X not working after nvidia-xconfig?

SN4K3 · 2010-12-31 06:08:40

Hi, I'm new to arch and the forums So I installed arch and had no problems with the install thnx to the great wiki then when I tried installing nouveau for my nvidia card it didnt work so I tried vesa it worked and I installed gnome but the resolution was just 800x600 and the wiki said that I should use nvidia-xconfig but after I did that X dosent work whenever I try starting gnome it says no screens found ! What should I do ?

MadTux · 2010-12-31 06:35:14

The nouveau driver should work with just a minimal configuration in /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/20-nouveau.conf (see the wiki for details). The tool nvidia-xconfig is for the proprietary nVidia drivers. So, now I am guessing what drivers you are really getting to run: nouveau or the proprietary nVidia drivers.

SN4K3 · 2010-12-31 07:38:37

So I should install nouveau drivers?

karol · 2010-12-31 08:40:50

Did you reboot?

SN4K3 · 2010-12-31 10:36:01

yea

karol · 2010-12-31 10:38:01

Post /var/log/Xorg.0.log.

SN4K3 · 2010-12-31 11:31:25

[   280.630] 
X.Org X Server 1.9.2
Release Date: 2010-10-30
[   280.630] X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0
[   280.630] Build Operating System: Linux 2.6.35-ARCH i686 
[   280.630] Current Operating System: Linux Ghost 2.6.33-ARCH #1 SMP PREEMPT Thu May 13 12:06:25 CEST 2010 i686
[   280.630] Kernel command line: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz26 root=/dev/sda1
[   280.630] Build Date: 01 November 2010  10:35:30PM
[   280.630]  
[   280.630] Current version of pixman: 0.20.0
[   280.630]     Before reporting problems, check [url]http://wiki.x.org[/url]
    to make sure that you have the latest version.
[   280.631] Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting,
    (++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational,
    (WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
[   280.631] (==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.0.log", Time: Fri Dec 31 10:51:02 2010
[   280.631] (==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf"
[   280.631] (==) Using config directory: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf.d"
[   280.632] (==) ServerLayout "Layout0"
[   280.632] (**) |-->Screen "Screen0" (0)
[   280.632] (**) |   |-->Monitor "Monitor0"
[   280.632] (**) |   |-->Device "Device0"
[   280.632] (**) |-->Input Device "Keyboard0"
[   280.632] (**) |-->Input Device "Mouse0"
[   280.632] (**) Option "Xinerama" "0"
[   280.632] (==) Automatically adding devices
[   280.632] (==) Automatically enabling devices
[   280.632] (WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/TTF/" does not exist.
[   280.632]     Entry deleted from font path.
[   280.632] (WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/OTF/" does not exist.
[   280.632]     Entry deleted from font path.
[   280.632] (WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/Type1/" does not exist.
[   280.632]     Entry deleted from font path.
[   280.632] (==) FontPath set to:
    /usr/share/fonts/misc/,
    /usr/share/fonts/100dpi/,
    /usr/share/fonts/75dpi/
[   280.632] (==) ModulePath set to "/usr/lib/xorg/modules"
[   280.632] (WW) AllowEmptyInput is on, devices using drivers 'kbd', 'mouse' or 'vmmouse' will be disabled.
[   280.632] (WW) Disabling Keyboard0
[   280.632] (WW) Disabling Mouse0
[   280.632] (II) Loader magic: 0x81f1f80
[   280.632] (II) Module ABI versions:
[   280.632]     X.Org ANSI C Emulation: 0.4
[   280.632]     X.Org Video Driver: 8.0
[   280.632]     X.Org XInput driver : 11.0
[   280.632]     X.Org Server Extension : 4.0
[   280.633] (--) PCI:*(0:1:0:0) 10de:0641:1462:133a rev 161, Mem @ 0xfd000000/16777216, 0xd0000000/268435456, 0xfa000000/33554432, I/O @ 0x0000dc00/128, BIOS @ 0x????????/524288
[   280.633] (WW) Open ACPI failed (/var/run/acpid.socket) (No such file or directory)
[   280.633] (II) LoadModule: "extmod"
[   280.633] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libextmod.so
[   280.633] (II) Module extmod: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[   280.633]     compiled for 1.9.2, module version = 1.0.0
[   280.633]     Module class: X.Org Server Extension
[   280.633]     ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 4.0
[   280.633] (II) Loading extension MIT-SCREEN-SAVER
[   280.633] (II) Loading extension XFree86-VidModeExtension
[   280.633] (II) Loading extension XFree86-DGA
[   280.633] (II) Loading extension DPMS
[   280.633] (II) Loading extension XVideo
[   280.633] (II) Loading extension XVideo-MotionCompensation
[   280.633] (II) Loading extension X-Resource
[   280.633] (II) LoadModule: "dbe"
[   280.633] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libdbe.so
[   280.633] (II) Module dbe: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[   280.633]     compiled for 1.9.2, module version = 1.0.0
[   280.633]     Module class: X.Org Server Extension
[   280.633]     ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 4.0
[   280.633] (II) Loading extension DOUBLE-BUFFER
[   280.633] (II) LoadModule: "glx"
[   280.633] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libglx.so
[   280.651] (II) Module glx: vendor="NVIDIA Corporation"
[   280.651]     compiled for 4.0.2, module version = 1.0.0
[   280.651]     Module class: X.Org Server Extension
[   280.651] (II) NVIDIA GLX Module  260.19.29  Wed Dec  8 12:25:40 PST 2010
[   280.651] (II) Loading extension GLX
[   280.651] (II) LoadModule: "record"
[   280.652] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/librecord.so
[   280.652] (II) Module record: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[   280.652]     compiled for 1.9.2, module version = 1.13.0
[   280.652]     Module class: X.Org Server Extension
[   280.652]     ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 4.0
[   280.652] (II) Loading extension RECORD
[   280.652] (II) LoadModule: "dri"
[   280.652] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libdri.so
[   280.652] (II) Module dri: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[   280.652]     compiled for 1.9.2, module version = 1.0.0
[   280.652]     ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 4.0
[   280.652] (II) Loading extension XFree86-DRI
[   280.652] (II) LoadModule: "dri2"
[   280.652] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libdri2.so
[   280.652] (II) Module dri2: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[   280.652]     compiled for 1.9.2, module version = 1.2.0
[   280.652]     ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 4.0
[   280.652] (II) Loading extension DRI2
[   280.652] (II) LoadModule: "nvidia"
[   280.652] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/nvidia_drv.so
[   280.653] (II) Module nvidia: vendor="NVIDIA Corporation"
[   280.653]     compiled for 4.0.2, module version = 1.0.0
[   280.653]     Module class: X.Org Video Driver
[   280.654] (EE) NVIDIA: Failed to load the NVIDIA kernel module. Please check your
[   280.654] (EE) NVIDIA:     system's kernel log for additional error messages.
[   280.654] (II) UnloadModule: "nvidia"
[   280.654] (II) Unloading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/nvidia_drv.so
[   280.654] (EE) Failed to load module "nvidia" (module-specific error, 0)
[   280.654] (EE) No drivers available.
[   280.655] 
Fatal server error:
[   280.655] no screens found
[   280.655] 
Please consult the The X.Org Foundation support 
     at [url]http://wiki.x.org[/url]
 for help. 
[   280.655] Please also check the log file at "/var/log/Xorg.0.log" for additional information.
[   280.655]

