From: Angus Dorbie (dorbie++at++sgi.com)
Date: 06/19/2000 12:06:56
If we decide to discuss Linux & PC card issues in this detail here we
could be at it a very long time and info-performer would change
dramatically. Isn't there another forum for this type of discussion
which will allow hard core Performer questions to get the attention they
deserve?
CHeers,Angus.
Ken Sewell wrote:
>
> After I did the initial install I too got core dumps from perfly. It
> would start to load up then just crash. In the Nvidia FAQ it says to use
> the line
>
> Driver "nv"
>
> in the Device section of the XF86Config file, however on my system this
> caused problems until I replaced it with the line
>
> Driver "nvidia"
>
> I ended up disabling the Agp with the line
>
> Option "NvAgp" "0"
>
> I also downloaded the src rpm for the kernel module and compiled it on my
> system, just to be safe. I never tried the version 2 drivers, I got my
> card the day after the version 3 ones came out.
>
> I'm currently using the libGL.so from the NVIDIA_GLX-0.9-3.i386.rpm and the
> libGLU.so and libglut.so from the mesa.rpm.
>
> As I said it runs great, at 1280x1024 it holds a solid 60 fps, very
> occasionally it dips to 30fps. All I need now is clipmapping on my linux
> machine and I'll be very happy :)
>
> Here are the relevant specs for my system:
> 1-600mhz Athlon (Asus K7M motherboard)
> 512M pc133 memory
> 3D Annihilator 2 (GeForce 2 GTS chipset)
> Suse Linux 6.4
> XFree 4.0
> Performer 2.3.1
>
> Here is my XF86Config file (it might be of help):
> --
>
> Section "Files"
> FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/ucs/misc/"
> FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/ucs/75dpi/"
> FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/ucs/100dpi/"
> FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/hellas/misc/"
> FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/hellas/75dpi/"
> FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/hellas/100dpi/"
> FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc:unscaled"
> FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled"
> FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/:unscaled"
> FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/"
> FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/URW/"
> FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo/"
> FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/"
> FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/"
> FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/"
> FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/local/"
> ModulePath "/usr/X11R6/lib/modules"
> RgbPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb"
> EndSection
>
> Section "Module"
> Load "glx"
> Load "dbe"
> Load "type1"
> Load "freetype"
> SubSection "extmod"
> Option "omit xfree86-dga"
> EndSubSection
> EndSection
>
> Section "ServerFlags"
> Option "AllowMouseOpenFail"
> EndSection
>
> Section "InputDevice"
> Driver "Keyboard"
> Identifier "Keyboard[0]"
> Option "XkbLayout" "pc101"
> Option "XkbModel" "xfree86"
> Option "XkbRules" "Standard"
> Option "XkbVariant" "us"
> EndSection
>
> Section "InputDevice"
> Driver "mouse"
> Identifier "Mouse[1]"
> Option "Device" "/dev/pointer0"
> Option "Protocol" "IMPS/2"
> EndSection
>
> Section "Monitor"
> HorizSync 30-70
> Identifier "Monitor[0]"
> ModelName "K73"
> VendorName "Komodo"
> VertRefresh 50-120
> EndSection
>
> Section "Device"
> BusID "1:5:0"
> Identifier "PrimaryVideo"
> Driver "nvidia"
> VendorName "Creative Labs"
> BoardName "3D Annihilator 2"
> EndSection
>
> Section "Screen"
> DefaultDepth 16
> SubSection "Display"
> Depth 16
> Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
> EndSubSection
> Device "PrimaryVideo"
> Identifier "Screen[0]"
> Monitor "Monitor[0]"
> Option "NvAgp" "0"
> EndSection
>
> Section "ServerLayout"
> Identifier "Layout[all]"
> InputDevice "Keyboard[0]" "CoreKeyboard"
> InputDevice "Mouse[1]" "CorePointer"
> Screen "Screen[0]"
> EndSection
>
> --
>
> Kenneth R. Sewell III Defense Research Associates
> Software Engineer 1430 Oak Ct., Suite 303
> Sewell++at++dramail.com Beavercreek, Ohio 45430
> Voice: 937-255-2811 x4377 Fax: 937-255-6663
>
> >How did you manage to get the version 3 drivers to work? Version 2 worked
> >fine for me but perfly just cores with the new drivers. I was told by an
> >nvidia developer that this is an XFree 4.0 bug and should be fixed in the
> >upcoming 4.0.1 release.
> >
> >Mark Acosta
> >Magic Earth LLC
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