Hi, I have a Gforce FX 5200. It is not entirely a top end card, but it is good enough for most purposes. However after following the Xconfiguration guide for Gentoo Linux in the provided docs to the letter, when I type 'startx' all I get is a blank screen. It looks like x has started, as there are no error messages and i am not dropped back to a prompt - but again as i said, all I get is a blank screen.
One part of the instructions I didn't understand was the part saying that I had to 'recompile the nvidia kernel'. What does this mean and how do I do it? I have no problems with compiling a standard kernel, and I emerged/installed the nvidia kernel and the nvidia driver.
Additionally, what options must I enable in the standard kernel (I'm using gentoo-sources) to ensure I obtain full accelearted 3D functionality?
All input is welcome.
Q
malloc
09-26-2003, 05:28 PM
As far as i know the "emerge nvidia-kernel" just makes the regular "nv" kernel module available, wich you won't want.
go to Nvidias site and download their linux driver, then as root just do sh NVIDIA_driver_something-something. That will lunch the installer and install the "nvidia" module. Then edit XF86Config and search for the "Device" section where your card is configured, then change the driver part to "nvidia" and voila, you should have those nice nvidia drivers ready to rock :D
Hayl
09-26-2003, 05:33 PM
Originally posted by malloc
As far as i know the "emerge nvidia-kernel" just makes the regular "nv" kernel module available, wich you won't want.
wrong. it downloads the real nvidia drivers.
emerge nvidia-kernel
emerge nvidia-glx
then edit your /etc/X11/XF86Config - changing "nv" to "nvidia"
malloc
09-26-2003, 05:41 PM
Looks like i made boo boo :(
Sorry about that.
bwkaz
09-26-2003, 07:45 PM
Originally posted by raid517
when I type 'startx' all I get is a blank screen. Might be in the nVidia readme:
The solution to this for some people at NVNews used to be turning on framebuffer console support, but it didn't work for everybody. Some other people had luck with the ConnectedMonitor / IgnoreDisplayDevices settings in XF86Config-4 (or XF86Config; I don't know what Gentoo uses).
In other words: from your description, I don't think it's your distro, or any of the packages.
Fryguy8
09-26-2003, 08:04 PM
what everybody said above is helpful.
Ctrl-alt-backspace out of X, and look for messages.
also /etc/log/XF* will have some log info for you as well.
raid517
09-27-2003, 06:40 PM
Hi thanks for all the great advice, but unfortunately it hasn't helped. Two things I tried were to disable unix98PTY support in the kernel and the other was to remove agpgrart support. I removed unix98PTY support as one of the errors it kept quiting with was 'not enough ptys'. Increasing this number sequentially from 256 to 512, 1024 and 2048 had no effect as it still kept producing that error. Only after I removed Unix98PTY support did that error go away. I removed agpgrat support as I found also that whenever it was enabled X refused to start, or would start with a mouse cursor and nothing more (black screen).
After I removed agpgart support from the kernel I was able to startx.
However I have absolutely no video acceleration and no opengl output. I emerged nvidia-glx (to non gentoo users emege just means automatically download compile and install) and nvidia-kernel. Unloaded (rmmod nvidia) as I had the module set to automatically load at boot time, I compiled the kernel with agpgart enabled/diabled and as a module - and each time I compiled the kernel I reinstalled and recompiled the nvidia drivers and then ran 'opengl-update nvidia'.
I then removed the 'dri' module from Xf86Config, which is configured as follows:
However when I type startx X will now start, but I can get no opengl or video accelearation at all. If I type glx gears, I simply get an error message saying:
Symbol__glxActiveScreens from module /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions/libdri.a is unresolved!
(II) [GLX]: Initialising GLX extension
login: Error 32, errono 2: No such file or directory
Reason get_pty: not enough ptys
If I remove PTY and agpgart support (baring in mind I found that it never worked at all with agpgart enabled) support in the kernel, X now starts, but there is no 3D at all and I still get the first error saying:
Symbol__glxActiveScreens from module /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions/libdri.a is unresolved!
Also in X if I type 'glxgears I get an error message saying:
[code]Error: couldn't get an RGB, Double Buffered visual.]
Has anyone got any ideas what this means? Has it got anything to do with the paths for RGB, or is it something else?
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Hayl
09-27-2003, 07:03 PM
did you emerge nvidia-kernel first or second? it has to be emerged before nvidia-glx.
you can just re-emerge them both... then either reboot or rmmod nvidia && modprobe nvidia.
(also, make sure that the nvidia module is loaded before starting X. if it isn't loading automagically, then add it to your /etc/modules.autoload file)
also try:
opengl-update nvidia
bwkaz
09-27-2003, 07:11 PM
Check the XFree86.0.log file that has been mentioned before. I bet that when you see the logging info for loading "glx", that X is actually choosing the default "glx" extension, namely /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions/libglx.a. This file, in turn, is going to load the "dri" module (libdri.a) -- that's about the only way I can think of to get "dri" to load, and "dri" is what's giving that error message.
