GeForce Go 6150 and latest NVDIVIA drivers

hubabuba · 12-09-2007, 12:11 PM

Hi,

I have a laptop with GeForce Go 6150 card. I downloaded and installed nvidia driver from the nvidia website and the script also edited the xorg.conf for me.

When i try and start the X using "startx" command, the NVIDIA logo comes up on the screen and then the system goes back into linux displaying the following message:

Quote:

(WW) NVIDIA: No matching Device section for instance (BusID PCI:0:10:3) found

(II) Module already built-in

Xorg.0.log shows no error or warning messages apart from the same:

Quote:

(WW) NVIDIA: No matching Device section for instance (BusID PCI:0:10:3) found

Could not find anything that solves the problem on Google.

Any suggestions?

KrahnacK · 12-09-2007, 01:07 PM

Hi,
could you show your xorg.conf ?

hubabuba · 12-09-2007, 03:10 PM

I don't know how I can show the xorg.conf because I only have command line access, unless I just type the whole thing out, but that'll take ages.

Is there a way to post the file here, using the command line in linux with the Internat access?

Or is it just specific section of the xorg.conf you want to see?

KrahnacK · 12-09-2007, 04:25 PM

ok, may be you want to use a text browser like links2, for example and use it to post your xorg.conf on an online storage site, like box.net or megaupload, rapidshare, etc...

or even if you have a webserver running on your box, then you'd just have to post the url of your config file.

for now i'd like to see the Device section, but i may ask you the Screen or Monitor section, depending on how it looks

arubin · 12-10-2007, 03:17 AM

Alternatively go back to your old xorg.conf to get X started.

hubabuba · 12-10-2007, 02:14 PM

I registered at box.net, but using Links or Lynx, I struggle to actually upload anything. It does not seem to do much when I try and press the uploda button.

So, I have typed out the "Device" section:

Code:

Section "Device"

...some text...

#   BusID    "PCI:0:10:0"
#   VideoRam 256
#   Clocks   25.2 28.3
   Identifier     "Standard VGA"
   Driver         "nvidia"
   VendorName     "unknown"
   BoardName      "Unknown"
EndSection

Section "Device"
   
   #VideoRam   262144
   # Insert Clocks lines here if appropriate
   Identifier     "GeForce 6150 Go"
   Driver         "nvidia"
EndSection

I do not have an old xorg.conf. It is a new install.

Let me know if you want to see other sections.

H_TeXMeX_H · 12-10-2007, 02:50 PM

So, wait, you have two "Device" sections ? If so, please delete one of them.

If that doesn't work, try this:
1) run 'xorgsetup' as root, follow the instructions
2) next, edit 'xorg.conf' and change the

Code:

Driver         "nv"

to

Code:

Driver         "nvidia"

3) save changes, login as regular user, run 'startx'

KrahnacK · 12-10-2007, 04:22 PM

you can have two device sections, but there is only one that is actually used at a time.
the one that is used is specified in the Screen section (you should have only one of this type)

try to put the value "GeForce 6150 Go" in the Device field of the Screen section, just to see if it works...

for having two device sections, you must have been trying at least two different tools that have edited your xorg.conf (the nvidia installer is one of them), each one should make a backup before making any change but may be they don't (the default backup file is located in /etc/X11/xorg.conf.old)

what H_TeXMeX_H is saying is that you can use the open "nv" driver to have X working, instead of the proprietary one. It's a good idea. It will work, indeed (at least it should). You won't have 3D acceleration, but at least you'll have xorg working. Note that the name of the "xorgsetup" command depends on your distro, on some it looks like "xorgconfig" or "xconfig"

to fix your problem with using nvidia proprietary driver, i'll need to see your screen section and any other one that reference the "BusID PCI:0:10:3" thing

hubabuba · 12-11-2007, 02:14 PM

I have tried commenting out each device section in turn, but it didn't help.

I will run xorgconfig, but meanwhile, here is my "Screen" section:

Code:

Section "Screen"
    Identifier     "Screen 1"
    Device         "GeForce 6150 Go"
    Monitor        "My Monitor"
    DefaultDepth    24 
    SubSection     "Display"
        Viewport    0 0  
        Depth       8
        Modes      "1280x800" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
    EndSubSection
    SubSection     "Display"
        Viewport    0 0  
        Depth       16
        Modes      "1280x800" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
    EndSubSection
    SubSection     "Display"
        Viewport    0 0  
        Depth       24
        Modes      "1280x800" "1024x768" "800x600" 
    EndSubSection
EndSection

KrahnacK · 12-11-2007, 03:17 PM

okay, seems like you're not the only one to have such a problem : http://www.google.com/search?q=NVIDI...+for+instance+

let's take a look at the output of

Code:

lspci

, to make sure the actual device Xorg tries to associate with your "GeForce 6150 Go" Device section is correct :
the line beginning with 00:0a.3 in lspci (PCI:0:10:3 in decimal) should point to your nvidia card, if not, it would be interesting to know which device corresponds to this ID...

past this step, i think it would be usefull to re-install the nvidia drivers, always from the script on the nvidia's site, and looking carefully if there's an error or warning message occuring at some time

to configure Xorg automatically (which may be the best way), a command that's distro-independant (xorg-config equivalent) is nvidia-xconfig, but i recommend you re-run the nvidia install script

otherwise, if you want to do it by hand, make a backup of your current xorg.conf, and let's go this way :
remove all device sections, plus the viewport lines in your screen section, and try adding a section like this

Code:

Section "Device"
        Identifier      "GeForce 6150 Go"
        Driver          "nvidia"
        BusID           "PCI:0:10:3"
EndSection

if this doesn't work, then there truly is a problem with your driver, so either change it to "nv", or re-install it

hubabuba · 12-12-2007, 12:01 PM

00:0a.3 Co-processor: nVidia Corporation MCP51 PMU (rev a3)

So, this seems to be incorrect because the actual BusID i need is the following:

00:05.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation C51 [Geforce 6150 Go]

Am I right?

C-Sniper · 12-13-2007, 05:36 PM

you could always try xorgsetup, thats what i use and ive never had a problem with it

KrahnacK · 12-14-2007, 11:47 AM

it seems you're right hubabuba, so you can try with the following device section :

Code:

Section "Device"
        Identifier      "GeForce 6150 Go"
        Driver          "nvidia"
        BusID           "PCI:0:05:0"
EndSection

you'll also need to make sure that section's identifier is referenced by your screen section, and it should work