Linux defaults to motherboard VGA instead of using GTX 8800

bulletgirl22 · 09-24-2021, 08:39 PM

I've been using my motherboard's VGA output for my display but its way too slow, to the point that I can't stream video in greater than 720p. So I got a GTX 8800. I can use it to view the BIOS and it displays Grub fine. But when I try to boot into linux (Debian 10) it switches the output to the motherboard's VGA. It displays two error messages on the monitor from the GPU with a blinking keyboard cursor:

[ 3.319654] ERST: Failed to get Error Log Address Range.
[ 3.427483] APEI: Can not request [mem 0xcff7d550-0xcff7d5a3] for APEI BERT registers

These can be found in dmesg as well, but I don't think they're related to the problem because these same errors present even when the GPU is not installed.

When the GPU is not installed I can use startx to start KDE, but if the GPU is installed I get an error from Xorg. Getting the DE to work is also important but I suppose that for right now I really just want to know why its refusing to use by GPU even for a basic terminal.

bulletgirl22 · 09-24-2021, 08:40 PM

The output from dmesg:

Code:

[    0.000000] Linux version 4.19.0-17-amd64 (debian-kernel@lists.debian.org) (gcc version 8.3.0 (Debian 8.3.0-6)) #1 SMP Debian 4.19.194-3 (2021-07-18)
[    0.000000] Command line: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-4.19.0-17-amd64 root=UUID=a48d40f9-d6fb-4cde-a4cc-6c5346618ec9 ro quiet
[    0.000000] random: get_random_u32 called from bsp_init_amd+0x20b/0x2b0 with crng_init=0
[    0.000000] x86/fpu: Supporting XSAVE feature 0x001: 'x87 floating point registers'
[    0.000000] x86/fpu: Supporting XSAVE feature 0x002: 'SSE registers'
[    0.000000] x86/fpu: Supporting XSAVE feature 0x004: 'AVX registers'
[    0.000000] x86/fpu: xstate_offset[2]:  576, xstate_sizes[2]:  256
[    0.000000] x86/fpu: Enabled xstate features 0x7, context size is 832 bytes, using 'standard' format.
[    0.000000] BIOS-provided physical RAM map:
[    0.000000] BIOS-e820: [mem 0x0000000000000000-0x000000000009e7ff] usable
[    0.000000] BIOS-e820: [mem 0x000000000009e800-0x000000000009ffff] reserved
[    0.000000] BIOS-e820: [mem 0x00000000000e6000-0x00000000000fffff] reserved
[    0.000000] BIOS-e820: [mem 0x0000000000100000-0x00000000cff5ffff] usable
[    0.000000] BIOS-e820: [mem 0x00000000cff6e000-0x00000000cff6ffff] type 9
[    0.000000] BIOS-e820: [mem 0x00000000cff70000-0x00000000cff81fff] ACPI data
[    0.000000] BIOS-e820: [mem 0x00000000cff82000-0x00000000cffcffff] ACPI NVS
[    0.000000] BIOS-e820: [mem 0x00000000cffd0000-0x00000000cfffffff] reserved
[    0.000000] BIOS-e820: [mem 0x00000000e0000000-0x00000000efffffff] reserved
[    0.000000] BIOS-e820: [mem 0x00000000ffe00000-0x00000000ffffffff] reserved
[    0.000000] BIOS-e820: [mem 0x0000000100000000-0x000000102effffff] usable
[    0.000000] NX (Execute Disable) protection: active
[    0.000000] SMBIOS 2.6 present.
[    0.000000] DMI: ASUSTeK Computer INC. KCMA-D8/KCMA-D8, BIOS 3303    10/28/2014
[    0.000000] tsc: Fast TSC calibration using PIT
[    0.000000] tsc: Detected 2999.977 MHz processor
[    0.007945] e820: update [mem 0x00000000-0x00000fff] usable ==> reserved
[    0.007947] e820: remove [mem 0x000a0000-0x000fffff] usable
[    0.016188] AGP: No AGP bridge found
[    0.016263] last_pfn = 0x102f000 max_arch_pfn = 0x400000000
[    0.016269] MTRR default type: uncachable
[    0.016270] MTRR fixed ranges enabled:
[    0.016271]   00000-9FFFF write-back
[    0.016272]   A0000-EFFFF uncachable
[    0.016273]   F0000-FFFFF write-protect
[    0.016274] MTRR variable ranges enabled:
[    0.016275]   0 base 000000000000 mask FFFF80000000 write-back
[    0.016277]   1 base 000080000000 mask FFFFC0000000 write-back
[    0.016278]   2 base 0000C0000000 mask FFFFF0000000 write-back
[    0.016278]   3 disabled
[    0.016279]   4 disabled
[    0.016279]   5 disabled
[    0.016280]   6 disabled
[    0.016280]   7 disabled
[    0.016282] TOM2: 000000102f000000 aka 66288M
[    0.018176] x86/PAT: Configuration [0-7]: WB  WC  UC- UC  WB  WP  UC- WT  
