Last Straw... No Nvidia Splash Screen

soulxcavtor · 06-02-2006, 09:43 PM

I Cannot figure out why Nvidia will not display the splash screen at reboot. I Removed the intel_agp profile from modprobe.preload so it wont load my Onboard graphics board and out of options [on and Auto] in Bios for the Onboard graphics card i selected Auto... lsmod shows intel_agp didnt load. ok good..

I Uninstalled nvidia drivers, then Reinstalled the nvidia drivers... no splash screen, cannot play games in cedega... glxgears works.. Noone can seem to help me with this, like its impossible to figure out.

I will Donate 50 Dollars to linuxquestion.org if someone can figure out why the nvidia splash screen will not show up and why i get a rainbow when I Test settings in XFdrake and cannot play games in Cedega...

glxinfo | grep render

Code:

direct rendering: Yes
OpenGL renderer string: GeForce FX 5500/PCI/SSE2

glxinfo | grep gl

Code:

server glx vendor string: NVIDIA Corporation
server glx version string: 1.4
server glx extensions:
client glx vendor string: NVIDIA Corporation
client glx version string: 1.4
client glx extensions:
    GL_ARB_texture_mirrored_repeat, GL_ARB_texture_rectangle,
    GL_NV_texture_expand_normal, GL_NV_texture_rectangle,
glu version: 1.3
glu extensions:

I can post my xorg.conf any thing you guys need to get my box playing games.

Comp Stats:
Kernel: Linux 2.6.12-22mdk
Arch: i686
Processor: Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 2.20GHz
Video Card: BFG OC'ED (by bfg) Nvidia GeForce FX 5500 PCI 256mb

Any Information you guys need I will dish out, just help me get battlefield vietnam working and I will be a Linux user and advocate for life.

mimithebrain · 06-02-2006, 10:02 PM

Quote:

direct rendering: Yes

That means that 3d rendering works! yay!

Quote:

I Removed the intel_agp profile from modprobe.preload

ok, agp is for video cards. I know that fglrx needs an agp module, I'm not sure about nvidia, but I guess so. Why would you remove it? Anyways...

In XFdrake, when you go through the setup, make sure to select 3d rendering enabled Xorg server to have 3d rendering working, but as in the message above, if it says it works... it works I don't see the problem so far.

As far as splash screen goes, I know there is suppose to be a splash screen normally, but if it doesn't show up, it's either because it isn't loaded, or because there is an option somewhere to deactivate the splash screen that mandrake enabled.

Talking about enabling and installing, what steps did you take to install your card? What does lspci output? lsmod? and what modules does the system automaticaly loads?

*edit*
I should add that if cedega doesn't want to work while 3d rendering seems to work from glxinfo, maybe it's a cedega specific problem. What is the output of cedega when you load it?

*edit2*
in this post:
http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...20#post1970420
linmix shows it possible to disable the logo screen. Hence, the module may be loaded (explaining why direct rendering seems enabled), but that would only show up in lsmod... You may have everything already setup for 3d rendering. The problem might be cedega.

What is the FPS of glxgears?

*edit3*
It's very kind of you to donate to LQ.

soulxcavtor · 06-02-2006, 10:07 PM

I removed the intel_agp because I Dont want teh Onboard graphics card to load at startup.. I Have a PCI Video Card that I want to load only... Is t his right?

Install process is

Alt+Ctrl+F1

telinit 3

sh Nvidia-Driver.run --uninstall

sh Nvidia_Driver.run

install

modprobe nvidia

telinit 5

FPS from glxgears is between 2100-2900 fps

lspci

Code:

00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 82845G/GL[Brookdale-G]/GE/PE DRAM Controller/Host-Hub Interface (rev 01)
00:02.0 Display controller: Intel Corporation 82845G/GL[Brookdale-G]/GE Chipset Integrated Graphics Device (rev 01)
00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) USB UHCI Controller #1 (rev 01)
00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) USB UHCI Controller #2 (rev 01)
00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) USB UHCI Controller #3 (rev 01)
00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-M) USB2 EHCI Controller (rev 01)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 PCI Bridge (rev 81)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL (ICH4/ICH4-L) LPC Interface Bridge (rev 01)
00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801DB (ICH4) IDE Controller (rev 01)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) SMBus Controller (rev 01)
01:04.0 Multimedia audio controller: Creative Labs [SB Live! Value] EMU10k1X
01:04.1 Input device controller: Creative Labs [SB Live! Value] Input device controller
01:05.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV34 [GeForce FX 5500] (rev a1)
01:09.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4401 100Base-T (rev 01)

lsmod:

Code:

Module                  Size  Used by
md5                     3584  1
ipv6                  233984  8
nvidia               4528244  12
raw                     6592  2
rfcomm                 34332  0
l2cap                  20516  5 rfcomm
bluetooth              41284  4 rfcomm,l2cap
snd_seq_dummy           2532  0
snd_seq_oss            31136  0
snd_seq_midi_event      5696  1 snd_seq_oss
snd_seq                46960  5 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi_event
snd_pcm_oss            48960  0
snd_mixer_oss          16896  1 snd_pcm_oss
snd_emu10k1x           16260  0
snd_rawmidi            19616  1 snd_emu10k1x
snd_seq_device          6828  4 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq,snd_rawmidi
snd_ac97_codec         83900  1 snd_emu10k1x
snd_pcm                79784  3 snd_pcm_oss,snd_emu10k1x,snd_ac97_codec
snd_timer              20548  2 snd_seq,snd_pcm
snd_page_alloc          8392  2 snd_emu10k1x,snd_pcm
snd                    46116  10 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_emu10k1x,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq_device,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm,snd_timer
soundcore               7008  1 snd
ipt_IFWLOG              2788  1
ipt_psd                43428  1
ip_set_iptree           5544  2
ipt_REJECT              4256  4
ipt_LOG                 6272  7
ipt_state               1312  7
ipt_pkttype             1184  4
ipt_set                 1920  2
ipt_CONNMARK            1696  0
ipt_MARK                1984  0
ipt_ROUTE               4260  0
ipt_connmark            1216  0
ipt_owner               2432  0
ipt_recent              9292  0
ipt_iprange             1312  0
ipt_physdev             1744  0
ipt_multiport           2112  0
ipt_conntrack           1792  0
iptable_mangle          2016  0
ip_set_portmap          3872  0
ip_set_macipmap         3780  0
ip_set_ipmap            3872  0
ip_set_iphash           5956  0
ip_set                 18908  11 ip_set_iptree,ipt_set,ip_set_portmap,ip_set_macipmap,ip_set_ipmap,ip_set_iphash
ip_nat_irc              1824  0
ip_nat_tftp             1216  0
ip_nat_ftp              2560  0
iptable_nat            20276  3 ip_nat_irc,ip_nat_tftp,ip_nat_ftp
ip_conntrack_irc       70352  1 ip_nat_irc
ip_conntrack_tftp       3088  1 ip_nat_tftp
ip_conntrack_ftp       71408  1 ip_nat_ftp
ip_conntrack           40856  9 ipt_state,ipt_conntrack,ip_nat_irc,ip_nat_tftp,ip_nat_ftp,iptable_nat,ip_conntrack_irc,ip_conntrack_tftp,ip_conntrack_ftp
iptable_filter          2080  1
ip_tables              20384  20 ipt_IFWLOG,ipt_psd,ipt_REJECT,ipt_LOG,ipt_state,ipt_pkttype,ipt_set,ipt_CONNMARK,ipt_MARK,ipt_ROUTE,ipt_connmark,ipt_owner,ipt_recent,ipt_iprange,ipt_physdev,ipt_multiport,ipt_conntrack,iptable_mangle,iptable_nat,iptable_filter
b44                    20264  0
mii                     4704  1 b44
af_packet              16392  2
floppy                 55444  0
video                  14052  0
thermal                10792  0
tc1100_wmi              5092  0
processor              18268  1 thermal
fan                     3172  0
container               3008  0
button                  4848  0
battery                 7460  0
ac                      3268  0
ide_cd                 37988  0
loop                   14504  0
nls_iso8859_1           3680  1
ntfs                  212728  1
supermount             31956  1
tsdev                   5984  0
usbmouse                4160  0
usbhid                 44544  0
agpgart                29032  1 nvidia
i2c_core               17360  1 nvidia
ehci_hcd               29160  0
uhci_hcd               29168  0
usbcore               108476  5 usbmouse,usbhid,ehci_hcd,uhci_hcd
evdev                   7648  0
ext3                  124840  3
jbd                    48568  1 ext3

As for Cedega:

Battlefield Vietnam installs fine, then gets to the BF Vietnam Splash screen before turning black for 3 seconds and booting me back out. The only information the konsole i opened cedega with gives me is this:

Code:

etc...etc...etc..etc..........................................
found key:Joystick_IDButton_7
found key:Joystick_IDButton_8
found key:Joystick_IDButton_9
found key:Joystick_IDButton_10
found key:Joystick_IDButton_11
found key:Joystick_IDButton_12
found key:Joystick_IDButton_13
found key:Joystick_IDButton_14
found key:Joystick_IDButton_15
found key:Joystick_IDButton_16
found key:Joystick_IDButton_17
found key:Joystick_IDButton_18
found key:Joystick_IDButton_19
found key:Joystick_IDButton_20
found key:Joystick_IDButton_21
found key:Joystick_IDButton_22
found key:Joystick_IDButton_23
found key:Joystick_IDButton_24
found key:Joystick_IDButton_25
found key:Joystick_IDButton_26
found key:Joystick_IDButton_27
found key:Joystick_IDButton_28
found key:Joystick_IDButton_29
found key:Joystick_IDButton_30
found key:Joystick_IDButton_31
found key:Joystick_IDAxis_0
found key:Joystick_IDAxis_1
found key:Joystick_IDAxis_2
found key:Joystick_IDAxis_3
found key:IDKey_ArrowLeft
found key:IDKey_ArrowRight
found key:IDKey_ArrowUp
found key:IDKey_ArrowDown
found key:IDKey_LeftAlt
found key:IDKey_RightAlt
found key:IDKey_LeftShift
found key:IDKey_RightShift
found key:IDKey_LeftCtrl
found key:IDKey_RightCtrl
found key:IDKey_Tab
found key:IDKey_Insert
found key:IDKey_Home
found key:IDKey_End
found key:IDKey_PageUp
found key:IDKey_PageDown
found key:IDKey_Delete
found key:IDKey_Numpad0
found key:IDKey_Numpad1
found key:IDKey_Numpad2
found key:IDKey_Numpad3
found key:IDKey_Numpad4
found key:IDKey_Numpad5
found key:IDKey_Numpad6
found key:IDKey_Numpad7
found key:IDKey_Numpad8
found key:IDKey_Numpad9
found key:IDKey_Multiply
found key:IDKey_Add
found key:IDKey_Subtract
found key:IDKey_Divide
found key:IDKey_NumpadComma
found key:IDKey_NumpadEnter
found key:IDKey_Enter
found key:IDKey_Space
found key:MWheelUp
found key:MWheelDown
found key:IDKey_Comma
found key:IDKey_Period
found key:IDKey_Slash
found key:IDKey_Backslash
found key:IDKey_Equals
found key:IDKey_LeftBracket
found key:IDKey_RightBracket
found key:IDKey_Semicolon
found key:IDKey_Minus
found key:IDKey_Apostrophe
found key:IDKey_OEM_102
found key:IDKey_Pause
found key:IDKey_Backspace
found key:IDKey_PrintScreen
found key:IDKey_Decimal
found key:IDKey_Capital
found key:IDKey_Numlock
found key:IDKey_ScrollLock
found key:IDKey_0
found key:IDKey_1
found key:IDKey_2
found key:IDKey_3
found key:IDKey_4
found key:IDKey_5
found key:IDKey_6
found key:IDKey_7
found key:IDKey_8
found key:IDKey_9
wine: Unhandled exception, starting debugger...

Same with CounterStrike: Source... gets to Splash screen then freezes. I Beggining to think Cedega, as much hype as it has, really is not that great.. let me rephrase, it needs ALOT of work. Linux is great however

Edit*

Also Heres xorg.conf (to see why splash screen isnt loading)

Code:

# File generated by XFdrake.
# **********************************************************************
# Refer to the XF86Config man page for details about the format of
# this file.
# **********************************************************************

Section "ServerLayout"
    Identifier     "layout1"
    Screen         "screen1" 0 0
    InputDevice    "Keyboard1" "CoreKeyboard"
    InputDevice    "Mouse1" "CorePointer"
EndSection

Section "Files"

    # Multiple FontPath entries are allowed (they are concatenated together)
    # By default, Mandrake 6.0 and later now use a font server independent of
    # the X server to render fonts.
    FontPath        "unix/:-1"
EndSection

Section "Module"
    Load           "dbe" # Double-Buffering Extension
    Load           "v4l" # Video for Linux
    Load           "extmod"
    Load           "type1"
    Load           "freetype"
    Load           "glx"
EndSection

Section "ServerFlags"

