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#1 2009-04-22 20:19:39

X/ax
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nvidia + new xorg + dual head

I've been having tremendous problems using dual monitor on the proprietary nvidia driver (which is the only one to work with my card it seems) and the new xorg server.
I've been trying to understand what is wrong, however, I'm not really that much further.

Symptoms:
    Pressing whatever button on my keyboard (except for shift, ctrl, etc...) for approx. more than 1 second. (instacrash pretty much, eliminates the need for ctrl+alt+backspace tongue).
    Random when changing window focus.

After trying to solve today by trying both nv and nouveau drivers (which both failed, don't really know why), I tried nvidia again, and this time, I got a decent Xorg.0.log:

X.Org X Server 1.6.1
Release Date: 2009-4-14
X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0
Build Operating System: Linux 2.6.29-ARCH i686 
Current Operating System: Linux phoenix 2.6.29-ARCH #1 SMP PREEMPT Fri Apr 17 12:46:01 UTC 2009 i686
Build Date: 15 April 2009  11:09:10AM
 
    Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.x.org
    to make sure that you have the latest version.
Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting,
    (++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational,
    (WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
(==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.0.log", Time: Wed Apr 22 22:03:04 2009
(==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf"
(==) ServerLayout "Layout0"
(**) |-->Screen "Screen0" (0)
(**) |   |-->Monitor "Monitor0"
(**) |   |-->Device "Device0"
(**) |-->Screen "Screen1" (1)
(**) |   |-->Monitor "Monitor1"
(**) |   |-->Device "Device1"
(**) Option "AllowMouseOpenFail" "true"
(**) Option "Xinerama" "1"
(==) Automatically adding devices
(==) Automatically enabling devices
(**) Xinerama: enabled
(==) FontPath set to:
    /usr/share/fonts/misc,
    /usr/share/fonts/100dpi:unscaled,
    /usr/share/fonts/75dpi:unscaled,
    /usr/share/fonts/TTF,
    /usr/share/fonts/Type1,
    built-ins
(==) ModulePath set to "/usr/lib/xorg/modules"
(II) Cannot locate a core pointer device.
(II) Cannot locate a core keyboard device.
(II) The server relies on HAL to provide the list of input devices.
    If no devices become available, reconfigure HAL or disable AllowEmptyInput.
(II) Loader magic: 0x1a40
(II) Module ABI versions:
    X.Org ANSI C Emulation: 0.4
    X.Org Video Driver: 5.0
    X.Org XInput driver : 4.0
    X.Org Server Extension : 2.0
(II) Loader running on linux
(--) using VT number 7

