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ulteq

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Registered: 2016-07-16

Posts: 24

nvidia 367.35-1 seems to break metamode tokens parsing

Upgrading to nvidia 367.35-1 forced me to remove some of my metamode tokens. Or else I would get a black screen.

Option         "metamodes" "DP-0: 3840x2160_60 +0+0 {ForceCompositionPipeline = On}, DP-4: 1920x1200 +3840+120 {rotation=left, ForceCompositionPipeline = On}"

Both screens are black.

Option         "metamodes" "DP-0: 3840x2160_60 +0+0 DP-4: 1920x1200 +3840+120 {rotation=left}"

Second screen black.

Option         "metamodes" "DP-0: 3840x2160_60 +0+0, DP-4: 1920x1200 +3840+120"

None black.

schmodd

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Registered: 2015-02-12

Posts: 33

Re: nvidia 367.35-1 seems to break metamode tokens parsing

I expierenced the same problem. Only workaround is switching to another terminal (e.g. strg + alt + F2) and then return to F1.

My 20-nvidia.conf:

Section "Device"                                                                                                      
        Identifier "Nvidia Card"
        Driver "nvidia"
        VendorName "NVIDIA Corporation"
        Option "NoLogo" "true"
        Option "ConnectedMonitor" "DFP"
        Option "RegistryDwords" "PerfLevelSrc=0x2222"
        Option "TripleBuffer" "1"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
        Identifier "Screen0"
        Option  "metamodes" "nvidia-auto-select +0+0 { ForceFullCompositionPipeline = On }"
EndSection

masolit

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Registered: 2013-12-24

Posts: 46

Re: nvidia 367.35-1 seems to break metamode tokens parsing

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Last edited by masolit (2019-12-03 16:09:34)

anon789

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Registered: 2016-07-17

Posts: 2

Re: nvidia 367.35-1 seems to break metamode tokens parsing

I'm also having this problem. I've been using the following lines in my xorg.conf file for a long time without issue to fix screentearing, but I've just had to remove them as a result of upgrading the nvidia drivers. Trying to start XFCE (either via lightdm or manually with startxfce4) with them present just produced a black screen.

Section "Screen"
    Identifier     "Screen0"
    Option         "metamodes" "nvidia-auto-select +0+0 { ForceFullCompositionPipeline = On }"
    Option         "AllowIndirectGLXProtocol" "off"
    Option         "TripleBuffer" "on"
EndSection

I hope this will be fixed soon since I get screentearing without fail in any video I try to watch without these lines in my xorg config file.

Last edited by anon789 (2016-07-17 17:23:57)

Ghosthree3

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Registered: 2016-07-18

Posts: 3

Re: nvidia 367.35-1 seems to break metamode tokens parsing

I expierenced the same problem. Only workaround is switching to another terminal (e.g. strg + alt + F2) and then return to F1.

Unfortunately the nvidia drivers stop me from doing this, I haven't been able to switch virtual terminals since installing it. So it looks like it's screen tearing for me until they fix this problem.

PootisBird

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Registered: 2014-04-16

Posts: 125

Re: nvidia 367.35-1 seems to break metamode tokens parsing

I'd like to comfirm. Switching tty helps.
660Ti

kenzo

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Registered: 2016-07-18

Posts: 1

Re: nvidia 367.35-1 seems to break metamode tokens parsing

Same here: upgrade to nvidia-367.35-1 gave me a black screen and no errors in any logs (that i could find), using a Maxwell GPU.

Was using the following config to eliminate screen tearing in AwesomeWM (no compositor), and can confirm that removing the metamodes option fixed the blank screen (but reintroduced screen tearing).

# /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/20-nvidia.conf

Section "Screen"
    Identifier     "Screen0"
    Option         "metamodes" "nvidia-auto-select +0+0 { ForceFullCompositionPipeline = On }"
EndSection

Ghosthree3

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Registered: 2016-07-18

Posts: 3

Re: nvidia 367.35-1 seems to break metamode tokens parsing

Same here: upgrade to nvidia-367.35-1 gave me a black screen and no errors in any logs (that i could find), using a Maxwell GPU.

Was using the following config to eliminate screen tearing in AwesomeWM (no compositor), and can confirm that removing the metamodes option fixed the blank screen (but reintroduced screen tearing).

# /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/20-nvidia.conf

Section "Screen"
    Identifier     "Screen0"
    Option         "metamodes" "nvidia-auto-select +0+0 { ForceFullCompositionPipeline = On }"
EndSection

Run this after you've logged in and it'll fix it until your xorg session closes, nvidia-settings --assign CurrentMetaMode="nvidia-auto-select +0+0 { ForceFullCompositionPipeline = On }"

anon789

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Registered: 2016-07-17

Posts: 2

Re: nvidia 367.35-1 seems to break metamode tokens parsing

Fixed for me in the latest version (370.23-1)

(Seems this version has only been released in the x86_64 repos at the time of typing this, so people on the i686 platform will have to rely on the manual fix a while longer I guess.)