The default configuration of X is that, when it sees Load "glx", to try to load libglx.so first (this will be nVidia's libglx), and only load libglx.a if the .so version isn't found. So check around in /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions and make sure there's a libglx.so file there. If not, see if there's a libglx.so.1.0.XXXX (where XXXX is the driver revision that's in portage). If there is, then ln -s libglx.so.<whatever> libglx.so and try to start X again. The default nVidia installer creates this symlink for you, but maybe Gentoo's didn't for some reason.
Or, there could be something else wrong, in which case the reason that libglx.so didn't get loaded should be detailed in that log. Especially check the "Using config file" line, to make sure it's using the config file that you've been editing.
The "no more pty's" message is related to devpts support. I don't know if Gentoo uses devfs by default, but if it does, then you don't need devpts. If it doesn't, you don't need to merely enable Unix98 PTYs, but you also need to mount -o uid=0,gid=5,mode=0620 -t devpts devpts /dev/pts at some point. You could put a line in /etc/fstab to accomplish this automatically:
Thanks I'll try that. What you said certainly makes sense since it is complaining about dri etc I will give it a go when I get home and let you know. :)
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raid517
09-28-2003, 12:36 AM
JHC it looks lie it's lading abnchof stuff that I definately didnt tll it to. (That symlink is in the correct location btw).
here is the output of my log file:
XFree86 Version 4.3.0
Release Date: 27 February 2003
X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0, Release 6.6
Build Operating System: Linux 2.4.20-gentoo-r7 i686 [ELF]
Build Date: 26 September 2003
Before reporting problems, check http://www.XFree86.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/XFree86.0.log", Time: Sun Sep 28 05:10:55 2003
(==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/XF86Config-4"
(==) ServerLayout "XFree86 Configured"
(**) |-->Screen "Screen0" (0)
(**) | |-->Monitor "Monitor0"
(**) | |-->Device "Card0"
(**) |-->Input Device "Mouse0"
(**) |-->Input Device "Keyboard0"
(==) Keyboard: CustomKeycode disabled
(**) FontPath set to "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/,
/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo/,
/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/,
/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/CID/,
/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/,
/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/"
(**) RgbPath set to "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb"
(**) ModulePath set to "/usr/X11R6/lib/modules"
Using vt 7
(--) using VT number 7
(WW) Open APM failed (/dev/apm_bios) (No such file or directory)
(II) Module ABI versions:
XFree86 ANSI C Emulation: 0.2
XFree86 Video Driver: 0.6
XFree86 XInput driver : 0.4
XFree86 Server Extension : 0.2
XFree86 Font Renderer : 0.4
(II) Loader running on linux
(II) LoadModule: "bitmap"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/fonts/libbitmap.a
(II) Module bitmap: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
compiled for 4.3.0, module version = 1.0.0
Module class: XFree86 Font Renderer
ABI class: XFree86 Font Renderer, version 0.4
(II) Loading font Bitmap
(II) LoadModule: "pcidata"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libpcidata.a
(II) Module pcidata: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
compiled for 4.3.0, module version = 1.0.0
ABI class: XFree86 Video Driver, version 0.6
(II) PCI: Probing config type using method 1
(II) PCI: Config type is 1
(II) PCI: stages = 0x03, oldVal1 = 0x80010044, mode1Res1 = 0x80000000
(II) PCI: PCI scan (all values are in hex)
(II) PCI: 00:00:0: chip 1106,3205 card 1106,3205 rev 00 class 06,00,00 hdr 00
(II) PCI: 00:01:0: chip 1106,b198 card 0000,0000 rev 00 class 06,04,00 hdr 01
(II) PCI: 00:0a:0: chip 1131,7146 card 13c2,1011 rev 01 class 04,80,00 hdr 00
(II) PCI: 00:10:0: chip 1106,3038 card 1106,3038 rev 80 class 0c,03,00 hdr 80
(II) PCI: 00:10:1: chip 1106,3038 card 1106,3038 rev 80 class 0c,03,00 hdr 80
(II) PCI: 00:10:2: chip 1106,3038 card 1106,3038 rev 80 class 0c,03,00 hdr 80
(II) PCI: 00:10:3: chip 1106,3104 card 1106,3104 rev 82 class 0c,03,20 hdr 00
(II) PCI: 00:11:0: chip 1106,3177 card 1106,3177 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: 00:11:5: chip 1106,3059 card 1695,3005 rev 50 class 04,01,00 hdr 00
