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psycroptic

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Registered: 2008-08-31

Posts: 20

[SOLVED] X falling back to vesa driver (I think?) w geforce 9600gt

Hey all. So i just put in an nvidia 9600GT in my main box. I just got done installing Arch 64, and Im setting up X. I installed the nvidia driver & ran nvidia-xconfig. X starts, and I get the "nvidia" logo screen, but when I run "hwd -s", the hwd app says that the video driver I'm using is "xf86-video-vesa" instead of nvidia. Maybe it's just reporting false info, but has anyone else run into this/have any ideas?

Here's my xorg.cong & the output from hwd.

Xorg.conf

Section "ServerLayout"
    Identifier     "X.org Configured"
    Screen      0  "Screen0" 0 0
    InputDevice    "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
    InputDevice    "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
EndSection

Section "Files"
    RgbPath      "/usr/share/X11/rgb"
    ModulePath   "/usr/lib/xorg/modules"
    FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/misc"
    FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/100dpi:unscaled"
    FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi:unscaled"
    FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/TTF"
    FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/Type1"
EndSection

Section "Module"
    Load  "dri"
    Load  "glx"
    Load  "xtrap"
    Load  "dbe"
    Load  "record"
    Load  "extmod"
    Load  "freetype"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
    Identifier  "Keyboard0"
    Driver      "kbd"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
    Identifier  "Mouse0"
    Driver      "mouse"
    Option        "Protocol" "auto"
    Option        "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
    Option        "ZAxisMapping" "4 5 6 7"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
    Identifier   "Monitor0"
    VendorName   "Monitor Vendor"
    ModelName    "Monitor Model"
EndSection

Section "Device"
    Identifier  "Card0"
    Driver      "nvidia"
    VendorName  "nVidia Corporation"
    BoardName   "GeForce 9600 GT"
    BusID       "PCI:1:0:0"
    Option "RenderAccel" "True"
    Option "BackingStore" "True"
    Option "DamageEvents" "True"
    Option "EnablePageFlip" "True"
    Option "AddARGBGLXVisuals" "True"

EndSection

Section "Screen"
    Identifier "Screen0"
    Device     "Card0"
    Monitor    "Monitor0"
    SubSection "Display"
        Viewport   0 0
        Depth     1
    EndSubSection
    SubSection "Display"
        Viewport   0 0
        Depth     4
    EndSubSection
    SubSection "Display"
        Viewport   0 0
        Depth     8
    EndSubSection
    SubSection "Display"
        Viewport   0 0
        Depth     15
    EndSubSection
    SubSection "Display"
        Viewport   0 0
        Depth     16
    EndSubSection
    SubSection "Display"
        Viewport   0 0
        Depth     24
    EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "Extensions"
        Option "Composite" "Enable"
EndSection

hwd -s

HARDWARE DETECT ver 5.3.4 (simple mode)
  Kernel     : 2.6.26-ARCH             
  CPU & Cache: Processor 0: AMD Phenom(tm) 9950 Quad-Core Processor 2611MHz, 512 KB Cache                                                                       
Processor 1: AMD Phenom(tm) 9950 Quad-Core Processor 2611MHz, 512 KB Cache      
Processor 2: AMD Phenom(tm) 9950 Quad-Core Processor 2611MHz, 512 KB Cache      
Processor 3: AMD Phenom(tm) 9950 Quad-Core Processor 2611MHz, 512 KB Cache      

  Sound(m)   : SB Audigy module: snd-emu10k1_audigy 
/etc/hwd/pci.hw: line 65: sata_nv                   
sata_nv: command not found                          
/etc/hwd/pci.hw: line 71: sata_nv                   
sata_nv: command not found                          
/etc/hwd/pci.hw: line 77: sata_nv
sata_nv: command not found
/etc/hwd/pci.hw: line 65: sata_nv
sata_nv: command not found
/etc/hwd/pci.hw: line 71: sata_nv
sata_nv: command not found
/etc/hwd/pci.hw: line 77: sata_nv
sata_nv: command not found
  Video      : G94 [GeForce 9600 GT] server: Xorg (vesa)
  Driver     : xf86-video-vesa   module: -
  Monitor    : Generic Monitor  H: 28.0-96.0kHz V: 50.0-75.0Hz
  Mouse      : PS/2 Mouse xtype: PS2 device: /dev/psaux
  HDD        : MCP55 SATA Controller module: sata_nv
  USB Storage: SiI 3132 Serial ATA Raid II Controller module: sata_sil24
  USB        : MCP55 USB Controller module: ehci_hcd
  USB Pinter : Hewlett-Packard Deskjet F4100 Printer series

  Ethernet   : No ethernet card or onboard chip
  Network    : No wireless card
/etc/hwd/pci.hw: line 65: sata_nv
sata_nv: command not found
/etc/hwd/pci.hw: line 71: sata_nv
sata_nv: command not found
/etc/hwd/pci.hw: line 77: sata_nv
sata_nv: command not found
  Firewire   : TSB43AB22/A IEEE1394a2000 Controller PHY/Link  module: ohci1394

  Menu       : Main menu: hwd
  All        : Detect all hardwares: hwd -e
  X sample   : Generate X sample: hwd -x

Last edited by psycroptic (2008-09-09 18:00:00)

JGC

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Registered: 2003-12-03

Posts: 1,664

Re: [SOLVED] X falling back to vesa driver (I think?) w geforce 9600gt

hwd is an autodetection tool that suggests drivers, it doesn't show what you're actually running.

psycroptic

Member

Registered: 2008-08-31

Posts: 20

Re: [SOLVED] X falling back to vesa driver (I think?) w geforce 9600gt

Thanks man, sorry for the stupid question