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kvds

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Registered: 2007-11-06

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Xorg 7.3 crashes when using two monitors

After upgrading to the new Xorg, the X-Server cannot start when I use a configuration with two monitors on separate X-Screens . I am using the nvidia-100.14.19-3 drivers.

Here are the last lines of  the Xorg.0.log :

(II) evaluating device (PS/2 Mouse)
(II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "PS/2 Mouse" (type: MOUSE)
(II) evaluating device (Keyboard0)
(II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "Keyboard0" (type: KEYBOARD)
(II) PS/2 Mouse: ps2EnableDataReporting: succeeded

Backtrace:
0: /usr/bin/X(xf86SigHandler+0x7e) [0x80d9d5e]
1: [0xb7fd7420]
2: /usr/bin/X(Xrealloc+0x32) [0x81b1992]
3: /usr/bin/X [0x81004a9]
4: /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers//nvidia_drv.so [0xb70f5ac9]

Fatal server error:
Caught signal 11.  Server aborting

(II) Screen 0 shares mem & io resources
(II) Screen 1 shares mem & io resources

And this is my xorg.conf

# nvidia-settings: X configuration file generated by nvidia-settings
# nvidia-settings:  version 1.0  (buildmeister@builder3)  Wed Jun 13 18:40:26 PDT 2007

# nvidia-xconfig: X configuration file generated by nvidia-xconfig
# nvidia-xconfig:  version 1.0  (buildmeister@builder3)  Wed Dec 14 16:39:22 PST 2005
# Auto-generated by Archie mkxcfg
# Auto-generated by Archie mkxcfg
#Section "DRI"
#    Mode 0666
#EndSection

Section "ServerLayout"

# Serial Mouse not detected
# USB Mouse not detected
    Identifier     "XFree86 Configured"
    Screen      0  "Screen0" 0 0
    Screen      1  "Screen1" RightOf "Screen0"
    InputDevice    "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
    InputDevice    "PS/2 Mouse" "CorePointer"
EndSection

Section "Files"

# Additional fonts: Locale, Gimp, TTF...
#    FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/latin2/75dpi"
#    FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/latin2/100dpi"
# True type and type1 fonts are also handled via xftlib, see /etc/X11/XftConfig!
    RgbPath         "/usr/share/X11/rgb"
    ModulePath      "/usr/lib/xorg/modules"
    FontPath        "/usr/share/fonts/misc:unscaled"
    FontPath        "/usr/share/fonts/misc"
    FontPath        "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi:unscaled"
    FontPath        "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi"
    FontPath        "/usr/share/fonts/100dpi:unscaled"
    FontPath        "/usr/share/fonts/100dpi"
    FontPath        "/usr/share/fonts/PEX"
    FontPath        "/usr/share/fonts/TTF"
    FontPath        "/usr/share/fonts/cyrillic"
    FontPath        "/usr/share/fonts/Type1"
    FontPath        "/usr/share/fonts/ttf/western"
    FontPath        "/usr/share/fonts/ttf/decoratives"
    FontPath        "/usr/share/fonts/truetype"
    FontPath        "/usr/share/fonts/truetype/openoffice"
    FontPath        "/usr/share/fonts/truetype/ttf-bitstream-vera"
    FontPath        "/usr/share/fonts/latex-ttf-fonts"
    FontPath        "/usr/share/fonts/defoma/CID"
    FontPath        "/usr/share/fonts/defoma/TrueType"
EndSection

Section "Module"

#    Load  "GLcore"
    Load           "ddc"  # ddc probing of monitor
    Load           "dbe"
#    Load  "dri"
    Load           "extmod"
    Load           "glx"
    Load           "bitmap" # bitmap-fonts
    Load           "type1"
    Load           "freetype"
    Load           "record"
EndSection

Section "ServerFlags"

