Hello again.. Well I didn't get any replies, so I must be somewhere out in new territory or no one has encountered this problem besides me... Anywise, I have forged ahead and discovered a few things, so am still in need of advice. First of all let me say I have restored the ability to bring up the init 5 level GUI sorta... The previous error I reported in my first email, from the xorg.0.log file is no longer showing up after I rebuilt the xorg.conf file, but new errors are now showing up... see below... I am not sure if I should report nVidia problems via bug reports to openSuSE or directly to nVidia, but I can say the following with certainty - 1 The nvidia configuration tool nvidia-config IS broke. I was able to somewhat track down how it breaks the xorg.conf file by doing diffs on what it does to an xorg.conf file that was created initially by Xorg -configure (which works sorta...) and then subsequently modified by nvidia-xconfig. I haven't tracked down what specifically causes the breakage, but it has to be one of several differences that occur. I would be willing to share the various xorg.conf files and the diff results if anyone cares to pursue this, but since these files are rather lengthy, I won't include them in this posting. 2. I also have a feeling that the nVidia drivers supplied via the nvidia repository at URL: ftp://download.nvidia.com/opensuse/11.3/ are broken. Looking at the Xorg.0.log file I can see what appears to be evidence that things are going wrong when the nvidia drivers are being loaded - [ 15.927] (==) NVIDIA(0): Depth 24, (==) framebuffer bpp 32 [ 15.927] (==) NVIDIA(0): RGB weight 888 [ 15.927] (==) NVIDIA(0): Default visual is TrueColor [ 15.927] (==) NVIDIA(0): Using gamma correction (1.0, 1.0, 1.0) [ 15.927] (**) NVIDIA(0): Enabling RENDER acceleration [ 15.927] (II) NVIDIA(0): Support for GLX with the Damage and Composite X extensions is [ 15.927] (II) NVIDIA(0): enabled. [ 16.904] (II) NVIDIA(0): NVIDIA GPU GeForce GT 330M (GT216) at PCI:1:0:0 (GPU-0) [ 16.904] (--) NVIDIA(0): Memory: 1048576 kBytes [ 16.904] (--) NVIDIA(0): VideoBIOS: 70.16.5a.01.05 [ 16.904] (II) NVIDIA(0): Detected PCI Express Link width: 16X [ 16.904] (--) NVIDIA(0): Interlaced video modes are supported on this GPU [ 16.904] (--) NVIDIA(0): Connected display device(s) on GeForce GT 330M at PCI:1:0:0 [ 16.904] (--) NVIDIA(0): none [ 16.906] (EE) NVIDIA(0): No display devices found for this X screen. I won't copy the whole log file to this posting, it is rather lengthy, but willing to send it to anyone who cares to look at it. Also because nVidia's server configuration tool won't run, and gives me the following error - "You do not appear to be using the NVIDIA X driver. Please edit your X configuration file (just run `nvidia-xconfig` as root), and restart the X server." I suspect that a simpler driver is being loaded, one that runs the GUI but not any of the more advance features of the graphic's card, such as openGL. (The xorg.conf file IS specifying that the nvidia driver is to be used, and I am also willing to send it to anyone who wants to look at it.) I noted that nVidia has a later version of drivers supplied on their website (later than what is in the repository) but web research showed me that if I want to install them, the process is going to be much more difficult than simply installing from the repository, and I am not sure I want to go that route. (nor am I certain that the later drivers will fix my laptop issues...) So my question is, how often does the nvidia repository get updated with the latest drivers? Should I wait for an easier solution, or should I brave having to recompile the kernel and jumping through that hoop each and every time some update breaks my display? Again thanks in advance for any and all offers of help! Marc Chamberlin.. On 1/25/2011 5:11 PM, Marc Chamberlin wrote:
OK, I think nVidia just broke my laptop on me. I had noted that the openGL screen savers had stopped running so decided to look into why. Googling and poking around I came across an nvidia configuration tool so thought I would give it a try... nvidia-xconfig Didn't give me any kind of feedback so who knows if it worked ok or not...
I also happened to do an update on all packages from the repositories, that are newer than the ones I have, hoping for a fixed driver or something. So who knows if the update broke something... sigh..
Anywise, after rebooting, I can no longer get past the init 3 level. The GUI desktop at init 5 fails to come alive. So can some kind guru help me get my poor laptop back up on it's feet? Appreciate it..
Marc..
Here are some of the particulars -
I am running openSuSE 11.3 x64
uname-a gives Linux MarcsLaptop 2.6.34.7-0.7-desktop #1 SMP PREEMPT 2010-12-13 11:13_53 +0100 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
The Xorg.0.log file gives me this bit of interesting info at the end, but it makes no sense to me..
[ 16.078] (II) Primary Device is: PCI 00@00:02:0 [ 16.078] (EE) No devices detected. [ 16.078] Fatal server error: [ 16.078] no screens found [ 16.078] Please consult the The X.Org Foundation support at http://wiki.x.org for help. [ 16.078] Please also check the log file at "/var/log/Xorg.0.log" for additional information. [ 16.078]
lspci | grep -i nvidia gives 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation GT216 [GeForce GT 330M] (rev a2)
rpm -qa | grep -i nvidia gives nvidia-gfxG02-kmp-desktop-260.19.29_k2.6.34.0_12-21.1.x86_64 nvidia-settings-260.19.21-0.pm.1.6.x86_64 x11-video-nvidiaG02-260.19.29-22.1.x86_64
I tried to use the backup version of xorg.conf but no joy...
cat xorg.conf gives # nvidia-xconfig: X configuration file generated by nvidia-xconfig # nvidia-xconfig: version 260.19.29 (buildmeister@swio-display-x86-rhel47-04.nvidia.com) Wed Dec 8 12:27:39 PST 2010
Section "ServerLayout" Identifier "Layout0" Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0 InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard" InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer" EndSection
Section "Files" EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
# generated from default Identifier "Mouse0" Driver "mouse" Option "Protocol" "auto" Option "Device" "/dev/psaux" Option "Emulate3Buttons" "no" Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5" EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
# generated from default Identifier "Keyboard0" Driver "kbd" EndSection
Section "Monitor" Identifier "Monitor0" VendorName "Unknown" ModelName "Unknown" HorizSync 28.0 - 33.0 VertRefresh 43.0 - 72.0 Option "DPMS" EndSection
Section "Device" Identifier "Device0" Driver "nvidia" VendorName "NVIDIA Corporation" EndSection
Section "Screen" Identifier "Screen0" Device "Device0" Monitor "Monitor0" DefaultDepth 24 SubSection "Display" Depth 24 EndSubSection EndSection
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