[X] after latest nVidia drivers: X crashes

G00fy · 05-20-2006, 04:47 PM

Hi all,

After installing the latest nVidia drivers from nVidia itself (NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-8756-pkg1.run), my X crashes everytime I want to do something in GL (I guess).

For example I want to start EVE Online in Cedega... I get booted back to the login screen. Which afaik means X crashed...
When I try to do the "test" in Cedega, X crashes at the first test (= gl test). So that's why I am thinking something in my config is not right.

If I am not at my computer for a time - like most people - there pops up a screensaver... Which is mostly in GL I guess... So X crashes...

I would be very happy if someone could tell me what to do

. Hereby included you will find the X-config.

Code:

# nvidia-xconfig: X configuration file generated by nvidia-xconfig
# nvidia-xconfig:  version 1.0  (buildmeister@builder3)  Wed Mar 29 14:43:26 PST 2006

# /etc/X11/xorg.conf (xorg X Window System server configuration file)
#
# This file was generated by dexconf, the Debian X Configuration tool, using
# values from the debconf database.
#
# Edit this file with caution, and see the /etc/X11/xorg.conf manual page.
# (Type "man /etc/X11/xorg.conf" at the shell prompt.)
#
# This file is automatically updated on xserver-xorg package upgrades *only*
# if it has not been modified since the last upgrade of the xserver-xorg
# package.
#
# If you have edited this file but would like it to be automatically updated
# again, run the following command:
#   sudo dpkg-reconfigure -phigh xserver-xorg

Section "ServerLayout"
    Identifier     "Default Layout"
    Screen         "Default Screen" 0 0
    InputDevice    "Generic Keyboard"
    InputDevice    "Configured Mouse"
EndSection

Section "Files"

        # paths to defoma fonts
    FontPath        "/usr/share/X11/fonts/misc"
    FontPath        "/usr/share/X11/fonts/cyrillic"
    FontPath        "/usr/share/X11/fonts/100dpi/:unscaled"
    FontPath        "/usr/share/X11/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled"
    FontPath        "/usr/share/X11/fonts/Type1"
    FontPath        "/usr/share/X11/fonts/CID"
    FontPath        "/usr/share/X11/fonts/100dpi"
    FontPath        "/usr/share/X11/fonts/75dpi"
    FontPath        "/var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/TrueType"
    FontPath        "/var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/CID"
EndSection

Section "Module"
    Load           "GLcore"
    Load           "i2c"
    Load           "bitmap"
    Load           "ddc"
    Load           "extmod"
    Load           "freetype"
    Load           "glx"
    Load           "int10"
    Load           "type1"
    Load           "vbe"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
    Identifier     "Generic Keyboard"
    Driver         "kbd"
    Option         "CoreKeyboard"
    Option         "XkbRules" "xorg"
    Option         "XkbModel" "pc105"
    Option         "XkbLayout" "be"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
    Identifier     "Configured Mouse"
    Driver         "mouse"
    Option         "CorePointer"
    Option         "Device" "/dev/ttyS0"
    Option         "Protocol" "microsoft"
    Option         "Emulate3Buttons" "true"
    Option         "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
    Identifier     "Hercules Pro"
    Option         "DPMS"
EndSection

Section "Device"
    Identifier     "NVIDIA Corporation NV25 [GeForce4 Ti 4200]"
    Driver         "nvidia"
    BusID          "PCI:5:0:0"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
    Identifier     "Default Screen"
    Device         "NVIDIA Corporation NV25 [GeForce4 Ti 4200]"
    Monitor        "Hercules Pro"
    DefaultDepth    24
    SubSection     "Display"
        Depth       1
        Modes      "1280x1024" "1280x960" "1024x768" "832x624" "800x600" "720x400" "640x480"
    EndSubSection
    SubSection     "Display"
        Depth       4
        Modes      "1280x1024" "1280x960" "1024x768" "832x624" "800x600" "720x400" "640x480"
    EndSubSection
    SubSection     "Display"
        Depth       8
        Modes      "1280x1024" "1280x960" "1024x768" "832x624" "800x600" "720x400" "640x480"
    EndSubSection
    SubSection     "Display"
        Depth       15
        Modes      "1280x1024" "1280x960" "1024x768" "832x624" "800x600" "720x400" "640x480"
    EndSubSection
    SubSection     "Display"
        Depth       16
        Modes      "1280x1024" "1280x960" "1024x768" "832x624" "800x600" "720x400" "640x480"
    EndSubSection
    SubSection     "Display"
        Depth       24
        Modes      "1280x1024" "1280x960" "1024x768" "832x624" "800x600" "720x400" "640x480"
    EndSubSection
EndSection

Oh, distro = Ubuntu 5.10 with all the latest updates and stuff...

Thanks a lot!

macemoneta · 05-20-2006, 05:28 PM

The 8xxx series drivers are still unstable, and causing problems for many people (including some functionality lost). Unless you have one of the newer cards that require it (and you apparently don't), you are better off running the 7676 driver, which is stable.

illiadum · 05-20-2006, 06:08 PM

I had this same problem.
I'm running Gentoo with a eVGA 6600LT nVidia Chipset. Although the solution is not desirable, I found that the graphics seem to work by replacing:

Driver "nvidia"
with
Driver "vesa"

Again, not a permanent fix...but at least it gets the screen to work!

G00fy · 05-21-2006, 04:09 AM

Hi,

The reason why I wanted this driver is because it supports the Geforce 7900 GTX.
Beforce I had the Geforce Ti4200, but I am too lazy to change the description

.

But why does nVidia release unstable drivers on their website and not as 'beta' driver? Because I would think that those drivers are 'stable', and the ones in the beta-section are unstable... Seems I don't understand their logics

.

I will try the vesa-thing.

Thanks!

davcefai · 05-21-2006, 05:23 AM

Have you tried reinstalling the driver? You may have updated your xorg, necessitating this. This happened to me a while back. I had a display until I tried to run something using GLX. Then boom!

I have found this driver perfectly OK up to now (Nvidia FX5500).

dive · 05-21-2006, 05:28 AM

Hi, have you checked your /var/log/Xorg.0.log to see errors/warnings. Can you post it here. It should tell you why it crashed.

macemoneta · 05-21-2006, 09:39 AM

Nvidia doesn't have a defined beta program for Linux. The new drivers in a series (7xxx, 8xxx, etc.), are always unstable. They are what most people would consider beta (sometimes alpha). They are usually introduced for the newest cards, while breaking many existing cards. You may be able to find more useful information at Nvidia's Linux forum.

G00fy · 05-22-2006, 01:20 AM

Hi all,

The vesa-thing worked, but I reverted back because the quality of display was really bad (I could see the interlacing inside movies, which I couldn't when using nVidia's drivers).