[    0.018296] e820: update [mem 0xd0000000-0xffffffff] usable ==> reserved
[    0.018303] last_pfn = 0xcff60 max_arch_pfn = 0x400000000
[    0.023849] found SMP MP-table at [mem 0x000ff780-0x000ff78f]
[    0.035038] Using GB pages for direct mapping
[    0.035420] RAMDISK: [mem 0x33acd000-0x35d5dfff]
[    0.035424] ACPI: Early table checksum verification disabled
[    0.035881] ACPI: RSDP 0x00000000000FB5E0 000024 (v02 ACPIAM)
[    0.035884] ACPI: XSDT 0x00000000CFF70100 00008C (v01 102814 XSDT1542 20141028 MSFT 00000097)
[    0.035890] ACPI: FACP 0x00000000CFF70290 0000F4 (v04 102814 FACP1542 20141028 MSFT 00000097)
[    0.035895] ACPI BIOS Warning (bug): Optional FADT field Pm2ControlBlock has valid Length but zero Address: 0x0000000000000000/0x1 (20180810/tbfadt-624)
[    0.035899] ACPI BIOS Warning (bug): 32/64X length mismatch in FADT/Gpe0Block: 64/32 (20180810/tbfadt-569)
[    0.035902] ACPI: DSDT 0x00000000CFF70500 005488 (v02 S0110  S0110000 00000000 INTL 20060113)
[    0.035906] ACPI: FACS 0x00000000CFF82000 000040
[    0.035908] ACPI: FACS 0x00000000CFF82000 000040
[    0.035910] ACPI: APIC 0x00000000CFF70390 0000DE (v02 102814 APIC1542 20141028 MSFT 00000097)
[    0.035913] ACPI: MCFG 0x00000000CFF70470 00003C (v01 102814 OEMMCFG  20141028 MSFT 00000097)
[    0.035915] ACPI: SPMI 0x00000000CFF704B0 000041 (v05 102814 OEMSPMI  20141028 MSFT 00000097)
[    0.035918] ACPI: OEMB 0x00000000CFF82040 00007B (v01 102814 OEMB1542 20141028 MSFT 00000097)
[    0.035920] ACPI: HPET 0x00000000CFF7A500 000038 (v01 102814 OEMHPET  20141028 MSFT 00000097)
[    0.035923] ACPI: SRAT 0x00000000CFF7A540 0001D0 (v02 AMD    AGESA    00000001 AMD  00000001)
[    0.035926] ACPI: SLIT 0x00000000CFF7A710 000030 (v01 AMD    AGESA    00000001 AMD  00000001)
[    0.035928] ACPI: SSDT 0x00000000CFF7A740 002CD4 (v01 A M I  POWERNOW 00000001 AMD  00000001)
[    0.035931] ACPI: EINJ 0x00000000CFF7D420 000130 (v01 AMIER  AMI_EINJ 20141028 MSFT 00000097)
[    0.035934] ACPI: BERT 0x00000000CFF7D5B0 000030 (v01 AMIER  AMI_BERT 20141028 MSFT 00000097)
[    0.035936] ACPI: ERST 0x00000000CFF7D5E0 0001B0 (v01 AMIER  AMI_ERST 20141028 MSFT 00000097)
[    0.035939] ACPI: HEST 0x00000000CFF7D790 0000A8 (v01 AMIER  ABC_HEST 20141028 MSFT 00000097)
[    0.035941] ACPI: Reserving FACP table memory at [mem 0xcff70290-0xcff70383]
[    0.035942] ACPI: Reserving DSDT table memory at [mem 0xcff70500-0xcff75987]
[    0.035943] ACPI: Reserving FACS table memory at [mem 0xcff82000-0xcff8203f]
[    0.035944] ACPI: Reserving FACS table memory at [mem 0xcff82000-0xcff8203f]
[    0.035944] ACPI: Reserving APIC table memory at [mem 0xcff70390-0xcff7046d]
[    0.035945] ACPI: Reserving MCFG table memory at [mem 0xcff70470-0xcff704ab]
[    0.035946] ACPI: Reserving SPMI table memory at [mem 0xcff704b0-0xcff704f0]
[    0.035947] ACPI: Reserving OEMB table memory at [mem 0xcff82040-0xcff820ba]
[    0.035948] ACPI: Reserving HPET table memory at [mem 0xcff7a500-0xcff7a537]
[    0.035948] ACPI: Reserving SRAT table memory at [mem 0xcff7a540-0xcff7a70f]
[    0.035949] ACPI: Reserving SLIT table memory at [mem 0xcff7a710-0xcff7a73f]
[    0.035950] ACPI: Reserving SSDT table memory at [mem 0xcff7a740-0xcff7d413]
[    0.035951] ACPI: Reserving EINJ table memory at [mem 0xcff7d420-0xcff7d54f]
[    0.035951] ACPI: Reserving BERT table memory at [mem 0xcff7d5b0-0xcff7d5df]
[    0.035952] ACPI: Reserving ERST table memory at [mem 0xcff7d5e0-0xcff7d78f]
[    0.035953] ACPI: Reserving HEST table memory at [mem 0xcff7d790-0xcff7d837]
[    0.035968] ACPI: Local APIC address 0xfee00000
[    0.036014] SRAT: PXM 0 -> APIC 0x10 -> Node 0
[    0.036015] SRAT: PXM 0 -> APIC 0x11 -> Node 0
[    0.036015] SRAT: PXM 0 -> APIC 0x12 -> Node 0
[    0.036016] SRAT: PXM 0 -> APIC 0x13 -> Node 0
[    0.036017] SRAT: PXM 0 -> APIC 0x14 -> Node 0
[    0.036017] SRAT: PXM 0 -> APIC 0x15 -> Node 0
[    0.036018] SRAT: PXM 0 -> APIC 0x16 -> Node 0
[    0.036018] SRAT: PXM 0 -> APIC 0x17 -> Node 0
[    0.036019] SRAT: PXM 1 -> APIC 0x20 -> Node 1
[    0.036020] SRAT: PXM 1 -> APIC 0x21 -> Node 1
