No DRI in 11.4, using nvidia driver.

[Roger Oberholtzer]

I have a Sony VPCF1 laptop that has an Nvidia GeForce GT 425M/PCI/SSE2
chip set. The proprietary Nvidia driver (NVIDIA 260.19.36) loads and
runs. But I do not get direct rendering. I do not see messages in the X
server log saying it was disabled, but glxinfo says it is disabled, and
I cannot get desktop effects. And programs like the LLNL VisIt
application run dog slow.

I'm running an NVidia GeForct GT 450 in a new desktop with the 260.19.44
driver version and direct rendering is set. You might try the later
version. My desktop is a home build i7-960 with intel DX58S02 mb.
ps: If you are getting the information remotely, it will not show the
remote stats. I see no direct rendering running glxinfo via ssh. I
cannot even see the correct glxcard.

It is on the local machine. I added a new user so I would get 'new' KDE
settings. It made little difference. I can get some things faster if I
use XRender. But DRI remains off, and OpenGL unavailable.

So, I will be trying the latest version of the driver.
--
Roger Oberholtzer

OPQ Systems / Ramböll RST

Ramböll Sverige AB
Krukmakargatan 21
P.O. Box 17009
SE-104 62 Stockholm, Sweden

Office: Int [phone]
Mobile: Int [phone]

SHAW'S PRINCIPAL
Build a system that even a fool can use,
and only a fool will want to use it.

[Roger Oberholtzer]

I have a Sony VPCF1 laptop that has an Nvidia GeForce GT 425M/PCI/SSE2
chip set. The proprietary Nvidia driver (NVIDIA 260.19.36) loads and
runs. But I do not get direct rendering. I do not see messages in the X
server log saying it was disabled, but glxinfo says it is disabled, and
I cannot get desktop effects. And programs like the LLNL VisIt
application run dog slow.

I'm running an NVidia GeForct GT 450 in a new desktop with the 260.19.44
driver version and direct rendering is set. You might try the later
version. My desktop is a home build i7-960 with intel DX58S02 mb.

I installed this. Yikes. Now kdeinit4 crashes almost first thing,
resulting in a black display. I can get a little window to type
commands.

I reverted to the original drivers as I had before, but this did not
help. Sigh. I saw that the nvidia driver install looked around for what
it called conflicting components when it was installed. I don't know
what it may have done beside installing the X and kernel drivers. And I
guess it may have not been set back by reinstalling the original SUSE
components (X and kernel driver).


Up to this point, I was a happy 11.4 user.
--
Roger Oberholtzer

OPQ Systems / Ramböll RST

Ramböll Sverige AB
Krukmakargatan 21
P.O. Box 17009
SE-104 62 Stockholm, Sweden

Office: Int [phone]
Mobile: Int [phone]

SHAW'S PRINCIPAL
Build a system that even a fool can use,
and only a fool will want to use it.

[Sven Burmeister]

Post by Roger Oberholtzer
I reverted to the original drivers as I had before, but this did not
help. Sigh. I saw that the nvidia driver install looked around for what
it called conflicting components when it was installed. I don't know
what it may have done beside installing the X and kernel drivers. And I
guess it may have not been set back by reinstalling the original SUSE
components (X and kernel driver).

You have to run the nvidia installer with --uninstall before installing the
packages and remove the packages before installing via the installer.

Sven

[Roger Oberholtzer]

Post by Sven Burmeister

Post by Roger Oberholtzer
I reverted to the original drivers as I had before, but this did not
help. Sigh. I saw that the nvidia driver install looked around for what
it called conflicting components when it was installed. I don't know
what it may have done beside installing the X and kernel drivers. And I
guess it may have not been set back by reinstalling the original SUSE
components (X and kernel driver).

You have to run the nvidia installer with --uninstall before installing the
packages and remove the packages before installing via the installer.

I kind of felt that was the case after I re-installed the suse rpms. I
know the proper order is think, then do. Knowing is one thing...

I will try again. I bet with my luck installing the suse stuff in
between will have done bad evil things...

Post by Sven Burmeister
Sven

--
Roger Oberholtzer

OPQ Systems / Ramböll RST

Ramböll Sverige AB
Krukmakargatan 21
P.O. Box 17009
SE-104 62 Stockholm, Sweden

Office: Int [phone]
Mobile: Int [phone]

SHAW'S PRINCIPAL
Build a system that even a fool can use,
and only a fool will want to use it.

[Roger Oberholtzer]

Post by Roger Oberholtzer

Post by Sven Burmeister
You have to run the nvidia installer with --uninstall before installing the
packages and remove the packages before installing via the installer.

I kind of felt that was the case after I re-installed the suse rpms. I
know the proper order is think, then do. Knowing is one thing...
I will try again. I bet with my luck installing the suse stuff in
between will have done bad evil things...

Lucky me. I uninstalled the non-suse nvidia drivers, and all seems back
to where I started. Which is good. But I would still like to get the DRI
stuff working (original thread topic).
--
Roger Oberholtzer

OPQ Systems / Ramböll RST

Ramböll Sverige AB
Krukmakargatan 21
P.O. Box 17009
SE-104 62 Stockholm, Sweden

Office: Int [phone]
Mobile: Int [phone]

SHAW'S PRINCIPAL
Build a system that even a fool can use,
and only a fool will want to use it.