Not sure what is going on here or how to start fixing in 10.04
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Not sure what is going on here or how to start fixing in 10.04
I am at a loss here. I recently upgraded from 9.10 to 10.04 with my multimedia pc. Now xorg is busted and this frustrates me. not only that but using aptitude never works since it is old and that makes downgrading xorg difficult.
lspci
Code:
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 82845 845 [Brookdale] Chipset Host Bridge (rev 03)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82845 845 [Brookdale] Chipset AGP Bridge (rev 03)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 PCI Bridge (rev 12)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801BA ISA Bridge (LPC) (rev 12)
00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801BA IDE U100 Controller (rev 12)
00:1f.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801BA/BAM USB Controller #1 (rev 12)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801BA/BAM SMBus Controller (rev 12)
00:1f.4 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801BA/BAM USB Controller #1 (rev 12)
00:1f.5 Multimedia audio controller: Intel Corporation 82801BA/BAM AC'97 Audio Controller (rev 12)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV34 [GeForce FX 5200] (rev a1)
02:08.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82801BA/BAM/CA/CAM Ethernet Controller (rev 03)
02:0e.0 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev 62)
02:0e.1 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev 62)
02:0e.2 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. USB 2.0 (rev 65)
[ 226.764]
X.Org X Server 1.8.0
Release Date: 2010-04-02
[ 226.764] X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0
[ 226.764] Build Operating System: Linux 2.6.24-27-xen i686 Ubuntu
[ 226.764] Current Operating System: Linux bmansmediacenter 2.6.32.4-custom #1 PREEMPT Wed Jan 20 23:05:32 EST 2010 i686
[ 226.764] Kernel command line: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32.4-custom root=UUID=97a9fc20-d668-4cdc-ba4b-95ca0328e926 ro quiet
[ 226.764] Build Date: 24 April 2010 05:27:09AM
[ 226.764] xorg-server 2:1.8.0+git20100422+server-1.8-branch.5455df65-0ubuntu0sarvatt3 (Robert Hooker <sarvatt@ubuntu.com>)
[ 226.764] Current version of pixman: 0.19.1
[ 226.764] Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.x.org
to make sure that you have the latest version.
[ 226.764] Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting,
(++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational,
(WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
[ 226.765] (==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.0.log", Time: Sun May 2 19:32:03 2010
[ 226.765] (==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf"
[ 226.765] (==) Using system config directory "/usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d"
[ 226.766] (==) ServerLayout "Layout0"
[ 226.766] (**) |-->Screen "Screen0" (0)
[ 226.766] (**) | |-->Monitor "Monitor0"
[ 226.766] (**) | |-->Device "Device0"
[ 226.766] (**) |-->Input Device "Keyboard0"
[ 226.766] (**) |-->Input Device "Mouse0"
[ 226.767] (**) Option "IgnoreABI" "True"
[ 226.767] (**) Ignoring ABI Version
[ 226.767] (==) Automatically adding devices
[ 226.767] (==) Automatically enabling devices
[ 226.767] (WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/X11/cyrillic" does not exist.
[ 226.767] Entry deleted from font path.
[ 226.767] (==) FontPath set to:
/usr/share/fonts/X11/misc,
/usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi/:unscaled,
/usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi/:unscaled,
/usr/share/fonts/X11/Type1,
/usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi,
/usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi,
/var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/TrueType,
built-ins
[ 226.767] (==) ModulePath set to "/usr/lib/xorg/extra-modules,/usr/lib/xorg/modules"
[ 226.767] (WW) AllowEmptyInput is on, devices using drivers 'kbd', 'mouse' or 'vmmouse' will be disabled.
