HOWTO: Latest NVIDIA drivers

[wmaddler]

Very useful.
It worked (breezy C4 on AMD64). Everything went fine, but I had to (discover and) remove /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions/libglx.a which prevented glx extension to properly work.

The file is provided by xerver-core, so it will have to be removed every time you update dat package.

Best regards...

[vayu]

Where can I look up the "Option" values in xorg.conf (under device)?

[tseliot]

Where can I look up the "Option" values in xorg.conf (under device)?

If you want to add them follow the example:

Section "Device"
Identifier "NVIDIA Corporation NV40 [GeForce 6200 TurboCache]"
Driver "nvidia"
BusID "PCI:1:0:0"
Option "NvAGP" "0"
Option "RenderAccel" "Off"
Option "IgnoreDisplayDevices" "DFP,TV"
Option "NoRenderExtension" "Off"
Option "Accel" "Off"
Option "AllowGLXWithComposite" “Off”

Usually there are no options set by default

[tseliot]

Very useful.
It worked (breezy C4 on AMD64). Everything went fine, but I had to (discover and) remove /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions/libglx.a which prevented glx extension to properly work.

The file is provided by xerver-core, so it will have to be removed every time you update dat package.

Best regards...

thanks for the tip

[TakisX]

I compiled the new driver. HERE is a part of my log file .A lot of warnings. Do you see something wrong ?

nvidia-installer log file '/var/log/nvidia-installer.log'
creation time: Fri Sep 9 22:20:09 2005

option status:
license pre-accepted : false
update : false
force update : false
expert : false
uninstall : false
driver info : false
no precompiled interface: false
no ncurses color : false
query latest driver ver : false
OpenGL header files : true
no questions : false
silent : false
no backup : false
kernel module only : false
sanity : false
add this kernel : false
no runlevel check : false
no network : false
no ABI note : false
no RPMs : false
force tls : (not specified)
force compat32 tls : (not specified)
X install prefix : /usr/X11R6
OpenGL install prefix : /usr
compat32 install prefix : (not specified)
installer install prefix: /usr
utility install prefix : /usr
kernel name : (not specified)
kernel include path : (not specified)
kernel source path : (not specified)
kernel output path : (not specified)
kernel install path : (not specified)
proc mount point : /proc
ui : (not specified)
tmpdir : /tmp
ftp mirror : ftp://download.nvidia.com
RPM file list : (not specified)

Using: nvidia-installer ncurses user interface
-> License accepted.
-> There appears to already be a driver installed on your system (version: 1.0-
7667). As part of installing this driver (version: 1.0-7667), the existing
driver will be uninstalled. Are you sure you want to continue? ('no' will a
bort installation) (Answer: Yes)
-> No precompiled kernel interface was found to match your kernel; would you li
ke the installer to attempt to download a kernel interface for your kernel f
rom the NVIDIA ftp site (ftp://download.nvidia.com)? (Answer: Yes)
-> No matching precompiled kernel interface was found on the NVIDIA ftp site;
this means that the installer will need to compile a kernel interface for
your kernel.
-> Kernel source path: '/lib/modules/2.6.13-maria/source'
-> Performing CC test with CC="cc".
-> Performing rivafb check.
-> Cleaning kernel module build directory.
executing: 'cd ./usr/src/nv; make clean'...
rm -f -f nv.o nv-vm.o os-agp.o os-interface.o os-registry.o nv.o nv-vm.o os-
agp.o os-interface.o os-registry.o nvidia.mod.o
rm -f -f build-in.o nv-linux.o *.d .*.{cmd,flags}
rm -f -f nvidia.{o,ko,mod.{o,c}} nv_compiler.h *~
rm -f -rf .tmp_versions
-> Building kernel module:
executing: 'cd ./usr/src/nv; make module SYSSRC=/lib/modules/2.6.13-maria/so
urce SYSOUT=/lib/modules/2.6.13-maria/build'...

NVIDIA: calling KBUILD...
make CC=cc KBUILD_OUTPUT=/lib/modules/2.6.13-maria/build KBUILD_VERBOSE=1 -C
/lib/modules/2.6.13-maria/source SUBDIRS=/tmp/selfgz7853/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.
0-7667-pkg1/usr/src/nv modules
make -C /lib/modules/2.6.13-maria/build \