[    0.036020] SRAT: PXM 1 -> APIC 0x22 -> Node 1
[    0.036021] SRAT: PXM 1 -> APIC 0x23 -> Node 1
[    0.036022] SRAT: PXM 1 -> APIC 0x24 -> Node 1
[    0.036022] SRAT: PXM 1 -> APIC 0x25 -> Node 1
[    0.036023] SRAT: PXM 1 -> APIC 0x26 -> Node 1
[    0.036023] SRAT: PXM 1 -> APIC 0x27 -> Node 1
[    0.036026] ACPI: SRAT: Node 0 PXM 0 [mem 0x00000000-0x0009ffff]
[    0.036027] ACPI: SRAT: Node 0 PXM 0 [mem 0x00100000-0xcfffffff]
[    0.036028] ACPI: SRAT: Node 0 PXM 0 [mem 0x100000000-0x82fffffff]
[    0.036029] ACPI: SRAT: Node 1 PXM 1 [mem 0x830000000-0x102effffff]
[    0.036032] NUMA: Initialized distance table, cnt=2
[    0.036034] NUMA: Node 0 [mem 0x00000000-0x0009ffff] + [mem 0x00100000-0xcfffffff] -> [mem 0x00000000-0xcfffffff]
[    0.036035] NUMA: Node 0 [mem 0x00000000-0xcfffffff] + [mem 0x100000000-0x82fffffff] -> [mem 0x00000000-0x82fffffff]
[    0.036040] NODE_DATA(0) allocated [mem 0x82fffb000-0x82fffffff]
[    0.036045] NODE_DATA(1) allocated [mem 0x102effa000-0x102effefff]
[    0.036139] Zone ranges:
[    0.036140]   DMA      [mem 0x0000000000001000-0x0000000000ffffff]
[    0.036141]   DMA32    [mem 0x0000000001000000-0x00000000ffffffff]
[    0.036142]   Normal   [mem 0x0000000100000000-0x000000102effffff]
[    0.036144]   Device   empty
[    0.036144] Movable zone start for each node
[    0.036145] Early memory node ranges
[    0.036146]   node   0: [mem 0x0000000000001000-0x000000000009dfff]
[    0.036147]   node   0: [mem 0x0000000000100000-0x00000000cff5ffff]
[    0.036147]   node   0: [mem 0x0000000100000000-0x000000082fffffff]
[    0.036148]   node   1: [mem 0x0000000830000000-0x000000102effffff]
[    0.036251] Zeroed struct page in unavailable ranges: 4355 pages
[    0.036253] Initmem setup node 0 [mem 0x0000000000001000-0x000000082fffffff]
[    0.036254] On node 0 totalpages: 8388349
[    0.036255]   DMA zone: 64 pages used for memmap
[    0.036256]   DMA zone: 21 pages reserved
[    0.036257]   DMA zone: 3997 pages, LIFO batch:0
[    0.036368]   DMA32 zone: 13246 pages used for memmap
[    0.036368]   DMA32 zone: 847712 pages, LIFO batch:63
[    0.059543]   Normal zone: 117760 pages used for memmap
[    0.059545]   Normal zone: 7536640 pages, LIFO batch:63
[    0.258137] Initmem setup node 1 [mem 0x0000000830000000-0x000000102effffff]
[    0.258140] On node 1 totalpages: 8384512
[    0.258142]   Normal zone: 131008 pages used for memmap
[    0.258143]   Normal zone: 8384512 pages, LIFO batch:63
[    0.485999] ACPI: PM-Timer IO Port: 0x808
[    0.486003] ACPI: Local APIC address 0xfee00000
[    0.486014] ACPI: LAPIC_NMI (acpi_id[0xff] dfl dfl lint[0x1])
[    0.486023] IOAPIC[0]: apic_id 40, version 33, address 0xfec00000, GSI 0-23
[    0.486026] IOAPIC[1]: apic_id 41, version 33, address 0xfec20000, GSI 24-55
[    0.486028] ACPI: INT_SRC_OVR (bus 0 bus_irq 0 global_irq 2 dfl dfl)
[    0.486030] ACPI: INT_SRC_OVR (bus 0 bus_irq 9 global_irq 9 low level)
[    0.486031] ACPI: IRQ0 used by override.
[    0.486032] ACPI: IRQ9 used by override.
[    0.486034] Using ACPI (MADT) for SMP configuration information
[    0.486035] ACPI: HPET id: 0x8300 base: 0xfed00000
[    0.486042] smpboot: Allowing 16 CPUs, 0 hotplug CPUs
[    0.486059] PM: Registered nosave memory: [mem 0x00000000-0x00000fff]
[    0.486061] PM: Registered nosave memory: [mem 0x0009e000-0x0009efff]
[    0.486062] PM: Registered nosave memory: [mem 0x0009f000-0x0009ffff]
[    0.486062] PM: Registered nosave memory: [mem 0x000a0000-0x000e5fff]
[    0.486063] PM: Registered nosave memory: [mem 0x000e6000-0x000fffff]
[    0.486064] PM: Registered nosave memory: [mem 0xcff60000-0xcff6dfff]
[    0.486065] PM: Registered nosave memory: [mem 0xcff6e000-0xcff6ffff]
[    0.486065] PM: Registered nosave memory: [mem 0xcff70000-0xcff81fff]
[    0.486066] PM: Registered nosave memory: [mem 0xcff82000-0xcffcffff]
[    0.486067] PM: Registered nosave memory: [mem 0xcffd0000-0xcfffffff]
[    0.486067] PM: Registered nosave memory: [mem 0xd0000000-0xdfffffff]
[    0.486068] PM: Registered nosave memory: [mem 0xe0000000-0xefffffff]
