 18239.000 FPS
91503 frames in 5.0 seconds = 18300.600 FPS

LOL

[bwkaz]

You're resizing the window.

glxgears doesn't test 3D performance, because its OpenGL geometry is so amazingly simple. All it tests is whether 3D works at all, and after that, mostly just color fill rate. The fewer pixels it has to draw, the faster it's going to draw them -- especially when it's already going at 3000fps by default.

[arise]

nope, i didn't resize it :)