xorg and nvidia issue

elp · 2011-10-12 10:26:00

I get the same with recent xorg upgrade: I tried startx -- -ignoreABI and I see a hint of fxwm and then "back to black".

Here is some text from the console:

Backtrace:
0: /usr/bin/X (xorg_backtrace+0x37) [0x81c00a7]
1: /usr/bin/X (0x8048000+0x17bbea) [0x81c3bea]
2: (vdso) (__kernel_rt_sigreturn+0x0) [0xb78c940c]
3: /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/nvidia_drv.so (0xb6d79000+0x5958c3) [0xb730e8c3]
Segmentation fault at address 0x10

Fatal server error:
Caught signal 11 (Segmentation fault). Server aborting

btw my nvidia drivers are: nvidia-173xx 173.14.31-2

nexus7 · 2011-10-12 11:58:59

elp wrote:

btw my nvidia drivers are: nvidia-173xx 173.14.31-2

Hi, got the same error today. I 'solved' it temporarily by replacing the same driver with the 'plain' nvidia(-utils) one, so I must do without some gl-features (as eg in some xscreensavers) at first. We'll have to wait for driver updates, I guess. -- But X works for everyday use, that's the most important.

karol · 2011-10-12 12:06:16

nexus7 wrote:

elp wrote:
btw my nvidia drivers are: nvidia-173xx 173.14.31-2
Hi, got the same error today. I 'solved' it temporarily by replacing the same driver with the 'plain' nvidia(-utils) one, so I must do without some gl-features (as eg in some xscreensavers) at first. We'll have to wait for driver updates, I guess. -- But X works for everyday use, that's the most important.

Not sure if nvidia is compatible with the current version of xorg-server.

If I got it right you replaced nvidia-173xx with nvidia (+ the utils stuff)? I don't think that would work because nvidia-173xx supports only older cards and nvidia supports the newer. Try nouveau instead.

elp · 2011-10-12 13:33:33

Thanks for the tip with nouveau and with some help from ArchWiki XFCE is up running again

nexus7 · 2011-10-12 14:05:31

karol wrote:

Not sure if nvidia is compatible with the current version of xorg-server.

For me it does.

karol wrote:

If I got it right you replaced nvidia-173xx with nvidia (+ the utils stuff)?

That's right.

karol wrote:

I don't think that would work because nvidia-173xx supports only older cards and nvidia supports the newer. Try nouveau instead.

I got an older card (GeForce 6200), and nvidia works fine; since I had recognized nvidia-173xx is capable of that opengl-stuff however I finally switched to that. Therefor I'll wait for nv173xx-updates and than switch back.

((edit bec. of thread splitting; thanks))

Last edited by nexus7 (2011-10-12 21:28:29)

fsckd · 2011-10-12 15:02:03

Thread split, was originally attached after here.

Gusar · 2011-10-12 15:14:36

nexus7 wrote:

I got an older card (GeForce 6200)

While being old, it's still supported by the mainline nvidia driver. So for this card, the nvidia package is what you should always be using. nvidia-173xx is for Geforce 5 cards. Then there's nvidia-96xx for even older cards.

Since we've just had a new X, only the mainline driver (285.05.09) and the long-lived branch (275.28; not packaged by Arch) work. Those using Geforce 5 or older cards need to wait for updates to the 173xx and 96xx branches, and stick with xorg-server-1.10.4 until then. Or switch to nouveau.

Last edited by Gusar (2011-10-12 15:17:22)

sergi · 2011-10-12 18:09:33

I have a nvidia GeForce 5200 and I had to downgrade to xorg-server-1.10.4

This is how I did it

First I removed updated packages

pacman -Rdd xorg-server-common xorg-server xorg-xinit xf86-imput-evdev

second I installed old packages from pacman cache stored in /var/cache/pacman/pkg

cd /var/cache/pacman/pkg
pacman -U xorg-server-1.10.4-1-i686.pkg.tar.xz xorg-server-common-1.10.4-1-i686.pkg.tar.xz xorg-xinit-1.3.0-3-i686.pkg.tar.xz xf86-input-evdev-2.6.0-3-i686.pkg.tar.xz

After I edited pacman.conf

IgnorePkg = xorg-server-common xorg-xinit
IgnoreGroup = xorg

if anyone needs the old packages I could upload to megaupload

Last edited by sergi (2011-10-12 18:14:26)

karol · 2011-10-12 18:33:53

sergi wrote:

if anyone needs the old packages I could upload to megaupload

No need to https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Do … er_Version

1LordAnubis · 2011-10-13 01:44:54

*Sigh*, will be nice when nvidia releases an updated driver

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#1 2011-10-12 10:26:00

xorg and nvidia issue

#2 2011-10-12 11:58:59

Re: xorg and nvidia issue

#3 2011-10-12 12:06:16

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#4 2011-10-12 13:33:33

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#5 2011-10-12 14:05:31

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#6 2011-10-12 15:02:03

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#7 2011-10-12 15:14:36

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#8 2011-10-12 18:09:33

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#9 2011-10-12 18:33:53

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#10 2011-10-13 01:44:54

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