# Removed Option "Xinerama" "0"
    Option         "AllowMouseOpenFail" "true"
    Option         "Xinerama" "1"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
    Identifier     "Keyboard0"
    Driver         "keyboard"
    Option         "CoreKeyboard"
    Option         "XkbRules" "xorg"
    Option         "XkbModel" "pc105"
    Option         "XkbLayout" "de"
    Option         "XkbVariant" "nodeadkeys"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
    Identifier     "Serial Mouse"
    Driver         "mouse"
    Option         "Protocol" "Microsoft"
    Option         "Device" "/dev/ttyS0"
    Option         "Emulate3Buttons" "true"
    Option         "Emulate3Timeout" "70"
    Option         "SendCoreEvents" "true"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
    Identifier     "PS/2 Mouse"
    Driver         "mouse"
    Option         "Protocol" "IMPS/2"
    Option         "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
    Option         "Device" "/dev/psaux"
    Option         "Emulate3Buttons" "true"
    Option         "Emulate3Timeout" "70"
    Option         "SendCoreEvents" "true"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
    Identifier     "USB Mouse"
    Driver         "mouse"
    Option         "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
    Option         "SendCoreEvents" "true"
    Option         "Protocol" "IMPS/2"
    Option         "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
    Option         "Buttons" "5"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"

