nvidia drivers hosed up system - "no screens found" error
I installed the SuSE 8.1 rpm's from nvidia for their latest (4349) drivers and I'm pretty much hosed. Upon restarting X it would try and try to find a config it liked, but to no avail and eventually the machine would hang. I tried rerunning SaX2 and it would get as far as the SaX2 config screen - but no dialog asking me to accept/change - and it would exit. No problem I figured, I'd just reinstall 4191 which has been running fine here for a while. Well, I uninstalled the two new RPM's and installed the two old ones and X and SaX2 had the same behaviour. So I got desperate. I uninstalled the nvidia drivers again and used apt to retrieve and install XFree86 4.3. I ran SaX2 and it asked me to install the nvidia glx/kernel drivers again, which I did (using the 4349 versions), and reran SaX2. SaX2 would actually exit with an error now (new version of SaX2 I believe came down with XFree86 4.3). I uninstalled the 4349 drivers and reinstalled the 4191 drivers and tried again - same result. The "key" error seems to be in the SaX.log file that SaX2 tells me to check out: gambit:~ # tail /var/log/SaX.log Fatal server error: no screens found When reporting a problem related to a server crash, please send the full server output, not just the last messages. This can be found in the log file "/var/log/XFree86.0.0.log". Please report problems to http:/www.suse.de/feedback. I know I've seen this error before, but I have no idea how to track down the root cause. Could anyone provide any pointers on how I can get my system back up and running? I'm going through UT2003 withdrawal! thanks! -- John LeMay KC2KTH Senior Enterprise Consultant NJMC | http://www.njmc.com | Phone 732-557-4848 Specializing in Microsoft and Unix based solutions
Hi John,
gambit:~ # tail /var/log/SaX.log
there should be more info in SaX.log, which might give a hint, if you do not just look at the "tail". Also check /var/log/XFree86.0.log, usually there is a hint about why it couldn't get his screen. HTH, Matt T. On Wednesday 02 April 2003 08:55, John LeMay wrote:
I installed the SuSE 8.1 rpm's from nvidia for their latest (4349) drivers and I'm pretty much hosed. Upon restarting X it would try and try to find a config it liked, but to no avail and eventually the machine would hang. I tried rerunning SaX2 and it would get as far as the SaX2 config screen - but no dialog asking me to accept/change - and it would exit. No problem I figured, I'd just reinstall 4191 which has been running fine here for a while. Well, I uninstalled the two new RPM's and installed the two old ones and X and SaX2 had the same behaviour.
So I got desperate. I uninstalled the nvidia drivers again and used apt to retrieve and install XFree86 4.3. I ran SaX2 and it asked me to install the nvidia glx/kernel drivers again, which I did (using the 4349 versions), and reran SaX2. SaX2 would actually exit with an error now (new version of SaX2 I believe came down with XFree86 4.3). I uninstalled the 4349 drivers and reinstalled the 4191 drivers and tried again - same result.
The "key" error seems to be in the SaX.log file that SaX2 tells me to check out:
gambit:~ # tail /var/log/SaX.log
Fatal server error: no screens found
When reporting a problem related to a server crash, please send the full server output, not just the last messages. This can be found in the log file "/var/log/XFree86.0.0.log". Please report problems to http:/www.suse.de/feedback.
I know I've seen this error before, but I have no idea how to track down the root cause. Could anyone provide any pointers on how I can get my system back up and running? I'm going through UT2003 withdrawal!
thanks!
-- John LeMay KC2KTH Senior Enterprise Consultant NJMC | http://www.njmc.com | Phone 732-557-4848 Specializing in Microsoft and Unix based solutions
John,
I find SaX2 problematic when using the NVidia drivers. I always end
up editting /etc/XFConfig86 by hand. I can send you mine. It is a
version that worked on 7.1 and was editted slightly to make it work
with 8.2beta3 and a new NVidia GeForce 4 Ti 4200. Maybe not optimum,
but it largely works (bbweather and bbmail segfault, who's fault this
is I haven't determined).
HTH,
Jeffrey
Quoting Matt T.
Hi John,
gambit:~ # tail /var/log/SaX.log
there should be more info in SaX.log, which might give a hint, if you do not just look at the "tail".
Also check /var/log/XFree86.0.log, usually there is a hint about why it couldn't get his screen.
HTH, Matt T.
On Wednesday 02 April 2003 08:55, John LeMay wrote:
I installed the SuSE 8.1 rpm's from nvidia for their latest (4349) drivers and I'm pretty much hosed. Upon restarting X it would try and try to find a config it liked, but to no avail and eventually the machine would hang. I tried rerunning SaX2 and it would get as far as the SaX2 config screen - but no dialog asking me to accept/change - and it would exit. No problem I figured, I'd just reinstall 4191 which has been running fine here for a while. Well, I uninstalled the two new RPM's and installed the two old ones and X and SaX2 had the same behaviour.
So I got desperate. I uninstalled the nvidia drivers again and used apt to retrieve and install XFree86 4.3. I ran SaX2 and it asked me to install the nvidia glx/kernel drivers again, which I did (using the 4349 versions), and reran SaX2. SaX2 would actually exit with an error now (new version of SaX2 I believe came down with XFree86 4.3). I uninstalled the 4349 drivers and reinstalled the 4191 drivers and tried again - same result.
The "key" error seems to be in the SaX.log file that SaX2 tells me to check out:
gambit:~ # tail /var/log/SaX.log
Fatal server error: no screens found
When reporting a problem related to a server crash, please send the full server output, not just the last messages. This can be found in the log file "/var/log/XFree86.0.0.log". Please report problems to http:/www.suse.de/feedback.
I know I've seen this error before, but I have no idea how to track down the root cause. Could anyone provide any pointers on how I can get my system back up and running? I'm going through UT2003 withdrawal!
thanks!
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