Nvidia problem in SuSE 7.3

[jostber]

Hi,

I have a fresh SuSE 7.3 installation, and a Asus V8200 GeForce3 card with Athlon 1.2 GHZ. I have downloaded the Nvidia drivers with Online update, and when I rebooted I could get KDE and X running ok.

But my fps is now very slow, and after awhile gears now won't even run, and exits with 'Segmentation fault'. Something's obviuosly not working ok.

I have also performed these steps in XFree86config:
- Load "glx"
- "nv" to "nvidia"
- Option "NvAgp" "1"

Sax2 will run and configure the card but does not fix anything. The same goes for running 'xfree86config2.

Has anyone installed a Geforce3 card on SuSE 7.3 with success, and could help me out here?

Regards,

Jostein Berntsen

PS: The card was running perfectly in SuSE 7.1 with about 4500 fps in gears. Now the fps is about 20!

[JimH]

Josh could probably help you out with this, I don't use Nvidia cards. He should be online later.

You might try reading this LinuxWorld two-part article on installing the Geforce3.

Part 1
http://www.linuxworld.com/site-stori...7.geforce.html

Part 2
http://www.linuxworld.com/site-stori....geforce2.html

Jim H

[paradox]

I can probably help out with this like JimH said, but you need to post a copy of your XF86Config-4 file...that way I can see what ur configuration is like

Aragorn

[jostber]

Hi,

Thanks for answers. I now have included my XFree86Config file.

Regards,

Jostein

---

# /.../
# SaX generated XFree86 config file
# Created on: 2002-01-08.
#
# Version: 4.3
# Contact: Marcus Schaefer <sax@suse.de>, 2001
#
# Automatically generated by [SaX2] (4.3)
# PLEASE DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE!
#

Section "Files"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/local"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/URW"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/PEX"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/cyrillic"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/latin2/misc:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/latin2/75dpi:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/latin2/100dpi:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/latin2/Type1"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/latin7/75dpi:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/baekmuk:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/japanese:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/kwintv"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/truetype"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/uni"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/CID"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/ucs/misc"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/ucs/75dpi:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/ucs/100dpi:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/hellas/misc:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/hellas/75dpi:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/hellas/100dpi:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/hellas/Type1"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/sgi"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/xtest"
ModulePath "/usr/X11R6/lib/modules"
RgbPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb"
EndSection

Section "ServerFlags"
Option "AllowMouseOpenFail"
EndSection

Section "Module"
Load "type1"
Load "speedo"

Load "extmod"
Load "freetype"
Load "glx"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Driver "Keyboard"
Identifier "Keyboard[0]"
Option "Protocol" "Standard"
Option "XkbLayout" "no"
Option "XkbModel" "pc104"
Option "XkbRules" "xfree86"
EndSection


Section "InputDevice"
Driver "mouse"
Identifier "Mouse[1]"
Option "ButtonNumber" "5"
Option "Device" "/dev/mouse"
Option "InputFashion" "Mouse"
Option "Name" "Autodetection"
Option "Protocol" "imps/2"
Option "Vendor" "Sysp"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
EndSection


Section "Monitor"
HorizSync 30-96
Identifier "Monitor[0]"
ModelName "900P"
VendorName "HANSOL"
VertRefresh 47-150
UseModes "Modes[0]"
EndSection


Section "Modes"
Identifier "Modes[0]"
Modeline "1024x768" 61.19 1024 1040 1216 1400 768 768 775 802
Modeline "1024x768" 71.39 1024 1040 1216 1400 768 768 776 802
Modeline "1024x768" 81.59 1024 1040 1216 1400 768 768 777 802
Modeline "1024x768" 91.79 1024 1040 1216 1400 768 768 778 802
Modeline "1024x768" 101.99 1024 1040 1216 1400 768 768 783 802
Modeline "1024x768" 112.19 1024 1040 1216 1400 768 768 783 802
Modeline "1024x768" 127.49 1024 1040 1216 1400 768 768 783 802
Modeline "1280x1024" 153.35 1280 1296 1552 1736 1024 1024 1039 1070
Modeline "1280x1024" 159.74 1280 1296 1552 1736 1024 1024 1039 1070
EndSection


Section "Screen"
DefaultDepth 16
SubSection "Display"
Depth 15
Modes "1024x768"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 16
Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1024x768"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 32
Modes "1024x768"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 8
Modes "1024x768"
EndSubSection
Device "Device[0]"
Identifier "Screen[0]"
Monitor "Monitor[0]"
EndSection


Section "Device"
BoardName "GeForce3"
BusID "1:0:0"
Driver "nvidia"
Identifier "Device[0]"
Screen 0
VendorName "NVidia"
EndSection


Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "Layout[all]"
InputDevice "Keyboard[0]" "CoreKeyboard"
InputDevice "Mouse[1]" "CorePointer"
Option "Clone" "off"
Option "Xinerama" "off"
Screen "Screen[0]"
EndSection

Section "DRI"
Group "video"
Mode 0660
EndSection

[JimH]

You might post the version of the Nvidia drivers you are using. Might help give Aragorn I idea what the problem is.

Jim H

[jostber]

I use the NVIDIA_GLX-1.0-2313.i386.rpm and NVIDIA_kernel-1.0-2313.i386.rpm downloaded from SuSE.

Jostein

[paradox]

Well by the look of it, I think it might be your drivers that you downloaded. I would try removing those and going to the nvidia site and downloading their own drivers. Your Xf86Config-4 file is perfectly fine....so I can only assume it is the drivers. Do you get the splash screen when X loads up?

Aragorn

[JimH]

I looked on Nvidia's website he seem to have the newest version available.

What kernel are you running? According to the Nvidia website the drivers are for the 2.4.16 kernel.

You might look at /var/log/XFree86.0.log and see if it shows any warnings or errors.

Jim H

[jostber]

Hi,

There is no (EE) in my /var/log/XFree86.0.log, only some (WW) about fonts and one about APM.

I use the 2.4.10-4GB kernel included with the SuSE 7.3 distribution. Maybe I should upgrade to the 2.4.16?

I get a Nvidia splash screen at bootup. The problem is that I get 'Segmentation fault' when starting gears and also Yast2.

Jostein

[JimH]

From the Nvidia readme:

though please note that the binary rpms are for use only with the kernel shipped with a particular distribution
If you have upgraded your kernel (either manually, or through a distribution upgrade), or a specific NVIDIA_kernel rpm is not available for your distribution, then use either the NVIDIA_kernel srpm or tar file.

If I am reading the Nvidia download site correctly the driver version you have works with:
Updated to work with SuSE Kernel Update 2.4.16

The driver version you have appears to be for the 2.4.16 kernel.

Nvidia Linux driver page
http://www.nvidia.com/view.asp?PAGE=linux

They apparently have a program that will tell you what to download.
STEP 3B: Download Kernel Driver File
If you are using one of the distributions listed below you can simply download the appropriate file and install it. If you are using a distribution or kernel version that is not listed, or if you have an updated or non-default kernel, you must build the kernel module. If your distribution does not support RPMs please use the tar file provided. If you are unsure of which file you need please download and run NVchooser.

Jim H