 # Warning: This may fry old Monitors
 # Very conservative. May flicker.
#    VertRefresh  50.0 - 62.0 # Extreme conservative. Will flicker. TFT default.
    #  Default modes distilled from
    #      "VESA and Industry Standards and Guide for Computer Display Monitor
    #       Timing", version 1.0, revision 0.8, adopted September 17, 1998.
    #  $XFree86: xc/programs/Xserver/hw/xfree86/etc/vesamodes,v 1.4 1999/11/18 16:52:17 tsi Exp $
    # 640x350 @ 85Hz (VESA) hsync: 37.9kHz
    Identifier     "Monitor0"
    VendorName     "Unknown"
    ModelName      "BenQ FP937s"
    HorizSync       31.0 - 83.0
    VertRefresh     56.0 - 76.0
    ModeLine       "640x350" 31.0 640 672 736 832 350 382 385 445 +hsync -vsync
    ModeLine       "640x400" 31.0 640 672 736 832 400 401 404 445 -hsync +vsync
    ModeLine       "720x400" 35.0 720 756 828 936 400 401 404 446 -hsync +vsync
    ModeLine       "640x480" 25.0 640 656 752 800 480 490 492 525 -hsync -vsync
    ModeLine       "640x480" 31.0 640 664 704 832 480 489 491 520 -hsync -vsync
    ModeLine       "640x480" 31.0 640 656 720 840 480 481 484 500 -hsync -vsync
    ModeLine       "640x480" 36.0 640 696 752 832 480 481 484 509 -hsync -vsync
    ModeLine       "800x600" 36.0 800 824 896 1024 600 601 603 625 +hsync +vsync
    ModeLine       "800x600" 40.0 800 840 968 1056 600 601 605 628 +hsync +vsync
    ModeLine       "800x600" 50.0 800 856 976 1040 600 637 643 666 +hsync +vsync
    ModeLine       "800x600" 49.0 800 816 896 1056 600 601 604 625 +hsync +vsync
    ModeLine       "800x600" 56.0 800 832 896 1048 600 601 604 631 +hsync +vsync
    ModeLine       "1024x768" 44.0 1024 1032 1208 1264 768 768 776 817 +hsync +vsync interlace
    ModeLine       "1024x768" 65.0 1024 1048 1184 1344 768 771 777 806 -hsync -vsync
    ModeLine       "1024x768" 75.0 1024 1048 1184 1328 768 771 777 806 -hsync -vsync
    ModeLine       "1024x768" 78.0 1024 1040 1136 1312 768 769 772 800 +hsync +vsync
    ModeLine       "1024x768" 94.0 1024 1072 1168 1376 768 769 772 808 +hsync +vsync
    ModeLine       "1152x864" 108.0 1152 1216 1344 1600 864 865 868 900 +hsync +vsync
    ModeLine       "1280x960" 108.0 1280 1376 1488 1800 960 961 964 1000 +hsync +vsync
    ModeLine       "1280x960" 148.0 1280 1344 1504 1728 960 961 964 1011 +hsync +vsync
    ModeLine       "1280x1024" 108.0 1280 1328 1440 1688 1024 1025 1028 1066 +hsync +vsync
    ModeLine       "1280x1024" 135.0 1280 1296 1440 1688 1024 1025 1028 1066 +hsync +vsync
    ModeLine       "1280x1024" 157.0 1280 1344 1504 1728 1024 1025 1028 1072 +hsync +vsync
    ModeLine       "1600x1200" 162.0 1600 1664 1856 2160 1200 1201 1204 1250 +hsync +vsync
    ModeLine       "1600x1200" 175.0 1600 1664 1856 2160 1200 1201 1204 1250 +hsync +vsync
    ModeLine       "1600x1200" 189.0 1600 1664 1856 2160 1200 1201 1204 1250 +hsync +vsync
    ModeLine       "1600x1200" 202.0 1600 1664 1856 2160 1200 1201 1204 1250 +hsync +vsync
    ModeLine       "1600x1200" 229.0 1600 1664 1856 2160 1200 1201 1204 1250 +hsync +vsync
    ModeLine       "1792x1344" 204.0 1792 1920 2120 2448 1344 1345 1348 1394 -hsync +vsync
    ModeLine       "1792x1344" 261.0 1792 1888 2104 2456 1344 1345 1348 1417 -hsync +vsync
    ModeLine       "1856x1392" 218.0 1856 1952 2176 2528 1392 1393 1396 1439 -hsync +vsync
    ModeLine       "1856x1392" 288.0 1856 1984 2208 2560 1392 1393 1396 1500 -hsync +vsync
    ModeLine       "1920x1440" 234.0 1920 2048 2256 2600 1440 1441 1444 1500 -hsync +vsync
    ModeLine       "1920x1440" 297.0 1920 2064 2288 2640 1440 1441 1444 1500 -hsync +vsync
    ModeLine       "1800x1440" 230.0 1800 1896 2088 2392 1440 1441 1444 1490 +hsync +vsync
    ModeLine       "1800x1440" 250.0 1800 1896 2088 2392 1440 1441 1444 1490 +hsync +vsync
    ModeLine       "640x480" 43.0 640 680 744 848 480 481 484 509 -hsync +vsync
    ModeLine       "768x576" 35.0 768 792 872 976 576 577 580 597 -hsync +vsync
    ModeLine       "768x576" 42.0 768 800 880 992 576 577 580 601 -hsync +vsync
    ModeLine       "768x576" 45.0 768 808 888 1008 576 577 580 602 -hsync +vsync
    ModeLine       "768x576" 51.0 768 808 888 1008 576 577 580 605 -hsync +vsync
    ModeLine       "768x576" 62.0 768 816 896 1024 576 577 580 611 -hsync +vsync
    ModeLine       "800x600" 68.0 800 848 936 1072 600 601 604 636 -hsync +vsync
    ModeLine       "1024x768" 113.0 1024 1096 1208 1392 768 769 772 814 -hsync +vsync
    ModeLine       "1152x864" 81.0 1152 1216 1336 1520 864 865 868 895 -hsync +vsync
    ModeLine       "1152x864" 119.0 1152 1224 1352 1552 864 865 868 907 -hsync +vsync
    ModeLine       "1152x864" 143.0 1152 1232 1360 1568 864 865 868 915 -hsync +vsync
    ModeLine       "1280x960" 124.0 1280 1368 1504 1728 960 961 964 1001 -hsync +vsync
    ModeLine       "1280x960" 129.0 1280 1368 1504 1728 960 961 964 1002 -hsync +vsync
    ModeLine       "1280x960" 179.0 1280 1376 1520 1760 960 961 964 1017 -hsync +vsync
    ModeLine       "1280x1024" 191.0 1280 1376 1520 1760 1024 1025 1028 1085 -hsync +vsync
    ModeLine       "1400x1050" 122.0 1400 1488 1640 1880 1050 1051 1054 1087 -hsync +vsync
    ModeLine       "1400x1050" 149.0 1400 1496 1648 1896 1050 1051 1054 1094 -hsync +vsync
    ModeLine       "1400x1050" 155.0 1400 1496 1648 1896 1050 1051 1054 1096 -hsync +vsync
    ModeLine       "1400x1050" 179.0 1400 1504 1656 1912 1050 1051 1054 1103 -hsync +vsync
    ModeLine       "1400x1050" 214.0 1400 1512 1664 1928 1050 1051 1054 1112 -hsync +vsync
    ModeLine       "1600x1200" 280.0 1600 1728 1904 2208 1200 1201 1204 1271 -hsync +vsync
    Option         "DPMS" "true"
#    HorizSync    28.0 - 78.0 # Warning: This may fry very old Monitors
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
    Identifier     "Monitor1"
    VendorName     "Unknown"
    ModelName      "ACI MW201"
    HorizSync       47.0 - 81.0
    VertRefresh     55.0 - 75.0
EndSection

