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psynaps3
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 Posted: Sat Feb 14, 2004 5:58 pm Post subject: Nvidia TNT2 mini-howto |
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hi guys
I finally got my tnt2 working properly, so here's a small mini tut to help out other n00bs like me. I am not sure if the steps are in the correct order coz it took me some time to get this working ( stupid 5xxx drivers ) and i can't properly recollect what all i did. If there are any corrections, then please do let me know. 
Nvidia Vanta ( TNT2 ) with 2.6 Kernel
NVidia Kernel module used : 4496
1) Unmerge the old nvidia-kernel and nvidia-glx packages
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# emerge unmerge nvidia-kernel
# emerge unmerge nvidia-glx
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2) Make sure that your /usr/src/linux symlink is pointing to your current kernel.
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$ ls -l /usr/src/linux
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3) Emerge nvidia-kernel and nvidia-glx. Make sure that both of them are of the same versions
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# ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="~x86" emerge -v "=nvidia-kernel-1.0.4496-r4"
# ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="~x86" emerge -v "=nvidia-glx-1.0.4496-r1"
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4) You will have to add "nvidia" to your /etc/modules.autoload.d/kernel-2.6 file
5) Run opengl-update to tell X to use the Nvidia GLX libraries.
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# opengl-update nvidia
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6) Modify your /etc/X11/XF86Config file.
Section "Device"
Driver nvidia
Option "NvAgp" "3" <-- First try AGPGART, if that fails then try NVAGP
If you want to use NVAGP, then specify [ Option "NvAgp" "1" ] instead.
Section "Module"
#Add Load glx and comment out Load dri, dbe.
Load glx
#Load dri
#Load dbe
7) Make sure that you have AGPGART enabled in your kernel, if not use nvidia's NVAGP
( I am using AGPGART )
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$ dmesg | grep agpgart
Linux agpgart interface v0.100 (c) Dave Jones
agpgart: Detected an Intel 440BX Chipset.
agpgart: Maximum main memory to use for agp memory: 94M
agpgart: AGP aperature is 64M @ 0xe4000000
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Next, check whether the AGP driver is working fine.
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$ cat /proc/driver/nvidia/agp/status
Status: Enabled
Driver: AGPGART
AGP Rate: 2x
Fast Writes: Disabled
SBA: Disabled
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8 ) Start X, open up a terminal and run glxinfo and glxgears.
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$ glxinfo | grep direct
direct rendering: Yes
$ glxgears
2441 frames in 5.0 seconds = 488.200 FPS
2511 frames in 5.0 seconds = 502.200 FPS
2509 frames in 5.0 seconds = 501.800 FPS
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9) Make sure that glxgears is using the NVidia GLX libraries
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$ ldd `which glxgears`
lbGL.so.1 => /usr/lib/libGL.so.1 (0x4001d000)
$ ls -l /usr/lib/libGL.so.1
/usr/lib/libGL.so.1 -> /usr/lib/opengl/nvidia/lib/libGL.so.1.0.4496
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NOTE : If the above steps do not work, then try these :
1) Remove DRM Support from the kernel.
2) Make sure that you have MTRR enabled in your kernel.
3) I had some problems with the latest 5xxx kernel modules. They were giving only 80 FPS with glxgears.
Overclocking the tnt2
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1) Emerge nvclock
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# emerge -v nvclock
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2) Usage :
For information,
nvclock -i
For overclocking,
nvclock -n [Core speed] -m [Memory speed]
If you want to make the changes permanent, then edit your /etc/conf.d/nvclock file, then run rc-update
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# vim /etc/conf.d/nvclock
# rc-update add nvclock default
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Moved from 'Multimedia' to 'Documentation, Tips & Tricks'.
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Boris27
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| Posted: Sun Feb 22, 2004 3:16 pm Post subject: |
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Well, as far as I can see, the guide's good.
One thing though, it is ACCEPT_KEYWORDS, not ACCEPT_KEYWORD (notice the S).
