New NVidia driver released!! (7167)

[kmare]

nvidia has just released a new driver!!! the changelog is really impressive I WANT AN EBUILD NOW!!! (yes I can build one myself..)

http://www.nvidia.com/object/linux_disp ... -7167.html

I just hope the random lockups are fixed now...

[justinly]

sweet, hopefully an ebuild comes out soon!

[firephoto]

Here's the changes listed, the page wasn't loading for me at first so here's the goods.

Version: 1.0-7167
Operating System: Linux IA32
Release Date: March 11, 2005
Release Highlights
Support for GeForce 6200 with TurboCache™ GPUs
Improved OpenGL workstation performance.
Added support for XRandR rotation; see Appendix W in the text README.
Added ExactModeTimingsDVI X config option to give explicit control over the mode timings used on Flat Panels.
Added Xorg dlloader support.
Changed driver behavior such that PAT (Page Attribute Table) is used where possible instead of MTRRs.
Added a workaround for an X server bug with PCI-E GeForce 6800 and GeForce 6600; a fix has been provided to XFree86 and XOrg.
Fixed stability problems on x86_64 PCI-E systems.
Fixed 2D rendering corruption on certain older GPUs.
Improved compatibility with Linux 2.6 kernels.
Fixed compatibility problems with some SWIOTLB em64t systems.
Fixed a bug that triggered error messages of the form: "ioctl32(doom.x86:6747): Unknown cmd fd(16) cmd(c0384642){00} arg(ffffc75c) on /dev/nvidiactl"
Fixed NvAGP incompatibility with recent Linux 2.6 kernels.
Improved interaction with the udev filesystem.
Improved performance of PCI cards on Linux 2.6 systems.
Updated documentation. Please see the text README file.

Looks like it should work with the older cards again.

[iDeJ]

yeah, give me an ebuild, the "old" drivers won't compile with my new 2.6.11 kernel (which i need because there is a Bug in cedega with 2.6.9/10 which makes some copy protections barking and jumping around in circles )

[firephoto]

I just renamed the ebuilds and commented out all the patch lines and nvidia-kernel and glx both emerged fine. Not sure if losing the patches on the glx ebuild is correct but it works. I had to unload the nvidia module before X would fire up again but this is probably normal. I don't notice anything different but they are working.

[kmare]

the ebuild is in portage now now let's test it!!

[VValdo]

when starting x...

Error: API mismatch: the NVIDIA kernel modules is version 0.7167.0, but this X module is version 1.0.6629. Please be sure that your kernel module and all NVIDIA driver files have the same driver version.

I should add this is on an amd64 (2005.0- kernel 2.6.11-r3) machine. The log also showed that

/usr/X11R6/lib64/modules/drivers/nvidia_drv.o
compiled for 4.0.2, module version = 1.0.6629

there is as yet no 7167 nvidia-glx, which I guess what is needed?

W

[tgnb]

there is as yet no 7167 nvidia-glx, which I guess what is needed?

It should be there now:
http://packages.gentoo.org/search/?sstring=nvidia

I can't test it yet though Good Luck!

[codergeek42]

Can anyone using a Riva- or older GeForce-based card confirm that this doesn't cause X corruption like the 1.0-6629 drivers do?

[gentoo_lan]

I've compiled it but I will have to test it later. Hopefully it will be awesome.

[VValdo]

update: Whoops. I forgot to update package.keywords for nvidia-glx..

now the problem is...

(EE) Failed to load module "glx" (module does not exist, 0)
(EE) Failed to load module "nvidia" (module does not exist, 0)
(EE) No drivers available

I think the problem is that when I rebuilt x recently... well, there's a libGL.so in

/usr/lib32/libGL.so -> /usr/lib32/opengl/xorg-x11/lib/libGL.so
/usr/lib64/libGL.so -> libGL.so.1.3
AND
/usr/lib/opengl/xorg-x11/lib/libGL.so -> libGL.so.1.2

I don't know which is the right one.... or how to fix this..