[ 226.767] (WW) Disabling Keyboard0
[ 226.767] (WW) Disabling Mouse0
[ 226.767] (II) Loader magic: 0x81f4b80
[ 226.767] (II) Module ABI versions:
[ 226.767] X.Org ANSI C Emulation: 0.4
[ 226.767] X.Org Video Driver: 7.0
[ 226.767] X.Org XInput driver : 9.0
[ 226.767] X.Org Server Extension : 3.0
[ 226.863] (--) PCI:*(0:1:0:0) 10de:0322:1b13:0000 nVidia Corporation NV34 [GeForce FX 5200] rev 161, Mem @ 0xd0000000/16777216, 0xf0000000/134217728, BIOS @ 0x????????/131072
[ 226.864] (II) Open ACPI successful (/var/run/acpid.socket)
[ 226.864] (II) LoadModule: "extmod"
[ 226.866] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libextmod.so
[ 226.866] (II) Module extmod: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[ 226.866] compiled for 1.8.0, module version = 1.0.0
[ 226.866] Module class: X.Org Server Extension
[ 226.866] ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 3.0
[ 226.866] (II) Loading extension MIT-SCREEN-SAVER
[ 226.866] (II) Loading extension XFree86-VidModeExtension
[ 226.866] (II) Loading extension XFree86-DGA
[ 226.866] (II) Loading extension DPMS
[ 226.866] (II) Loading extension XVideo
[ 226.866] (II) Loading extension XVideo-MotionCompensation
[ 226.867] (II) Loading extension X-Resource
[ 226.867] (II) LoadModule: "dbe"
[ 226.867] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libdbe.so
[ 226.868] (II) Module dbe: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[ 226.868] compiled for 1.8.0, module version = 1.0.0
[ 226.868] Module class: X.Org Server Extension
[ 226.868] ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 3.0
[ 226.868] (II) Loading extension DOUBLE-BUFFER
[ 226.868] (II) LoadModule: "glx"
[ 226.869] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libglx.so
[ 226.926] (II) Module glx: vendor="NVIDIA Corporation"
[ 226.927] compiled for 4.0.2, module version = 1.0.0
[ 226.927] Module class: X.Org Server Extension
[ 226.927] (II) NVIDIA GLX Module 173.14.25 Wed Jan 27 02:59:37 PST 2010
[ 226.927] (II) Loading extension GLX
[ 226.927] (II) LoadModule: "record"
[ 226.928] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/librecord.so
[ 226.928] (II) Module record: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[ 226.928] compiled for 1.8.0, module version = 1.13.0
[ 226.928] Module class: X.Org Server Extension
[ 226.928] ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 3.0
[ 226.928] (II) Loading extension RECORD
[ 226.928] (II) LoadModule: "dri"
[ 226.929] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libdri.so
[ 226.930] (II) Module dri: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[ 226.930] compiled for 1.8.0, module version = 1.0.0
[ 226.930] ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 3.0
[ 226.930] (II) Loading extension XFree86-DRI
[ 226.930] (II) LoadModule: "dri2"
[ 226.931] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libdri2.so
[ 226.931] (II) Module dri2: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[ 226.931] compiled for 1.8.0, module version = 1.2.0
[ 226.931] ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 3.0
[ 226.931] (II) Loading extension DRI2
[ 226.931] (II) LoadModule: "nvidia"
[ 226.932] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/nvidia_drv.so
[ 226.933] (II) Module nvidia: vendor="NVIDIA Corporation"
[ 226.933] compiled for 4.0.2, module version = 1.0.0
[ 226.934] Module class: X.Org Video Driver
[ 226.934] ================ WARNING WARNING WARNING WARNING ================
[ 226.934] This server has a video driver ABI version of 7.0 that is not
supported by this NVIDIA driver. Please check
http://www.nvidia.com/ for driver updates or downgrade to an X
server with a supported driver ABI.
[ 226.934] =================================================================
[ 226.934] (II) NVIDIA dlloader X Driver 173.14.25 Wed Jan 27 02:34:38 PST 2010
[ 226.934] (II) NVIDIA Unified Driver for all Supported NVIDIA GPUs
[ 226.934] (--) using VT number 8
[ 226.938] (II) Primary Device is: PCI 01@00:00:0
[ 226.938] (II) Loading sub module "fb"
[ 226.938] (II) LoadModule: "fb"
[ 226.939] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/libfb.so
[ 226.939] (II) Module fb: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[ 226.939] compiled for 1.8.0, module version = 1.0.0
[ 226.939] ABI class: X.Org ANSI C Emulation, version 0.4
[ 226.939] (II) Loading sub module "wfb"
[ 226.939] (II) LoadModule: "wfb"
[ 226.940] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/libwfb.so
[ 226.940] (II) Module wfb: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[ 226.940] compiled for 1.8.0, module version = 1.0.0
[ 226.940] ABI class: X.Org ANSI C Emulation, version 0.4
[ 226.940] (II) Loading sub module "ramdac"
[ 226.941] (II) LoadModule: "ramdac"
[ 226.941] (II) Module "ramdac" already built-in
[ 226.941] (**) NVIDIA(0): Depth 24, (--) framebuffer bpp 32
[ 226.941] (==) NVIDIA(0): RGB weight 888
[ 226.941] (==) NVIDIA(0): Default visual is TrueColor
[ 226.941] (==) NVIDIA(0): Using gamma correction (1.0, 1.0, 1.0)
[ 226.941] (**) NVIDIA(0): Enabling RENDER acceleration
[ 226.941] (II) NVIDIA(0): Support for GLX with the Damage and Composite X extensions is
[ 226.941] (II) NVIDIA(0): enabled.
