Getting new Xorg working with nvidia 180.08 driver

iBertus · 2008-12-01 20:13:47

I'm hitting a wall here. I -Syu'd last night and now I cannot start Xorg at all. I've tried all the fixes seen around the forums, I even deleted the xorg.conf file to see if the autoconfig thing works -- it don't. The weird thing is that I don't get any real errors in my Xorg.log files, it just says "no screens detected" and dies. I thought the latest beta drivers were compatible with xorg-sever 1.5? This is a real problem because the machine is my primary CUDA machine and the free drivers don't support my cards (2xGTX280) whatsoever.

Does anyone know how to get the new Xorg working with nvidia? This is the only update I've had in my YEARS with Arch Linux that hasn't been flawless. I blame nvidia for the most part, they always seem to fight the changes in Xorg for as long as possible before putting out compatible drivers; I just need their driver for CUDA support.

wonder · 2008-12-01 20:15:58

i use 180.08 and is working with the new xorg. true that i did recompile nvidia-utils-beta and nvidia-beta after upgrading xorg

iBertus · 2008-12-02 00:06:03

I tried recompiling and it didn't help. I'm wondering if it's because of my GTX280 cards. I don't see alot of people around here using these, so I can't compare. I wonder if the server hadn't properly sync'd yet when I -Syu'd and so maybe I've got pieces of both the new and old Xorg? I'll -Syu again and see if anything new is downloaded.

iBertus · 2008-12-02 02:46:16

Well, I still can't get this working. I've recompiled xorg-server to a earlier version, but it still doesn't work. It's almost like the card isn't being detected by the nvidia driver. I'm doing an 'pacman -Rsc xorg' and 'pacman -Scc' to see if a redownload and install fixes it. Maybe I've got some leftover [testing] stuff that's fooling with it.

Edit: nope, still doesn't work. This is really killing me. I need to be able to use this machine, but can't seem to make it work.

Last edited by iBertus (2008-12-02 03:06:26)

iBertus · 2008-12-02 07:09:53

Okay, so I managed to fix the issue. It seems that with the new Xorg you need to put a BusId line in xorg.conf if you have multiple video cards so that it knows which one is the primary.

Dheart · 2008-12-02 07:10:16

What does /var/log/Xorg.0.log say?
Did you try the vesa driver?

iBertus · 2008-12-02 07:38:22

Dheart wrote:

What does /var/log/Xorg.0.log say?
Did you try the vesa driver?

No, I managed to get the issue worked out by adding a proper BusId line for my primary card. I had tried this earlier but must have either used the wrong ID or an improper format.

Last edited by iBertus (2008-12-02 07:38:57)

otacon · 2008-12-02 08:19:21

I am having the exact same problem.

I am a noob and don't know exactly what you mean by your solution but I will give it a try.

I am using nvidia Geforce 8800GSx2
so how do I know which one is in express slot 1 so I can make it my primary one?

iBertus · 2008-12-02 15:55:32

I just looked at the output of lspci for the three-pair "03:00.01" formatted ID. It should be the first column. Then, I just tried them to see which was the correct one. If you get a black screen, try the other value. Also, I had to put it in the device section of xorg.conf like this:

Section Device
   Driver "nvidia"
   ...
   BusId "03:00:00"
EndSection

Note the three ":" in the above vs. what lspci shows.

otacon · 2008-12-02 19:15:58

ty works like a charm

now I have to figure out how to install wine on a 64bit system
I am sure there is a wiki out there

but at least my gui works now

Ranguvar · 2008-12-03 11:19:41

Simple. Install bin32 Wine from the archlinuxfr repo or the AUR.

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Getting new Xorg working with nvidia 180.08 driver

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