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#1 2011-01-16 02:56:09

Brief
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X not starting

Hello guys,

I just bought a toshiba M645-S4080, it has two video cards (intel and nvidia gt 330M) with optimum system...

I haven't been able to make intel or nvidia card to work

X starts with a black screen, without anything on it... and usually makes my arch crash

can somebody help me?

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#2 2011-01-16 03:21:17

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Re: X not starting

post your errors if you have any. its real difficult for any one to help you otherwise...

also post your xorg log file.


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#3 2011-01-16 03:42:05

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Re: X not starting

I'm not using a xorg.conf file...

when I try to start X with the file created by nvidia-xconfig

It returns me:

gdm-binary[2804]: WARNING GdmDisplay: display lasted 0.461931 seconds
gdm-binary[2804]: WARNING GdmDisplay: display lasted 0.467231 seconds
gdm-binary[2804]: WARNING GdmDisplay: display lasted 0.460231 seconds
gdm-binary[2804]: WARNING GdmDisplay: display lasted 0.468231 seconds
gdm-binary[2804]: WARNING GdmDisplay: display lasted 0.464231 seconds
gdm-binary[2804]: WARNING: GdmLocalIDisplayFactory: maximum number of X display failures reached: check X server log for errors



and that's the tail of the log

(EE) No drivers avaiable.
Fatal server error:
no screens found


when I try to start X without a configuration file

the screen goes black and freezes the system, apparently nothing in the log

is there anything else needed?

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#4 2011-01-16 03:58:14

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Re: X not starting

what drivers are you using? Is this a switchable graphics card?


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#5 2011-01-16 04:00:50

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Re: X not starting

I'm using nvidia..

Yes, I believe it's switchable, it's a system called optimus or something like that


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#6 2011-01-18 21:47:35

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Re: X not starting

From your logs it looks like you havent installed any video card drivers. If that's not the case, try uninstalling the nvidia drivers and installing the nouveau open-source drivers.

Where did you put the nvidia-xconf drivers? If it's not in  xorg.conf it must be in 10-monitors right? What's in that file?

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#7 2011-01-18 23:38:20

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Re: X not starting

axiomaticsandwich wrote:

From your logs it looks like you havent installed any video card drivers. If that's not the case, try uninstalling the nvidia drivers and installing the nouveau open-source drivers.

Where did you put the nvidia-xconf drivers? If it's not in  xorg.conf it must be in 10-monitors right? What's in that file?

Bleh,

nouveau won't help, i would vote to keep nvidia and don't use an xorg.conf cause it's not needed. If your system uses optimus, make sure it uses one video card as default, so it won't change everything you boot or so.

And second, try nvidia without an xorg.conf file

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#8 2011-01-19 00:18:13

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Re: X not starting

Except he already said he doesnt have an xorg.conf file, which is where the nvidia-xconf settings place themselves by default. My guess is that he's putting his nvidia settings in the wrong place.

OP:

doube check /etc/X11/, if it has an xorg.conf file, delete it. Go into your xorg.conf.d directory and make a file called 20-nvidia.conf (it should already exist). Delete whatever is in there and add this:

Section "Device"
   Identifier     "Device0"
   Driver         "nvidia"
   VendorName     "NVIDIA Corporation"
EndSection

to that file.

If that doesnt work, put the file that your nvidia-xconf util is making and put it in 10-monitor.conf.


If neither of those work, tell us what is in your xorg.conf.d files, and tell us what is in your modules.

Also modprobe -l |grep nvidia and tell us what nvidia drivers are being installed.

It seriously just doesnt sound like you've followed any of the instructions on setting up your video cards. Everything you need to know is in here:
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Xo … ry_drivers

Last edited by axiomaticsandwich (2011-01-19 00:22:50)

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#9 2011-01-31 16:04:27

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Re: X not starting

I've followed the wiki yes, but I couldn't get it working yet

I'll try what you say and post the feedback here

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#10 2011-01-31 16:10:00

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Re: X not starting

Search around ofr other topics regardign Optimus. Bottom line: If you can't switch to the nvidia card in the BIOS, you're screwed.

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#11 2011-01-31 16:11:27

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Re: X not starting

I haven't checked if I can switch in the BIOS, but I'm almost sure I can't, going to try it tonight

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