[    0.486068] PM: Registered nosave memory: [mem 0xf0000000-0xffdfffff]
[    0.486069] PM: Registered nosave memory: [mem 0xffe00000-0xffffffff]
[    0.486072] [mem 0xd0000000-0xdfffffff] available for PCI devices
[    0.486073] Booting paravirtualized kernel on bare hardware
[    0.486077] clocksource: refined-jiffies: mask: 0xffffffff max_cycles: 0xffffffff, max_idle_ns: 7645519600211568 ns
[    0.612118] setup_percpu: NR_CPUS:512 nr_cpumask_bits:512 nr_cpu_ids:16 nr_node_ids:2
[    0.613323] percpu: Embedded 45 pages/cpu s144536 r8192 d31592 u262144
[    0.613332] pcpu-alloc: s144536 r8192 d31592 u262144 alloc=1*2097152
[    0.613334] pcpu-alloc: [0] 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 [1] 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 
[    0.613365] Built 2 zonelists, mobility grouping on.  Total pages: 16510762
[    0.613365] Policy zone: Normal
[    0.613368] Kernel command line: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-4.19.0-17-amd64 root=UUID=a48d40f9-d6fb-4cde-a4cc-6c5346618ec9 ro quiet
[    0.627019] AGP: Checking aperture...
[    0.635262] AGP: No AGP bridge found
[    0.635266] AGP: Node 0: aperture [bus addr 0x00000000-0x01ffffff] (32MB)
[    0.635267] AGP: Your BIOS doesn't leave an aperture memory hole
[    0.635268] AGP: Please enable the IOMMU option in the BIOS setup
[    0.635269] AGP: This costs you 64MB of RAM
[    0.635271] AGP: Mapping aperture over RAM [mem 0xc4000000-0xc7ffffff] (65536KB)
[    0.635274] PM: Registered nosave memory: [mem 0xc4000000-0xc7ffffff]
[    0.956942] Memory: 65848136K/67091444K available (10252K kernel code, 1242K rwdata, 3324K rodata, 1600K init, 2260K bss, 1243308K reserved, 0K cma-reserved)
[    0.957254] SLUB: HWalign=64, Order=0-3, MinObjects=0, CPUs=16, Nodes=2
[    0.957264] ftrace: allocating 31988 entries in 125 pages
[    0.975986] rcu: Hierarchical RCU implementation.
[    0.975988] rcu: 	RCU restricting CPUs from NR_CPUS=512 to nr_cpu_ids=16.
[    0.975990] rcu: Adjusting geometry for rcu_fanout_leaf=16, nr_cpu_ids=16
[    0.979322] NR_IRQS: 33024, nr_irqs: 1096, preallocated irqs: 16
[    0.979636] spurious 8259A interrupt: IRQ7.
[    0.985079] Console: colour VGA+ 80x25
[    0.985086] console [tty0] enabled
[    0.985118] mempolicy: Enabling automatic NUMA balancing. Configure with numa_balancing= or the kernel.numa_balancing sysctl
[    0.985140] ACPI: Core revision 20180810
[    0.985343] clocksource: hpet: mask: 0xffffffff max_cycles: 0xffffffff, max_idle_ns: 133484873504 ns
[    0.985354] hpet clockevent registered
[    0.985359] APIC: Switch to symmetric I/O mode setup
[    0.985363] Switched APIC routing to physical flat.
[    0.985844] ..TIMER: vector=0x30 apic1=0 pin1=2 apic2=-1 pin2=-1
[    1.005364] clocksource: tsc-early: mask: 0xffffffffffffffff max_cycles: 0x2b3e2fb2104, max_idle_ns: 440795246805 ns
[    1.005375] Calibrating delay loop (skipped), value calculated using timer frequency.. 5999.95 BogoMIPS (lpj=11999908)
[    1.005377] pid_max: default: 32768 minimum: 301
[    1.005459] Security Framework initialized
[    1.005461] Yama: disabled by default; enable with sysctl kernel.yama.*
[    1.005488] AppArmor: AppArmor initialized
[    1.024123] Dentry cache hash table entries: 8388608 (order: 14, 67108864 bytes)
[    1.033416] Inode-cache hash table entries: 4194304 (order: 13, 33554432 bytes)
[    1.033740] Mount-cache hash table entries: 131072 (order: 8, 1048576 bytes)
[    1.034031] Mountpoint-cache hash table entries: 131072 (order: 8, 1048576 bytes)
[    1.034344] LVT offset 1 assigned for vector 0xf9
[    1.034349] Last level iTLB entries: 4KB 512, 2MB 1024, 4MB 512
[    1.034349] Last level dTLB entries: 4KB 1024, 2MB 1024, 4MB 512, 1GB 0
[    1.034352] Spectre V1 : Mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer sanitization
[    1.034354] Spectre V2 : Mitigation: Full AMD retpoline
[    1.034354] Spectre V2 : Spectre v2 / SpectreRSB mitigation: Filling RSB on context switch
[    1.034356] Speculative Store Bypass: Mitigation: Speculative Store Bypass disabled via prctl and seccomp
[    1.039626] Freeing SMP alternatives memory: 24K
