Who can help me get 3d acceleration working?

HXC · 03-11-07, 04:04 AM

I have tried everything I can think off but I don't get Nvidia 3d acceleration working in FreeBSD for my XFX 7800 GS. Who can help me? Here some useful information I gathered so far. Thanks in advance!

# sysctl hw.nvidia.agp.status

Code:

hw.nvidia.agp.status.status: disabled
hw.nvidia.agp.status.driver: n/a (unused)
hw.nvidia.agp.status.rate: n/a (disabled)
hw.nvidia.agp.status.fw: n/a (disabled)
hw.nvidia.agp.status.sba: n/a (disabled)

$ glxinfo | fgrep direct

Code:

direct rendering: Yes

# tail /boot/device.hints

Code:

hint.ie.0.maddr="0xd0000"
hint.fe.0.at="isa"
hint.fe.0.disabled="1"
hint.fe.0.port="0x300"
hint.lnc.0.at="isa"
hint.lnc.0.disabled="1"
hint.lnc.0.port="0x280"
hint.lnc.0.irq="10"
hint.lnc.0.drq="0"
hint.agp.0.disabled="1"

# cat /boot/loader.conf

Code:

nvidia_load="YES"
linux_load="YES"
snd_emu10k1_load="YES"

Motherboard:

Code:

Asus A8V deluxe
Chipset	VIA K8T800 Pro
North bridge	VIA K8T800 Pro
South bridge	VIA VT8237

# cat /var/log/Xorg.0.log | grep nvidia

Code:

(II) LoadModule: "nvidia"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/drivers/nvidia_drv.so
(II) Module nvidia: vendor="NVIDIA Corporation"

# cat /var/log/Xorg.0.log | grep NVIDIA

Code:

(II) Module glx: vendor="NVIDIA Corporation"
(II) Module nvidia: vendor="NVIDIA Corporation"
(II) NVIDIA dlloader X Driver  1.0-9746  Tue Dec 19 13:23:45 PST 2006
(II) NVIDIA Unified Driver for all Supported NVIDIA GPUs
(--) Chipset NVIDIA GPU found
(**) NVIDIA(0): Depth 24, (--) framebuffer bpp 32
(==) NVIDIA(0): RGB weight 888
(==) NVIDIA(0): Default visual is TrueColor
(==) NVIDIA(0): Using gamma correction (1.0, 1.0, 1.0)
(**) NVIDIA(0): Option "NvAGP" "1"
(**) NVIDIA(0): Enabling RENDER acceleration
(**) NVIDIA(0): Use of NVIDIA internal AGP requested
(II) NVIDIA(0): NVIDIA GPU GeForce 7800 GS at PCI:1:0:0 (GPU-0)
(--) NVIDIA(0): Memory: 262144 kBytes
(--) NVIDIA(0): VideoBIOS: 05.71.22.21.0a
(--) NVIDIA(0): Interlaced video modes are supported on this GPU
(--) NVIDIA(0): Connected display device(s) on GeForce 7800 GS at PCI:1:0:0:
(--) NVIDIA(0):     PHILIPS 109S4 (CRT-0)
(--) NVIDIA(0):     NVIDIA TV Encoder (TV-0)
(--) NVIDIA(0): PHILIPS 109S4 (CRT-0): 400.0 MHz maximum pixel clock
(--) NVIDIA(0): NVIDIA TV Encoder (TV-0): 400.0 MHz maximum pixel clock
(--) NVIDIA(0): TV encoder: NVIDIA
(II) NVIDIA(0): Assigned Display Device: CRT-0
(II) NVIDIA(0): Validated modes:
(II) NVIDIA(0):     "1280x1024"
(II) NVIDIA(0): Virtual screen size determined to be 1280 x 1024
(--) NVIDIA(0): DPI set to (90, 96); computed from "UseEdidDpi" X config
(--) NVIDIA(0):     option
(II) NVIDIA(0): Setting mode "1280x1024"
(II) NVIDIA(0): NVIDIA 3D Acceleration Architecture Initialized
(II) NVIDIA(0): Using the NVIDIA 2D acceleration architecture
(==) NVIDIA(0): Backing store disabled
(==) NVIDIA(0): Silken mouse enabled
(**) NVIDIA(0): DPMS enabled

# dmesg | grep nvidia

Code:

nvidia0: <GeForce 7800 GS> mem 0xfb000000-0xfbffffff,0xe0000000-0xefffffff,0xfa000000-0xfaffffff irq 16 at device 0.0 on pci1
nvidia0: [GIANT-LOCKED]

xorg.conf
# cat /etc/X11/xorg.conf

Code:

Section "ServerLayout"
        Identifier     "X.org Configured"
        Screen      0  "Screen0" 0 0
        InputDevice    "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
        InputDevice    "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
EndSection

