Well, it’s finally here from China. My new NVidia:
AGP 8X GeForce EVGA 6200 4X 8X 256 MB Video Graphic Card
and I need to configure it for the present system which has the mga driver for my Matrox Marvel G550 video adapter.
Can anyone give a suggestion as to how to go about accomplishing this? Should I turn off the machine, insert the new video adapter and boot to the Live Version of 13.1 and perform an upgrade install, or what?
Thanks for any help.
No, that’s not necessary. (you can’t do an upgrade install with the Live Version btw)
Just replace the card, and your system should autmatically load the correct driver for the new card.
But, if you have an /etc/X11/xorg.conf explicitely specifying the mga driver, you should remove that first. Otherwise X will not start.
If you have problems with booting, just select “Recovery Mode” under “Advanced Settings” in the boot menu.
I have no idea how well the default (and opes source) nouveau works with this card though.
You might want to install the proprietary nvidia driver (to get the best performance), but you can do this after you changed the card.
For the GeForce 6200 you need the G02 driver, that’s the second 1-click install here:
SDB:NVIDIA drivers - openSUSE
Well, the saga continues. No problems, just a report of what happened. The system determined the card upon reboot and downloaded drivers afterward. This process installed successfully. Then I utilized the One-Click you mentioned and installed those drivers where I notice a perceptible change in the font (it increased in size) and am deciding to go a few days to see how things have changed.
Would you know if the hardware acceleration is active now? This was the primary reason for upgrading but don’t know how to test to see if I’ve been successful in this task. Thanks again.
Install the package “Mesa-demo-x” (if it is not installed already) and look at the output of:
glxinfo | grep render
And/or have a look in /var/log/Xorg.0.log.
Maybe post both if you want advice.
linux-uc1g:/home/charles # glxinfo | grep render
Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":0".
Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":0".
Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":0".
Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":0".
Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":0".
Error: couldn't find RGB GLX visual or fbconfig
Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":0".
Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":0".
Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":0".
Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":0".
Error: couldn't find RGB GLX visual or fbconfig
Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":0".
Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":0".
Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":0".
Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":0".
Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":0".
linux-uc1g:/home/charles #
44.998]
This is a pre-release version of the X server from The X.Org Foundation.
It is not supported in any way.
Bugs may be filed in the bugzilla at http://bugs.freedesktop.org/.
Select the "xorg" product for bugs you find in this release.
Before reporting bugs in pre-release versions please check the
latest version in the X.Org Foundation git repository.
See http://wiki.x.org/wiki/GitPage for git access instructions.
44.998]
X.Org X Server 1.14.3.901 (1.14.4 RC 1)
Release Date: 2013-10-26
44.998] X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0
44.998] Build Operating System: openSUSE SUSE LINUX
44.998] Current Operating System: Linux linux-uc1g 3.11.6-4-desktop #1 SMP PREEMPT Wed Oct 30 18:04:56 UTC 2013 (e6d4a27) i686
44.998] Kernel command line: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.11.6-4-desktop root=UUID=a8b942c7-9d25-481a-92ee-112c58b1b145 resume=/dev/disk/by-id/ata-WDC_WD3200AAJB-00J3A0_WD-WMAV2JV90478-part1 splash=silent quiet showopts
44.998] Build Date: 19 December 2013 01:40:15PM
44.998]
44.998] Current version of pixman: 0.30.2
44.998] Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.x.org
to make sure that you have the latest version.
44.998] Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting,
(++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational,
(WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
44.998] (==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.0.log", Time: Fri Dec 27 13:23:19 2013
44.999] (==) Using config directory: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf.d"
44.999] (==) Using system config directory "/usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d"
45.002] (==) No Layout section. Using the first Screen section.
45.002] (==) No screen section available. Using defaults.
45.002] (**) |-->Screen "Default Screen Section" (0)
45.002] (**) | |-->Monitor "<default monitor>"
45.004] (==) No monitor specified for screen "Default Screen Section".
Using a default monitor configuration.
45.004] (==) Automatically adding devices
45.004] (==) Automatically enabling devices
45.004] (==) Automatically adding GPU devices
45.004] (WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/misc/sgi" does not exist.
45.004] Entry deleted from font path.
45.004] (==) FontPath set to:
/usr/share/fonts/misc:unscaled,
/usr/share/fonts/Type1/,
/usr/share/fonts/100dpi:unscaled,
/usr/share/fonts/75dpi:unscaled,
/usr/share/fonts/ghostscript/,
/usr/share/fonts/cyrillic:unscaled,
/usr/share/fonts/truetype/,
built-ins
45.004] (==) ModulePath set to "/usr/lib/xorg/modules/updates,/usr/lib/xorg/modules"
45.004] (II) The server relies on udev to provide the list of input devices.
If no devices become available, reconfigure udev or disable AutoAddDevices.
45.004] (II) Loader magic: 0x8260620
45.004] (II) Module ABI versions:
45.004] X.Org ANSI C Emulation: 0.4
45.004] X.Org Video Driver: 14.1
45.004] X.Org XInput driver : 19.1
45.004] X.Org Server Extension : 7.0
45.009] (--) PCI:*(0:1:0:0) 10de:0221:3842:a401 rev 161, Mem @ 0xe8000000/16777216, 0xd0000000/268435456, 0xe9000000/16777216, BIOS @ 0x????????/131072
45.009] Initializing built-in extension Generic Event Extension
45.009] Initializing built-in extension SHAPE
45.009] Initializing built-in extension MIT-SHM
45.010] Initializing built-in extension XInputExtension
45.010] Initializing built-in extension XTEST
45.010] Initializing built-in extension BIG-REQUESTS
45.010] Initializing built-in extension SYNC
45.010] Initializing built-in extension XKEYBOARD
45.010] Initializing built-in extension XC-MISC
45.010] Initializing built-in extension SECURITY
45.010] Initializing built-in extension XINERAMA
45.010] Initializing built-in extension XFIXES
45.010] Initializing built-in extension RENDER
45.010] Initializing built-in extension RANDR
45.010] Initializing built-in extension COMPOSITE
45.010] Initializing built-in extension DAMAGE
45.010] Initializing built-in extension MIT-SCREEN-SAVER
45.010] Initializing built-in extension DOUBLE-BUFFER
45.010] Initializing built-in extension RECORD
45.010] Initializing built-in extension DPMS
45.010] Initializing built-in extension X-Resource
45.010] Initializing built-in extension XVideo
45.010] Initializing built-in extension XVideo-MotionCompensation
45.010] Initializing built-in extension XFree86-VidModeExtension
45.010] Initializing built-in extension XFree86-DGA
45.010] Initializing built-in extension XFree86-DRI
45.010] Initializing built-in extension DRI2
45.010] (II) LoadModule: "glx"
45.042] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/updates/extensions/libglx.so
45.728] (II) Module glx: vendor="NVIDIA Corporation"
45.728] compiled for 4.0.2, module version = 1.0.0
45.728] Module class: X.Org Server Extension
45.728] (II) NVIDIA GLX Module 304.108 Wed Jul 31 20:27:22 PDT 2013
45.728] Loading extension GLX
45.728] (==) Matched nvidia as autoconfigured driver 0
45.728] (==) Matched nouveau as autoconfigured driver 1
45.728] (==) Matched nv as autoconfigured driver 2
45.728] (==) Matched modesetting as autoconfigured driver 3
45.728] (==) Matched fbdev as autoconfigured driver 4
45.728] (==) Matched vesa as autoconfigured driver 5
45.728] (==) Assigned the driver to the xf86ConfigLayout
45.728] (II) LoadModule: "nvidia"
45.745] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/updates/drivers/nvidia_drv.so
45.809] (II) Module nvidia: vendor="NVIDIA Corporation"
45.809] compiled for 4.0.2, module version = 1.0.0
45.809] Module class: X.Org Video Driver
45.829] (EE) NVIDIA: Failed to load the NVIDIA kernel module. Please check your
45.829] (EE) NVIDIA: system's kernel log for additional error messages.
45.829] (II) UnloadModule: "nvidia"
45.829] (II) Unloading nvidia
45.830] (EE) Failed to load module "nvidia" (module-specific error, 0)
45.830] (II) LoadModule: "nouveau"
45.840] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/nouveau_drv.so
45.841] (II) Module nouveau: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
45.841] compiled for 1.14.3, module version = 1.0.9
45.841] Module class: X.Org Video Driver
45.841] ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 14.1
45.841] (II) LoadModule: "nv"
45.842] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/nv_drv.so
45.843] (II) Module nv: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
45.843] compiled for 1.14.3, module version = 2.1.20
45.843] Module class: X.Org Video Driver
45.843] ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 14.1
45.843] (II) LoadModule: "modesetting"
45.844] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/modesetting_drv.so
45.844] (II) Module modesetting: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
45.844] compiled for 1.14.3, module version = 0.8.0
45.844] Module class: X.Org Video Driver
45.844] ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 14.1
45.844] (II) LoadModule: "fbdev"
45.846] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/fbdev_drv.so
45.846] (II) Module fbdev: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
45.846] compiled for 1.14.3, module version = 0.4.3
45.846] Module class: X.Org Video Driver
45.846] ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 14.1
45.846] (II) LoadModule: "vesa"
45.847] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/vesa_drv.so
45.848] (II) Module vesa: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
45.848] compiled for 1.14.3, module version = 2.3.3
45.848] Module class: X.Org Video Driver
45.848] ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 14.1
45.848] (II) NOUVEAU driver
45.848] (II) NOUVEAU driver for NVIDIA chipset families :
45.848] RIVA TNT (NV04)
45.848] RIVA TNT2 (NV05)
45.848] GeForce 256 (NV10)
45.848] GeForce 2 (NV11, NV15)
45.848] GeForce 4MX (NV17, NV18)
45.848] GeForce 3 (NV20)
45.848] GeForce 4Ti (NV25, NV28)
45.848] GeForce FX (NV3x)
45.848] GeForce 6 (NV4x)
45.848] GeForce 7 (G7x)
45.848] GeForce 8 (G8x)
45.848] GeForce GTX 200 (NVA0)
45.848] GeForce GTX 400 (NVC0)
45.848] (II) NOUVEAU driver
45.848] (II) NOUVEAU driver for NVIDIA chipset families :
45.848] RIVA TNT (NV04)
45.848] RIVA TNT2 (NV05)
45.848] GeForce 256 (NV10)
45.848] GeForce 2 (NV11, NV15)
45.848] GeForce 4MX (NV17, NV18)
45.848] GeForce 3 (NV20)
45.849] GeForce 4Ti (NV25, NV28)
45.849] GeForce FX (NV3x)
45.849] GeForce 6 (NV4x)
45.849] GeForce 7 (G7x)
45.849] GeForce 8 (G8x)
45.849] GeForce GTX 200 (NVA0)
45.849] GeForce GTX 400 (NVC0)
45.849] (II) modesetting: Driver for Modesetting Kernel Drivers: kms
45.849] (II) FBDEV: driver for framebuffer: fbdev
45.849] (II) VESA: driver for VESA chipsets: vesa
45.849] (++) using VT number 7
Continued in next message:
45.849] (EE) [drm] KMS not enabled
45.849] (EE) [drm] KMS not enabled
45.849] (EE) open /dev/dri/card0: No such file or directory
45.849] (WW) Falling back to old probe method for modesetting
45.849] (EE) open /dev/dri/card0: No such file or directory
45.849] (II) Loading sub module "fbdevhw"
45.849] (II) LoadModule: "fbdevhw"
45.850] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/libfbdevhw.so
45.850] (II) Module fbdevhw: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
45.850] compiled for 1.14.3.901, module version = 0.0.2
45.850] ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 14.1
45.850] (**) FBDEV(1): claimed PCI slot 1@0:0:0
45.850] (II) FBDEV(1): using default device
45.850] (WW) Falling back to old probe method for vesa
45.850] (EE) Screen 0 deleted because of no matching config section.
45.850] (II) UnloadModule: "modesetting"
45.850] (II) FBDEV(0): Creating default Display subsection in Screen section
"Default Screen Section" for depth/fbbpp 24/32
45.850] (==) FBDEV(0): Depth 24, (==) framebuffer bpp 32
45.850] (==) FBDEV(0): RGB weight 888
45.850] (==) FBDEV(0): Default visual is TrueColor
45.850] (==) FBDEV(0): Using gamma correction (1.0, 1.0, 1.0)
45.850] (II) FBDEV(0): hardware: VESA VGA (video memory: 5120kB)
45.850] (II) FBDEV(0): checking modes against framebuffer device...
45.850] (II) FBDEV(0): checking modes against monitor...
45.851] (--) FBDEV(0): Virtual size is 1280x1024 (pitch 1280)
45.851] (**) FBDEV(0): Built-in mode "current": 131.1 MHz, 80.3 kHz, 76.6 Hz
45.851] (II) FBDEV(0): Modeline "current"x0.0 131.09 1280 1312 1472 1632 1024 1028 1032 1048 -hsync -vsync -csync (80.3 kHz b)
45.851] (==) FBDEV(0): DPI set to (96, 96)
45.851] (II) Loading sub module "fb"
45.851] (II) LoadModule: "fb"
45.852] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/libfb.so
45.853] (II) Module fb: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
45.853] compiled for 1.14.3.901, module version = 1.0.0
45.853] ABI class: X.Org ANSI C Emulation, version 0.4
45.853] (**) FBDEV(0): using shadow framebuffer
45.853] (II) Loading sub module "shadow"
45.853] (II) LoadModule: "shadow"
45.854] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/libshadow.so
45.862] (II) Module shadow: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
45.862] compiled for 1.14.3.901, module version = 1.1.0
45.862] ABI class: X.Org ANSI C Emulation, version 0.4
45.862] (II) UnloadModule: "vesa"
45.862] (II) Unloading vesa
45.862] (==) Depth 24 pixmap format is 32 bpp
45.862] (II) FBDEV(0): FBIOBLANK: Invalid argument (Screen blanking not supported by vesafb of Linux Kernel)
45.862] (==) FBDEV(0): Backing store disabled
45.863] (==) FBDEV(0): DPMS enabled
45.863] (==) RandR enabled
45.887] (EE) Failed to initialize GLX extension (Compatible NVIDIA X driver not found)
46.003] (II) config/udev: Adding input device Power Button (/dev/input/event5)
46.004] (**) Power Button: Applying InputClass "evdev keyboard catchall"
46.004] (**) Power Button: Applying InputClass "evdev keyboard catchall"
46.004] (**) Power Button: Applying InputClass "LocalKeyboard"
46.004] (II) LoadModule: "evdev"
46.006] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/input/evdev_drv.so
46.007] (II) Module evdev: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
46.007] compiled for 1.14.3, module version = 2.8.2
46.007] Module class: X.Org XInput Driver
46.007] ABI class: X.Org XInput driver, version 19.1
46.007] (II) Using input driver 'evdev' for 'Power Button'
46.007] (**) Power Button: always reports core events
46.007] (**) evdev: Power Button: Device: "/dev/input/event5"
46.007] (--) evdev: Power Button: Vendor 0 Product 0x1
46.007] (--) evdev: Power Button: Found keys
46.007] (II) evdev: Power Button: Configuring as keyboard
46.007] (**) Option "config_info" "udev:/sys/devices/LNXSYSTM:00/LNXPWRBN:00/input/input5/event5"
46.007] (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "Power Button" (type: KEYBOARD, id 6)
46.007] (**) Option "xkb_rules" "evdev"
46.007] (**) Option "xkb_model" "pc104"
46.007] (**) Option "xkb_layout" "us"
46.053] (II) config/udev: Adding input device Power Button (/dev/input/event3)
46.053] (**) Power Button: Applying InputClass "evdev keyboard catchall"
46.053] (**) Power Button: Applying InputClass "evdev keyboard catchall"
46.053] (**) Power Button: Applying InputClass "LocalKeyboard"
46.053] (II) Using input driver 'evdev' for 'Power Button'
46.053] (**) Power Button: always reports core events
46.053] (**) evdev: Power Button: Device: "/dev/input/event3"
46.053] (--) evdev: Power Button: Vendor 0 Product 0x1
46.053] (--) evdev: Power Button: Found keys
46.053] (II) evdev: Power Button: Configuring as keyboard
46.053] (**) Option "config_info" "udev:/sys/devices/LNXSYSTM:00/device:00/PNP0C0C:00/input/input3/event3"
46.053] (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "Power Button" (type: KEYBOARD, id 7)
46.053] (**) Option "xkb_rules" "evdev"
46.053] (**) Option "xkb_model" "pc104"
46.053] (**) Option "xkb_layout" "us"
46.054] (II) config/udev: Adding input device Sleep Button (/dev/input/event4)
46.054] (**) Sleep Button: Applying InputClass "evdev keyboard catchall"
46.054] (**) Sleep Button: Applying InputClass "evdev keyboard catchall"
46.054] (**) Sleep Button: Applying InputClass "LocalKeyboard"
