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dante4d

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Registered: 2007-04-14

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xorg video/input problem after last update

Hello,

after last update I'm experiencing two xorg (probably) related problems:
1. a video driver problem - everything's garbled (whole screen shines in "rainbow" colors...)
2. a keyboard/mouse input problem - mouse/keyboard events sometimes jam for a few seconds, then burst out all at once

This was updated (related to xorg - indeed I did upgrade on Friday 13th and all hell broke loose ):

[2009-11-13 21:27] upgraded xf86-input-evdev (2.2.5-1 -> 2.3.0-1)
[2009-11-13 21:27] upgraded xorg-server-utils (7.4-7 -> 7.5-3)
[2009-11-13 21:27] upgraded xorg-server (1.6.3.901-1 -> 1.7.1.901-2)
[2009-11-13 21:27] upgraded nvidia-utils (185.18.36-1 -> 190.42-1)
[2009-11-13 21:27] upgraded mesa (7.5.1-2 -> 7.6-2)
[2009-11-13 21:27] upgraded nvidia (185.18.36-2 -> 190.42-1)
[2009-11-13 21:27] upgraded xf86-input-keyboard (1.3.2-2 -> 1.4.0-1)
[2009-11-13 21:27] upgraded xf86-input-mouse (1.4.0-2 -> 1.5.0-1)
[2009-11-13 21:27] upgraded xf86-video-fbdev (0.4.1-1 -> 0.4.1-2)
[2009-11-13 21:27] upgraded xf86-video-nv (2.1.14-1 -> 2.1.15-2)
[2009-11-13 21:27] upgraded xf86-video-vesa (2.2.0-1 -> 2.2.1-1)
[2009-11-13 21:27] upgraded xorg-utils (7.4-4 -> 7.5-1)
[2009-11-13 21:27] upgraded xorg-xauth (1.0.3-1 -> 1.0.4-1)
[2009-11-13 21:27] upgraded xorg-xkb-utils (7.4-2 -> 7.5-1)

Before the update, I was happiliy using xorg autodetection - no xorg.conf file needed. I did 'pacman -Syu' and turned off my box. Next time I booted and went to X, I saw very garbled screen. I have this graphics card:
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation G96 [GeForce 9500 GT] (rev a1)

I tried some things, but nothing was really a win:

1) I generated xorg.conf using hwd -xa -  - didn't go very well, as the resolution was ugly and I couldn't make it switch to 1920x1200 I use normally.

2) I found older xorg.conf I used before (also having autodetection problems) -  - this one actually works, but I'm having the input jamming problem going on all the time...

3) I also tried to remove package xf86-video-nv and remved xorg.conf and the result was little better than the garbled screen - this time, the video was just offset one third to the right off of the screen, and wrapped around. Here's the Xorg.log - . Looks like wrong driver is being detected (or, nv doesn't work for me...).

4) I played some more with the drivers and only thing that seems to work with autodetection is the xf86-video-vesa driver. Everything else (nvidia, xf86-video-nv...) goes crazy (garbled screen, offset screen...).

The 2) works well, but I experience the input problems. I don't know if those issues with video and input relate to each other, or if it's caused bu the minimal xorg.conf file I'm forced to use. But since they started to happen at the same time...

Is anyone experiencing the same issue? I wasn't able to find anything related to my problem on xorg bug tracker or mailing lists. Anny clue would be appreciated. I'm after how to fix the autodetection and video issue. Then I will see if the input problem persists or is related to this.

Edit: Looks like this xorg.conf is the way to go at the moment:

Section "Device"
    Identifier    "Device 0"
    Driver    "nvidia"
EndSection
Section "Screen"
    Identifier    "Screen 0"
    Device    "Device 0"
EndSection
Section "ServerLayout"
    Identifier    "Layout"
    Screen    "Screen 0"
EndSection

Last edited by dante4d (2025-10-18 21:47:20)