[linux-audio-user] [OT] Getting Nvidia drivers to work with CCRMA

[Tim Howard]

On 12/18/06, Lee Revell <rlrevell at joe-job.com> wrote:
> > > Now that I look at the contents of the FC5 distro, I see that there
> > is
> > > a "xorg-x11-drv-ati-6.5.7.3-4.i3..>" RPM, which I'm guessing would
> > > contain the DRI module that I need?
> > >
> > > -TimH
> > >
> >
> > No, I think DRI is part of the kernel. I compile it as a module and
> > then load it as 'drm'. See my other post for the two Xorg-X11 drivers
> > in use on AMD64 with multiple sound cards.
> >
>
> You need both for DRI to work - a kernel module and a userspace X11
> driver.  On my system the kernel module is "via":
>
> via                    41568  1
> drm                    62356  2 via
> via_agp                 9088  1
> agpgart                29744  2 drm,via_agp
>
> And the X driver is "via_drv.so":
>
> /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/via_drv.so
>
> If the X server is properly configured, the kernel modules will
> automatically be loaded when X starts.  Check Xorg logs.
>
> Lee
>

OK, my Xorg log shows this:

(II) LoadModule: "dri"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libdri.so
(II) Module dri: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
	compiled for 7.0.0, module version = 1.0.0
	ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 0.2
(II) Loading sub module "drm"
(II) LoadModule: "drm"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/linux/libdrm.so
(II) Module drm: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
	compiled for 7.0.0, module version = 1.0.0
	ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 0.2
(II) Loading extension XFree86-DRI
(II) LoadModule: "radeon"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/radeon_drv.so
(II) Module radeon: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
	compiled for 7.0.0, module version = 4.0.3
	Module class: X.Org Video Driver
	ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 0.8
(II) LoadModule: "ati"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/ati_drv.so
(II) Module ati: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
	compiled for 7.0.0, module version = 6.5.7
	Module class: X.Org Video Driver
	ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 0.8


Also, glxinfo tells me that direct rendering is working.

So now I think everything has been working fine, I just have the
open-source drivers instead of the binary only, which I'm hearing
makes 3D rendering a bit slower.

That's OK though, since I'm not much into 3D gaming with my audio workstation...

Thank you all for your help on this!

Cheers,
-TimH