Now about the crash. Here is the only difference between Xorg.0.log and Xorg.0.log.old:

Code:

   *** If unresolved symbols were reported above, they might not
   *** be the reason for the server aborting.

Fatal server error:
Caught signal 11.  Server aborting


Please consult the The X.Org Foundation support 
	 at http://wiki.X.Org
 for help. 
Please also check the log file at "/var/log/Xorg.0.log" for additional information.

So that's not that much usefull information

.

I also checked the other logs, but nowhere is some usefull information to be found why it crashes.

I will check the nVidia forums in the meanwhile.

Greetz

davcefai · 05-22-2006, 05:21 AM

The vesa driver doesn't do hardware acceleration.
You could try the nv driver, it is less generic as it is written for nvidia cards but you won't get much more joy out of it.

I still think you should try reinstalling the driver so that, when it compiles, it uses what is actually present on your machine at the moment.

G00fy · 05-22-2006, 06:33 PM

Under Ubuntu 5.10 the nv driver didn't work... So I thought like 'what the heck', it's only a few days till 6.06 so I did an upgrade...
nVidia drivers are still not working (please check the message below), but nv are... So at least I can get some acceleration in movies. But still unable to play Eve.
I got some progress :-) So I am already little happy...

Needs a lot of hacking this stuff

.

Code:

X Window System Version 7.0.0
Release Date: 21 December 2005
X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0, Release 7.0
Build Operating System:Linux 2.6.12 i686
Current Operating System: Linux steven 2.6.15-23-k7 #1 SMP PREEMPT Thu May 18 18:21:31 UTC 2006 i686
Build Date: 16 March 2006
	Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.x.org
	to make sure that you have the latest version.
Module Loader present
Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting,
	(++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational,
	(WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
(==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.0.log", Time: Tue May 23 00:54:31 2006
(==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf"
(==) ServerLayout "Default Layout"
(**) |-->Screen "Default Screen" (0)
(**) |   |-->Monitor "Hercules Pro"
(**) |   |-->Device "Geforce 9700 GTX"
(**) |-->Input Device "Generic Keyboard"
(**) |-->Input Device "Configured Mouse"
(WW) The directory "/usr/share/X11/fonts/cyrillic" does not exist.
	Entry deleted from font path.
(WW) The directory "/usr/share/X11/fonts/CID" does not exist.
	Entry deleted from font path.
(WW) `fonts.dir' not found (or not valid) in "/var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/CID".
	Entry deleted from font path.
	(Run 'mkfontdir' on "/var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/CID").
(**) FontPath set to "/usr/share/X11/fonts/misc,/usr/share/X11/fonts/100dpi/:unscaled,/usr/share/X11/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled,/usr/share/X11/fonts/Type1,/usr/share/X11/fonts/100dpi,/usr/share/X11/fonts/75dpi,/var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/TrueType"
(==) RgbPath set to "/etc/X11/rgb"
(==) ModulePath set to "/usr/lib/xorg/modules"
(II) Module ABI versions:
	X.Org ANSI C Emulation: 0.2
	X.Org Video Driver: 0.8
	X.Org XInput driver : 0.5
	X.Org Server Extension : 0.2
	X.Org Font Renderer : 0.4
(II) Loader running on linux
(II) LoadModule: "bitmap"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/fonts/libbitmap.so
(II) Module bitmap: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
	compiled for 7.0.0, module version = 1.0.0
	Module class: X.Org Font Renderer
	ABI class: X.Org Font Renderer, version 0.4
(II) Loading font Bitmap
(II) LoadModule: "pcidata"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/libpcidata.so
(II) Module pcidata: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
	compiled for 7.0.0, module version = 1.0.0
	ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 0.8
(++) using VT number 7