[    1.156234] smpboot: CPU0: AMD Opteron(tm) Processor 4284 (family: 0x15, model: 0x1, stepping: 0x2)
[    1.156413] Performance Events: Fam15h core perfctr, AMD PMU driver.
[    1.156418] ... version:                0
[    1.156418] ... bit width:              48
[    1.156419] ... generic registers:      6
[    1.156420] ... value mask:             0000ffffffffffff
[    1.156420] ... max period:             00007fffffffffff
[    1.156421] ... fixed-purpose events:   0
[    1.156421] ... event mask:             000000000000003f
[    1.156471] rcu: Hierarchical SRCU implementation.
[    1.156934] NMI watchdog: Enabled. Permanently consumes one hw-PMU counter.
[    1.157135] smp: Bringing up secondary CPUs ...
[    1.157243] x86: Booting SMP configuration:
[    1.157244] .... node  #0, CPUs:        #1  #2  #3  #4  #5  #6  #7
[    1.176316] .... node  #1, CPUs:    #8  #9 #10 #11 #12 #13 #14 #15
[    1.281443] smp: Brought up 2 nodes, 16 CPUs
[    1.281443] smpboot: Max logical packages: 2
[    1.281443] smpboot: Total of 16 processors activated (95999.14 BogoMIPS)
[    1.290743] devtmpfs: initialized
[    1.290743] x86/mm: Memory block size: 128MB
[    1.306036] PM: Registering ACPI NVS region [mem 0xcff82000-0xcffcffff] (319488 bytes)
[    1.306036] clocksource: jiffies: mask: 0xffffffff max_cycles: 0xffffffff, max_idle_ns: 7645041785100000 ns
[    1.306036] futex hash table entries: 4096 (order: 6, 262144 bytes)
[    1.306036] pinctrl core: initialized pinctrl subsystem
[    1.306036] NET: Registered protocol family 16
[    1.306036] audit: initializing netlink subsys (disabled)
[    1.306036] audit: type=2000 audit(1632531253.320:1): state=initialized audit_enabled=0 res=1
[    1.306036] cpuidle: using governor ladder
[    1.306036] cpuidle: using governor menu
[    1.306036] ACPI: bus type PCI registered
[    1.306036] acpiphp: ACPI Hot Plug PCI Controller Driver version: 0.5
[    1.306036] PCI: MMCONFIG for domain 0000 [bus 00-ff] at [mem 0xe0000000-0xefffffff] (base 0xe0000000)
[    1.306036] PCI: MMCONFIG at [mem 0xe0000000-0xefffffff] reserved in E820
[    1.306036] PCI: Using configuration type 1 for base access
[    1.306710] mtrr: your CPUs had inconsistent variable MTRR settings
[    1.306711] mtrr: probably your BIOS does not setup all CPUs.
[    1.306711] mtrr: corrected configuration.
[    1.309595] HugeTLB registered 1.00 GiB page size, pre-allocated 0 pages
[    1.309595] HugeTLB registered 2.00 MiB page size, pre-allocated 0 pages
[    1.309595] ACPI: Added _OSI(Module Device)
[    1.309595] ACPI: Added _OSI(Processor Device)
[    1.309595] ACPI: Added _OSI(3.0 _SCP Extensions)
[    1.309595] ACPI: Added _OSI(Processor Aggregator Device)
[    1.309595] ACPI: Added _OSI(Linux-Dell-Video)
[    1.309595] ACPI: Added _OSI(Linux-Lenovo-NV-HDMI-Audio)
[    1.313974] ACPI: 2 ACPI AML tables successfully acquired and loaded
[    1.315305] ACPI: Interpreter enabled
[    1.315332] ACPI: (supports S0 S1 S3 S4 S5)
[    1.315334] ACPI: Using IOAPIC for interrupt routing
[    1.315383] HEST: Table parsing has been initialized.
[    1.315386] PCI: Using host bridge windows from ACPI; if necessary, use "pci=nocrs" and report a bug
[    1.315617] ACPI: Enabled 7 GPEs in block 00 to 1F
[    1.321942] ACPI: PCI Root Bridge [PCI0] (domain 0000 [bus 00-ff])
[    1.321947] acpi PNP0A08:00: _OSC: OS supports [ExtendedConfig ASPM ClockPM Segments MSI]
[    1.322118] acpi PNP0A08:00: _OSC: platform does not support [SHPCHotplug LTR]
[    1.322279] acpi PNP0A08:00: _OSC: OS now controls [PCIeHotplug PME AER PCIeCapability]
[    1.322556] PCI host bridge to bus 0000:00
[    1.322558] pci_bus 0000:00: root bus resource [io  0x0000-0x0cf7 window]
[    1.322560] pci_bus 0000:00: root bus resource [io  0x0d00-0xffff window]
[    1.322561] pci_bus 0000:00: root bus resource [mem 0x000a0000-0x000bffff window]
[    1.322563] pci_bus 0000:00: root bus resource [mem 0x000d0000-0x000dffff window]
[    1.322564] pci_bus 0000:00: root bus resource [mem 0xd0000000-0xdfffffff window]
[    1.322565] pci_bus 0000:00: root bus resource [mem 0xf0000000-0xfebfffff window]
