Nvidia support

[brad allison]

On Fri, 17 May 2002, Bill Fink wrote:

> On Thu, 16 May 2002, Bill Fink wrote:
> 
> > On Thu, 16 May 2002, brad allison wrote:
> > 
> > > On Thu, 16 May 2002, Bill Fink wrote:
> > > 
> > > > HOWTO For Setting Up Accelerated X using NVIDIA Graphics Cards on YDL
> > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------
> > > > 
> > > > 1.  Get a very recent Linux kernel.  I recommend the 2.4.19-pre8-ben0
> > > >     kernel.
> > > 
> > > [jackal@isis jackal]$ uname --release
> > > 2.4.18-0.9a
> > 
> > I'd really recommend using the 2.4.19-pre8-ben0 kernel, which you can
> > rsync from rsync.penguinppc.org.  The standard 2.4.18 kernel doesn't have
> > Ani Joshi's riva PPC patch. so be sure you *DO NOT* have CONFIG_FB_RIVA
> > enabled in the kernel.  Failure to do say may very well cause your
> > system to crash when you try to use the accelerated "nv" X driver.
> 
> Well I just checked and the YDL 2.2 2.4.18 kernel does have Ani Joshi's
> riva PPC patch, but it also has CONFIG_FB_RIVA enabled in the kernel.
> I am unable to test the YDL 2.2 2.4.18 kernel since it won't boot on the
> 867 MHz G4.  Since others have reported that just using the "novideo"
> yaboot option doesn't work with the YDL 2.2 2.4.18 kernel, if you want
> to use that kernel, you'll need to rebuild the kernel with CONFIG_FB_RIVA
> disabled.  But I still believe your best bet is to rsync the latest BenH
> 2.4.19-pre8-ben0 kernel from rsync.penguinppc.org, and that's what I
> highly recommend if you want to get the accelerated "nv" X driver to
> work with NVIDIA graphics cards on YDL.


I tested Ben's kernel 2.4.19-pre8-ben0.  It booted fine with the novideo 
option in yaboot.conf.

When I changed the driver in /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 to Driver "nv" and did 
a "startx" the box locks up.

-b

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