(II) PCI: PCI scan (all values are in hex)
(II) PCI: 00:00:0: chip 10de,005e card 1462,7135 rev a3 class 05,80,00 hdr 00
(II) PCI: 00:01:0: chip 10de,0050 card 1462,7135 rev a3 class 06,01,00 hdr 80
(II) PCI: 00:01:1: chip 10de,0052 card 1462,7135 rev a2 class 0c,05,00 hdr 80
(II) PCI: 00:02:0: chip 10de,005a card 1462,7135 rev a2 class 0c,03,10 hdr 80
(II) PCI: 00:02:1: chip 10de,005b card 1462,7135 rev a3 class 0c,03,20 hdr 80
(II) PCI: 00:04:0: chip 10de,0059 card 1462,b010 rev a2 class 04,01,00 hdr 00
(II) PCI: 00:06:0: chip 10de,0053 card 1462,7135 rev f2 class 01,01,8a hdr 00
(II) PCI: 00:07:0: chip 10de,0054 card 1462,7135 rev f3 class 01,01,85 hdr 00
(II) PCI: 00:08:0: chip 10de,0055 card 1462,7135 rev f3 class 01,01,85 hdr 00
(II) PCI: 00:09:0: chip 10de,005c card 0000,0000 rev a2 class 06,04,01 hdr 01
(II) PCI: 00:0a:0: chip 10de,0057 card 1462,7135 rev a3 class 06,80,00 hdr 00
(II) PCI: 00:0b:0: chip 10de,005d card 0000,0000 rev a3 class 06,04,00 hdr 01
(II) PCI: 00:0c:0: chip 10de,005d card 0000,0000 rev a3 class 06,04,00 hdr 01
(II) PCI: 00:0d:0: chip 10de,005d card 0000,0000 rev a3 class 06,04,00 hdr 01
(II) PCI: 00:0e:0: chip 10de,005d card 0000,0000 rev a3 class 06,04,00 hdr 01
(II) PCI: 00:18:0: chip 1022,1100 card 0000,0000 rev 00 class 06,00,00 hdr 80
(II) PCI: 00:18:1: chip 1022,1101 card 0000,0000 rev 00 class 06,00,00 hdr 80
(II) PCI: 00:18:2: chip 1022,1102 card 0000,0000 rev 00 class 06,00,00 hdr 80
(II) PCI: 00:18:3: chip 1022,1103 card 0000,0000 rev 00 class 06,00,00 hdr 80
(II) PCI: 05:00:0: chip 10de,0290 card 10de,0343 rev a1 class 03,00,00 hdr 00
(II) PCI: End of PCI scan
(II) PCI-to-ISA bridge:
(II) Bus -1: bridge is at (0:1:0), (0,-1,-1), BCTRL: 0x0008 (VGA_EN is set)
(II) Subtractive PCI-to-PCI bridge:
(II) Bus 1: bridge is at (0:9:0), (0,1,1), BCTRL: 0x0200 (VGA_EN is cleared)
(II) Bus 1 I/O range:
	[0] -1	0	0x0000d000 - 0x0000dfff (0x1000) IX[B]
(II) Bus 1 non-prefetchable memory range:
	[0] -1	0	0xfe900000 - 0xfe9fffff (0x100000) MX[B]
(II) Bus 1 prefetchable memory range:
	[0] -1	0	0xfea00000 - 0xfeafffff (0x100000) MX[B]
(II) PCI-to-PCI bridge:
(II) Bus 2: bridge is at (0:11:0), (0,2,2), BCTRL: 0x0000 (VGA_EN is cleared)
(II) Bus 2 I/O range:
	[0] -1	0	0x0000c000 - 0x0000cfff (0x1000) IX[B]
(II) Bus 2 non-prefetchable memory range:
	[0] -1	0	0xfe800000 - 0xfe8fffff (0x100000) MX[B]
(II) Bus 2 prefetchable memory range:
	[0] -1	0	0xfe700000 - 0xfe7fffff (0x100000) MX[B]
(II) PCI-to-PCI bridge:
(II) Bus 3: bridge is at (0:12:0), (0,3,3), BCTRL: 0x0000 (VGA_EN is cleared)
(II) Bus 3 I/O range:
	[0] -1	0	0x0000b000 - 0x0000bfff (0x1000) IX[B]
(II) Bus 3 non-prefetchable memory range:
	[0] -1	0	0xfe600000 - 0xfe6fffff (0x100000) MX[B]
(II) Bus 3 prefetchable memory range:
	[0] -1	0	0xfe500000 - 0xfe5fffff (0x100000) MX[B]
(II) PCI-to-PCI bridge:
(II) Bus 4: bridge is at (0:13:0), (0,4,4), BCTRL: 0x0000 (VGA_EN is cleared)
(II) Bus 4 I/O range:
	[0] -1	0	0x0000a000 - 0x0000afff (0x1000) IX[B]
(II) Bus 4 non-prefetchable memory range:
	[0] -1	0	0xfe400000 - 0xfe4fffff (0x100000) MX[B]
(II) Bus 4 prefetchable memory range:
	[0] -1	0	0xfe300000 - 0xfe3fffff (0x100000) MX[B]
(II) PCI-to-PCI bridge:
(II) Bus 5: bridge is at (0:14:0), (0,5,5), BCTRL: 0x0008 (VGA_EN is set)
(II) Bus 5 I/O range:
	[0] -1	0	0x00009000 - 0x00009fff (0x1000) IX[B]
(II) Bus 5 non-prefetchable memory range:
	[0] -1	0	0xfb000000 - 0xfdffffff (0x3000000) MX[B]
(II) Bus 5 prefetchable memory range:
	[0] -1	0	0xd0000000 - 0xdfffffff (0x10000000) MX[B]
(II) Host-to-PCI bridge:
(II) Bus 0: bridge is at (0:24:0), (0,0,5), BCTRL: 0x0008 (VGA_EN is set)
(II) Bus 0 I/O range:
	[0] -1	0	0x00000000 - 0x0000ffff (0x10000) IX[B]
(II) Bus 0 non-prefetchable memory range:
	[0] -1	0	0x00000000 - 0xffffffff (0x0) MX[B]
(II) Bus 0 prefetchable memory range:
	[0] -1	0	0x00000000 - 0xffffffff (0x0) MX[B]
(--) PCI:*(5:0:0) nVidia Corporation unknown chipset (0x0290) rev 161, Mem @ 0xfb000000/24, 0xd0000000/28, 0xfc000000/24, I/O @ 0x9f00/7
(II) Addressable bus resource ranges are
	[0] -1	0	0x00000000 - 0xffffffff (0x0) MX[B]
	[1] -1	0	0x00000000 - 0x0000ffff (0x10000) IX[B]
(II) OS-reported resource ranges:
	[0] -1	0	0x00100000 - 0x3fffffff (0x3ff00000) MX[B]E(B)
	[1] -1	0	0x000f0000 - 0x000fffff (0x10000) MX[B]
	[2] -1	0	0x000c0000 - 0x000effff (0x30000) MX[B]
	[3] -1	0	0x00000000 - 0x0009ffff (0xa0000) MX[B]
	[4] -1	0	0x0000ffff - 0x0000ffff (0x1) IX[B]
	[5] -1	0	0x00000000 - 0x000000ff (0x100) IX[B]
(II) Active PCI resource ranges:
	[0] -1	0	0xfebf9000 - 0xfebf9fff (0x1000) MX[B]
	[1] -1	0	0xfebfa000 - 0xfebfafff (0x1000) MX[B]
	[2] -1	0	0xfebfb000 - 0xfebfbfff (0x1000) MX[B]
	[3] -1	0	0xfebfd000 - 0xfebfdfff (0x1000) MX[B]
	[4] -1	0	0xfeb00000 - 0xfeb000ff (0x100) MX[B]
	[5] -1	0	0xfebff000 - 0xfebfffff (0x1000) MX[B]
	[6] -1	0	0xfc000000 - 0xfcffffff (0x1000000) MX[B](B)
	[7] -1	0	0xd0000000 - 0xdfffffff (0x10000000) MX[B](B)
	[8] -1	0	0xfb000000 - 0xfbffffff (0x1000000) MX[B](B)
	[9] -1	0	0x0000f000 - 0x0000f007 (0x8) IX[B]
	[10] -1	0	0x0000f100 - 0x0000f10f (0x10) IX[B]
	[11] -1	0	0x00000b60 - 0x00000b63 (0x4) IX[B]
	[12] -1	0	0x00000960 - 0x00000967 (0x8) IX[B]
	[13] -1	0	0x00000be0 - 0x00000be3 (0x4) IX[B]
	[14] -1	0	0x000009e0 - 0x000009e7 (0x8) IX[B]
	[15] -1	0	0x0000f600 - 0x0000f60f (0x10) IX[B]
	[16] -1	0	0x00000b70 - 0x00000b73 (0x4) IX[B]
	[17] -1	0	0x00000970 - 0x00000977 (0x8) IX[B]
	[18] -1	0	0x00000bf0 - 0x00000bf3 (0x4) IX[B]
	[19] -1	0	0x000009f0 - 0x000009f7 (0x8) IX[B]
	[20] -1	0	0x0000fb00 - 0x0000fb0f (0x10) IX[B]
	[21] -1	0	0x0000ee00 - 0x0000eeff (0x100) IX[B]
	[22] -1	0	0x0000ea00 - 0x0000eaff (0x100) IX[B]
	[23] -1	0	0x00004c40 - 0x00004c7f (0x40) IX[B]
	[24] -1	0	0x00004c00 - 0x00004c3f (0x40) IX[B]
	[25] -1	0	0x0000ff00 - 0x0000ff1f (0x20) IX[B]
	[26] -1	0	0x00009f00 - 0x00009f7f (0x80) IX[B](B)
(II) Active PCI resource ranges after removing overlaps:
	[0] -1	0	0xfebf9000 - 0xfebf9fff (0x1000) MX[B]
	[1] -1	0	0xfebfa000 - 0xfebfafff (0x1000) MX[B]
	[2] -1	0	0xfebfb000 - 0xfebfbfff (0x1000) MX[B]
	[3] -1	0	0xfebfd000 - 0xfebfdfff (0x1000) MX[B]
	[4] -1	0	0xfeb00000 - 0xfeb000ff (0x100) MX[B]
	[5] -1	0	0xfebff000 - 0xfebfffff (0x1000) MX[B]
	[6] -1	0	0xfc000000 - 0xfcffffff (0x1000000) MX[B](B)
	[7] -1	0	0xd0000000 - 0xdfffffff (0x10000000) MX[B](B)
	[8] -1	0	0xfb000000 - 0xfbffffff (0x1000000) MX[B](B)
	[9] -1	0	0x0000f000 - 0x0000f007 (0x8) IX[B]
	[10] -1	0	0x0000f100 - 0x0000f10f (0x10) IX[B]
	[11] -1	0	0x00000b60 - 0x00000b63 (0x4) IX[B]
	[12] -1	0	0x00000960 - 0x00000967 (0x8) IX[B]
	[13] -1	0	0x00000be0 - 0x00000be3 (0x4) IX[B]
	[14] -1	0	0x000009e0 - 0x000009e7 (0x8) IX[B]