-> done.
-> Kernel module compilation complete.
-> Installing both new and classic TLS OpenGL libraries.
-> Parsing log file:
-> done.
-> Validating previous installation:
-> Unable to access previously installed file
'/usr/X11R6/lib/modules/drivers/nvidia_drv.o' (No such file or directory).
-> Unable to access previously installed file '/usr/X11R6/lib/libXvMCNVIDIA.a'
(No such file or directory).
-> Unable to access previously installed file '/usr/bin/nvidia-settings' (No
such file or directory).
-> Unable to access previously installed file '/usr/bin/nvidia-bug-report.sh'
(No such file or directory).
-> Unable to access previously installed file
'/lib/modules/2.6.10-5-386/kernel/drivers/video/nvidia.ko' (No such file or
directory).
-> Unable to access previously installed file '/usr/lib/libGL.la' (No such file
or directory).
-> Unable to access previously installed symlink
'/usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions/libglx.so' (No such file or directory).
-> done.
WARNING: Your driver installation has been altered since it was initially
installed; this may happen, for example, if you have since installed
the NVIDIA driver through a mechanism other than the nvidia-installer
(such as rpm or with the NVIDIA tarballs). The nvidia-installer will
attempt to uninstall as best it can. Please see the file
'/var/log/nvidia-installer.log' for details.
-> Uninstalling NVIDIA Accelerated Graphics Driver for Linux-x86 (1.0-7667):
-> Unable to restore symbolic link /usr/X11R6/lib/nvidia/libGL.so.1.xlibmesa ->
libGL.so.1.2 (No such file or directory).
ERROR: Unable to create '/usr/X11R6/lib/nvidia/libGL.so.1.2.xlibmesa' for
copying (No such file or directory)
WARNING: Unable to restore file '/usr/X11R6/lib/nvidia/libGL.so.1.2.xlibmesa'.
ERROR: Unable to create '/usr/X11R6/lib/nvidia/libGLcore.a.xlibmesa' for
copying (No such file or directory)
WARNING: Unable to restore file '/usr/X11R6/lib/nvidia/libGLcore.a.xlibmesa'.
ERROR: Unable to create '/usr/X11R6/lib/nvidia/libglx.a.xlibmesa' for copying
(No such file or directory)
WARNING: Unable to restore file '/usr/X11R6/lib/nvidia/libglx.a.xlibmesa'.
-> Unable to restore symbolic link /usr/lib/nvidia/libGL.so.1.xlibmesa ->
libGL.so.1.2 (No such file or directory).
-> Unable to restore symbolic link /usr/lib/nvidia/libGL.so.1.2.xlibmesa ->
../X11R6/lib/libGL.so.1.2 (No such file or directory).
ERROR: Unable to create '/usr/lib/nvidia/libnvidia-tls.so.1.0.7174' for copying
(No such file or directory)
WARNING: Unable to restore file '/usr/lib/nvidia/libnvidia-tls.so.1.0.7174'.
-> done.
-> Uninstallation of existing driver: NVIDIA Accelerated Graphics Driver for
Linux-x86 (1.0-7667) is complete.
-> Installing 'NVIDIA Accelerated Graphics Driver for Linux-x86' (1.0-7667):
executing: '/sbin/ldconfig'...
executing: '/sbin/depmod -aq'...
-> done.
-> Driver file installation is complete.
-> Running post-install sanity check:
-> done.
-> Post-install sanity check passed.
-> Shared memory test passed.
-> Running runtime sanity check:
-> done.
-> Runtime sanity check passed.
-> Installation of the NVIDIA Accelerated Graphics Driver for Linux-x86
(version: 1.0-7667) is now complete. Please update your XF86Config or
xorg.conf file as appropriate; see the file
/usr/share/doc/NVIDIA_GLX-1.0/README.txt for details.

[tseliot]

Does the driver work?

By the way try to type this in the command line:

sudo ln -s /usr/X11R6/lib/nvidia/libGL.so.1.xlibmesa libGL.so.1.2

[vayu]

If you want to add them follow the example:

Section "Device"
Identifier "NVIDIA Corporation NV40 [GeForce 6200 TurboCache]"
Driver "nvidia"
BusID "PCI:1:0:0"
Option "NvAGP" "0"
Option "RenderAccel" "Off"
Option "IgnoreDisplayDevices" "DFP,TV"
Option "NoRenderExtension" "Off"
Option "Accel" "Off"
Option "AllowGLXWithComposite" “Off”

Usually there are no options set by default

I mean where do you find out about those options? Which ones are available, what they do, etc....

[Resin]

Thanks buddy, this thread is wicked. Its the first one I've found that actually worked!

[tseliot]

I mean where do you find out about those options? Which ones are available, what they do, etc....

As I said before there are no options set by default.

The options are useful if you have any problems with the driver.

Some of them disable 3d acceleration.

However if you want to know something more about them you can ask at this forum (maybe the developers themselves will answer you)

http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/forumdisplay.php?f=14

P.S. if you don't have any problems, please don't mess with them

[tseliot]

Thanks buddy, this thread is wicked. Its the first one I've found that actually worked!

Thanks, I'm happy for you