Xorg problems: "No screens found"

linux_beginner · 03-21-2006, 01:25 PM

Hi all. I've been trying to get one of my SuSE 10.0 PCs to run at 800x600 @ 85Hz. Higher resolutions are fuzzy on the old Dell E770P monitor, and lower frequencies flicker visibly to my eye.

Here's my entire xorg.conf file. What have I done wrong?

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# generic XFree86 4.x configuration file

Section "Files"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/truetype/"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/URW/"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/uni/"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/"
ModulePath "/usr/X11R6/lib/modules"
RgbPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb"
InputDevices "/dev/ttyS0"
InputDevices "/dev/ttyS1"
InputDevices "/dev/ttyS2"
InputDevices "/dev/ttyS3"
InputDevices "/dev/ttyS4"
InputDevices "/dev/ttyS5"
InputDevices "/dev/ttyS6"
InputDevices "/dev/ttyS7"
InputDevices "/dev/ttyS8"
InputDevices "/dev/psaux"
InputDevices "/dev/logibm"
InputDevices "/dev/sunmouse"
InputDevices "/dev/atibm"
InputDevices "/dev/amigamouse"
InputDevices "/dev/atarimouse"
InputDevices "/dev/inportbm"
InputDevices "/dev/gpmdata"
InputDevices "/dev/usbmouse"
InputDevices "/dev/adbmouse"
InputDevices "/dev/input/mice"
InputDevices "/dev/input/event0"
EndSection

Section "ServerFlags"
Option "AllowMouseOpenFail"
Option "BlankTime" "0"
EndSection

Section "Module"
Load "dbe"
Load "extmod"
Load "glx"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Driver "kbd"
Identifier "Keyboard[0]"
Option "Protocol" "Standard"
Option "XkbRules" "xfree86"
Option "XkbKeycodes" "xfree86"
Option "XkbModel" "pc104"
Option "XkbLayout" "us"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Driver "mouse"
Identifier "Mouse[1]"
Option "Protocol" "explorerps/2"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
EndSection

Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "Layout[all]"
InputDevice "Keyboard[0]" "CoreKeyboard"
InputDevice "Mouse[1]" "CorePointer"
Option "Xinerama" "off"
Screen "Screen[800x600]"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
Device "Device[rivatnt2]"
Identifier "Screen[800x600]"
Monitor "Monitor[e770p]"
DefaultColorDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Depth 15
Modes "800x600"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 16
Modes "800x600"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "800x600"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 32
Modes "800x600"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 8
Modes "800x600"
# Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x400"
EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Monitor[e770p]"
VendorName "Initial"
ModelName "Initial"
HorizSync 25-40
VertRefresh 47-75
# UseModes "Modes[0]"
# DisplaySize 300 230
EndSection

Section "Device"
BoardName "RIVA TNT2 Model 64/Model 64 Pro"
BusID "1:0:0"
Driver "nvidia"
Identifier "Device[rivatnt2]"
VendorName "NVidia"
# device_options
Option "sw_cursor" "on"
EndSection

acid_kewpie · 03-21-2006, 01:43 PM

no idea... the actual errors your getting would be a start.... that no screens mesage is the the dying gasps, as it the Xserver gets to a point where it accepts there are no screens. why there are no screens is a seperate thing, with seperate errors in your Xorg.0.log file

linux_beginner · 03-21-2006, 01:53 PM

Here's the output of my Xorg.0.log in /var/logs

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X Window System Version 6.8.2
Release Date: 9 February 2005
X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0, Release 6.8.2
Build Operating System: SuSE Linux [ELF] SuSE
Current Operating System: Linux linux 2.6.13-15-default #1 Tue Sep 13 14:56:15 UTC 2005 i686
Build Date: 12 September 2005
Before reporting problems, check <URL removed>