	[15] -1	0	0x0000f600 - 0x0000f60f (0x10) IX[B]
	[16] -1	0	0x00000b70 - 0x00000b73 (0x4) IX[B]
	[17] -1	0	0x00000970 - 0x00000977 (0x8) IX[B]
	[18] -1	0	0x00000bf0 - 0x00000bf3 (0x4) IX[B]
	[19] -1	0	0x000009f0 - 0x000009f7 (0x8) IX[B]
	[20] -1	0	0x0000fb00 - 0x0000fb0f (0x10) IX[B]
	[21] -1	0	0x0000ee00 - 0x0000eeff (0x100) IX[B]
	[22] -1	0	0x0000ea00 - 0x0000eaff (0x100) IX[B]
	[23] -1	0	0x00004c40 - 0x00004c7f (0x40) IX[B]
	[24] -1	0	0x00004c00 - 0x00004c3f (0x40) IX[B]
	[25] -1	0	0x0000ff00 - 0x0000ff1f (0x20) IX[B]
	[26] -1	0	0x00009f00 - 0x00009f7f (0x80) IX[B](B)
(II) OS-reported resource ranges after removing overlaps with PCI:
	[0] -1	0	0x00100000 - 0x3fffffff (0x3ff00000) MX[B]E(B)
	[1] -1	0	0x000f0000 - 0x000fffff (0x10000) MX[B]
	[2] -1	0	0x000c0000 - 0x000effff (0x30000) MX[B]
	[3] -1	0	0x00000000 - 0x0009ffff (0xa0000) MX[B]
	[4] -1	0	0x0000ffff - 0x0000ffff (0x1) IX[B]
	[5] -1	0	0x00000000 - 0x000000ff (0x100) IX[B]
(II) All system resource ranges:
	[0] -1	0	0x00100000 - 0x3fffffff (0x3ff00000) MX[B]E(B)
	[1] -1	0	0x000f0000 - 0x000fffff (0x10000) MX[B]
	[2] -1	0	0x000c0000 - 0x000effff (0x30000) MX[B]
	[3] -1	0	0x00000000 - 0x0009ffff (0xa0000) MX[B]
	[4] -1	0	0xfebf9000 - 0xfebf9fff (0x1000) MX[B]
	[5] -1	0	0xfebfa000 - 0xfebfafff (0x1000) MX[B]
	[6] -1	0	0xfebfb000 - 0xfebfbfff (0x1000) MX[B]
	[7] -1	0	0xfebfd000 - 0xfebfdfff (0x1000) MX[B]
	[8] -1	0	0xfeb00000 - 0xfeb000ff (0x100) MX[B]
	[9] -1	0	0xfebff000 - 0xfebfffff (0x1000) MX[B]
	[10] -1	0	0xfc000000 - 0xfcffffff (0x1000000) MX[B](B)
	[11] -1	0	0xd0000000 - 0xdfffffff (0x10000000) MX[B](B)
	[12] -1	0	0xfb000000 - 0xfbffffff (0x1000000) MX[B](B)
	[13] -1	0	0x0000ffff - 0x0000ffff (0x1) IX[B]
	[14] -1	0	0x00000000 - 0x000000ff (0x100) IX[B]
	[15] -1	0	0x0000f000 - 0x0000f007 (0x8) IX[B]
	[16] -1	0	0x0000f100 - 0x0000f10f (0x10) IX[B]
	[17] -1	0	0x00000b60 - 0x00000b63 (0x4) IX[B]
	[18] -1	0	0x00000960 - 0x00000967 (0x8) IX[B]
	[19] -1	0	0x00000be0 - 0x00000be3 (0x4) IX[B]
	[20] -1	0	0x000009e0 - 0x000009e7 (0x8) IX[B]
	[21] -1	0	0x0000f600 - 0x0000f60f (0x10) IX[B]
	[22] -1	0	0x00000b70 - 0x00000b73 (0x4) IX[B]
	[23] -1	0	0x00000970 - 0x00000977 (0x8) IX[B]
	[24] -1	0	0x00000bf0 - 0x00000bf3 (0x4) IX[B]
	[25] -1	0	0x000009f0 - 0x000009f7 (0x8) IX[B]
	[26] -1	0	0x0000fb00 - 0x0000fb0f (0x10) IX[B]
	[27] -1	0	0x0000ee00 - 0x0000eeff (0x100) IX[B]
	[28] -1	0	0x0000ea00 - 0x0000eaff (0x100) IX[B]
	[29] -1	0	0x00004c40 - 0x00004c7f (0x40) IX[B]
	[30] -1	0	0x00004c00 - 0x00004c3f (0x40) IX[B]
	[31] -1	0	0x0000ff00 - 0x0000ff1f (0x20) IX[B]
	[32] -1	0	0x00009f00 - 0x00009f7f (0x80) IX[B](B)
(II) LoadModule: "i2c"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/libi2c.so
(II) Module i2c: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
	compiled for 7.0.0, module version = 1.2.0
	ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 0.8
(II) LoadModule: "bitmap"
(II) Reloading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/fonts/libbitmap.so
(II) Loading font Bitmap
(II) LoadModule: "ddc"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/libddc.so
(II) Module ddc: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
	compiled for 7.0.0, module version = 1.0.0
	ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 0.8
(II) LoadModule: "extmod"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libextmod.so
(II) Module extmod: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
	compiled for 7.0.0, module version = 1.0.0
	Module class: X.Org Server Extension
	ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 0.2
(II) Loading extension SHAPE
(II) Loading extension MIT-SUNDRY-NONSTANDARD
(II) Loading extension BIG-REQUESTS
(II) Loading extension SYNC
(II) Loading extension MIT-SCREEN-SAVER
(II) Loading extension XC-MISC
(II) Loading extension XFree86-VidModeExtension
(II) Loading extension XFree86-Misc
(II) Loading extension XFree86-DGA
(II) Loading extension DPMS
(II) Loading extension TOG-CUP
(II) Loading extension Extended-Visual-Information
(II) Loading extension XVideo
(II) Loading extension XVideo-MotionCompensation
(II) Loading extension X-Resource
(II) LoadModule: "freetype"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/fonts/libfreetype.so
(II) Module freetype: vendor="X.Org Foundation & the After X-TT Project"
	compiled for 7.0.0, module version = 2.1.0
	Module class: X.Org Font Renderer
	ABI class: X.Org Font Renderer, version 0.4
(II) Loading font FreeType
(II) LoadModule: "glx"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libglx.so
(II) Module glx: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
	compiled for 7.0.0, module version = 1.0.0
	ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 0.2
(II) Loading sub module "GLcore"
(II) LoadModule: "GLcore"
(WW) Warning, couldn't open module GLcore
(II) UnloadModule: "GLcore"
(II) UnloadModule: "glx"
(II) Unloading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libglx.so
(EE) Failed to load module "glx" (a required submodule could not be loaded, 0)
(II) LoadModule: "int10"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/libint10.so
(II) Module int10: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
	compiled for 7.0.0, module version = 1.0.0
	ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 0.8
(II) LoadModule: "type1"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/fonts/libtype1.so
(II) Module type1: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
	compiled for 7.0.0, module version = 1.0.2
	Module class: X.Org Font Renderer
	ABI class: X.Org Font Renderer, version 0.4
(II) Loading font Type1
(II) LoadModule: "vbe"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/libvbe.so
(II) Module vbe: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
	compiled for 7.0.0, module version = 1.1.0
	ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 0.8
(II) LoadModule: "nvidia"
(WW) Warning, couldn't open module nvidia
(II) UnloadModule: "nvidia"
(EE) Failed to load module "nvidia" (module does not exist, 0)
(II) LoadModule: "kbd"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/input/kbd_drv.so
(II) Module kbd: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
	compiled for 7.0.0, module version = 1.0.1
	Module class: X.Org XInput Driver
	ABI class: X.Org XInput driver, version 0.5
(II) LoadModule: "mouse"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/input/mouse_drv.so
(II) Module mouse: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
	compiled for 6.99.99.904, module version = 1.0.3
	Module class: X.Org XInput Driver
	ABI class: X.Org XInput driver, version 0.5
(EE) No drivers available.

Fatal server error:
no screens found

I installed the NVIDIA 8762 driver (latest one by 23/05/2006, 23:32 GMT) following the ncurses installer. In the messages I can see the nvidia.ko module is correctly loaded into the kernel, also I can see via modinfo that it's the correct file + version which is loaded... So I don't know why X don't want to give me a screen...
Maybe I should be nice to it... Nah, don't like being nice. Where do I get an axe to crush X skull and wire some cells so it will do what I want?

Little violent mmm... Should stop see action movies

davcefai · 05-23-2006, 12:13 AM

Strange. Is your X system up-to-date, with all the upgrades installed?

One approach you could try is to comment out load glx and GLCore in xorg.conf. If the driver works then you've narrowed the field significantly.

G00fy · 05-23-2006, 03:26 AM

Code:

$ dpkg -l| grep xserver-xorg
ii  xserver-xorg                      7.0.0-0ubuntu44                       the X.Org X server
ii  xserver-xorg-core                 1.0.2-0ubuntu10                       X.Org X server -- core server

GLcore I don't have anymore in my xorg.conf (as posted somewhere else that it's in the README file that you should remove it). So now I uncommented it... Let me save this reply and let X crash...

Too bad

... I commented "glx" out, and changed "nv" by "nvidia"... Now it didn't gave an error anymore about not being able to load glx (check below), but still give the same errors about nvidia...

Code:

X Window System Version 7.0.0
Release Date: 21 December 2005
X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0, Release 7.0
Build Operating System:Linux 2.6.12 i686
Current Operating System: Linux steven 2.6.15-23-k7 #1 SMP PREEMPT Thu May 18 18:21:31 UTC 2006 i686
Build Date: 16 March 2006
	Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.x.org
	to make sure that you have the latest version.
Module Loader present
Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting,
	(++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational,
	(WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
(==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.0.log", Time: Tue May 23 10:27:54 2006
(==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf"
(==) ServerLayout "Default Layout"
(**) |-->Screen "Default Screen" (0)
(**) |   |-->Monitor "Hercules Pro"
(**) |   |-->Device "Geforce 9700 GTX"
(**) |-->Input Device "Generic Keyboard"
(**) |-->Input Device "Configured Mouse"
(WW) The directory "/usr/share/X11/fonts/cyrillic" does not exist.
	Entry deleted from font path.
(WW) The directory "/usr/share/X11/fonts/CID" does not exist.
	Entry deleted from font path.
(WW) `fonts.dir' not found (or not valid) in "/var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/CID".
	Entry deleted from font path.
	(Run 'mkfontdir' on "/var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/CID").
(**) FontPath set to "/usr/share/X11/fonts/misc,/usr/share/X11/fonts/100dpi/:unscaled,/usr/share/X11/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled,/usr/share/X11/fonts/Type1,/usr/share/X11/fonts/100dpi,/usr/share/X11/fonts/75dpi,/var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/TrueType"
(==) RgbPath set to "/etc/X11/rgb"
(==) ModulePath set to "/usr/lib/xorg/modules"
(II) Module ABI versions:
	X.Org ANSI C Emulation: 0.2
	X.Org Video Driver: 0.8
	X.Org XInput driver : 0.5
	X.Org Server Extension : 0.2
	X.Org Font Renderer : 0.4
(II) Loader running on linux
(II) LoadModule: "bitmap"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/fonts/libbitmap.so
(II) Module bitmap: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
	compiled for 7.0.0, module version = 1.0.0
	Module class: X.Org Font Renderer
	ABI class: X.Org Font Renderer, version 0.4
(II) Loading font Bitmap
(II) LoadModule: "pcidata"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/libpcidata.so
(II) Module pcidata: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
	compiled for 7.0.0, module version = 1.0.0
	ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 0.8
(++) using VT number 7