[    1.322567] pci_bus 0000:00: root bus resource [bus 00-ff]
[    1.322580] pci 0000:00:00.0: [1002:5a12] type 00 class 0x060000
[    1.322711] pci 0000:00:02.0: [1002:5a16] type 01 class 0x060400
[    1.322731] pci 0000:00:02.0: enabling Extended Tags
[    1.322754] pci 0000:00:02.0: PME# supported from D0 D3hot D3cold
[    1.322842] pci 0000:00:09.0: [1002:5a1c] type 01 class 0x060400
[    1.322861] pci 0000:00:09.0: enabling Extended Tags
[    1.322882] pci 0000:00:09.0: PME# supported from D0 D3hot D3cold
[    1.322961] pci 0000:00:0a.0: [1002:5a1d] type 01 class 0x060400
[    1.322980] pci 0000:00:0a.0: enabling Extended Tags
[    1.323001] pci 0000:00:0a.0: PME# supported from D0 D3hot D3cold
[    1.323091] pci 0000:00:11.0: [1002:4390] type 00 class 0x01018f
[    1.323112] pci 0000:00:11.0: reg 0x10: [io  0xa000-0xa007]
[    1.323121] pci 0000:00:11.0: reg 0x14: [io  0x9000-0x9003]
[    1.323130] pci 0000:00:11.0: reg 0x18: [io  0x8000-0x8007]
[    1.323138] pci 0000:00:11.0: reg 0x1c: [io  0x7000-0x7003]
[    1.323147] pci 0000:00:11.0: reg 0x20: [io  0x6000-0x600f]
[    1.323155] pci 0000:00:11.0: reg 0x24: [mem 0xf6ffe400-0xf6ffe7ff]
[    1.323176] pci 0000:00:11.0: set SATA to AHCI mode
[    1.323276] pci 0000:00:12.0: [1002:4397] type 00 class 0x0c0310
[    1.323293] pci 0000:00:12.0: reg 0x10: [mem 0xf6ff6000-0xf6ff6fff]
[    1.323421] pci 0000:00:12.1: [1002:4398] type 00 class 0x0c0310
[    1.323438] pci 0000:00:12.1: reg 0x10: [mem 0xf6ff7000-0xf6ff7fff]
[    1.323571] pci 0000:00:12.2: [1002:4396] type 00 class 0x0c0320
[    1.323591] pci 0000:00:12.2: reg 0x10: [mem 0xf6ffe800-0xf6ffe8ff]
[    1.323668] pci 0000:00:12.2: supports D1 D2
[    1.323669] pci 0000:00:12.2: PME# supported from D0 D1 D2 D3hot
[    1.323759] pci 0000:00:13.0: [1002:4397] type 00 class 0x0c0310
[    1.323777] pci 0000:00:13.0: reg 0x10: [mem 0xf6ffc000-0xf6ffcfff]
[    1.323906] pci 0000:00:13.1: [1002:4398] type 00 class 0x0c0310
[    1.323923] pci 0000:00:13.1: reg 0x10: [mem 0xf6ffd000-0xf6ffdfff]
[    1.324054] pci 0000:00:13.2: [1002:4396] type 00 class 0x0c0320
[    1.324074] pci 0000:00:13.2: reg 0x10: [mem 0xf6ffec00-0xf6ffecff]
[    1.324152] pci 0000:00:13.2: supports D1 D2
[    1.324153] pci 0000:00:13.2: PME# supported from D0 D1 D2 D3hot
[    1.324241] pci 0000:00:14.0: [1002:4385] type 00 class 0x0c0500
[    1.324400] pci 0000:00:14.1: [1002:439c] type 00 class 0x01018a
[    1.324419] pci 0000:00:14.1: reg 0x10: [io  0x0000-0x0007]
[    1.324427] pci 0000:00:14.1: reg 0x14: [io  0x0000-0x0003]
[    1.324436] pci 0000:00:14.1: reg 0x18: [io  0x0000-0x0007]
[    1.324444] pci 0000:00:14.1: reg 0x1c: [io  0x0000-0x0003]
[    1.324452] pci 0000:00:14.1: reg 0x20: [io  0xff00-0xff0f]
[    1.324471] pci 0000:00:14.1: legacy IDE quirk: reg 0x10: [io  0x01f0-0x01f7]
[    1.324472] pci 0000:00:14.1: legacy IDE quirk: reg 0x14: [io  0x03f6]
[    1.324474] pci 0000:00:14.1: legacy IDE quirk: reg 0x18: [io  0x0170-0x0177]
[    1.324475] pci 0000:00:14.1: legacy IDE quirk: reg 0x1c: [io  0x0376]
[    1.324573] pci 0000:00:14.3: [1002:439d] type 00 class 0x060100
[    1.324715] pci 0000:00:14.4: [1002:4384] type 01 class 0x060401
[    1.324829] pci 0000:00:14.5: [1002:4399] type 00 class 0x0c0310
[    1.324846] pci 0000:00:14.5: reg 0x10: [mem 0xf6fff000-0xf6ffffff]
[    1.324977] pci 0000:00:18.0: [1022:1600] type 00 class 0x060000
[    1.325057] pci 0000:00:18.1: [1022:1601] type 00 class 0x060000
[    1.325127] pci 0000:00:18.2: [1022:1602] type 00 class 0x060000
[    1.325197] pci 0000:00:18.3: [1022:1603] type 00 class 0x060000
[    1.325272] pci 0000:00:18.4: [1022:1604] type 00 class 0x060000
[    1.325344] pci 0000:00:18.5: [1022:1605] type 00 class 0x060000
[    1.325429] pci 0000:00:19.0: [1022:1600] type 00 class 0x060000
[    1.325509] pci 0000:00:19.1: [1022:1601] type 00 class 0x060000
[    1.325582] pci 0000:00:19.2: [1022:1602] type 00 class 0x060000
[    1.325655] pci 0000:00:19.3: [1022:1603] type 00 class 0x060000
[    1.325732] pci 0000:00:19.4: [1022:1604] type 00 class 0x060000