Section "Device"
    Identifier     "Card0"
    Driver         "nvidia"
    VendorName     "All"
    BoardName      "All"
    Option         "RandRRotation" "on"
    Option         "TripleBuffer" "True"
    Option         "AddARGBGLXVisuals"
EndSection

Section "Device"
    Identifier     "Videocard0"
    Driver         "nvidia"
    VendorName     "NVIDIA Corporation"
    BoardName      "GeForce 6600 GT"
    BusID          "PCI:1:0:0"
    Screen          0
EndSection

Section "Device"
    Identifier     "Videocard1"
    Driver         "nvidia"
    VendorName     "NVIDIA Corporation"
    BoardName      "GeForce 6600 GT"
    BusID          "PCI:1:0:0"
    Screen          1
EndSection

Section "Screen"
    Identifier     "Screen0"
    Device         "Videocard0"
    Monitor        "Monitor0"
    DefaultDepth    24
    Option         "TwinView" "0"
    Option         "metamodes" "CRT: 1280x1024 +0+0; CRT: 1024x768 +0+0; CRT: 800x600 +0+0; CRT: 640x480 +0+0"
    SubSection     "Display"
        Depth       24
        Modes      "1600x1200" "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
    EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "Screen"
    Identifier     "Screen1"
    Device         "Videocard1"
    Monitor        "Monitor1"
    DefaultDepth    24
    Option         "TwinView" "0"
    Option         "metamodes" "DFP: nvidia-auto-select +0+0"
EndSection

Section "Extensions"
    Option         "Composite" "Enable"
EndSection

There is no problem, when I use only one monitor or two monitors with the twinview configuration.

kth5

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Registered: 2004-04-29

Posts: 657

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Re: Xorg 7.3 crashes when using two monitors

Xinerama seems to be buggy in the latest nvidia drivers. The problem fixed itself for me when I downgraded to nvidia-96xx.

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Munna

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From: Cologne, Germany

Registered: 2006-03-24

Posts: 7

Re: Xorg 7.3 crashes when using two monitors

Xorg crashes with only one monitor...

I have the same prob like Wauzenplauz.
The server crashes with ...
I'm working on a T30 with a Radeon M7500, no nvidia-card, thus the installation seeked for nvidia-utils.
Synaptics worked with "SendCoreEvents" instead of "AlwaysCore".

Didn't anyone with a T30 (2366) test the new xorg-server?

Last edited by Munna (2008-01-08 23:30:21)

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dlin

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From: Taipei,Taiwan

Registered: 2005-09-21

Posts: 265

Re: Xorg 7.3 crashes when using two monitors

I'm got the same problem, and also solved by downgrade to nvidia-96xx and nvidia-96xx-utils.

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Spider.007

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Registered: 2004-06-20

Posts: 1,175

Re: Xorg 7.3 crashes when using two monitors

Same problem and downgrade works here to. Only problem is my mouse starts on the left-screen; and once I have moved it to the right screen it 'locks' itself; there is no way to move it back to the left screen

Same as reported here. [s]Too bad I have no clue what the archlinux alternative for autogen.sh would be[/]. Found a 'solution'. I explicitly disabled Composite and switched my `evdev` mouse-driver to `mouse` [using xf86-input-mouse instead of xf86-input-evdev]

Last edited by Spider.007 (2007-11-07 09:40:16)

dninja

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From: Sheffield, UK

Registered: 2006-04-29

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Re: Xorg 7.3 crashes when using two monitors

I had to drop down to a 2.6.22 kernel to get the nvidia-96xx drivers working.

