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insane

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Registered: 2006-06-04

Posts: 106

Problem with NVIDIA 173.14.05

After I upgraded to NVIDIA 173.14.05 now my X starts but it hangs in a black screen and the whole computer freezes.

Here are the last lines from Xorg.0.log

(II) Setting vga for screen 0.
(II) Initializing built-in extension MIT-SHM
(II) Initializing built-in extension XInputExtension
(II) Initializing built-in extension XTEST
(II) Initializing built-in extension XKEYBOARD
(II) Initializing built-in extension XC-APPGROUP
(II) Initializing built-in extension XAccessControlExtension
(II) Initializing built-in extension SECURITY
(II) Initializing built-in extension XINERAMA
(II) Initializing built-in extension XFIXES
(II) Initializing built-in extension XFree86-Bigfont
(II) Initializing built-in extension RENDER
(II) Initializing built-in extension RANDR
(II) Initializing built-in extension COMPOSITE
(II) Initializing built-in extension DAMAGE
(II) Initializing built-in extension XEVIE
(II) Initializing extension GLX

Backtrace:
0: /usr/bin/X(xf86SigHandler+0x7e) [0x80e39de]
1: [0xb7f0a400]
2: /usr/bin/X(main+0x2e5) [0x8073d35]
3: /lib/libc.so.6(__libc_start_main+0xe5) [0xb7cd95c5]
4: /usr/bin/X(FontFileCompleteXLFD+0x211) [0x80731f1]

Fatal server error:
Caught signal 11.  Server aborting

And now with the newer kernel I can't compile the NVIDIA 169 package from ABS.

Any help please?

Rokixz

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From: Šiauliai, Lithuania

Registered: 2007-04-21

Posts: 251

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Re: Problem with NVIDIA 173.14.05

II also have problems with Nvidia 173, but I don't delete my cache, so I can install on new kernel. Here it is:

http://www.rokmaras.eu/nvidia-169.12-4-i686.pkg.tar.gz
http://rokmaras.eu/nvidia-utils-169.12- … pkg.tar.gz

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Misbah

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Registered: 2008-02-27

Posts: 218

Re: Problem with NVIDIA 173.14.05

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Last edited by Misbah (2012-02-14 04:16:00)

insane

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Registered: 2006-06-04

Posts: 106

Re: Problem with NVIDIA 173.14.05

I downloaded 173.14.09 from nvidia.com and compiled it. Now it works.

iamcraig

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Registered: 2008-06-19

Posts: 5

Re: Problem with NVIDIA 173.14.05

I downloaded 173.14.09 from nvidia.com and compiled it. Now it works.

using nvidia's procedure or makepkg/pacman?

I'm having the same issue with the 173.14.05 package.

edit: with a gforce 6100

Last edited by iamcraig (2008-06-23 17:38:07)

insane

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Registered: 2006-06-04

Posts: 106

Re: Problem with NVIDIA 173.14.05

I uninstalled the packages and ran the NVIDIA's installer

iBertus

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From: Greenville, NC

Registered: 2004-11-04

Posts: 2,228

Re: Problem with NVIDIA 173.14.05

I've installed the nvidia 173.14.05-4 from the repos today and all seems well. This is a fresh install on a newly created RAID setup.

stojic

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From: Zagreb, Croatia

Registered: 2008-02-24

Posts: 51

Re: Problem with NVIDIA 173.14.05

No problems here either, I updated (via normal -Syu) to nvidia 173.14.05-4 and all is working well.

edit: it's an NVIDIA GeForce Go 7300

Last edited by stojic (2008-06-19 16:53:31)

iBertus

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From: Greenville, NC

Registered: 2004-11-04

Posts: 2,228

Re: Problem with NVIDIA 173.14.05

Oh, yeah, forgot to mention that I'm using an 8800GT. I haven't updated my laptop yet to see if the update breaks X on the 6150.

nsf

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From: Yekaterinburg, Russia

Registered: 2007-09-15

Posts: 160

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Re: Problem with NVIDIA 173.14.05

The same problem, even with the latest nvidia-beta.
Disable "glx" in Modules section helps, but it disables GLX!
Video card: 6800gt

And everything works fine with manually installed driver. Archlinux package is broken!

I noticed one thing here:
http://repos.archlinux.org/viewvc.cgi/n … 56&r2=2186

for some reason
install X11R6/lib/modules/libnvidia-wfb.so.$pkgver $startdir/pkg/usr/lib/xorg/modules || return 1
was commented out.

But it's exists after official package install, maybe it's the problem?

Last edited by nsf (2008-07-26 20:01:49)

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nsf

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From: Yekaterinburg, Russia

Registered: 2007-09-15

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Re: Problem with NVIDIA 173.14.05

Another difference in official nvidia package and archlinux package is a libnvidia-tls.so.173.14.09 file.
In official driver package there are two version of that file. And I have other version installed than archlinux package.

Last edited by nsf (2008-07-26 20:40:35)

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Skulk

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From: Clermont-Fd, France

Registered: 2005-07-23

Posts: 3

Re: Problem with NVIDIA 173.14.05

Same problem here, with a 6800 agp. It seems that the problem is related to the 6xxx series, since it works well with a 5200 (agp) and a 7600 (pcie)...