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#1 2010-11-10 20:12:30

jayaram
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install Nvidia drivers

Hi,

  I wanted to install nvidia drivers in archlinux, i get a blank screen after i install the drivers. I had arch linux isntalled 5 times between the past 2 days and i am stuck up here.

Right now i have nouveau and vesa drivers installed.

Please do let me know how to isntall Nvidia drivers and get the desktop running.

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#2 2010-11-10 20:17:20

karol
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Re: install Nvidia drivers

Install nvidia and reboot.
Do you mean nvidia or nvidia-173xx or nvidia-96xx?

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#3 2010-11-10 20:22:43

jayaram
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Re: install Nvidia drivers

i have a Geforce GT 330m nvidia graphic card on my sony vaio F series.

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#4 2010-11-10 20:23:33

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Re: install Nvidia drivers

if i say install nvidia and reboot i get a blank screen. and nothing works. i can;t even get the terminal to type commands. i', struck over the balnk screen

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#5 2010-11-10 20:33:11

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Re: install Nvidia drivers

Do you have dual graphics? (nvidia + intel)


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#6 2010-11-10 21:23:11

jayaram
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Re: install Nvidia drivers

how do i check if i have a dual graphics ?

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#7 2010-11-10 22:21:03

whitetimer
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Re: install Nvidia drivers

Did you install nvidia from the terminal ?  did you also install nvidia-utils and then run nvidia-xconfig after ?

I have nvidia and have no problems ....

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#8 2010-11-10 22:44:08

jayaram
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Re: install Nvidia drivers

yea what i actually did was i installed archlinux

then installed xorg, nouveau,

ran X -configure to generate the xorg file .

till now everything works fine i get a desktop with the normal resolution.

but now if i try to install(from the terminal not the gdm because i did not add gdm to DEAmons, i start it manually)

after installing nvidia and nvidia utils i ran nvidia-xconfig, it says multiple screens found and then i start the gdm i get a blank screen! and then nothing works. i need to shutdown using the power button!

do i need to do something else ?

@whitetimer do you have the same laptop ?

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#9 2010-11-10 22:50:13

whitetimer
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Re: install Nvidia drivers

no i am running archlinux on a desktop ... I dont no anything about nouveau, but do you need to install that if you have installed nvidia ?

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#10 2010-11-10 22:54:59

jayaram
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Re: install Nvidia drivers

i even tried removing nouveau, it still didn't work.

do you have the same graphics card ?

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#11 2010-11-10 22:57:12

jayaram
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Re: install Nvidia drivers

did you install xorg ?

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#12 2010-11-10 23:39:40

schen
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Re: install Nvidia drivers

xorg is the backbone of graphical interfaces on linux. In order to have GUI, you install xorg.

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#13 2010-11-10 23:47:40

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Re: install Nvidia drivers

Try setting "ConnectedMonitor" under 'device' in you nvidia-xconfig generatedr xorg.conf to what corresponds to your screen's technology.

Option "ConnectedMonitor" "DFP" if using digital formats such as DVI or HDMI.

Option "ConnectedMonitor" "CRT" for analogue.

Last edited by edward.taylor89 (2010-11-10 23:50:58)


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#14 2010-11-11 04:50:27

jayaram
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Re: install Nvidia drivers

i did that but it didn't work...

I get a blank screen.

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#15 2010-11-11 05:49:53

whitetimer
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Re: install Nvidia drivers

@jayaram

This is what i do when i install arch.
1) Install Arch and set user & mount drives etc
2) sudo pacman -S xorg
3) sudo pacman -S mesa
4) sudo pacman -S nvidia nvidia-utils
5) nvidia-xconfig .. 'or copy a saved xorg.conf file to /etc/X11/'
6) sudo pacman -S hal dbus xf86-input-evdev xf86-input-synaptics ... 'add hal to DAEMONS after syslog-ng'

then reboot

Then install DE &/or WM and add required DAEMONS to /etc/rc.conf

Hope it helps ...

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#16 2010-11-11 05:54:35

jayaram
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Re: install Nvidia drivers

yea i did the same....

i read ina  lot of sites that there are problems with the 330m driver making it work in linux...

