12.3 + nvidia + grub2-efi anomalies

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Hi,

I have the following issues with a brand new install of openSUSE 12.3 on my laptop that I cannot seem solve

  1. Direct rendering seems to always be ‘off’
  2. grub2-efi with nomodeset isn’t working (unsure)? The framebuffer doesn’t seem to launch and the console is always low resolution

First, my hardware (output of inxi -F):

System:    Host: clunker.site Kernel: 3.7.10-1.1-desktop x86_64 (64 bit) 
           Desktop KDE 4.10.00 Distro: openSUSE 12.3 (x86_64) VERSION = 12.3 CODENAME = Dartmouth
Machine:   System: Dell (portable) product: Latitude E6510 version: 0001
           Mobo: Dell model: N/A Bios: Dell version: A12 date: 05/09/2012
CPU:       Dual core Intel Core i7 CPU M 620 (-HT-MCP-) cache: 4096 KB flags: (lm nx sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx) 
           Clock Speeds: 1: 1199.00 MHz 2: 1199.00 MHz 3: 1199.00 MHz 4: 1199.00 MHz
Graphics:  Card: NVIDIA GT218 [NVS 3100M] X.Org: 1.13.2 drivers: nvidia (unloaded: fbdev,vesa) Resolution: 1600x900@60.0hz 
           GLX Renderer: NVS 3100M/PCIe/SSE2 GLX Version: 2.1.2 NVIDIA 310.32
Audio:     Card-1: Intel 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset High Definition Audio driver: snd_hda_intel
           Card-2: NVIDIA High Definition Audio Controller driver: snd_hda_intel
           Sound: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture ver: k3.7.10-1.1-desktop
Network:   Card-1: Intel Centrino Ultimate-N 6300 driver: iwlwifi 
           IF: wlan0 state: down mac: 00:24:d7:58:00:e8
           Card-2: Intel 82577LM Gigabit Network Connection driver: e1000e 
           IF: em1 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: 5c:26:0a:3f:36:3d
Drives:    HDD Total Size: 320.1GB (52.1% used) 1: /dev/sda TOSHIBA_MK3261GS 320.1GB 
Partition: ID: / size: 167G used: 39G (24%) fs: ext4 ID: swap-1 size: 2.15GB used: 0.00GB (0%) fs: swap 
Sensors:   Error: You do not have the sensors app installed.
Info:      Processes: 157 Uptime: 0:04 Memory: 450.7/7861.5MB Client: Shell inxi: 1.7.24

For #1:

I have the nvidiaG03 drivers installed and loaded properly; however, the output of the KDE OpenGL module says ‘Indirect Rendering’ and the nvidia settings control panel says ‘Direct Rendering: No’

For #2:

I am dual booting with Windows 7 on a GPT partition table. When adding the kernel options ‘nomodeset irqpoll’ through the yast bootloader module (editing grub2-efi), irqpoll is working, but it seems as though nomodeset is not: The console on start-up is still at 800x600 and the NVIDIA module outputs this warning in the kernel messages:

2013-03-14T13:31:42.792575-06:00 clunker kernel:    17.126413] NVRM: loading NVIDIA UNIX x86_64 Kernel Module  310.32  Mon Jan 14 14:41:1
3 PST 2013
2013-03-14T13:31:43.721858-06:00 clunker kernel:    18.053263] NVRM: GPU at 0000:01:00: GPU-395fcc39-9c94-dd97-744f-34c52bdddfbb
2013-03-14T13:31:43.721881-06:00 clunker kernel:    18.053277] NVRM: Your system is not currently configured to drive a VGA console
2013-03-14T13:31:43.721882-06:00 clunker kernel:    18.053280] NVRM: on the primary VGA device. The NVIDIA Linux graphics driver
2013-03-14T13:31:43.721883-06:00 clunker kernel:    18.053283] NVRM: requires the use of a text-mode VGA console. Use of other console
2013-03-14T13:31:43.721884-06:00 clunker kernel:    18.053286] NVRM: drivers including, but not limited to, vesafb, may result in
2013-03-14T13:31:43.721885-06:00 clunker kernel:    18.053289] NVRM: corruption and stability problems, and is not supported.

