Nvidia 440mx debian etch on samsung 940bw

baird · 01-22-2008, 11:53 PM

request to experienced contributor, newbies can skip this one..

trying to get samsung 940bw working correctly under X in etch...

tried NVIDIA installer and the debian way multiple times with cleanup afetr each. no joy. blank screen. black. no cursor. forced to reboot.

with ref to this doc:
Debian Wiki NvidiaGraphicsDrivers document - Troubleshooting -X doesn't start section - my replies in brackets ()

*

Make sure the nvidia module is loaded into your kernel:

$ lsmod | grep nvidia

(yes, it is)
If it's not, then use modprobe or modconf to load it, or else have it load automatically at boot by adding nvidia to /etc/modules.
* Check that you have device files /dev/nvidia0 and /dev/nvidiactl:

$ ls -l /dev/nvidia*
crw-rw---- 1 root video 195, 0 date /dev/nvidia0
crw-rw---- 1 root video 195, 255 date /dev/nvidiactl
(yes, it is)

In Sarge, those files should be created by udev or devfs when the nvidia kernel module is loaded. Therefore, the absence of these files is most likely to be fixed by the previous solution. If the module is loaded but the files aren't created, you should verify that either udev or devfs is working correctly. If you use a kernel above 2.6.12, nvidia-kernel-common's /etc/init.d/nvidia-kernel is responsible for creating those files.
*

Make sure that your problem is related to the nvidia driver. Try switching back to a free driver: go back and repeat step 3, but this time select driver nv or vesa instead of nvidia. Then restart your X server.
(yes, can do)
If it still won't start, then you have other problems that precede NVIDIA's drivers.
* Make sure that the file "nvidia_drv.o" is specified in the Xorg.0.log file, i.e that it has been loaded by X.
(yes, it is loaded)

You need to make sure that "module version" is the same for all of these.

(yes, all same)

here is xorg logfile:

X Window System Version 7.1.1
Release Date: 12 May 2006
X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0, Release 7.1.1
Build Operating System: UNKNOWN
Current Operating System: Linux eugenio 2.6.18-5-k7 #1 SMP Wed Sep 26
18:29:20 UTC 2007 i686
Build Date: 04 September 2007
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: Sat Nov 10 08:07:06 2007
(==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf"
(==) ServerLayout "Default Layout"
(**) |-->Screen "Default Screen" (0)
(**) | |-->Monitor "SyncMaster"
(**) | |-->Device "NVIDIA Corporation NV18 [GeForce4 MX 440 AGP 8x]"
(**) |-->Input Device "Generic Keyboard"
(**) |-->Input Device "Configured Mouse"
(WW) The directory "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc" does not exist.
Entry deleted from font path.
(WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/X11/cyrillic" does not exist.
Entry deleted from font path.
(WW) The directory "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/cyrillic" does not exist.
Entry deleted from font path.
(WW) The directory "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/" does not exist.
Entry deleted from font path.
(WW) The directory "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/" does not exist.
Entry deleted from font path.
(WW) The directory "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1" does not exist.
Entry deleted from font path.
(WW) The directory "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi" does not exist.
Entry deleted from font path.
(WW) The directory "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi" does not exist.
Entry deleted from font path.
(WW) The directory "/var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/TrueType"
does not exist.
Entry deleted from font path.
(**) FontPath set to:
/usr/share/fonts/X11/misc,
/usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi/:unscaled,
/usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi/:unscaled,
/usr/share/fonts/X11/Type1,
/usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi,
/usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi
(==) RgbPath set to "/etc/X11/rgb"
(==) ModulePath set to "/usr/lib/xorg/modules"
(II) Open ACPI successful (/var/run/acpid.socket)
(II) Module ABI versions:
X.Org ANSI C Emulation: 0.3
X.Org Video Driver: 1.0
X.Org XInput driver : 0.6
X.Org Server Extension : 0.3
X.Org Font Renderer : 0.5
(II) Loader running on linux
(II) LoadModule: "bitmap"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/fonts/libbitmap.so
(II) Module bitmap: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
compiled for 7.1.1, module version = 1.0.0
Module class: X.Org Font Renderer
ABI class: X.Org Font Renderer, version 0.5
(II) Loading font Bitmap
(II) LoadModule: "pcidata"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/libpcidata.so
(II) Module pcidata: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
compiled for 7.1.1, module version = 1.0.0
ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 1.0
(++) using VT number 7