(--) PCI:*(0@1:0:0) nVidia Corporation Quadro NVS 140M rev 161, Mem @ 0xfd000000/16777216, 0xe0000000/268435456, 0xfa000000/33554432, I/O @ 0x0000ef00/128, BIOS @ 0x????????/131072
(WW) Open ACPI failed (/var/run/acpid.socket) (No such file or directory)
(II) No APM support in BIOS or kernel
(II) System resource ranges:
    [0] -1    0    0xffffffff - 0xffffffff (0x1) MX[b]
    [1] -1    0    0x000f0000 - 0x000fffff (0x10000) MX[b]
    [2] -1    0    0x000c0000 - 0x000effff (0x30000) MX[b]
    [3] -1    0    0x00000000 - 0x0009ffff (0xa0000) MX[b]
    [4] -1    0    0x0000ffff - 0x0000ffff (0x1) IX[b]
    [5] -1    0    0x00000000 - 0x00000000 (0x1) IX[b]
(II) LoadModule: "extmod"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions//libextmod.so
(II) Module extmod: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
    compiled for 1.6.1, module version = 1.0.0
    Module class: X.Org Server Extension
    ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 2.0
(II) Loading extension MIT-SCREEN-SAVER
(II) Loading extension XFree86-VidModeExtension
(II) Loading extension XFree86-DGA
(II) Loading extension DPMS
(II) Loading extension XVideo
(II) Loading extension XVideo-MotionCompensation
(II) Loading extension X-Resource
(II) LoadModule: "dbe"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions//libdbe.so
(II) Module dbe: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
    compiled for 1.6.1, module version = 1.0.0
    Module class: X.Org Server Extension
    ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 2.0
(II) Loading extension DOUBLE-BUFFER
(II) LoadModule: "glx"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions//libglx.so
(II) Module glx: vendor="NVIDIA Corporation"
    compiled for 4.0.2, module version = 1.0.0
    Module class: X.Org Server Extension
(II) NVIDIA GLX Module  180.44  Mon Mar 23 15:29:02 PST 2009
(II) Loading extension GLX
(II) LoadModule: "record"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions//librecord.so
(II) Module record: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
    compiled for 1.6.1, module version = 1.13.0
    Module class: X.Org Server Extension
    ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 2.0
(II) Loading extension RECORD
(II) LoadModule: "dri"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions//libdri.so
(II) Module dri: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
    compiled for 1.6.1, module version = 1.0.0
    ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 2.0
(II) Loading extension XFree86-DRI
(II) LoadModule: "dri2"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions//libdri2.so
(II) Module dri2: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
    compiled for 1.6.1, module version = 1.0.0
    ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 2.0
(II) Loading extension DRI2
(II) LoadModule: "nvidia"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers//nvidia_drv.so
(II) Module nvidia: vendor="NVIDIA Corporation"
    compiled for 4.0.2, module version = 1.0.0
    Module class: X.Org Video Driver
(II) NVIDIA dlloader X Driver  180.44  Mon Mar 23 15:05:32 PST 2009
(II) NVIDIA Unified Driver for all Supported NVIDIA GPUs
(II) Primary Device is: PCI 01@00:00:0
(II) Loading sub module "fb"
(II) LoadModule: "fb"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules//libfb.so
(II) Module fb: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
    compiled for 1.6.1, module version = 1.0.0
    ABI class: X.Org ANSI C Emulation, version 0.4
(II) Loading sub module "wfb"
(II) LoadModule: "wfb"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules//libwfb.so
(II) Module wfb: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
    compiled for 1.6.1, module version = 1.0.0
    ABI class: X.Org ANSI C Emulation, version 0.4
(II) Loading sub module "ramdac"
(II) LoadModule: "ramdac"
(II) Module "ramdac" already built-in
(II) resource ranges after probing:
    [0] -1    0    0xffffffff - 0xffffffff (0x1) MX[b]
