NVIDIA problem

realmotylek · 2023-07-14 09:54:09

Hi, i have a PC with GT 710 with dsub and hdmi port. and my dsub monitor does not report it's name or maximum mode, the monitor's resolution is 1280x1024. Arch boots only with nomodeset.

From archiso: stuck at triggering uevents
Installed: stuck on early loading phases

Any way to fix it and tell arch proper resolution for the monitor? on HDMI works fine. (even ubuntu doesnt boot)
NVIDIA Driver installed.

jonno2002 · 2023-07-14 11:33:49

have you tried another monitor and/or VGA cable ?

i happen to have a gt710 lying around so i chucked it in an old machine with an old monitor and fired up an ssd with arch on it and everything worked fine:

xrandr && lspci|grep VGA
Screen 0: minimum 320 x 200, current 1024 x 768, maximum 16384 x 16384
DVI-D-1 disconnected primary (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
HDMI-1 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
VGA-1 connected 1024x768+0+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 304mm x 228mm
   1024x768      60.00*+  75.03  
   1024x576      59.96    59.90    59.82  
   960x600       60.00  
   832x624       74.55  
   960x540       59.99    59.63    59.82  
   800x600       60.00    72.19    75.00    60.32    56.25  
   840x525       60.01    59.88  
   864x486       59.92    59.57  
   700x525       74.76    59.98  
   800x450       59.95    59.82  
   640x512       75.02    60.02  
   700x450       59.96    59.88  
   640x480       60.00    75.00    72.81    75.00    59.94  
   720x405       59.51    58.99  
   720x400       70.08  
   684x384       59.88    59.85  
   640x400       59.88    59.98  
   576x432       75.00  
   640x360       59.86    59.83    59.84    59.32  
   512x384       75.03    70.07    60.00  
   512x288       60.00    59.92  
   416x312       74.66  
   480x270       59.63    59.82  
   400x300       72.19    75.12    60.32    56.34  
   432x243       59.92    59.57  
   320x240       72.81    75.00    60.05  
   360x202       59.51    59.13  
   320x180       59.84    59.32  
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation GK208B [GeForce GT 710] (rev a1)

thats using nouveau but the arch installer surely doesnt use the nvidia drivers does it? so its a fair comparison.

i did try install the nvidia drivers but it complained that it needs the 470 drivers and i cbf with that sorry.

o yea i also tried a newer 1080p monitor too with VGA input and it worked perfectly too.

seth · 2023-07-14 12:12:11

NVIDIA Driver installed.

https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Kernel … s_and_EDID
https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/NVIDIA … de_setting

You can also try to google the specific monitor model for maybe an accurate EDID

realmotylek · 2023-07-16 17:45:48

My VGA monitor is LG Flatron L1730S and even in windows it "can" display modes like 1920x1080 but seriously it can't. There is any way to provide monitor information manually to arch? to boot without nomodeset and set proper resolution

seth · 2023-07-16 18:21:33

even in windows it "can" display modes like 1920x1080 but seriously it can't

What exactly does that mean?
The monitor only supports 1280x1024

Here's a decode EDID: https://github.com/bsdhw/EDID/blob/mast … 9727A857C6
Binary version, http://0x0.st/Hjxv.bin
You can add it following https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Kernel … s_and_EDID

You can also force a mode, https://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation/fb/modedb.rst
Try "video=1280x1024M@60m" or "video=1280x1024@60m", the modeline in the EDID slightly deviates from the CVT standard.

realmotylek · 2023-07-16 19:16:32

So the decoded EDID is ready to load?

seth · 2023-07-16 19:18:19

No, the binary one I uploaded is.
You'll still need "nvidia-drm.modeset=1"

Edit: the nvidia driver also allows an

Option "CustomEDID" "string"

in an xorg configlet, see https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/NVIDIA … n_Xorg.log for an example.
Do not use /etc/X11/xorg.conf, use some conf.d/11-monitor.conf

Last edited by seth (2023-07-16 19:20:50)

realmotylek · 2023-07-17 15:21:15

can i get more detailed description? i never ran in problems like this

seth · 2023-07-17 15:51:04

More detailed description of what?
Did you read the two links in #3?
As for the xserver option, https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Xorg#M … figuration
You'll get the correct "Identifier" from xrandr or the xorg log (latter is relevant if nvidia insists on the DFP syntax here)

realmotylek · 2024-07-02 18:31:52

seth wrote:

More detailed description of what?
Did you read the two links in #3?
As for the xserver option, https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Xorg#M … figuration
You'll get the correct "Identifier" from xrandr or the xorg log (latter is relevant if nvidia insists on the DFP syntax here)

Hello one year later! So, now i got everything working with Open Source driver, as the latest kernel doesnt work with NVIDIA 470xx

seth · 2024-07-02 20:01:31

https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/nvidia-470xx-dkms doesn't indicate that at all?

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NVIDIA problem

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