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$ inxi -G
Graphics: Device-1: NVIDIA G94 [GeForce 9600 GT] driver: nouveau v: kernel
Display: x11 server: Mageia X.org 1.20.3 driver: nouveau,v4l resolution: 1680x1050~60Hz
OpenGL: renderer: N/A v: N/A
The driver I chose is "GeForce 8100 to GeForce 415", which according to the Mageia 5 Release notes covers my card "nvidia340 for Geforce 8xxx, 9xxx and 100 to 415 cards"
Here is the output from the XFdrake install.
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# XFdrake
Too late to run INIT block at /usr/lib64/perl5/vendor_perl/Glib/Object/Introspection.pm line 257.
Ignore the following Glib::Object::Introspection & Gtk3 warnings
Subroutine Gtk3::main redefined at /usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Gtk3.pm line 525.
Ignore the following Glib::Object::Introspection & Gtk3 warnings
getting exclusive lock on rpm
getting lock on urpmi
using mirror http://mirror.math.princeton.edu/pub/mageia/distrib/cauldron/x86_64
examining synthesis file [/var/lib/urpmi/Core Release/synthesis.hdlist.cz]
examining synthesis file [/var/lib/urpmi/Core Updates/synthesis.hdlist.cz]
examining synthesis file [/var/lib/urpmi/Nonfree Release/synthesis.hdlist.cz]
examining synthesis file [/var/lib/urpmi/Nonfree Updates/synthesis.hdlist.cz]
examining synthesis file [/var/lib/urpmi/Tainted Release/synthesis.hdlist.cz]
examining synthesis file [/var/lib/urpmi/Nonfree 32bit Release/synthesis.hdlist.cz]
examining synthesis file [/var/lib/urpmi/Nonfree 32bit Updates/synthesis.hdlist.cz]
To satisfy dependencies, the following packages are going to be installed:
=> ok(auto)
retrieving rpm files from medium "Nonfree Release"...
$MIRRORLIST: media/nonfree/release/dkms-nvidia340-340.107-2.mga7.nonfree.x86_64.rpm
retrieved $MIRRORLIST media/nonfree/release dkms-nvidia340-340.107-2.mga7.nonfree.x86_64.rpm
...retrieving done
installing x11-driver-video-nvidia340-340.107-2.mga7.nonfree.x86_64.rpm nvidia340-doc-html-340.107-2.mga7.nonfree.x86_64.rpm dkms-nvidia340-340.107-2.mga7.nonfree.x86_64.rpm from /var/cache/urpmi/rpms
starting installing packages
created transaction for installing on / (remove=0, install=0, upgrade=3)
Creating symlink /var/lib/dkms/nvidia340/340.107-2.mga7.nonfree/source ->
/usr/src/nvidia340-340.107-2.mga7.nonfree
DKMS: add Completed.
Preparing kernel 4.19.12-desktop-2.mga7 for module build:
(This is not compiling a kernel, just preparing kernel symbols)
Storing current .config to be restored when complete
Running Generic preparation routine
make mrproper......
using /proc/config.gz
make oldconfig....(bad exit status: 2)
make prepare....(bad exit status: 2)
Building module:
cleaning build area....
'make' -j2 SYSSRC=/lib/modules/4.19.12-desktop-2.mga7/build module; 'make' -j2 SYSSRC=/lib/modules/4.19.12-desktop-2.mga7/build -C uvm module KBUILD_EXTMOD=/var/lib/dkms/nvidia340/340.107-2.mga7.nonfree/build/uvm...................
cleaning build area....
cleaning kernel tree (make mrproper).....
DKMS: build Completed.
nvidia340.ko.xz:
- Installation
- Installing to /lib/modules/4.19.12-desktop-2.mga7/dkms/drivers/char/drm/
nvidia-uvm.ko.xz:
- Installation
- Installing to /lib/modules/4.19.12-desktop-2.mga7/dkms/drivers/char/drm/
depmod......
DKMS: install Completed.
removing installed rpms (x11-driver-video-nvidia340-340.107-2.mga7.nonfree.x86_64.rpm nvidia340-doc-html-340.107-2.mga7.nonfree.x86_64.rpm dkms-nvidia340-340.107-2.mga7.nonfree.x86_64.rpm) from /var/cache/urpmi/rpms
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More information on package x11-driver-video-nvidia340-340.107-2.mga7.nonfree.x86_64
This driver is for GeForce 8xxx, 9xxx and 100 to 415 cards.
Use XFdrake to configure X to use the correct NVIDIA driver. Any needed
packages will be automatically installed if not already present.
1. Run XFdrake as root.
2. Go to the Graphics Card list.
3. Select your card (it is usually already autoselected).
4. Answer any questions asked and then quit.
If you do not want to use XFdrake, see README.manual-setup.
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unlocking urpmi database
unlocking rpm database
Once the installation is done, I am presented with the XFdrake GUI again.
When I push the Test button, the screen goes black and then comes back with the error shown below.
Changing the options for the card did not help. It continues to throw the same error.
I did not accept the driver into xorg.conf since I do not know how to recover should the driver not work on reboot. So I cancelled and I am still using the nouveau driver.
I have also tested the driver in the MCC => Hardware =>"Set up the graphical server". It finds the driver, and when I click the Test button there I get a white screen with a countdown timer that restores the display after a few seconds. I presume that a white screen is not the correct response.
Can anybody clue me in on how to trouble shoot this? Since the computer is my test bed for Mageia 7 beta, not a mainstream box, I am more interested in understanding how this works than I am in just getting it to work.
Thanks
Banjo
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