    [1] -1    0    0x000f0000 - 0x000fffff (0x10000) MX[b]
    [2] -1    0    0x000c0000 - 0x000effff (0x30000) MX[b]
    [3] -1    0    0x00000000 - 0x0009ffff (0xa0000) MX[b]
    [4] -1    0    0x0000ffff - 0x0000ffff (0x1) IX[b]
    [5] -1    0    0x00000000 - 0x00000000 (0x1) IX[b]
(**) NVIDIA(0): Depth 24, (--) framebuffer bpp 32
(==) NVIDIA(0): RGB weight 888
(==) NVIDIA(0): Default visual is TrueColor
(==) NVIDIA(0): Using gamma correction (1.0, 1.0, 1.0)
(**) NVIDIA(0): Option "NoLogo" "True"
(**) NVIDIA(0): Option "MetaModes" "DFP: 1280x800 +0+0; DFP: 800x600 +0+0"
(**) NVIDIA(0): Enabling RENDER acceleration
(II) NVIDIA(0): Support for GLX with the Damage and Composite X extensions is
(II) NVIDIA(0):     enabled.
(II) NVIDIA(0): NVIDIA GPU Quadro NVS 140M (G86) at PCI:1:0:0 (GPU-0)
(--) NVIDIA(0): Memory: 524288 kBytes
(--) NVIDIA(0): VideoBIOS: 60.86.47.00.01
(II) NVIDIA(0): Detected PCI Express Link width: 16X
(--) NVIDIA(0): Interlaced video modes are supported on this GPU
(--) NVIDIA(0): Connected display device(s) on Quadro NVS 140M at PCI:1:0:0:
(--) NVIDIA(0):     COMPAQ 7500 (CRT-0)
(--) NVIDIA(0):     AUO (DFP-0)
(--) NVIDIA(0): COMPAQ 7500 (CRT-0): 400.0 MHz maximum pixel clock
(--) NVIDIA(0): AUO (DFP-0): 330.0 MHz maximum pixel clock
(--) NVIDIA(0): AUO (DFP-0): Internal Dual Link LVDS
(II) NVIDIA(0): Display Device found referenced in MetaMode: DFP-0
(II) NVIDIA(0): Assigned Display Device: DFP-0
(II) NVIDIA(0): Validated modes:
(II) NVIDIA(0):     "DFP:1280x800+0+0"
(II) NVIDIA(0):     "DFP:800x600+0+0"
(II) NVIDIA(0): Virtual screen size determined to be 1280 x 800
(--) NVIDIA(0): DPI set to (98, 96); computed from "UseEdidDpi" X config
(--) NVIDIA(0):     option
(==) NVIDIA(0): Enabling 32-bit ARGB GLX visuals.
(**) NVIDIA(1): Depth 24, (--) framebuffer bpp 32
(==) NVIDIA(1): RGB weight 888
(==) NVIDIA(1): Default visual is TrueColor
(==) NVIDIA(1): Using gamma correction (1.0, 1.0, 1.0)
(**) NVIDIA(1): Option "NoLogo" "True"
(**) NVIDIA(1): Option "MetaModes" "CRT: 1280x1024 +0+0"
(**) NVIDIA(1): Option "TwinViewXineramaInfoOrder" "CRT-0"
(**) NVIDIA(1): Enabling RENDER acceleration
(II) NVIDIA(1): NVIDIA GPU Quadro NVS 140M (G86) at PCI:1:0:0 (GPU-0)
(--) NVIDIA(1): Memory: 524288 kBytes
(--) NVIDIA(1): VideoBIOS: 60.86.47.00.01
(II) NVIDIA(1): Detected PCI Express Link width: 16X
(--) NVIDIA(1): Interlaced video modes are supported on this GPU
(--) NVIDIA(1): Connected display device(s) on Quadro NVS 140M at PCI:1:0:0:
(--) NVIDIA(1):     COMPAQ 7500 (CRT-0)
(--) NVIDIA(1):     AUO (DFP-0)
(--) NVIDIA(1): COMPAQ 7500 (CRT-0): 400.0 MHz maximum pixel clock
(--) NVIDIA(1): AUO (DFP-0): 330.0 MHz maximum pixel clock
(--) NVIDIA(1): AUO (DFP-0): Internal Dual Link LVDS
(II) NVIDIA(1): Display Device found referenced in MetaMode: CRT-0
(II) NVIDIA(1): Assigned Display Device: CRT-0
(II) NVIDIA(1): Validated modes:
(II) NVIDIA(1):     "CRT:1280x1024+0+0"
(II) NVIDIA(1): Virtual screen size determined to be 1280 x 1024
(--) NVIDIA(1): DPI set to (101, 108); computed from "UseEdidDpi" X config
(--) NVIDIA(1):     option
(==) NVIDIA(1): Enabling 32-bit ARGB GLX visuals.
(--) Depth 24 pixmap format is 32 bpp
(II) do I need RAC?  Yes, I do.
(II) resource ranges after preInit:
    [0] -1    0    0xffffffff - 0xffffffff (0x1) MX[b]
    [1] -1    0    0x000f0000 - 0x000fffff (0x10000) MX[b]
    [2] -1    0    0x000c0000 - 0x000effff (0x30000) MX[b]
    [3] -1    0    0x00000000 - 0x0009ffff (0xa0000) MX[b]
    [4] -1    0    0x0000ffff - 0x0000ffff (0x1) IX[b]
    [5] -1    0    0x00000000 - 0x00000000 (0x1) IX[b]
(II) NVIDIA(0): Initialized GPU GART.
(II) NVIDIA(0): ACPI: failed to connect to the ACPI event daemon; the daemon
(II) NVIDIA(0):     may not be running or the "AcpidSocketPath" X
(II) NVIDIA(0):     configuration option may not be set correctly.  When the
(II) NVIDIA(0):     ACPI event daemon is available, the NVIDIA X driver will
(II) NVIDIA(0):     try to use it to receive ACPI event notifications.  For
