I recently installed Linux on my computer. Then my roommate decided Linux was cool and wanted it too. I seem to be running into problems setting up his machine. He's running a NVIDIA TNT2 based card. I've read up on the NVIDIA problems in the forums, but I'm still having trouble. The most similar thing I've seen is another user who had "NVIDIA Kernal failed to initialize". Please let me know if you can help or point me at a thread I missed.
I've done everything I can think of. I've reinstalled the driver, reinstalled in expert mode (to check where the files are being installed), and even offered the computer a beer.
Here's my XFree86 log after I install the driver and change my driver in the XF86Config from "nv" to "nvidia"
XFree86 Version 4.3.0 (Fedora Core 1: 4.3.0-42)
Release Date: 15 August 2003
X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0, Release 6.6
Build Operating System: Linux 2.4.21-2.ELsmp i686 [ELF]
Build Date: 24 October 2003
Build Host: porky.devel.redhat.com
Module Loader present
OS Kernel: Linux version 2.4.22-1.2115.nptl (bhcompile@bugs.devel.redhat.com) (gcc version 3.2.3 20030422 (Red Hat Linux 3.2.3-6)) #1 Wed Oct 29 15:31:21 EST 2003 P
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/XFree86.0.log", Time: Fri Mar 19 21:22:50 2004
(==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/XF86Config"
(==) ServerLayout "single head configuration"
(**) |-->Screen "Screen0" (0)
(**) | |-->Monitor "Monitor0"
(**) | |-->Device "nvidia"
(**) |-->Input Device "Mouse0"
(**) |-->Input Device "Keyboard0"
(**) Option "XkbRules" "xfree86"
(**) XKB: rules: "xfree86"
(**) Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
(**) XKB: model: "pc105"
(**) Option "XkbLayout" "us"
(**) XKB: layout: "us"
(==) Keyboard: CustomKeycode disabled
(**) |-->Input Device "DevInputMice"
(**) FontPath set to "unix/:7100"
(**) RgbPath set to "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb"
(==) ModulePath set to "/usr/X11R6/lib/modules"
(++) using VT number 7
(II) Open APM successful
(II) Module ABI versions:
XFree86 ANSI C Emulation: 0.2
XFree86 Video Driver: 0.6
XFree86 XInput driver : 0.4
XFree86 Server Extension : 0.2
XFree86 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="The XFree86 Project"
compiled for 4.3.0, module version = 1.0.0
Module class: XFree86 Font Renderer
ABI class: XFree86 Font Renderer, version 0.4
(II) Loading font Bitmap
(II) LoadModule: "pcidata"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libpcidata.a
(II) Module pcidata: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
compiled for 4.3.0, module version = 1.0.0
ABI class: XFree86 Video Driver, version 0.6
(II) PCI: Probing config type using method 1
(II) PCI: Config type is 1
(II) PCI: stages = 0x03, oldVal1 = 0x00000000, mode1Res1 = 0x80000000
(II) PCI: PCI scan (all values are in hex)
(II) PCI: 00:00:0: chip 1039,0730 card 0000,0000 rev 02 class 06,00,00 hdr 80
(II) PCI: 00:00:1: chip 1039,5513 card 1039,5513 rev d0 class 01,01,80 hdr 80
(II) PCI: 00:01:0: chip 1039,0008 card 0000,0000 rev 00 class 06,01,00 hdr 80
(II) PCI: 00:01:1: chip 1039,0900 card 1039,0900 rev 82 class 02,00,00 hdr 00
(II) PCI: 00:01:2: chip 1039,7001 card 1039,7001 rev 07 class 0c,03,10 hdr 00
(II) PCI: 00:01:3: chip 1039,7001 card 1039,7000 rev 07 class 0c,03,10 hdr 00