(II) PCI: PCI scan (all values are in hex)
(II) PCI: 00:00:0: chip 10de,005e card 1462,7135 rev a3 class 05,80,00 hdr 00
(II) PCI: 00:01:0: chip 10de,0050 card 1462,7135 rev a3 class 06,01,00 hdr 80
(II) PCI: 00:01:1: chip 10de,0052 card 1462,7135 rev a2 class 0c,05,00 hdr 80
(II) PCI: 00:02:0: chip 10de,005a card 1462,7135 rev a2 class 0c,03,10 hdr 80
(II) PCI: 00:02:1: chip 10de,005b card 1462,7135 rev a3 class 0c,03,20 hdr 80
(II) PCI: 00:04:0: chip 10de,0059 card 1462,b010 rev a2 class 04,01,00 hdr 00
(II) PCI: 00:06:0: chip 10de,0053 card 1462,7135 rev f2 class 01,01,8a hdr 00
(II) PCI: 00:07:0: chip 10de,0054 card 1462,7135 rev f3 class 01,01,85 hdr 00
(II) PCI: 00:08:0: chip 10de,0055 card 1462,7135 rev f3 class 01,01,85 hdr 00
(II) PCI: 00:09:0: chip 10de,005c card 0000,0000 rev a2 class 06,04,01 hdr 01
(II) PCI: 00:0a:0: chip 10de,0057 card 1462,7135 rev a3 class 06,80,00 hdr 00
(II) PCI: 00:0b:0: chip 10de,005d card 0000,0000 rev a3 class 06,04,00 hdr 01
(II) PCI: 00:0c:0: chip 10de,005d card 0000,0000 rev a3 class 06,04,00 hdr 01
(II) PCI: 00:0d:0: chip 10de,005d card 0000,0000 rev a3 class 06,04,00 hdr 01
(II) PCI: 00:0e:0: chip 10de,005d card 0000,0000 rev a3 class 06,04,00 hdr 01
(II) PCI: 00:18:0: chip 1022,1100 card 0000,0000 rev 00 class 06,00,00 hdr 80
(II) PCI: 00:18:1: chip 1022,1101 card 0000,0000 rev 00 class 06,00,00 hdr 80
(II) PCI: 00:18:2: chip 1022,1102 card 0000,0000 rev 00 class 06,00,00 hdr 80
(II) PCI: 00:18:3: chip 1022,1103 card 0000,0000 rev 00 class 06,00,00 hdr 80
(II) PCI: 05:00:0: chip 10de,0290 card 10de,0343 rev a1 class 03,00,00 hdr 00
(II) PCI: End of PCI scan
(II) PCI-to-ISA bridge:
(II) Bus -1: bridge is at (0:1:0), (0,-1,-1), BCTRL: 0x0008 (VGA_EN is set)
(II) Subtractive PCI-to-PCI bridge:
(II) Bus 1: bridge is at (0:9:0), (0,1,1), BCTRL: 0x0200 (VGA_EN is cleared)
(II) Bus 1 I/O range:
	[0] -1	0	0x0000d000 - 0x0000dfff (0x1000) IX[B]
(II) Bus 1 non-prefetchable memory range:
	[0] -1	0	0xfe900000 - 0xfe9fffff (0x100000) MX[B]
(II) Bus 1 prefetchable memory range:
	[0] -1	0	0xfea00000 - 0xfeafffff (0x100000) MX[B]
(II) PCI-to-PCI bridge:
(II) Bus 2: bridge is at (0:11:0), (0,2,2), BCTRL: 0x0000 (VGA_EN is cleared)
(II) Bus 2 I/O range:
	[0] -1	0	0x0000c000 - 0x0000cfff (0x1000) IX[B]
(II) Bus 2 non-prefetchable memory range:
	[0] -1	0	0xfe800000 - 0xfe8fffff (0x100000) MX[B]
(II) Bus 2 prefetchable memory range:
	[0] -1	0	0xfe700000 - 0xfe7fffff (0x100000) MX[B]
(II) PCI-to-PCI bridge:
(II) Bus 3: bridge is at (0:12:0), (0,3,3), BCTRL: 0x0000 (VGA_EN is cleared)
(II) Bus 3 I/O range:
	[0] -1	0	0x0000b000 - 0x0000bfff (0x1000) IX[B]
(II) Bus 3 non-prefetchable memory range:
	[0] -1	0	0xfe600000 - 0xfe6fffff (0x100000) MX[B]
(II) Bus 3 prefetchable memory range:
	[0] -1	0	0xfe500000 - 0xfe5fffff (0x100000) MX[B]
(II) PCI-to-PCI bridge:
(II) Bus 4: bridge is at (0:13:0), (0,4,4), BCTRL: 0x0000 (VGA_EN is cleared)
(II) Bus 4 I/O range:
	[0] -1	0	0x0000a000 - 0x0000afff (0x1000) IX[B]
(II) Bus 4 non-prefetchable memory range:
	[0] -1	0	0xfe400000 - 0xfe4fffff (0x100000) MX[B]
(II) Bus 4 prefetchable memory range:
	[0] -1	0	0xfe300000 - 0xfe3fffff (0x100000) MX[B]
(II) PCI-to-PCI bridge:
(II) Bus 5: bridge is at (0:14:0), (0,5,5), BCTRL: 0x0008 (VGA_EN is set)
(II) Bus 5 I/O range:
	[0] -1	0	0x00009000 - 0x00009fff (0x1000) IX[B]
(II) Bus 5 non-prefetchable memory range:
	[0] -1	0	0xfb000000 - 0xfdffffff (0x3000000) MX[B]
(II) Bus 5 prefetchable memory range:
	[0] -1	0	0xd0000000 - 0xdfffffff (0x10000000) MX[B]
(II) Host-to-PCI bridge:
(II) Bus 0: bridge is at (0:24:0), (0,0,5), BCTRL: 0x0008 (VGA_EN is set)
(II) Bus 0 I/O range:
	[0] -1	0	0x00000000 - 0x0000ffff (0x10000) IX[B]
(II) Bus 0 non-prefetchable memory range:
	[0] -1	0	0x00000000 - 0xffffffff (0x0) MX[B]
(II) Bus 0 prefetchable memory range:
	[0] -1	0	0x00000000 - 0xffffffff (0x0) MX[B]
(--) PCI:*(5:0:0) nVidia Corporation unknown chipset (0x0290) rev 161, Mem @ 0xfb000000/24, 0xd0000000/28, 0xfc000000/24, I/O @ 0x9f00/7
(II) Addressable bus resource ranges are
	[0] -1	0	0x00000000 - 0xffffffff (0x0) MX[B]
	[1] -1	0	0x00000000 - 0x0000ffff (0x10000) IX[B]
(II) OS-reported resource ranges:
	[0] -1	0	0x00100000 - 0x3fffffff (0x3ff00000) MX[B]E(B)
	[1] -1	0	0x000f0000 - 0x000fffff (0x10000) MX[B]
	[2] -1	0	0x000c0000 - 0x000effff (0x30000) MX[B]
	[3] -1	0	0x00000000 - 0x0009ffff (0xa0000) MX[B]
	[4] -1	0	0x0000ffff - 0x0000ffff (0x1) IX[B]
	[5] -1	0	0x00000000 - 0x000000ff (0x100) IX[B]
(II) Active PCI resource ranges:
	[0] -1	0	0xfebf9000 - 0xfebf9fff (0x1000) MX[B]
	[1] -1	0	0xfebfa000 - 0xfebfafff (0x1000) MX[B]
	[2] -1	0	0xfebfb000 - 0xfebfbfff (0x1000) MX[B]
	[3] -1	0	0xfebfd000 - 0xfebfdfff (0x1000) MX[B]
	[4] -1	0	0xfeb00000 - 0xfeb000ff (0x100) MX[B]
	[5] -1	0	0xfebff000 - 0xfebfffff (0x1000) MX[B]
	[6] -1	0	0xfc000000 - 0xfcffffff (0x1000000) MX[B](B)
	[7] -1	0	0xd0000000 - 0xdfffffff (0x10000000) MX[B](B)
	[8] -1	0	0xfb000000 - 0xfbffffff (0x1000000) MX[B](B)
	[9] -1	0	0x0000f000 - 0x0000f007 (0x8) IX[B]
	[10] -1	0	0x0000f100 - 0x0000f10f (0x10) IX[B]
	[11] -1	0	0x00000b60 - 0x00000b63 (0x4) IX[B]
	[12] -1	0	0x00000960 - 0x00000967 (0x8) IX[B]
	[13] -1	0	0x00000be0 - 0x00000be3 (0x4) IX[B]
	[14] -1	0	0x000009e0 - 0x000009e7 (0x8) IX[B]
	[15] -1	0	0x0000f600 - 0x0000f60f (0x10) IX[B]
	[16] -1	0	0x00000b70 - 0x00000b73 (0x4) IX[B]
	[17] -1	0	0x00000970 - 0x00000977 (0x8) IX[B]
	[18] -1	0	0x00000bf0 - 0x00000bf3 (0x4) IX[B]
	[19] -1	0	0x000009f0 - 0x000009f7 (0x8) IX[B]
	[20] -1	0	0x0000fb00 - 0x0000fb0f (0x10) IX[B]
	[21] -1	0	0x0000ee00 - 0x0000eeff (0x100) IX[B]
	[22] -1	0	0x0000ea00 - 0x0000eaff (0x100) IX[B]
	[23] -1	0	0x00004c40 - 0x00004c7f (0x40) IX[B]
	[24] -1	0	0x00004c00 - 0x00004c3f (0x40) IX[B]
	[25] -1	0	0x0000ff00 - 0x0000ff1f (0x20) IX[B]
	[26] -1	0	0x00009f00 - 0x00009f7f (0x80) IX[B](B)
(II) Active PCI resource ranges after removing overlaps:
	[0] -1	0	0xfebf9000 - 0xfebf9fff (0x1000) MX[B]
	[1] -1	0	0xfebfa000 - 0xfebfafff (0x1000) MX[B]
	[2] -1	0	0xfebfb000 - 0xfebfbfff (0x1000) MX[B]
	[3] -1	0	0xfebfd000 - 0xfebfdfff (0x1000) MX[B]
	[4] -1	0	0xfeb00000 - 0xfeb000ff (0x100) MX[B]
	[5] -1	0	0xfebff000 - 0xfebfffff (0x1000) MX[B]
	[6] -1	0	0xfc000000 - 0xfcffffff (0x1000000) MX[B](B)
	[7] -1	0	0xd0000000 - 0xdfffffff (0x10000000) MX[B](B)
	[8] -1	0	0xfb000000 - 0xfbffffff (0x1000000) MX[B](B)
