[elrepo] nvidia-x11-drv and GLVND

[Nicolas Thierry-Mieg]

On 08/23/2016 11:09 PM, Phil Perry wrote:
> On 23/08/16 18:28, Phil Perry wrote:
>
> <snip>
>
>>
>>
>> So at this point I'd like to have a discussion around our options (maybe
>> there are more that I haven't thought of). Option 1 is obviously the
>> simplest but is difficult to evaluate without knowing the stability of
>> the current drivers so I would propose that I start by releasing a GLVND
>> enabled package set to the testing repo and lets see how we get on with
>> those. If they cause issues with OpenGL applications then we can
>> consider options 2 and/or 3 for providing legacy drivers.
>>
>
> For now I've built a GLNVD enabled package set and uploaded them to
> their respective testing repositories. Packages are syncing to the
> mirrors. For example:
>
> nvidia-x11-drv-367.35-1.glvnd.el5.elrepo.x86_64.rpm
> nvidia-x11-drv-367.35-1.glvnd.el6.elrepo.x86_64.rpm
> nvidia-x11-drv-367.35-1.glvnd.el7.elrepo.x86_64.rpm
>
> As can be seen above, I've added .glvnd in the release string, which
> makes these packages a 'newer' version to yum/rpm.
>
> Thus, to test simply enable the testing repo and update:
>
> yum --enablerepo=elrepo-testing update nvidia-x11-drv\*
>
> and yum should pull in the updated GLNVD package(s). Then restart Xorg
> and test.
>
> Looking at the linked libs for any OpenGL application should now show it
> is linked against /usr/lib64/nvidia/libGLX.so.0 which is one of the new
> GLNVD libraries:
>
> [phil at rhel5 ~]$ ldd /usr/bin/glxgears
>          linux-vdso.so.1 =>  (0x00007fffcfbfd000)
>          libGL.so.1 => /usr/lib64/nvidia/libGL.so.1 (0x00002ad652ad0000)
>          libc.so.6 => /lib64/libc.so.6 (0x0000003215400000)
>          libX11.so.6 => /usr/lib64/libX11.so.6 (0x0000003216800000)
>          libm.so.6 => /lib64/libm.so.6 (0x0000003215c00000)
>          libdl.so.2 => /lib64/libdl.so.2 (0x0000003215800000)
>          libGLX.so.0 => /usr/lib64/nvidia/libGLX.so.0 (0x00002ad652d60000)
>          libGLdispatch.so.0 => /usr/lib64/nvidia/libGLdispatch.so.0
> (0x00002ad652f91000)
>          /lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2 (0x0000003215000000)
>          libXau.so.6 => /usr/lib64/libXau.so.6 (0x0000003217000000)
>          libXdmcp.so.6 => /usr/lib64/libXdmcp.so.6 (0x0000003216c00000)
>          libXext.so.6 => /usr/lib64/libXext.so.6 (0x0000003217800000)
> [phil at rhel5 ~]$
>
> I've only tested using glxgears. Works as expected for me.
>
> If anyone is able to test these builds, please report which distro/arch
> and what OpenGL apps you've tested with. Assuming there are no major
> issues, we could consider switching to GLNVD enabled packages for the
> next major Long-Lived release.
>

Hello,

I just tested the dota2 game on centos6 x86_64. This game is run via 
steam. All seems good: the game starts and runs, the fps seems normal 
and I didn't notice any visual glitches or problems.
This is with: NVIDIA Corporation GK106 [GeForce GTX 660].
I only tested a quick game vs bots but I'll likely do more extensive 
testing in the next few days and report back if I encounter any issues.

$ rpm -qa | grep nvidia
yum-plugin-nvidia-1.0.2-1.el6.elrepo.noarch
nvidia-x11-drv-32bit-367.35-1.glvnd.el6.elrepo.x86_64
nvidia-detect-367.27-1.el6.elrepo.x86_64
kmod-nvidia-367.35-1.el6.elrepo.x86_64
nvidia-x11-drv-367.35-1.glvnd.el6.elrepo.x86_64

Regards,
Nicolas