to make sure that you have the latest version.
Module Loader present
Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting,
(++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational,
(WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
(==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.0.log", Time: Tue Mar 21 19:17:10 2006
(==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf"
(==) ServerLayout "Layout[all]"
(**) |-->Screen "Screen[800x600]" (0)
(**) | |-->Monitor "Monitor[e770p]"
(**) | |-->Device "Device[rivatnt2]"
(**) |-->Input Device "Keyboard[0]"
(**) |-->Input Device "Mouse[1]"
(**) FontPath set to "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/truetype/,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/URW/,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/uni/,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/"
(**) RgbPath set to "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb"
(**) Input device list set to "/dev/ttyS0,/dev/ttyS1,/dev/ttyS2,/dev/ttyS3,/dev/ttyS4,/dev/ttyS5,/dev/ttyS6,/dev/ttyS7,/dev/ttyS8,/dev/psaux,/dev/logibm,/dev/sunmouse,/dev/atibm,/dev/amigamouse,/dev/atarimouse,/dev/inportbm,/dev/gpmdata,/dev/usbmouse,/dev/adbmouse,/dev/input/mice,/dev/input/event0"
(**) ModulePath set to "/usr/X11R6/lib/modules"
(**) Option "AllowMouseOpenFail"
(**) Option "BlankTime" "0"
(**) Option "Xinerama" "off"
(WW) Open APM failed (/dev/apm_bios) (No such file or directory)
(II) Module ABI versions:
X.Org ANSI C Emulation: 0.2
X.Org Video Driver: 0.7
X.Org XInput driver : 0.4
X.Org Server Extension : 0.2
X.Org Font Renderer : 0.4
(II) Loader running on linux
(II) LoadModule: "bitmap"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/fonts/libbitmap.a
(II) Module bitmap: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
compiled for 6.8.2, module version = 1.0.0
Module class: X.Org Font Renderer
ABI class: X.Org Font Renderer, version 0.4
(II) Loading font Bitmap
(II) LoadModule: "pcidata"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libpcidata.a
(II) Module pcidata: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
compiled for 6.8.2, module version = 1.0.0
ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 0.7
(--) using VT number 7

(II) PCI: PCI scan (all values are in hex)
<snipped for brevity>
(II) PCI: End of PCI scan
(II) Host-to-PCI bridge:
(II) Bus 0: bridge is at (0:0:0), (0,0,2), BCTRL: 0x0008 (VGA_EN is set)
(II) Bus 0 I/O range:
[0] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x0000ffff (0x10000) IX[B]
(II) Bus 0 non-prefetchable memory range:
[0] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0xffffffff (0x0) MX[B]
(II) Bus 0 prefetchable memory range:
[0] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0xffffffff (0x0) MX[B]
(II) PCI-to-PCI bridge:
(II) Bus 1: bridge is at (0:1:0), (0,1,1), BCTRL: 0x0008 (VGA_EN is set)
(II) Bus 1 non-prefetchable memory range:
[0] -1 0 0xfc900000 - 0xfe9fffff (0x2100000) MX[B]
(II) Bus 1 prefetchable memory range:
[0] -1 0 0xf0600000 - 0xf46fffff (0x4100000) MX[B]
(II) PCI-to-PCI bridge:
(II) Bus 2: bridge is at (0:30:0), (0,2,2), BCTRL: 0x0002 (VGA_EN is cleared)
(II) Bus 2 I/O range:
[0] -1 0 0x0000d000 - 0x0000dfff (0x1000) IX[B]
(II) Bus 2 non-prefetchable memory range:
[0] -1 0 0xfea00000 - 0xfeafffff (0x100000) MX[B]
(II) Bus 2 prefetchable memory range:
[0] -1 0 0xf4700000 - 0xf47fffff (0x100000) MX[B]
(II) PCI-to-ISA bridge:
(II) Bus -1: bridge is at (0:31:0), (0,-1,-1), BCTRL: 0x0008 (VGA_EN is set)
(--) PCI:*(1:0:0) nVidia Corporation NV5M64 [RIVA TNT2 Model 64/Model 64 Pro] rev 21, Mem @ 0xfd000000/24, 0xf2000000/25, BIOS @ 0xfe9f0000/16
(--) PCI: (2:9:0) Brooktree Corporation Bt878 Video Capture rev 2, Mem @ 0xf47fe000/12
(II) Addressable bus resource ranges are
[0] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0xffffffff (0x0) MX[B]
[1] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x0000ffff (0x10000) IX[B]
(II) OS-reported resource ranges:
[0] -1 0 0xffe00000 - 0xffffffff (0x200000) MX[B](B)

<snipped for brevity>

(II) PCI Memory resource overlap reduced 0xf8000000 from 0xfbffffff to 0xf7ffffff
(II) Active PCI resource ranges:
[0] -1 0 0xfeae0000 - 0xfeaeffff (0x10000) MX[B]

<snipped for brevity>

(II) Active PCI resource ranges after removing overlaps:
[0] -1 0 0xfeae0000 - 0xfeaeffff (0x10000) MX[B]

<snipped for brevity>

(II) OS-reported resource ranges after removing overlaps with PCI:
[0] -1 0 0xffe00000 - 0xffffffff (0x200000) MX[B](B)

<snipped for brevity>

(II) All system resource ranges:
[0] -1 0 0xffe00000 - 0xffffffff (0x200000) MX[B](B)
[1] -1 0 0x00100000 - 0x3fffffff (0x3ff00000) MX[B]E(B)

