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Lockup Using VDPAU on F12

aronparsons — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 06:11:16 GMT

Playing H264 video on F12 x86_64 with VDPAU via XBMC causes a hard lock-up. The bug report doesn't contain the kernel stack trace, but I grabbed it from a previous lock-up. It happens when the video first starts or 5-10 minutes in.

Attached Files

	nvidia-bug-report.log.gz (32.4 KB)
	kernel.txt.gz (1.3 KB)

Windows 8 is coming in 2012

nekrosoft13 — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:53:41 GMT

According to the latest roadmap from Microsoft, it would appear that Windows 8 will arrive sometime in 2012. This would follow a three year product cycle that would keep it in line with Vista and Windows 7 releases.

The road map is clear about the targeted date and does not try to hide the fact that the code name is "Windows 8". Little else is known about the OS other than its targeted date of release.

http://www.neowin.net/news/main/09/1...le+Feedfetcher

need some good games

candle_86 — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:33:15 GMT

Ok untill my x800XL gets here need some good games i can prolly find at half price books to play on this FX 5500. It is 128mb 64bit and well quite honestly MOH:AA lags at 10x7 high everything.

Here is what ive got so far dug out and installed

Road to Hill 30
Call of Duty
Call of Duty United Offensive
Counter Strike Source
Vice City
GTI Racing
Half Life 2
Halo
James Bond 007 Nightfire
Medal of Honor Allied Assault
Nascar Racing 2003
Need for Speed Underground
No One Lives Forever 1
No One Lives Forever 2

also any games suitiable for the x800XL just name some that are good, arcade racing, RTS, FPS are my prefrance, and well TBS.

My games right now look like the desktop for a guy stuck in 2004 lol

geforce 7600GT / nvclock question

Petersen — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 02:26:20 GMT

Currently, I have a geforce 7600GT here that I was sent though I had ordered a geforce 7600GS!

First question:
Should I stay with the 7600GT instead? Looks like it is better than the 7600GS, right?

Second and more important question:
nvclock -i tells me among other things:

-- Memory info --
Amount: 512 MB
Type: 128 bit DDR
Clock: 265.500 MHz

-- Sensor info --
Sensor: GPU Internal Sensor
GPU temperature: 54C

-- VideoBios information --
Version: 05.73.22.40.01
Signon message: GeForce 7600 GT VGA BIOS
Performance level 0: gpu 400MHz/memory 532MHz/1.10V/100%

So the core clock is 400 MHz, and the memory clock 532 MHz (2x266).

I wonder if this is okay this way, or if I got some product of inferior quality...

The "Axle nvidia geforce 7600GT" is being advertized as having a core clock of 400 MHz and a memory clock of 800 MHz.

So I ask myself why nvclock shows me only 532 Mhz...

Since I am no expert here, let me have a guess:
Is the 532 MHz due to the FSB of my old motherboard (K7S41GX), 2x133MHz=266MHz, not 532 MHz, though...

But is this the reason for the nvclock results?
And would nvclock show me the advertized 800 MHz if I had a more recent system?

Sorry if this sounds all too easy and if it is not precisely Linux specific, but not everybody outside of Linux knows anything about nvclock, and I think, we have some good experts here.

I also noticed that my glxgears fps values at 1680x1050, 16 bit depth, are only around 6800 (with AGP 8x) enabled and not like the 10000 or more fps that I often find reports about... This is with nvclock default values of 400 core and 532 memory clock.

Overclocking those values caused a drastic increase in fps, though.

Thanks, especially for answers to my question about the memory clock!

Petersen

Install on slack64 fails if run in a script with installer options

jimfitz — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:51:29 GMT

I am attempting to install the driver on Slackware64, using the standard 'huge' kernel.

If I run the installer with the following command line:
NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-190.42-pkg2.run
it completes with no problems. The driver appears to work as well.

If I run it in a script, with the following command line:
NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-190.42-pkg2.run \
--accept-license \
--no-network \
--no-questions \
--silent
I get the following error:

-> Performing Xen check.
ERROR: The kernel you are installing for is a Xen kernel!

The NVIDIA driver does not currently work on Xen kernels. If
you are using a stock distribution kernel, please install
a variant of this kernel without Xen support; if this is a
custom kernel, please install a standard Linux kernel. Then
try installing the NVIDIA kernel module again.
ERROR: Installation has failed. Please see the file
'/var/log/nvidia-installer.log' for details. You may find suggestions
on fixing installation problems in the README available on the Linux
driver download page at www.nvidia.com.

I am not positive how the installer is determining that I have a Xen kernel, but I would expect it to do the same check (and the log says it does) when running without the options.

The reason that I am attempting to run the installer in a script is that I convert everything I install on my machines into a slackware package. This allows me to recover from any disk crashes, etc with minimal downtime. This also provides me with a documentation trail on how to install these additional items.

New libvdpau released 0.3

zbiggy — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:22:31 GMT

Hello,

new vdpau released: 0.3.
http://lists.freedesktop.org/archive...er/001200.html

glxgears is 5 fps

xorbe — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:07:56 GMT

Seems like glxgears and 3D screensavers are not accelerated after installing the 190.42 driver. Everything else is working great (rotated twinview, compositing). 6600GT that was properly accelerated on Mandriva 2008 + 180.60. Not properly 3D accelerated under Mandriva 2010 + 190.42

Is there something obviously incorrect below?