46.054] (II) Using input driver 'evdev' for 'Sleep Button'
46.054] (**) Sleep Button: always reports core events
46.054] (**) evdev: Sleep Button: Device: "/dev/input/event4"
46.054] (--) evdev: Sleep Button: Vendor 0 Product 0x3
46.054] (--) evdev: Sleep Button: Found keys
46.054] (II) evdev: Sleep Button: Configuring as keyboard
46.054] (**) Option "config_info" "udev:/sys/devices/LNXSYSTM:00/device:00/PNP0C0E:00/input/input4/event4"
46.054] (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "Sleep Button" (type: KEYBOARD, id 8)
46.054] (**) Option "xkb_rules" "evdev"
46.055] (**) Option "xkb_model" "pc104"
46.055] (**) Option "xkb_layout" "us"
46.055] (II) config/udev: Adding input device Logitech Logitech USB Keyboard (/dev/input/event0)
46.055] (**) Logitech Logitech USB Keyboard: Applying InputClass "evdev keyboard catchall"
46.055] (**) Logitech Logitech USB Keyboard: Applying InputClass "evdev keyboard catchall"
46.055] (**) Logitech Logitech USB Keyboard: Applying InputClass "LocalKeyboard"
46.056] (II) Using input driver 'evdev' for 'Logitech Logitech USB Keyboard'
46.056] (**) Logitech Logitech USB Keyboard: always reports core events
46.056] (**) evdev: Logitech Logitech USB Keyboard: Device: "/dev/input/event0"
46.056] (--) evdev: Logitech Logitech USB Keyboard: Vendor 0x46d Product 0xc30a
46.056] (--) evdev: Logitech Logitech USB Keyboard: Found keys
46.056] (II) evdev: Logitech Logitech USB Keyboard: Configuring as keyboard
46.056] (**) Option "config_info" "udev:/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:10.0/usb4/4-1/4-1:1.0/input/input0/event0"
46.056] (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "Logitech Logitech USB Keyboard" (type: KEYBOARD, id 9)
46.056] (**) Option "xkb_rules" "evdev"
46.056] (**) Option "xkb_model" "pc104"
46.056] (**) Option "xkb_layout" "us"
46.057] (II) config/udev: Adding input device Logitech Logitech USB Keyboard (/dev/input/event1)
46.057] (**) Logitech Logitech USB Keyboard: Applying InputClass "evdev pointer catchall"
46.057] (**) Logitech Logitech USB Keyboard: Applying InputClass "evdev keyboard catchall"
46.057] (**) Logitech Logitech USB Keyboard: Applying InputClass "evdev pointer catchall"
46.057] (**) Logitech Logitech USB Keyboard: Applying InputClass "evdev keyboard catchall"
46.057] (**) Logitech Logitech USB Keyboard: Applying InputClass "LocalKeyboard"
46.057] (II) Using input driver 'evdev' for 'Logitech Logitech USB Keyboard'
46.057] (**) Logitech Logitech USB Keyboard: always reports core events
46.057] (**) evdev: Logitech Logitech USB Keyboard: Device: "/dev/input/event1"
46.057] (--) evdev: Logitech Logitech USB Keyboard: Vendor 0x46d Product 0xc30a
46.057] (--) evdev: Logitech Logitech USB Keyboard: Found 20 mouse buttons
46.057] (--) evdev: Logitech Logitech USB Keyboard: Found scroll wheel(s)
46.057] (--) evdev: Logitech Logitech USB Keyboard: Found relative axes
46.057] (--) evdev: Logitech Logitech USB Keyboard: Found x and y relative axes
46.057] (--) evdev: Logitech Logitech USB Keyboard: Found keys
46.057] (II) evdev: Logitech Logitech USB Keyboard: Configuring as mouse
46.057] (II) evdev: Logitech Logitech USB Keyboard: Configuring as keyboard
46.057] (II) evdev: Logitech Logitech USB Keyboard: Adding scrollwheel support
46.057] (**) evdev: Logitech Logitech USB Keyboard: YAxisMapping: buttons 4 and 5
46.057] (**) evdev: Logitech Logitech USB Keyboard: EmulateWheelButton: 4, EmulateWheelInertia: 10, EmulateWheelTimeout: 200
46.057] (**) Option "config_info" "udev:/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:10.0/usb4/4-1/4-1:1.1/input/input1/event1"
46.057] (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "Logitech Logitech USB Keyboard" (type: KEYBOARD, id 10)
46.057] (**) Option "xkb_rules" "evdev"
46.057] (**) Option "xkb_model" "pc104"
46.057] (**) Option "xkb_layout" "us"
46.058] (II) evdev: Logitech Logitech USB Keyboard: initialized for relative axes.