(II) PCI: PCI scan (all values are in hex)
(II) PCI: 00:00:0: chip 1106,3099 card 1106,3099 rev 00 class
06,00,00 hdr 00
(II) PCI: 00:01:0: chip 1106,b099 card 0000,0000 rev 00 class
06,04,00 hdr 01
(II) PCI: 00:0c:0: chip 8086,1229 card 0e11,b0d7 rev 05 class
02,00,00 hdr 00
(II) PCI: 00:0e:0: chip 1412,1724 card 153b,1145 rev 01 class
04,01,00 hdr 00
(II) PCI: 00:11:0: chip 1106,3074 card 1106,3074 rev 00 class
06,01,00 hdr 80
(II) PCI: 00:11:1: chip 1106,0571 card 1106,0571 rev 06 class
01,01,8a hdr 00
(II) PCI: 00:11:2: chip 1106,3038 card 0925,1234 rev 1b class
0c,03,00 hdr 00
(II) PCI: 00:11:3: chip 1106,3038 card 0925,1234 rev 1b class
0c,03,00 hdr 00
(II) PCI: 00:11:4: chip 1106,3038 card 0925,1234 rev 1b class
0c,03,00 hdr 00
(II) PCI: 01:00:0: chip 10de,0181 card 1458,3102 rev c1 class
03,00,00 hdr 00
(II) PCI: End of PCI scan
(II) Host-to-PCI bridge:
(II) Bus 0: bridge is at (0:0:0), (0,0,1), BCTRL: 0x0008 (VGA_EN is
set)
(II) Bus 0 I/O range:
[0] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x0000ffff (0x10000) IX[B]
(II) Bus 0 non-prefetchable memory range:
[0] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0xffffffff (0x0) MX[B]
(II) Bus 0 prefetchable memory range:
[0] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0xffffffff (0x0) MX[B]
(II) PCI-to-PCI bridge:
(II) Bus 1: bridge is at (0:1:0), (0,1,1), BCTRL: 0x000c (VGA_EN is
set)
(II) Bus 1 non-prefetchable memory range:
[0] -1 0 0xe8000000 - 0xe9ffffff (0x2000000) MX[B]
(II) Bus 1 prefetchable memory range:
[0] -1 0 0xe4000000 - 0xe7ffffff (0x4000000) MX[B]
(II) PCI-to-ISA bridge:
(II) Bus -1: bridge is at (0:17:0), (0,-1,-1), BCTRL: 0x0008 (VGA_EN
is set)
(--) PCI:*(1:0:0) nVidia Corporation NV18 [GeForce4 MX 440 AGP 8x]
rev 193, Mem @ 0xe8000000/24, 0xe4000000/26
(II) Addressable bus resource ranges are
[0] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0xffffffff (0x0) MX[B]
[1] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x0000ffff (0x10000) IX[B]
(II) OS-reported resource ranges:
[0] -1 0 0x00100000 - 0x3fffffff (0x3ff00000) MX[B]E(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 - 0x000000ff (0x100) IX[B]
(II) PCI Memory resource overlap reduced 0xe0000000 from 0xe3ffffff
to 0xdfffffff
(II) Active PCI resource ranges:
[0] -1 0 0xeb000000 - 0xeb0fffff (0x100000) MX[B]
[1] -1 0 0xeb100000 - 0xeb100fff (0x1000) MX[B]
[2] -1 0 0xe0000000 - 0xdfffffff (0x0) MX[B]O
[3] -1 0 0xe4000000 - 0xe7ffffff (0x4000000) MX[B](B)
[4] -1 0 0xe8000000 - 0xe8ffffff (0x1000000) MX[B](B)
[5] -1 0 0x0000e800 - 0x0000e81f (0x20) IX[B]
[6] -1 0 0x0000e400 - 0x0000e41f (0x20) IX[B]
[7] -1 0 0x0000e000 - 0x0000e01f (0x20) IX[B]
[8] -1 0 0x0000dc00 - 0x0000dc0f (0x10) IX[B]
[9] -1 0 0x0000d800 - 0x0000d87f (0x80) IX[B]
[10] -1 0 0x0000d400 - 0x0000d41f (0x20) IX[B]
[11] -1 0 0x0000d000 - 0x0000d01f (0x20) IX[B]
(II) Active PCI resource ranges after removing overlaps:
[0] -1 0 0xeb000000 - 0xeb0fffff (0x100000) MX[B]
[1] -1 0 0xeb100000 - 0xeb100fff (0x1000) MX[B]
[2] -1 0 0xe0000000 - 0xdfffffff (0x0) MX[B]O
[3] -1 0 0xe4000000 - 0xe7ffffff (0x4000000) MX[B](B)
[4] -1 0 0xe8000000 - 0xe8ffffff (0x1000000) MX[B](B)
[5] -1 0 0x0000e800 - 0x0000e81f (0x20) IX[B]
[6] -1 0 0x0000e400 - 0x0000e41f (0x20) IX[B]
[7] -1 0 0x0000e000 - 0x0000e01f (0x20) IX[B]