(II) NVIDIA(0):     details, please see the "ConnectToAcpid" and
(II) NVIDIA(0):     "AcpidSocketPath" X configuration options in Appendix B: X
(II) NVIDIA(0):     Config Options in the README.
(II) NVIDIA(0): Setting mode "DFP:1280x800+0+0"
(II) Loading extension NV-GLX
(II) NVIDIA(0): NVIDIA 3D Acceleration Architecture Initialized
(==) NVIDIA(0): Disabling shared memory pixmaps
(II) NVIDIA(0): Using the NVIDIA 2D acceleration architecture
(==) NVIDIA(0): Backing store disabled
(==) NVIDIA(0): Silken mouse enabled
(II) NVIDIA(0): DPMS enabled
(II) Loading extension NV-CONTROL
(==) RandR enabled
(II) NVIDIA(1): Initialized GPU GART.
(II) NVIDIA(1): ACPI: failed to connect to the ACPI event daemon; the daemon
(II) NVIDIA(1):     may not be running or the "AcpidSocketPath" X
(II) NVIDIA(1):     configuration option may not be set correctly.  When the
(II) NVIDIA(1):     ACPI event daemon is available, the NVIDIA X driver will
(II) NVIDIA(1):     try to use it to receive ACPI event notifications.  For
(II) NVIDIA(1):     details, please see the "ConnectToAcpid" and
(II) NVIDIA(1):     "AcpidSocketPath" X configuration options in Appendix B: X
(II) NVIDIA(1):     Config Options in the README.
(II) NVIDIA(1): Setting mode "CRT:1280x1024+0+0"
(II) NVIDIA(1): NVIDIA 3D Acceleration Architecture Initialized
(==) NVIDIA(1): Disabling shared memory pixmaps
(II) NVIDIA(1): Using the NVIDIA 2D acceleration architecture
(==) NVIDIA(1): Backing store disabled
(==) NVIDIA(1): Silken mouse enabled
(II) NVIDIA(1): DPMS enabled
(==) RandR enabled
(II) Entity 0 shares no resources
(II) Entity 1 shares no resources
(II) Initializing built-in extension Generic Event Extension
(II) Initializing built-in extension SHAPE
(II) Initializing built-in extension MIT-SHM
(II) Initializing built-in extension XInputExtension
(II) Initializing built-in extension XTEST
(II) Initializing built-in extension BIG-REQUESTS
(II) Initializing built-in extension SYNC
(II) Initializing built-in extension XKEYBOARD
(II) Initializing built-in extension XC-MISC
(II) Initializing built-in extension SECURITY
(II) Initializing built-in extension XINERAMA
(II) Initializing built-in extension XFIXES
(II) Initializing built-in extension RENDER
(II) Initializing built-in extension RANDR
(II) Initializing built-in extension COMPOSITE
(II) Initializing built-in extension DAMAGE
(II) Initializing extension GLX
(II) config/hal: Adding input device AT Translated Set 2 keyboard
(II) LoadModule: "evdev"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/input//evdev_drv.so
(II) Module evdev: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
    compiled for 1.6.0, module version = 2.2.1
    Module class: X.Org XInput Driver
    ABI class: X.Org XInput driver, version 4.0
(**) AT Translated Set 2 keyboard: always reports core events
(**) AT Translated Set 2 keyboard: Device: "/dev/input/event1"
(II) AT Translated Set 2 keyboard: Found keys
(II) AT Translated Set 2 keyboard: Configuring as keyboard
(II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "AT Translated Set 2 keyboard" (type: KEYBOARD)
(**) Option "xkb_rules" "evdev"
(**) Option "xkb_model" "evdev"
(**) Option "xkb_layout" "us"
(**) Option "xkb_variant" "dvorak"
(II) config/hal: Adding input device Macintosh mouse button emulation
(**) Macintosh mouse button emulation: always reports core events
(**) Macintosh mouse button emulation: Device: "/dev/input/event0"
(II) Macintosh mouse button emulation: Found 3 mouse buttons
(II) Macintosh mouse button emulation: Found x and y relative axes
(II) Macintosh mouse button emulation: Configuring as mouse
(**) Macintosh mouse button emulation: YAxisMapping: buttons 4 and 5
(**) Macintosh mouse button emulation: EmulateWheelButton: 4, EmulateWheelInertia: 10, EmulateWheelTimeout: 200
(II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "Macintosh mouse button emulation" (type: MOUSE)
(**) Macintosh mouse button emulation: (accel) keeping acceleration scheme 1
