Mandrak 9.0, Geforce 2mx 3d Acceleration Problem

[QuarterSwede]

well, I got the tarball files unpackaged and all and did make install to NVIDIA_kernel-1.0-3123 but when I typed in mcedit /etc/modules.conf bash said that the filename or directory was not found. After that, I decided to see what Ctrl+Alt+Backspace did and now I am stuck at a command line interface and not liking it. How do I get back to KDE and where can I find mcedit??? I am really trying here guys. Thanks for all of the support so far. I am getting somewhere at least. You all are helping me understand Linux, thanks!!!

Again, How do I get back to KDE and where can I find mcedit???

[mezz]

I decided to see what Ctrl+Alt+Backspace did and now I am stuck at a command line interface and not liking it. How do I get back to KDE.

Type startx to fireup the X with WM..

[QuarterSwede]

Well apparently I killed X because it won't open in GUI mode, it keeps reverting back to the command line interface. I tried using the rescue option on Mandrake 9.0 Installation Disc 1 but that didn't work for me. Any help here?

[makmak]

check the log.

/var/log/xfree86.log or something.

#ls -al

list the directory and go thru the date.

Select the latest date and #more xfree98.log

Go thru the log. Its usually tell you what gone wrong.

Also ensure that the x-window font server is running or not.

#ps -ef | grep xfs

This will perform a process statistic and grep xfs daemon.

the xfs startup daemon can be located something like....

/etc/init.d/xfs start --start daemon

/etc/init.d/xfs stop --stop

/etc/init.d/xfs status

I once encountered my x window not starting up. I found that the xfs daemon did not start magically.

The above paths r Redhat's path. Mandrake more or less is there.

I got 2 systems running with the following stuffs RH7.2 and RH7.3 All my libraries and binaries are rather updated. I not much of a linux guru...but i guessed i can made do it as my *nix workstation for everyday pc computing

P4 1.6Ghz

384mb RDRAM

GF3 Ti200 128mb

SBlive value

Running on RH7.2 with kernel 2.4.19

mesa 5.0 and a updated Xfree86 binaries.

SDL's revision also latest.

Nvidia driver loaded.

UT2003 run pretty good here. Sustaining about 35fps.

I can also plays DVD movie using oggle's DVD player.

PIII747

512mb SDRAM

ASUS CUBX

GF2 MX 200 32mb

RH7.3 and kernel 2.4.19

Updated as above.

Keep trying....

[makmak]

Module Loader present

Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting,

(++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational,

(WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.

(==) Log file: "/var/log/XFree86.0.log", Time: Mon Nov 25 19:34:47 2002

(==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/XF86Config-4"

(==) ServerLayout "XFree86 Configured"

(**) |-->Screen "Screen0" (0)

(**) | |-->Monitor "Samsung SyncMaster 900NF"

(**) | |-->Device "NVIDIA GeForce 2 MX (generic)"

(**) |-->Input Device "Mouse0"

(**) |-->Input Device "Keyboard0"

(**) Option "XkbLayout" "us"

(**) XKB: layout: "us"

(==) Keyboard: CustomKeycode disabled

(**) FontPath set to "unix/:7100"

(==) RgbPath set to "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb"

(==) ModulePath set to "/usr/X11R6/lib/modules"

(--) using VT number 7

>>>>>>>>>continue>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

(WW) Open APM failed (/dev/apm_bios) (No such device)

(II) Module ABI versions:

XFree86 ANSI C Emulation: 0.1

XFree86 Video Driver: 0.5

XFree86 XInput driver : 0.3

XFree86 Server Extension : 0.1

XFree86 Font Renderer : 0.3

(II) Loader running on linux

(II) LoadModule: "bitmap"

(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/fonts/libbitmap.a

(II) Module bitmap: vendor="The XFree86 Project"

compiled for 4.2.0, module version = 1.0.0

Module class: XFree86 Font Renderer

ABI class: XFree86 Font Renderer, version 0.3

(II) Loading font Bitmap

(II) LoadModule: "pcidata"

(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libpcidata.a

(II) Module pcidata: vendor="The XFree86 Project"

compiled for 4.2.0, module version = 0.1.0

ABI class: XFree86 Video Driver, version 0.5

(II) PCI: Probing config type using method 1

(II) PCI: Config type is 1

(II) PCI: stages = 0x03, oldVal1 = 0x80003850, mode1Res1 = 0x80000000

(II) PCI: PCI scan (all values are in hex)

