X doesn't come up on new installation
 

Hello,

I'm installing Slackware 13..37 and trying to bring up X11

I ran xorgsetup and got error messages. I looked in the /var/log/Xorg.0.log and the last few lines read:

[ 2109.122] (EE) NV: The PCI device 0x10de0640 (GeForce 9500 GT) at 01@00:00:0
has a kernel module claiming it.
[ 2109.122] (EE) NV: This driver cannot operate until it has been unloaded.
[ 2109.122] (EE) No devices detected.
[ 2109.122]
Fatal server error:
[ 2109.122] no screens found

I have another partition using the same hardware and X11 is running fine. Can anyone give me some help on fixing this problem?

Thanks in advance
klee12

Hi,

Which driver is being used/set in your xorg.conf file: nv or nouveau? Too my knowledge it should be nouveau.

There might be other solutions you could try, try searching for X geforce "has a kernel module claiming it"

Hope this helps.

The error messages indicate that X is endeavouring to use the old nv driver.
You would do better using the nouveau driver in place of the nv driver if you want to stay completely open source.
To fully support your nVidia hardware download and install the nVidia proprietary driver. www.nvidia.com/page/drivers.html

The 13.37 distribution auto-loads the nouveau kernel module by default for modern Nvidia cards.

Xorg probably isn't loading the correct driver.

try this:

At prompt enter this command:

"vi /etc/X11/xorg.conf"

Navigate down (arrow keys) to where it has the "Driver Section" and look for this line:

driver "nv"

(or whatever... ususally this is "nv", "nouveau" or "modesetting". The nv and modesetting modules are incorrect for this.) and change the "nv" to "nouveau" (use Insert & Delete keys for this as Backspace doesn't always work in vi well), and the hit ESC to enter command mode in vi, and type in :x to save and exit VI.

Now run "startx" and it should load Xorg normally.

Or just delete/rename /etc/X11/xorg.conf and see how well the automatic X configuration works.

Thanks everyone for your help.

Yes using nouveau was the problem. I edited the Xorg.conf file and it came up


Thanks again

klee12