46.058] (**) Logitech Logitech USB Keyboard: (accel) keeping acceleration scheme 1
46.058] (**) Logitech Logitech USB Keyboard: (accel) acceleration profile 0
46.058] (**) Logitech Logitech USB Keyboard: (accel) acceleration factor: 2.000
46.058] (**) Logitech Logitech USB Keyboard: (accel) acceleration threshold: 4
46.058] (II) config/udev: Adding input device Logitech Logitech USB Keyboard (/dev/input/js0)
46.058] (**) Logitech Logitech USB Keyboard: Applying InputClass "LocalKeyboard"
46.059] (II) No input driver specified, ignoring this device.
46.059] (II) This device may have been added with another device file.
46.059] (II) config/udev: Adding input device Logitech Logitech USB Keyboard (/dev/input/mouse0)
46.059] (**) Logitech Logitech USB Keyboard: Applying InputClass "LocalKeyboard"
46.059] (II) No input driver specified, ignoring this device.
46.059] (II) This device may have been added with another device file.
46.059] (II) config/udev: Adding input device USB Optical Mouse (/dev/input/event2)
46.059] (**) USB Optical Mouse: Applying InputClass "evdev pointer catchall"
46.059] (**) USB Optical Mouse: Applying InputClass "evdev pointer catchall"
46.059] (II) Using input driver 'evdev' for 'USB Optical Mouse'
46.059] (**) USB Optical Mouse: always reports core events
46.059] (**) evdev: USB Optical Mouse: Device: "/dev/input/event2"
46.059] (--) evdev: USB Optical Mouse: Vendor 0x461 Product 0x4d0f
46.059] (--) evdev: USB Optical Mouse: Found 3 mouse buttons
46.060] (--) evdev: USB Optical Mouse: Found scroll wheel(s)
46.060] (--) evdev: USB Optical Mouse: Found relative axes
46.060] (--) evdev: USB Optical Mouse: Found x and y relative axes
46.060] (II) evdev: USB Optical Mouse: Configuring as mouse
46.060] (II) evdev: USB Optical Mouse: Adding scrollwheel support
46.060] (**) evdev: USB Optical Mouse: YAxisMapping: buttons 4 and 5
46.060] (**) evdev: USB Optical Mouse: EmulateWheelButton: 4, EmulateWheelInertia: 10, EmulateWheelTimeout: 200
46.060] (**) Option "config_info" "udev:/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:10.0/usb4/4-2/4-2:1.0/input/input2/event2"
46.060] (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "USB Optical Mouse" (type: MOUSE, id 11)
46.060] (II) evdev: USB Optical Mouse: initialized for relative axes.
46.060] (**) USB Optical Mouse: (accel) keeping acceleration scheme 1
46.060] (**) USB Optical Mouse: (accel) acceleration profile 0
46.060] (**) USB Optical Mouse: (accel) acceleration factor: 2.000
46.060] (**) USB Optical Mouse: (accel) acceleration threshold: 4
46.060] (II) config/udev: Adding input device USB Optical Mouse (/dev/input/mouse1)
46.061] (II) No input driver specified, ignoring this device.