(II) PCI: 00:12:0: chip 1106,3065 card 1695,3005 rev 74 class 02,00,00 hdr 00
(II) PCI: 01:00:0: chip 10de,0322 card 1462,9171 rev a1 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 0xe0000000 - 0xe1ffffff (0x2000000) MX[B]
(II) Bus 1 prefetchable memory range:
[0] -1 0 0xd8000000 - 0xdfffffff (0x8000000) 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 unknown chipset (0x0322) rev 161, Mem @ 0xe0000000/24, 0xd8000000/27
(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 0xffe00000 - 0xffffffff (0x200000) MX[B](B)
[1] -1 0 0x00100000 - 0x3fffffff (0x3ff00000) MX[B]E(B)
[2] -1 0 0x000f0000 - 0x000fffff (0x10000) MX[B]
[3] -1 0 0x000c0000 - 0x000effff (0x30000) MX[B]
[4] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x0009ffff (0xa0000) MX[B]
[5] -1 0 0x0000ffff - 0x0000ffff (0x1) IX[B]
[6] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x000000ff (0x100) IX[B]
(II) PCI Memory resource overlap reduced 0xd0000000 from 0xd7ffffff to 0xcfffffff
(II) Active PCI resource ranges:
[0] -1 0 0xe2002000 - 0xe20020ff (0x100) MX[B]
[1] -1 0 0xe2001000 - 0xe20010ff (0x100) MX[B]
[2] -1 0 0xe2000000 - 0xe20001ff (0x200) MX[B]
[3] -1 0 0xd0000000 - 0xcfffffff (0x0) MX[B]O
[4] -1 0 0xd8000000 - 0xdfffffff (0x8000000) MX[B](B)
[5] -1 0 0xe0000000 - 0xe0ffffff (0x1000000) MX[B](B)
[6] -1 0 0x0000e400 - 0x0000e4ff (0x100) IX[B]
[7] -1 0 0x0000e000 - 0x0000e0ff (0x100) IX[B]
[8] -1 0 0x0000dc00 - 0x0000dc0f (0x10) IX[B]
[9] -1 0 0x0000d800 - 0x0000d81f (0x20) 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 0xe2002000 - 0xe20020ff (0x100) MX[B]
[1] -1 0 0xe2001000 - 0xe20010ff (0x100) MX[B]
[2] -1 0 0xe2000000 - 0xe20001ff (0x200) MX[B]
[3] -1 0 0xd0000000 - 0xcfffffff (0x0) MX[B]O
[4] -1 0 0xd8000000 - 0xdfffffff (0x8000000) MX[B](B)
[5] -1 0 0xe0000000 - 0xe0ffffff (0x1000000) MX[B](B)
[6] -1 0 0x0000e400 - 0x0000e4ff (0x100) IX[B]
[7] -1 0 0x0000e000 - 0x0000e0ff (0x100) IX[B]
[8] -1 0 0x0000dc00 - 0x0000dc0f (0x10) IX[B]
[9] -1 0 0x0000d800 - 0x0000d81f (0x20) 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 0xffe00000 - 0xffffffff (0x200000) MX[B](B)
[1] -1 0 0x00100000 - 0x3fffffff (0x3ff00000) MX[B]E(B)
[2] -1 0 0x000f0000 - 0x000fffff (0x10000) MX[B]
[3] -1 0 0x000c0000 - 0x000effff (0x30000) MX[B]
[4] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x0009ffff (0xa0000) MX[B]
[5] -1 0 0x0000ffff - 0x0000ffff (0x1) IX[B]
[6] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x000000ff (0x100) IX[B]
(II) All system resource ranges:
[0] -1 0 0xffe00000 - 0xffffffff (0x200000) MX[B](B)
[1] -1 0 0x00100000 - 0x3fffffff (0x3ff00000) MX[B]E(B)
[2] -1 0 0x000f0000 - 0x000fffff (0x10000) MX[B]
[3] -1 0 0x000c0000 - 0x000effff (0x30000) MX[B]
[4] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x0009ffff (0xa0000) MX[B]
[5] -1 0 0xe2002000 - 0xe20020ff (0x100) MX[B]
[6] -1 0 0xe2001000 - 0xe20010ff (0x100) MX[B]
[7] -1 0 0xe2000000 - 0xe20001ff (0x200) MX[B]
[8] -1 0 0xd0000000 - 0xcfffffff (0x0) MX[B]O
[9] -1 0 0xd8000000 - 0xdfffffff (0x8000000) MX[B](B)
[10] -1 0 0xe0000000 - 0xe0ffffff (0x1000000) MX[B](B)
[11] -1 0 0x0000ffff - 0x0000ffff (0x1) IX[B]
[12] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x000000ff (0x100) IX[B]
[13] -1 0 0x0000e400 - 0x0000e4ff (0x100) IX[B]
[14] -1 0 0x0000e000 - 0x0000e0ff (0x100) IX[B]
[15] -1 0 0x0000dc00 - 0x0000dc0f (0x10) IX[B]
[16] -1 0 0x0000d800 - 0x0000d81f (0x20) IX[B]
[17] -1 0 0x0000d400 - 0x0000d41f (0x20) IX[B]
[18] -1 0 0x0000d000 - 0x0000d01f (0x20) IX[B]
(II) LoadModule: "glx"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions/libglx.so
(II) Module glx: vendor="NVIDIA Corporation"
compiled for 4.0.2, module version = 1.0.4496
Module class: XFree86 Server Extension
ABI class: XFree86 Server Extension, version 0.1
(II) Loading extension GLX
(II) LoadModule: "extmod"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions/libextmod.a
(II) Module extmod: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
compiled for 4.3.0, module version = 1.0.0
Module class: XFree86 Server Extension
ABI class: XFree86 Server Extension, version 0.2
(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 FontCache
(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: "xtrap"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions/libxtrap.a
(II) Module xtrap: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
compiled for 4.3.0, module version = 1.0.0
