blinking and no X on F9/nvidia

[ramy.m]

i tried to install kmod-nvidia from livna
when restartinf the booting seems to try (a single black blink) opening the GUI to show nvidia logo and the booting progress but then just continue in the text mode
After booting is finished the screen keep blinking with for several times then just stops at the tty1 with to errors or warnings
When i try to ctrl+alt+F7 there is no errors or warnings

I am on Dell latitude D820/Nvidia Quadro SNV 120 which was working normally on F7

[ramy.m]

attaching my xorg.conf

# Xorg configuration created by livna-config-display

Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "Default Layout"
Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0
InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
EndSection

Section "Files"
ModulePath "/usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/nvidia"
ModulePath "/usr/lib/xorg/modules"
EndSection

Section "ServerFlags"
Option "AIGLX" "on"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"

# keyboard added by rhpxl
Identifier "Keyboard0"
Driver "kbd"
Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
Option "XkbLayout" "us"
EndSection

Section "Device"
Identifier "Videocard0"
Driver "nvidia"
Option "AddARGBGLXVisuals" "True"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen0"
Device "Videocard0"
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 24
EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "Extensions"
Option "Composite" "Enable"
EndSection

[Hlingler]

That chipset/card requires the legacy-96xx nvidia driver. The legacy-96xx nvidia drivers have not been upgraded to be compatible with the new X11/Xorg on F9. Unless and until nvidia upgrades the legacy drivers, they will not work in F9.

V

EDIT: OOPS! I take that back: if that's a Quadro NVS 120[M], then yes, it is supported by the latest driver: http://www.nvidia.com/object/IO_18897.html

So, something else must be wrong. Please attach log file /var/log/Xorg.0.log

[Ferenci]

Am I out of luck as well?

I have the same problem. The Nvidia logo just blinks on and off
I am running an HP dv9000 laptop with a GeForce GO 6150

After I run xinit
I get a message stating that it cannot find the keyboard and mouse drivers.

[masch]

I have the same problem. The Nvidia logo just blinks on and off
I am running an DELL 820 laptop with a NVIDIA G72M Geforce Go 7400, here it's my xorg and my log:

[Hlingler]

Am I out of luck as well?

I have the same problem. The Nvidia logo just blinks on and off
I am running an HP dv9000 laptop with a GeForce GO 6150

After I run xinit
I get a message stating that it cannot find the keyboard and mouse drivers.No, that chipset is clearly supported, I've got an NV 6150 LE which I think is the desktop version of yours. There was another guy with GF GO 6150 just a few days ago that had a problem, search for those keywords and my name, you should find that thread, see if there's anything there that helps. Also, don't worry about the mouse and keyboard messages, Xorg will find adequate default drivers.I have the same problem. The Nvidia logo just blinks on and off
I am running an DELL 820 laptop with a NVIDIA G72M Geforce Go 7400, here it's my xorg and my log:Also a supported card, the logfile does not give much useful info, but it appears to be the kind of error one would get if the kernel module were not present. Did you:
> Install that akmod-nvidia package as well as the kmod-nvidia and xorg-x11-drv-nvidia? Or, where did you get the driver?
> Run: akmods --kernels `uname -r` to generate the kernel module?
> Start nvidia service daemon?
> Run livna-config-display to fix xorg.conf?

V

[Hlingler]

Here's that thread with the GeForce GO 6150: http://forums.fedoraforum.org/forum/showthread.php?t=191432

You guys with the laptops have to be careful about not setting the resolution too high, or the GUI may fail due to lack of VRAM to handle the display. Xorg is like that: it will pick the monitor's highest valid setting, and try to use it, even if the result is failure of the GUI. My monitor can handle way more than 1280x960, but I have to keep xorg.conf at 1280x960 to get a reasonable framerate. Try reducing the maximum resolution:Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen0"
Device "Videocard0"
Monitor "Monitor0"
DefaultDepth 24
Option "metamodes" "1280x960 +0+0; 1152x768 +0+0; 1024x768 +0+0; 800x600 +0+0; 640x480 +0+0"
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1600x1200" "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
EndSectionYour available [meta]modes may be different - just clip off the highest values one or two at a time.

Notice that mode "1600x1200" does not show up on my list of available modes because I have the "metamodes" set to 1280x960 max ! I could accomplish the same thing by removing "1600x1200" from the "Modes" line !

There is no way this machine will run 1600x1200 at any reasonable speed, and the whole GUI may fail if I try.

@masch: You should be aware of this too.

V

[masch]

Thanks @Hlingler, but i have currently i'am using 1900x1200, my monitor support up to that resolution, should i use that configuration that you mention?

Salu2...and thanks for your reply...

[masch]

Also a supported card, the logfile does not give much useful info, but it appears to be the kind of error one would get if the kernel module were not present. Did you:
> Install that akmod-nvidia package as well as the kmod-nvidia and xorg-x11-drv-nvidia? Or, where did you get the driver?
> Run: akmods --kernels `uname -r` to generate the kernel module?
> Start nvidia service daemon?
> Run livna-config-display to fix xorg.conf?