46.061] (II) This device may have been added with another device file.
46.061] (II) config/udev: Adding input device PC Speaker (/dev/input/event6)
46.061] (II) No input driver specified, ignoring this device.
46.061] (II) This device may have been added with another device file.
46.068] (II) FBDEV(0): FBIOBLANK: Invalid argument (Screen blanking not supported by vesafb of Linux Kernel)
55.416] (II) FBDEV(0): FBIOBLANK: Invalid argument (Screen blanking not supported by vesafb of Linux Kernel)
55.416] (II) FBDEV(0): FBIOBLANK: Invalid argument (Screen blanking not supported by vesafb of Linux Kernel)
55.488] (II) FBDEV(0): FBIOBLANK: Invalid argument (Screen blanking not supported by vesafb of Linux Kernel)
2996.435] (II) FBDEV(0): FBIOBLANK: Invalid argument (Screen blanking not supported by vesafb of Linux Kernel)
2996.435] (II) FBDEV(0): FBIOBLANK: Invalid argument (Screen blanking not supported by vesafb of Linux Kernel)
2996.464] (II) FBDEV(0): FBIOBLANK: Invalid argument (Screen blanking not supported by vesafb of Linux Kernel)
3254.470] (II) FBDEV(0): FBIOBLANK: Invalid argument (Screen blanking not supported by vesafb of Linux Kernel)
3254.470] (II) FBDEV(0): FBIOBLANK: Invalid argument (Screen blanking not supported by vesafb of Linux Kernel)
Didn’t know how much of it was necessary for analysis. Sorry.
Well, your system uses the fbdev driver, not nvidia, that’s why the fonts are so big…
Here’s the error:
Could you please post which nvidia rpms you have installed?
rpm -qa | grep nvidia
linux-uc1g:/home/charles # rpm -qa | grep nvidia
nvidia-gfxG02-kmp-default-304.108_k3.11.6_4-31.2.i586
x11-video-nvidiaG02-304.108-32.1.i586
nvidia-computeG02-304.108-32.1.i586
linux-uc1g:/home/charles #
For some reason the wrong kernel module was installed. You are using kernel-desktop, so you need nvidia-gfxG02-kmp-desktop.
So enter YaST->Software Management, select “nvidia-gfxG02-kmp-desktop” for installation and select “nvidia-gfxG02-kmp-default” (and “kernel-default” as well, that has been installed as well I guess) to uninstall.
Or type the following into a terminal window:
sudo zypper rm nvidia-gfxG02-kmp-default kernel-default +nvidia-gfxG02-kmp-desktop
Got that done.
linux-uc1g:/home/charles # rpm -qa | grep nvidia
x11-video-nvidiaG02-304.108-32.1.i586
nvidia-computeG02-304.108-32.1.i586
nvidia-gfxG02-kmp-desktop-304.108_k3.11.6_4-31.2.i586
linux-uc1g:/home/charles #
Does this look proper?
Yes, this looks fine now.
After a reboot the system should use the nvidia driver then.
Again, run “glxinfo | grep render” to verify.
linux-uc1g:/home/charles # glxinfo | grep render
direct rendering: Yes
OpenGL renderer string: GeForce 6200/AGP/SSE/3DNOW!
GL_KTX_buffer_region, GL_NVX_conditional_render,
GL_OES_fbo_render_mipmap, GL_OES_get_program_binary, GL_OES_mapbuffer,
linux-uc1g:/home/charles #
This seems to be right but I don’t know for sure.
Yes, that looks good. 
Tomorrow, I think if not tonight, I’m off to resetting my TCP/IP stack because of an issue with streaming media halting and staccato stuttering. May be a buffering issue but I don’t think so. I’ll open another thread soon. Thanks for all that you do!
On Fri, 27 Dec 2013 23:16:02 GMT, chuckenheimer
<chuckenheimer@no-mx.forums.opensuse.org> wrote:
>
>Tomorrow, I think if not tonight, I’m off to resetting my TCP/IP stack
>because of an issue with streaming media halting and staccato
>stuttering. May be a buffering issue but I don’t think so. I’ll open
>another thread soon. Thanks for all that you do!