[ 228.634] (II) NVIDIA(0): NVIDIA GPU GeForce FX 5200 (NV34) at PCI:1:0:0 (GPU-0)
[ 228.634] (--) NVIDIA(0): Memory: 131072 kBytes
[ 228.634] (--) NVIDIA(0): VideoBIOS: 04.34.20.18.00
[ 228.634] (II) NVIDIA(0): Detected AGP rate: 4X
[ 228.634] (--) NVIDIA(0): Interlaced video modes are supported on this GPU
[ 228.634] (--) NVIDIA(0): Connected display device(s) on GeForce FX 5200 at PCI:1:0:0:
[ 228.634] (--) NVIDIA(0): NVIDIA TV Encoder (TV-0)
[ 228.634] (--) NVIDIA(0): NVIDIA TV Encoder (TV-0): 350.0 MHz maximum pixel clock
[ 228.634] (--) NVIDIA(0): TV encoder: NVIDIA
[ 228.634] (II) NVIDIA(0): Assigned Display Device: TV-0
[ 228.634] (==) NVIDIA(0):
[ 228.634] (==) NVIDIA(0): No modes were requested; the default mode "nvidia-auto-select"
[ 228.634] (==) NVIDIA(0): will be used as the requested mode.
[ 228.634] (==) NVIDIA(0):
[ 228.635] (II) NVIDIA(0): Validated modes:
[ 228.635] (II) NVIDIA(0): "nvidia-auto-select"
[ 228.635] (II) NVIDIA(0): Virtual screen size determined to be 1024 x 768
[ 228.635] (==) NVIDIA(0): DPI set to (75, 75); computed from built-in default
[ 228.635] (==) NVIDIA(0): Enabling 32-bit ARGB GLX visuals.
[ 228.635] (--) Depth 24 pixmap format is 32 bpp
[ 228.635] (EE) NVIDIA(0): This video driver ABI is not supported.
[ 228.635] (EE) NVIDIA(0): Use the -ignoreABI option to override this check.
[ 228.767]
Fatal server error:
[ 228.767] AddScreen/ScreenInit failed for driver 0
[ 228.767]
[ 228.767]
Please consult the The X.Org Foundation support
at http://wiki.x.org
for help.
[ 228.767] Please also check the log file at "/var/log/Xorg.0.log" for additional information.
[ 228.767]
10.04 uses the nouveau open source driver for nvidia cards, rename your xorg.conf file to something else and see if xorg will auto detect your video card.
Last edited by colorpurple21859; 05-04-2010 at 07:48 PM.
no go on the rename. I made another custom kernel which would have added some features that i might need. it boots but it now flickers. tried changing the xorg.conf driver. still no good. The log file is to big to put in this post
What happens if you change the driver in your xorg.conf from "nv" to "nouveau" I have a nvidia 650se video card and your xorg.conf file seems to work with the "nouveau" driver on my computer.
Well for one i am using ndivia driver 173.14.25 now and this script to compile the driver into new kernels.
Code:
brian@bmansmediacenter:~$ sudo cat /etc/kernel/postinst.d/update-nvidia
#!/bin/bash
#put in postinst.d and header_postinst.d
# Set this to the exact path of the nvidia driver you plan to use
# It is recommended to use a symlink here so that this script doesn't
# have to be modified when you change driver versions.
DRIVER=/usr/src/nvidia-driver
# Build new driver if it doesn't exist
if [ -e /lib/modules/$1/kernel/drivers/video/nvidia.ko ] ; then
echo "NVIDIA driver already exists for this kernel." >&2
else
echo "Building NVIDIA driver for kernel $1" >&2
sh $DRIVER -K -k $1 -s -n 2>1 > /dev/null
if [ -e /lib/modules/$1/kernel/drivers/video/nvidia.ko ] ; then
echo " SUCCESS: Driver installed for kernel $1" >&2
else
echo " FAILURE: See /var/log/nvidia-installer.log" >&2
fi
fi
exit 0
and at one point I compiled a module called drm into my kernels which is related to nouveau i believe. I am not sure if the drm module is needed. I think i will uninstall that. not sure how to remove it from my kernels I use a custom kernel because it can only use 384MBs of ram.
