Xorg and nvidia drivers

th · 2006-08-03 19:26:51

Hi,

I've some problems getting the nvidia graphic drivers to work on my system. I installed the drivers using pacman (pacman -S nvidia) and edited my xorg.conf as explained in the wiki. But when I start X the screen just becomes black and my monitor (not xorg!) says "No signal". The drivers nv and vesa work perfectly, only nvidia does not.

My xorg.conf:

Section "ServerLayout"
    Identifier    "X.org Configured"
    Screen        0 "Screen0" 0 0
    InputDevice    "Mouse0"    "CorePointer"
    InputDevice    "Keyboard0"    "CoreKeyboard"
EndSection

Section "Files"
    RgbPath        "/usr/share/X11/rgb"
    ModulePath    "/usr/lib/xorg/modules"
    FontPath    "/usr/share/fonts/misc"
    FontPath    "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi"
    FontPath    "/ust/share/fonts/75dpi:unscaled"
    FontPath    "/usr/share/fonts/100dpi"
    FontPath    "/usr/share/fonts/100dpi:unscaled"
    FontPath    "/usr/share/fonts/TTF"
    FontPath    "/usr/share/fonts/Type1"
    FontPath    "/usr/share/fonts/artwiz-fonts"
EndSection

Section "Module"
    Load        "extmod"
    Load        "dbe"
    Load        "record"
    Load        "xtrap"
    Load        "freetype"
    Load        "type1"
    Load        "glx"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
    Identifier    "Keyboard0"
    Driver        "kbd"
    Option        "XkbRules"    "xorg"
    Option        "XkbModel"    "nodeadkeys"
    Option        "XkbLayout"    "de"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
    Identifier    "Mouse0"
    Driver        "mouse"
    Option        "Protocol"    "auto"
    Option        "Device"    "/dev/input/mice"
    Option        "ZAxisMapping"    "4 5 6 7"
    Option        "Resolution"    "1600"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
    DisplaySize    336 269
    HorizSync    31.0 - 81.0
    VertRefresh    56.0 - 76.0
    Identifier    "Monitor0"
    VendorName    "Monitor Vendor"
    ModelName    "Monitor Model"
EndSection

Section "Device"
        ### Available Driver options are:-
        ### Values: <i>: integer, <f>: float, <bool>: "True"/"False",
        ### <string>: "String", <freq>: "<f> Hz/kHz/MHz"
        ### [arg]: arg optional
        #Option     "ShadowFB"               # [<bool>]
        #Option     "DefaultRefresh"         # [<bool>]
        #Option     "ModeSetClearScreen"     # [<bool>]
#    VendorName     "nVidia Corporation"
#    BoardName      "NV43 [GeForce 6600 GT]"
    Identifier     "Card0"
    Driver         "nvidia"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
    Identifier     "Screen0"
    Device         "Card0"
    Monitor        "Monitor0"
    DefaultDepth    24

    SubSection     "Display"
        Viewport    0 0
        Modes      "1280x1024"
    EndSubSection
EndSection

xorg log

Help? :cry:

PS: I'm using the stock arch kernel(26)
PPS: It's a PCI express card... :?:

noriko · 2006-08-04 07:30:44

i assume you are using the new Xorg 7*1

you need to run nvidia-xconf ... it will generate what seems to be an identical xorg-config file, to /etc/X11/XF86Config (i think... it's definately not xorg.conf) ... the XServer should automatically use it... instead of xorg.conf, or you can just cp it to xorg.conf

th · 2006-08-04 13:06:02

Hey,

the above config has been generated usign nvidia-xconfig. I tried it again, but no changes. :?

th · 2006-08-04 20:54:13

DarkMaster wrote:

maybe you have an old nvidia, and you should install nvidia-legacy drivers

#   BoardName      "NV43 [GeForce 6600 GT]"

noriko · 2006-08-05 00:01:50

umm..
mayeb it's not picking it up..

try X -config /etc/X11/XF86~

if that still doesn't work attach the log...
/var/log/Xorg.1.log

th · 2006-08-05 18:49:23

I reinstalled Arch today but it still doesn't work.
@noriko: I started X with -config. For the log see my first post, there is a link to pastebin.

th · 2006-08-05 19:54:42

kpt wrote:

are you using xorg 7.1?

$ sudo pacman -Q xorg  
xorg 11R7.0-1

regnskog · 2006-08-06 15:59:13

I too had problems getting Xorg working with the "pacman Nvidia" package, so what I did was to download the latest drivers from nvidia's website instead (nvidia.com), 'pacman -S kernel-headers' and then run the driver-installer-script and everything worked fine

th · 2006-08-06 16:36:20

Sorry, but this also didn't help and there are still no (EE)'s in the log file.

Borosai · 2006-08-06 17:59:06

When I set up my xorg.conf (it's still a work-in-progress) I ran three different config scripts (are they even scripts? I don't know, doesn't matter) and decided to merge the data, then clean it up from there by looking up a lot of info and example configs online (there are probably a few things I should remove, but they work fine for now). The only thing I have left to do is read through the nVidia driver documentation and add any addition options from there. So I recommend you take the time and look all this stuff up...you might find the answer. However, below is my xorg.conf which I hope will help.