Module class: XFree86 Server Extension
ABI class: XFree86 Server Extension, version 0.2
(II) Loading extension DEC-XTRAP
(II) LoadModule: "record"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions/librecord.a
(II) Module record: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
compiled for 4.3.0, module version = 1.13.0
Module class: XFree86 Server Extension
ABI class: XFree86 Server Extension, version 0.2
(II) Loading extension RECORD
(II) LoadModule: "dri"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions/libdri.a
(II) Module dri: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
compiled for 4.3.0, module version = 1.0.0
ABI class: XFree86 Server Extension, version 0.2
(II) Loading sub module "drm"
(II) LoadModule: "drm"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/linux/libdrm.a
(II) Module drm: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
compiled for 4.3.0, module version = 1.0.0
ABI class: XFree86 Server Extension, version 0.2
(II) Loading extension XFree86-DRI
(II) LoadModule: "dbe"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions/libdbe.a
(II) Module dbe: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
compiled for 4.3.0, module version = 1.0.0
Module class: XFree86 Server Extension
ABI class: XFree86 Server Extension, version 0.2
(II) Loading extension DOUBLE-BUFFER
(II) LoadModule: "speedo"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/fonts/libspeedo.a
(II) Module speedo: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
compiled for 4.3.0, module version = 1.0.1
Module class: XFree86 Font Renderer
ABI class: XFree86 Font Renderer, version 0.4
(II) Loading font Speedo
(II) LoadModule: "type1"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/fonts/libtype1.a
(II) Module type1: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
compiled for 4.3.0, module version = 1.0.2
Module class: XFree86 Font Renderer
ABI class: XFree86 Font Renderer, version 0.4
(II) Loading font Type1
(II) Loading font CID
(II) LoadModule: "nvidia"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/drivers/nvidia_drv.o
(II) Module nvidia: vendor="NVIDIA Corporation"
compiled for 4.0.2, module version = 1.0.4496
Module class: XFree86 Video Driver
(II) LoadModule: "mouse"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/input/mouse_drv.o
(II) Module mouse: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
compiled for 4.3.0, module version = 1.0.0
Module class: XFree86 XInput Driver
ABI class: XFree86 XInput driver, version 0.4
(II) NVIDIA XFree86 Driver 1.0-4496 Wed Jul 16 19:06:03 PDT 2003
(II) NVIDIA Unified Driver for all NVIDIA GPUs
(II) Primary Device is: PCI 01:00:0
(--) Chipset NVIDIA GPU found
(II) resource ranges after xf86ClaimFixedResources() call:
[0] -1 0 0xffe00000 - 0xffffffff (0x200000)
raid517
09-28-2003, 12:37 AM
MX[B](B)
[1] -1 0 0x00100000 - 0x3fffffff (0x3ff00000) MX[B]E(B)
[2] -1 0 0x000f0000 - 0x000fffff (0x10000) MX[B]
[3] -1 0 0x000c0000 - 0x000effff (0x30000) MX[B]
[4] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x0009ffff (0xa0000) MX[B]
[5] -1 0 0xe2002000 - 0xe20020ff (0x100) MX[B]
[6] -1 0 0xe2001000 - 0xe20010ff (0x100) MX[B]
[7] -1 0 0xe2000000 - 0xe20001ff (0x200) MX[B]
[8] -1 0 0xd0000000 - 0xcfffffff (0x0) MX[B]O
[9] -1 0 0xd8000000 - 0xdfffffff (0x8000000) MX[B](B)
[10] -1 0 0xe0000000 - 0xe0ffffff (0x1000000) MX[B](B)
[11] -1 0 0x0000ffff - 0x0000ffff (0x1) IX[B]
[12] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x000000ff (0x100) IX[B]
[13] -1 0 0x0000e400 - 0x0000e4ff (0x100) IX[B]
[14] -1 0 0x0000e000 - 0x0000e0ff (0x100) IX[B]
[15] -1 0 0x0000dc00 - 0x0000dc0f (0x10) IX[B]
[16] -1 0 0x0000d800 - 0x0000d81f (0x20) IX[B]
[17] -1 0 0x0000d400 - 0x0000d41f (0x20) IX[B]
[18] -1 0 0x0000d000 - 0x0000d01f (0x20) IX[B]
(II) resource ranges after probing:
[0] -1 0 0xffe00000 - 0xffffffff (0x200000) MX[B](B)
[1] -1 0 0x00100000 - 0x3fffffff (0x3ff00000) MX[B]E(B)
[2] -1 0 0x000f0000 - 0x000fffff (0x10000) MX[B]
[3] -1 0 0x000c0000 - 0x000effff (0x30000) MX[B]
[4] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x0009ffff (0xa0000) MX[B]
[5] -1 0 0xe2002000 - 0xe20020ff (0x100) MX[B]
[6] -1 0 0xe2001000 - 0xe20010ff (0x100) MX[B]
[7] -1 0 0xe2000000 - 0xe20001ff (0x200) MX[B]
[8] -1 0 0xd0000000 - 0xcfffffff (0x0) MX[B]O
[9] -1 0 0xd8000000 - 0xdfffffff (0x8000000) MX[B](B)
[10] -1 0 0xe0000000 - 0xe0ffffff (0x1000000) MX[B](B)
[11] 0 0 0x000a0000 - 0x000affff (0x10000) MS[B]
[12] 0 0 0x000b0000 - 0x000b7fff (0x8000) MS[B]