Code:
brian@bmansmediacenter:~$ sudo cat /var/log/Xorg.0.log
[ 105.778]
X.Org X Server 1.8.0
Release Date: 2010-04-02
[ 105.778] X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0
[ 105.778] Build Operating System: Linux 2.6.24-27-xen i686 Ubuntu
[ 105.778] Current Operating System: Linux bmansmediacenter 2.6.32.11+drm33.2-050510 #1 PREEMPT Wed May 5 21:40:47 EDT 2010 i686
[ 105.778] Kernel command line: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32.11+drm33.2-050510 root=UUID=97a9fc20-d668-4cdc-ba4b-95ca0328e926 ro quiet
[ 105.778] Build Date: 24 April 2010 05:27:09AM
[ 105.778] xorg-server 2:1.8.0+git20100422+server-1.8-branch.5455df65-0ubuntu0sarvatt3 (Robert Hooker <sarvatt@ubuntu.com>)
[ 105.778] Current version of pixman: 0.19.1
[ 105.778] Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.x.org
to make sure that you have the latest version.
[ 105.778] Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting,
(++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational,
(WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
[ 105.779] (==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.0.log", Time: Wed May 5 23:32:12 2010
[ 105.779] (==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf"
[ 105.779] (==) Using system config directory "/usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d"
[ 105.779] Parse error on line 9 of section Screen in file /etc/X11/xorg.conf
"Modes" is not a valid keyword in this section.
[ 105.780] (EE) Problem parsing the config file
[ 105.780] (EE) Error parsing the config file
[ 105.780]
Fatal server error:
[ 105.780] no screens found
[ 105.780]
Please consult the The X.Org Foundation support
at http://wiki.x.org
for help.
[ 105.780] Please also check the log file at "/var/log/Xorg.0.log" for additional information.
[ 105.780]
brian@bmansmediacenter:~$ sudo cat /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf
# This file lists those modules which we don't want to be loaded by
# alias expansion, usually so some other driver will be loaded for the
# device instead.
# evbug is a debug tool that should be loaded explicitly
blacklist evbug
# these drivers are very simple, the HID drivers are usually preferred
blacklist usbmouse
blacklist usbkbd
# replaced by e100
blacklist eepro100
# replaced by tulip
blacklist de4x5
# causes no end of confusion by creating unexpected network interfaces
blacklist eth1394
# snd_intel8x0m can interfere with snd_intel8x0, doesn't seem to support much
# hardware on its own (Ubuntu bug #2011, #6810)
blacklist snd_intel8x0m
# Conflicts with dvb driver (which is better for handling this device)
blacklist snd_aw2
# causes failure to suspend on HP compaq nc6000 (Ubuntu: #10306)
blacklist i2c_i801
# replaced by p54pci
blacklist prism54
# replaced by b43 and ssb.
blacklist bcm43xx
# most apps now use garmin usb driver directly (Ubuntu: #114565)
blacklist garmin_gps
# replaced by asus-laptop (Ubuntu: #184721)
blacklist asus_acpi
# low-quality, just noise when being used for sound playback, causes
# hangs at desktop session start (Ubuntu: #246969)
blacklist snd_pcsp
# ugly and loud noise, getting on everyone's nerves; this should be done by a
# nice pulseaudio bing (Ubuntu: #77010)
blacklist pcspkr
# EDAC driver for amd76x clashes with the agp driver preventing the aperture
# from being initialised (Ubuntu: #297750). Blacklist so that the driver
# continues to build and is installable for the few cases where its
# really needed.
blacklist amd76x_edac
blacklist vga16fb
blacklist nouveau
blacklist rivafb
blacklist nvidiafb
blacklist rivatv
brian@bmansmediacenter:~$
and now my issue is the resolution is off center. It is to far to the right I am not sure how to fix that yet. any ideas?
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Not sure what is going on here or how to start fixing in 10.04
. I recently upgraded from 9.10 to 10.04 with my multimedia pc. Now xorg is busted and this frustrates me. not only that but using aptitude never works since it is old and that makes downgrading xorg difficult.
No good still
