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I installed Archlinux 2008.3-1 core x86_64 on a laptop that has an nVIDIA GeForce Go 6100 video card. It's currently using the newest NVIDIA drivers and the default xorg.conf file generated by nvidia-xconfig. No desktop environment or window manager has been installed.
Executing startx opens a basic desktop and when I exit X I get a blank screen. The systems works -for I can execute commands (startx, reboot and halt work as they should), but I can't see a thing.
As I don't have a desktop environment, posting the files xorg.conf and Xorg.0.log isn't easy, so I'll describe what I think could be the cause of the problem.
There first device (nVidia 0) is MCP51 PCI-X GeForce Go 6100 on PCI:0:5:0, the second (nVidia 1) is MCP51 PMU on PCI:0:10:3 (I would really appreciate if someone could explain me why I have two devices and only one video card, is this multi-GPU?)
These are all the warnings and errors of the latest Xorg (in order):
(WW) /usr/share/fonts/TTF doesn't exist
(WW) /usr/share/fonts/Type1 doesn't exist
(WW) /var/rub/acpid.socket doesn't exist
(EE) [nVidia 1] Failed to initialize nVidia graphics device
(WW) [nVidia 1] Failed to initialize nVidia graphics device on GPU
(WW) [nVidia 1] PCI:0:10:3!
The other device doesn't seem to have a problem, all the modules are correctly loaded (according to the log) and the screen resolution and depth are automatically detected (even though they're not set in xorg.conf.)
I can post the complete files if required (I guess that booting from a liveCD and copying them is my best shot.)
I decided not to go one step further (installing a desktop environment) till I knew what caused this error (for I want to learn and not only use the system.)
Thanks in advance.
Last edited by em4r1z (2008-05-02 04:23:40)
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I don't know what could be causing your problem, but I always do hwd -xa before running nvidia-xconfig. You could try that, also how do you kill X? what commands do you use and can you boot back into X after getting the blank screen?
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I exited X with the command exit or by pressing Ctrl+Alt+Del, I always got a blank screen but I could execute reboot, halt or startx to restart X (I must be able to execute any other command, I wouldn't see its output, though.)
If I rename xorg.conf (the only configuration file in /etc/X11) and start X (forcing it to create its own configuration file) I can access and exit X without problems (but this configuration doesn't use the nVidia drivers nor does it detect my screen resolution and depth).
I installed hwd, updated it and I didn't complete the execution of hwd -xa because it detected some errors. This is the error output of hwd -s (I would've posted the complete output but the colored text in shell transforms into unreadable characters):
/usr/sbin/ddcxinfo-arch: error while loading shared libraries: libx86.so.1: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
/etc/hwd/pci.hw: line 55: Co-processor_MODULE=-: command not found
/etc/hwd/pci.hw: line 56: Co-processor_ID=10de:0271: command not found
Those lines in the pci.hw file are:
Coprocessor_NAME="MCP51 PMU"
Co-processor_MODULE="-"
Co-processor_ID="10de:0271"
Here's the complete pci.hw file:
RAM_memory_NAME="C51 Host Bridge"
RAM_memory_MODULE="-"
RAM_memory_ID="10de:02f3"
RAM_memory_NAME="C51 Memory Controller 0"
RAM_memory_MODULE="-"
RAM_memory_ID="10de:02fa"
RAM_memory_NAME="C51 Memory Controller 1"
RAM_memory_MODULE="-"
RAM_memory_ID="10de:02fe"
