On 08/27/2015 03:21 AM, Carl Hartung wrote:
On Thu, 27 Aug 2015 00:07:47 +0200 Gustav Degreef wrote:
One of the commands I asked you to run was this:
# lspci | grep VGA 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation G96M [GeForce GT 130M] (rev a1)
which is supported by the following driver:
http://www.geforce.com/drivers/results/81761 Linux x64 (AMD64/EM64T) Display Driver Version 340.76 Release Date Tue Jan 27, 2015 Operating System Linux 64-bit
My system is a 'fresh install' + fully updated 13.2 x86_64 w/ KDE4 on an Intel Core2Duo based laptop with a G98M [GeForce 9300M GS rev a1] adapter. It is supported by the identical driver. Following are the packages that I have installed:
~> rpm -qa | grep nvidia nvidia-computeG03-340.76-42.1.x86_64 nvidia-gfxG03-kmp-desktop-340.76_k3.16.6_2-42.1.x86_64 nvidia-glG03-340.76-42.1.x86_64 nvidia-uvm-gfxG03-kmp-desktop-340.76_k3.16.6_2-42.1.x86_64 x11-video-nvidiaG03-340.76-42.1.x86_64
I can't really make heads or tails of what I've found in the log files that you sent. Here is some of what I found:
Screens listed in xorg.conf.install are 'vesa', 'modesetting', 'vmware' and 'vboxvideo' ... that's it.
Devices listed in xorg.conf.install are 'vboxvideo', 'vmware', 'modesetting', 'fbdev' and 'vesa' ... again, that's it.
Then there's this section from Xorg.0.log:
[ 20.299] (II) NVIDIA GLX Module 340.76 Thu Jan 22 11:24:42 PST 2015 [ 20.409] (==) Matched nvidia as autoconfigured driver 0 [ 20.409] (==) Matched nouveau as autoconfigured driver 1 [ 20.409] (==) Matched nv as autoconfigured driver 2 [ 20.409] (==) Matched modesetting as autoconfigured driver 3 [ 20.409] (==) Matched fbdev as autoconfigured driver 4 [ 20.409] (==) Matched vesa as autoconfigured driver 5 [ 20.409] (==) Assigned the driver to the xf86ConfigLayout
So, the nouveau driver has not been blacklisted as it would normally (automatically) be when the nVidia driver is installed.
And then there's this, from earlier up in Xorg.0.log:
[ 16.242] Kernel command line: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.16.7-24-desktop root=UUID=a79c28a8-3e12-4625-a79a-04a124903e97 resume=/dev/disk/by-id/ata-WDC_WD3200BEKT-60F3T1_WD-WX80A89R6040-part5 splash=silent quiet showopts nouveau.modeset=0
The nouveau.modeset=0 declaration should have also been removed when the nVidia packages were installed.
Further down in Xorg.0.log is this:
[ 20.464] (EE) NVIDIA: Failed to initialize the NVIDIA kernel module. Please see the [ 20.464] (EE) NVIDIA: system's kernel log for additional error messages and [ 20.464] (EE) NVIDIA: consult the NVIDIA README for details. [ 20.464] (EE) [drm] KMS not enabled [ 20.464] (EE) [drm] KMS not enabled [ 20.464] (EE) open /dev/dri/card0: No such file or directory [ 20.464] (WW) Falling back to old probe method for modesetting [ 20.464] (EE) open /dev/dri/card0: No such file or directory
I would be inclined at this point to reinstall 13.2 from scratch and to fully update the system before adding the nvidia repository. After adding the repository, here's what I'd do to install the packages I listed:
a] log out of the desktop and wait for the greeter w/ log-in prompt b] switch to tty1 (Ctrl + Alt + F1) c] log in as superuser (su -) d] invoke 'init 3' to switch to the systemd counterpart to 'run level 3' (i.e. no X) e] run the 'zypper in' command that I sent earlier to install the packages and reboot when done (invoke 'reboot' while still in tty1). The following from your mail sums it up best for me.
I wish I had more ideas but I think it will simply take too much time to track down and fix all these seemingly broken pieces. regards, Carl For me a simple solution is usually the best. Even if we could get it to work, there would be broken pieces left for the future. Since Suse 6.3 I have only done fresh installs until late last year. The 13.1 -> 13.2 was only my second attempt. The first was a 12.3 -> 13.1. My recollection was that the 12.3 upgrade was on another machine (or other partition), but what you found in the longs suggest my memory is incorrect. The logs suggest to me that what I did was 12.3 -> 13.1 and just recently 13.1 -> 13.2 on the same system. This laptop was my wife's former laptop, which I have upgraded the RAM, replaced the DVD drive and had repaired multiple times (inexpensive in India and Serbia), so perhaps my recollection of the "history" of the 13.1 install I previously gave you is not correct. For me, this is a good ending. I will do the fresh install, update and then in "runlevel 3" install the g03 series of nvidia rpms. It was a great learning experience and a sobering experence on the pitfalls of upgrading. Many, many thanks Carl, Gustav. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org