    #DontZap # disable <Crtl><Alt><BS> (server abort)
    #DontZoom # disable <Crtl><Alt><KP_+>/<KP_-> (resolution switching)
    # allows the server to start up even if the mouse does not work
    Option         "allowmouseopenfail"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
    Identifier     "Keyboard1"
    Driver         "keyboard"
    Option         "XkbModel" "pc105"
    Option         "XkbLayout" "us"
    Option         "XkbOptions" "compose:rwin"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
    Identifier     "Mouse1"
    Driver         "mouse"
    Option         "Protocol" "ExplorerPS/2"
    Option         "Device" "/dev/mouse"
    Option         "ZAxisMapping" "6 7"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
    Identifier     "monitor1"
    VendorName     "Plug'n Play"
    ModelName      "DELL E773c"
    HorizSync       30.0 - 70.0
    VertRefresh     50.0 - 160.0
    ModeLine       "768x576" 50.0 768 832 846 1000 576 590 595 630
    ModeLine       "768x576" 63.1 768 800 960 1024 576 578 590 616
EndSection

Section "Device"
    Identifier     "device1"
    Driver         "nvidia"
    VendorName     "nVidia"
    BoardName      "NVIDIA GeForce FX 5500"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
    Identifier     "screen1"
    Device         "device1"
    Monitor        "monitor1"
    DefaultDepth    24
    Option         "DPMS"
    Option         "NvAGP" "0"
    SubSection     "Display"
        Depth       8
        Modes      "1280x1024"
    EndSubSection
    SubSection     "Display"
        Depth       15
        Modes      "1280x1024"
    EndSubSection
    SubSection     "Display"
        Depth       16
        Modes      "1280x1024"
    EndSubSection
    SubSection     "Display"
        Depth       24
        Modes      "1280x1024"
    EndSubSection
EndSection

mimithebrain · 06-02-2006, 10:21 PM

that was an amazingly fast reply!

Quote:

I removed the intel_agp because I Dont want teh Onboard graphics card to load at startup.. I Have a PCI Video Card that I want to load only... Is t his right?

I see from lspci that you have a weaker intel graphic card, and don't want the intel card to work. That makes sense, however, removing intel_agp doesn't make much a difference, intel_agp is for 3d rendering only, not to load the card. Although, this does save a bit of memory.

Quote:

Install process is

Alt+Ctrl+F1

telinit 3

sh Nvidia-Driver.run --uninstall

sh Nvidia_Driver.run

install

modprobe nvidia

telinit 5

sounds about right...

Quote:

00:02.0 Display controller: Intel Corporation 82845G/GL[Brookdale-G]/GE Chipset Integrated Graphics Device (rev 01)
01:05.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV34 [GeForce FX 5500] (rev a1)

That's important to know

Quote:

nvidia
agpgart 29032 1 nvidia
i2c_core 17360 1 nvidia

nvidia module loaded, with friends

that's working fine (no something_agp module? maybe it doesn't need it

Quote:

wine: Unhandled exception, starting debugger...

That is a wine specific error.. There was an error in the game.

http://appdb.winehq.org/appview.php?versionId=3764
this website suggest that it doesn't work in linux.

However, googling around, I found this for you:

Quote:

Your system requires the use of pthreads but the maximum system allowed stack size of 2052 kB may be too small for some games.
If you experience problems, try rerunning with "-use-pthreads no" which may help.

hope this helps!

mimithebrain · 06-02-2006, 10:22 PM

And sorry for the sluggish reply, I had to dig in the google cache to get that last answer there...

soulxcavtor · 06-02-2006, 10:26 PM

Great Help, Ill definetly Give that a try and reinstall Cedega and test out that pthreads tip you gave me and get back to you in about an hour... Thank you for your vast canyon of information and quick replys!

mimithebrain · 06-02-2006, 10:27 PM

no problem

Enjoy linux and your game

*edit* I'll come back here in about an hour to see if all is working

soulxcavtor · 06-02-2006, 11:34 PM

Well mimithebrain, Your help was greatly appreciated. I guess the NVidia Drivers were already installed good and it WAS Cedega... Because the new version of Cedega 5.1.4 JUST CAME OUT, and supports the Counter-Strike Source update made over steam. So It was not my drivers, it was Cedega... and Battlefield Vietnam I guess just doesnt work in Cedega. Great, I cannot buy Cedega though because I have AMerican Express and they do not accept it, and I do not want to do the CVS install its hard and tedious. I will just wait till my frienf gets it

Edit: For your Kind help and fast replys I will continue to Contribute to linuxquestions.org because Their cause is GREAT appreciated to New and Advanced Users of Linux alike. Dang Cedega! Dang Splash Screen!

mimithebrain · 06-03-2006, 12:04 AM

that pthreads trick did not work? oh well.

I am glad that you found my help to be useful.

I look forward to hearing more of you on LQ