xfree86, slackware, and geforce4

[jvolm]

I just put slack 8.1 on my computer at home and, as the title says, I have an Nvidia GeForce4. I ran xf86config, went through it fine with the correct specs for the monitor, card, etc. When I ran startx, I got "no devices found"

So, I went to nvidia, and got the correct kernel & drivers according to their script. I got the tarballs, installed them (no errors) and tried to startx again. I got the same error. I re-ran xf86config with more conservative settings, and still got the same error, "no devices found".

Any further suggestions?

[Hayl]

edit your /etc/modules.conf. add :

alias char-major-195 NVdriver

or if you are using build 4191 then:

alias char-major-195 nvidia

PS: download and print the documentation available on the nividia website at the bottom of the download page - it has an excellent troubleshooting section.

if adding the alias doesn't work then post /var/log/XFree86.0.log

[jvolm]

I took a look at the file, and the installation of the drivers must've taken care of that for me. The line is already there. I'll take a look at the docs on the nvidia site, though. Thanks for the help.

[jvolm]

Sorry...forgot the log. My apologies for the format, but the only way I could get it is via an ssh log....(no samba yet)

reading XFree86.0.log
Read XFree86.0.log, 245 lines, 11153 charsXFree86 Version 4.2.0 / X Window System(protocol Version 11, revision 0, vendor release 6600)Release Date: 18 January 2002 If the server is older than 6-12 months, or if your card is newer than the above date, look for a newer version before reporting problems. (See http://www.XFree86.Org/)Build Operating System: Linux 2.4.18 i686 [ELF]Module Loader presentMarkers: (--) 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: Wed Feb 26 12:17:04 2003(==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/XF86Config"(==) ServerLayout "Simple Layout"(**) |-->Screen "Screen 1" (0)(**) | |-->Monitor "asdfasdfasdf"(**) | |-->Device "asd"(**) |-->Input Device "Mouse1"(**) |-->Input Device "Keyboard1"(**) Option "AutoRepeat" "500 30"(**) Option "XkbRules" "xfree86"(**) XKB: rules: "xfree86"Read XFree86.0.log, 245 lines, 11153 chars(**) Option "XkbModel" "pc101"(**) XKB: model: "pc101"(**) Option "XkbLayout" "us"(**) XKB: layout: "us"(==) Keyboard: CustomKeycode disabled(**) FontPath set to "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/local/,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/:unscaled,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo/,/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 number 7(WW) Open APM failed (/dev/apm_bios) (No such device)(II) Module ABI versions:XFree86 ANSI C Emulation: 0.1XFree86 Video Driver: 0.5XFree86 XInput driver : 0.3XFree86 Server Extension : 0.1XFree86 Font Renderer : 0.3(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 4.2.0, module version = 1.0.0Module class: XFree86 Font RendererABI class: XFree86 Font Renderer, version 0.3(II) Loading font Bitmap(II) LoadModule: "pcidata"(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libpcidata.a(II) Module pcidata: vendor="The XFree86 Project"compiled for 4.2.0, module version = 0.1.0ABI class: XFree86 Video Driver, version 0.5(II) PCI: Probing config type using method 1(II) PCI: Config type is 1(II) PCI: stages = 0x03, oldVal1 = 0x00000000, mode1Res1 = 0x80000000(II) PCI: PCI scan (all values are in hex)(II) PCI: 00:00:0: chip 1106,3099 card 0000,0000 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: 00:09:0: chip 1102,0002 card 1102,8022 rev 07 class 04,01,00 hdr 80(II) PCI: 00:09:1: chip 1102,7002 card 1102,0020 rev 07 class 09,80,00 hdr 80(II) PCI: 00:0a:0: chip 1106,3044 card 1106,3044 rev 43 class 0c,00,10 hdr 00(II) PCI: 00:0b:0: chip 10b8,0005 card 10b8,a014 rev 08 class 02,00,00 hdr 00(II) PCI: 00:11:0: chip 1106,3147 card 1106,3147 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 23 class 0c,03,00 hdr 00(II) PCI: 00:11:3: chip 1106,3038 card 0925,1234 rev 23 class 0c,03,00 hdr 00(II) PCI: 01:00:0: chip 10de,0251 card 1545,003c rev a2 class 03,00,00 hdr 00(II) PCI: End of PCI scan(II) LoadModule: "scanpci"(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libscanpci.a(II) Module scanpci: vendor="The XFree86 Project"compiled for 4.2.0, module version = 0.1.0ABI class: XFree86 Video Driver, version 0.5(II) UnloadModule: "scanpci"(II) Unloading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libscanpci.a(II) Host-to-PCI bridge:(II) PCI-to-ISA bridge:(II) PCI-to-PCI bridge:(II) Bus 0: bridge is at (0:0:0), (-1,0,0), BCTRL: 0x08 (VGA_EN is set)(II) Bus 0 I/O range:[0] -1 0x00000000 - 0x0000ffff (0x10000) IX[B](II) Bus 0 non-prefetchable memory range:[0] -1 0x00000000 - 0xffffffff (0x0) MX[B](II) Bus 0 prefetchable memory range:[0] -1 0x00000000 - 0xffffffff (0x0) MX[B](II) Bus 1: bridge is at (0:1:0), (0,1,1), BCTRL: 0x0c (VGA_EN is set)(II) Bus 1 I/O range:(II) Bus 1 non-prefetchable memory range:[0] -1 0xe8000000 - 0xe9ffffff (0x2000000) MX[B](II) Bus 1 prefetchable memory range:[0] -1 0xd8000000 - 0xe7ffffff (0x10000000) MX[B](II) Bus -1: bridge is at (0:17:0), (0,-1,0), BCTRL: 0x08 (VGA_EN is set)(II) Bus -1 I/O range:(II) Bus -1 non-prefetchable memory range:(II) Bus -1 prefetchable memory range:(--) PCI:*(1:0:0) NVidia unknown chipset (0x0251) rev 162, Mem @ 0xe8000000/24,0xd8000000/27, 0xe0000000/19(II) Addressable bus resource ranges are[0] -1 0x00000000 - 0xffffffff (0x0) MX[B][1] -1 0x00000000 - 0x0000ffff (0x10000) IX[B](II) OS-reported resource ranges:[0] -1 0xffe00000 - 0xffffffff (0x200000) MX[B](B)[1] -1 0x00100000 - 0x3fffffff (0x3ff00000) MX[B]E(B)[2] -1 0x000f0000 - 0x000fffff (0x10000) MX[B][3] -1 0x000c0000 - 0x000effff (0x30000) MX[B][4] -1 0x00000000 - 0x0009ffff (0xa0000) MX[B][5] -1 0x0000ffff - 0x0000ffff (0x1) IX[B][6] -1 0x00000000 - 0x000000ff (0x100) IX[B](II) Active PCI resource ranges:[0] -1 0xeb000000 - 0xeb000fff (0x1000) MX[B][1] -1 0xeb001000 - 0xeb0017ff (0x800) MX[B][2] -1 0xd0000000 - 0xd7ffffff (0x8000000) MX[B][3] -1 0xe0000000 - 0xe007ffff (0x80000) MX[B](B)[4] -1 0xd8000000 - 0xdfffffff (0x8000000) MX[B](B)[5] -1 0xe8000000 - 0xe8ffffff (0x1000000) MX[B](B)[6] -1 0x0000e800 - 0x0000e81f (0x20) IX[B][7] -1 0x0000e400 - 0x0000e41f (0x20) IX[B][8] -1 0x0000e000 - 0x0000e00f (0x10) IX[B][9] -1 0x0000dc00 - 0x0000dcff (0x100) IX[B][10] -1 0x0000d800 - 0x0000d87f (0x80) IX[B][11] -1 0x0000d400 - 0x0000d407 (0x8) IX[B][12] -1 0x0000d000 - 0x0000d01f (0x20) IX[B](II) Active PCI resource ranges after removing overlaps:[0] -1 0xeb000000 - 0xeb000fff (0x1000) MX[B][1] -1 0xeb001000 - 0xeb0017ff (0x800) MX[B][2] -1 0xd0000000 - 0xd7ffffff (0x8000000) MX[B][3] -1 0xe0000000 - 0xe007ffff (0x80000) MX[B](B)[4] -1 0xd8000000 - 0xdfffffff (0x8000000) MX[B](B)[5] -1 0xe8000000 - 0xe8ffffff (0x1000000) MX[B](B)[6] -1 0x0000e800 - 0x0000e81f (0x20) IX[B][7] -1 0x0000e400 - 0x0000e41f (0x20) IX[B][8] -1 0x0000e000 - 0x0000e00f (0x10) IX[B][9] -1 0x0000dc00 - 0x0000dcff (0x100) IX[B][10] -1 0x0000d800 - 0x0000d87f (0x80) IX[B][11] -1 0x0000d400 - 0x0000d407 (0x8) IX[B][12] -1 0x0000d000 - 0x0000d01f (0x20) IX[B](II) OS-reported resource ranges after removing overlaps with PCI:[0] -1 0xffe00000 - 0xffffffff (0x200000) MX[B](B)[1] -1 0x00100000 - 0x3fffffff (0x3ff00000) MX[B]E(B)[2] -1 0x000f0000 - 0x000fffff (0x10000) MX[B][3] -1 0x000c0000 - 0x000effff (0x30000) MX[B][4] -1 0x00000000 - 0x0009ffff (0xa0000) MX[B][5] -1 0x0000ffff - 0x0000ffff (0x1) IX[B][6] -1 0x00000000 - 0x000000ff (0x100) IX[B](II) All system resource ranges:[0] -1 0xffe00000 - 0xffffffff (0x200000) MX[B](B)[1] -1 0x00100000 - 0x3fffffff (0x3ff00000) MX[B]E(B)[2] -1 0x000f0000 - 0x000fffff (0x10000) MX[B][3] -1 0x000c0000 - 0x000effff (0x30000) MX[B][4] -1 0x00000000 - 0x0009ffff (0xa0000) MX[B][5] -1 0xeb000000 - 0xeb000fff (0x1000) MX[B][6] -1 0xeb001000 - 0xeb0017ff (0x800) MX[B][7] -1 0xd0000000 - 0xd7ffffff (0x8000000) MX[B][8] -1 0xe0000000 - 0xe007ffff (0x80000) MX[B](B)[9] -1 0xd8000000 - 0xdfffffff (0x8000000) MX[B](B)[10] -1 0xe8000000 - 0xe8ffffff (0x1000000) MX[B](B)[11] -1 0x0000ffff - 0x0000ffff (0x1) IX[B][12] -1 0x00000000 - 0x000000ff (0x100) IX[B][13] -1 0x0000e800 - 0x0000e81f (0x20) IX[B][14] -1 0x0000e400 - 0x0000e41f (0x20) IX[B][15] -1 0x0000e000 - 0x0000e00f (0x10) IX[B][16] -1 0x0000dc00 - 0x0000dcff (0x100) IX[B][17] -1 0x0000d800 - 0x0000d87f (0x80) IX[B][18] -1 0x0000d400 - 0x0000d407 (0x8) IX[B][19] -1 0x0000d000 - 0x0000d01f (0x20) IX[B](II) LoadModule: "dbe"(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions/libdbe.a(II) Module dbe: vendor="The XFree86 Project"compiled for 4.2.0, module version = 1.0.0Module class: XFree86 Server ExtensionABI class: XFree86 Server Extension, version 0.1(II) Loading extension