(II) PCI: 00:01:4: chip 1039,7018 card 1039,7018 rev 02 class 04,01,00 hdr 00
(II) PCI: 00:02:0: chip 1039,0001 card 0000,0000 rev 00 class 06,04,00 hdr 01
(II) PCI: 01:00:0: chip 10de,0028 card 1092,4a02 rev 11 class 03,00,00 hdr 00
(II) PCI: End of PCI scan
(II) Host-to-PCI bridge:
(II) Bus 0: bridge is at (0:0:0), (0,0,1), 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-ISA bridge:
(II) Bus -1: bridge is at (0:1:0), (0,-1,-1), BCTRL: 0x0008 (VGA_EN is set)
(II) PCI-to-PCI bridge:
(II) Bus 1: bridge is at (0:2:0), (0,1,1), BCTRL: 0x000e (VGA_EN is set)
(II) Bus 1 I/O range:
[0] -1 0 0x0000b000 - 0x0000b0ff (0x100) IX[B]
[1] -1 0 0x0000b400 - 0x0000b4ff (0x100) IX[B]
[2] -1 0 0x0000b800 - 0x0000b8ff (0x100) IX[B]
[3] -1 0 0x0000bc00 - 0x0000bcff (0x100) IX[B]
(II) Bus 1 non-prefetchable memory range:
[0] -1 0 0xcde00000 - 0xcfefffff (0x2100000) MX[B]
(II) Bus 1 prefetchable memory range:
[0] -1 0 0xc9c00000 - 0xcdcfffff (0x4100000) MX[B]
(--) PCI:*(1:0:0) nVidia Corporation NV5 [RIVA TNT2/TNT2 Pro] rev 17, Mem @ 0xce000000/24, 0xca000000/25, BIOS @ 0xcfef0000/16
(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)
[1] -1 0 0x00100000 - 0x3fffffff (0x3ff00000) MX[B]E(B)
[2] -1 0 0x000f0000 - 0x000fffff (0x10000) MX[B]
[3] -1 0 0x000c0000 - 0x000effff (0x30000) MX[B]
[4] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x0009ffff (0xa0000) MX[B]
[5] -1 0 0x0000ffff - 0x0000ffff (0x1) IX[B]
[6] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x000000ff (0x100) IX[B]
(II) PCI Memory resource overlap reduced 0xd0000000 from 0xd3ffffff to 0xcfffffff
(II) Active PCI resource ranges:
[0] -1 0 0xcfffe000 - 0xcfffefff (0x1000) MX[B]
[1] -1 0 0xcfffd000 - 0xcfffdfff (0x1000) MX[B]
[2] -1 0 0xcfffc000 - 0xcfffcfff (0x1000) MX[B]
[3] -1 0 0xcfffb000 - 0xcfffbfff (0x1000) MX[B]
[4] -1 0 0xd0000000 - 0xcfffffff (0x0) MX[B]O
[5] -1 0 0xcfef0000 - 0xcfefffff (0x10000) MX[B](B)
[6] -1 0 0xca000000 - 0xcbffffff (0x2000000) MX[B](B)
[7] -1 0 0xce000000 - 0xceffffff (0x1000000) MX[B](B)
[8] -1 0 0x0000d800 - 0x0000d8ff (0x100) IX[B]
[9] -1 0 0x0000d400 - 0x0000d4ff (0x100) IX[B]
[10] -1 0 0x0000ff00 - 0x0000ff0f (0x10) IX[B]
(II) Active PCI resource ranges after removing overlaps:
[0] -1 0 0xcfffe000 - 0xcfffefff (0x1000) MX[B]
[1] -1 0 0xcfffd000 - 0xcfffdfff (0x1000) MX[B]
[2] -1 0 0xcfffc000 - 0xcfffcfff (0x1000) MX[B]
[3] -1 0 0xcfffb000 - 0xcfffbfff (0x1000) MX[B]
[4] -1 0 0xd0000000 - 0xcfffffff (0x0) MX[B]O
[5] -1 0 0xcfef0000 - 0xcfefffff (0x10000) MX[B](B)
[6] -1 0 0xca000000 - 0xcbffffff (0x2000000) MX[B](B)
[7] -1 0 0xce000000 - 0xceffffff (0x1000000) MX[B](B)
[8] -1 0 0x0000d800 - 0x0000d8ff (0x100) IX[B]
[9] -1 0 0x0000d400 - 0x0000d4ff (0x100) IX[B]
[10] -1 0 0x0000ff00 - 0x0000ff0f (0x10) IX[B]
(II) OS-reported resource ranges after removing overlaps with PCI:
[0] -1 0 0xffe00000 - 0xffffffff (0x200000) MX[B](B)
[1] -1 0 0x00100000 - 0x3fffffff (0x3ff00000) MX[B]E(B)
[2] -1 0 0x000f0000 - 0x000fffff (0x10000) MX[B]
[3] -1 0 0x000c0000 - 0x000effff (0x30000) MX[B]
[4] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x0009ffff (0xa0000) MX[B]
[5] -1 0 0x0000ffff - 0x0000ffff (0x1) IX[B]
[6] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x000000ff (0x100) IX[B]
(II) All system resource ranges:
[0] -1 0 0xffe00000 - 0xffffffff (0x200000) MX[B](B)
[1] -1 0 0x00100000 - 0x3fffffff (0x3ff00000) MX[B]E(B)