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#17 2010-11-11 06:16:57

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Re: install Nvidia drivers

Did you blacklist nouveau in rc.conf?
MODULES=(!nouveau)
Uninstalling it doesn't help, as it is now part of the kernel.

Last edited by SanskritFritz (2010-11-11 06:17:48)


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#18 2010-11-11 16:46:38

jayaram
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Re: install Nvidia drivers

yea did that... now got a new error..

something like
WARNING : gdm was on for XXXX sec
....
...

maximum number of attempts reached.
see X server log for problems.

What should i do now ?

Last edited by jayaram (2010-11-11 16:48:21)

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#19 2010-11-11 23:13:22

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Re: install Nvidia drivers

see here
http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions … ost4156227

are you using any vga= parameter?
the .19 drivers work for me

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#20 2010-11-11 23:45:42

jayaram
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Re: install Nvidia drivers

nope my grub entry doesn't have any VGA parameter.

btw i have grub 0.97 not grub2

Last edited by jayaram (2010-11-11 23:47:18)

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#21 2010-11-12 03:00:38

ChoK
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Re: install Nvidia drivers

For reference https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=108289

jayaram wrote:

Hi

I have a sony vaio F laptop with Nvidia Geforce 330m.

I installed nvidia and nvidia-utils and then i get a blank screen. i added the custom edid, backlisted nouveau and then if i start gdm ig et the error which says

gdm-binary gdm display lasted for XXX seconds
...
....
...

max num of attempts reached.
check xserver log for errors.


did any of you get it run in archlinux with the same/similar configuration?

Please post the content of your /var/log/Xorg.0.log, and also your /etc/X11/xorg.conf or /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/20-nvidia.conf (depending of where you are configuring the nvidia driver).

Edit: Please don't crosspost https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=108221 and https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=108286. It makes following the issue confusing and in the future people with the same problem as you will thank you if they can find everything in a single thread.

Last edited by ChoK (2010-11-12 03:07:46)


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#22 2010-11-12 03:43:23

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Re: install Nvidia drivers

@jayaram, I'm deleting your other thread. As mentioned by ChoK, please don't cross-post.

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Fo … ss-Posting


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#23 2010-11-12 04:01:48

jayaram
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Re: install Nvidia drivers

i haven;t been getting replies so i thought i could just shift to a different forum so that people there can reply... sorry about that.

this is my xorg config file

# nvidia-xconfig: X configuration file generated by nvidia-xconfig
# nvidia-xconfig:  version 256.53  (buildmeister@builder97.nvidia.com)  Fri Aug 27 20:55:22 PDT 2010

Section "ServerLayout"
    Identifier     "Layout0"
    Screen      0  "Screen0"
    InputDevice    "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
    InputDevice    "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
EndSection

Section "Files"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
    # generated from default
    Identifier     "Mouse0"
    Driver         "mouse"
    Option         "Protocol" "auto"
    Option         "Device" "/dev/psaux"
    Option         "Emulate3Buttons" "no"
    Option         "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
    # generated from default
    Identifier     "Keyboard0"
    Driver         "kbd"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
    Identifier     "Monitor0"
    VendorName     "Unknown"
    ModelName      "Unknown"
    HorizSync       28.0 - 33.0
    VertRefresh     43.0 - 72.0
    Option         "DPMS"
EndSection

Section "Device"
    Identifier     "Device0"
    Driver         "nvidia"
    VendorName     "NVIDIA Corporation"
    Option "ConnectedMonitor" "DPF-0"
    Option "CustomEDID" "DPF-0: /proc/acpi/video/IGPU/LCD0/EDID"
    Option "RegistryDwords" "EnableBrightnessControl=1"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
    Identifier     "Screen0"
    Device         "Device0"
    Monitor        "Monitor0"
    DefaultDepth    24
    SubSection     "Display"
        Depth       24
    EndSubSection
EndSection

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#24 2010-11-12 11:28:34

Mr.Elendig
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Re: install Nvidia drivers

post your lspci output, and what model your laptop is.


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#25 2010-11-12 13:03:30

kgas
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Re: install Nvidia drivers

have you correctly extracted the EDID and put it in your /etc/X11?

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