RAM_memory_NAME="C51 Memory Controller 5"
RAM_memory_MODULE="-"
RAM_memory_ID="10de:02f8"
RAM_memory_NAME="C51 Memory Controller 4"
RAM_memory_MODULE="-"
RAM_memory_ID="10de:02f9"
RAM_memory_NAME="C51 Host Bridge"
RAM_memory_MODULE="-"
RAM_memory_ID="10de:02ff"
RAM_memory_NAME="C51 Memory Controller 3"
RAM_memory_MODULE="-"
RAM_memory_ID="10de:027f"
RAM_memory_NAME="C51 Memory Controller 2"
RAM_memory_MODULE="-"
RAM_memory_ID="10de:027e"
PCI_bridge_NAME="C51 PCI Express Bridge"
PCI_bridge_MODULE="pcieport-driver"
PCI_bridge_ID="10de:02fd"
VGA_compatible_controller_NAME="MCP51 PCIX GeForce Go 6100"
VGA_compatible_controller_MODULE="nvidia"
VGA_compatible_controller_ID="10de:0247"
RAM_memory_NAME="MCP51 Host Bridge"
RAM_memory_MODULE="-"
RAM_memory_ID="10de:0270"
ISA_bridge_NAME="MCP51 LPC Bridge"
ISA_bridge_MODULE="-"
ISA_bridge_ID="10de:0260"
SMBus_NAME="MCP51 SMBus"
SMBus_MODULE="nForce2_smbus"
SMBus_ID="10de:0264"
Coprocessor_NAME="MCP51 PMU"
Co-processor_MODULE="-"
Co-processor_ID="10de:0271"
USB_Controller_NAME="MCP51 USB Controller"
USB_Controller_MODULE="ohci_hcd"
USB_Controller_ID="10de:026d"
USB_Controller_NAME="MCP51 USB Controller"
USB_Controller_MODULE="ehci_hcd"
USB_Controller_ID="10de:026e"
IDE_interface_NAME="MCP51 IDE"
IDE_interface_MODULE="pata_amd"
IDE_interface_ID="10de:0265"
IDE_interface_NAME="MCP51 Serial ATA Controller"
IDE_interface_MODULE="sata_nv"
IDE_interface_ID="10de:0266"
IDE_interface_NAME="MCP51 Serial ATA Controller"
IDE_interface_MODULE="sata_nv"
IDE_interface_ID="10de:0267"
PCI_bridge_NAME="MCP51 PCI Bridge"
PCI_bridge_MODULE="-"
PCI_bridge_ID="10de:026f"
Audio_device_NAME="MCP51 High Definition Audio"
Audio_device_MODULE="HDA Intel"
Audio_device_ID="10de:026c"
Bridge_NAME="MCP51 Ethernet Controller"
Bridge_MODULE="forcedeth"
Bridge_ID="10de:0269"
Host_bridge_NAME="K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] HyperTransport Technology Configuration"
Host_bridge_MODULE="-"
Host_bridge_ID="1022:1100"
Host_bridge_NAME="K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Address Map"
Host_bridge_MODULE="-"
Host_bridge_ID="1022:1101"
Host_bridge_NAME="K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] DRAM Controller"
Host_bridge_MODULE="-"
Host_bridge_ID="1022:1102"
Host_bridge_NAME="K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Miscellaneous Control"
Host_bridge_MODULE="k8temp"
Host_bridge_ID="1022:1103"
FireWire_IEEE_1394_NAME="Firewire IEEE 1394"
FireWire_IEEE_1394_MODULE="ohci1394"
FireWire_IEEE_1394_ID="1217:00f7"
SD_Host_controller_NAME="Integrated MMC/SD Controller"
SD_Host_controller_MODULE="sdhci"
SD_Host_controller_ID="1217:7120"
Mass_storage_controller_NAME="Integrated MS/xD Controller"
Mass_storage_controller_MODULE="-"
Mass_storage_controller_ID="1217:7130"
Network_controller_NAME="RT2561/RT61 rev B 802.11g"
Network_controller_MODULE="rt61pci"
Network_controller_ID="1814:0302"There seems to be a problem with the co-processor, the second device (nVidia 1) described in my first post.
What would happen to my video experience if I executed hwd -xa and then removed the non-working device from xorg.conf?
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Executing startx opens a basic desktop and when I exit X I get a blank screen.
Hello, I have the same problem with ATI. The logs don's seem to contain any errors, but there is one thing I can't take in.
Using vesa, I can run X and exit without problems. If I once run X with vesa, then exit and switch to radeon, I don't have problems either. Till the next reboot.
Thank you for any hint.
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