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I have noticed very weird behaviour. Booting arch and after couple of minutes I am not able to switch to console when I press CTRL+ALT+F1 or F2 or F3. The screen is not even blank it is disabled (no backlight). I can only enter CTRL+ALT+F1 after the arch is booted for one minute or less. If I wait longer, it is not possible any more.
Laptop M1530
nvidia 8600M GT (proprietary driver)
3.2.13-1-ARCH
XFCE
System is up to date.
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Same happens to me today and I'm not sure why.
GPU nVidia 8500 GT, proprietary diver, up-to-date system. Maybe it's a kernel regression.
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Sometimes with Nvidia, if you have vga=xxx at the kernel line it might mess things up with tty's. It did for me and prop. drivers, the console was there but I had to drive while blind.
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@swanson, you are probably right, I have removed vga=865 from grub. It looks like it solved the problem, but I need high resolution in console. Without vga=865 it is very low and unacceptable
Last edited by lgolebio (2012-03-28 18:13:32)
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but I need high resolution in console. Without vga=865 it is very low and unacceptable
I use uvesafb for that - works perfectly with my nvidia card (proprietary driver) on my 1680x1050 display...
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Ok, I think it works ok, I changed from vga=865 to vga=0x360. It looks like it is now working perfectly.
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NOPE, problem still exists. I've even tried uvesafb....and the result is the same. WTF ?
Last edited by lgolebio (2012-03-28 18:52:39)
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To get uvesafb working you need some magic with initrd image I think; like this; http://blog.samat.org/comment/17522
EDIT; it's for debian but the principles should be the same.
EDIT #2; first stop for wisdom, the Arch wiki: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Uvesafb , of course!
Last edited by swanson (2012-03-28 19:34:48)
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To get uvesafb working you need some magic with initrd image I think; like this; http://blog.samat.org/comment/17522
EDIT; it's for debian but the principles should be the same.
No: you just need to follow the guide in the wiki. It works.
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You didn't see my edit # 2. Wiki should always be the first stop. I'll never learn!
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I did read the wiki, but as I said the result is the same. After couple of minutes problems comes back.
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Which DM you have been using? I was confronted with a very strange behaviour of temporary frozen desktop when used LXDM. WM doesn't matter, the problem was present in any WM session... I also found a mess between eth0 and wlan0 net connetions when activated simultaneously (both accepted in nm-applet). All the troubles faded after a change LXDM by Slim... But this can be specific for me and my configuration...
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Yes, I'm using slim too (svn version) and it's ok here. Although X is on tty4 since I disabled ttys 4-6.
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After couple of minutes problems comes back.
This is weird! What does your inittab look like? Could nouveau or nvidiafb be involved? Screensaver (DPMS)? Could a check of processes and loaded modules (lsmod) give anything? Just rambling ...
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#
# /etc/inittab
#
# Runlevels:
# 0 Halt
# 1(S) Single-user
# 2 Not used
# 3 Multi-user
# 4 Not used
# 5 X11
# 6 Reboot
## Only one of the following two lines can be uncommented!
# Boot to console
id:3:initdefault:
# Boot to X11
#id:5:initdefault:
rc::sysinit:/etc/rc.sysinit
rs:S1:wait:/etc/rc.single
rm:2345:wait:/etc/rc.multi
rh:06:wait:/etc/rc.shutdown
su:S:wait:/sbin/sulogin -p
# -8 options fixes umlauts problem on login
c1:2345:respawn:/sbin/agetty -8 -s 38400 tty1 linux
c2:2345:respawn:/sbin/agetty -8 -s 38400 tty2 linux
c3:2345:respawn:/sbin/agetty -8 -s 38400 tty3 linux
c4:2345:respawn:/sbin/agetty -8 -s 38400 tty4 linux
c5:2345:respawn:/sbin/agetty -8 -s 38400 tty5 linux
c6:2345:respawn:/sbin/agetty -8 -s 38400 tty6 linux
# Serial Virtual Console for KVM and others VMs
#s0:2345:respawn:/sbin/agetty -8 -s 9600 ttyS0 linux
# Hypervisor Virtual Console for Xen and KVM
#h0:2345:respawn:/sbin/agetty -8 -s 38400 hvc0 linux
ca::ctrlaltdel:/sbin/shutdown -t3 -r now
# Example lines for starting a login manager
#x:5:respawn:/usr/bin/xdm -nodaemon
