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#1 2009-08-10 09:13:36

zephyrus17
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[Solved]blank screen due to nvidia 185.18.31

EDIT: Solution in post #11


I'm using a Thinkpad T61p with the Quadro FX 570M graphics card.

I've followed the beginner's guide about it. Installed xorg, nvidia. Then used

"Xorg -configure"

then copied it into /etc/X11/xorg.conf

then ran

"nvidia-xconfig --composite --add-argb-glx-visuals"

and edited it to add the 4 options like NoLogo, and stuff.

Should I comment out "dri2"

startx just gives a blank screen. The screen didn't even light up.

I've even just used only "Xorg -configure" or only "nvidia-xconfig", none worked as well.

How do I access the logs from Windows?

Last edited by zephyrus17 (2009-08-15 06:57:08)

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#2 2009-08-10 09:22:26

jelly
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Re: [Solved]blank screen due to nvidia 185.18.31

you dont acces the log from windows because you have no X . So you install wgetpaste and do :

pacman -S wgetpaste
wgetpaste /var/log/Xorg.0.log

Note: I have the same graphics card as you and a different laptop. What i did was just

nvidia-xconfig

But i first deleted the old xorg.conf in /etc/Xorg  and then ran startx wich just worked. Also make sure u are running hal and got mouse/keyboard stuff installed

pacman -S hal dbus-core && /etc/rc.d/hal start 
pacman -S xf86-input-keyboard
pacman -S xf86-input-mouse

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#3 2009-08-10 09:44:59

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Re: [Solved]blank screen due to nvidia 185.18.31

You may Install the text web browser links, from core, on the Thinkpad.  I run it from tty2 while I complete an installation on tty1. It's wonderful to have access to the wiki and the forums when a question comes up during an installation.

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#4 2009-08-10 09:45:20

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Re: [Solved]blank screen due to nvidia 185.18.31

I tried your method, jelly, didn't work. Still blank black screen.

here's my Xorg.0.log:

X.Org X Server 1.6.3
Release Date: 2009-7-31
X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0
Build Operating System: Linux 2.6.30-ARCH x86_64 
Current Operating System: Linux Breasgrapes 2.6.30-ARCH #1 SMP PREEMPT Fri Jul 31 07:30:28 CEST 2009 x86_64
Build Date: 03 August 2009  08:17:16PM
 
    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: Mon Aug 10 19:08:34 2009
(==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf"
(==) ServerLayout "Layout0"
(**) |-->Screen "Screen0" (0)
(**) |   |-->Monitor "Monitor0"
(**) |   |-->Device "Device0"
(**) |-->Input Device "Keyboard0"
(**) |-->Input Device "Mouse0"
(==) Automatically adding devices
(==) Automatically enabling devices
(WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/TTF" does not exist.
    Entry deleted from font path.
(WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/Type1" does not exist.
    Entry deleted from font path.
(==) FontPath set to:
    /usr/share/fonts/misc,
    /usr/share/fonts/100dpi:unscaled,
    /usr/share/fonts/75dpi:unscaled,
    built-ins
(==) ModulePath set to "/usr/lib/xorg/modules"
(WW) AllowEmptyInput is on, devices using drivers 'kbd', 'mouse' or 'vmmouse' will be disabled.
(WW) Disabling Keyboard0
(WW) Disabling Mouse0
(II) Loader magic: 0x7540
(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) 10de:040c:17aa:20d9 nVidia Corporation Quadro FX 570M rev 161, Mem @ 0xd6000000/16777216, 0xe0000000/268435456, 0xd4000000/33554432, I/O @ 0x00002000/128
(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 1.6.3, 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 1.6.3, 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  185.18.31  Tue Jul 28 19:34:01 PDT 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 1.6.3, 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 1.6.3, 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 1.6.3, module version = 1.1.0
    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  185.18.31  Tue Jul 28 18:13:23 PDT 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 1.6.3, 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 1.6.3, 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): 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 FX 570M (G84GL) at PCI:1:0:0 (GPU-0)
(--) NVIDIA(0): Memory: 524288 kBytes
(--) NVIDIA(0): VideoBIOS: 60.84.51.00.00
(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 FX 570M at PCI:1:0:0:
(--) NVIDIA(0):     IBM (DFP-0)
(--) NVIDIA(0): IBM (DFP-0): 330.0 MHz maximum pixel clock
(--) NVIDIA(0): IBM (DFP-0): Internal Dual Link LVDS
(WW) NVIDIA(0): The EDID for IBM (DFP-0) contradicts itself: mode "1680x1050"
(WW) NVIDIA(0):     is specified in the EDID; however, the EDID's valid
(WW) NVIDIA(0):     HorizSync range (53.398-64.075 kHz) would exclude this
(WW) NVIDIA(0):     mode's HorizSync (42.7 kHz); ignoring HorizSync check for
(WW) NVIDIA(0):     mode "1680x1050".
(WW) NVIDIA(0): The EDID for IBM (DFP-0) contradicts itself: mode "1680x1050"
(WW) NVIDIA(0):     is specified in the EDID; however, the EDID's valid
(WW) NVIDIA(0):     HorizSync range (53.398-64.075 kHz) would exclude this
(WW) NVIDIA(0):     mode's HorizSync (42.7 kHz); ignoring HorizSync check for
(WW) NVIDIA(0):     mode "1680x1050".
(II) NVIDIA(0): Assigned Display Device: DFP-0
(==) NVIDIA(0): 
(==) NVIDIA(0): No modes were requested; the default mode "nvidia-auto-select"
(==) NVIDIA(0):     will be used as the requested mode.
(==) NVIDIA(0): 
(II) NVIDIA(0): Validated modes:
(II) NVIDIA(0):     "nvidia-auto-select"
(II) NVIDIA(0): Virtual screen size determined to be 1680 x 1050
(--) NVIDIA(0): DPI set to (129, 127); computed from "UseEdidDpi" X config
(--) NVIDIA(0):     option
(WW) NVIDIA(0): UBB is incompatible with the Composite extension.  Disabling
(WW) NVIDIA(0):     UBB.
(==) NVIDIA(0): Enabling 32-bit ARGB GLX visuals.
(--) Depth 24 pixmap format is 32 bpp
(II) do I need RAC?  No, I don't.
(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): ACPI display change hotkey events enabled: the X server is new
(II) NVIDIA(0):     enough to receive ACPI display change hotkey events.

