Re: nvidia driver ( GeForce FX 5500 gives 10fps)

[Jo Shields <Jo.Shields@comlab.ox.ac.uk>]

Michal Hajek wrote:

> Hello list :)
>
> I have a problem with my Inno3d graphics card. 
> I am using xfree package (4.3.0)
>  -------------------
>  In my /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 I have:
>  Section "Device"
>        Identifier  "Generic Video Card"
>                Driver      "nvidia"
>                #       Driver      "nv"
>                #       NvAGP   1
>                #       ChipSet     "GeForce FX 5500"
>  EndSection
>  --------------------------
>
>  lsmod |grep nvidia gives:
>  nvidia               4568124  12
>
>  --------------------------
>  glxinfo | grep direct gives:
>  direct rendering: Yes
>
> I have these packages installed:
> dpkg -l nvidia* |grep ii
> ii  nvidia-glx                      1.0.7174-3              NVIDIA
> binary XFree86 4.x driver
> ii  nvidia-glx-dev                  1.0.7174-3              NVIDIA
> binary XFree86 4.x driver development
> ii  nvidia-kernel-2.6.11-9-amd64-k8 1.0.7174-3+10.00.Custom NVIDIA
> binary kernel module for Linux 2.6.11
> ii  nvidia-kernel-common            1.0.7174-1              NVIDIA
> binary kernel module common files
> ii  nvidia-kernel-source            1.0.7174-3              NVIDIA
> binary kernel module source
> ii  nvidia-settings                 1.0+3-1                 Tool of
> configuring the NVIDIA graphics driv
>
> Also I have mesa libraries installed:
> dpkg -l *mesa* |grep ii
> ii  xlibmesa-dri     4.3.0.dfsg.1-14 Mesa 3D graphics library modules
> [XFree86]
> ii  xlibmesa-gl      4.3.0.dfsg.1-14 Mesa 3D graphics library [XFree86]
> ii  xlibmesa-gl-dev  4.3.0.dfsg.1-14 Mesa 3D graphics library
> development files [
> ii  xlibmesa-glu     4.3.0.dfsg.1-14 Mesa OpenGL utility library
> [XFree86]
> ii  xlibmesa-glu-dev 4.3.0.dfsg.1-14 Mesa OpenGL utility library
> development file
>
> Is there anything alse which I should check? 
>
> Thank you for any advice.... :) 
>
> Best regards
> Michal
>
>
>  
What does "glxinfo | grep vendor" give?

There are also some known issues with the 5xx0 series behaving very 
slowly in some setups without side band addressing and fast writes 
enabled - try googling for how.

--Jo Shields