[8] -1 0 0x0000dc00 - 0x0000dc0f (0x10) IX[B]
[9] -1 0 0x0000d800 - 0x0000d87f (0x80) IX[B]
[10] -1 0 0x0000d400 - 0x0000d41f (0x20) IX[B]
[11] -1 0 0x0000d000 - 0x0000d01f (0x20) IX[B]
(II) OS-reported resource ranges after removing overlaps with PCI:
[0] -1 0 0x00100000 - 0x3fffffff (0x3ff00000) MX[B]E(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 - 0x000000ff (0x100) IX[B]
(II) All system resource ranges:
[0] -1 0 0x00100000 - 0x3fffffff (0x3ff00000) MX[B]E(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 0xeb000000 - 0xeb0fffff (0x100000) MX[B]
[5] -1 0 0xeb100000 - 0xeb100fff (0x1000) MX[B]
[6] -1 0 0xe0000000 - 0xdfffffff (0x0) MX[B]O
[7] -1 0 0xe4000000 - 0xe7ffffff (0x4000000) MX[B](B)
[8] -1 0 0xe8000000 - 0xe8ffffff (0x1000000) MX[B](B)
[9] -1 0 0x0000ffff - 0x0000ffff (0x1) IX[B]
[10] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x000000ff (0x100) IX[B]
[11] -1 0 0x0000e800 - 0x0000e81f (0x20) IX[B]
[12] -1 0 0x0000e400 - 0x0000e41f (0x20) IX[B]
[13] -1 0 0x0000e000 - 0x0000e01f (0x20) IX[B]
[14] -1 0 0x0000dc00 - 0x0000dc0f (0x10) IX[B]
[15] -1 0 0x0000d800 - 0x0000d87f (0x80) IX[B]
[16] -1 0 0x0000d400 - 0x0000d41f (0x20) IX[B]
[17] -1 0 0x0000d000 - 0x0000d01f (0x20) IX[B]
(II) LoadModule: "i2c"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/libi2c.so
(II) Module i2c: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
compiled for 7.1.1, module version = 1.2.0
ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 1.0
(II) LoadModule: "bitmap"
(II) Reloading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/fonts/libbitmap.so
(II) Loading font Bitmap
(II) LoadModule: "ddc"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/libddc.so
(II) Module ddc: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
compiled for 7.1.1, module version = 1.0.0
ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 1.0
(II) LoadModule: "extmod"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libextmod.so
(II) Module extmod: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
compiled for 7.1.1, module version = 1.0.0
Module class: X.Org Server Extension
ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 0.3
(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: "freetype"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/fonts/libfreetype.so
(II) Module freetype: vendor="X.Org Foundation & the After X-TT
Project"
compiled for 7.1.1, 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: "glx"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libglx.so
(II) Module glx: vendor="NVIDIA Corporation"
compiled for 4.0.2, module version = 1.0.8776
Module class: X.Org Server Extension
ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 0.1
(II) Loading extension GLX
(II) LoadModule: "int10"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/libint10.so
(II) Module int10: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
compiled for 7.1.1, module version = 1.0.0
ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 1.0
(II) LoadModule: "vbe"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/libvbe.so
(II) Module vbe: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
compiled for 7.1.1, module version = 1.1.0
ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 1.0
