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Hi! I know what for old videocards not yet supported in xorg 1.8 nvidia-173xx driver. I want to downgrade to it from nouveau because suspend-to-ram isn't working and slow video performance. How to make it?
After installing nvidia-173xx drivers from nvidia site and "startx" I have error:
(EE) NVIDIA(0): Failed to load the NVIDIA kernel module!
Maybe I can solve this problem with other way? Please help
Last edited by Dr.X (2010-07-15 14:28:44)
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I think you need to downgrade - not merely install an old package.
Try using old xorg-server and friends. KMS may also be an issue.
Edit: you can get old packages from here http://arm.kh.nu/search/index.php?a=32& … ommunity=1
Last edited by karol (2010-07-14 19:15:02)
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karol, thanks for ARM, from there I dowloaded nvidia-173xx-173.14.25-1-i686.pkg.tar.gz and nvidia-173xx-utils-173.14.25-1-i686.pkg.tar.gz (because 25-1 is same). Then I tried to install nvidia-173xx with -d key and successfully installed, but 173xx-utils is conflicting with libgl. How to solve it?
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Remove libgl. IIRC nvidia has it's own gl implementation in their drivers.
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My steps:
1) I successfully installed nvidia-173xx-utils-glselect 173.14.25-1 from AUR instead nvidia-173xx-utils-173.14.25-1 (Can I do it?).
2) nouveau is fully removed
3) glselect nvidia
4) reboot
5) I have error:
This server has a video driver ABI version of 7.0 that is not supported by this NVIDIA driver. Please check nvidia.com for driver updates or downgrade to an X server with a supported driver ABI.
5) startx -ignoreABI doesn't solve problem
6)xorg-server dependencies are fully downgraded to may 15, 2010
7) I have error:
Failed to initialize the GLX module; please check in your X log file that the GLX module has been loaded in your X server, and that the module is the NVIDIA GLX module. ...
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> xorg-server dependencies are fully downgraded to may 15, 2010
Double check it and don't use the packages form AUR but the standard ones.
http://arm.konnichi.com/2010/05/
http://arm.konnichi.com/2010/05/05/extra/os/i686/ (May 5th, for 32-bit)
Last edited by karol (2010-07-14 21:57:21)
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Failed to initialize the GLX module; please check in your X log file that the GLX module has been loaded in your X server, and that the module is the NVIDIA GLX module. ...
That error I solved by glselect nvidia, but now I have other error:
(EE)NVIDIA(0): This video driver ABI is not supported
(EE) NVIDIA(0): Use the -ignoreABI option to override this check.
Fatal server error:
AddScreen/ScreenInit failed for driver 0
I used -ignoreABI but I have same error.
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Did you downgrade xorg?
pacman -Q xorg-server
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Yes, I downgraded xorg-server to 1.7.6-1 and it dependencies to may 5, 2010, and now I have:
Fatal: module nvidia not found
(EE) NVIDIA(0): Failed to load the NVIDIA kernel module!
(EE) Screen(s) found, but none have a usable configuration.
Fatal server error:
no screens found.
How to add this module?
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How did you configure the system? Are you using xorg.conf? If so, post it here. Are you using KMS, any kernel line options?
Edit: did you rebuild the kernel modules?
Last edited by karol (2010-07-15 08:33:04)
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My xorg.conf: http://pastebin.org/397313 , it's made by sudo X -configure . After removing nouveau, KMS is disabled. Now I have kernel26-2.6.33-1, mkinicpio -p kernel26 is successfully executed.
Also my Xorg.0.log: http://pastebin.org/397316
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Yes, I downgrade kernel from 34 to 32 and now to 33.
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Edit: did you rebuild the kernel modules?
hmm, I think mkinicpio -p kernel26 do that, then yes))
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Add
Section "ServerFlags"
Option "AllowEmptyInput" "no"
EndSection
How did you get this xorg.conf? Did you run nvidia-xconfig?
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I added this to conf and runned nvidia-xconfig, but nothing changes((
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Did you restart after rebuilding kernel modules?
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yes, I always reboot after work with kernel
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Maybe helps custom kernel compiling?
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Run
modprobe nvidia
lsmod | grep -i nvidia
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# modprobe nvidia
Fatal: Module nvidia not found.
# lsmod | grep -i nvidia
<nothing>
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So where the f*ck did this driver go?
Again, form the beginning:
You downloaded the drivers from ARM.
Install them pacman -U nvidia-173xx-173.14.25-1-i686.pkg.tar.gz and the nvidia-utils and all the rest
Is it correct?
Last edited by karol (2010-07-15 10:09:57)
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yes, it's true, first of all I installed that version of drivers from ARM. Maybe I should first of all downgrade kernel, and then install drivers?
Last edited by Dr.X (2010-07-15 10:14:26)
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> Maybe I should first of all downgrade kernel, and then install drivers?
You can rebuild the modules at any time so I don't think it matters.
Run
pacman -Qs nvidia
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$ pacman -Qs nvidia
local/libvdpau
local/nvidia-173xx
local/nvidia-173xx-utls
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Post your rc.conf
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