(II) PCI: 00:00:0: chip 8086,7190 card 1043,8025 rev 03 class 06,00,00 hdr 00

(II) PCI: 00:01:0: chip 8086,7191 card 0000,0000 rev 03 class 06,04,00 hdr 01

(II) PCI: 00:04:0: chip 8086,7110 card 0000,0000 rev 02 class 06,01,00 hdr 80

(II) PCI: 00:04:1: chip 8086,7111 card 0000,0000 rev 01 class 01,01,80 hdr 00

(II) PCI: 00:04:2: chip 8086,7112 card 0000,0000 rev 01 class 0c,03,00 hdr 00

(II) PCI: 00:04:3: chip 8086,7113 card 0000,0000 rev 02 class 06,80,00 hdr 00

(II) PCI: 00:07:0: chip 1095,0648 card 1043,8025 rev 01 class 01,04,00 hdr 00

(II) PCI: 00:0d:0: chip 10ec,8139 card 10ec,8139 rev 10 class 02,00,00 hdr 00

(II) PCI: 01:00:0: chip 10de,0110 card 0000,0000 rev a1 class 03,00,00 hdr 00

(II) PCI: End of PCI scan

(II) LoadModule: "scanpci"

(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libscanpci.a

(II) Module scanpci: vendor="The XFree86 Project"

compiled for 4.2.0, module version = 0.1.0

ABI class: XFree86 Video Driver, version 0.5

(II) UnloadModule: "scanpci"

(II) Unloading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libscanpci.a

(II) Host-to-PCI bridge:

(II) PCI-to-ISA bridge:

(II) PCI-to-PCI bridge:

(II) Bus 0: bridge is at (0:0:0), (-1,0,0), BCTRL: 0x08 (VGA_EN is set)

(II) Bus 0 I/O range:

[0] -1 0x00000000 - 0x0000ffff (0x10000) IX

(II) Bus 0 non-prefetchable memory range:

[0] -1 0x00000000 - 0xffffffff (0x0) MX

(II) Bus 0 prefetchable memory range:

[0] -1 0x00000000 - 0xffffffff (0x0) MX

(II) Bus 1: bridge is at (0:1:0), (0,1,1), BCTRL: 0x88 (VGA_EN is set)

(II) Bus 1 I/O range:

(II) Bus 1 non-prefetchable memory range:

[0] -1 0xd6000000 - 0xd7efffff (0x1f00000) MX

(II) Bus 1 prefetchable memory range:

[0] -1 0xd7f00000 - 0xe5ffffff (0xe100000) MX

(II) Bus -1: bridge is at (0:4:0), (0,-1,0), BCTRL: 0x08 (VGA_EN is set)

(II) Bus -1 I/O range:

(II) Bus -1 non-prefetchable memory range:

(II) Bus -1 prefetchable memory range:

(--) PCI:*(1:0:0) NVidia GeForce2 MX/MX 400 rev 161, Mem @ 0xd6000000/24, 0xd8000000/27, BIOS @ 0xd7ff0000/16

(II) LoadModule: "dbe"

(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions/libdbe.a

(II) Module dbe: vendor="The XFree86 Project"

compiled for 4.2.0, module version = 1.0.0

Module class: XFree86 Server Extension

ABI class: XFree86 Server Extension, version 0.1

(II) Loading extension DOUBLE-BUFFER

(II) LoadModule: "glx"

(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions/libglx.so

(II) Module glx: vendor="NVIDIA Corporation"

compiled for 4.0.2, module version = 1.0.3123

Module class: XFree86 Server Extension

ABI class: XFree86 Server Extension, version 0.1

(II) Loading extension GLX

(II) LoadModule: "extmod"

(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions/libextmod.a

(II) Module extmod: vendor="The XFree86 Project"

compiled for 4.2.0, module version = 1.0.0

Module class: XFree86 Server Extension

ABI class: XFree86 Server Extension, version 0.1

(II) Loading extension SHAPE

(II) Loading extension MIT-SUNDRY-NONSTANDARD

(II) Loading extension BIG-REQUESTS

(II) Loading extension SYNC

(II) Loading extension MIT-SCREEN-SAVER

(II) Loading extension XC-MISC

(II) Loading extension XFree86-VidModeExtension

(II) Loading extension XFree86-Misc

(II) Loading extension XFree86-DGA

(II) Loading extension DPMS

(II) Loading extension FontCache

(II) Loading extension TOG-CUP

(II) Loading extension Extended-Visual-Information

(II) Loading extension XVideo

(II) Loading extension XVideo-MotionCompensation

(II) LoadModule: "v4l"

