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MickeyKnox

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Registered: 2010-02-27

Posts: 169

nvidia card (geforce gtx 260) installed - x-server not working

I just installed a new GTX 260 graphics card and my x-server no longer functions.

I tried starting from the command line. Unfortunately I wasn't able to redirect the output
to a file. There were no errors (EE). Some lines looked odd, but I think they're not related
to the issue:

** (process:20428): WARNING **: Trying to register gtype 'GMountMountFlag' as enum when in fact it is of type 'GFlags'
failed to mount device /org/freedesktop/UDisks/devices/sdc1: org.freedesktop.UDisks.Error.PermissionDenied: Not Authorized

Before that, I had an Nvidia geforce 8600 gtx card installed. I expected it would just work to
switch the cards without any further intervention from my side.

My /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/20-nvidia.conf looks like this:

Section "Device"
   Identifier     "Device0"
   Driver         "nvidia"
   VendorName     "NVIDIA Corporation"
   Option "NoLogo" "1"
   Option "ConnectedMonitor" "DFP"
EndSection

The card works fine on Windows btw

Any ideas?

graysky

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Registered: 2008-12-01

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Re: nvidia card (geforce gtx 260) installed - x-server not working

Which driver are you using?

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MickeyKnox

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Registered: 2010-02-27

Posts: 169

Re: nvidia card (geforce gtx 260) installed - x-server not working

the nvidia driver from the arch repositories.

graysky

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Registered: 2008-12-01

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Re: nvidia card (geforce gtx 260) installed - x-server not working

Post /var/log/Xorg.0.log to pastbin and link it here.

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MickeyKnox

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Registered: 2010-02-27

Posts: 169

Re: nvidia card (geforce gtx 260) installed - x-server not working

ok, here comes my /var/log/Xorg.0.log:
http://pastebin.com/rUkfgv7y

MickeyKnox

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Registered: 2010-02-27

Posts: 169

Re: nvidia card (geforce gtx 260) installed - x-server not working

I commented the following line in /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/20-nvidia.conf

#   Option "ConnectedMonitor" "DFP"

and now it works.

I looked up, what it does: It's there to override monitor detection to
save time at startup. My Monitor is digital with a DVI connection.
(It's a Samsung SyncMaster P2770HD.)
(Refer to the Nvidia article in the wiki)

If anybody has an insight, why with the new graphics card the
Monitor seems not to be recognized as "DFP", that would be
appreciated, but for now i'm happy that i can use arch again

Last edited by MickeyKnox (2012-07-02 12:36:37)