[2] -1 0 0x000f0000 - 0x000fffff (0x10000) MX[B]
[3] -1 0 0x000c0000 - 0x000effff (0x30000) MX[B]
[4] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x0009ffff (0xa0000) MX[B]
[5] -1 0 0xcfffe000 - 0xcfffefff (0x1000) MX[B]
[6] -1 0 0xcfffd000 - 0xcfffdfff (0x1000) MX[B]
[7] -1 0 0xcfffc000 - 0xcfffcfff (0x1000) MX[B]
[8] -1 0 0xcfffb000 - 0xcfffbfff (0x1000) MX[B]
[9] -1 0 0xd0000000 - 0xcfffffff (0x0) MX[B]O
[10] -1 0 0xcfef0000 - 0xcfefffff (0x10000) MX[B](B)
[11] -1 0 0xca000000 - 0xcbffffff (0x2000000) MX[B](B)
[12] -1 0 0xce000000 - 0xceffffff (0x1000000) MX[B](B)
[13] -1 0 0x0000ffff - 0x0000ffff (0x1) IX[B]
[14] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x000000ff (0x100) IX[B]
[15] -1 0 0x0000d800 - 0x0000d8ff (0x100) IX[B]
[16] -1 0 0x0000d400 - 0x0000d4ff (0x100) IX[B]
[17] -1 0 0x0000ff00 - 0x0000ff0f (0x10) IX[B]
(II) LoadModule: "dbe"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions/libdbe.a
(II) Module dbe: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
compiled for 4.3.0, module version = 1.0.0
Module class: XFree86 Server Extension
ABI class: XFree86 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="The XFree86 Project"
compiled for 4.3.0, module version = 1.0.0
Module class: XFree86 Server Extension
ABI class: XFree86 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 FontCache
(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: "fbdevhw"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/linux/libfbdevhw.a
(II) Module fbdevhw: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
compiled for 4.3.0, module version = 0.0.2
ABI class: XFree86 Video Driver, version 0.6
(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 = 1.0.5336
Module class: XFree86 Server Extension
ABI class: XFree86 Server Extension, version 0.1
(II) Loading extension GLX
(II) LoadModule: "record"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions/librecord.a
(II) Module record: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
compiled for 4.3.0, module version = 1.13.0
Module class: XFree86 Server Extension
ABI class: XFree86 Server Extension, version 0.2
(II) Loading extension RECORD
(II) LoadModule: "freetype"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/fonts/libfreetype.a
(II) Module freetype: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
compiled for 4.3.0, module version = 2.0.2
Module class: XFree86 Font Renderer
ABI class: XFree86 Font Renderer, version 0.4
(II) Loading font FreeType
(II) LoadModule: "type1"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/fonts/libtype1.a
(II) Module type1: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
compiled for 4.3.0, module version = 1.0.2
Module class: XFree86 Font Renderer
ABI class: XFree86 Font Renderer, version 0.4
(II) Loading font Type1
(II) Loading font CID
(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 = 1.0.5336
Module class: XFree86 Video Driver
(II) LoadModule: "mouse"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/input/mouse_drv.o
(II) Module mouse: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
compiled for 4.3.0, module version = 1.0.0
Module class: XFree86 XInput Driver
ABI class: XFree86 XInput driver, version 0.4
(II) NVIDIA XFree86 Driver 1.0-5336 Wed Jan 14 18:30:46 PST 2004
(II) NVIDIA Unified Driver for all NVIDIA GPUs
(II) Primary Device is: PCI 01:00:0