(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/drivers/linux/v4l_drv.o

(II) Module v4l: vendor="The XFree86 Project"

compiled for 4.2.0, module version = 0.0.1

ABI class: XFree86 Video Driver, version 0.5

(II) LoadModule: "nvidia"

(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/drivers/nvidia_drv.o

(II) Module nvidia: vendor="NVIDIA Corporation"

compiled for 4.0.2, module version = 1.0.3123

Module class: XFree86 Video Driver

(II) LoadModule: "mouse"

(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/input/mouse_drv.o

(II) Module mouse: vendor="The XFree86 Project"

compiled for 4.2.0, module version = 1.0.0

Module class: XFree86 XInput Driver

ABI class: XFree86 XInput driver, version 0.3

(II) v4l driver for Video4Linux

(II) NVIDIA XFree86 Driver 1.0-3123 Tue Aug 27 16:00:08 PDT 2002

(II) NVIDIA: NVIDIA driver for: RIVA TNT, RIVA TNT2, Vanta,

RIVA TNT2 Ultra, RIVA TNT2 Model 64, Aladdin TNT2, GeForce 256,

GeForce DDR, Quadro, GeForce2 MX/MX 400, GeForce2 MX 100/200,

Quadro2 MXR/EX/Go, GeForce2 Integrated GPU, GeForce2 GTS,

GeForce2 Ti, GeForce2 Ultra, Quadro2 Pro, GeForce4 MX 460,

GeForce4 MX 440, GeForce4 MX 420, Quadro4 500/550 XGL,

Quadro4 200/400 NVS, NV18, NV18 , NV18 , NV18, NV18GL, NV18GL ,

NV18GL , 0x01F0, GeForce3, GeForce3 Ti 200, GeForce3 Ti 500,

Quadro DCC, GeForce4 Ti 4600, GeForce4 Ti 4400, GeForce4 Ti 4200,

Quadro4 900 XGL, Quadro4 750 XGL, Quadro4 700 XGL, NV28, NV28 ,

NV28GL, NV28GL , GeForce2 Go, GeForce4 440 Go, GeForce4 420 Go,

GeForce4 420 Go 32M, GeForce4 460 Go, GeForce4 440 Go 64M,

GeForce4 410 Go 16M, Quadro4 500 GoGL

(II) Primary Device is: PCI 01:00:0

(--) Assigning device section with no busID to primary device

(--) Chipset GeForce2 MX/MX 400 found

(II) resource ranges after xf86ClaimFixedResources() call:

(II) Setting vga for screen 0.

(II) Loading sub module "vgahw"

(II) LoadModule: "vgahw"

(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libvgahw.a

(II) Module vgahw: vendor="The XFree86 Project"

compiled for 4.2.0, module version = 0.1.0

ABI class: XFree86 Video Driver, version 0.5

(**) NVIDIA(0): Depth 24, (--) framebuffer bpp 32

(==) NVIDIA(0): RGB weight 888

(==) NVIDIA(0): Default visual is TrueColor

(==) NVIDIA(0): Using gamma correction (1.0, 1.0, 1.0)

(--) NVIDIA(0): Linear framebuffer at 0xD8000000

(--) NVIDIA(0): MMIO registers at 0xD6000000

(--) NVIDIA(0): VideoRAM: 32768 kBytes

(--) NVIDIA(0): Display 0: maximum pixel clock at 8 bpp: 350 MHz

(--) NVIDIA(0): Display 0: maximum pixel clock at 16 bpp: 350 MHz

(--) NVIDIA(0): Display 0: maximum pixel clock at 32 bpp: 300 MHz

(II) Loading sub module "ddc"

(II) LoadModule: "ddc"

(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libddc.a

(II) Module ddc: vendor="The XFree86 Project"

compiled for 4.2.0, module version = 1.0.0

ABI class: XFree86 Video Driver, version 0.5

(WW) NVIDIA(0): Failure reading EDID parameters for display device 0.

