[57da0547] | 1 | <?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
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| 2 | <!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN"
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| 3 | "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd" [
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| 4 | <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
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| 5 | %general-entities;
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| 6 |
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[46d3ca3] | 7 | <!ENTITY xorg-nouveau-driver-version "1.0.11">
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[57da0547] | 8 |
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| 9 | <!ENTITY xorg-nouveau-driver-download-http "&xorg-download-http;/driver/xf86-video-nouveau-&xorg-nouveau-driver-version;.tar.bz2">
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| 10 | <!ENTITY xorg-nouveau-driver-download-ftp "&xorg-download-ftp;/driver/xf86-video-nouveau-&xorg-nouveau-driver-version;.tar.bz2">
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[46d3ca3] | 11 | <!ENTITY xorg-nouveau-driver-md5sum "a0d2932d84ba10c4933c8332c9afe157">
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| 12 | <!ENTITY xorg-nouveau-driver-size "569 KB">
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| 13 | <!ENTITY xorg-nouveau-driver-buildsize "14 MB">
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[8f6cc7a] | 14 | <!ENTITY xorg-nouveau-driver-time "0.1 SBU">
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[44ad7753] | 15 | ]>
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[57da0547] | 16 |
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| 17 |
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| 18 | <!-- Begin Xorg Nouveau Driver -->
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| 19 | <sect2 id="xorg-nouveau-driver" xreflabel="Xorg Nouveau Driver-&xorg-nouveau-driver-version;">
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| 20 |
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| 21 | <title>Xorg Nouveau Driver-&xorg-nouveau-driver-version;</title>
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| 22 |
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| 23 | <indexterm zone="xorg-nouveau-driver">
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| 24 | <primary sortas="a-xorg-nouveau-driver">xorg-nouveau-driver</primary>
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| 25 | </indexterm>
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| 26 |
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| 27 | <sect3 role="package">
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| 28 | <title>Introduction to Xorg Nouveau Driver</title>
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| 29 |
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| 30 | <para>
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| 31 | The <application>Xorg Nouveau Driver</application> package contains the
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| 32 | X.Org Video Driver for NVidia Cards including RIVA TNT, RIVA TNT2,
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| 33 | GeForce 256, QUADRO, GeForce2, QUADRO2, GeForce3, QUADRO DDC,
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| 34 | nForce, nForce2, GeForce4, QUADRO4, GeForce FX, QUADRO FX, GeForce 6XXX and
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| 35 | GeForce 7xxx chipsets.
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| 36 | </para>
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| 37 |
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[d7f908d5] | 38 | &lfs77_checked; &gcc5_built;
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[57da0547] | 39 |
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| 40 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Package Information</bridgehead>
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| 41 | <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
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| 42 | <listitem>
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| 43 | <para>
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| 44 | Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&xorg-nouveau-driver-download-http;"/>
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| 45 | </para>
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| 46 | </listitem>
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| 47 | <listitem>
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| 48 | <para>
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| 49 | Download (FTP): <ulink url="&xorg-nouveau-driver-download-ftp;"/>
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| 50 | </para>
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| 51 | </listitem>
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| 52 | <listitem>
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| 53 | <para>
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| 54 | Download MD5 sum: &xorg-nouveau-driver-md5sum;
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| 55 | </para>
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| 56 | </listitem>
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| 57 | <listitem>
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| 58 | <para>
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| 59 | Download size: &xorg-nouveau-driver-size;
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| 60 | </para>
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| 61 | </listitem>
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| 62 | <listitem>
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| 63 | <para>
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| 64 | Estimated disk space required: &xorg-nouveau-driver-buildsize;
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| 65 | </para>
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| 66 | </listitem>
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| 67 | <listitem>
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| 68 | <para>
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| 69 | Estimated build time: &xorg-nouveau-driver-time;
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| 70 | </para>
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| 71 | </listitem>
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| 72 | </itemizedlist>
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| 73 |
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| 74 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Xorg Nouveau Drivers Dependencies</bridgehead>
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| 75 |
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| 76 | <bridgehead renderas="sect5">Required</bridgehead>
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| 77 | <para role="required">
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[46d3ca3] | 78 | <xref linkend="xorg-server"/> (recommended to be built with glamor enabled)
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[57da0547] | 79 | </para>
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| 80 |
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[46d3ca3] | 81 | <note>
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| 82 | <para>
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| 83 | The new <quote>Maxwell</quote> GPU requires Glamor to be built
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| 84 | with the Xorg server. Note that the BLFS editors have not tested that
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| 85 | hardware.
