Nvidia geforce 4mx 420

[bsm2001]

I cant for the life of me figure out why tux racer dumps core and freezes mu box. all other games work perfect.
movies play fine.
here is my X config file.
# File generated by XFdrake.

# ************************************************** ********************
# Refer to the XF86Config man page for details about the format of
# this file.
# ************************************************** ********************

Section "Files"
# Multiple FontPath entries are allowed (they are concatenated together)
# By default, Mandrake 6.0 and later now use a font server independent of
# the X server to render fonts.
FontPath "unix/:-1"
EndSection

Section "ServerFlags"
#DontZap # disable <Crtl><Alt><BS> (server abort)
#DontZoom # disable <Crtl><Alt><KP_+>/<KP_-> (resolution switching)
AllowMouseOpenFail # allows the server to start up even if the mouse doesn't work
EndSection

Section "Module"
Load "dbe" # Double-Buffering Extension
Load "v4l" # Video for Linux
Load "extmod"
Load "type1"
Load "freetype"
Load "glx" # 3D layer
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Keyboard1"
Driver "Keyboard"
Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
Option "XkbLayout" "us"
Option "XkbCompat" ""
Option "XkbOptions" ""
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Mouse1"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "IMPS/2"
Option "Device" "/dev/psaux"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
Identifier "monitor1"
VendorName "Plug'n Play"
HorizSync 30-70
VertRefresh 47-120

# Sony Vaio C1(X,XS,VE,VN)?
# 1024x480 @ 85.6 Hz, 48 kHz hsync
ModeLine "1024x480" 65.00 1024 1032 1176 1344 480 488 494 563 -hsync -vsync

# TV fullscreen mode or DVD fullscreen output.
# 768x576 @ 79 Hz, 50 kHz hsync
ModeLine "768x576" 50.00 768 832 846 1000 576 590 595 630

# 768x576 @ 100 Hz, 61.6 kHz hsync
ModeLine "768x576" 63.07 768 800 960 1024 576 578 590 616
EndSection

Section "Device"
Identifier "device1"
VendorName "nVidia Corporation"
BoardName "NVIDIA GeForce4 (generic)"
Driver "nvidia"
Option "DPMS"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
Identifier "screen1"
Device "device1"
Monitor "monitor1"
DefaultColorDepth 24

Subsection "Display"
Depth 8
Modes "1280x1024" "1280x960" "1152x864" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubsection

Subsection "Display"
Depth 15
Modes "1280x1024" "1280x960" "1152x864" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubsection

Subsection "Display"
Depth 16
Modes "1280x1024" "1280x960" "1152x864" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubsection

Subsection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1280x1024" "1280x960" "1152x864" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubsection
EndSection

Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "layout1"
InputDevice "Keyboard1" "CoreKeyboard"
InputDevice "Mouse1" "CorePointer"
Screen "screen1"
EndSection


here is the results of glxgears

http://pages.sbcglobal.net/bsm/glx.jpg


X starts fine get the Nvidia logo and all.

puter HP 762n
1gig ram
80 gig hd hda
2gig hd hdb
pavilion mx75 monitor 1280x1024 24bpp
Nvidia geforce4 MX420
CDRW
DVD
soundblaster audio card
GNOME 2.2

[bwkaz]

Is anything helpful getting logged into XFree86.0.log by any chance? What about the output of dmesg?

Since you have a gig of RAM, do you have CONFIG_HIGHMEM_4GB enabled in your kernel? _64GB woudl work, too.

Tuxracer "dumps core" how? Sig 11? Sig 2? Something else?

Which version of Mandrake?

