No point in installing nvidia if you don't have nvidia graphics hardware. The VGA chip from the lspci you included is from a really old machine, so I would be shocked if anything performed very good. All video and opengl is going to be software with a device that old. On Fri, Oct 13, 2023 at 11:01 AM Michael Hennebry <hennebry@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Since my second to most recent post, I tried gnome with X11. > Got a useful error message: no H.264 decoder. > Now, with X11, videos can play videos. > Firefox can play videos with either wayland or X11. > > I did a > sudo dnf install 'mesa-*' > It went through, but without apparent effect. > > I also did a > sudo dnf install'*nvidia*', but got a whole lot of conflicting requests: > Error: > Problem 1: package xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-470xx-3:470.199.02-1.fc38.x86_64 > from rpmfusion-nonfree-nvidia-driver conflicts with xorg-x11-drv-nvidia > provided by xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-3:535.113.01-1.fc38.x86_64 from > rpmfusion-nonfree-nvidia-driver > - conflicting requests > Problem 2: package nvidia-settings-470xx-3:470.199.02-1.fc38.x86_64 > from rpmfusion-nonfree-nvidia-driver conflicts with nvidia-settings > provided by nvidia-settings-3:535.113.01-1.fc38.x86_64 from > rpmfusion-nonfree-nvidia-driver > - conflicting requests > Problem 3: package xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-470xx-cuda-3:470.199.02-1.fc38.x86_64 > from rpmfusion-nonfree-nvidia-driver conflicts > with xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-cuda > provided by xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-cuda-3:535.113.01-1.fc38.x86_64 > from rpmfusion-nonfree-nvidia-driver > - conflicting requests > Problem 4: package xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-470xx-3:470.199.02-1.fc38.x86_64 > from rpmfusion-nonfree-nvidia-driver conflicts > with xorg-x11-drv-nvidia > provided by xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-3:535.113.01-1.fc38.x86_64 > from rpmfusion-nonfree-nvidia-driver > - package akmod-nvidia-470xx-3:470.199.02-3.fc38.x86_64 > from rpmfusion-nonfree-nvidia-driver > requires nvidia-470xx-kmod-common >= 3:470.199.02, > but none of the providers can be installed > - package akmod-nvidia-3:535.113.01-1.fc38.x86_64 > from rpmfusion-nonfree-nvidia-driver > requires nvidia-kmod-common >= 3:535.113.01, > but none of the providers can be installed > - conflicting requests > Problem 5: package xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-470xx-3:470.199.02-1.fc38.x86_64 > from rpmfusion-nonfree-nvidia-driver conflicts > with xorg-x11-drv-nvidia > provided by xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-3:535.113.01-1.fc38.x86_64 > from rpmfusion-nonfree-nvidia-driver > - package xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-470xx-power-3:470.199.02-1.fc38.x86_64 > from rpmfusion-nonfree-nvidia-driver > requires xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-470xx(x86-64) = 3:470.199.02, > but none of the providers can be installed > - package nvidia-xconfig-3:535.113.01-1.fc38.x86_64 > from rpmfusion-nonfree-nvidia-driver > requires xorg-x11-drv-nvidia >= 3:535.113.01, > but none of the providers can be installed > - conflicting requests > Problem 6: package xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-470xx-3:470.199.02-1.fc38.x86_64 > from rpmfusion-nonfree-nvidia-driver conflicts > with xorg-x11-drv-nvidia > provided by xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-3:535.113.01-1.fc38.x86_64 > from rpmfusion-nonfree-nvidia-driver > - package akmod-nvidia-470xx-3:470.199.02-3.fc38.x86_64 > from rpmfusion-nonfree-nvidia-driver > requires nvidia-470xx-kmod-common >= 3:470.199.02, > but none of the providers can be installed > - package xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-power-3:535.113.01-1.fc38.x86_64 > from rpmfusion-nonfree-nvidia-driver > requires xorg-x11-drv-nvidia(x86-64) = 3:535.113.01, > but none of the providers can be installed > - package kmod-nvidia-470xx-3:470.199.02-3.fc38.x86_64 > from rpmfusion-nonfree-nvidia-driver > requires akmod-nvidia-470xx = 3:470.199.02-3.fc38, > but none of the providers can be installed > - conflicting requests > > I added some line breaks for legibility. > > On Thu, 12 Oct 2023, Roger Heflin wrote: > > > mesa is what provides opengl. > > > > Best guess is: > > mesa-dri-drivers, mesa-vdpau-drivers and mesa-va-drivers-freeworld > > that have video drivers, but also some other mesa pieces that provide > > opengl may need to be install (or installing the above may install > > those extra pieces). > > I have > mesa-dri-drivers.x86_64 23.1.8-1.fc38 > mesa-vdpau-drivers.x86_64 23.1.8-1.fc38 > mesa-va-drivers.x86_64 23.1.8-1.fc38 > and lots of others. > > > glxgears and glxinfo will tell you the opengl install state. > > glxgears will run on bot X11 and wayland. > On wayland I have > [hennebry@2001-48F8-3004-2CE-0-0-0-2723-dynamic ~]$ glxgears -info > GL_RENDERER = llvmpipe (LLVM 16.0.6, 128 bits) > GL_VERSION = 4.5 (Compatibility Profile) Mesa 23.1.8 > GL_VENDOR = Mesa > The claimed frame rate is over 700. > > On X11, the renderer is i915 (chipset Q33) and the > claimed frame rate just under 60. > > On both glxinfo claims 390 GLX Visuals and 840 GLXFBConfigs, > all of which have None or Slow as a caveat. > > i915 reminds me: > My monitor's native resolution is 1440x900. > After installing F35, 'twas a mighty struggle > to get anything other than 640x480. > I do not recall details of the battle. > > > On Thu, Oct 12, 2023 at 9:17?AM Michael Hennebry > > <hennebry@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> > >> Can anyone play videos on F38? > >> If so, how did you do it? > >> > >> Firefox in uncommunicative when it will not play a video. > >> Videos says "cannot initialise OpenGL support". > > > -- > Michael hennebry@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > "I was just thinking about the life of a pumpkin. > Grow up in the sun, happily entwined with others, > and then someone comes along, cuts you open, and rips your guts out." -- Buffy > _______________________________________________ > users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ > List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines > List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Do not reply to spam, report it: https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure/new_issue _______________________________________________ users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Do not reply to spam, report it: https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure/new_issue