(**) Macintosh mouse button emulation: (accel) filter chain progression: 2.00
(**) Macintosh mouse button emulation: (accel) filter stage 0: 20.00 ms
(**) Macintosh mouse button emulation: (accel) set acceleration profile 0
(II) config/hal: Adding input device PS/2 Mouse
(**) PS/2 Mouse: always reports core events
(**) PS/2 Mouse: Device: "/dev/input/event11"
(II) PS/2 Mouse: Found 3 mouse buttons
(II) PS/2 Mouse: Found x and y relative axes
(II) PS/2 Mouse: Configuring as mouse
(**) PS/2 Mouse: YAxisMapping: buttons 4 and 5
(**) PS/2 Mouse: EmulateWheelButton: 4, EmulateWheelInertia: 10, EmulateWheelTimeout: 200
(II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "PS/2 Mouse" (type: MOUSE)
(**) PS/2 Mouse: (accel) keeping acceleration scheme 1
(**) PS/2 Mouse: (accel) filter chain progression: 2.00
(**) PS/2 Mouse: (accel) filter stage 0: 20.00 ms
(**) PS/2 Mouse: (accel) set acceleration profile 0
(II) config/hal: Adding input device AlpsPS/2 ALPS GlidePoint
(II) LoadModule: "synaptics"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/input//synaptics_drv.so
(II) Module synaptics: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
    compiled for 1.6.0, module version = 1.1.0
    Module class: X.Org XInput Driver
    ABI class: X.Org XInput driver, version 4.0
(II) Synaptics touchpad driver version 1.1.0
(**) Option "Device" "/dev/input/event12"
(II) AlpsPS/2 ALPS GlidePoint: x-axis range 0 - 1023
(II) AlpsPS/2 ALPS GlidePoint: y-axis range 0 - 767
(II) AlpsPS/2 ALPS GlidePoint: pressure range 0 - 127
(II) AlpsPS/2 ALPS GlidePoint: finger width range 0 - 0
(II) AlpsPS/2 ALPS GlidePoint: buttons: left right middle
(**) Option "RightEdge" "930"
(**) Option "BottomEdge" "700"
(**) Option "EmulateTwoFingerMinZ" "120"
(**) Option "VertEdgeScroll" "true"
(**) Option "HorizEdgeScroll" "true"
(**) Option "VertTwoFingerScroll" "true"
(**) Option "TapButton1" "1"
(**) Option "TapButton2" "3"
(**) Option "TapButton3" "2"
(--) AlpsPS/2 ALPS GlidePoint touchpad found
(**) Option "AlwaysCore" "true"
(**) AlpsPS/2 ALPS GlidePoint: always reports core events
(II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "AlpsPS/2 ALPS GlidePoint" (type: TOUCHPAD)
(**) AlpsPS/2 ALPS GlidePoint: (accel) keeping acceleration scheme 1
(**) AlpsPS/2 ALPS GlidePoint: (accel) filter chain progression: 2.00
(**) AlpsPS/2 ALPS GlidePoint: (accel) filter stage 0: 20.00 ms
(**) AlpsPS/2 ALPS GlidePoint: (accel) set acceleration profile 0
(--) AlpsPS/2 ALPS GlidePoint touchpad found
(II) config/hal: Adding input device USB Optical Mouse USB Optical Mouse
(**) USB Optical Mouse USB Optical Mouse: always reports core events
(**) USB Optical Mouse USB Optical Mouse: Device: "/dev/input/event10"
(II) USB Optical Mouse USB Optical Mouse: Found 6 mouse buttons
(II) USB Optical Mouse USB Optical Mouse: Found x and y relative axes
(II) USB Optical Mouse USB Optical Mouse: Found scroll wheel(s)
(II) USB Optical Mouse USB Optical Mouse: Configuring as mouse
(**) USB Optical Mouse USB Optical Mouse: YAxisMapping: buttons 4 and 5
(**) USB Optical Mouse USB Optical Mouse: EmulateWheelButton: 4, EmulateWheelInertia: 10, EmulateWheelTimeout: 200
(II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "USB Optical Mouse USB Optical Mouse" (type: MOUSE)
(**) USB Optical Mouse USB Optical Mouse: (accel) keeping acceleration scheme 1
(**) USB Optical Mouse USB Optical Mouse: (accel) filter chain progression: 2.00
(**) USB Optical Mouse USB Optical Mouse: (accel) filter stage 0: 20.00 ms
(**) USB Optical Mouse USB Optical Mouse: (accel) set acceleration profile 0
(II) config/hal: Adding input device Video Bus
(**) Video Bus: always reports core events
(**) Video Bus: Device: "/dev/input/event8"
(II) Video Bus: Found keys
(II) Video Bus: Configuring as keyboard
(II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "Video Bus" (type: KEYBOARD)
(**) Option "xkb_rules" "evdev"
(**) Option "xkb_model" "evdev"
(**) Option "xkb_layout" "us"
(**) Option "xkb_variant" "dvorak"