<snipped for brevity>

(II) LoadModule: "dbe"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions/libdbe.a
(II) Module dbe: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
compiled for 6.8.2, module version = 1.0.0
Module class: X.Org Server Extension
ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 0.2
(II) Loading extension DOUBLE-BUFFER
(II) LoadModule: "extmod"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions/libextmod.a
(II) Module extmod: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
compiled for 6.8.2, module version = 1.0.0
Module class: X.Org Server Extension
ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 0.2
(II) Loading extension SHAPE
(II) Loading extension MIT-SUNDRY-NONSTANDARD
(II) Loading extension BIG-REQUESTS
(II) Loading extension SYNC
(II) Loading extension MIT-SCREEN-SAVER
(II) Loading extension XC-MISC
(II) Loading extension XFree86-VidModeExtension
(II) Loading extension XFree86-Misc
(II) Loading extension XFree86-DGA
(II) Loading extension DPMS
(II) Loading extension TOG-CUP
(II) Loading extension Extended-Visual-Information
(II) Loading extension XVideo
(II) Loading extension XVideo-MotionCompensation
(II) Loading extension X-Resource
(II) LoadModule: "glx"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions/libglx.so
(II) Module glx: vendor="NVIDIA Corporation"
compiled for 4.0.2, module version = 1.0.7676
Module class: XFree86 Server Extension
ABI class: XFree86 Server Extension, version 0.1
(II) Loading extension GLX
(II) LoadModule: "nvidia"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/drivers/nvidia_drv.o
(II) Module nvidia: vendor="NVIDIA Corporation"
compiled for 4.0.2, module version = 1.0.7676
Module class: XFree86 Video Driver
(II) LoadModule: "kbd"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/input/kbd_drv.o
(II) Module kbd: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
compiled for 6.8.2, module version = 1.0.0
Module class: X.Org XInput Driver
ABI class: X.Org XInput driver, version 0.4
(II) LoadModule: "mouse"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/input/mouse_drv.o
(II) Module mouse: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
compiled for 6.8.2, module version = 1.0.0
Module class: X.Org XInput Driver
ABI class: X.Org XInput driver, version 0.4
(II) NVIDIA X Driver 1.0-7676 Fri Jul 29 13:01:02 PDT 2005
(II) NVIDIA Unified Driver for all NVIDIA GPUs
(II) Primary Device is: PCI 01:00:0
(WW) The NVIDIA RIVA TNT2 Model 64/Model 64 Pro GPU installed in
(WW) this system is supported through the NVIDIA Legacy
(WW) drivers. Please visit
(WW) <URL removed, postcount <5> for more
(WW) information. The 1.0-7676 NVIDIA driver will ignore this
(WW) GPU. Continuing probe...
(EE) No devices detected.

Fatal server error:
no screens found

Please consult the The X.Org Foundation support
at <URL removed>
for help.
Please also check the log file at "/var/log/Xorg.0.log" for additional information.

BrianHenderson · 03-21-2006, 02:15 PM

Quote:

(WW) The NVIDIA RIVA TNT2 Model 64/Model 64 Pro GPU installed in
(WW) this system is supported through the NVIDIA Legacy
(WW) drivers. Please visit
(WW) <URL removed, postcount <5> for more
(WW) information. The 1.0-7676 NVIDIA driver will ignore this

It looks to me like you should be using the nv driver rather than the nvidia proprietary drivers because you have a pre-geforce card.

linux_beginner · 03-21-2006, 02:34 PM

Quote:

Section "Device"
Driver "ChangeMe"
Identifier "Device[0]"
# device_options
Option "sw_cursor" "on"
# BoardName "RIVA TNT2 Model 64/Model 64 Pro"
# BusID "1:0:0"
# Driver "nvidia"
# Identifier "Device[rivatnt2]"
# VendorName "NVidia"
# device_options
# Option "sw_cursor" "on"
EndSection

I changed the "Section Device" part back to the xorg.conf.install values which worked.

Unfortunately, I still get the "No screens found" error.

acid_kewpie · 03-21-2006, 03:03 PM

that's still jsut the fallout though... look for (EE) lines they are the real errors.

linux_beginner · 03-21-2006, 03:47 PM

Hmm, looks like it is a syntax error. Has anyone spotted anything out of place?

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(EE) Problem parsing the config file
(EE) Error parsing the config file

Edit: Fixed the syntax error. Now, this is the only error I'm getting. Not very informative...

Quote:

(EE) No devices detected.