Re: speedup nvidia?
On Fri, May 04, 2001 at 08:56:54PM +0100, Sean Quinlan wrote:
> * 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.
I'm running 2.2.17, agpart wasn't introduced until 2.2.18, IIRC.
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