	[9] -1	0	0x0000f000 - 0x0000f007 (0x8) IX[B]
	[10] -1	0	0x0000f100 - 0x0000f10f (0x10) IX[B]
	[11] -1	0	0x00000b60 - 0x00000b63 (0x4) IX[B]
	[12] -1	0	0x00000960 - 0x00000967 (0x8) IX[B]
	[13] -1	0	0x00000be0 - 0x00000be3 (0x4) IX[B]
	[14] -1	0	0x000009e0 - 0x000009e7 (0x8) IX[B]
	[15] -1	0	0x0000f600 - 0x0000f60f (0x10) IX[B]
	[16] -1	0	0x00000b70 - 0x00000b73 (0x4) IX[B]
	[17] -1	0	0x00000970 - 0x00000977 (0x8) IX[B]
	[18] -1	0	0x00000bf0 - 0x00000bf3 (0x4) IX[B]
	[19] -1	0	0x000009f0 - 0x000009f7 (0x8) IX[B]
	[20] -1	0	0x0000fb00 - 0x0000fb0f (0x10) IX[B]
	[21] -1	0	0x0000ee00 - 0x0000eeff (0x100) IX[B]
	[22] -1	0	0x0000ea00 - 0x0000eaff (0x100) IX[B]
	[23] -1	0	0x00004c40 - 0x00004c7f (0x40) IX[B]
	[24] -1	0	0x00004c00 - 0x00004c3f (0x40) IX[B]
	[25] -1	0	0x0000ff00 - 0x0000ff1f (0x20) IX[B]
	[26] -1	0	0x00009f00 - 0x00009f7f (0x80) IX[B](B)
(II) OS-reported resource ranges after removing overlaps with PCI:
	[0] -1	0	0x00100000 - 0x3fffffff (0x3ff00000) MX[B]E(B)
	[1] -1	0	0x000f0000 - 0x000fffff (0x10000) MX[B]
	[2] -1	0	0x000c0000 - 0x000effff (0x30000) MX[B]
	[3] -1	0	0x00000000 - 0x0009ffff (0xa0000) MX[B]
	[4] -1	0	0x0000ffff - 0x0000ffff (0x1) IX[B]
	[5] -1	0	0x00000000 - 0x000000ff (0x100) IX[B]
(II) All system resource ranges:
	[0] -1	0	0x00100000 - 0x3fffffff (0x3ff00000) MX[B]E(B)
	[1] -1	0	0x000f0000 - 0x000fffff (0x10000) MX[B]
	[2] -1	0	0x000c0000 - 0x000effff (0x30000) MX[B]
	[3] -1	0	0x00000000 - 0x0009ffff (0xa0000) MX[B]
	[4] -1	0	0xfebf9000 - 0xfebf9fff (0x1000) MX[B]
	[5] -1	0	0xfebfa000 - 0xfebfafff (0x1000) MX[B]
	[6] -1	0	0xfebfb000 - 0xfebfbfff (0x1000) MX[B]
	[7] -1	0	0xfebfd000 - 0xfebfdfff (0x1000) MX[B]
	[8] -1	0	0xfeb00000 - 0xfeb000ff (0x100) MX[B]
	[9] -1	0	0xfebff000 - 0xfebfffff (0x1000) MX[B]
	[10] -1	0	0xfc000000 - 0xfcffffff (0x1000000) MX[B](B)
	[11] -1	0	0xd0000000 - 0xdfffffff (0x10000000) MX[B](B)
	[12] -1	0	0xfb000000 - 0xfbffffff (0x1000000) MX[B](B)
	[13] -1	0	0x0000ffff - 0x0000ffff (0x1) IX[B]
	[14] -1	0	0x00000000 - 0x000000ff (0x100) IX[B]
	[15] -1	0	0x0000f000 - 0x0000f007 (0x8) IX[B]
	[16] -1	0	0x0000f100 - 0x0000f10f (0x10) IX[B]
	[17] -1	0	0x00000b60 - 0x00000b63 (0x4) IX[B]
	[18] -1	0	0x00000960 - 0x00000967 (0x8) IX[B]
	[19] -1	0	0x00000be0 - 0x00000be3 (0x4) IX[B]
	[20] -1	0	0x000009e0 - 0x000009e7 (0x8) IX[B]
	[21] -1	0	0x0000f600 - 0x0000f60f (0x10) IX[B]
	[22] -1	0	0x00000b70 - 0x00000b73 (0x4) IX[B]
	[23] -1	0	0x00000970 - 0x00000977 (0x8) IX[B]
	[24] -1	0	0x00000bf0 - 0x00000bf3 (0x4) IX[B]
	[25] -1	0	0x000009f0 - 0x000009f7 (0x8) IX[B]
	[26] -1	0	0x0000fb00 - 0x0000fb0f (0x10) IX[B]
	[27] -1	0	0x0000ee00 - 0x0000eeff (0x100) IX[B]
	[28] -1	0	0x0000ea00 - 0x0000eaff (0x100) IX[B]
	[29] -1	0	0x00004c40 - 0x00004c7f (0x40) IX[B]
	[30] -1	0	0x00004c00 - 0x00004c3f (0x40) IX[B]
	[31] -1	0	0x0000ff00 - 0x0000ff1f (0x20) IX[B]
	[32] -1	0	0x00009f00 - 0x00009f7f (0x80) IX[B](B)
(II) LoadModule: "i2c"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/libi2c.so
(II) Module i2c: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
	compiled for 7.0.0, module version = 1.2.0
	ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 0.8
(II) LoadModule: "bitmap"
(II) Reloading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/fonts/libbitmap.so
(II) Loading font Bitmap
(II) LoadModule: "ddc"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/libddc.so
(II) Module ddc: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
	compiled for 7.0.0, module version = 1.0.0
	ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 0.8
(II) LoadModule: "extmod"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libextmod.so
(II) Module extmod: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
	compiled for 7.0.0, module version = 1.0.0
	Module class: X.Org Server Extension
	ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 0.2
(II) Loading extension SHAPE
(II) Loading extension MIT-SUNDRY-NONSTANDARD
(II) Loading extension BIG-REQUESTS
(II) Loading extension SYNC
(II) Loading extension MIT-SCREEN-SAVER
(II) Loading extension XC-MISC
(II) Loading extension XFree86-VidModeExtension
(II) Loading extension XFree86-Misc
(II) Loading extension XFree86-DGA
(II) Loading extension DPMS
(II) Loading extension TOG-CUP
(II) Loading extension Extended-Visual-Information
(II) Loading extension XVideo
(II) Loading extension XVideo-MotionCompensation
(II) Loading extension X-Resource
(II) LoadModule: "freetype"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/fonts/libfreetype.so
(II) Module freetype: vendor="X.Org Foundation & the After X-TT Project"
	compiled for 7.0.0, module version = 2.1.0
	Module class: X.Org Font Renderer
	ABI class: X.Org Font Renderer, version 0.4
(II) Loading font FreeType
(II) LoadModule: "int10"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/libint10.so
(II) Module int10: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
	compiled for 7.0.0, module version = 1.0.0
	ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 0.8
(II) LoadModule: "type1"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/fonts/libtype1.so
(II) Module type1: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
	compiled for 7.0.0, module version = 1.0.2
	Module class: X.Org Font Renderer
	ABI class: X.Org Font Renderer, version 0.4
(II) Loading font Type1
(II) LoadModule: "vbe"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/libvbe.so
(II) Module vbe: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
	compiled for 7.0.0, module version = 1.1.0
	ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 0.8
(II) LoadModule: "nvidia"
(WW) Warning, couldn't open module nvidia
(II) UnloadModule: "nvidia"
(EE) Failed to load module "nvidia" (module does not exist, 0)
(II) LoadModule: "kbd"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/input/kbd_drv.so
(II) Module kbd: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
	compiled for 7.0.0, module version = 1.0.1
	Module class: X.Org XInput Driver
	ABI class: X.Org XInput driver, version 0.5
(II) LoadModule: "mouse"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/input/mouse_drv.so
(II) Module mouse: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
	compiled for 6.99.99.904, module version = 1.0.3
	Module class: X.Org XInput Driver
	ABI class: X.Org XInput driver, version 0.5
(EE) No drivers available.