[bsm2001]

Thanks for the Fast reply

here is the core dump output

Backtrace was generated from '/usr/bin/tuxracer'

(no debugging symbols found)...Core was generated by `tuxracer'.
Program terminated with signal 6, Aborted.
(no debugging symbols found)...(no debugging symbols found)...
(no debugging symbols found)...(no debugging symbols found)...
(no debugging symbols found)...(no debugging symbols found)...
(no debugging symbols found)...(no debugging symbols found)...
(no debugging symbols found)...(no debugging symbols found)...
(no debugging symbols found)...(no debugging symbols found)...
(no debugging symbols found)...(no debugging symbols found)...
(no debugging symbols found)...(no debugging symbols found)...
(no debugging symbols found)...(no debugging symbols found)...
(no debugging symbols found)...(no debugging symbols found)...
(no debugging symbols found)...#0 0x40524481 in kill ()
from /lib/i686/libc.so.6
#0 0x40524481 in kill () from /lib/i686/libc.so.6
#1 0x4035d0f9 in __nvsym17233 () from /usr/lib/libGL.so.1

[anmaxp]

umm I was wondering, isnt it weird that ur getting such low fps on glxgears?? 400 to 800 fps isnt that much on a geforce4

I have a geforce3 and i get more than 3000fps when i run glxgears... r u sure ur card and agp are configured correctly?

[bsm2001]

I ran the nv .run thing and edited the Xf86 File as Per Nvidia readme. May be you can give me some pouinters

The Distro is MDK 9.1

[fizix_1999]

yuo dont need a high mem kernel if you have 1G or less in your box. Infact I think Its fine up to 2G with the bog standard kernel. But certainly with just 1G you dont need a high mem kernel.

Thats all I can help with. I am having probs trying to get a dual head nvidia card to work. And on another nvidia box which has Riva TNT2 with 16m of memory we cant get 32 bit graphics to work. Argh!

We have more or less come to the conclusion at my place of work not to buy computers with Nvidia cards in them in the future. Gonna stick with ATI, Radeon and Matrox.

[bsm2001]

I have another box with a tn2 32mb Nvidia card and it works perfect. maybe that hp just doesn't like anything but microsucks. will try the nvidia boards for help. thanks all.;)

[bwkaz]

It's a signal 6... Signal 6 is SIGABRT (according to man 7 signal), so something is calling the abort() function... odd.

Maybe you could look for a glibc update or something? that's more of a RedHat fix, but maybe...

If it's a GF4 MX, those numbers aren't all that low, either. Since the GF4 MX's are NV17s (which are somewhere between a GF2 GTS (NV15) and a GF3 Ti (NV20), hardware-wise). But it is still a touch low... not sure why though.

Does Cube, for example, work better? http://wouter.fov120.com/cube/

[bsm2001]

put rh9 on and does the same thing must be HP's Crappy hardware setup. Moved the sound card to pci slot 2. nothing next to agp slot. just cant use 3d acceleration. that sucks because my 2yr old loves to watch tuxracer. can play it on my other puter which is also my server no prob.

[nextbillgates]

Here's my glxgears output:

4015 frames in 5.0 seconds = 803.000 FPS
5360 frames in 5.0 seconds = 1072.000 FPS
5365 frames in 5.0 seconds = 1073.000 FPS
5375 frames in 5.0 seconds = 1075.000 FPS
5410 frames in 5.0 seconds = 1082.000 FPS
5397 frames in 5.0 seconds = 1079.400 FPS
5418 frames in 5.0 seconds = 1083.600 FPS
5325 frames in 5.0 seconds = 1065.000 FPS
5414 frames in 5.0 seconds = 1082.800 FPS


This is on an overclocked Geforce 2 MX. Notice how the framerate is consistent, wavering by 15fps at most. Your framerates are all over the place.

Either you haven't correctly configured your Nvidia driver, or you've got quite a few processes hogging CPU cycles in the background.

I've attached my XF86Config if you want to take a look at how I've set up my server. You may also want to look at what processes are running on your machine.

[mdwatts]

And mine (GF3 Ti200) with the 4191 drivers.


16487 frames in 5.0 seconds = 3297.400 FPS
18418 frames in 5.0 seconds = 3683.600 FPS
18369 frames in 5.0 seconds = 3673.800 FPS
18397 frames in 5.0 seconds = 3679.400 FPS
18374 frames in 5.0 seconds = 3674.800 FPS
18354 frames in 5.0 seconds = 3670.800 FPS