[SOLVED] X11 + Nvidia = LCD Standby - Blank Screen

demizer · 2010-05-04 08:49:27

Hello everyone, I am in a bit of a pickle, and could really use some help.

My hardware:

Intel Core i7 920 (Overclocked to 3.9ghz)
6gb DDR3
2x Nvidia 285 GTX
X-Fi Soundcard
Acer H233H 23" LCD 1080P

* I did a fresh install Arch x86_64
* I followed the Beginner's Install Guide
* I use Xmonad + Xmobar

The system is in a fresh state with the latest packages and boots perfectly.

My Problem:

When I use startx, I get a series of beeps, and then the monitor goes into standby. I can still enter commands in the command line, like sudo halt, or sudo reboot, and even startx again, but the monitor never turns back on. If I change the exec command to xterm (in .xinitrc), x11 starts, and I see xterm, but when I exit, it beeps again and the monitor goes into standby and I cannot see anything, only enter commands blindly.

My xorg.conf:

Section "ServerLayout"
    Identifier      "Xorg Configured"
    Screen          0 "Screen0" 0 0
    InputDevice     "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
    InputDevice     "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
    Option          "BlankTime" "5"
    Option          "StandbyTime" "10"
    Option          "OffTime" "15"
EndSection

Section "Files"
    ModulePath      "/usr/lib/xorg/modules"
    FontPath        "/usr/share/fonts/misc:unscaled"
    FontPath        "/usr/share/fonts/misc"
    FontPath        "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi:unscaled"
    FontPath        "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi"
    FontPath        "/usr/share/fonts/100dpi:unscaled"
    FontPath        "/usr/share/fonts/100dpi"
    FontPath        "/usr/share/fonts/Type1"
EndSection

Section "Module"
    Load           "ddc"  # ddc probing of monitor
    Load           "dbe"
    Load           "extmod"
    Load           "glx"
    Load           "freetype"
EndSection

Section "ServerFlags"
    Option         "AllowMouseOpenFail" "true"
    Option         "AutoAddDevices" "False"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
    Identifier     "Keyboard0"
    Driver         "keyboard"
    Option         "CoreKeyboard"
    Option         "XkbRules" "xorg"
    Option         "XkbModel" "pc105"
    Option         "XkbLayout" "dvorak"
    Option         "XkbOptions" "ctrl:swapcaps"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
    Identifier     "Mouse0"
    Driver         "mouse"
    Option         "Protocol" "IMPS/2"
    Option         "Device" "/dev/psaux"
    Option         "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
    Option         "SendCoreEvents" "true"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
    Identifier     "Monitor0"
    HorizSync       54.2 - 83.8
    VertRefresh     49 - 75
    Option         "DPMS" "true"
EndSection

Section "Device"
    Identifier     "Card0"
    Driver         "nvidia"
    VendorName     "All"
    BoardName      "All"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
    Identifier     "Screen0"
    Device         "Card0"
    Monitor        "Monitor0"
    DefaultDepth   24
    SubSection     "Display"
        # Depth       24
        Modes      "1920x1080"  "1680x1050" "1440x900"
    EndSubSection
EndSection

My Question:

I have a suspicion it may be the nvidia driver. So my question is, what are my options? I would very much like to have 3d support for steam, but I also need to be able to use x11... should I file a bug report upstream? with nvidia? is that pointless?

Help me understand, and I will love you like my brother.

Last edited by demizer (2010-05-05 05:45:08)

demizer · 2010-05-05 05:47:52

Fixed it. Seems my xmonad setup was using configs built for i686 and my install was x86_64, recompiling the configs fixed the problem of logging in. I am still getting the beeps and lost signal (to the LCD) when switching tty's or logging out. I'll solve that problem next time though. Thanks!

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#1 2010-05-04 08:49:27

[SOLVED] X11 + Nvidia = LCD Standby - Blank Screen

#2 2010-05-05 05:47:52

Re: [SOLVED] X11 + Nvidia = LCD Standby - Blank Screen

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