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#1 2008-06-03 21:04:24

mpardsu
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From: Greece
Registered: 2008-06-03
Posts: 3

X Problem

Hi everyone, this is my first post.
I have just completed a fresh installation of arch (I used gentoo before but it's been a little less than a year since the last time i used it) and i'm facing some problems concerning X11. I have followed the beginners guide step by step but I cant get my gpu working correctly. It's an nvidia geforce 4200ti (I use the nvidia-96xx driver)

I have tried using all of the methods for generating an xorg.conf file (hwd -xa, manually and xorg -configure) and below is the most functional one:

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/100dpi:unscaled"
        FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/100dpi"
        FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi"
        FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi:unscaled"
        FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/TTF"
        FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/Type1"
        FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/cyrillic"

EndSection

Section "Module"
        Load  "glx"
        SubSection  "extmod"
                Option  "omit xfree86-dga"
        EndSubSection
        Load  "xtrap"
#       Load  "record"
        Load  "dbe"
#       Load  "dri"
        Load  "freetype"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
        Identifier  "Keyboard0"
        Driver      "kbd"
        Option      "XkbRules" "xorg"
        Option      "XkbModel" "pc101"
        Option      "XkbLayout" "us"
EndSection

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

Section "Monitor"
        Identifier   "Monitor0"
#       VendorName   "Monitor Vendor"
#       ModelName    "Monitor Model"
        Option  "DPMS"  "true"
        Option  "DPI"   "96 x 96"
        HorizSync       30.0-96.0
        VertRefresh     50.0-160.0
EndSection

Section "Device"
        Identifier  "Card0"
        Driver      "nvidia"
        VendorName  "nVidia Corporation"
        BoardName   "NV25 [GeForce4 Ti 4200]"
        BusID       "PCI:1:0:0"
      Option      "RenderAccel"       "true"
      Option      "CursorShadow"      "true"
      Option      "HWCursor"  "true"
      Option      "TripleBuffer"      "true"
#       Option      "ConnectedMonitor"  "CRT"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
        Identifier "Screen0"
        Device     "Card0"
        Monitor    "Monitor0"
        DefaultDepth    24
        SubSection "Display"
                Viewport   0 0
                Depth     8
        EndSubSection
        SubSection "Display"
                Viewport   0 0
                Depth     16
        EndSubSection
        SubSection "Display"
                Viewport   0 0
                Modes   "1280x1024"
                Depth     24
        EndSubSection
        Option  "AddARGBVisuals"        "true"
EndSection

Below are my problems:

1) When running startx i cant get it to exit (so i have to ctrl+alt+bksp) and i see the following when i return to the command line:

Could not init font path element /usr/share/fonts/Type1, removing from list!
XIO: fatal IO error 11 (Resource temporarily unavailable) on X server ":0.0"

...

FreeFontPath: FPE "/usr/share/fonts/misc" refcount is 2, should be 1; fixing.

2) If I add Option "ConnectedMonitor" "CRT" in xorg.conf then my screen goes into powersave mode on startx (ctrl+alt+bksp again to exit)

3) If I use kdm, and through the kde console, run glxgears the gears appear but they arent moving. This is what comes up at the console:

16317 frames in 5.0 seconds = 3263.366 FPS
17861 frames in 5.0 seconds = 3572.040 FPS
14327 frames in 5.0 seconds = 2865.093 FPS
17139 frames in 5.0 seconds = 3427.762 FPS
17012 frames in 5.0 seconds = 3402.302 FPS
XIO:  fatal IO error 22 (Invalid argument) on X server ":0.0"
      after 36 requests (36 known processed) with 0 events remaining.

4) When exiting kde through "end this session" my screen gets filled with horizontal white lines (random, debris-like no particular pattern) and i have to press ctrl+c to get the prompt active again. (I also enter "clear" which works)

Could anyone help me solve this issue please?

(Greetings from Greece!)

edit: I forgot to mention that kdm looks really different from other linux installations i had. (Small window, really big dots when entering password, small input fields) but i dont know if thats typical in Arch. I have installed the vanilla kde not kdemod (big mistake, i saw kdemod afterwords, now I'll have to reinstall it)

Last edited by mpardsu (2008-06-03 21:16:51)

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#2 2008-06-04 01:43:42

my0pic
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From: Melbourne, Australia
Registered: 2008-05-23
Posts: 206

Re: X Problem

Yiassou mpardsu,
The DPMS option in your xorg.conf file is concerned with power saving so thats probably why your screen goes blank starting x.Also try adding  the option "AddARGBGLXVisuals" to your screen section.
Try the nvidia wiki as well http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/NVIDIA smile

Last edited by my0pic (2008-06-04 01:45:25)

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#3 2008-06-04 11:45:47

mpardsu
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From: Greece
Registered: 2008-06-03
Posts: 3

Re: X Problem

Thanks for the reply my0pic, I tried commenting out the DPMS and fixing "AddARGBGLXVisuals" (I had a spelling mistake), but still when i uncomment  ..."CRT" my screen just goes blank afterwards.

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#4 2008-06-04 14:42:29

my0pic
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From: Melbourne, Australia
Registered: 2008-05-23
Posts: 206

Re: X Problem

just to clarify what I suggested, you need to have both "AddARGBVisuals" and "AddARGBGLXVisuals" as options.

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#5 2008-06-04 15:32:09

mpardsu
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From: Greece
Registered: 2008-06-03
Posts: 3

Re: X Problem

Oops! sorry i though i mispelled it. It is added now but i dont see any difference.
Anyway i decided to move on, despite the problems, and added kdm to my daemons.
I have also changed to kdemod and things look quite alright (as for the login screen issues).

Something that caught my attention was that i can see properly the opengl screensavers that came with kdemod, so i guess that my gpu might be a bit misconfigured, but it works. The glxgears problem persists though.. And the fact that it is reporting 3,5K fps is quite weird imho.

Also kdm either hangs my system, or produces the same "debris" problem i mentioned earlier, when i close my session, but this time it doesnt stop with ctrl-c, and i have to switch terminal and restart it.

Thank you very much for your help.

Last edited by mpardsu (2008-06-04 15:33:00)

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#6 2008-06-04 16:09:37

klixon
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From: Nederland
Registered: 2007-01-17
Posts: 525

Re: X Problem

I have the exact same thing with glxgears (gears ground to a halt), but neverwinter nights plays like a charm, so i'm happy wink


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#7 2008-06-21 03:11:59

RabidWolf
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From: WI,USA
Registered: 2007-01-20
Posts: 31
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Re: X Problem

same problem here with glxgears, they never move, games seem to play fine though(doom3,quake4,etqw,stormbaancoureur,etc, although I didnt add those options suggested above)still the malfunctioning glxgears bugs me- 8800gts

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