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DoveDev

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Registered: 2014-03-13

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[SOLVED] Mid 2009 MBP - nvidia nonfree drivers

- X server looking for nouveau

Hi all

So this is my first post on here but I have been looking on the net to find a resolution to the following for the past week or more; I have been using Ubuntu for a number of years now but would still recon my experiance in linux is still in the realm of beginner.

I have a Mid 2009 MBP with Nvidia 9600m gt and 9400m; the problem i face is getting X to start.

NOTE: Currently I'm running Manjaro 3.10.30 (clean install) as it couldn't get the pure Arch live to boot, didn't have time to investigate that, maybe in the comming weeks.

The Xorg.0.log states that it is trying to load a nouveau module

[    11.610] 
X.Org X Server 1.14.5
Release Date: 2013-12-12
[    11.610] X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0
[    11.610] Build Operating System: Linux 3.12.6-1-ARCH x86_64 
[    11.610] Current Operating System: Linux manjaro 3.10.30-1-MANJARO #1 SMP Fri Feb 14 06:07:50 UTC 2014 x86_64
[    11.610] Kernel command line: BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-310-x86_64 root=UUID=d6202b98-312c-40e4-ba98-467a4f6b41c7 rw nomodeset
[    11.611] Build Date: 08 January 2014  01:35:51PM
[    11.611]  
[    11.611] Current version of pixman: 0.32.4
[    11.611] 	Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.x.org
	to make sure that you have the latest version.
[    11.611] Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting,
	(++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational,
	(WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
[    11.611] (==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.0.log", Time: Thu Mar 13 18:55:57 2014
[    11.611] (==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf"
[    11.611] (==) Using config directory: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf.d"
[    11.611] (==) ServerLayout "Layout0"
[    11.611] (**) |-->Screen "Screen0" (0)
[    11.611] (**) |   |-->Monitor "Monitor0"
[    11.612] (**) |   |-->Device "Device0"
[    11.612] (**) |-->Input Device "Keyboard0"
[    11.612] (**) |-->Input Device "Mouse0"
[    11.612] (==) Automatically adding devices
[    11.612] (==) Automatically enabling devices
[    11.612] (==) Automatically adding GPU devices
[    11.612] (WW) `fonts.dir' not found (or not valid) in "/usr/share/fonts/100dpi/".
[    11.612] 	Entry deleted from font path.
[    11.612] 	(Run 'mkfontdir' on "/usr/share/fonts/100dpi/").
[    11.612] (WW) `fonts.dir' not found (or not valid) in "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi/".
[    11.612] 	Entry deleted from font path.
[    11.612] 	(Run 'mkfontdir' on "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi/").
[    11.612] (==) FontPath set to:
	/usr/share/fonts/misc/,
	/usr/share/fonts/TTF/,
	/usr/share/fonts/OTF/,
	/usr/share/fonts/Type1/
[    11.612] (==) ModulePath set to "/usr/lib/xorg/modules"
[    11.612] (**) Extension "Composite" is enabled
[    11.612] (**) Extension "RENDER" is enabled
[    11.612] (WW) Hotplugging is on, devices using drivers 'kbd', 'mouse' or 'vmmouse' will be disabled.
[    11.612] (WW) Disabling Keyboard0
[    11.612] (WW) Disabling Mouse0
[    11.612] (II) Loader magic: 0x7fac20
[    11.612] (II) Module ABI versions:
[    11.612] 	X.Org ANSI C Emulation: 0.4
[    11.612] 	X.Org Video Driver: 14.1
[    11.612] 	X.Org XInput driver : 19.1
[    11.612] 	X.Org Server Extension : 7.0
[    11.612] (II) xfree86: Adding drm device (/dev/dri/card0)
[    11.612] (II) xfree86: Adding drm device (/dev/dri/card1)
[    11.615] (--) PCI:*(0:2:0:0) 10de:0647:106b:00b0 rev 161, Mem @ 0xd4000000/16777216, 0xb0000000/268435456, 0xd2000000/33554432, I/O @ 0x00003000/128, BIOS @ 0x????????/524288
[    11.615] (--) PCI: (0:3:0:0) 10de:0863:106b:00af rev 177, Mem @ 0xd6000000/16777216, 0xc0000000/268435456, 0xd0000000/33554432, I/O @ 0x00002000/128, BIOS @ 0x????????/131072
[    11.615] Initializing built-in extension Generic Event Extension
[    11.615] Initializing built-in extension SHAPE
[    11.615] Initializing built-in extension MIT-SHM
[    11.615] Initializing built-in extension XInputExtension
[    11.615] Initializing built-in extension XTEST
[    11.615] Initializing built-in extension BIG-REQUESTS
[    11.615] Initializing built-in extension SYNC
[    11.615] Initializing built-in extension XKEYBOARD
[    11.616] Initializing built-in extension XC-MISC
[    11.616] Initializing built-in extension SECURITY
[    11.616] Initializing built-in extension XINERAMA
[    11.616] Initializing built-in extension XFIXES
[    11.616] Initializing built-in extension RENDER
[    11.616] Initializing built-in extension RANDR
[    11.616] Initializing built-in extension COMPOSITE
[    11.616] Initializing built-in extension DAMAGE
[    11.616] Initializing built-in extension MIT-SCREEN-SAVER
[    11.616] Initializing built-in extension DOUBLE-BUFFER
[    11.616] Initializing built-in extension RECORD
[    11.616] Initializing built-in extension DPMS
[    11.616] Initializing built-in extension X-Resource
[    11.616] Initializing built-in extension XVideo
[    11.616] Initializing built-in extension XVideo-MotionCompensation
[    11.616] Initializing built-in extension XFree86-VidModeExtension
[    11.616] Initializing built-in extension XFree86-DGA
[    11.616] Initializing built-in extension XFree86-DRI
[    11.616] Initializing built-in extension DRI2
[    11.616] (II) LoadModule: "glx"
[    11.616] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libglx.so
[    11.638] (II) Module glx: vendor="NVIDIA Corporation"
[    11.638] 	compiled for 4.0.2, module version = 1.0.0
[    11.638] 	Module class: X.Org Server Extension
[    11.638] (II) NVIDIA GLX Module  331.49  Wed Feb 12 20:17:10 PST 2014
[    11.638] Loading extension GLX
[    11.638] (II) LoadModule: "nouveau"
[    11.638] (WW) Warning, couldn't open module nouveau
[    11.638] (II) UnloadModule: "nouveau"
[    11.638] (II) Unloading nouveau
[    11.638] (EE) Failed to load module "nouveau" (module does not exist, 0)
[    11.638] (EE) No drivers available.
[    11.638] (EE) 
Fatal server error:
[    11.638] (EE) no screens found(EE) 
[    11.638] (EE) 
Please consult the The X.Org Foundation support 
	 at http://wiki.x.org
 for help. 
[    11.638] (EE) Please also check the log file at "/var/log/Xorg.0.log" for additional information.
[    11.638] (EE) 