(II) LoadModule: "nvidia"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/nvidia_drv.o
(II) Module nvidia: vendor="NVIDIA Corporation"
compiled for 4.0.2, module version = 1.0.8776
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 7.1.1, module version = 1.1.0
Module class: X.Org XInput Driver
ABI class: X.Org XInput driver, version 0.6
(II) LoadModule: "mouse"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/input/mouse_drv.so
(II) Module mouse: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
compiled for 7.1.1, module version = 1.1.1
Module class: X.Org XInput Driver
ABI class: X.Org XInput driver, version 0.6
(II) NVIDIA X Driver 1.0-8776 Mon Oct 16 21:58:46 PDT 2006
(II) NVIDIA Unified Driver for all Supported NVIDIA GPUs
(II) Primary Device is: PCI 01:00:0
(--) Assigning device section with no busID to primary device
(--) Chipset NVIDIA GPU found
(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 7.1.1, module version = 1.0.0
ABI class: X.Org ANSI C Emulation, version 0.3
(II) Loading sub module "ramdac"
(II) LoadModule: "ramdac"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/libramdac.so
(II) Module ramdac: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
compiled for 7.1.1, module version = 0.1.0
ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 1.0
(II) resource ranges after xf86ClaimFixedResources() call:
[0] -1 0 0x00100000 - 0x3fffffff (0x3ff00000) MX[B]E(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 0xeb000000 - 0xeb0fffff (0x100000) MX[B]
[5] -1 0 0xeb100000 - 0xeb100fff (0x1000) MX[B]
[6] -1 0 0xe0000000 - 0xdfffffff (0x0) MX[B]O
[7] -1 0 0xe4000000 - 0xe7ffffff (0x4000000) MX[B](B)
[8] -1 0 0xe8000000 - 0xe8ffffff (0x1000000) MX[B](B)
[9] -1 0 0x0000ffff - 0x0000ffff (0x1) IX[B]
[10] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x000000ff (0x100) IX[B]
[11] -1 0 0x0000e800 - 0x0000e81f (0x20) IX[B]
[12] -1 0 0x0000e400 - 0x0000e41f (0x20) IX[B]
[13] -1 0 0x0000e000 - 0x0000e01f (0x20) IX[B]
[14] -1 0 0x0000dc00 - 0x0000dc0f (0x10) IX[B]
[15] -1 0 0x0000d800 - 0x0000d87f (0x80) IX[B]
[16] -1 0 0x0000d400 - 0x0000d41f (0x20) IX[B]
[17] -1 0 0x0000d000 - 0x0000d01f (0x20) IX[B]
(II) resource ranges after probing:
[0] -1 0 0x00100000 - 0x3fffffff (0x3ff00000) MX[B]E(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 0xeb000000 - 0xeb0fffff (0x100000) MX[B]
[5] -1 0 0xeb100000 - 0xeb100fff (0x1000) MX[B]
[6] -1 0 0xe0000000 - 0xdfffffff (0x0) MX[B]O
[7] -1 0 0xe4000000 - 0xe7ffffff (0x4000000) MX[B](B)
[8] -1 0 0xe8000000 - 0xe8ffffff (0x1000000) MX[B](B)
[9] 0 0 0x000a0000 - 0x000affff (0x10000) MS[B]
[10] 0 0 0x000b0000 - 0x000b7fff (0x8000) MS[B]
[11] 0 0 0x000b8000 - 0x000bffff (0x8000) MS[B]
[12] -1 0 0x0000ffff - 0x0000ffff (0x1) IX[B]
[13] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x000000ff (0x100) IX[B]
[14] -1 0 0x0000e800 - 0x0000e81f (0x20) IX[B]
[15] -1 0 0x0000e400 - 0x0000e41f (0x20) IX[B]
[16] -1 0 0x0000e000 - 0x0000e01f (0x20) IX[B]
[17] -1 0 0x0000dc00 - 0x0000dc0f (0x10) IX[B]
[18] -1 0 0x0000d800 - 0x0000d87f (0x80) IX[B]
[19] -1 0 0x0000d400 - 0x0000d41f (0x20) IX[B]
[20] -1 0 0x0000d000 - 0x0000d01f (0x20) IX[B]
[21] 0 0 0x000003b0 - 0x000003bb (0xc) IS[B]
[22] 0 0 0x000003c0 - 0x000003df (0x20) IS[B]
(II) Setting vga for screen 0.
