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shahon

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Registered: 2008-07-22

Posts: 9

Getting Xorg running with a Nvidia 8400 GS

Hey,
I'm trying to get my old PC running with Archlinux but I'm having some problems with my graphic card which is a GeForce 8400 GS.
I installed Arch, did a complete system update and installed Xorg. Afterwards I tried to install my graphic card:

pacman -S nvidia-173xx nvidia-173xx-utils
nvidia-xconfig

Starting X is not possible and I'm receiving these errors:

Warning: All config files need .conf: /etc/modprobe.d/ndiswrapper, it will be ignored in a future release.
FATAL: Could not load  /lib/modules/2.6.28-ARCH/modules.dep: No such file or directory

No wonder 'cause the modules are located in /lib/modules/2.6.32-ARCH/

NVIDIA(0): Failed to load the NVIDIA kernel module!

I'm not used to Linux but I guess this implies I should build my custom kernel.

Xorg also complained about unusable Screen configurations which makes sense 'cause this is what the Screen section looks like:

Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen0"
Device "Device0"
Monitor "Monitor0"
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
EndSubSection
EndSection

I think this is due to the other errors.

I would be glad if someone could help me or point me into the right direction.

Rgds
shahon

bork

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From: Inyer, Attic

Registered: 2010-01-19

Posts: 9

Re: Getting Xorg running with a Nvidia 8400 GS

Looks to me like you may be using the wrong driver.
According to the Nvidia site you should be using 190.53

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So I thought this was supposed to be just a simple case of a bunch of ones and zeros

eggplantbren

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Registered: 2009-11-04

Posts: 73

Re: Getting Xorg running with a Nvidia 8400 GS

Agreed. My laptop has an nvidia Geforce 8400 GS and I use the 190.53 driver. Never had a problem with it.

Soumyadeep

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From: kolkata,India

Registered: 2009-09-09

Posts: 218

Re: Getting Xorg running with a Nvidia 8400 GS

nvidia-173xx is for geforce 5 series cards, simply do

pacman -S nvidia

jib2

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From: Paris, France

Registered: 2009-08-13

Posts: 93

Re: Getting Xorg running with a Nvidia 8400 GS

Just mentionning that according to nvidia (http://www.nvidia.com/object/linux_disp … 14.22.html), driver 173 supports 8400GS.
(I have a 8500 and nvidia-173xx works just fine...)

Nepherte

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From: Singapore

Registered: 2008-09-09

Posts: 427

Re: Getting Xorg running with a Nvidia 8400 GS

Just mentionning that according to nvidia (http://www.nvidia.com/object/linux_disp … 14.22.html), driver 173 supports 8400GS.
(I have a 8500 and nvidia-173xx works just fine...)

The supported graphic cards page of the latest driver mentions the nvidia 8400gs too. I have the mobile version of that card and it runs just fine with the latest drivers. Logic dictates you take the latest working version.

jib2

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From: Paris, France

Registered: 2009-08-13

Posts: 93

Re: Getting Xorg running with a Nvidia 8400 GS

That's not the question. I just wanted to point out the fact that 173 driver *should* work and then there might be another reason to shahon's problem.

doorknob60

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Registered: 2008-09-29

Posts: 403

Re: Getting Xorg running with a Nvidia 8400 GS

Yeah, the 173 should work, but obviously it's not right now Just install the latest driver and it should work. If not, try compiling one of them with ABS or yaourt -Sb nvidia. That sometimes helps with these problems I've found.

shahon

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Registered: 2008-07-22

Posts: 9

Re: Getting Xorg running with a Nvidia 8400 GS

Thanks for your help, I installed the 190.53 driver but now I'm getting these errors:

API mismatch: the NVIDIA kernel module has version 173.14.22, but this NVIDIA driver component has version 190.53. Please make sure that the kernel module and all NVIDIA driver components have the same version.

Rgds
shahon

Surgat_

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Registered: 2007-08-08

Posts: 317

Re: Getting Xorg running with a Nvidia 8400 GS

I think you've installed nvidia while keeping nvidia-173xx-utils. Uninstall both packages and install nvidia again.

The issue with the module directory seems to me that you have installed a new kernel but not rebooted since then, although I'm not sure about that.

Mr.Elendig

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Registered: 2004-11-07

Posts: 4,092

Re: Getting Xorg running with a Nvidia 8400 GS

pacman probably told you to rmmod nvidia && modprobe nvidia

Btw: http://www.archlinux.org/news/450/

Last edited by Mr.Elendig (2010-01-31 14:18:37)

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