Section "ServerLayout"
    Identifier    "nVidiaTwinView_2560x1024"
    Screen        0                "DualHead_2560x1024"
    InputDevice    "LogitechUltra-X"        "CoreKeyboard"
    InputDevice    "WirelessIME2.0"        "CorePointer"
EndSection


Section "ServerFlags"
    Option        "AllowMouseOpenFail"        "false"
    Option        "BlankTime"            "0"
    Option        "StandbyTime"            "10"
    Option        "SuspendTime"            "0"
    Option        "OffTime"            "0"
    Option        "Xinerama"            "false"    
EndSection


Section "Files"
    RgbPath        "/usr/share/X11/rgb"
    ModulePath    "/usr/lib/xorg/modules"
    FontPath    "/usr/share/fonts/100dpi"
    FontPath    "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi"
    FontPath    "/usr/share/fonts/TTF"
    FontPath    "/usr/share/fonts/Type1"
    FontPath    "/usr/share/fonts/artwiz-fonts"
    FontPath    "/usr/share/fonts/cyrillic"
#    FontPath    "/usr/share/fonts/encodings"
    FontPath    "/usr/share/fonts/local"
    FontPath    "/usr/share/fonts/misc"
#    FontPath    "/usr/share/fonts/util"
EndSection


Section "Module"
    Load        "dbe"
    Load        "ddc"
    Load        "extmod"
    Load        "type1"
    Load        "freetype"
    Load        "bitmap"
    Load        "glx"
#    Load        "dri"
    Load        "record"
    Load        "xtrap"
EndSection


Section "InputDevice"
    Identifier    "LogitechUltra-X"
    Driver        "keyboard"
    Option        "CoreKeyboard"
    Option        "XkbRules"            "xorg"
    Option        "XkbModel"            "pc104"
    Option        "XkbLayout"            "us"
#    Option        "XkbVariant"            ""
#    Option        "XkbOptions"            ""
EndSection


Section "InputDevice"
    Identifier    "WirelessIME2.0"
    Driver        "mouse"
    Option        "CorePointer"
    Option        "Protocol"            "ExplorerPS/2"
    Option        "Device"            "/dev/psaux"
    Option        "Buttons"            "5"
    Option        "ButtonMapping"            "1 2 3 6 7"
    Option        "ZAxisMapping"            "4 5"
    Option        "Emulate3Buttons"        "false"    
EndSection


Section "Device"
    Identifier    "nVidiaQuadroFX1300"
    VendorName    "PNY Technologies"
    BoardName    "NV38GL [nVidia Quadro FX 1300]"
    Driver        "nvidia"
    BusID        "PCI:4:0:0"
    Option        "NoLogo"            "true"
    Option        "RenderAccel"            "true"
    Option        "TwinView"            "true"
    Option        "TwinViewOrientation"        "RightOf"
    Option        "MetaModes"            "1280x1024,1280x1024; 1280x1024,NULL"
    Option        "ConnectedMonitor"        "DFP-0,DFP-1"
    Option        "SecondMonitorHorizSync"    "28.00 - 64.00"
    Option        "SecondMonitorVertRefresh"    "60.00"
    Option        "UseEdidDpi"            "false"
    Option        "DPI"                "96x96"
EndSection


Section "Monitor"
    Identifier    "DFP-0"
    VendorName    "Sony Corporation"
    ModelName    "SDM-S74"
    HorizSync    28.00 - 64.00
    VertRefresh    60.00
    Option        "DPMS"
EndSection


Section "Monitor"
    Identifier    "DFP-1"
    VendorName    "Sony Corporation"
    ModelName    "SDM-S74"
    HorizSync    28.00 - 64.00
    VertRefresh    60.00
    Option        "DPMS"
EndSection


Section "Screen"
    Identifier    "DualHead_2560x1024"
    Device        "nVidiaQuadroFX1300"
    Monitor        "DFP-0"
    DefaultDepth    24
    SubSection    "Display"
        Depth        24
        Modes        "1280x1024"
        ViewPort    0 0
    EndSubSection
EndSection

th · 2006-08-06 18:23:13

I don't think there is anything wrong with my config because it works fine with nv and vesa. I've also generated several configs with hwd, nvidia-xconfig and X -configure. I will try it with another monitor later, but I doubt that's the problem.

Edit: I just connected my old LG tft and now it works. What's wrong with my BenQ? Is it just a settings error or a serious problem? Any tips?

th · 2006-08-06 18:50:57

lol, I feel like an idiot know. I have two monitors connected to my gfx card because on Windows I sometimes use both. On Linux with the nvidia driver X output everything on the second monitor which was powered off all the time. Finally it works and I want to thank all the people who tried to help me.

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#1 2006-08-03 19:26:51

Xorg and nvidia drivers

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Re: Xorg and nvidia drivers

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