Re: [yoshimi-user] PlanetCCRMA now running on my stage box
- From: "Jonathan E. Brickman" <jeb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "yoshimi-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" <yoshimi-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 23 Mar 2010 07:41:22 -0500
On Tue, 2010-03-23 at 19:30 +1100, cal wrote:
Jonathan E. Brickman wrote:
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Am running the provided realtime kernel. On certain nVidia video
chipsets, e.g., mine (reports say, any of them which use shared main
memory for VRAM), it can get a bit dicey, because the new 'nouveau'
nVidia driver is the default, and it doesn't support everything yet.
But there are very good ways to work around that using the nVidia binary
drivers, and I caught wind of a way to do with with VESA too (though
didn't bother to take that all the way).
Unless you're running things that need stunning graphics performance (eg
games, MythTV, ...) the stock xorg 'nv' driver is excellent. Every time
I've tried the nvidia drivers with an rt kernel the results have been
explosive, but nv does it well, way better than vesa.
I tried the nvidia binaries with rt in two previous platforms, and
indeed, boom; but amazingly, on this, something else is happening. The
kernel module does have to be compiled, and I did need to get the
'akmod' version, and I don't know how to do it with a custom kernel:
but happily, I don't need to :-)
At least, I think I understand things. On this platform, I am seeing
three nvidia sets:
1. nouveau. Breaks X on lots of hardware. Appears to be the
compiled-in default on very late versions of X, again at least on RedHat
12.
2. nv. Doesn't work at all on lots of hardware.
3. kmod_nvidia. I think this is one of two variants of the nVidia
binary driver.
4. akmod_nvidia. This is an autocompilable version of #3, I think.
J.E.B.
And, have compiled Yoshimi successfully, 0.055.3. More soon.
Excellent.
cheers, Cal
Cheers!
J.E.B.
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