Backtrace:
0: /usr/bin/X(xorg_backtrace+0x3b) [0x813278b]
1: /usr/bin/X(xf86SigHandler+0x51) [0x80dda61]
2: [0xb8037400]
3: /usr/bin/X [0x80b92b1]
4: /usr/bin/X [0x811b92e]
5: /usr/bin/X [0x8179414]
6: /usr/bin/X [0x809473b]
7: /usr/bin/X(CheckMotion+0x322) [0x8098c42]
8: /usr/bin/X(ProcessOtherEvent+0x2cf) [0x8182e9f]
9: /usr/bin/X(XkbHandleActions+0x24f) [0x81ab8bf]
10: /usr/bin/X(XkbProcessKeyboardEvent+0xad) [0x81ac11d]
11: /usr/bin/X [0x81a456e]
12: /usr/bin/X [0x81a4617]
13: /usr/bin/X [0x812fe87]
14: /usr/bin/X(WaitForSomething+0x52f) [0x81304bf]
15: /usr/bin/X(Dispatch+0x7e) [0x808ca7e]
16: /usr/bin/X(main+0x3bd) [0x8071f3d]
17: /lib/libc.so.6(__libc_start_main+0xe5) [0xb7c096c5]
18: /usr/bin/X [0x8071401]

Fatal server error:
Caught signal 11.  Server aborting


Please consult the The X.Org Foundation support 
     at http://wiki.x.org
 for help. 
Please also check the log file at "/var/log/Xorg.0.log" for additional information.

(II) AT Translated Set 2 keyboard: Close
(II) UnloadModule: "evdev"
(II) Macintosh mouse button emulation: Close
(II) UnloadModule: "evdev"
(II) PS/2 Mouse: Close
(II) UnloadModule: "evdev"
(II) UnloadModule: "synaptics"
(II) USB Optical Mouse USB Optical Mouse: Close
(II) UnloadModule: "evdev"
(II) Video Bus: Close
(II) UnloadModule: "evdev"
(II) Screen 0 shares mem & io resources
(II) Screen 1 shares mem & io resources

Although I just _don't_ know what's going on here...
I'd hope someone knows more...

