LTS kernel not working on new computer

Phobios · 2013-07-30 07:05:31

I recently purchased a new computer and installed arch on it. The stock kernel works fine, but I would like to use the lts-kernel and thats where the problems begin. When seeing the shell for the first time the text is not very clear and it seems to be a problem with the graphics settings. I have a GeForce GT610 GPU and have installed nouveau drivers.

Dmesg tells me the following:
[ 36.332055] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 16 (level, low) -> IRQ 16
[ 36.332059] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: setting latency timer to 64
[ 36.333522] [drm] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: Unsupported chipset 0x0d90a0a1
[ 36.334229] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: PCI INT A disabled
[ 36.334232] nouveau: probe of 0000:01:00.0 failed with error -22

When trying to start xfce4 I get the following errors:
Fatal server error:
(EE) no screens found(EE)
(EE)
Please consult the The X.Org Foundation support
at http://wiki.x.org
for help.
(EE) Please also check the log file at "/var/log/Xorg.0.log" for additional information.
(EE)
(EE) Server terminated with error (1). Closing log file.
xinit: giving up
xinit: unable to connect to X server: Connection refused
xinit: server error

I have tried using the official nvidiaa drivers, but the same problem occurs, and besides I would rather use open source drivers.

Anyone who has an idea of whats causing me problems? Any help would be much appreciated. Is there any additional information I can give you which could help locate the error?

phanisvara · 2013-07-30 07:56:10

that's probably not what you're looking for, but i would recomend not to use the LTE kernel. i've tried it a few times (because of some overheating-after-suspend/resume issue), but i always ended up with more problems than i had with the current kernel -- which has been exceptionally stable for the last 1.5 years i've been using arch.

i think LTE may be fine if you run a server without fancy graphics and a very limited set of packages/services. generally things get fixed for the current kernels much faster than for LTE, in my experience.

Phobios · 2013-07-30 12:47:23

Ok. Thanks for the reply. I guess I'll ditch the LTS kernel then.

falconindy · 2013-07-30 12:48:40

Phobios wrote:

The stock kernel works fine, but I would like to use the lts-kernel and thats where the problems begin.

Yes, precisely. I strongly suggest you don't use the LTS kernel.

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#1 2013-07-30 07:05:31

LTS kernel not working on new computer

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Re: LTS kernel not working on new computer

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Re: LTS kernel not working on new computer

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