Section "Files"
        RgbPath      "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb"
        ModulePath   "/usr/X11R6/lib/modules"
        FontPath     "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/"
        FontPath     "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/TTF/"
        FontPath     "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/"
        FontPath     "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/CID/"
        FontPath     "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/"
        FontPath     "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/"
EndSection

Section "Module"
        Load  "dbe"
#       Load  "dri"
        Load  "extmod"
        Load  "glx"
        Load  "record"
        Load  "xtrap"
        Load  "freetype"
        Load  "type1"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
        Identifier  "Keyboard0"
        Driver      "kbd"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
        Identifier  "Mouse0"
        Driver      "mouse"
        Option      "Protocol" "auto"
        Option      "Device" "/dev/sysmouse"
        Option      "ZAxisMapping" "4 5 6 7"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
        #DisplaySize      360   270     # mm
        Identifier   "Monitor0"
        VendorName   "PHL"
        ModelName    "PHILIPS 109S4"
 ### Comment all HorizSync and VertSync values to use DDC:
        HorizSync    30.0 - 92.0
        VertRefresh  50.0 - 160.0
        Option      "DPMS"
EndSection

Section "Device"
        ### Available Driver options are:-
        ### Values: <i>: integer, <f>: float, <bool>: "True"/"False",
        ### <string>: "String", <freq>: "<f> Hz/kHz/MHz"
        ### [arg]: arg optional
        #Option     "SWcursor"                  # [<bool>]
        #Option     "HWcursor"                  # [<bool>]
        #Option     "NoAccel"                   # [<bool>]
        #Option     "ShadowFB"                  # [<bool>]
        #Option     "UseFBDev"                  # [<bool>]
        #Option     "Rotate"                    # [<str>]
        #Option     "VideoKey"                  # <i>
        #Option     "FlatPanel"                 # [<bool>]
        #Option     "FPDither"                  # [<bool>]
        #Option     "CrtcNumber"                # <i>
        #Option     "FPScale"                   # [<bool>]
        #Option     "FPTweak"                   # <i>
        Option "NvAGP" "1"
        Identifier  "Card0"
        Driver      "nvidia"
        VendorName  "nVidia Corporation"
        BoardName   "Unknown Board"
        BusID       "AGP:01:00:0"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
        Identifier "Screen0"
        Device     "Card0"
        Monitor    "Monitor0"
        DefaultDepth 24
        SubSection "Display"
                Viewport   0 0
                Depth     1
        EndSubSection
        SubSection "Display"
                Viewport   0 0
                Depth     4
        EndSubSection
        SubSection "Display"
                Viewport   0 0
                Depth     8
        EndSubSection
        SubSection "Display"
                Viewport   0 0
                Depth     15
        EndSubSection
        SubSection "Display"
                Viewport   0 0
                Depth     16
        EndSubSection
        SubSection "Display"
                Viewport   0 0
                Depth     24
                Modes   "1280x1024"
        EndSubSection
EndSection

Edit:
Updated $ glxinfo | fgrep direct

SirDice · 03-12-07, 05:42 AM

What isn't working? Everything looks ok..

HXC · 03-12-07, 08:16 AM

According to sysctl my nvidia agp is disabled. Moreover glxgears gives me only 5000 fps where normally I get around 13000 (glxgears Linux)

# sysctl hw.nvidia.agp.status

Code:

hw.nvidia.agp.status.status: disabled
hw.nvidia.agp.status.driver: n/a (unused)
hw.nvidia.agp.status.rate: n/a (disabled)
hw.nvidia.agp.status.fw: n/a (disabled)
hw.nvidia.agp.status.sba: n/a (disabled)

Edit:
It looks to me only 2d acceleration is enabled:

From Xorg.0.log:

Code:

(II) NVIDIA(0): NVIDIA 3D Acceleration Architecture Initialized
(II) NVIDIA(0): Using the NVIDIA 2D acceleration architecture

adamk75 · 03-12-07, 12:42 PM

glxgears is not, and has never been, a benchmark.

Run an actual heavy duty 3D application before you decide if 3D acceleration is working or not.

As for AGP... Perhaps your chipset just isn't well supported. You seem to be using NvAGP, but have you tried the FreeBSD AGP support?

Adam

HXC · 03-12-07, 02:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by adamk75

glxgears is not, and has never been, a benchmark.

Run an actual heavy duty 3D application before you decide if 3D acceleration is working or not.

As for AGP... Perhaps your chipset just isn't well supported. You seem to be using NvAGP, but have you tried the FreeBSD AGP support?

Adam

Just to be certain I ran ppracer. From the results it's obvious that 3d acceleration isn't working:

FreeBSD
110 fps

Gentoo Linux
240 fps

Edit:
And my chipset is on the Supported NVIDIA Graphics Chips list:
http://us.download.nvidia.com/freebs...ppendix-a.html

HXC · 03-12-07, 02:36 PM

Is hardware 3d acceleration supported under FreeBSD for nvidia cards? From the readme

Quote:

The NVIDIA Accelerated FreeBSD Driver Set brings accelerated 2D functionality
and high-performance OpenGL support to FreeBSD x86 with the use of NVIDIA
graphics processing units (GPUs).