Is this a problem because the current nvidia drivers haven't yet been updated to the new kernel or is it something else?

kevin1024

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Registered: 2007-08-26

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Re: Xorg 7.3 crashes when using two monitors

I couldn't get the nvidia-96xx drivers to work, so I ended up downgrading xorg using the instructions on http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Downgrade_packages

kvds

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Registered: 2007-11-06

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Re: Xorg 7.3 crashes when using two monitors

I got Xorg working with the  nvidia-96xx drivers but scrolling in konqueror and Konsole  became very slow.

After testing some configurations, I think the nvidia-100.14.19-3 drivers with twinview works best for me.

kth5

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Registered: 2004-04-29

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Re: Xorg 7.3 crashes when using two monitors

I got Xorg working with the  nvidia-96xx drivers but scrolling in konqueror and Konsole  became very slow.

After testing some configurations, I think the nvidia-100.14.19-3 drivers with twinview works best for me.

This is due to non-accelerated font aliasing. Disable font aliasing in qt and it should reach almost xterm speeds.

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dninja

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From: Sheffield, UK

Registered: 2006-04-29

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Re: Xorg 7.3 crashes when using two monitors

I got Xorg working with the  nvidia-96xx drivers but scrolling in konqueror and Konsole  became very slow.

Did you have to go back to a 2.6.22 kernel or did you just copy the kernel modules from  lib/modules/2.6.22-ARCH/ to lib/modules/2.6.23-ARCH/ ?

kvds

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Registered: 2007-11-06

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Re: Xorg 7.3 crashes when using two monitors

I got Xorg working with the  nvidia-96xx drivers but scrolling in konqueror and Konsole  became very slow.

Did you have to go back to a 2.6.22 kernel or did you just copy the kernel modules from  lib/modules/2.6.22-ARCH/ to lib/modules/2.6.23-ARCH/ ?

I was using the 2.6.23 Kernel. I just uninstalled nvidia and nvidia-utils and installed nvidia-96xx with pacman:
pacman -S nvidia-96xx nvidia-96xx-utils

The version 96.43.01-3 of nvidia-96xx contains the modules for the 2.6.23 Kernel.

dninja

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From: Sheffield, UK

Registered: 2006-04-29

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Re: Xorg 7.3 crashes when using two monitors

I got Xorg working with the  nvidia-96xx drivers but scrolling in konqueror and Konsole  became very slow.

Did you have to go back to a 2.6.22 kernel or did you just copy the kernel modules from  lib/modules/2.6.22-ARCH/ to lib/modules/2.6.23-ARCH/ ?

I was using the 2.6.23 Kernel. I just uninstalled nvidia and nvidia-utils and installed nvidia-96xx with pacman:
pacman -S nvidia-96xx nvidia-96xx-utils

The version 96.43.01-3 of nvidia-96xx contains the modules for the 2.6.23 Kernel.

Thats my problem, I just installed the package from my pkg directory rather than getting the latest.

What is the difference between the legacy drivers and the new ones? Are we likely to be able to go back to the new ones at some point or are we stuck on legacy from now on?

enderst

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Registered: 2004-06-28

Posts: 69

Re: Xorg 7.3 crashes when using two monitors

i disabled xinerama in xorg.conf and i got 2 desktops as expected. through abs recompiled libxinerama and xineramaproto, still a no go. i found that running nvidia-settings and enabling twinview no xinerama i'm back to 3360x1050

update: after seaching nvforums i found that composite was the issue. so i went back to my original xorg.conf, disabled composite, enabled xinerama and all is well again.

from:

Section "Extensions"
    Option         "Composite" "Enable"
EndSection

to:

Section "Extensions"
    Option         "Composite" "0"
EndSection

Last edited by enderst (2007-11-11 21:13:57)