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| 86 | </para>
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| 87 | </note>
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| 88 |
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[57da0547] | 89 | <para condition="html" role="usernotes">
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| 90 | User Notes: <ulink url="&blfs-wiki;/xorg-nouveau-driver"/>
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| 91 | </para>
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| 92 | </sect3>
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| 93 |
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| 94 | <sect3 role="kernel" id="xorg-nouveau-driver-kernel">
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| 95 | <title>Kernel Configuration</title>
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| 96 |
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| 97 | <para>
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| 98 | Enable the following options in the kernel configuration and recompile the
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| 99 | kernel if necessary:
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| 100 | </para>
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| 101 |
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| 102 | <screen><literal>Device Drivers --->
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| 103 | Graphics support --->
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[ca40dcac] | 104 | Direct rendering Manager --->
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| 105 | <*> Direct Rendering Manager (XFree86 ... support) ---> [CONFIG_DRM]
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| 106 | <*> Nouveau (NVIDIA) cards [CONFIG_DRM_NOUVEAU]
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| 107 | [*] Support for backlight control [CONFIG_DRM_NOUVEAU_BACKLIGHT]</literal></screen>
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[57da0547] | 108 |
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| 109 | <indexterm zone="xorg-nouveau-driver xorg-nouveau-driver-kernel">
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| 110 | <primary sortas="d-xorg-nouveau-driver">xorg-nouveau-driver</primary>
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| 111 | </indexterm>
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| 112 | </sect3>
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| 113 |
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| 114 | <sect3 role="installation">
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| 115 | <title>Installation of Xorg Nouveau Driver</title>
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| 116 |
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| 117 | <para>
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| 118 | Install <application>Xorg Nouveau Driver</application> by running the following
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| 119 | commands:
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| 120 | </para>
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| 121 |
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| 122 | <screen><userinput>./configure $XORG_CONFIG &&
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| 123 | make</userinput></screen>
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| 124 |
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| 125 | <para>
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| 126 | This package does not come with a test suite.
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| 127 | </para>
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| 128 |
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| 129 | <para>
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| 130 | Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
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| 131 | </para>
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| 132 |
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| 133 | <screen role="root"><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>
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| 134 | </sect3>
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| 135 |
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[46d3ca3] | 136 | <sect3>
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| 137 | <title>Glamor Acceleration</title>
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| 138 |
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| 139 | <para>
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| 140 | Glamor is an acceleration library which uses cards' 3D capabilities
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| 141 | to accelerate 2D rendering. Glamor acceleration is enabled by default
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| 142 | for the new <quote>Maxwell</quote> GPU's. According to the
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| 143 | documentation, Glamor acceleration can be used with other chips as
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| 144 | well, but that does not seem functional yet.
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| 145 | </para>
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| 146 |
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| 147 | <para>
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[bc4baa72] | 148 | If you want anyway to try to enable Glamor for GPU's other than the new
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| 149 | <quote>Maxwell</quote> ones, create the following file as
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[46d3ca3] | 150 | the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
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| 151 | </para>
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| 152 |
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| 153 | <screen role="root"><userinput>cat >> /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/nvidia.conf << "EOF"
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| 154 | <literal>Section "Device"
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| 155 | Identifier "nvidia"
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| 156 | Driver "nouveau"
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| 157 | Option "AccelMethod" "glamor"
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| 158 | EndSection</literal>
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| 159 | EOF</userinput></screen>
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| 160 |
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| 161 | </sect3>
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| 162 |
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[57da0547] | 163 | <sect3 role="content">
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| 164 | <title>Contents</title>
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| 165 |
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| 166 | <segmentedlist>
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| 167 | <segtitle>Installed Xorg Driver</segtitle>
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| 168 |
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| 169 | <seglistitem>
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| 170 | <seg>
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| 171 | nouveau_drv.so
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| 172 | </seg>
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| 173 | </seglistitem>
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| 174 | </segmentedlist>
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| 175 |
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| 176 | <variablelist>
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| 177 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
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| 178 | <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
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| 179 | <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
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| 180 |
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| 181 | <varlistentry id="nouveau_drv">
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| 182 | <term><filename class="libraryfile">nouveau_drv.so</filename></term>
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| 183 | <listitem>
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| 184 | <para>
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| 185 | is an Xorg video driver for nVidia video cards.
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| 186 | </para>
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| 187 | <indexterm zone="xorg-nouveau-driver nouveau_drv">
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| 188 | <primary sortas="c-nouveau_drv">nouveau_drv.so</primary>
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| 189 | </indexterm>
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| 190 | </listitem>
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| 191 | </varlistentry>
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| 192 |
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| 193 | </variablelist>
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| 194 |
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| 195 | </sect3>
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| 196 |
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| 197 | </sect2>
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| 198 | <!-- End Xorg Nouveau Driver -->
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