Well done further! |
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water
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| Posted: Sun Feb 22, 2004 6:58 pm Post subject: |
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I will try as soon as i have some time, but thanks for writings this. It saves lots of time to find out how to do.
BTW: little typo at point 6: XF86Comfig instead of XF86Config
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ett_gramse_nap
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DAMMIT! I went from 60 to 670 FPS!!  My deepest and most sincere thanks!
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ett_gramse_nap
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Hmm, but it seems like I stille don't use the nvidia-glx thing... "ldd `which glxgears`" gives:
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libGL.so.1 => /usr/X11R6/lib/libGL.so.1 (0x40020000)
libXext.so.6 => /usr/X11R6/lib/libXext.so.6 (0x4008b000)
libX11.so.6 => /usr/X11R6/lib/libX11.so.6 (0x40099000)
libpthread.so.0 => /lib/libpthread.so.0 (0x40161000)
libm.so.6 => /lib/libm.so.6 (0x40171000)
libc.so.6 => /lib/libc.so.6 (0x40194000)
libGLcore.so.1 => /usr/lib/opengl/nvidia/lib/libGLcore.so.1 (0x402c4000)
libdl.so.2 => /lib/libdl.so.2 (0x407a4000)
/lib/ld-linux.so.2 => /lib/ld-linux.so.2 (0x40000000)
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I'm thought that libGl.so.1 should point to /usr/lib/libGl.so.1! So where did the FPS increase come from? 
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| Posted: Sun Feb 22, 2004 9:57 pm Post subject: |
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| libGL.so.1 being in that spot is what allows opengl-update to function. You'll notice that if you run opengl-update xfree then ldd `which glxgears` will show libGL.so.1 => /usr/X11R6/lib/libGL.so.1 instead. |
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water
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OK, it works.
Thanks
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I think the latest kernels have something called 'module autoloading'. I can tell you that i don't have nvidia in my /etc/modules.autoload.d/kernel-2.6 and it still works.
I'm not sure if this is the reason or if hotplug does a bit of module magic during boot.
Q: | Quote: | # ACCEPT_KEYWORD="~x86" emerge -v "=nvidia-kernel-1.0.4496-r4"
# ACCEPT_KEYWORD="~x86" emerge -v "=nvidia-kernel-1.0.4496-r1" |
Why are you installing the same thing twice? did you mean to say
# ACCEPT_KEYWORD="~x86" emerge -v "=nvidia-kernel-1.0.4496-r4"
# ACCEPT_KEYWORD="~x86" emerge -v "=nvidia-glx-1.0.4496-r1"
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| Posted: Tue Mar 02, 2004 10:17 pm Post subject: Diced twise |
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Thanks for wonderful tutorial, man! It really helped me out.
But instead of using
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# ACCEPT_KEYWORD="~x86" emerge -v "=nvidia-kernel-1.0.4496-r4"
# ACCEPT_KEYWORD="~x86" emerge -v "=nvidia-glx-1.0.4496-r1"
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I did
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# ACCEPT_KEYWORD="~x86" emerge nvidia-kernel
# ACCEPT_KEYWORD="~x86" emerge nvidia-glx
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but it's not major difference. BTW, my card is GeForce FX5600XT, so your mini-how-to is useful not only for TNT owners.
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Uh, basically all this guide tells you to do is use an old version, and reminds you to check a few obvious things. (That doesn't mean this guide is bad, but the fact that people need it is. The ebuild should do a good portion of this (checking symlinks, not using 5xxx if it does infact not work with tnts)) The reason it works for you, Izmaelis, is because you are installing the 5xxx driver and have a Geforce FX, which is fine.
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psynaps3
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| Posted: Thu Mar 04, 2004 7:20 pm Post subject: |
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Corrected all the typos. Thanks guys 
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| Posted: Sat Mar 06, 2004 9:15 pm Post subject: |
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This doesn't work for me. I followed the guide exactly using gentoo-dev-sources-2.6.3-r1, but I get really crappy 2D performance in X. Both dmesg and /proc/driver/nvidia/agp/status says AGP is set to 0x. I don't have this problem in 2.4.x.
Any idea what to do? |
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