[elrepo] nvidia-x11-drv and GLVND

[Phil Perry]

On 23/08/16 22:09, 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.
>
> Thanks.
>

I've just built and released the latest nvidia 367.44 driver release.

Packages are currently syncing to the mirrors and should be available 
shortly.

As with above, I've also built GLVND enabled packages that are available 
from the respective testing repos, so don't forget to enable the testing 
repo when updating to pull in the GLVND packages:

yum --enablerepo=elrepo-testing update nvidia-x11-drv\*

This driver release fixes a few bugs and adds support for some new 
hardware, but nothing GLVND related so I wouldn't expect any changes 
since the last release.

A quick acknowledgement to the list if you've updated and they work for 
you would be much appreciated.

Thanks