(**) 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): NVIDIA GPU GeForce4 MX 440 with AGP8X at PCI:1:0:0
(--) NVIDIA(0): VideoRAM: 65536 kBytes
(--) NVIDIA(0): VideoBIOS: 04.18.20.13.00
(II) NVIDIA(0): Detected AGP rate: 4X
(--) NVIDIA(0): Interlaced video modes are supported on this GPU
(--) NVIDIA(0): Connected display device(s) on GeForce4 MX 440 with
AGP8X at
(--) NVIDIA(0): PCI:1:0:0:
(--) NVIDIA(0): Samsung SyncMaster (CRT-0)
(--) NVIDIA(0): Samsung SyncMaster (CRT-0): 350.0 MHz maximum pixel
clock
(II) NVIDIA(0): Assigned Display Device: CRT-0
(II) NVIDIA(0): Validated modes:
(II) NVIDIA(0): "1440x900_60.00"
(II) NVIDIA(0): Virtual screen size determined to be 1440 x 900
(++) NVIDIA(0): DPI set to (96, 96); computed from -dpi X commandline
option
(--) Depth 24 pixmap format is 32 bpp
(II) do I need RAC? No, I don't.
(II) resource ranges after preInit:
[0] 0 0 0xe4000000 - 0xe7ffffff (0x4000000) MX[B]
[1] 0 0 0xe8000000 - 0xe8ffffff (0x1000000) MX[B]
[2] -1 0 0x00100000 - 0x3fffffff (0x3ff00000) MX[B]E(B)
[3] -1 0 0x000f0000 - 0x000fffff (0x10000) MX[B]
[4] -1 0 0x000c0000 - 0x000effff (0x30000) MX[B]
[5] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x0009ffff (0xa0000) MX[B]
[6] -1 0 0xeb000000 - 0xeb0fffff (0x100000) MX[B]
[7] -1 0 0xeb100000 - 0xeb100fff (0x1000) MX[B]
[8] -1 0 0xe0000000 - 0xdfffffff (0x0) MX[B]O
[9] -1 0 0xe4000000 - 0xe7ffffff (0x4000000) MX[B](B)
[10] -1 0 0xe8000000 - 0xe8ffffff (0x1000000) MX[B](B)
[11] 0 0 0x000a0000 - 0x000affff (0x10000) MS[B](OprD)
[12] 0 0 0x000b0000 - 0x000b7fff (0x8000) MS[B](OprD)
[13] 0 0 0x000b8000 - 0x000bffff (0x8000) MS[B](OprD)
[14] -1 0 0x0000ffff - 0x0000ffff (0x1) IX[B]
[15] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x000000ff (0x100) IX[B]
[16] -1 0 0x0000e800 - 0x0000e81f (0x20) IX[B]
[17] -1 0 0x0000e400 - 0x0000e41f (0x20) IX[B]
[18] -1 0 0x0000e000 - 0x0000e01f (0x20) IX[B]
[19] -1 0 0x0000dc00 - 0x0000dc0f (0x10) IX[B]
[20] -1 0 0x0000d800 - 0x0000d87f (0x80) IX[B]
[21] -1 0 0x0000d400 - 0x0000d41f (0x20) IX[B]
[22] -1 0 0x0000d000 - 0x0000d01f (0x20) IX[B]
[23] 0 0 0x000003b0 - 0x000003bb (0xc) IS[B](OprU)
[24] 0 0 0x000003c0 - 0x000003df (0x20) IS[B](OprU)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Setting mode "1440x900_60.00"
(II) Loading extension NV-GLX
(II) NVIDIA(0): NVIDIA 3D Acceleration Architecture Initialized
(II) NVIDIA(0): Using the NVIDIA 2D acceleration architecture
(==) NVIDIA(0): Backing store disabled
(==) NVIDIA(0): Silken mouse enabled
(**) Option "dpms"
(**) NVIDIA(0): DPMS enabled
(II) Loading extension NV-CONTROL
(==) RandR enabled
(II) Initializing built-in extension MIT-SHM
(II) Initializing built-in extension XInputExtension
(II) Initializing built-in extension XTEST
(II) Initializing built-in extension XKEYBOARD
(II) Initializing built-in extension XC-APPGROUP
(II) Initializing built-in extension SECURITY
(II) Initializing built-in extension XINERAMA
(II) Initializing built-in extension XFIXES
(II) Initializing built-in extension XFree86-Bigfont
(II) Initializing built-in extension RENDER
(II) Initializing built-in extension RANDR
(II) Initializing built-in extension COMPOSITE
(II) Initializing built-in extension DAMAGE
(II) Initializing built-in extension XEVIE
(II) Initializing extension GLX