[13] 0 0 0x000b8000 - 0x000bffff (0x8000) MS[B]
[14] -1 0 0x0000ffff - 0x0000ffff (0x1) IX[B]
[15] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x000000ff (0x100) IX[B]
[16] -1 0 0x0000e400 - 0x0000e4ff (0x100) IX[B]
[17] -1 0 0x0000e000 - 0x0000e0ff (0x100) IX[B]
[18] -1 0 0x0000dc00 - 0x0000dc0f (0x10) IX[B]
[19] -1 0 0x0000d800 - 0x0000d81f (0x20) IX[B]
[20] -1 0 0x0000d400 - 0x0000d41f (0x20) IX[B]
[21] -1 0 0x0000d000 - 0x0000d01f (0x20) IX[B]
[22] 0 0 0x000003b0 - 0x000003bb (0xc) IS[B]
[23] 0 0 0x000003c0 - 0x000003df (0x20) IS[B]
(II) Setting vga for screen 0.
(II) Loading sub module "vgahw"
(II) LoadModule: "vgahw"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libvgahw.a
(II) Module vgahw: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
compiled for 4.3.0, module version = 0.1.0
ABI class: XFree86 Video Driver, version 0.6
(==) NVIDIA(0): Depth 8, (==) framebuffer bpp 8
(==) NVIDIA(0): Default visual is PseudoColor
(==) NVIDIA(0): Using gamma correction (1.0, 1.0, 1.0)
(--) NVIDIA(0): Linear framebuffer at 0xD8000000
(--) NVIDIA(0): MMIO registers at 0xE0000000
(II) NVIDIA(0): NVIDIA GPU detected as: GeForce FX 5200
(--) NVIDIA(0): VideoBIOS: 04.34.20.22.00
(--) NVIDIA(0): VideoRAM: 131072 kBytes
(II) NVIDIA(0): Connected display device(s): CRT-0
(--) NVIDIA(0): Detected TV Encoder: NVIDIA
(--) NVIDIA(0): Display device CRT-0: maximum pixel clock at 8 bpp: 400 MHz
(--) NVIDIA(0): Display device CRT-0: maximum pixel clock at 16 bpp: 400 MHz
(--) NVIDIA(0): Display device CRT-0: maximum pixel clock at 32 bpp: 400 MHz
(II) Loading sub module "ddc"
(II) LoadModule: "ddc"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libddc.a
(II) Module ddc: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
compiled for 4.3.0, module version = 1.0.0
ABI class: XFree86 Video Driver, version 0.6
(WW) NVIDIA(0): Monitor0: Using default hsync range of 30.00-70.00kHz
(WW) NVIDIA(0): Monitor0: using default vrefresh range of 50.00-160.00Hz
(II) NVIDIA(0): Clock range: 12.00 to 400.00 MHz
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "1024x768" (bad mode clock/interlace/doublescan)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "512x384" (bad mode clock/interlace/doublescan)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "1280x960" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "640x480" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "1280x1024" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "640x512" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "1280x1024" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "640x512" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "1600x1200" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "800x600" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "1600x1200" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "800x600" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "1600x1200" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "800x600" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "1600x1200" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "800x600" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "1600x1200" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "800x600" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "1792x1344" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "896x672" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "1792x1344" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "896x672" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "1856x1392" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "928x696" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "1856x1392" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "928x696" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "1920x1440" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "960x720" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "1920x1440" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "960x720" (hsync out of range)
(WW) (1400x1050,Monitor0) mode clock 122MHz exceeds DDC maximum 110MHz
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "1400x1050" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "700x525" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "1920x1440" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "960x720" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "2048x1536" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "1024x768" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "2048x1536" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "1024x768" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "2048x1536" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "1024x768" (hsync out of range)