Last edited by SN4K3 (2010-12-31 12:26:42)

Fleet · 2010-12-31 12:07:24

When using the nouveau-driver, did you create the file /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/20-nouveau.conf? (see https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/No … iguration). If that is no solution try using "Xorg -configure" to generate a xorg.conf. If that's no solution either, try posting your xorg.conf generated by nvidia-xconfig. then we can try debugging it.

Sincerely, Fleet

Last edited by Fleet (2010-12-31 12:08:04)

karol · 2010-12-31 12:11:57

When posting code please use [ code ] tags https://bbs.archlinux.org/help.php#bbcode Please edit your post with /var/log/Xorg.0.log accordingly.

Post /var/log/kernel.log.

SN4K3 · 2011-01-01 03:07:18

Ok guys I got it somewhat fixed, I reinstalled Arch then installed the vesa drivers again and seemed ok and I also setup Openbox but the problem I face now is the resolution can anyone help?

thisoldman · 2011-01-01 09:42:06

Do you know the model of the nvidia card? 'lspci' should tell you.

You can try:

lspci -k | grep -A 3 VGA

This should tell you what video card is being detected by the kernel and which kernel modules (drivers) are capable of handling it.

SN4K3 · 2011-01-01 11:25:17

K I did what u said here's the output.

01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation G96 [GeForce 9400 GT] (rev a1)
    Subsystem: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. Device 133a
    Kernel modules: nvidiafb
03:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168B PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller (rev 01)

So now i should install nvidiafb ?

karol · 2011-01-01 13:28:46

Install either nouveau or nvidia.

thisoldman · 2011-01-01 14:04:54

Just to expand what karol said, if your installation went correctly, either nouveau or nvidia should work. I can run either one without an /etc/X11/xorg.conf.

zyxon · 2011-01-02 09:55:35

if you had nouveau installed did you blacklist it from being loaded? Also, check if nvidia isn't blacklisted. Could you tell us what happens if you modprobe nvidia? Also, you could try to reinstall both nvidia and nvidia-utils. Could you post your xorg.conf?

Here is mine, you can check it as a reference, since we have similar cards. Don't forget to make a backup first!
http://pastebin.com/hFYjukWy

Last edited by zyxon (2011-01-02 09:55:58)

karol · 2011-01-03 18:19:40

Have you updated your system? In your /var/log/Xorg.0.log I read "Current Operating System: Linux Ghost 2.6.33-ARCH".

Mr Green · 2011-01-04 10:38:49

Might be half of the problem, most issues I have seen on forums are related to system not being up to date.

If there is a reason for using old kernel [which has not been stated in this case] fair enough

MrG

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