Could "dri" be causing the problem? Why does the beginner's guide say to comment that out anyway? And what improvement does "dri2" do?

Last edited by zephyrus17 (2009-08-10 10:03:18)

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#5 2009-08-10 10:45:54

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Re: [Solved]blank screen due to nvidia 185.18.31

install and launch acpid and try it again. Also comment out dri and dri2

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#6 2009-08-10 11:26:53

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Re: [Solved]blank screen due to nvidia 185.18.31

So should I use "Xorg -configure" or "nvidia-xconfig" or firstly Xorg -configure THEN nvidia-xconfig like I did just now?

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#7 2009-08-10 11:34:03

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Re: [Solved]blank screen due to nvidia 185.18.31

I have the same graphics card and laptop.

I encountered this with acpid running, so that doesn't seem to affect it.

I fiddled with my Xorg.conf (and nvidia-xconfig) a bit, to no avail. For now, I've downgraded to 185.18.14, and it's working fine.

Last edited by CalcAndCoffee (2009-08-10 11:34:35)

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#8 2009-08-10 11:54:22

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Re: [Solved]blank screen due to nvidia 185.18.31

So you didn't use Xorg -xconfigure?

I'm most confused about whether to use Xorg -configure or nvidia-xconfig.

How do you download the 185.18.14? pacman -Ss nvidia only gives me the 185.18.31 (current) version.


EDIT: googling "185.18.31 blank" gives a few results. Seems like this is quite a common issue. Is it just me or is nvidia giving big problems lately? Are there good 3d open-source drivers?


EDIT2: How do I download the beta 190.18? Do I enable [testing]?

Last edited by zephyrus17 (2009-08-10 12:01:45)

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#9 2009-08-10 13:50:00

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Re: [Solved]blank screen due to nvidia 185.18.31

Yeap. Downgrading worked.

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#10 2009-08-15 06:50:01

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Re: [Solved]blank screen due to nvidia 185.18.31

Thanks for your discusscion.the info is helpful for me.





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#11 2009-08-15 06:56:11

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Re: [Solved]blank screen due to nvidia 185.18.31

I just installed the beta version of "nvidia" and "nvidia-utils" (version = 190.18) from the AUR. That works as well. It took out the 'X crashes on logout' problem so you won't have to edit the /etc/gdm/custom.conf file anymore.

You'll have to remove the old version of "nvidia" and "nvidia-utils" (version = 185.18.31 or 185.18.14) or else it'll conflict.

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#12 2009-09-10 12:17:08

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Re: [Solved]blank screen due to nvidia 185.18.31

I have the same issue, X is blank and unresponsive when I try the nvidia driver (185.xx)
However, I do not find 190.18 when I search for it. I'm new to arch, but have experience in ubuntu and slackware.
I've enabled core, extra, community and testing but when I run pacman -Ss nvidia I do not find anything above 185.

And when ever I try to run pacman -Syu it stalls when syncronizing the database. However, pacman -Su works fine.

Any ideas how I'm supposed to solve this?

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#13 2009-09-10 12:26:18

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Re: [Solved]blank screen due to nvidia 185.18.31

install yaourt. http://archlinux.fr/yaourt-en

Add the server to your pacman.conf and sudo pacman -S yaourt.

Then run "yaourt nvidia-beta" (or maybe "beta-nvidia")

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#14 2009-09-10 14:34:29

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Re: [Solved]blank screen due to nvidia 185.18.31

Ok, thank you.

When I try to install nvidia-beta via yaourt, it says that it conflicts with libgl. However, when I try to remove libgl it says that xorg and mesa needs it.

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#15 2009-09-10 15:38:11

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Re: [Solved]blank screen due to nvidia 185.18.31

I managed to install nvidia-beta, and when I ran X it worked, however my mouse was unresponsive and I couldn't get out of X.
I rebooted my computer and installed gnome, but now whenever I try to run X I get the blank screen again. nvidia-beta is installed, and "nvidia" is set as driver in my xorg.conf

Edit: I notice now when I run Xorg -configure that it says "Error inserting nvidia [...] Invalid module format"

Why is this?

Last edited by n1mda (2009-09-10 16:10:20)

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#16 2009-09-11 01:30:38

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Re: [Solved]blank screen due to nvidia 185.18.31

did you install nvidia-utils 190.18 as well?

Can you show us your xorg.conf and your Xorg.0.log?

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#17 2009-09-11 16:30:52

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Re: [Solved]blank screen due to nvidia 185.18.31

Somehow I managed to fix it. I removed the beta-drivers and installed nvidia 185. I believe it has to do with that I did not run depmod -a

anyhow, thank you for the help smile

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#18 2009-09-12 02:14:45

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Re: [Solved]blank screen due to nvidia 185.18.31

No problem smile

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