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dunmer

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From: Bratislava, Slovakia

Registered: 2007-04-06

Posts: 3

problem with nvidia driver

I have notebook Acer TravelMate 634LC with 15.0" SXGA TFT LCD and GeForce2 Go.
I installed Arch from cd, then i do pacman -Syuf. After that i installed xorg, nvidia-96xx and kde [i used pacman].
And now the problem .)
I configured xorg.conf [i tried xorgconfig, hwd -x and nvidia-xconfig] and tried start X with command startx.
But I get only black screen. It looks like the Kde is runnig, but i don't see it on monitor.
In the log file of X i have no error, but these warnings:
   
   (WW) Open ACPI failed (/var/run/acpid.socket) (No such file or directory)
   (WW) NVIDIA(GPU-0): No connected display devices detected; assuming 1 CRT (CRT-0)
   (WW) NVIDIA(GPU-0): Unable to read EDID for display device CRT-0
   (WW) NVIDIA(0): Unable to get display device CRT-0's EDID; cannot compute DPI
   (WW) NVIDIA(0): from CRT-0's EDID.

[I didnt paste complete log because it is too long. But if it may help, i do so .)]

It seems like i dont have monitor or what .) Before Arch i used many distibutions and i havant had this problem and i cant fix it. Can anybody help me? Thank you.

Excuse my english, i am out of practice.

Damnshock

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From: Barcelona

Registered: 2006-09-13

Posts: 414

Re: problem with nvidia driver

It looks like your laptop's screen isn't detected. If you have a monitor around there, try plugging it a see if works

Anyway, i'd recommend you to set

Option          "DPMS"

In your xorg.conf's monitor section

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dunmer

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From: Bratislava, Slovakia

Registered: 2007-04-06

Posts: 3

Re: problem with nvidia driver

i added that line to my xorg.conf but it didnt fix the problem.
but..
i tried to connect extern monitor and it worked excellent...
how i can tell to my graphic card that i want to use my notebook's display?? ,(

lloeki

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From: France

Registered: 2007-02-20

Posts: 456

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Re: problem with nvidia driver

http://http.download.nvidia.com/XFree86 … dix-d.html

this might help you, esp. connectedmonitor and usedisplaydevice options. also, try to switch from the crt to the dfp in the nvidia-settings tool.

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dunmer

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From: Bratislava, Slovakia

Registered: 2007-04-06

Posts: 3

Re: problem with nvidia driver

i can't use nvidia-settings because of:

    (nvidia-settings:5405): Gtk-WARNING **: Locale not supported by C library.
             Using the fallback 'C' locale.

    (nvidia-settings:5405): Gtk-WARNING **: cannot open display

and when i added that options manualy to Screen section, it didnt help .(
now, i have this warnings in Xlog:

   (WW) Open ACPI failed (/var/run/acpid.socket) (No such file or directory)
   (WW) NVIDIA(GPU-0): Unable to read EDID for display device DFP-0
   (WW) NVIDIA(0): No valid modes for "1400x1050"; removing.
   (WW) NVIDIA(0): No valid modes for "1280x1024"; removing.
   (WW) NVIDIA(0): No valid modes for "1024x768"; removing.
   (WW) NVIDIA(0): No valid modes for "800x600"; removing.
   (WW) NVIDIA(0): Unable to validate any modes; falling back to the default mode
   (WW) NVIDIA(0):    "nvidia-auto-select".
   (WW) NVIDIA(0): Unable to get display device DFP-0's EDID; cannot compute DPI
   (WW) NVIDIA(0):    from DFP-0's EDID.

I am really hopless.. .((

Dmitko

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Registered: 2011-08-30

Posts: 1

Re: problem with nvidia driver

I configured xorg.conf [i tried xorgconfig, hwd -x and nvidia-xconfig] and tried start X with command startx.
But I get only black screen. It looks like the Kde is runnig, but i don't see it on monitor.
In the log file of X i have no error, but these warnings:
   
   (WW) Open ACPI failed (/var/run/acpid.socket) (No such file or directory)
   (WW) NVIDIA(GPU-0): No connected display devices detected; assuming 1 CRT (CRT-0)
   (WW) NVIDIA(GPU-0): Unable to read EDID for display device CRT-0
   (WW) NVIDIA(0): Unable to get display device CRT-0's EDID; cannot compute DPI
   (WW) NVIDIA(0): from CRT-0's EDID.
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Hi,

I've got the very same problem, except for the fact that.. I'm running ubuntu on my Dell inspiron 5110 laptop. It has a Nvidia GT 525 (1G) video and an Intel video adapter integrated in the i7 cpu. When i install the drivers (There are numerous ways to do so in ubuntu, all resulting with the same state). When I then change the BusID to point to the PCI address of the proper video adapter, the Xorg.0.log contains the exact same lines and the ubuntu start-up music is played. I haven't still tried it with another monitor, but I expect the result to be the same.

Could you tell me if and how you have ressloved your issue?

Regards,
Dimitar

Leonid.I

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From: Aethyr

Registered: 2009-03-22

Posts: 999

Re: problem with nvidia driver

i can't use nvidia-settings because of:

    (nvidia-settings:5405): Gtk-WARNING **: Locale not supported by C library.
             Using the fallback 'C' locale.

    (nvidia-settings:5405): Gtk-WARNING **: cannot open display

and when i added that options manualy to Screen section, it didnt help .(
now, i have this warnings in Xlog:

   (WW) Open ACPI failed (/var/run/acpid.socket) (No such file or directory)
   (WW) NVIDIA(GPU-0): Unable to read EDID for display device DFP-0
   (WW) NVIDIA(0): No valid modes for "1400x1050"; removing.
   (WW) NVIDIA(0): No valid modes for "1280x1024"; removing.
   (WW) NVIDIA(0): No valid modes for "1024x768"; removing.
   (WW) NVIDIA(0): No valid modes for "800x600"; removing.
   (WW) NVIDIA(0): Unable to validate any modes; falling back to the default mode
   (WW) NVIDIA(0):    "nvidia-auto-select".
   (WW) NVIDIA(0): Unable to get display device DFP-0's EDID; cannot compute DPI
   (WW) NVIDIA(0):    from DFP-0's EDID.

I am really hopless.. .((

Correct me if I'm wrong, but GeForce2 Go is not exactly a gaming card... so why do you bother at all with nvidia? I used xf86-video-nouveau + nouveau-dri on Geforce4 mx440 (geforce2 chip) for years w/o any problems.

Nvidia is a pain to maintain especially on older cards, since drivers are broken with each X release and old drivers are updated last. BTW, with X 1.11, nvidia will be broken once again...

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bernarcher

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From: Germany

Registered: 2009-02-17

Posts: 2,281

Re: problem with nvidia driver

Hello Dmitko,
welcome to the forums.
Unfortunately, this thread is years old. You won't get much useful response. And you should not necrobump: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Fo … Bumping.27
Feel free to open a new thread of your own. You may link back here then.

Closing this thread.

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