These drivers provide optimized hardware acceleration for OpenGL and X
applications and support nearly all recent NVIDIA graphics chips (please see
Appendix A for a complete list of supported chips). TwinView, TV-Out and flat
panel displays are also supported.

adamk75 · 03-13-07, 05:38 AM

Yes, 3D acceleration is supported on nVidia cards with the nVidia FreeBSD drivers. What you quoted even says "These drivers provide optimized hardware acceleration for OpenGL and X applications ".

110 FPS under PPracer sure sounds accelerated to me. If it was reverting to software rendering, you'd probably be getting in the range of 0-5 fps.

Did you try the FreeBSD agp support like I suggested?

HXC · 03-13-07, 10:24 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by adamk75

Yes, 3D acceleration is supported on nVidia cards with the nVidia FreeBSD drivers. What you quoted even says "These drivers provide optimized hardware acceleration for OpenGL and X applications ".

110 FPS under PPracer sure sounds accelerated to me. If it was reverting to software rendering, you'd probably be getting in the range of 0-5 fps.

Did you try the FreeBSD agp support like I suggested?

Your right I do have 3d acceleration support. The performance issues are due to problems with my AGP. I get this message at boot:

Code:

 login: NVRM: AGP cannot be enabled on this combination of the AMD CPU and OS kernel 
NVRM: kernel upgrade recommended.

adamk75 · 03-13-07, 10:44 AM

So you have two options. You can either upgrade your kernel, as the message suggested, or you can try the FreeBSD agp support (assuming that the FreeBSD agp driver even supports your chipset).

Adam

HXC · 03-13-07, 03:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by adamk75

So you have two options. You can either upgrade your kernel, as the message suggested, or you can try the FreeBSD agp support (assuming that the FreeBSD agp driver even supports your chipset).

Adam

Do you happen where I can find a newbie friendly link with info how I can upgrade my kernel? I will test the FreeBSD AGP now.

Edit:
The FreeBSD agp driver yields the same results. meaning the same error message* and the same fps.

*login: NVRM: AGP cannot be enabled on this combination of the AMD CPU and OS kernel
NVRM: kernel upgrade recommended.

HXC · 03-15-07, 01:35 AM

Ok I give up. No matter what I try I can't get it working. Thanks for trying to help

.

03-12-07, 05:42 AM	#2
SirDice Registered User Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 79	Re: Who can help me get 3d acceleration working? What isn't working? Everything looks ok..

03-12-07, 08:16 AM	#3
HXC Registered User Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 7	Re: Who can help me get 3d acceleration working? According to sysctl my nvidia agp is disabled. Moreover glxgears gives me only 5000 fps where normally I get around 13000 (glxgears Linux) # sysctl hw.nvidia.agp.status Code: hw.nvidia.agp.status.status: disabled hw.nvidia.agp.status.driver: n/a (unused) hw.nvidia.agp.status.rate: n/a (disabled) hw.nvidia.agp.status.fw: n/a (disabled) hw.nvidia.agp.status.sba: n/a (disabled) Edit: It looks to me only 2d acceleration is enabled: From Xorg.0.log: Code: (II) NVIDIA(0): NVIDIA 3D Acceleration Architecture Initialized (II) NVIDIA(0): Using the NVIDIA 2D acceleration architecture

03-12-07, 12:42 PM	#4
adamk75 Registered User Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 228	Re: Who can help me get 3d acceleration working? glxgears is not, and has never been, a benchmark. Run an actual heavy duty 3D application before you decide if 3D acceleration is working or not. As for AGP... Perhaps your chipset just isn't well supported. You seem to be using NvAGP, but have you tried the FreeBSD AGP support? Adam

03-13-07, 05:38 AM	#7
adamk75 Registered User Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 228	Re: Who can help me get 3d acceleration working? Yes, 3D acceleration is supported on nVidia cards with the nVidia FreeBSD drivers. What you quoted even says "These drivers provide optimized hardware acceleration for OpenGL and X applications ". 110 FPS under PPracer sure sounds accelerated to me. If it was reverting to software rendering, you'd probably be getting in the range of 0-5 fps. Did you try the FreeBSD agp support like I suggested?

03-13-07, 10:44 AM	#9
adamk75 Registered User Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 228	Re: Who can help me get 3d acceleration working? So you have two options. You can either upgrade your kernel, as the message suggested, or you can try the FreeBSD agp support (assuming that the FreeBSD agp driver even supports your chipset). Adam

03-15-07, 01:35 AM	#11
HXC Registered User Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 7	Re: Who can help me get 3d acceleration working? Ok I give up. No matter what I try I can't get it working. Thanks for trying to help .

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