[jvolm]

DOUBLE-BUFFER(II) LoadModule: "extmod"(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions/libextmod.a(II) Module extmod: vendor="The XFree86 Project"compiled for 4.2.0, module version = 1.0.0Module class: XFree86 Server ExtensionABI class: XFree86 Server Extension, version 0.1(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 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) LoadModule: "type1"(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/fonts/libtype1.a(II) Module type1: vendor="The XFree86 Project"compiled for 4.2.0, module version = 1.0.1Module class: XFree86 Font RendererABI class: XFree86 Font Renderer, version 0.3(II) Loading font Type1(II) Loading font CID(II) LoadModule: "freetype"(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/fonts/libfreetype.a(II) Module freetype: vendor="The XFree86 Project"compiled for 4.2.0, module version = 1.1.10Module class: XFree86 Font RendererABI class: XFree86 Font Renderer, version 0.3(II) Loading font FreeType(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 = 1.0.4191Module class: XFree86 Server ExtensionABI class: XFree86 Server Extension, version 0.1(II) Loading extension GLX(II) LoadModule: "nv"(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/drivers/nv_drv.o(II) Module nv: vendor="The XFree86 Project"compiled for 4.2.0, module version = 1.0.1Module class: XFree86 Video DriverABI class: XFree86 Video Driver, version 0.5(II) LoadModule: "mouse"(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/input/mouse_drv.o(II) Module mouse: vendor="The XFree86 Project"compiled for 4.2.0, module version = 1.0.0Module class: XFree86 XInput DriverABI class: XFree86 XInput driver, version 0.3(II) NV: driver for NVIDIA chipsets: RIVA128, RIVA TNT, RIVA TNT2,RIVA TNT2 Ultra, Vanta, RIVA TNT2 M64, Aladdin TNT2, GeForce 256,GeForce DDR, Quadro, GeForce2 GTS/Pro, GeForce2 Ti, GeForce2 Ultra,Quadro2 Pro, GeForce2 MX/MX 400, GeForce2 MX 100/200, 0x0170, 0x0171,0x0172, 0x0173, 0x0174, 0x0175, 0x0178, 0x017A, 0x017B, 0x017C,GeForce2 Integrated, Quadro2 MXR, GeForce2 Go, GeForce3,GeForce3 Ti 200, GeForce3 Ti 500, Quadro DDC, 0x0250, 0x0258(II) Primary Device is: PCI 01:00:0(--) Assigning device section with no busID to primary device(EE) No devices detected.Fatal server error:no screens foundWhen reporting a problem related to a server crash, please sendthe full server output, not just the last messages.This can be found in the log file "/var/log/XFree86.0.log".Please report problems to xfree86@xfree86.org.

[jvolm]

Now for the truly weird....

I just put on VNC server, and it boots with no difficulty. I can even connect to VNC from another machine! So X does work...IIRC, VNC doesn't run without X....

So what's going on now???

[jvolm]

Yes! I got it to work.

As usual, it was a simple change, just two lines in the xwin config file. Now if I can just get my &^%#@!!! soundcard to work...

Thanks for the help....