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#1 2009-03-29 20:15:06

spotdart
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Registered: 2009-02-05
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nforce driver issues

I recently reconstituted a older computer, the motherboard is an MSI K9N2 SLI model, and I am trying to use the on-board graphics, which are Nvidia nForce 750a. I am running Arch 64-bit and am having trouble finding/installing the appropriate drivers. Any help would be appreciated.

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#2 2009-03-30 00:06:00

Odysseus
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Registered: 2009-02-15
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Re: nforce driver issues

The regular nvidia package is what you are looking for.

Install it with "pacman -S nvidia"
And configure xorg.conf with "nvidia-xconfig"

Last edited by Odysseus (2009-03-30 00:08:03)


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#3 2009-03-30 01:40:11

spotdart
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Re: nforce driver issues

I had tried that, xinit returns this error:

Current Operating System: Linux hen3pc 2.6.28-ARCH #1 SMP PREEMPT Tue Mar 17 07:22:53 CET 2009 x86_64
Build Date: 17 December 2008  10:46:49PM
 
    Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.x.org
    to make sure that you have the latest version.
Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting,
    (++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational,
    (WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
(==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.0.log", Time: Thu Jan 29 03:24:55 2009
(==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf"
(EE) Failed to load module "type1" (module does not exist, 0)
(EE) NVIDIA(GPU-0): Failure reading maximum pixel clock value for display device
(EE) NVIDIA(GPU-0):     CRT-0.
(EE) NVIDIA(GPU-0): Failed to determine output resource properties.
(EE) NVIDIA(0): The requested configuration of display devices (CRT-0) in
(EE) NVIDIA(0):     MetaMode "nvidia-auto-select" is not supported on this
(EE) NVIDIA(0):     GPU.
(EE) NVIDIA(0): The requested configuration of display devices (CRT-0) in
(EE) NVIDIA(0):     MetaMode "nvidia-auto-select" is not supported on this
(EE) NVIDIA(0):     GPU.
(EE) NVIDIA(0): Unable to use default mode "nvidia-auto-select".
(EE) Screen(s) found, but none have a usable configuration.

Fatal server error:
no screens found
giving up.
xinit:  No such file or directory (errno 2):  unable to connect to X server
xinit:  No such process (errno 3):  Server error.

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#4 2009-03-30 03:02:38

Ranguvar
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Registered: 2008-08-12
Posts: 2,545

Re: nforce driver issues

I'm pretty sure the nvidia driver is the right one. Try both nvidia-xconfig and Xorg -configure (and maybe hwd -xa), and then try tuning the xorg.conf. You may be able to do fine without an xorg.conf, too, try.

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#5 2009-03-30 15:44:01

spotdart
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Re: nforce driver issues

nvidia-xconfig and Xorg -configure have both given me the same error. X will startup without an xorg.conf file, but it does not load the Nvidia driver, that is I cannot do any 3D rendering in Compiz, nor can I set my screen resolution above 800x600. Starting without an xorg file looks like this:

X.Org X Server 1.5.3
Release Date: 5 November 2008
X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0
Build Operating System: Linux 2.6.27-ARCH x86_64 
Current Operating System: Linux hen3pc 2.6.28-ARCH #1 SMP PREEMPT Tue Mar 17 07:22:53 CET 2009 x86_64
Build Date: 17 December 2008  10:46:49PM
 
    Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.x.org
    to make sure that you have the latest version.
Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting,
    (++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational,
    (WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
(==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.0.log", Time: Thu Jan 29 17:29:19 2009
(EE) Unable to locate/open config file
New driver is "nv"
(==) Using default built-in configuration (30 lines)
(EE) Failed to load module "nv" (module does not exist, 0)
(EE) Failed to load module "fbdev" (module does not exist, 0)
(EE) Failed to initialize GLX extension (Compatible NVIDIA X driver not found)

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#6 2009-04-01 20:46:44

spotdart
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Registered: 2009-02-05
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Re: nforce driver issues

bump! I'm not terifically hopeful, so I promise to only do this once.

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