FC6, nVidia and SLI (a few questions)

[BassBlu]

I have tried everything I have seen to get this driver to work properly, but it doesnt seem to be fully functional.

The command # yum install kmod-nvidia # seemed to work just fine and has given me a working desktop resolution and many working video functions.

1) There is a problem with rendering some things (games) in full screen mode that causes my x server to restart.

2) xorg.conf is not working properly when I update it to the nVidia standards using their display settings utility

3) When I browse the 'OpenGL/GLX Information' tab in the display settings, x server restarts.

4) There is not an option to enable SLI anywhere

5) Trying to set up my other video card for my second monitor is useless and either does not apply with a restart of the x server or breaks my xorg.conf file.

*6) Wine does not seem to think there is a sufficient graphical package installed on linux to be made corectly. It gives me an error saying that the X11 driver is missing.




Any help on any of these subjects is greatly appreciated!


EDIT: Im using 2x XFX 7950GT-EE cards

[Sgt.Torg]

SLI works for me using 2x 6600GT. I manually install the 9629 driver (I don't use the livna packages). Once the driver is installed, I run:

% nvidia-xconfig --sli=on

Further detail in Appendix W of NVIDIA readme here:

http://download.nvidia.com/XFree86/L...ppendix-w.html

Of course, I suggest making a backup copy of a known good xorg.conf file before playing with any settings.

[BassBlu]

I tried to install the driver manually, but the driver will not install because it gives me an error about some kernel package not being found. It then tries to download it from the nVidia website, but nothing is available for download.

EDIT:

I think the only driver I can find to download is the Version: 1.0-8776

[Seve]

Originally Posted by BassBlu

I have tried everything I have seen to get this driver to work properly, but it doesnt seem to be fully functional.

The command # yum install kmod-nvidia # seemed to work just fine and has given me a working desktop resolution and many working video functions.


4) There is not an option to enable SLI anywhere

5) Trying to set up my other video card for my second monitor is useless and either does not apply with a restart of the x server or breaks my xorg.conf file.

Hello:
If you select SLI as an option the other screen will be disabled by default.
http://download.nvidia.com/XFree86/L...ppendix-w.html

You could post the contents of your /etc/X11/xorg.conf file and
the output
of
rpm -aq | grep nvidia
and
yum list | grep nvidia

Seve

[BassBlu]

# Xorg configuration created by system-config-display

Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "single head configuration"
Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0
InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
EndSection

Section "Files"
ModulePath "/usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/nvidia"
ModulePath "/usr/lib/xorg/modules"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Keyboard0"
Driver "kbd"
Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
Option "XkbLayout" "us"
EndSection

Section "Device"
Identifier "Videocard0"
Driver "nvidia"
Option "AddARGBGLXVisuals" "True"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen0"
Device "Videocard0"
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 24
EndSubSection
EndSection


[root@localhost X11]# rpm -aq | grep nvidia
kmod-nvidia-1.0.9629-1.2.6.18_1.2849.fc6
xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-1.0.9629-1.lvn6



[root@localhost X11]# yum list | grep nvidia
** Message: sqlite cache needs updating, reading in metadata
kmod-nvidia.i686 1.0.9629-1.2.6.18_1.28 installed
xorg-x11-drv-nvidia.i386 1.0.9629-1.lvn6 installed
kmod-nvidia.i586 1.0.9629-1.2.6.18_1.28 livna
kmod-nvidia-PAE.i686 1.0.9629-1.2.6.18_1.28 livna
kmod-nvidia-kdump.i686 1.0.9629-1.2.6.18_1.28 livna
kmod-nvidia-legacy.i586 1.0.7184-3.2.6.18_1.28 livna
kmod-nvidia-legacy.i686 1.0.7184-3.2.6.18_1.28 livna
kmod-nvidia-legacy-PAE.i686 1.0.7184-3.2.6.18_1.28 livna
kmod-nvidia-legacy-kdump.i686 1.0.7184-3.2.6.18_1.28 livna
kmod-nvidia-legacy-xen.i686 1.0.7184-3.2.6.18_1.28 livna
kmod-nvidia-xen.i686 1.0.9629-1.2.6.18_1.28 livna
xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-devel.i386 1.0.9629-1.lvn6 livna
xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-legacy.i386 1.0.7184-2.lvn6 livna
xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-legacy-devel.i386 1.0.7184-2.lvn6 livna