(--) Assigning device section with no busID to primary device
(--) Chipset NVIDIA GPU found
(II) resource ranges after xf86ClaimFixedResources() call:
[0] -1 0 0xffe00000 - 0xffffffff (0x200000) MX[B](B)
[1] -1 0 0x00100000 - 0x3fffffff (0x3ff00000) MX[B]E(B)
[2] -1 0 0x000f0000 - 0x000fffff (0x10000) MX[B]
[3] -1 0 0x000c0000 - 0x000effff (0x30000) MX[B]
[4] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x0009ffff (0xa0000) MX[B]
[5] -1 0 0xcfffe000 - 0xcfffefff (0x1000) MX[B]
[6] -1 0 0xcfffd000 - 0xcfffdfff (0x1000) MX[B]
[7] -1 0 0xcfffc000 - 0xcfffcfff (0x1000) MX[B]
[8] -1 0 0xcfffb000 - 0xcfffbfff (0x1000) MX[B]
[9] -1 0 0xd0000000 - 0xcfffffff (0x0) MX[B]O
[10] -1 0 0xcfef0000 - 0xcfefffff (0x10000) MX[B](B)
[11] -1 0 0xca000000 - 0xcbffffff (0x2000000) MX[B](B)
[12] -1 0 0xce000000 - 0xceffffff (0x1000000) MX[B](B)
[13] -1 0 0x0000ffff - 0x0000ffff (0x1) IX[B]
[14] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x000000ff (0x100) IX[B]
[15] -1 0 0x0000d800 - 0x0000d8ff (0x100) IX[B]
[16] -1 0 0x0000d400 - 0x0000d4ff (0x100) IX[B]
[17] -1 0 0x0000ff00 - 0x0000ff0f (0x10) IX[B]
(II) resource ranges after probing:
[0] -1 0 0xffe00000 - 0xffffffff (0x200000) MX[B](B)
[1] -1 0 0x00100000 - 0x3fffffff (0x3ff00000) MX[B]E(B)
[2] -1 0 0x000f0000 - 0x000fffff (0x10000) MX[B]
[3] -1 0 0x000c0000 - 0x000effff (0x30000) MX[B]
[4] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x0009ffff (0xa0000) MX[B]
[5] -1 0 0xcfffe000 - 0xcfffefff (0x1000) MX[B]
[6] -1 0 0xcfffd000 - 0xcfffdfff (0x1000) MX[B]
[7] -1 0 0xcfffc000 - 0xcfffcfff (0x1000) MX[B]
[8] -1 0 0xcfffb000 - 0xcfffbfff (0x1000) MX[B]
[9] -1 0 0xd0000000 - 0xcfffffff (0x0) MX[B]O
[10] -1 0 0xcfef0000 - 0xcfefffff (0x10000) MX[B](B)
[11] -1 0 0xca000000 - 0xcbffffff (0x2000000) MX[B](B)
[12] -1 0 0xce000000 - 0xceffffff (0x1000000) MX[B](B)
[13] 0 0 0x000a0000 - 0x000affff (0x10000) MS[B]
[14] 0 0 0x000b0000 - 0x000b7fff (0x8000) MS[B]
[15] 0 0 0x000b8000 - 0x000bffff (0x8000) MS[B]
[16] -1 0 0x0000ffff - 0x0000ffff (0x1) IX[B]
[17] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x000000ff (0x100) IX[B]
[18] -1 0 0x0000d800 - 0x0000d8ff (0x100) IX[B]
[19] -1 0 0x0000d400 - 0x0000d4ff (0x100) IX[B]
[20] -1 0 0x0000ff00 - 0x0000ff0f (0x10) IX[B]
[21] 0 0 0x000003b0 - 0x000003bb (0xc) IS[B]
[22] 0 0 0x000003c0 - 0x000003df (0x20) IS[B]
(II) Setting vga for screen 0.
(II) Loading sub module "vgahw"
(II) LoadModule: "vgahw"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libvgahw.a
(II) Module vgahw: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
compiled for 4.3.0, module version = 0.1.0
ABI class: XFree86 Video Driver, version 0.6
(**) 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 0xCA000000
(--) NVIDIA(0): MMIO registers at 0xCE000000
(EE) NVIDIA(0): Failed to initialize the NVIDIA graphics device!
(EE) NVIDIA(0): *** Aborting ***
(II) UnloadModule: "nvidia"
(II) UnloadModule: "vgahw"
(II) Unloading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libvgahw.a
(EE) Screen(s) found, but none have a usable configuration.
Fatal server error:
no screens found
If I leave the driver at "nv" the "GLX" fails to initialize, and my roommate may die if he dosen't get to play tux racer soon.
I hate posting more NVIDIA problems, and hope you haven't answered this one already and I missed it.
Thanks