(WW) NVIDIA(0): Not using mode "1400x1050" (width 1400 is larger than
(WW) NVIDIA(0): EDID-specified maximum 1280)
(WW) NVIDIA(0): Not using mode "700x525" (height 1050 is larger than
(WW) NVIDIA(0): EDID-specified maximum 1024)
(WW) NVIDIA(0): Not using mode "1152x768":
(WW) NVIDIA(0): horizontal sync start (1178) not a multiple of 8
(WW) NVIDIA(0): Not using mode "576x384":
(WW) NVIDIA(0): horizontal sync start (589) not a multiple of 8
(WW) NVIDIA(0): Not using mode "360x200":
(WW) NVIDIA(0): horizontal sync start (378) not a multiple of 8
(**) NVIDIA(0): Validated modes for display device CRT-0:
(**) NVIDIA(0): Default mode "1280x1024": 108.0 MHz, 64.0 kHz, 60.0 Hz
(**) NVIDIA(0): Default mode "1280x960": 108.0 MHz, 60.0 kHz, 60.0 Hz
(**) NVIDIA(0): Default mode "1152x864": 108.0 MHz, 67.5 kHz, 75.0 Hz
(**) NVIDIA(0): Default mode "1024x768": 94.5 MHz, 68.7 kHz, 85.0 Hz
(**) NVIDIA(0): Default mode "1024x768": 78.8 MHz, 60.1 kHz, 75.1 Hz
(**) NVIDIA(0): Default mode "1024x768": 75.0 MHz, 56.5 kHz, 70.1 Hz
(**) NVIDIA(0): Default mode "1024x768": 65.0 MHz, 48.4 kHz, 60.0 Hz
(**) NVIDIA(0): Default mode "832x624": 57.3 MHz, 49.7 kHz, 74.6 Hz
(**) NVIDIA(0): Default mode "800x600": 56.3 MHz, 53.7 kHz, 85.1 Hz
(**) NVIDIA(0): Default mode "800x600": 49.5 MHz, 46.9 kHz, 75.0 Hz
(**) NVIDIA(0): Default mode "800x600": 50.0 MHz, 48.1 kHz, 72.2 Hz
(**) NVIDIA(0): Default mode "800x600": 40.0 MHz, 37.9 kHz, 60.3 Hz
(**) NVIDIA(0): Default mode "800x600": 36.0 MHz, 35.2 kHz, 56.2 Hz
(**) NVIDIA(0): Default mode "640x512": 54.0 MHz, 64.0 kHz, 60.0 Hz (D)
(**) NVIDIA(0): Default mode "640x480": 36.0 MHz, 43.3 kHz, 85.0 Hz
(**) NVIDIA(0): Default mode "640x480": 31.5 MHz, 37.5 kHz, 75.0 Hz
(**) NVIDIA(0): Default mode "640x480": 31.5 MHz, 37.9 kHz, 72.8 Hz
(**) NVIDIA(0): Default mode "640x480": 25.2 MHz, 31.5 kHz, 60.0 Hz
(**) NVIDIA(0): Default mode "640x480": 54.0 MHz, 60.0 kHz, 60.0 Hz (D)
(**) NVIDIA(0): Default mode "720x400": 35.5 MHz, 37.9 kHz, 85.0 Hz
(**) NVIDIA(0): Default mode "640x400": 31.5 MHz, 37.9 kHz, 85.1 Hz
(**) NVIDIA(0): Default mode "576x432": 54.0 MHz, 67.5 kHz, 75.0 Hz (D)
(**) NVIDIA(0): Default mode "640x350": 31.5 MHz, 37.9 kHz, 85.1 Hz
(**) NVIDIA(0): Default mode "512x384": 47.2 MHz, 68.7 kHz, 85.0 Hz (D)
(**) NVIDIA(0): Default mode "512x384": 39.4 MHz, 60.1 kHz, 75.1 Hz (D)
(**) NVIDIA(0): Default mode "512x384": 37.5 MHz, 56.5 kHz, 70.1 Hz (D)
(**) NVIDIA(0): Default mode "512x384": 32.5 MHz, 48.4 kHz, 60.0 Hz (D)
(**) NVIDIA(0): Default mode "416x312": 28.6 MHz, 49.7 kHz, 74.7 Hz (D)
(**) NVIDIA(0): Default mode "400x300": 28.1 MHz, 53.7 kHz, 85.3 Hz (D)
(**) NVIDIA(0): Default mode "400x300": 24.8 MHz, 46.9 kHz, 75.1 Hz (D)
(**) NVIDIA(0): Default mode "400x300": 25.0 MHz, 48.1 kHz, 72.2 Hz (D)
(**) NVIDIA(0): Default mode "400x300": 20.0 MHz, 37.9 kHz, 60.3 Hz (D)
(**) NVIDIA(0): Default mode "400x300": 18.0 MHz, 35.2 kHz, 56.3 Hz (D)
(**) NVIDIA(0): Default mode "320x240": 18.0 MHz, 43.3 kHz, 85.2 Hz (D)
(**) NVIDIA(0): Default mode "320x240": 15.8 MHz, 37.5 kHz, 75.0 Hz (D)
(**) NVIDIA(0): Default mode "320x240": 15.8 MHz, 37.9 kHz, 72.8 Hz (D)
(**) NVIDIA(0): Default mode "320x240": 12.6 MHz, 31.5 kHz, 60.1 Hz (D)
(**) NVIDIA(0): Default mode "320x200": 15.8 MHz, 37.9 kHz, 85.3 Hz (D)
(**) NVIDIA(0): Default mode "320x175": 15.8 MHz, 37.9 kHz, 85.3 Hz (D)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Virtual screen size determined to be 1280 x 1024
(--) NVIDIA(0): Display dimensions: (320, 240) mm
(--) NVIDIA(0): DPI set to (101, 108)
(II) Loading sub module "fb"
(II) LoadModule: "fb"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libfb.a
(II) Module fb: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
compiled for 4.3.0, module version = 1.0.0
ABI class: XFree86 ANSI C Emulation, version 0.2
(II) Loading sub module "ramdac"
(II) LoadModule: "ramdac"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libramdac.a
(II) Module ramdac: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
compiled for 4.3.0, module version = 0.1.0
ABI class: XFree86 Video Driver, version 0.6
(WW) NVIDIA(0): OpenGL is only supported in depths 16 and 24
(II) do I need RAC? No, I don't.
