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 Posted: Fri Nov 16, 2007 10:02 pm Post subject: new NVidia Beta driver (169.04) |
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Check it out:
32bit: http://www.nvidia.com/object/linux_display_ia32_169.04.html
64bit: http://www.nvidia.com/object/linux_display_amd64_169.04.html
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Release Highlights
* Added support for GeForce 8800 GT.
* Improved modesetting support on Quadro/GeForce 8 series GPUs.
* Fixed stability problems with some GeForce 8 series GPUs.
* Fixed stability problems with some GeForce 6200/7200/7300 GPUs multi-core/SMP systems.
* Improved hotkey switching support for some Lenovo notebooks.
* Fixed a problem with Compiz after VT-switching.
* Improved RENDER performance.
* Improved interaction with Barco and Chi Mei 56" DFPs, as well as with some Gateway 19" DFPs.
* Added an interface to monitor PowerMizer state information.
* Fixed rendering corruption in Maya's Graph Editor.
* Improved interaction between SLI AFR and swap groups on certain Quadro FX GPUs.
* Fixed a bug that caused corruption with redirected XV on GPUs without TurboCache support.
* Improved display device detection on GeForce 8 series GPUs.
* Improved usability of NVIDIA-settings at lower resolutions like 1024x768 and 800x600.
* Improved GLX visual consolidation when using Xinerama with Quadro/GeForce 8 series and older GPUs.
* Added experimental support for running the X server at Depth 30 (10 bits per component) on Quadro G8x and later GPUs.
* Worked around a Linux kernel/toolchain bug that caused soft lockup errors when suspending on some Intel systems.
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| Posted: Fri Nov 16, 2007 10:05 pm Post subject: |
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Yer just saw over at phornix, damb a load of fixes!!!!
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* Fixed a problem with Compiz after VT-switching.
I want this for my geforce 4 mx 440
"A problem" means system hang.
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| Posted: Fri Nov 16, 2007 10:36 pm Post subject: |
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ebuild needs to be changed ever so slighly
http://us.download.nvidia.com/XFree86/Linux-x86/${PV}/${X86_NV_PACKAGE}-pkg1.run
previous ebuild had that line for SRC_URL for pkg0.run, seems nvidia changing numbering
compiles and works for desktop fine here, about to try with QuakeWars
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hmm, it doesn't compile against 2.6.24-rc2 (kamikaze that is). I'm now running it under 2.6.23 with a slight improvement in glxgears (187xx -> 192xx).
I'll try some gaming later...
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2.6.24 has some driver-API changes that were expected to break nvidia's drivers
Hopefully these drivers stay in beta until 2.6.24 gets fully released and then nvidia update & release in full
oh drivers are good
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They're working great here, i just renamed the ebuild. Didn't really find any problems except for the blinking cursor disappearing in konsole with the --real-trasparency option. Tested with kamikaze 2.6.23-r5.
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Still no hardware acceleration of h.264 etc for GeForce 8 series.
When are we going to get parity with windows users ?  |
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Changing brightness is now possible in X on a T61 (kernel 2.6.22)
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| Posted: Sat Nov 17, 2007 7:36 pm Post subject: |
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| Naib wrote: | 2.6.24 has some driver-API changes that were expected to break nvidia's drivers
Hopefully these drivers stay in beta until 2.6.24 gets fully released and then nvidia update & release in full |
Seems that only affects x86. On x86_64 they compile and work fine.
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| Posted: Sat Nov 17, 2007 8:00 pm Post subject: |
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| Quote: | | Seems that only affects x86. On x86_64 they compile and work fine. |
Now there's a switch 
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| Quote: | | * Improved usability of NVIDIA-settings at lower resolutions like 1024x768 and 800x600. |
Damn I'm getting old.
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| Quote: | Still no hardware acceleration of h.264 etc for GeForce 8 series.
When are we going to get parity with windows users ? |
That stuff is overrated anyway.. Most windows users just use CoreAVC or ffdshow. It would be nice to have purevideo deinterlacing though...
BTW how exactly does one modify and run the ebuild to get these drivers? just change the path to the .pkg file?
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| Posted: Sun Nov 18, 2007 10:11 am Post subject: |
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I thought higher pkg versions of the same driver just contained newer precompiled kernel interfaces and that since we are compiling it there is no difference? |
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If your tv is pal check you're not setting the output to ntsc.
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| wah_wah_69 wrote: |
If your tv is pal check you're not setting the output to ntsc. |
Yeah it's set up correctly, it works fine with 100.14.23 and below. So I reverted to that.
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| niceness wrote: |
I thought higher pkg versions of the same driver just contained newer precompiled kernel interfaces and that since we are compiling it there is no difference? |
THIs is upstream that renamed the file that is to be downloaded. YES renaming the ebuild majority of the time is all that is needed (and is one of the reason why gentoo and portage is great) BUT if upstream rename their package names out of sync then the core of the ebuild needs to be tweaked. THAT is what happened in this instance
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| ejs76 <-me wrote: | hmm, it doesn't compile against 2.6.24-rc2 (kamikaze that is). I'm now running it under 2.6.23 with a slight improvement in glxgears (187xx -> 192xx).
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Well now it compiles againts the latest zen-sources 2.6.24-rc3-zen0 (followup of kamikaze-sources: http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-616535-start-25.html) on x86 if anyone is interested. Don't know if it works with vanilla-2.6.24-rc3 though.
PS: driver runs very smooth here.
edit: hmmm, now that I booted in the new kernel and confirmed that I was running this kernel and the nvidia-beta driver, I can't compile the driver against this kernel anymore... It runs fine though Wierd
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| Posted: Sun Nov 18, 2007 7:28 pm Post subject: |
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| Naib wrote: | | THIs is upstream that renamed the file that is to be downloaded. YES renaming the ebuild majority of the time is all that is needed (and is one of the reason why gentoo and portage is great) BUT if upstream rename their package names out of sync then the core of the ebuild needs to be tweaked. THAT is what happened in this instance |
I should have explained better in my first post.
pkg0 is available (http://us.download.nvidia.com/XFree86/Linux-x86/169.04/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-169.04-pkg0.run) so there is no need to change the ebuild. |
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oh... damb! do why the eff provide two downloads 
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Has anyone filed a bug to get this added to portage yet?
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ok after some experimentation I got it to build by:
Copying the latest Gentoo ebuild for 100 level drivers to be named 169.04
run: ebuild <name> digest
run: emerge nvidia-drivers (with appropriate de-masking in package.keywords)
It all built fine.. But when I ran startx it said video card failed to initialize and then xorg failed..
I'm actually using an 8800 GT though, has anyone else tried this with an 8800 GT? the card has only been realistically available in the last week so I'd expect a rough time to get it to run.. the drivers say they support it though :/
running 64bit gentoo on kernel 2.6.22-gentoo-r8
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I presume you were using another card or the "NV" driver prior to this (as support for the 8800 has only just been added). So maybe you need to tweak your xorg.conf a little before it works correctly?
Anything to note in your X logs? Any EE entries?
Can you modprobe the kernel module without error?
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I did try both my old customized xorg.conf and a new default one generated by nvidia-xconfig, they seem to give the same error but I didn't try rebooting or rebuilding the kernel..
I will log back in and collect some logs later, I used to be using the latest 100 series drivers with my 7900GT, I figured new drivers would detect the new card.
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