(II) NVIDIA(0): Samsung SyncMaster 900NF: Using hsync range of 30.00-110.00 kHz

(II) NVIDIA(0): Samsung SyncMaster 900NF: Using vrefresh range of 50.00-160.00 Hz

(II) NVIDIA(0): Clock range: 12.00 to 300.00 MHz

(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "1024x768" (bad mode clock/interlace/doublescan)

(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "512x384" (bad mode clock/interlace/doublescan)

(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "1856x1392" (hsync out of range)

(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "928x696" (hsync out of range)

(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "1920x1440" (hsync out of range)

(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "960x720" (hsync out of range)

(**) NVIDIA(0): Validated modes for Display Device 0:

(**) NVIDIA(0): Default mode "1152x864": 121.5 MHz, 77.5 kHz, 85.1 Hz

(II) NVIDIA(0): Virtual screen size determined to be 1152 x 864

(==) NVIDIA(0): DPI set to (75, 75)

(II) Loading sub module "fb"

(II) LoadModule: "fb"

(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libfb.a

(II) Module fb: vendor="The XFree86 Project"

compiled for 4.2.0, module version = 1.0.0

ABI class: XFree86 ANSI C Emulation, version 0.1

(II) Loading sub module "xaa"

(II) LoadModule: "xaa"

(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libxaa.a

(II) Module xaa: vendor="The XFree86 Project"

compiled for 4.2.0, module version = 1.0.0

ABI class: XFree86 Video Driver, version 0.5

(II) Loading sub module "ramdac"

(II) LoadModule: "ramdac"

(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libramdac.a

(II) Module ramdac: vendor="The XFree86 Project"

compiled for 4.2.0, module version = 0.1.0

ABI class: XFree86 Video Driver, version 0.5

(--) Depth 24 pixmap format is 32 bpp

(II) do I need RAC? No, I don't.

(II) NVIDIA(0): AGP 2X successfully initialized

(II) NVIDIA(0): Setting mode "1152x864"

(II) NVIDIA(0): Using XFree86 Acceleration Architecture (XAA)

Screen to screen bit blits

Solid filled rectangles

Solid filled trapezoids

8x8 mono pattern filled rectangles

8x8 mono pattern filled trapezoids

Indirect CPU to Screen color expansion

Solid Lines

Scanline Image Writes

Offscreen Pixmaps

Driver provided FillSolidRects replacement

Driver provided FillSolidSpans replacement

Driver provided FillMono8x8PatternRects replacement

Driver provided WritePixmap replacement

Driver provided ReadPixmap replacement

Setting up tile and stipple cache:

20 128x128 slots

4 256x256 slots

(==) NVIDIA(0): Backing store disabled

(==) NVIDIA(0): Silken mouse enabled

(**) Option "dpms"

(**) NVIDIA(0): DPMS enabled

(II) Loading extension NV-GLX

(II) Loading extension NV-CONTROL

(II) Initializing built-in extension MIT-SHM

(II) Initializing built-in extension XInputExtension

(II) Initializing built-in extension XTEST

(II) Initializing built-in extension XKEYBOARD

(II) Initializing built-in extension LBX

(II) Initializing built-in extension XC-APPGROUP

(II) Initializing built-in extension SECURITY

(II) Initializing built-in extension XINERAMA

(II) Initializing built-in extension XFree86-Bigfont

(II) Initializing built-in extension RENDER

(II) [GLX]: Calling GlxExtensionInit

(**) Option "Protocol" "IMPS/2"

(**) Mouse0: Protocol: "IMPS/2"

(**) Option "CorePointer"

(**) Mouse0: Core Pointer

(**) Option "Device" "/dev/mouse"

(**) Option "Emulate3Buttons" "no"

(**) Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"

(**) Mouse0: ZAxisMapping: buttons 4 and 5

(**) Mouse0: Buttons: 5

(II) Keyboard "Keyboard0" handled by legacy driver

(II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "Mouse0" (type: MOUSE)

SetKbdSettings - type: 2 rate: 30 delay: 500 snumlk: 0

SetKbdSettings - Succeeded

GetModeLine - scrn: 0 clock: 121500

GetModeLine - hdsp: 1152 hbeg: 1216 hend: 1344 httl: 1568

vdsp: 864 vbeg: 865 vend: 868 vttl: 911 flags: 9

Sorrie folks.....hope this help some who are desperate to resolve their graphic card's linux driver

:)

[makmak]

Below is my XF86config-4.conf.

# XFree86 4.2.0 configuration generated by Xconfigurator 4.10.7

Section "ServerLayout"

Identifier "XFree86 Configured"

Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0

InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer"

InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"

EndSection

# Red Hat Linux 6.0 and later use the xfs font server for improved

# interactive performance

Section "Files"

FontPath "unix/:7100" <-----------------xfs daemon. Pls made sure this is running.