# ldd /usr/bin/glxgears

linux-vdso.so.1 => (0x00007ffffe7ff000)
libGL.so.1 => /usr/lib64/nvidia-current/libGL.so.1 (0x00007fb2b4c88000)
libm.so.6 => /lib64/libm.so.6 (0x00007fb2b4a06000)
libc.so.6 => /lib64/libc.so.6 (0x00007fb2b46a8000)
libX11.so.6 => /usr/lib64/libX11.so.6 (0x00007fb2b436e000)
libGLcore.so.1 => /usr/lib64/nvidia-current/libGLcore.so.1 (0x00007fb2b2f11000)
libnvidia-tls.so.1 => /usr/lib64/nvidia-current/tls/libnvidia-tls.so.1 (0x00007fb2b4f7b000)
libXext.so.6 => /usr/lib64/libXext.so.6 (0x00007fb2b2cff000)
libdl.so.2 => /lib64/libdl.so.2 (0x00007fb2b2afb000)
/lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2 (0x00007fb2b4e80000)
libxcb.so.1 => /usr/lib64/libxcb.so.1 (0x00007fb2b28df000)
libXau.so.6 => /usr/lib64/libXau.so.6 (0x00007fb2b26dc000)
libXdmcp.so.6 => /usr/lib64/libXdmcp.so.6 (0x00007fb2b24d6000)

More Amazon humor

nemecb — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 23:26:50 GMT

http://www.amazon.com/Mobile-Office-...cmu_pg__header

Don't forget to look at the user images...:captnkill:

Spoiler Tags.

crainger — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 23:26:25 GMT

Dear MikeC

Is it possible to implement spoiler tags on the forum? I and a lot of other members enjoy playing video games and talking about our experiences playing those games. However it's all to common when discussing games to talk about story, which is all well and good for those who have completed the story. Issues arise when those who haven't completed the story stumble upon spoilers, even when marked it's easy to just keep reading and have your gaming experience diminished.

In days past we have coloured the text white and the user had to highlight the text to read it. It is fine until less technical or high users quote the text and it becomes visible. I've seen a few other forums, such as the Penny Arcade forums where spoiler tags have been implemented really well and think they would be a welcome addition to these wonderful forums.

I'm sure you will make the right decision regarding the case I have brought before you.

Thanks for you time, I know you have a lot of time on your hands as this place pretty much runs itself and we never cause you any discord. Just knowing you are reading this instead of sipping martinis just enforces my respect for you.

Swift Reply.

Love
crainger.

Proton beams circulate in Hadron Collider...

Qbert — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 23:03:23 GMT

Just a warm up boys....

Source: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/34070582...cience-science

Here's some cheers to being 1 step closer to END OF DAYS!

:beer:

Tin foil hat sale coming soon.....;)

2 X 8800's or move to GTX 260

24inchGamer — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:54:21 GMT

Hi Guys,
I have 2 x 8800 GT's in SLI at the moment.
Basically I want the best possible performance for Modern Warfare 2 and at the moment there isnt any SLI support (even the new nvidia beta drivers dont seem to make a difference for me, even though they state it is now supported). Im not flush with cash right now but I was considering moving to a single card, possibly the GTX 260. Just wondered if you guys think this is worth it, or should I stick it out with my 8800's and wait for SLI support in a game patch?
Thanks for your help

NVIDIA(0): Failed to allocate clip rectangle in kdm.log

logastellus — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:30:49 GMT

Hi. Recently upgraded from kubuntu 9.04 to kubuntu 9.10. Ever since, unable to launch the x windows.

kdm.log reports this:

(EE) NVIDIA(0): Failed to allocate clip rectangle
(EE) NVIDIA(0): *** Aborting ***
(EE) NVIDIA(0): Failed to allocate clip rectangle
(EE) NVIDIA(0): *** Aborting ***
(EE) NVIDIA(0): Failed to allocate clip rectangle
(EE) NVIDIA(0): *** Aborting ***
(EE) NVIDIA(0): Failed to allocate clip rectangle
(EE) NVIDIA(0): *** Aborting ***
(EE) NVIDIA(0): Error recovery failed.
(EE) NVIDIA(0): *** Aborting ***

and that's it. Black & blank screen. :(

Can you please help? Coming from a Solaris world, a bit disheartened here.

Thank you!

twinview + rotate, no randr

xorbe — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:08:35 GMT

Because I have my panels rotated using TwinView and XRandR is automatically disabled, every time I start a program it spews out:

Xlib: extension "RANDR" missing on display ":0.0".

Yes, I'm well aware of that. How to I squelch this noise? Thanks!

Need sex? Call 911

General Lee — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:54:45 GMT

Quote:

Talk about looking for love in all the wrong places. A Florida man is caught calling 911 for a good time.

http://www.foxcarolina.com/video/21627152/index.html

Seriously, this guy must have been either really drunk, or really high on something. Most 911 operators aren't that good looking anyways, from what I've seen. He must be REALLY desperate.

:rofl

Rejected Moral Kombat Fatalities

Sazar — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:40:05 GMT

:bleh: