Re: speedup nvidia?
* Bob Nielsen <nielsen@oz.net> (2001-05-04 17:48):
> On Fri, May 04, 2001 at 03:31:13PM +1000, Ewing, Jeff wrote:
> > Steps I used for Diamond Viper 770 AGP
> >
> > 1.Environment is Debian Unstable, XFree 4.0.3.
> > 2.Remove Open GL software support Mesa, Utah-GLX etc.
> > 3.Compile Kernel and ensure MMTR support, no DRI, no Framebuffer, no AGP.
> > 4.Download Nvidia drivers (kernel and GLX tar files) and follow the included
> > http://www.nvidia.com/Products/Drivers.nsf/Linux.html
> > instructions:
> >
> > Add:
> > Driver "nvidia"
> > Option "NvAgp" "1"
> > to /etc/X11/XF86Config-4
> >
> > 5.Reboot
> > 6.cat /proc/nv/card0 : should show AGP on.
> > 7.Tuxracer,Flightgear and Xscreensaver+GL much improved speed.
>
> This doesn't seem to work for me:
>
> $ cat /proc/nv/card0
> ----- Driver Info -----
> NVRM Version: 1.0-769
> ------ Card Info ------
> Model: Riva TNT2 Vanta
> IRQ: 11
> ------ AGP Info -------
> AGP status: Disabled
> AGP Driver:
> Bridge: Via MVP3
> SBA: Supported [disabled]
> FW: Unsupported [disabled]
> Rates: 2x 1x [-]
> Registers: 0x07000203:0x00000000
>
> From XF86Config-4:
>
> Section "Device"
> Identifier "NV AGP"
> VendorName "nvidia"
> Driver "nvidia"
> Option "NvAgp" "1"
> # update this with the PCI id of your card. Consult the output
> # of the 'lspci' command.
> BusID "PCI:1:0:0"
> EndSection
Do you have agpgart built into your kernel? When I had it built in,
then I couldn't get Nvidia's AGP support to work. When I left it as a
module (and didn't modprobe it), then I could get the Nvidia AGP
driver working.
--
Sean Quinlan (smq@gmx.co.uk)
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