Asus G75VX with kernel 3.11.1 and nvidia 325.15-7, black screen on X

TheSaint · 2013-09-20 19:44:54

Hello,
I held down to a downgrade since the above mentioned setup doesn't start X.
Please give me some clue where to investigate.
My xorg.conf as follow

# nvidia-xconfig: X configuration file generated by nvidia-xconfig
# nvidia-xconfig:  version 325.15  (buildmeister@swio-display-x64-rhel04-03)  Wed Jul 31 19:04:27 PDT 2013

Section "ServerLayout"
    Identifier     "Layout0"
    Screen      0  "Screen0"
    InputDevice    "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
    InputDevice    "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
EndSection

Section "Files"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
    # generated from default
    Identifier     "Mouse0"
    Driver         "mouse"
    Option         "Protocol" "auto"
    Option         "Device" "/dev/psaux"
    Option         "Emulate3Buttons" "no"
    Option         "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
    # generated from default
    Identifier     "Keyboard0"
    Driver         "kbd"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
    Identifier     "Monitor0"
    VendorName     "Unknown"
    ModelName      "Unknown"
    HorizSync       28.0 - 33.0
    VertRefresh     43.0 - 72.0
    Option         "DPMS"
EndSection

Section "Device"
    Identifier     "Device0"
    Driver         "nvidia"
    VendorName     "NVIDIA Corporation"
EndSection

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

/var/log/Xorg.0.log

[   139.853] (EE) NVIDIA(GPU-0): EVO Push buffer channel allocation failed
[   139.855] (EE) NVIDIA(GPU-0): Failed to allocate EVO core DMA push buffer
[   139.857] (EE)
Fatal server error:
[   139.857] (EE) AddScreen/ScreenInit failed for driver 0
[   139.857] (EE)
[   139.857] (EE)

(just the relevant part)

karol · 2013-09-20 19:54:11

Have you tried googling around for the error messages?

Maybe it's https://devtalk.nvidia.com/default/topi … th-325-15/ ?

TheSaint · 2013-09-21 21:08:07

I forgot about that way to investigate. Thank you very much for the point.
Probably I should wait for the version 331 to see the issue solved

EDIT
Tried to add the option, but doesn't work.

Last edited by TheSaint (2013-09-22 16:51:03)

TheSaint · 2013-10-24 06:58:19

Here I am again, in the attempt to get a step further I've tried latest versions, but the nvidia module failed to compile
The log reports 2 error that I'm not familiar to find a solution

any help?

spikkle · 2013-10-30 16:51:46

Hi TheSaint - I'm hitting the same issue. It appears the only option is to await the 331 driver series and hope it fixes it (the nvidia thread above leaves some doubt as to if it fixes it or not). There is a nvidia-beta and nvidia-beta-all in AUR, but they depend on nvidia-libgl-beta which I cannot seem to find to satisfy the dependency. Clicking the dependency link in AUR results in a page not found and AUR package managers (like yaourt) don't have any luck finding it either.

TheSaint · 2013-11-09 17:05:57

Sorry, I saw your post late, but the problem persist.

TheSaint · 2013-11-29 19:25:13

The 331 drivers had fixed the problem and now I finally upgrade to the latest updates.

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#1 2013-09-20 19:44:54

Asus G75VX with kernel 3.11.1 and nvidia 325.15-7, black screen on X

#2 2013-09-20 19:54:11

Re: Asus G75VX with kernel 3.11.1 and nvidia 325.15-7, black screen on X

#3 2013-09-21 21:08:07

Re: Asus G75VX with kernel 3.11.1 and nvidia 325.15-7, black screen on X

#4 2013-10-24 06:58:19

Re: Asus G75VX with kernel 3.11.1 and nvidia 325.15-7, black screen on X

#5 2013-10-30 16:51:46

Re: Asus G75VX with kernel 3.11.1 and nvidia 325.15-7, black screen on X

#6 2013-11-09 17:05:57

Re: Asus G75VX with kernel 3.11.1 and nvidia 325.15-7, black screen on X

#7 2013-11-29 19:25:13

Re: Asus G75VX with kernel 3.11.1 and nvidia 325.15-7, black screen on X

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