On Tue, Feb 22, 2011 at 09:37:02PM -0500, Rob Owens wrote:
> I'm trying to run the nvidia proprietary driver for a PCI video card. I
> also have an onboard video card. I think xorg.conf needs to specify the
> BusID in the device section like this:
>
> Section "Device"
> Identifier "nVidia FX 5200"
> Driver "nvidia"
> BusID "PCI:00:06.0"
> EndSection
>
> lspci shows:
>
> 00:06.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV34 [GeForce FX
> 5200] (rev a1) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
>
> Is this correct?
>
> Second question: what if I want to use the tv-out connection instead of the
> DVI? How do I specify that?
>
I was having a problem that was fixed by moving the video card to
another slot (thanks to
/usr/share/doc/nvidia-glx-legacy-173xx/README.txt.gz for that hint).
Here is the error I was getting:
(EE) NVIDIA(0): The NVIDIA kernel module does not appear to be receiving
(EE) NVIDIA(0): interrupts generated by the NVIDIA graphics device
(EE) NVIDIA(0): PCI:0:6:0. Please see Chapter 8: Common Problems in the
(EE) NVIDIA(0): README for additional information.
(EE) NVIDIA(0): Failed to initialize the NVIDIA graphics device!
(EE) Screen(s) found, but none have a usable configuration.
For the record, here is my working xorg.conf file:
Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "Layout0"
Screen 0 "Screen0"
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
Option "TVOutFormat" "COMPOSITE"
Option "UseDisplayDevice" "TV"
Option "TVStandard" "NTSC-M"
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
EndSubSection
EndSection
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