I run the 3 steps that you mention, i put the metamodes in the xorg and i restarted the machine and i got the same blinking problem... :(

What should i do?

Salu2...

[Hlingler]

I run the 3 steps that you mention, i put the metamodes in the xorg and i restarted the machine and i got the same blinking problem... :(

What should i do?

Salu2...Well, I have already said: the resolution that you have set (1900x1200) is too high. It does not matter that your monitor can support a higher resolution - so can mine, but the video card and driver cannot. It will not work. And you cannot copy my [meta]modes because your chipset and monitor are different than mine.

I assume that you have installed all of the necessary packages, started the nvidia service daemon, and generated the kernel module?

Try the following changes to xorg.conf:# Xorg configuration created by livna-config-display

Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "single head configuration"
Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0
InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
EndSection

Section "Files"
ModulePath "/usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/nvidia"
ModulePath "/usr/lib/xorg/modules"
EndSection

Section "ServerFlags"
Option "AIGLX" "on"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"

# keyboard added by rhpxl
Identifier "Keyboard0"
Driver "kbd"
Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
Option "XkbLayout" "us+inet"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Synaptics"
Driver "synaptics"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
Option "Protocol" "auto-dev"
Option "Emulate3Buttons" "yes"
Option "SHMConfig" "on"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Monitor0"
EndSection

Section "Device"
Driver "nvidia"
Identifier "Videocard0"
# Driver "nv"
Option "AddARGBGLXVisuals" "True"
BusID "PCI:01:00:0"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen0"
Device "Videocard0"
Monitor "Monitor0"
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 24
Modes "1024x768"
EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "Extensions"
Option "Composite" "Enable"
EndSectionIf this works, you can add more "Modes" later - just get a functional GUI first for now.

Good Luck,
V

[masch]

I tried all the thins that you said and i got the same problem. As you said, i downloaded the necessary packages, compiled and start the nvidia daemon.
Here is my new xorg.log with this new settings:


X.Org X Server 1.4.99.902 (1.5.0 RC 2)
Release Date: 5 September 2007
X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0
Build Operating System: Linux 2.6.18-53.1.19.el5 i686
Current Operating System: Linux localhost 2.6.25.6-55.fc9.i686 #1 SMP Tue Jun 10 16:27:49 EDT 2008 i686
Build Date: 12 June 2008 01:05:58AM
Build ID: xorg-x11-server 1.4.99.902-3.20080612.fc9
Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.x.org
to make sure that you have the latest version.
Module Loader present
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: Sun Jun 15 12:03:33 2008
(==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf"
(==) ServerLayout "single head configuration"
(**) |-->Screen "Screen0" (0)
(**) | |-->Monitor "Monitor0"
(**) | |-->Device "Videocard0"
(**) |-->Input Device "Keyboard0"
(**) Option "AIGLX" "on"
(==) Automatically adding devices
(==) Automatically enabling devices
(==) FontPath set to:
catalogue:/etc/X11/fontpath.d,
built-ins
(**) ModulePath set to "/usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/nvidia,/usr/lib/xorg/modules"
(**) Extension "Composite" is enabled
(==) |-->Input Device "<default pointer>"
(==) The core pointer device wasn't specified explicitly in the layout.
Using the default mouse configuration.
(II) Open ACPI successful (/var/run/acpid.socket)
(II) Loader magic: 0x81f8400
(II) Module ABI versions:
X.Org ANSI C Emulation: 0.3
X.Org Video Driver: 4.0
X.Org XInput driver : 2.0
X.Org Server Extension : 1.0
X.Org Font Renderer : 0.5
(II) Loader running on linux
(--) using VT number 7

(--) PCI:*(0@1:0:0) nVidia Corporation G72M [GeForce Go 7400] rev 161, Mem @ 0xed000000/0, 0xd0000000/0, 0xee000000/0, BIOS @ 0x????????/131072
(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 1.4.99.902, module version = 1.0.0
Module class: X.Org Server Extension
ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 1.0
(II) Loading extension SELinux
(II) Loading extension SHAPE
(II) Loading extension MIT-SUNDRY-NONSTANDARD
(II) Loading extension BIG-REQUESTS
(II) Loading extension SYNC
(II) Loading extension MIT-SCREEN-SAVER
(II) Loading extension XC-MISC
(II) Loading extension XFree86-VidModeExtension
(II) Loading extension XFree86-Misc
(II) Loading extension XFree86-DGA
(II) Loading extension DPMS
(II) Loading extension TOG-CUP
(II) Loading extension Extended-Visual-Information
(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 1.4.99.902, module version = 1.0.0
Module class: X.Org Server Extension
ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 1.0
(II) Loading extension DOUBLE-BUFFER
(II) LoadModule: "glx"

(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/nvidia//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 173.14.05 Mon May 19 00:30:52 PDT 2008
(II) Loading extension GLX
(II) LoadModule: "freetype"