Fatal server error:
no screens found

It says "(WW) Warning, couldn't open module nvidia", how is that possible? Doesn't it use the module loaded in the kernel?
With what comment can I check if it is really loaded, and not being dormant or so?

Thanks for your time mate!

soulxcavtor · 05-23-2006, 03:44 AM

Did you try re-installing your nvidia module and running xconfig? Maybe modprobe nvidia? Did you compile it yourself and is /usr/src/linux the source for this kernel ? Did you compile the kernel module of NVidia as well ?

G00fy · 05-23-2006, 04:11 AM

What a lot of questions

.

reinstalling: yes, already a few times.
xconfig: I don't have this, but if you mean nvidia-xconfig... Yes I did that everytime I reinstalled (even though the setup does that already).
compile yourself: no and yes. First few times I let the setup do the compiling, then I compiled myself and copied everything over manually. That didn't work out either so I removed every trace of 'nvidia' on my system and restarted by setting it up via the setup
kernelsource: this is in /usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.15-23-k7/, there is also a reference to the source at /lib/modules/2.6.15-23-k7/build
kernel module: I guess what the official setup does is nothing more then recompiling the kernel module?

I guess I am a little confused here that there would be 2 modules for nvidia on my system?
I'm just trying to understand here

... I need a kernel module for my GeForce for I don't know what... Let's say hardware recognition. Do I still need an X module so X can use the features of my hardware to run?

Afaik I only recompiled the kernel module, I didn't do anything about X modules, the only thing I am doing there is changing the configuration file.

Greetz

davcefai · 05-23-2006, 10:08 AM

The Nvidia install a non-free driver, nothing to do with the kernel source. ie you have code in your system which is not open source.

This is done via the installer which also modprobes etc.

Are you running the installer as root? If not you will not have the necessary permissions.

Just to make sure:

1. X must not be running. Boot to runlevel 2. Stopping the GUI or going to a shell is not good enough. Edit your /etc/inittab to boot to runlevel 2.

2. Login, become root, cd to where the driver is and run it. Watch it like a hawk. If there are any errors it will tell you where the log file is.

From the log you posted it seems that the nvidia module cannot be found. Either it didn't compile properly or, as user, you do not have read permission on where the module is. Strange though.

Hope this helps.