I have uninstalled all nouveau packages using the following page to help me; https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/NVIDIA

The following is the output of

$ pacman -Qs nvidia

local/libvdpau 0.7-1
    Nvidia VDPAU library
local/linux310-nvidia 331.49-1 (linux310-extramodules)
    NVIDIA drivers for linux.
local/mhwd-nvidia 331.49-1
    MHWD module-ids for nvidia 331.49
local/mhwd-nvidia-legacy 304.119-1
    MHWD module-ids for nvidia 304.119
local/nvidia-utils 331.49-1
    NVIDIA drivers utilities

I am also including my xorg.conf created with

$ nvidia-xconfig

# nvidia-xconfig: X configuration file generated by nvidia-xconfig
# nvidia-xconfig:  version 304.119  (buildmeister@swio-display-x64-rhel04-14)  Fri Jan 17 10:35:46 PST 2014


Section "ServerLayout"
    Identifier     "Layout0"
    Screen      0  "Screen0" 0 0
    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"
EndSection

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

Output of

$ lspci -k | grep -A 2 -i "VGA"

02:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation G96M [GeForce 9600M GT] (rev a1)
	Subsystem: Apple Inc. Device 00b0
	Kernel driver in use: nvidia
--
03:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation C79 [GeForce 9400M] (rev b1)
	Subsystem: Apple Inc. Device 00af
	Kernel driver in use: nvidia

Also tried the 304 set but to no avail.

I noticed just before grabbing my the above files/data via ssh that the /home/[username] directory is still the default user, "Manjaro" in this case. but this is probably in part due to X server not being able to start.

If anyone has any idea what direction i should take, please let me know. I have an image/backup of my Ubuntu 12.04 which i might have to restore to get the equivalent data, but i would rather fix this without it.

P.S. Not sure if this is the correct section for this topic.

Last edited by DoveDev (2014-03-14 18:34:15)

ewaller

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Registered: 2009-07-13

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Re: [SOLVED] Mid 2009 MBP - nvidia nonfree drivers

Welcome to Arch Linux.  Unfortunately, you are running Manjaro Linux, so we really cannot help you here.  The Manjaro forums are pretty good and you may want to ask over there.  I understand you want to want to install Arch.  You  may want to check out this article on installing Arch from another distro.  Then we can help you more

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DoveDev

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Registered: 2014-03-13

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Re: [SOLVED] Mid 2009 MBP - nvidia nonfree drivers

This is one of them times I should have wrote down what steps i had completed and had not, I reread the information on this page, http://wiki.manjaro.org/index.php?title … on_Startup. Obviously i missed a vitel step while i was half asleep a few nights ago... Anyway This is solved.

P.S. I will be getting a refurbished Dell Latitude e7440 next week and I will be playing with it and a pure Arch experiance, can't wait. Catch you later.