[    1.325808] pci 0000:00:19.5: [1022:1605] type 00 class 0x060000
[    1.325926] pci 0000:04:00.0: [10de:0191] type 00 class 0x030000
[    1.325939] pci 0000:04:00.0: reg 0x10: [mem 0xfb000000-0xfbffffff]
[    1.325947] pci 0000:04:00.0: reg 0x14: [mem 0xd0000000-0xdfffffff 64bit pref]
[    1.325955] pci 0000:04:00.0: reg 0x1c: [mem 0xf8000000-0xf9ffffff 64bit]
[    1.325960] pci 0000:04:00.0: reg 0x24: [io  0xec00-0xec7f]
[    1.325966] pci 0000:04:00.0: reg 0x30: [mem 0xfafe0000-0xfaffffff pref]
[    1.326044] pci 0000:04:00.0: disabling ASPM on pre-1.1 PCIe device.  You can enable it with 'pcie_aspm=force'
[    1.326049] pci 0000:00:02.0: PCI bridge to [bus 04]
[    1.326052] pci 0000:00:02.0:   bridge window [io  0xe000-0xefff]
[    1.326054] pci 0000:00:02.0:   bridge window [mem 0xf8000000-0xfbffffff]
[    1.326056] pci 0000:00:02.0:   bridge window [mem 0xd0000000-0xdfffffff 64bit pref]
[    1.326102] pci 0000:03:00.0: [8086:10d3] type 00 class 0x020000
[    1.326135] pci 0000:03:00.0: reg 0x10: [mem 0xf7fe0000-0xf7ffffff]
[    1.326161] pci 0000:03:00.0: reg 0x18: [io  0xdc00-0xdc1f]
[    1.326174] pci 0000:03:00.0: reg 0x1c: [mem 0xf7fdc000-0xf7fdffff]
[    1.326295] pci 0000:03:00.0: PME# supported from D0 D3hot D3cold
[    1.337390] pci 0000:00:09.0: PCI bridge to [bus 03]
[    1.337394] pci 0000:00:09.0:   bridge window [io  0xd000-0xdfff]
[    1.337396] pci 0000:00:09.0:   bridge window [mem 0xf7f00000-0xf7ffffff]
[    1.337450] pci 0000:02:00.0: [8086:10d3] type 00 class 0x020000
[    1.337484] pci 0000:02:00.0: reg 0x10: [mem 0xf7ee0000-0xf7efffff]
[    1.337513] pci 0000:02:00.0: reg 0x18: [io  0xcc00-0xcc1f]
[    1.337527] pci 0000:02:00.0: reg 0x1c: [mem 0xf7edc000-0xf7edffff]
[    1.337652] pci 0000:02:00.0: PME# supported from D0 D3hot D3cold
[    1.349386] pci 0000:00:0a.0: PCI bridge to [bus 02]
[    1.349389] pci 0000:00:0a.0:   bridge window [io  0xc000-0xcfff]
[    1.349391] pci 0000:00:0a.0:   bridge window [mem 0xf7e00000-0xf7efffff]
[    1.349414] pci_bus 0000:01: extended config space not accessible
[    1.349449] pci 0000:01:05.0: [1a03:2000] type 00 class 0x030000
[    1.349468] pci 0000:01:05.0: reg 0x10: [mem 0xf7000000-0xf77fffff]
[    1.349476] pci 0000:01:05.0: reg 0x14: [mem 0xf7de0000-0xf7dfffff]
[    1.349485] pci 0000:01:05.0: reg 0x18: [io  0xbc00-0xbc7f]
[    1.349552] pci 0000:01:05.0: supports D1 D2
[    1.349554] pci 0000:01:05.0: PME# supported from D0 D1 D2 D3hot D3cold
[    1.349642] pci 0000:00:14.4: PCI bridge to [bus 01] (subtractive decode)
[    1.349645] pci 0000:00:14.4:   bridge window [io  0xb000-0xbfff]
[    1.349648] pci 0000:00:14.4:   bridge window [mem 0xf7000000-0xf7dfffff]
[    1.349652] pci 0000:00:14.4:   bridge window [io  0x0000-0x0cf7 window] (subtractive decode)
[    1.349653] pci 0000:00:14.4:   bridge window [io  0x0d00-0xffff window] (subtractive decode)
[    1.349655] pci 0000:00:14.4:   bridge window [mem 0x000a0000-0x000bffff window] (subtractive decode)
[    1.349656] pci 0000:00:14.4:   bridge window [mem 0x000d0000-0x000dffff window] (subtractive decode)
[    1.349657] pci 0000:00:14.4:   bridge window [mem 0xd0000000-0xdfffffff window] (subtractive decode)
[    1.349658] pci 0000:00:14.4:   bridge window [mem 0xf0000000-0xfebfffff window] (subtractive decode)
[    1.350332] ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKA] (IRQs 4 7 *10 11 12 14 15)
[    1.350373] ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKB] (IRQs 4 7 *10 11 12 14 15)
[    1.350413] ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKC] (IRQs 4 7 10 *11 12 14 15)
[    1.350453] ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKD] (IRQs 4 7 *10 11 12 14 15)
[    1.350493] ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKE] (IRQs 4 *7 10 11 12 14 15)
[    1.350532] ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKF] (IRQs 4 7 10 *11 12 14 15)
[    1.350571] ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKG] (IRQs 4 7 *10 11 12 14 15)
[    1.350611] ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKH] (IRQs 4 7 *10 11 12 14 15)

