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Old 01-17-2005, 04:08 PM   #1
kevman
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Nvidia driver problem


Asus k8n e deluxe
Athlon 64 2800
512 ddr400
40 gig and 80 gig, with the larger part of each raid 0-ed to make a big root
OEM Geforce FX 5200 w/ 128 mem ( agp 8x)
analog lcd monitor




Recently FTP installed 64bit suse 9.2...took forever but worked.

After installing I ran YOU to install the NVIDIA driver ( and only the nvidia driver, I didnt want a new kernel just yet)

I ran the graphic configuration, which worked well- the test even worked. Next time the X server was restarted, tho, my LCD said OUT OF RANGE. What's wierd tho is ALt-F1 still gives OUT OF RANGE, forcing me to blindly login as root , and init 6

It's as if the driver puts the card in a unusable state

next boot I started into runlevel 3 and edited my xorg.conf to use the nv driver instead of nvidia. Running startx confirmed that driver to work.

SOmething is wrong with the nvidia driver, because the driver line is all i changed



glxinfo said

"name of display: :0.0
Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0".
Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0".
Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0".
Error: couldn't find RGB GLX visual

visual x bf lv rg d st colorbuffer ax dp st accumbuffer ms cav
id dep cl sp sz l ci b ro r g b a bf th cl r g b a ns b eat
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0".
Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0".
0x21 24 tc 1 0 0 c . . 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 None
Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0".
Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0".
0x22 24 dc 1 0 0 c . . 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 None
Segmentation fault"

My xorg.conf has glx loading as a module, tho



I got the .run file from nvidia.com


1. It tried to use a precompiled module, which there was none for my kernel

2. it tried to get a module via ftp, which it couldn't

3. it asked me to compile a module, which I let it (and which worked)

4. it asked me if i wanted to replace the module downloaded by YOU, (and I said yes)

5. it said rivafb was compiled as a module, and, if rivafb was loaded, the driverwould not work


I ran lsmod, there was no rivafb, so I changed my xorg.conf back to using the nvidia driver.

startx again made both my terminal and X out of range. I did another blind reboot and looked at my log for X


here is a snipplet:

"(II) Setting vga for screen 0.
(**) NVIDIA(0): Depth 16, (--) framebuffer bpp 16
(==) NVIDIA(0): RGB weight 565
(==) NVIDIA(0): Default visual is TrueColor
(==) NVIDIA(0): Using gamma correction (1.0, 1.0, 1.0)
(--) NVIDIA(0): Linear framebuffer at 0xD0000000
(--) NVIDIA(0): MMIO registers at 0xFD000000
(EE) NVIDIA(0): Failed to initialize the NVIDIA kernel module!
(EE) NVIDIA(0): *** Aborting ***
(II) UnloadModule: "nvidia"
(EE) Screen(s) found, but none have a usable configuration.

Fatal server error:
no screens found"

Anybody know how to fix this, or how to get 3d in "nv"
 
Old 01-17-2005, 05:57 PM   #2
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You can't get HW 3D in "nv" sorry.

It seems you haven't got the nvidia module in your kernel, which is the error you got about rivafb ( Nvidia drivers don't work with frame buffers ) You'll need to remove the rivafb module from your kernel first. Then insert the nvidia kernel module.
 
Old 01-17-2005, 06:49 PM   #3
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did you try?

boot, login as root

open term type init 3

sh Nvidia_installer.....sh -q

modprobe nvidia

sax2 -m 0=nvidia

set settings in sax2

reboot

Works every time for me...I got to thank Crashoverride for this one!

 
Old 01-17-2005, 07:21 PM   #4
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Yay, now I have 3d!
Boo, now my terminal is out of range!

My terminal is fine until the driver is loaded
Is there a way to disable framebuffer on the terminal?

And why do you have to modprobe nvidia before SAXing?

thnx for the replies tho
 
Old 01-17-2005, 08:00 PM   #5
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Make sure you don't have a framebuffer option in the lilo/grub options. THat's a first thought.

The modprobe issue is something I've only started having with the never nforce 2/3 chipsets... It's kinda weird. I had to modprode nvida at each boot here for a while even though everything seemed to be confiigured correctly. Then it started working on it's own for no reason.
 
Old 01-17-2005, 08:06 PM   #6
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Superb, just fixed my install using this with only small amendments as below. "Wow the colours" comes to mind now, and thats just the screen saver

from Yast set runlevel to init 3

then re-boot, login as root

already in term! (open term type init 3)

lsmod | grep rivafb
modprobe -r rivafb (if necessary)

sh Nvidia_installer.....sh -q

modprobe nvidia

sax2 -m 0=nvidia

just agree to settings if screen fits OK! (set settings in sax2)

reboot using "shutdown -r now" as your in commandline

I checked for the rivafb and that did appear to be loaded when I booted up into init 3, so unloaded it before doing the nvidia bit.
I was worried it might reappear when I rebooted again but didn't.

Only downs now are where's the sound gone and why no DVI input to monitor? Ideas?
 
Old 01-17-2005, 09:02 PM   #7
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i am NOT using rivafb, but
what options on the boot prompt should i look for?

here is my default one:

root=/dev/md0 vga=0x314 selinux=0 splash=silent console=tty0 resume=/dev/hdb1 desktop elevator=as showopts

yes raid is my root
 
Old 01-17-2005, 09:17 PM   #8
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get rid of any vga= line and take it back to a non fb console and see how it goes...
 
Old 01-17-2005, 10:08 PM   #9
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>should i disable bootsplash, and, if so, how?

Went ahead and tried it out...
worked, but now i have a lo res terminal and no bootsplash
ANyone find a way to use a framebuffer and the nvidia driver at the same time?

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