[Seve]

Hello:
A couple of suggestions.
Open a terminal and log in as root and type
gedit /etc/X11/xorg.conf
Then
Comment out with ##
Option "AddARGBGLXVisuals" "True" <------ Not needed, unless you have Option "Composite" "Enable"

Option "AddARGBGLXVisuals" "boolean"

Adds a 32-bit ARGB visual for each supported OpenGL configuration. This allows applications to use OpenGL to render with alpha transparency into 32-bit windows and pixmaps. This option requires the Composite extension. ENABLE AT YOUR OWN RISK. Some OpenGL applications may display incorrectly when this setting is enabled. Default: No visuals are added.

If want want to enable SLI, then
Add:
Option "SLI" "on"
as below :

Section "Device"
Identifier "Videocard0"
Driver "nvidia"
Option "SLI" "on"

Save, exit and do a Ctrl ALT Backspace to restart you X server and see how it goes.

Seve

[BassBlu]

Thank you very much Seve! SLI is enabled now.

I also think the other problems I have been having are from not having xfree86 and it's devel packages installed. I will try updating this now and seeing how it works.

[Seve]

Hello:
No need to search for xfree86 not really relevant to FC6 that will just lead you to a lot of problems.
If you want to update your Xorg you can use yum or yumex

You may want to install msttcorefonts
this sometimes help with some wine apps
you can get them here : http://www.mjmwired.net/resources/mj...a-fc5.html#ttf
once they are downloaded then run
rpm -ivh
to install

Seve

[BassBlu]

I also forgot to ask if there were updates to direct3d or opengl. Wine is giving me those problem outputs too

configure: WARNING: X development files not found. Wine will be built without
configure: WARNING: X support, which currently does not work, and probably
configure: WARNING: isn't what you want anyway. You will need to install devel
configure: WARNING: packages of Xlib/Xfree86 at the very least.

configure: WARNING: Wine will be build without OpenGL or Direct3D support
configure: WARNING: because something is wrong with the OpenGL setup:



this makes me think that something isnt installed properly

[Seve]

Originally Posted by BassBlu

I also forgot to ask if there were updates to direct3d or opengl. Wine is giving me those problem outputs too

configure: WARNING: X development files not found. Wine will be built without
configure: WARNING: X support, which currently does not work, and probably
configure: WARNING: isn't what you want anyway. You will need to install devel
configure: WARNING: packages of Xlib/Xfree86 at the very least.

configure: WARNING: Wine will be build without OpenGL or Direct3D support
configure: WARNING: because something is wrong with the OpenGL setup:



this makes me think that something isnt installed properly

Hello:
How did you install wine ?

Seve

[BassBlu]

that is just the configure log output

[Seve]

Originally Posted by BassBlu

that is just the configure log output

Hello:
You should use yum to install wine it will take care of all the dependency issues.
Wine is in the fedora-extras repo
logged in as root using
su -
yourpassword

yum install wine

This should take care of everything for you
Edit: If you are not familiar with yum then take a minute and have a quick read throgh here:http://www.fedorafaq.org/#getsoftware
Seve

[BassBlu]

Application tried to create a window, but no driver could be loaded.
The X11 driver is missing. Check your build!
Application tried to create a window, but no driver could be loaded.
The X11 driver is missing. Check your build!

when trying to run a program in wine.

driver still not installed properly?

[Seve]

Hello:
Did you use yum to install wine?

A couple of suggestions to try:
yum update xorg-x11*
yum update libX11 libX11-devel

Disable SELinux if you have it running.
Seve

[BassBlu]

SELinux is disabled and i have used yum for every package possible, including wine.

Apparently I didnt have the Development files for X11 even installed. My mistake!

After getting the correct X11 development files i did a yum remove wine* and re installed using yum install wine.

I still get the error for the X11 driver.