cwizardone · 09-24-2021, 09:29 PM

Have you installed the proper driver for your new graphics card?

aus9 · 09-24-2021, 09:41 PM

2 things.

Some bios settings may need a force....to move off IGD, onboard gfx etc and
you do not appear to have changed your xorg file so it is using the old card specs.

try
https://askubuntu.com/questions/2177...xorg-conf-file

Be aware that your repo may only be set up for free and not non-free or contrib.
So I am not sure if your card needs non-free firmware.

It should still give you the opensource nvidia driver tho.....after you create a new xorg.
Note you can not do this on a current desktop, that is why you have to be at console.

mrmazda · 09-24-2021, 10:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bulletgirl22

I really just want to know why its refusing to use by GPU even for a basic terminal.

Each start of Xorg results in a diagnostic log file. Normally it is /var/log/Xorg.0.log. For some installations it is found as ~/.local/share/xorg/Xorg.0.log instead. It's possible also to find the number in the filename is something other than "0". So that we can see it, please do cat /var/log/Xorg.0.log | pastebinit and provide the resulting URL here.

I agree the problem might be solved by a BIOS setting change.

mrmazda · 09-24-2021, 11:11 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by cwizardone

Have you installed the proper driver for your new graphics card?

No "installation" of a proper driver, nor firmware, is required for optimal Xorg operation with GPUs of OP's ilk. Appropriate graphics drivers for most GPUs are included by default in a standard or KDE Debian installation. e.g.

Code:

# dpkg -l | egrep 'firmware|g-video'
ii  xserver-xorg-video-fbdev  1:0.5.0-1  amd64  X.Org X server -- fbdev display driver
ii  xserver-xorg-video-vesa   1:2.4.0-1  amd64  X.Org X server -- VESA display driver
# inxi -Sy
System:
  Host: g5eas Kernel: 4.19.0-16-amd64 x86_64 bits: 64
  Desktop: Trinity R14.0.11 Distro: Debian GNU/Linux 10 (buster)
# inxi -Gay
Graphics:
  Device-1: NVIDIA G98 [GeForce 8400 GS Rev. 2] vendor: PNY driver: nouveau
  v: kernel bus-ID: 0b:00.0 chip-ID: 10de:06e4 class-ID: 0300
  Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.4 driver: loaded: modesetting
  unloaded: fbdev,vesa display-ID: :0 screens: 1
  Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1920x1200 s-dpi: 120 s-size: 406x254mm (16.0x10.0")
  s-diag: 479mm (18.9")
  Monitor-1: DVI-I-1 res: 1920x1200 hz: 60 dpi: 94
  size: 519x324mm (20.4x12.8") diag: 612mm (24.1")
  OpenGL: renderer: NV98 v: 3.3 Mesa 18.3.6 direct render: Yes

cwizardone · 09-25-2021, 08:34 AM

In theory it should work with the nouveau driver, but that card is 15 years old.

ondoho · 09-25-2021, 10:31 AM

^ correct.
My experience with nouveau was that, the older the card, the more likely it is to glitch, and the less features are supported.
OP might need the (suitable, old) proprietary nvidia driver. <= probably not an option anymore.

Also, that card is likely less capable than most CPU-integrated GPUs.
If it doesn't support decoding of some video codec you might well run into problems (e.g. HEVC/x265 - definitely not supported by that card).
That also goes for gaming and OpenGL versions.

Obviously the general slowness of the system also depends on how powerful the CPU is.

cwizardone · 09-25-2021, 11:39 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ondoho

^ correct.
My experience with nouveau was that, the older the card, the more likely it is to glitch, and the less features are supported.
OP might need the (suitable, old) proprietary nvidia driver......

This would be the Nvidia driver for that card,
https://www.nvidia.com/Download/driv...x/156163/en-us
Installation instructions can be found under the heading, "Additional Information" at the above link. Under that same heading you can find detailed installation instructions by clicking on "README."

obobskivich · 09-25-2021, 01:08 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ondoho

If it doesn't support decoding of some video codec you might well run into problems (e.g. HEVC/x265 - definitely not supported by that card).

It does not. It does not support h264 either - 8800GTX is based on G80, which pre-dates the inclusion of (full) hardware decoding in nvidia cards by a few months (the later G8x cards, like the 8400GS mentioned above, actually do support h264, and have some partial support for VC-1 - the 8800GTX inherits its video pipeline from the 7800 GTX and has partial h264 support at best). HEVC/h265/AV-1/vp9/etc are completely off the table. Any Intel IGP from around 2010, or newer, or AMD APU from around the same time, will be superior to that card for video/multimedia support (assuming a primarily h264/VC-1/etc 'HD' world). If you need more modern codec support ('4K world' like h265/HEVC/etc) it may be time to consider an upgrade overall.

FWIW: I've had noveau running fine on Ubuntu 20.04 on a G84GL (the Quadro-badged variant of the 8600GT), even running some 3D applications (supertuxkart and gl_gears) but performance was not awesome. From recollection, it more or less 'just worked' on boot - I didn't have to manually blacklist or load any modules. My advice here would be to check the system BIOS/UEFI before messing with scattershot terminal commands - you likely need to set the 8800GTX as the 'primary' display and/or disable an IGP as others have said.

When you're running the machine as-is right now (X needs to be running), what is the output of:

Code:

xrandr --listproviders

and, if you have it installed,

Code:

inxi -G