[vtkusers] Compiling vtk on an nvidia card

[Jesús Spí­nola]

You have to install the nvidia propietary drivers to take the best
performance of your nvidia GPU. Depending wether linux distro you are using
it will be easier or harder. In most desktop oriented distros ( *ubuntu,
mandriva, suse,... ) you should have the drivers availible in a package (
rpm or deb ). If your distro does not provide any nvidia propietary driver
package you can go to http://www.nvidia.com/object/unix.html and download
the binary and follow the instructions.

The general process to install the drivers is the following

Make sure you have the source code of your current kernel installed ( the
stripped version is enough )
Install the drivers ( via package or via binary )
Configure the xorg.conf file to load the correct driver

In my case I use Mandriva and it is as simple as adding to the urpmi
database the plf-nonfree repository and type "urpmi nvidia" (with the X
server shut down).

On 6/28/07, Evan Bollig <bollig at scs.fsu.edu> wrote:
>
> Related to this, has anyone developed classes that take advantage of
> the Nvidia 8800's CUDA architecture?  What classes should I refer to
> first if I wanted to work on CUDA optimizations?
>
> -Evan
>
> On 6/27/07, Jonathan Bailleul <mailing at vectraproject.com> wrote:
> > Luca Pamparana a écrit :
> > > Hi everyone,
> > >
> > > I just installed an Nvidia GeForce 7600 GS card on my machine.
> However,
> > > I do not see any performance increase in vtk on the linux system.
> > > However, the windows version of my program runs so much faster! I am
> > > wondering if it is the OpenGL libraries that I am linking to.
> > >
> > > Does anyone have experience regarding this? I installed the nvidia-glx
> > > and the nvidia-dev packages but wonder which openGL libraries do I
> have
> > > to link to.
> > >
> > > Thanks for any help you can give me.
> > >
> > > Luca
> > >
> > >
> > >
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> > >
> > > _______________________________________________
> > > This is the private VTK discussion list.
> > > Please keep messages on-topic. Check the FAQ at:
> http://www.vtk.org/Wiki/VTK_FAQ
> > > Follow this link to subscribe/unsubscribe:
> > > http://www.vtk.org/mailman/listinfo/vtkusers
> >
> >
> > It is almost always mandatory to go to nvidia's website and download the
> > latest drivers for linux. The installation will certainly require that
> > kernel sources are present on your system (just install the package),
> > but it will be completely automatic besides that, including xorg.conf
> > modifications.
> >
> > Then, when you will run X (to log in), a Nvidia splash screen will
> > appear, indicating that proprietary drivers are in use (is it the case
> > already?). Most generic drivers are just very very lame and do not seem
> > to be optimized at all.
> > _______________________________________________
> > This is the private VTK discussion list.
> > Please keep messages on-topic. Check the FAQ at:
> http://www.vtk.org/Wiki/VTK_FAQ
> > Follow this link to subscribe/unsubscribe:
> > http://www.vtk.org/mailman/listinfo/vtkusers
> _______________________________________________
> This is the private VTK discussion list.
> Please keep messages on-topic. Check the FAQ at:
> http://www.vtk.org/Wiki/VTK_FAQ
> Follow this link to subscribe/unsubscribe:
> http://www.vtk.org/mailman/listinfo/vtkusers
>
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://www.vtk.org/pipermail/vtkusers/attachments/20070628/409f922f/attachment.htm>