i am aware of module error in log but not sure how to fix or if this is stopping X from loading. also aware of font path errors.

help much appreciated.

cheers
Baird

jlinkels · 01-23-2008, 02:00 AM

What happens if you comment out "load GLX" in your /etc/X11/xorg.conf?

jlinkels

lazlow · 01-23-2008, 02:04 AM

Here is my working xorg.conf(Fedora 8) for my 940bw and a nvidia card(over DVI):

# Xorg configuration created by pyxf86config

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

Section "Files"
ModulePath "/usr/lib64/xorg/modules/extensions/nvidia"
ModulePath "/usr/lib64/xorg/modules"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Keyboard0"
Driver "kbd"
Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
Option "XkbLayout" "us+inet"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Monitor0"
ModelName "LCD Panel 1440x900"
HorizSync 31.5 - 56.0
VertRefresh 56.0 - 65.0
Option "dpms"
EndSection

Section "Device"
Identifier "Videocard0"
Driver "nvidia"
Option "DPI" "96 x 96"
EndSection

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

v00d00101 · 01-23-2008, 02:45 AM

This is what my xorg.conf looks like. Maybe it will help you in tweaking yours.

Code:

Section "Monitor"
        Identifier   "Monitor0"
        VendorName   "Monitor Vendor"
        ModelName    "Monitor 1280x1024"
        HorizSync    31.5 - 79.0
        VertRefresh  50.0 - 90.0
        Option      "dpms"
EndSection

Section "Device"
        Identifier  "Videocard0"
        Driver      "nvidia"
        VendorName  "Videocard vendor"
        BoardName   "nVidia Corporation Unknown device 01df"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
        Identifier "Screen0"
        Device     "Videocard0"
        Monitor    "Monitor0"
        DefaultDepth     16
        SubSection "Display"
                Viewport   0 0
                Depth     16
                Modes    "1152x864_75" "1024x768_85" "800x600_85" "640x480_85"
        EndSubSection
        SubSection "Display"
                Viewport   0 0
                Depth     24
                Modes    "1152x864" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
        EndSubSection
EndSection

Try adding a Modes section to your xorg.conf which includes the resolution you wish to run at, and its refresh rate.

Also you are using the old drivers, because the new 169 series doesnt support 440mx cards.

baird · 01-23-2008, 03:11 AM

if i comment out glx; X loads! nvidia logo appears and desktop is at correct size (almost fills widescreen) but a little blurry, particularly text. suspect that is due to other errors reported in xorg.conf i.e. fonts etc. had same blurry problem with ubuntu, which i fixed with some tweaking - need to refresh my memory on this (see my previous threads)

so no glx means waht? suspected that X was failing at glx load time, as per log file.

thank you very much jlinkels

lazlow · 01-23-2008, 01:52 PM

baird

Quote:

Option "DPI" "96 x 96"

See my xorg.conf above. If I remember correctly that was the line that cleared up the blurriness on mine.

jlinkels · 01-23-2008, 04:14 PM

GLX has to do with hardware accelleration. For example graphic programs use it heavily. You can do without if you just do text processing or as long as you don't notice any sluggishness.

I can't tell you what is happening, I run kernel 2.6.18-4-k7, and I have nvidia driver 1.0.8776 like you and a MX440 and I don't see any problems.

However I remember something I ran into two years ago and if I remember well it was the same error you had. I did have to do something with GLX. You might try to google with terms as nvidia, glx, hang.

Sorry that I cannot help you any further at the moment.

jlinkels

baird · 01-24-2008, 06:09 PM

thanks for responses. will research glx problem on other forums.

now i remember GLX, it's openGL and all that stuff.

do you know what glx packages (plus versions) are required? will compare against what is installed on my system.

btw, i'm using analog vga connection.

baird · 02-25-2008, 08:21 PM

just to finsh on this, a reintall of glx packages fixed the problem.
i managed to get x working perfectly with my samsung 940bw using the debian package method.
i suspect the nvidia installer (previous install attempt) broke the original GLX install.
i found it difficult to test if glx was working, ended up installing GL screensaver set, can confirm GLX is now working and X server loads and runs without problems.

xorg log still complains about not being able to find fonts but will fix this soon.