Xorg- Nvidia card- CRT Monitor- No. of created screens does not match.

chris_debian · 2012-06-03 15:15:55

Hi, all.

Did a new install of Arch on a spare PC the other day. I'd forgotten how great the distro was. I've run it for a few days and am happy with the X environment etc, so decided it's time to install Arch on my main PC.

The installation went fine and I rebooted into my new environment. I added a user and moved onto installing X.

I followed the wiki and started off just using the VESA driver, as I don't have any need for amazing graphics acceleration. I got a message from my monitor saying 'Out of Sync' (or similar). I half expected this, as it happens sometimes when I install new distros and X doesn't automatically configure my Sun GDM-5410 monitor correctly.

I usually follow this by running 'Xorg -configure' and copying the new config file to /etc/X11/xorg.conf.

For some reason that didn't work. I got an error message saying 'Number of created screens does not match number of detected devices'.
I've done some searching for solutions and installed the Nouveau driver, but I just can't seem to get X to work.

Can anyone help?

Many thanks,

Chris.

scar · 2012-06-05 10:11:05

and if you try this? (not a solution, but could be a start)

delete your /etc/X11/xorg.conf (you can generate a new one later if needed )

make a file like this:

/etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/10-monitor.conf

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Section "Monitor"
Identifier "MySunMonitor"
VendorName "Sun Microsystems"
ModelName "GDM-5410"
DisplaySize *** see in link ***
HorizSync *** see in link ***
VertRefresh *** see in link ***
Option "dpms"
EndSection

Section "Device"
Identifier "*** as in /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/20-nouveau.conf ***"
Driver "nouveau"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen0"
Device "*** as in /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/20-nouveau.conf ***"
Monitor "MySunMonitor"
DefaultDepth 24 #Choose the depth (16||24)
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1024x768_75.00" #Choose the resolution
EndSubSection
EndSection

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

link:

http://www.sunshack.org/data/sh/2.0/inf … t_CRT.html

patrickekkel · 2012-06-05 19:43:32

When i do X -configure i get the same error. I tried your solution but it does not really change anything. Could it be something with the nvidia drivers? I going to try the nouveau drivers and see if it makes any difference.

wokko · 2012-06-06 05:27:58

I had the same problem with my Pc too but even with the error it still made a "/root/xorg.conf.new",
So I just mv that to /etc/X11/ and everything was fine.

scar · 2012-06-06 06:55:06

I don't know, you've already had the "Out of sync" message with the vesa driver, so I think, it is not a driver problem.

What you can try is a livecd distro that can handle your monitor, copy the Xorg settings somewhere ant then copy them back to your arch linux...

Arch Linux

#1 2012-06-03 15:15:55

Xorg- Nvidia card- CRT Monitor- No. of created screens does not match.

#2 2012-06-05 10:11:05

Re: Xorg- Nvidia card- CRT Monitor- No. of created screens does not match.

#3 2012-06-05 19:43:32

Re: Xorg- Nvidia card- CRT Monitor- No. of created screens does not match.

#4 2012-06-06 05:27:58

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Re: Xorg- Nvidia card- CRT Monitor- No. of created screens does not match.

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