I have manually installed the new NVidia dirvers 310.40 from the the NVidia website, but same problems. I have also removed nouveau packages to see if that was the conflict, but to no avail.

Would anyone have ideas on how to resolve these issues? Thanks!

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i have the same pb .

i installed 12.3 x86_64 yesterday in my desktop.
i installed nvidia driver with nvidia one click method. this installed the G03 310.32 version

vainfo and vdpauinfo deliver expected info : all is good

i checked that NO_KMS_IN_INITRD = yes; this is good because nvidia is not compliant with kernel video mode settings

in xorg log there is no pb about loading dri2

result : “direct rendering: no” (i checked this with nvidia settings tool)

secondary result :

  • with firefox and flash, there is no direct rendering , no hardware (gpu) acceleration
  • with vlc vaapi fails then no hw (gpu) acceleration

with 12.2 x86_64, G02 304.64 there is no pb

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Check your compositing setup in KDE is set for OpenGL:

http://paste.opensuse.org/view/download/32316891

For settings in Grub 2, like adding in nomodeset, have a look here: GNU Grub2 Command Listing Helper with --help & Input - Blogs - openSUSE Forums

Thank You,

4

Hi
I have the same problem, it seems that there are some problems with drivers for Nvidia.

1024×699 207 KB

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Hi,

KDE compositing is set to OpenGL. The same results occur in with or without adding nomodeset to GRUB2 via the YaST bootloader module.

Here is my Xorg log:

SUSE Paste

Could this line be the problem?:

(EE) open /dev/dri/card0: No such file or directory

Thanks

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Same here, no direct rendering. Currently using nvidia driver 310.40, KDE desktop effect however is working under openGL. Tried to upgrade the driver into 313.26, but I am not able to login into KDE.

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Fix

Add your user to the ‘video’ group.

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yup, mine is working now rotfl!

thanks

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  1. adding nomodeset in the kernel boot option

today with 12.2 and 12.3 (previous ,) it is not necessary

because kernel video mode setting is disabled in initrd when installing a nvidia driver using one click or yast (other method ?)

you can check it with the system tool “etc sysconfig editor”. go to “kernel” then check that NO_KMS_IN_INITRD = yes

  1. it is not normal to put a user in “video” group.

today with edev you belong or not to a group dynamically just during the time you must. it’s a kind of security feature.

to belong statically to “video” group is a workaround.

i assume there is a bug around udev and user rights

i am going to fill a bug report

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i filled a bug report

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=809783

there are several bug report around different pb; they all are around a right user pb

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Thanks for posting that.

You bug report has been marked as a duplicate of this one:

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=808319

It makes wonderful Educational reading for a Sunday morning. It looks like all of us nvidia users have to add ourselves to the video group for the time being.

Hugh

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This is what happened in the past by default anyway. Or you can probably edit /etc/modprobe.d/50-nvidia.conf and simply set NVreg_DeviceFileMode to 0666.

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Hi there,

I have looked hi and low and can not find the answer. Could one of you please tell me just what ‘pb’ is??? The definitions that I have found don’t seem to apply. Possibly after one of you tell me I’ll get a flatter forehead from the ‘hit’ -but- right now I just can not come up with a definition.

Thanks in advance -and- thanks for all the info in these pages -and- the Bug Reports.

Take care,
Chuck

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On 03/19/2013 05:26 PM, chucktr wrote:
> Possibly after one of you tell me I’ll get a
> flatter forehead from the ‘hit’ -but- right now I just can not come up
> with a definition.

no, do not flatten your forehead…unless you also go to and flaten
the forehead of the person who used it and expected everyone, from
everywhere on earth, to understand that s/he types ‘pb’ when problem
should be typed…

i mean, why not use

pr
po
pl
pe
pm

each is just as ‘right’ (or wrong) as ‘pb’

idkwfds!

–
dd

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Thanks for the quickness dd,

I had suspected that 'pb'  "might" have stood fro "problem" -but- I have never seen it abbreviated that way.  It is used in the same context as a bunch of others on the Web and I really don't think that they mean problem -but- for now we will take that answer.

Thanks,
Chuck