EndSection

# Module loading section

Section "Module"

Load "dbe" # Double-buffering

#Load "GLcore" # OpenGL support <-----------remark this

#Load "dri" # Direct rendering infrastructure <--------remark this

Load "glx" # OpenGL X protocol interface

Load "extmod" # Misc. required extensions

Load "v4l" # Video4Linux

# Load "record" # X event recorder

# You only need the following two modules if you do not use xfs.

# Load "freetype" # TrueType font handler

# Load "type1" # Adobe Type 1 font handler

EndSection

Section "InputDevice"

Identifier "Keyboard0"

Driver "keyboard"

Option "XkbLayout" "us"

EndSection

Section "InputDevice"

Identifier "Mouse0"

# Modified by mouseconfig

Driver "mouse"

Option "Device" "/dev/mouse"

Option "Protocol" "IMPS/2"

Option "Emulate3Buttons" "no"

Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"

EndSection

Section "Monitor"

Identifier "Samsung SyncMaster 900NF"

VendorName "Unknown"

ModelName "Unknown"

HorizSync 30-110

VertRefresh 50-160

Option "dpms"

EndSection

Section "Device"

Identifier "NVIDIA GeForce 2 MX (generic)"

Driver "nvidia" <---------------this one is important. Else X11 do not know where to point to or what module to load

BoardName "Unknown"

EndSection

Section "Device"

Identifier "Linux Frame Buffer"

Driver "fbdev"

BoardName "Unknown"

EndSection

Section "Screen"

Identifier "Screen0"

Device "NVIDIA GeForce 2 MX (generic)"

Monitor "Samsung SyncMaster 900NF"

DefaultDepth 24

Subsection "Display"

Depth 24

Modes "1152x864" <------------- change this parameter if u want to change resolution

EndSubSection

EndSection

Section "DRI"

Mode 0666

EndSection

[Epsilon]

you can also do pico /etc/modules.conf

or emacs /etc/modules.conf

its just a choice of which editor you think works best for the task.

be sure to post more questions should they need answering.

[QuarterSwede]

Thanks folks, I will try these tonight when I get back. Although I don't know if I will get to it before Thanksgiving. Take home tests suck. **Wasting all my time**

Thanks for all the help thus far.

[MulletRobZ]

Ah. So when it came to that issue, I had to use the following command:

ln -s /usr/X11R6/lib/libGL.so libGL.so.1.2 /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libGL.so libGL.so.1.2

Or were those folders switched?

[Epsilon]

Webgraph: its not neccesary doing symlinks or moving files anylonger, nvidias build script does everything and nvidia modules doesn't use mesa, they have their own.

[QuarterSwede]

Thanks for all of the help folks. I decided to just do a reinstall to get X back up, unforntunately during the setup I accidentally told the OS to use the integrated graphics (hey at least the 3D works). I tried to use Nvidia's older driver that comes with Mandrake 9.0 (beta 3d drivers apparently) but it said it couldn't find the rpm. Anyway, getting back on track, I accidentally selected the integrated graphics and after the installation was done I changed it back to the nvidia drivers (this time it let me pick the older nvidia drivers) but when I restarted X it failed to load properly so I am now stuck back in the console only. I have no idea how a log can help me because I don't have that much experience with the linuxOS. I may just have to suffer with only 2D. Oh well, if anyone knows where I can find a really good tutorial about installing older linux drivers (that actually works! and is very easy) for a newbie like me I would appreciate it. Thanks for all your help once again, I really appreciate it.

[makmak]

Epsilon is right abt the Nvidia driver that do not required Mesa.

Recently, i upgraded 2 linux boxes from mesa 4.0 to mesa 5.0.

After compiling and installing Mesa 5.0. I noticed my RH7.2 P4 could no longer play UT2003 demo. Its said S3TXC not supported and exit to command prompt.

The same thing happened to my RH7.3 PIII. Then i decided to re-install my NVIDIA linux driver again.

And great, UT2003 kick again.

So i suspected that the MESA's opengl has overwritten the Nvidia's OpenGL driver. Thus causing the UT2003 demo unable to use the S3XTC features.

Of course before re-installing the Nvidia driver. The OpenGL rendering are still working fine as i was running all the Opengl demo that came with MESA 5.0

Just my pointer..

I also noticed that Nvidia posted Mandrake driver. I not sure jstphish has try them before. Reason is those nvidia driver are stock driver compiled to that distro release.

The source file are really for people who r running off a customised Kernel.

Example. Redhat 7.3 shipped with kernel 2.4.18-4

I running Kernel 2.4.19 customised. I cannot use the stock Redhat 7.3 nvidia driver. Croz, the drivers are compiled for 2.4.18-4. Not kernel 2.4.19.

Work around is download the source rpm and compile it. Then install it.