[ut2004] Unplayable game after update kernel, Problem Solved.

[Nathan Van Eps]

It is a very limited benchmark. But since we have basically the same
system, we should be getting the same values. So are you saying two
identical systems can get large difference in the glxgear fps?

On Thu, 2004-07-08 at 19:01, Joel Wiramu Pauling wrote:
> GLX Gears IS NOT A BENCHMARK!!!. 
> 
> I Only get 1500 Odd frames in GLX Gears, But UT2004 Plays at well over
> 50 FPS on my FX5600 @ 1024x768.
> 
> GLX is basically fill limited, Go google for a decent explanation why
> GLX Gears FPS are stupid to rely on as a indication of Video
> Performance.
> 
> 
> 
> On Fri, 2004-07-09 at 09:51, Nathan Van Eps wrote:
> > Hello,
> > 
> > I get way lower than that with glxgears (~6740), but my system is
> > comparable.
> > 
> > Processor: dual Athlon MP 2800+
> > Memory: 1.25 gig
> > Video: BFG tech GeForce FX 5900XT 128meg with the 6106 drivers
> > Kernel: 2.6.7
> > Distro: Gentoo
> > 
> > [~]cat /proc/driver/nvidia/agp/status
> > Status:          Enabled
> > Driver:          AGPGART
> > AGP Rate:        4x
> > Fast Writes:     Enabled
> > SBA:             Enabled
> > 
> > Anybody have any ideas why I would get so much lower a score in
> > glxgears? Unreal Tournament 2004 runs ok, but I'm always interested in
> > push up the resolution and eye candy...
> > 
> > Thanks,
> > Nathan
> > 
> > On Thu, 2004-07-08 at 15:07, stuartb at thelinuxlink.net wrote:
> > > cat /proc/drivers/nvidia/agp/status/ showed disabled!
> > > I had the option NvAGP set to 1. I commented it out and restarted X and I
> > > get AGP =4x and using AGPGART. Too bad there isn't a better way to quickly
> > > see this problem. glxgears now runs around 8900 instead of 5700.
> > > I had used the nvidia supplied agpgart without trouble for so long I
> > > forgot about it. If anyone else has trouble with new drivers, don't forget
> > > to look at agp status!
> > > I will send this info to the nvidia drivers forum
> > > Stuart
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > >> stuartb at thelinuxlink.net wrote:
> > > >>
> > > >>>I had Ut2004 running well under Fedora Core2. I have a dual athlon MP
> > > >>>system with a FX5900 and 1.75Gb ram and dual 10,000rpm drives in raid-0.
> > > >>>Yesterday I updated the NVIDIA driver from 5336 to 6106, then went from
> > > >>> my
> > > >>>custom 2.6.7 kernel ( with 8k stacks) to the 2.6.6smp kernel from Fedora
> > > >>>(4k stacks now supported by NVIDIA) Next I noted Fedora had new Xorg
> > > >>> rpms
> > > >>>on up2date so I installed them. I started X and glxgears was around
> > > >>> 5800.
> > > >>>I tried to play ut2004 and the startup was terrible and the splash of
> > > >>>NVIDIA was jerky. I went to instant action and any map took forever to
> > > >>>load.  I killed it from a console after 2 mins. I remember problems with
> > > >>>MesaGL rpms and NVIDIA so I uninstalled Xorg-Mesa-LibGL rpm using
> > > >>> --nodeps
> > > >>>and reinstalled NVIDIA 6106.Same problem: tuxracer is ok glxgears is ok
> > > >>>but jerky display of splash logo and any map under instant action
> > > >>> doesn't
> > > >>>load after several minutes. Here is some log info:
> > > >>>All I see is a GL out of memory error in the ut2004 log.
> > > >>>How can I correct this or help someone debug this?
> > > >>>Stuart
> > > >
> > > > #####################cut log file stuff from original#################
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >>>
> > > >>>
> > > >> Did you take care of the tls libGL? I'm pretty sure you have a
> > > >> /usr/X11R6/lib/tls/libGL.so.1.2 file (and symlink) there. Erase those
> > > >> (keep the directory as some apps look for it) and try again. Usually
> > > >> this is enough to get things running ;)
> > > >>
> > > > Yes. There are no files in the directory but the directory exists.
> > > > Stuart
> > > >
> > > 
> > 
> >