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#2 2009-04-22 21:52:45

Bestiapeluda
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From: Buenos Aires, Argentina
Registered: 2007-10-16
Posts: 181

Re: nvidia + new xorg + dual head

Its a problem with xinerama. Use twinview instead. Fedora already patched the problem, but I think Arch waits till its fixed upstream.

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#3 2009-04-22 22:03:24

MoonSwan
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From: Great White North
Registered: 2008-01-23
Posts: 881

Re: nvidia + new xorg + dual head

I realise you're trying to get this to work on 2 monitors but I've found that starting with 1 monitor often will make things simpler & point out issues faster.  So please try what I suggest below.

Step 1. Can you get a single monitor set up & working with Vesa to begin with?  If yes and it doesn't crash, move to step 2.

Step 2. Install nvidia drivers from their website, not the ones in the repos perhaps?  If you've done that, do the opposite & use the repository drivers.  One of them should work, then set up a single monitor.  Do the "X test" in the beginner's guide too if you wish, as if that fails your normal Gui/DE/WM will also fail.  I found using the X test a simple & quick way to determine if my setup would work for a single monitor. 

Step 2a.  It may be necessary to try this without any xorg.conf at all OR try this line after the installer has been run: 

nvidia-xconfig --xconfig=/etc/X11/xorg.conf

That line above should guarantee it will place an xorg.conf in the correct directory.  If you want to see all the options pass-able to the nvidia-xconfig utility, try using: 

nvidia-xconfig -A|less

There is also a readme in /usr/share/doc/NvidiaXXX/Readme.txt you might want to peruse when you have time & energy to do so.

Step 3.  If you cannot get a single monitor to work, repost with your xorg.conf file and a log if possible.

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#4 2009-04-23 14:32:04

X/ax
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Registered: 2008-01-13
Posts: 275
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Re: nvidia + new xorg + dual head

@Bestiapeluda:
But twinview sucks soo much sad (I'll try to get used to it...)

@MoonSwan:
Whut? X works you know. With dual monitor. It's just annoying to have crashes on the worst timings...

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#5 2009-05-08 04:09:59

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Re: nvidia + new xorg + dual head

The fix is here http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=69706

Start at post #14 down. It basically involves downloading two patches and placing them in a directory with a pkgbuild, Thanks Warnaud for the pkgbuild and the info on the patches!!!!!!!!

Then makepkg and pacman -U packagename to install.

The libgl dependencies listed in the pkgbuild conflict with the version that comes with the Nvidia driver. So you need to remove the 2 libGL entries from the pkgbuild. All in all, it was a simple process once I had some resources.

It basically involves dowloading the two patches and some stuff from  AUR:

yaourt -G xorg-server
wget http://cvs.fedoraproject.org/viewvc/rpms/xorg-x11-server/devel/xserver-1.6.0-xinerama-crashes.patch?revision=1.1
wget http://cvs.fedoraproject.org/viewvc/rpms/xorg-x11-server/devel/xserver-1.6.0-xinerama-cursors.patch

Install xorg-util-macros. Then save this PKGBUILD (I already remove the libgl dependencies) in the same directory as the patches:

# $Id$
# Maintainer: Alexander Baldeck <kth5@archlinux.org>
# Contributor: Jan de Groot <jgc@archlinux.org>

pkgname=xorg-server
pkgver=1.6.1
pkgrel=1
pkgdesc="X.Org X servers"
arch=('i686' 'x86_64')
license=('custom')
url="http://xorg.freedesktop.org"
depends=('hal>=0.5.11'  'libxfont>=1.4.0' 'openssl>=0.9.8j' 'libpciaccess>=0.10.5' 'libxv>=1.0.4' 'pixman>=0.14.0' 'xcursor-themes' 'xkeyboard-config>=1.5' 'xorg-server-utils' 'xorg-fonts-misc' 'xbitmaps' 'diffutils' 'xf86-input-evdev>=2.1.3')
makedepends=('libx11>=1.2' 'mesa>=7.4' 'xf86driproto>=2.0.4' 'xtrans>=1.2.3' 'libxkbfile>=1.0.5' 'randrproto>=1.3.0' 'renderproto>=0.9.3' 'xcmiscproto>=1.1.2' 'bigreqsproto>=1.0.2' 'resourceproto>=1.0.2' 'videoproto>=2.2.2' 'compositeproto>=0.4' 'scrnsaverproto>=1.1.0' 'libxinerama>=1.0.3' 'xf86dgaproto>=2.0.3' 'recordproto>=1.13.2' 'glproto>=1.4.9')
conflicts=('catalyst-utils<=9.2')
options=('!libtool')
provides=('x-server')
groups=('xorg')
install=xorg-server.install
source=(${url}/releases/individual/xserver/${pkgname}-${pkgver}.tar.bz2
    xorg-redhat-die-ugly-pattern-die-die-die.patch
    hal-wait.patch)
md5sums=('ed0878bf32a24d4948c3b8a122a39eff'
         '1a336eb22e27cbf443ec5a2ecddfa93c'
         'f16d2caef84e1a9c4075b6c5e145512d')

build() {
  cd "${srcdir}/${pkgname}-${pkgver}"
  # Get rid of the ugly pattern
  patch -Np3 -i "${srcdir}/xorg-redhat-die-ugly-pattern-die-die-die.patch" || return 1

  # Revert waiting for hal, assume hal won't show up when initial connect fails
  patch -R -Np1 -i "${srcdir}/hal-wait.patch" || return 1

 # Avoid Crashes when Xinerama is enabled
  patch -Np1 -i "${srcdir}/xserver-1.6.0-xinerama-crashes.patch"  || return 1

  # Avoid Cursors problem with xinerama
  patch -Np1 -i "${srcdir}/xserver-1.6.0-xinerama-cursors.patch"  || return 1

  # Fix dbus config path
  sed -i -e 's/\$(sysconfdir)/\/etc/' config/Makefile.*  || return 1

  libtoolize --force || return 1
  aclocal || return 1
  autoconf || return 1
  automake --add-missing || return 1

  ./configure --prefix=/usr \
              --enable-ipv6 \
              --enable-dri \
              --disable-dmx \
              --enable-xvfb \
              --enable-xnest \
              --enable-composite \
              --enable-xcsecurity \
              --enable-xorg \
          --enable-xephyr \
              --enable-glx-tls \
          --enable-kdrive \
              --enable-install-setuid \
              --enable-config-hal \
          --enable-config-dbus \
          --enable-record \
          --disable-xfbdev \
          --disable-xfake \
          --disable-xsdl \
              --disable-static \
              --sysconfdir=/etc/X11 \
              --localstatedir=/var \
              --with-default-font-path=/usr/share/fonts/misc,/usr/share/fonts/100dpi:unscaled,/usr/share/fonts/75dpi:unscaled,/usr/share/fonts/TTF,/usr/share/fonts/Type1 \
              --with-xkb-path=/usr/share/X11/xkb \
              --with-xkb-output=/var/lib/xkb \
              --with-dri-driver-path=/usr/lib/xorg/modules/dri || return 1

  make || return 1
  make DESTDIR="${pkgdir}" install || return 1

  rm -rf "${pkgdir}/var/log" || return 1

  install -m755 -d "${pkgdir}/etc/X11" || return 1
  install -m755 -d "${pkgdir}/var/lib/xkb" || return 1

  # Needed for non-mesa drivers, libgl will restore it
  mv "${pkgdir}/usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libglx.so" \
     "${pkgdir}/usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libglx.xorg" || return 1

  install -m755 -d "${pkgdir}/usr/share/licenses/${pkgname}"
  install -m644 COPYING "${pkgdir}/usr/share/licenses/${pkgname}/" || return 1
}

then run makepkg as user then as root:

xorg-server-1.6.1-1-x86_64(or x86).pkg.tar.gz

Other than that I have been running this since the Xorg-xserver upgrade without any problems whatsoever.

BTW I run the Nvidia 180.51-1 driver. Also, my xorg.conf if needed: http://pastebin.com/f4a10f4ca


Thanks

Last edited by securitybreach (2009-05-08 04:40:25)

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