Nvidia AGP is not loaded

[Dave2001]

Hey Guys !

I have a "problem "with my Geforce2 MX card . X is running fine and is workin with the drivers from Nvidia . But when i look into the log file i see that it couldnt initalize Nvidia AGP support . Now iam wonderin why . I have written everything in the config files and even wrote explizit in it Option "NvAGP""1" i tried it with 0 and 2 as well but that doesnt change anything .
Is there anything iam missing ?
Oh and in the Kernel there is AGP activated as well . Can it be that that is overwriting Nvidias AGP ?
I would post my log and config file here but i dont seem to be able to do so . If it is really necessary i can try later again .
Any help would be very apreciated .

David :(

[Dave2001]

Ok here you go ... that is a part of the log file . If you need more - jus say so !


[31] 0 0x000003c0 - 0x000003df (0x20) IS[B](OprU)
(==) NVIDIA(0): Write-combining range (0xd0000000,0x2000000)
(EE) NVIDIA(0): Failed to initialize AGP
(II) NVIDIA(0): Using XFree86 Acceleration Architecture (XAA)
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Setting up tile and stipple cache:
20 128x128 slots
5 256x256 slots
(==) NVIDIA(0): Backing store disabled
(==) NVIDIA(0): Silken mouse enabled

[Dave2001]

Ok here you go ... that is a part of the log file . If you need more - jus say so !


[31] 0 0x000003c0 - 0x000003df (0x20) IS[B](OprU)
(==) NVIDIA(0): Write-combining range (0xd0000000,0x2000000)
(EE) NVIDIA(0): Failed to initialize AGP
(II) NVIDIA(0): Using XFree86 Acceleration Architecture (XAA)
Screen to screen bit blits
Solid filled rectangles
Solid filled trapezoids
8x8 mono pattern filled rectangles
8x8 mono pattern filled trapezoids
Indirect CPU to Screen color expansion
Solid Lines
Scanline Image Writes
Offscreen Pixmaps
Driver provided FillSolidRects replacement
Driver provided FillSolidSpans replacement
Driver provided FillMono8x8PatternRects replacement
Driver provided ReadPixmap replacement
Setting up tile and stipple cache:
20 128x128 slots
5 256x256 slots
(==) NVIDIA(0): Backing store disabled
(==) NVIDIA(0): Silken mouse enabled

[Strike]

What version of X? What kernel?

[castlef]

did you insert the nvagp option in your config file ?
i have nvagp enabled in

$ cat /proc/nv/card0

but there is no option "NVagp" or anything like that in my XFree86Config-4 file and it still loads. try it without the NVagp option if you haven't already .

[Psycho]

I saved a thread to my hard drive while messing with my nVidia GeForce2 MX that had excellent help posted by Avatar (Evil3D) ages ago.

I tried searching for it here but it seems it's long gone. The good news is I followed a link from the post and found the official version of his How-to.

Enjoy & good luck, glenn

http://www.evil3d.net/articles/linux/howto/nvidia/redhat71/

[Dave2001]

My kernel Version 2.4.9 and X is 4.0.3 on Debian testing .
And i tried to let the option away in the config file but that gave the same result .
The how to i read already - but thanx anyway .

David

[Strike]

Do NOT compile the agpgart module for your kernel. It was at the forums for that very board that I learned that. Try unloading the kernel AGP module and then reloading the NVidia module.

[Dave2001]

I have recompiled the kernel without AGP Support but i stil get the same error in the log file . Tried again to take the Option "NvAGP" "1" out of the config file - same result .

Do i have to compile he Nvidia drivers with a special option or so . Otherwise i really dunno what to do anymore .

ok cat /proc/nv/card0 says that AGP is disabled and SBA is disabled as well but supported .

I dunno what SBA is but i know that i didnt disable AGP knowingly .


David

[Strike]

I don't know about the Geforce cards, but is it possible you don't have an AGP card? All that I do is just rebuild the driver everytime I update my kernel, and it always works.

[demetrius]

SBA is Side Band Addressing which is suppose to tranfer data more efficiently between your system RAM and video RAM if I remember correctly. I have never noticed a performance difference between SBA enabled and SBA disabled personally, so I wouldn't worry too much about it.

Just a thought on your AGP ... are you sure that its enabled in BIOS? In your BIOS there should be a setting for "AGP Apeture Size". If it is set any lower than 32MB (...or is it 64...) AGP is disabled and the AGP slot is treated essentially as just another PCI.

[Dave2001]

Iam 100 % sure it is an AGP card - first because i have put it in an AGP slot and second coz i looked on the site and i would never buy an not AGP VGA card . really weird that it doesnt work with me :(

David

[Dave2001]

Ok i have set the AGP aparture(sp?) size on 128 MB now - it was on 64 . Still the same result .

David