(II) resource ranges after preInit:
[0] 0 0 0xd8000000 - 0xdfffffff (0x8000000) MX[B]
[1] 0 0 0xe0000000 - 0xe0ffffff (0x1000000) MX[B]
[2] -1 0 0xffe00000 - 0xffffffff (0x200000) MX[B](B)
[3] -1 0 0x00100000 - 0x3fffffff (0x3ff00000) MX[B]E(B)
[4] -1 0 0x000f0000 - 0x000fffff (0x10000) MX[B]
[5] -1 0 0x000c0000 - 0x000effff (0x30000) MX[B]
[6] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x0009ffff (0xa0000) MX[B]
[7] -1 0 0xe2002000 - 0xe20020ff (0x100) MX[B]
[8] -1 0 0xe2001000 - 0xe20010ff (0x100) MX[B]
[9] -1 0 0xe2000000 - 0xe20001ff (0x200) MX[B]
[10] -1 0 0xd0000000 - 0xcfffffff (0x0) MX[B]O
[11] -1 0 0xd8000000 - 0xdfffffff (0x8000000) MX[B](B)
[12] -1 0 0xe0000000 - 0xe0ffffff (0x1000000) MX[B](B)
[13] 0 0 0x000a0000 - 0x000affff (0x10000) MS[B](OprD)
[14] 0 0 0x000b0000 - 0x000b7fff (0x8000) MS[B](OprD)
[15] 0 0 0x000b8000 - 0x000bffff (0x8000) MS[B](OprD)
[16] -1 0 0x0000ffff - 0x0000ffff (0x1) IX[B]
[17] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x000000ff (0x100) IX[B]
[18] -1 0 0x0000e400 - 0x0000e4ff (0x100) IX[B]
[19] -1 0 0x0000e000 - 0x0000e0ff (0x100) IX[B]
[20] -1 0 0x0000dc00 - 0x0000dc0f (0x10) IX[B]
[21] -1 0 0x0000d800 - 0x0000d81f (0x20) IX[B]
[22] -1 0 0x0000d400 - 0x0000d41f (0x20) IX[B]
[23] -1 0 0x0000d000 - 0x0000d01f (0x20) IX[B]
[24] 0 0 0x000003b0 - 0x000003bb (0xc) IS[B](OprU)
[25] 0 0 0x000003c0 - 0x000003df (0x20) IS[B](OprU)
(WW) NVIDIA(0): Failed to verify AGP usage
(II) NVIDIA(0): Setting mode "1280x1024"
(II) NVIDIA(0): Using the NVIDIA 2D acceleration architecture
(==) NVIDIA(0): Backing store disabled
(==) NVIDIA(0): Silken mouse enabled
(II) Loading extension NV-GLX
(II) Loading extension NV-CONTROL
(==) RandR enabled
Symbol __glXActiveScreens from module /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions/libdri.a is unresolved!
Symbol __glXActiveScreens from module /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions/libdri.a is unresolved!
(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 LBX
(II) Initializing built-in extension XC-APPGROUP
(II) Initializing built-in extension SECURITY
(II) Initializing built-in extension XINERAMA
(II) Initializing built-in extension XFree86-Bigfont
(II) Initializing built-in extension RENDER
(II) Initializing built-in extension RANDR
(II) [GLX]: Initializing GLX extension
(**) Option "Protocol" "auto"
(**) Mouse0: Protocol: "auto"
(**) Option "CorePointer"
(**) Mouse0: Core Pointer
(**) Option "Device" "/dev/mouse"
(**) Mouse0: Emulate3Buttons, Emulate3Timeout: 50
(==) Mouse0: Buttons: 3
(II) Keyboard "Keyboard0" handled by legacy driver
(II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "Mouse0" (type: MOUSE)
(II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "NVIDIA Event Handler" (type: Other)
Can you guys actually see anything weird there?