x:5:respawn:/usr/sbin/gdm -nodaemon
#x:5:respawn:/usr/bin/kdm -nodaemon
#x:5:respawn:/usr/bin/slim >/dev/null 2>&1
# End of file
[lukasz@lukaszdell ~]$ cat lsmod
cat: lsmod: Nie ma takiego pliku ani katalogu
[lukasz@lukaszdell ~]$ lsmod
Module Size Used by
button 3614 0
vboxnetflt 16959 0
vboxdrv 195339 1 vboxnetflt
snd_pcm_oss 33792 0
aes_i586 6940 1
cryptd 6925 0
aes_generic 25702 1 aes_i586
rfcomm 28783 8
bnep 7258 2
coretemp 4574 0
loop 14755 2
nvidia 10882707 32
uvcvideo 57039 0
videodev 71453 1 uvcvideo
media 8641 2 videodev,uvcvideo
btusb 9857 2
bluetooth 132355 23 btusb,bnep,rfcomm
arc4 1086 2
b43 317649 0
r852 8968 0
mac80211 203227 1 b43
cfg80211 147716 2 mac80211,b43
ssb 42035 1 b43
sm_common 6446 1 r852
nand 41786 2 sm_common,r852
nand_ecc 3256 1 nand
nand_ids 3597 1 nand
snd_hda_codec_idt 49045 1
mtd 25909 2 nand,sm_common
sdhci_pci 8912 0
i2c_i801 7063 0
iTCO_wdt 9941 0
crystalhd 45520 0
dell_laptop 8040 0
rfkill 12470 5 dell_laptop,cfg80211,bluetooth
firewire_ohci 27507 0
firewire_core 43511 1 firewire_ohci
crc_itu_t 1095 1 firewire_core
snd_hda_intel 20114 4
pcmcia 31502 2 ssb,b43
iTCO_vendor_support 1577 1 iTCO_wdt
joydev 7439 0
intel_agp 8720 0
i2c_core 16816 3 i2c_i801,videodev,nvidia
pcspkr 1375 0
sdhci 20030 1 sdhci_pci
mmc_core 71470 4 sdhci,sdhci_pci,ssb,b43
snd_hda_codec 76464 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec_idt
dcdbas 4276 1 dell_laptop
dell_wmi 1217 0
pcmcia_core 10114 1 pcmcia
evdev 7278 15
intel_gtt 11513 1 intel_agp
agpgart 22255 3 intel_gtt,intel_agp,nvidia
snd_hwdep 4942 1 snd_hda_codec
sparse_keymap 2660 1 dell_wmi
video 9716 0
r592 10387 0
memstick 5550 1 r592
battery 5053 0
thermal 6531 0
ac 1796 0
serio_raw 3357 0
psmouse 62706 0
wmi 7263 1 dell_wmi
snd_mixer_oss 12807 2 snd_pcm_oss
snd_pcm 60595 3 snd_pcm_oss,snd_hda_codec,snd_hda_intel
snd_page_alloc 5869 2 snd_pcm,snd_hda_intel
snd_timer 15438 1 snd_pcm
snd 44501 14 snd_timer,snd_pcm,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm_oss,snd_hwdep,snd_hda_codec,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec_idt
soundcore 5018 2 snd
fuse 58501 4
sky2 41836 0
cpufreq_conservative 4349 0
cpufreq_powersave 674 0
cpufreq_ondemand 5120 2
acpi_cpufreq 5113 1
mperf 1027 1 acpi_cpufreq
processor 23026 3 acpi_cpufreq
freq_table 2079 2 acpi_cpufreq,cpufreq_ondemand
ext4 380969 4
crc16 1091 2 ext4,bluetooth
jbd2 60529 1 ext4
mbcache 4281 1 ext4
hid_a4tech 1648 0
usbhid 31263 0
hid 66559 2 usbhid,hid_a4tech
uvesafb 20123 1
sd_mod 26211 5
sr_mod 13244 0
cdrom 31373 1 sr_mod
pata_acpi 2388 0
ata_generic 2391 0
ata_piix 18270 0
ahci 17529 5
libahci 16783 1 ahci
uhci_hcd 19673 0
libata 146606 5 libahci,ahci,ata_piix,ata_generic,pata_acpi
scsi_mod 113115 3 libata,sr_mod,sd_mod
ehci_hcd 36010 0
usbcore 122469 6 ehci_hcd,uhci_hcd,usbhid,btusb,uvcvideo
usb_common 622 1 usbcore
I'm using gdm-old 2.20.11-1, I'l try to change it with another one, maybe that's the problem.
=EDIT=
Changed to SLIM, the problem was not solved. I guess it is kernel related issue.
Last edited by lgolebio (2012-03-29 09:52:20)
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I see. Well then, we are up to nvidia developers. Rome was build faster then nvidia fixes bugs in drivers....
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Try to disable DPMS by editing /etc/X11/xorg.conf and adding
Option "DPMS" "false"
to the Monitor and Device sections. It will disable turning off your monitor after a preset time, but you can use this command to turn off the monitor:
xset dpms off
if you have the package xorg-xset installed.
For example, this is a part of my xorg.conf:
...
Section "Device"
Identifier "Device0"
Driver "nvidia"
VendorName "NVIDIA Corporation"
Option "NoLogo" "true"
Option "DPMS" "false"
Option "RandRRotation" "true"
EndSection
Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "ServerLayout0"
Option "BlankTime" "0"
Option "StandbyTime" "0"
Option "SuspendTime" "0"
Option "OffTime" "0"
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen0"
Device "Device0"
Monitor "Monitor0"
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
EndSubSection
EndSection
...
Tweak these settings as you wish.
asus ux303la, core i5@1.6ghz, 8 gb ram, 500gb hdd, hd4400 gpu, crux x64 with openbox
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@bjornoslav, it is not related to dpms. It's a nvidia driver bug. https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=136751, post #15.
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Sorry, I had a similar problem with upgrade, but on a PC with GeForce 8500GT, solved by updating everything and renaming xorg.conf to xorg.conf.old and running nvidia-xconfig as root.
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