(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/fonts//libfreetype.so
(II) Module freetype: vendor="X.Org Foundation & the After X-TT Project"
compiled for 1.4.99.902, module version = 2.1.0
Module class: X.Org Font Renderer
ABI class: X.Org Font Renderer, version 0.5
(II) Loading font FreeType
(II) LoadModule: "dri"

(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions//libdri.so
(II) Module dri: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
compiled for 1.4.99.902, module version = 1.0.0
ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 1.0
(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 1.4.99.902, module version = 1.0.0
ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 1.0
(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) LoadModule: "kbd"

(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/input//kbd_drv.so
(II) Module kbd: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
compiled for 1.4.99.901, module version = 1.3.0
Module class: X.Org XInput Driver
ABI class: X.Org XInput driver, version 2.0
(II) LoadModule: "mouse"

(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/input//mouse_drv.so
(II) Module mouse: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
compiled for 1.4.99.901, module version = 1.3.0
Module class: X.Org XInput Driver
ABI class: X.Org XInput driver, version 2.0
(II) NVIDIA dlloader X Driver 173.14.05 Mon May 19 00:10:20 PDT 2008
(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 1.4.99.902, module version = 1.0.0
ABI class: X.Org ANSI C Emulation, version 0.3
(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 1.4.99.902, module version = 1.0.0
ABI class: X.Org ANSI C Emulation, version 0.3
(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 "AddARGBGLXVisuals" "True"
(**) NVIDIA(0): Enabling RENDER acceleration
(II) NVIDIA(0): Support for GLX with the Damage and Composite X extensions is
(II) NVIDIA(0): enabled.
(EE) NVIDIA(0): Failed to initialize the NVIDIA graphics device PCI:1:0:0.
(EE) NVIDIA(0): Please see the COMMON PROBLEMS section in the README for
(EE) NVIDIA(0): additional information.
(EE) NVIDIA(0): Failed to initialize the NVIDIA graphics device!
(II) UnloadModule: "nvidia"
(II) UnloadModule: "wfb"
(II) UnloadModule: "fb"
(EE) Screen(s) found, but none have a usable configuration.

Fatal server error:
no screens found

If you another test, please let me know.
Thanks...

[Ferenci]

I have not had any luck either.

My Xorg.0.log file ends by saying

(II) Primary Device is: PCI 00:05:0
(WW) No matching Device section for instance (BusID PCI:0:5:0) found
(WW) No matching Device section for instance (BusID PCI:0:10:3) found
(EE) No devices detected

Fatal server error:
no screens found

Darn...

[Hlingler]

Well, guys, these two problems are not the same, but I personally have no idea at this point why the driver is failing. Sorry.

Maybe someone else more knowledgable has some ideas... ?

V

[masch]

i really appreciate your help Hlinger, but what should i do to report this problem to fedora team or another site?..

Salu2...

[masch]

Sorry, i'm again..:D
Does anybody know how to fix it or where can i report this bug?

Thanks...

[Hlingler]

[Vince@presario Mon Jun 16 17:44:38 ~]$ sudo sh /usr/bin/nvidia-bug-report.sh
Password:

Running nvidia-bug-report.sh... complete.

The file nvidia-bug-report.log has been created; please send this report,
along with a description of your bug, to linux-bugs@nvidia.com.

[Vince@presario Mon Jun 16 17:44:52 ~]$ ls -lha nvidia-bug-report.log
-rw-r--r-- 1 root Vince 169K 2008-06-16 17:44 nvidia-bug-report.log
[Vince@presario Mon Jun 16 17:47:08 ~]$

[masch]

@Hlingler Once again thanks for your help, i will post a reply if i have a respond form NVIDIA team.

Salu2...

[masch]

This is the reply from nvidia team:
Hi Mario,

This issue should be fixed in 173.14.09 found here:
http://www.nvidia.com/object/linux_display_ia32_173.14.09.html

Thanks,
Roland

Do you know if can i install like it said in the page?..

Saklu2..

[Hlingler]

This is the reply from nvidia team:
Hi Mario,

This issue should be fixed in 173.14.09 found here:
http://www.nvidia.com/object/linux_display_ia32_173.14.09.html

Thanks,
Roland

Do you know if can i install like it said in the page?..

Saklu2..Yes, but you must REMOVE ALL OTHER NVIDIA DRIVERS FIRST.

That nvidia binary installer ("the blob") is not officially recommended, but it will work. I suggest that you wait a few days for Livna to release an RPM of it. If you don't want to wait, then just follow the instructions to install it after you remove the other driver packages.

Fixed a regression that prevented the X driver from starting on some GeForce FX, 6 and 7 mobile GPUs.Now we know why your driver was failing !

V

[masch]

YEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!
I have Cube again!!!...:D...

One more time thanks for all your help Hlingler!!!...
I hope that livna can update it quickly!!
Salu2...

[Hlingler]

OK, glad it's all fixed. :D

If you decide to use the Livna RPMs when they are available, don't forget to run that nvidia binary with the '--uninstall' switch before installing the RPMs !!!

V

[masch]

ok... i will keep in mind..
thanks...