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

[Nathan Van Eps]

stuartb at thelinuxlink.net == near same system as me, but way better
glxgears fps. His jumped from 5700 to 8900. Mine is at ~6800.

On Thu, 2004-07-08 at 23:09, Joel Wiramu Pauling wrote:
> Because i'm running 2.6 kernel with an opteron 248 and 2gb of ram with
> raid 0 disk array...
> 
> We are running two very different systems =-P =-)
> 
> On Fri, 2004-07-09 at 11:04, Nathan Van Eps wrote:
> > 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
> > > > > >
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