Problem installing xorg and nvidia driver

ataias · 2010-02-13 11:53:58

Hi everybody! After I have installed by the command line the xorg and a nvidia-driver,...

pacman -S xorg
pacman -S mesa
pacman-S nvidia-173xx (or nvidia-96x) (There're problemns after the installation of both)

I have a Geforce 6200 A-LE

After the installations of this driver, I have tried configure it.

nvidia-config --composite --add-argb-glx-visuals

When I have tried the follow command in the arch guide, I have got a error.

depmod -a

In the momment, I reboot the system and It just start in the fallback mode.
When I try the normal mode, It shows the follow lines:

Loading udev ... input: AT Translate set 2 keybord as /devices/platform/i8042/serio0/input/input1
done.
Waiting 10 seconds for device /dev/disk/by-uuid/ ....
Root device '/dev/disk/by-uuid/ ...' doesn't exist, attempting to create it
Error: failed to parse block device ids for '/dev/disk/by-uuid/...
Error: unable to detect or create root device '/dev/disk/by-uuid/...
You are being dropped to a recovery shell
Type 'reboot' to reboot
Type 'exit' to try and continue booting
Note: klibc contains no 'ls' binary, use 'echo *' instead
If the device '/dev/disk/by-uuid/... gets created while you are here,
Try adding 'rootdelay=10' or higher to the kernel command-line
ramfs$
ramfs$ exit
Trying to continue (this will most likely fail)...
::Initramfs Completed - control passing to kinit
IP-Config: no devices to configure
Waiting ) s before mounting root device
kinit: Unable to mount root fs on device dev(0,0)
kinit: init not found!
Kernel Panic - not syncing: Attempted to kill init!
Pid: 1, comm: kinit not tainted 2.6.32-ARCH #1
Call Trace:
[many codes here, I won't type this]

The lights of my keyboard (CAPS and SCROLL LOCK) are flikering now.

Someone have a idea?

barzam · 2010-02-13 12:27:20

By the look of

Root device '/dev/disk/by-uuid/ ...' doesn't exist, attempting to create it
Error: failed to parse block device ids for '/dev/disk/by-uuid/...
Error: unable to detect or create root device '/dev/disk/by-uuid/...

I'd try hitting e and edit the kernel line in grub and use the /dev/sdaX values. Reboot into the fallback kernel and write down your partitions (sudo fdisk -l lists them).

Mr.Elendig · 2010-02-13 13:01:31

Don't use the old drivers, install the nvidia and nvidia-utils package instead. Your card is supported by the latest driver.

And for the problem with booting the non-fallback try this:
Boot the fallback, then rebuild the normal initcpio image. Read "man mkinitcpio", you probably want the -p flag.

Last edited by Mr.Elendig (2010-02-13 13:02:04)

ataias · 2010-02-13 13:46:54

---Mr.Elendig

Alright, I have installed the latest driver. But I don't know how to rebuild the normal initcpio image. There're some tip, please?

---barzam
I don't know very well what you have to say. I don't understand this very well. But I guess that you want my partitions list. I will post them now.

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 * 1 12 96358+ 83 Linux
/dev/sda2 13 14601 117186142+ 83 Linux
/dev/sda3 14602 14637 289170 5 Extended
/dev/sda5 14602 14637 289138+ 82 Linux swap / solaris

Mr.Elendig · 2010-02-13 14:18:06

Did you read the man page and see what the -p flag does?

Arch Linux

#1 2010-02-13 11:53:58

Problem installing xorg and nvidia driver

#2 2010-02-13 12:27:20

Re: Problem installing xorg and nvidia driver

#3 2010-02-13 13:01:31

Re: Problem installing xorg and nvidia driver

#4 2010-02-13 13:46:54

Re: Problem installing xorg and nvidia driver

#5 2010-02-13 14:18:06

Re: Problem installing xorg and nvidia driver

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