Q
rid3r
09-28-2003, 12:55 AM
damn it, you flooded the board :D
try to remove this line from XF86Config:
Section "DRI"
Mode 0666
EndSection
raid517
09-28-2003, 02:33 AM
Mmm yeah sorry about that. But the question was asked and i thought it needed answering.
As for removing the DRI section and mode line 0666, I'm afraid I'e been there and done that. If I go into x and run glxgears, I simply get an error message saying.
Error: couldn't get an RGB, Double Buffered visual
So does that mean anything to anyone, and also since the log file is there, can you see anything weird going on in it?
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bwkaz
09-28-2003, 01:44 PM
I edited the original post to include some line breaks in the font-path line, so that it didn't widen the board too much. :)
Originally posted by raid517
(==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/XF86Config-4" I think we have a winner. Are you editing /etc/X11/XF86Config-4, or are you editing /etc/X11/XF86Config?
raid517
09-28-2003, 02:36 PM
Sory that was just a typo. Gentoo does not use XF86Config-4, it uses XF86Config.
I have checked this file and it is as I have discussed above.
Q
raid517
09-28-2003, 02:54 PM
Just to clarify, here is my XF86Config-4 file. (I'm still curious as to whether there was anything you said in the possibility that Gentoo might be looking in the wrong paths for various components? I say this particularly whern I first installed it (not easy) It kept trying to load a non existant module called gentoo_portage from my modules.autoload file, even though moduels.autoload contained no reference to such a modul. The only way to overcome this was to handwrite a modules.autoload file and replace the automatically generated one. This trick did not work on this occasion though).
Originally posted by raid517
Sory that was just a typo. Gentoo does not use XF86Config-4, it uses XF86Config. A typo in your log file?
Now I'm extremely confused... why don't you just attach a copy of your log file, instead of typing it (if that's what you did...).
DruManiac
09-28-2003, 04:19 PM
man im telling u, its not coz of some technical ****, i had the same problem... its coz of ur monitor! u need at least 75hertz monitor for that... low hertz monitors also causes u low frame rates... get a 19" sony trinitron and fly........
raid517
09-28-2003, 06:31 PM
Originally posted by bwkaz
A typo in your log file?
Now I'm extremely confused... why don't you just attach a copy of your log file, instead of typing it (if that's what you did...).
Well if that is in my log file that is about as weird as it gets. Which configuration file is the log file referring to? In other words which file is it that Gentoo is actually using? There are two files in that directory, one is XF86Config and the other is XF86Config-4> At various points I have seen distributions that have used both these files (RedHat and Mandrake are two examples if I recall correctly).
In any case attached you will find my full logfile as requested.
If you can spot what on Earth is going on, I would much appreciate it.
Q
PS
Ps I said typo as I thought you were referring to something I had said. :p
bwkaz
09-28-2003, 06:45 PM
That's... err... the config file, not the log file... ;)
raid517
09-29-2003, 12:04 AM
Oops, how embarrasing... Sorry about that, the silly thing won't even let me edit/change the attachment... Never mind, here is the correct log file...
Q
raid517
09-29-2003, 12:54 AM
Wow! Success! I have now got full acceleration working. For some weird reason X was using a file /root/XF86Config. I think this might have happend during the xfree-config process (I can't remember the exact name of the x configuration software). Well anyway as I recall it recommended that if I wanted to test the file I should point X to the file it made in /root. Unfortunatele Gentoo seems to have remembered this and set it permentantly as the configuration file it should use. So
I went to /etc/X11 and rm'd everything to do with XF86Config (-4, example, old etc) and I removed the file that X was looking at in /root. Then I hand wrote my XF86Config file again, and voila, success, sucess, success...
Naturally I'm fairly pleased with myself, but I remain somewhat confused as to why Gentoo is remembering and pointing to erronerous file locations and modules (as I said above one of the early error messages I got was something about not being able to load a module called 'gentoo_portage' which wasn't in my modules.autoload.d/kernel2.6 file). But still... at least I know now when I see weidness like this that it is probably something of this nature that is to blame.
Now the only other problem I have is how to enable TV out? This system was built for music and movies (and maybe some games) so TV out would be a cool thing to get working.
BTW thanks to everybody for all your efforts here. It would have been very hard for you to figure this one out as clearly it makes no sense at all. But it was all the things that were said here that got me thinking. So thanks. ;)
Now all I need to get going is ALSA and then I'm ready and rocking. :)
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bwkaz
09-29-2003, 06:39 PM
Cool. :D Maybe you had an XF86CONFIG shell variable set?
As for TV-out, there's a whole section in the nVidia README about it (actually about enabling TwinView, but it's applicable regardless). Looked there?
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