[SOLVED] nvidia-304xx doesn't work since X 1.16

SanskritFritz · 2014-07-30 10:55:00

KDM doesn't start when I boot, saying X died. But when I

rmmod nvidia

KDM starts ok, and I have the nv driver (nouveau dies too, but that was always the case with my card).

lspci|grep VGA
02:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation G84 [GeForce 8600 GT] (rev a1)

I'm using the nvidia-304xx-lts driver.

Here is the log: http://sprunge.us/gbPZ

Please help me.

Last edited by SanskritFritz (2014-07-31 08:53:36)

Lynden · 2014-07-30 12:12:47

From the log I'm gathering that the nvidia driver can't "claim" the video card.
Perhaps you have an xorg config specifying a specific driver (that's not nvidia) or the "video=vesafb:ywrap,mtrr:3" part in the kernel boot line is messing with it.

Also, as far as I know, the "nv" driver was deprecated a long time ago and succeeded by nouveau.
So you probably want either "nvidia" or "nouveau" specified in a config if you have "nv" specified there now.

SanskritFritz · 2014-07-30 15:37:58

Well, downgrading helped for the time being. But can someone tell me where the nvidia driver logs are?

graysky · 2014-07-30 19:43:33

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/NV … figuration

SanskritFritz · 2014-07-31 08:34:15

I found this file owned by xorg-server 1.16.0-5 :
/usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d/nvidia-drm-outputclass.conf

Section "OutputClass"
        Identifier "nvidia"
        MatchDriver "nvidia-drm"
        Driver "nvidia"
EndSection

Is this correct?
Nevertheless, creating the /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/20-nvidia.conf file solved the problem, thanks graysky! How come I didn't need this before?

graysky · 2014-07-31 08:51:41

Change in behavior in new version. Bug perhaps? Perhaps by design.

SanskritFritz · 2014-07-31 08:52:39

graysky wrote:

Change in behavior in new version. Bug perhaps? Perhaps by design.

Anyway, thanks again for the good advice, I mark this solved.

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#1 2014-07-30 10:55:00

[SOLVED] nvidia-304xx doesn't work since X 1.16

#2 2014-07-30 12:12:47

Re: [SOLVED] nvidia-304xx doesn't work since X 1.16

#3 2014-07-30 15:37:58

Re: [SOLVED] nvidia-304xx doesn't work since X 1.16

#4 2014-07-30 19:43:33

Re: [SOLVED] nvidia-304xx doesn't work since X 1.16

#5 2014-07-31 08:34:15

Re: [SOLVED] nvidia-304xx doesn't work since X 1.16

#6 2014-07-31 08:51:41

Re: [SOLVED] nvidia-304xx doesn't work since X 1.16

#7 2014-07-31 08:52:39

Re: [SOLVED] nvidia-304xx doesn't work since X 1.16

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