All things being equal, i prefer to run glxgears as a check of 3d
acceleration. You should get within 20% of the expected values for your
card and CPU.
?-)
Running glxgears brought me an image with 3 rotating gears only. No values whatever? Did I do things properly? Thanks!
If you run glxgears in a terminal window, it should output the FPS rate it achieved, something like this:
wolfi@amiga:~/Desktop> glxgears
Running synchronized to the vertical refresh. The framerate should be
approximately the same as the monitor refresh rate.
296 frames in 5.0 seconds = 59.192 FPS
274 frames in 5.0 seconds = 54.663 FPS
290 frames in 5.0 seconds = 57.822 FPS
301 frames in 5.0 seconds = 60.018 FPS
Please note that by default the maximum framerate is limited by the monitor refresh rate (i.e. 60 FPS in my case) like the message says.
To have it run with maximum framerate, do this:
wolfi@amiga:~/Desktop> vblank_mode=0 glxgears
ATTENTION: default value of option vblank_mode overridden by environment.
7435 frames in 5.0 seconds = 1486.971 FPS
7975 frames in 5.0 seconds = 1594.641 FPS
8161 frames in 5.0 seconds = 1632.121 FPS
8063 frames in 5.0 seconds = 1612.457 FPS
Mine was a bit different with the vblank_mode=0 environment. It didn’t seem to take. Hmm.
charles@linux-uc1g:~/Desktop> glxgears
Running synchronized to the vertical refresh. The framerate should be
approximately the same as the monitor refresh rate.
300 frames in 5.0 seconds = 59.927 FPS
299 frames in 5.0 seconds = 59.784 FPS
299 frames in 5.0 seconds = 59.783 FPS
299 frames in 5.0 seconds = 59.783 FPS
299 frames in 5.0 seconds = 59.783 FPS
299 frames in 5.0 seconds = 59.784 FPS
299 frames in 5.0 seconds = 59.784 FPS
298 frames in 5.0 seconds = 59.584 FPS
295 frames in 5.0 seconds = 58.983 FPS
^C
charles@linux-uc1g:~/Desktop> vblank_mode=0 glxgears
Running synchronized to the vertical refresh. The framerate should be
approximately the same as the monitor refresh rate.
299 frames in 5.0 seconds = 59.797 FPS
299 frames in 5.0 seconds = 59.780 FPS
299 frames in 5.0 seconds = 59.788 FPS
299 frames in 5.0 seconds = 59.783 FPS
299 frames in 5.0 seconds = 59.784 FPS
299 frames in 5.0 seconds = 59.784 FPS
299 frames in 5.0 seconds = 59.784 FPS
^C
charles@linux-uc1g:~/Desktop> vblank_mode=0 glxgears
Running synchronized to the vertical refresh. The framerate should be
approximately the same as the monitor refresh rate.
301 frames in 5.0 seconds = 60.027 FPS
^C
charles@linux-uc1g:~/Desktop>
Seems I may have done something wrong again.
Well, in your case, “sync to VBlank” seems to be active in the nvidia driver then.
See here for a possible way to turn that off:
linux - Disable vertical sync for glxgears - Stack Overflow
For Nvidia graphics, the the proprietary Nvidia driver:
$ echo "0/SyncToVBlank=0" >> ~/.nvidia-settings-rc
(or uncheck the nvidia-settings option at X Screen 0 / OpenGL Settings / Sync to VBlank)
charles@linux-uc1g:~> echo "0/SyncToVBlank=0" >> ~/.nvidia-settings-rc
charles@linux-uc1g:~> glxgears
Running synchronized to the vertical refresh. The framerate should be
approximately the same as the monitor refresh rate.
301 frames in 5.0 seconds = 60.138 FPS
300 frames in 5.0 seconds = 59.813 FPS
299 frames in 5.0 seconds = 59.782 FPS
XIO: fatal IO error 11 (Resource temporarily unavailable) on X server ":0"
after 45 requests (45 known processed) with 0 events remaining.
charles@linux-uc1g:~>
Something isn’t right, I know it. I didn’t fully understand the instructions as given. Sorry.