Thoughts?
W

[firephoto]

Can anyone using a Riva- or older GeForce-based card confirm that this doesn't cause X corruption like the 1.0-6629 drivers do?

Seems to be working just fine, I just emerged them on my box with the riva/tnt2 card (Diamond Viper sumthin (dell oem card))

Looks like there's no need to stick with the 6111 drivers for the old cards now.

[gentoo_lan]

I am having problems with anything that runs opengl. Even glxgears segfaults. Any ideas?

[prymitive]

update: Whoops. I forgot to update package.keywords for nvidia-glx..

now the problem is...

(EE) Failed to load module "glx" (module does not exist, 0)
(EE) Failed to load module "nvidia" (module does not exist, 0)
(EE) No drivers available

I think the problem is that when I rebuilt x recently... well, there's a libGL.so in

/usr/lib32/libGL.so -> /usr/lib32/opengl/xorg-x11/lib/libGL.so
/usr/lib64/libGL.so -> libGL.so.1.3
AND
/usr/lib/opengl/xorg-x11/lib/libGL.so -> libGL.so.1.2

I don't know which is the right one.... or how to fix this..

Thoughts?
W

There is something wrong with this ebuild, it didn't installed all files it suposed to on my amd64 box, I commented some tests:

#if [[ ${MLTEST/set_abi} == ${MLTEST} ]] && has_multilib_profile ; then
local OABI=${ABI}
for ABI in $(get_install_abis) ; do
src_install-libs
done
ABI=${OABI}
unset OABI
#elif use amd64 ; then
# src_install-libs lib32 $(get_multilibdir)
# src_install-libs lib $(get_libdir)

# rm -rf ${D}/usr/$(get_multilibdir)/opengl/nvidia/include
# rm -rf ${D}/usr/$(get_multilibdir)/opengl/nvidia/extensions
#else
# src_install-libs
#fi

and it worked.

[Fran]

In my case, with the new drivers and composite extension enabled, xorg hangs. And fps in glxgears have dropped 10-15%.

[Dark_Ebola]

still segfaulting (even after editing the ebuild)
i'm waiting for a proper ebuild (or is it me?)

[WladyX]

Here works good on 2.6.11!

[tgnb]

hmm, they emerged fine, x starts fine and glx also works. However i get about half the fps than before in glxgears and even less than half the fps in doom3. Something isn't right

amd64
kernel 2.6.11-gentoo-r2

[tgnb]

from the nvnews forum posted by zander from NVIDIA Corporation:

@smthmlk.: are you using AGPGART? If so, a problem snuck into the 1.0-7167 NVIDIA Linux graphics driver release that's likely responsible for the performance drop you're seeing. Please see http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=47405 for information on how to resolve it.

I guess i'll wait for a new ebuild that contains the patch its working ok for now.. just slow

[firephoto]

Why not just use the nvagp? I always have had better results with it as compared to the kernel agpgart.

[hch]

works fine here - +25% glxgears on a FX 5200Go. now let's see if it can swsusp and if it freezes...

[tgnb]

Why not just use the nvagp? I always have had better results with it as compared to the kernel agpgart.

Thats what I did as a workaround and the performance is fine now.
To get nvagp working however I had to recompile my kernel without ([ ] IOMMU support -- under Processor type and features --->) otherwise AGPGART can't be disabled under amd64.

I also reported a bug for the AGPGART problem and a link to the patch from Nvidia
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=84913

[firephoto]

I did some more reading on the agp issue and it seems for x86 it can be an issue under certain circumstances if you don't have agpgart in your kernel and you have some other options enabled.

I also read that people are having issues with power managment? How do you check the temp of the gpu?

[VValdo]

here's soemthing weird too.

"opengl-update nvidia" results in

*Unrecognized option: nvidia"

(it then gives usage information, including the example of "opengl-update nvidia" which is kind of funny)

W

[WladyX]

here's soemthing weird too.

"opengl-update nvidia" results in

*Unrecognized option: nvidia"

(it then gives usage information, including the example of "opengl-update nvidia" which is kind of funny)

W

I suppose you have the ~x86 version of opengl-update, right?