[Mageia-discuss] Please help testing nvidia on Mageia 2 with older cards

[blind Pete]

Claire Robinson wrote:

> On 23/03/13 05:51, blind Pete wrote:
>> Claire Robinson wrote:
>> 
>>> Hi
>>>
>>> If you have any of the older nvidia cards listed here:
>>> https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=7902#c31
>> 
>> Really old hardware:  GF2 MX/MX 400
>>  
>>> Could you please help by testing an update candidate for ldetect-lst and
>>> the two older drivers. Update ldetect-lst can be found in Core Updates
>>> Testing and the nvidia drivers are both in Nonfree Updates Testing.
>>>
>>> You will need to be able to update from the testing medias
>>>
>> 
https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Enabling_the_Testing_media#Enable_them_the_easy_way
>>>
>>> and then enable them only to update the packages listed on the bug
>>> report, it will probably ask you to update rpmdrake first which is safe
>>> to do (we've been using it in QA for a few months). When you've updated
>>> only the packages listed on the bug please disable the two Testing
>>> medias again.
>>>
>>> Please leave any comments on the bug report, include information on the
>>> graphics card installed and whether you tested with an x86_64 or i586
>>> installation.
>>>
>>> Many thanks
>>> Claire (MrsB)
>> 
>> The bug report is old and closed.  Sorry for the delay.
>> 
>> GeForece 2 MX/MX 400, i586 system, Gnome in legacy mode.
>> 
>> Mageia 2;
>>   VESA OK,
>>   Nouveau OK after "Enable Translucency (Composite extention)" unticked
>>   nVidia 96xx OK after "Enable Translucency (Composite extention)"
>>   unticked.
>> 
>> Mageia 3;
>>   VESA OK,
>>   Nouveau OK after "Enable Translucency (Composite extention)" unticked
>>   nVidia 96xx - not tested.  Does it exist?
>> 
> 
> Thanks for testing anyway Pete, it's good know there are people still
> able to test these. If there are any further updates I'll ask again :)
> 
> Claire

Neither M2 nor M3beta3 work "out of the box".  Configuration is necessary.

With the live CDs adding xdriver=vesa to the kernel options works.  

For the installed versions adding; 
    Section "Extensions"
        Option "Composite" "Disabled"
    EndSection
to /etc/X11/xorg.conf or unchecking the option in XFdrake works.  
There is still a command with "drake" in its name.  

A configuration necessity isn't really a bug for a released version (M2) 
but it is for a not yet released version (M3).  Should I open a bug 
report about it?  

Is there a 96xx driver for M3?  If there is I'll test it, but I can't 
find it.  

-- 
blind Pete
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