official Nvidia blob driver support for 1.10

#1 25th February 2011, 01:31 AM

Added official support for xserver 1.10. The -ignoreABI option is no longer required with this version of the server.

32Bit Linux Driver 270.30

64Bit Linux Driver 270.30

Added support for xserver ABI 10 (xorg-server 1.10).
Dropped support for xserver ABI 9 (which was only used with xorg-server 1.10 RC2 due to a last-minute xserver change).

http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/show....php?p=2399427

sc4bbk · #2 4th March 2011, 06:12 PM

It doesn't work on the current F15 image, unless I'm doing something wrong.

X just failed to start. AFAIK the current X server in F15 is not the final 1.10 yet.

vallimar · #3 4th March 2011, 07:40 PM

You have to download it from Koji, they only built it for F16 for unknown reasons.
Though you can also try "yum upgrade "xorg*" --releasever F16"

RahulSundaram · #4 4th March 2011, 07:47 PM

Hi

The latest version is built for Rawhide

http://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/b...buildID=231181

The version in Fedora 15 is a minor point release behind. yum info xorg-x11-server or rpm -q xorg-x11-server would give you the precise version information.

sc4bbk · #5 12th March 2011, 10:10 AM

Installed 270.30 from rpmfusion on F15 Alpha after latest xserver 1.10 updates. It works now!

Testing GNOME shell.

mindfaq · #6 12th March 2011, 11:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sc4bbk

Testing GNOME shell.

Gnome Shell works pretty nice with Nouveau by now. I'm really impressed by the progress the Nouveau guys made. It's simply amazing to see its current state, especially when you compare it to the situation just a dozen months or so ago. Gnome Shell is probably exceptionally well tested, other 3D accelerated software might be a little more rough. But then, that's just a matter of time to improve.

Did you try using Gnome Shell with Nouveau? It's perfectly possible that you don't need the proprietary Nvidia driver to use the Gnome shell. On my GT200-based card it's working fine, definitively usable. So if you don't necessarily require high performance 3D (Nouveau can't compete on that) or video acceleration through VDPAU I'd say try it out. Fermi cards may or may not be a different cup of tea.

vallimar · #7 13th March 2011, 12:27 AM

You can use it with nouveau, but it's still a bit slower than with nvidia drivers.
Though, the clutter/mutter stuff doesn't seem that well coded since it's just kinda slow
in general when the effects come into play. Plus the whole lack of proper compositing
which I think is kind of a disgraceful regression at this point.

chepioq · #8 13th March 2011, 08:32 AM

I have F15 up to date, with kernel 2.6.38-0.rc8.git0.1.fc15.x86_64.
I think it's a kernel with debugging,
Do I install this driver 270.30 with that kernel?

sc4bbk · #9 14th March 2011, 12:59 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mindfaq

Gnome Shell works pretty nice with Nouveau by now. I'm really impressed by the progress the Nouveau guys made. It's simply amazing to see its current state, especially when you compare it to the situation just a dozen months or so ago. Gnome Shell is probably exceptionally well tested, other 3D accelerated software might be a little more rough. But then, that's just a matter of time to improve.

Did you try using Gnome Shell with Nouveau? It's perfectly possible that you don't need the proprietary Nvidia driver to use the Gnome shell. On my GT200-based card it's working fine, definitively usable. So if you don't necessarily require high performance 3D (Nouveau can't compete on that) or video acceleration through VDPAU I'd say try it out. Fermi cards may or may not be a different cup of tea.

I am aware of the state of nouveau, the devs are really awesome. But unfortunately I have an IGP (nv4e to be exact) that is very problematic with nouveau. For now I have to use nouveau with noaccel so no GNOME shell.

Quote:

Originally Posted by chepioq

I have F15 up to date, with kernel 2.6.38-0.rc8.git0.1.fc15.x86_64.
I think it's a kernel with debugging,
Do I install this driver 270.30 with that kernel?

Yes. Up to date F15 with xserver 1.10. You only need to install the akmod-nvidia from rpmfusion and it should pull in other dependencies needed to build the nvidia module for that kernel.

katastrophal · #10 14th March 2011, 01:20 AM

hm. gnome-shell is WAY faster with nouveau than with the blob here. Strange stuff...
A shame I can't play Heroes of Newerth with nouveau yet. Nevertheless pretty awesome progress

phoenixpb · #11 14th March 2011, 03:08 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by katastrophal

hm. gnome-shell is WAY faster with nouveau than with the blob here. Strange stuff...
A shame I can't play Heroes of Newerth with nouveau yet. Nevertheless pretty awesome progress

yes i had the same thing with F14 + nvidia + gnome shell (jhbuild)
desktop was terribly slow
strange