blank Xorg on Etch
> I have a howto on how to install nvidia drivers the debian way (as well as > any other type of kernel module package) at > http://www.tinyplanet.ca/~lsorense/debian/ The nvidia driver wasn't istalled, as i stated, so there was nothing for --uninstall to remove. Your howto helped, i'm replying from gnome. "Well I would have expected the nv driver to work fine with the 6150 although I have never actualyl used on of those low end onboard chips." Gimme high-end money and i'll get a high-end offboard chip. ;-) Actually, it wasn't nv causing the problem. I got the framebuffer error again after switching to the nvidia driver: (EE) Unable to find a valid framebuffer device (EE) NV(0): Failed to open framebuffer device, consult warnings and/or errors above for possible reasons (EE) Screen(s) found, but none have a usable configuration. I ran dpkg-reconfigure again, this time choosing No in the framebuffer question (Use kernel framebuffer device interface?) and choosing the nvidia driver instead of nv, and it worked. I didn't need to comment "dri" and "glx" either. So, the issue was the framebuffer. Thanks again. -- Fica bem, porta-te mal. Be well, misbehave. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: blank Xorg on Etch
On 11/28/07, Lennart Sorensen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, Nov 28, 2007 at 03:24:38PM -0600, Jaime Ochoa Malag?n wrote: > > you always could use vesa driver, this just work and let you work... > > Surprisingly many modern video cards don't have VESA support, so often > you can't. Good to know, just in case ;-) This card could have a good vesa support because no seems to be a new model... > > > In etch (non-free) there is an OLD nvidia closed driver that should work for > > you in etch... > > -- > Len Sorensen > -- Perhaps the depth of love can be calibrated by the number of different selves that are actively involved in a given relationship. Carl Sagan (Contact) Jaime Ochoa Malagón Integrated Technology Tel: (55) 52 54 26 10
Re: blank Xorg on Etch
On Wed, Nov 28, 2007 at 03:24:38PM -0600, Jaime Ochoa Malag?n wrote: > you always could use vesa driver, this just work and let you work... Surprisingly many modern video cards don't have VESA support, so often you can't. > In etch (non-free) there is an OLD nvidia closed driver that should work for > you in etch... -- Len Sorensen -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: blank Xorg on Etch
you always could use vesa driver, this just work and let you work... In etch (non-free) there is an OLD nvidia closed driver that should work for you in etch... good luck On 11/28/07, Nuno Magalhães <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Greetings earthlings. > There doesn't seem to be an X-related list, or i couldn't find it. > > > I had issues booting the Etch netinst for AMD64. I tried Knoppix 5.0.1 > - worked like a charm, X and all, except for sound. Tried live Ubuntu > 5.04 for Inter x86, complained about X. Tried Ubuntu 5.04 for AMD64, > complained about acpi; then about X. LFS 6.2.3 booted fine (has no X). > > So after booting the Debian installer with noacpi i finally installed > Etch through netinst. Until then it would freeze after "io scheduler > cfq registered" and the only suggestion i got from the lists was to > burn another disc... Anynway, now i'm complaining about X. The sound i > dealt with, added "options snd-hda-intel position_fix=1 model=3stack" > to /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base > > Which is better, ALSA or OSS? > > The system boots fine, actually it flies. As usual a Debian "basic" > install always adds unnecessary things - why the hell is there a > Bittorrent tracker?! Once X starts the screen blanks, beeps once, and > the monitor LED keeps blinking. It responds to Ctrl+Alt+Backspace > (does the same again) and i can switch to console. This is ps -A from > the first graphics-related PID: > 3018 ?00:00:00 gdm > 3024 ?00:00:00 gdm > 3029 tty7 00:00:00 Xorg > 3030 ?00:00:00 rpc.statd > 3031 ?00:00:00 dhclient > 3062 ?00:00:00 atd > 3069 ?00:00:00 cron > 3104 tty1 00:00:00 login > 3105 tty8 00:00:00 getty > 3114 ?00:00:00 gdmgreeter > How come there are two gdm? Eventually i'll switch to xdm and xfce4. > > The motherboard is an ASUS M2NPV-VM. Details can be found here: > > http://www.asus.com/products.aspx?l1=3&l2=101&l3=296&l4=0&model=1138&modelmenu=2 > Basically: > - AMD Athlon 64 3500+ > - graphics card is a nVidia GeForce 6150, i think > - 2GB of RAM (DDR2 667 DualChannel, 128bit) > - phoenix Award BIOS v6.00PG > > X is running the nv driver. I tried installing the nvidia driver from > their site (file NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-100.14.19-pkg2.run) but it > complains about libc - mine's 6 and i assume it's current. Gcc is ver > 4.1.2 20061115 (prerelease) (Debian 4.1.1-21). Once i've comented out > loading of dri and glx modules, i find no errors in X's log. Oddly > enough issuing "gcc -v > file" or similar for xorg won't redirect but > that's irrelevant for now. I don't really care about 3D - if i can get > it then all the better. If i can get X to work without closed drivers, > even sweeter. > > Here are the usual suspects: > > http://www.dei.isep.ipp.pt/~i000283/deb64/dmesg.txt > http://www.dei.isep.ipp.pt/~i000283/deb64/nvidia-installer.log > http://www.dei.isep.ipp.pt/~i000283/deb64/Xorg.0.log > http://www.dei.isep.ipp.pt/~i000283/deb64/xorg.conf > > uname -a gives: > Linux deb64 2.6.18-5-amd64 #1 SMP Thu May 31 23:51:05 UTC 2007 x86_64 > GNU/Linux > > I tried dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg but found nothing noteworthy. It > detected the same resolutions as XP Pro x64 currently does: 800x600, > 960x600, 1024x768 at 32bit. The monitor is a Samtron 55E. My other box > is and old Pentium 2 i'm LAMPing up with Debian Etch for i386 and X > works (almost) fine. I had to comment out dri and glx as well, the > window manager won't start up properly but it's working. Here's its > xconf: > http://www.dei.isep.ipp.pt/~i000283/deb64/i386-xorg.conf > I use the same monitor for both machines, although now i managed to > remote an X session to the old box. > > After running dpkg-reconfigure i got these errors in Xorg.0.log > (EE) Unable to find a valid framebuffer device > (EE) NV(0): Failed to open framebuffer device, consult warnings and/or > errors above for possible reasons > (EE) Screen(s) found, but none have a usable configuration. > Full log: > http://www.dei.isep.ipp.pt/~i000283/deb64/r-Xorg.0.log > Resulting xconf: > http://www.dei.isep.ipp.pt/~i000283/deb64/r-xorg.conf > > ...so i reverted to the old config files and got back where i started. > When i had Sarge the only issue i had with X under Debian was changing > the /dev for the mouse and everything worked fine (on that old box, > still XFree86), but now... > > > Hopefully this is enough information. And, according to Murphy, it's > probably a very easy and silly thing to solve. > > Thanks in advance. > > -- > Fica bem, porta-te mal. > Be well, misbehave. > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- Perhaps the depth of love can be calibrated by the number of different selves that are actively involved in a given relationship. Carl Sagan (Contact) Jaime Ochoa Malagón Integrated Technology Tel: (55) 52 54 26 10
Re: blank Xorg on Etch
On Wed, Nov 28, 2007 at 07:44:09PM +, Nuno Magalh??es wrote: > Greetings earthlings. > There doesn't seem to be an X-related list, or i couldn't find it. > > > I had issues booting the Etch netinst for AMD64. I tried Knoppix 5.0.1 > - worked like a charm, X and all, except for sound. Tried live Ubuntu > 5.04 for Inter x86, complained about X. Tried Ubuntu 5.04 for AMD64, > complained about acpi; then about X. LFS 6.2.3 booted fine (has no X). > > So after booting the Debian installer with noacpi i finally installed > Etch through netinst. Until then it would freeze after "io scheduler > cfq registered" and the only suggestion i got from the lists was to > burn another disc... Anynway, now i'm complaining about X. The sound i > dealt with, added "options snd-hda-intel position_fix=1 model=3stack" > to /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base > > Which is better, ALSA or OSS? ALSA > The system boots fine, actually it flies. As usual a Debian "basic" > install always adds unnecessary things - why the hell is there a > Bittorrent tracker?! Once X starts the screen blanks, beeps once, and > the monitor LED keeps blinking. It responds to Ctrl+Alt+Backspace > (does the same again) and i can switch to console. This is ps -A from > the first graphics-related PID: > 3018 ?00:00:00 gdm > 3024 ?00:00:00 gdm > 3029 tty7 00:00:00 Xorg > 3030 ?00:00:00 rpc.statd > 3031 ?00:00:00 dhclient > 3062 ?00:00:00 atd > 3069 ?00:00:00 cron > 3104 tty1 00:00:00 login > 3105 tty8 00:00:00 getty > 3114 ?00:00:00 gdmgreeter > How come there are two gdm? Eventually i'll switch to xdm and xfce4. > > The motherboard is an ASUS M2NPV-VM. Details can be found here: > http://www.asus.com/products.aspx?l1=3&l2=101&l3=296&l4=0&model=1138&modelmenu=2 > Basically: > - AMD Athlon 64 3500+ > - graphics card is a nVidia GeForce 6150, i think > - 2GB of RAM (DDR2 667 DualChannel, 128bit) > - phoenix Award BIOS v6.00PG > > X is running the nv driver. I tried installing the nvidia driver from > their site (file NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-100.14.19-pkg2.run) but it > complains about libc - mine's 6 and i assume it's current. Gcc is ver > 4.1.2 20061115 (prerelease) (Debian 4.1.1-21). Once i've comented out > loading of dri and glx modules, i find no errors in X's log. Oddly > enough issuing "gcc -v > file" or similar for xorg won't redirect but > that's irrelevant for now. I don't really care about 3D - if i can get > it then all the better. If i can get X to work without closed drivers, > even sweeter. Running 3rd party installers is always a very bad idea. The nvidia installer overwrites files that belong to dpkg, which will overwrite them on a future upgrade with no notice and things will nicely break on you. I have a howto on how to install nvidia drivers the debian way (as well as any other type of kernel module package) at http://www.tinyplanet.ca/~lsorense/debian/ > Here are the usual suspects: > > http://www.dei.isep.ipp.pt/~i000283/deb64/dmesg.txt > http://www.dei.isep.ipp.pt/~i000283/deb64/nvidia-installer.log > http://www.dei.isep.ipp.pt/~i000283/deb64/Xorg.0.log > http://www.dei.isep.ipp.pt/~i000283/deb64/xorg.conf > > uname -a gives: > Linux deb64 2.6.18-5-amd64 #1 SMP Thu May 31 23:51:05 UTC 2007 x86_64 > GNU/Linux > > I tried dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg but found nothing noteworthy. It > detected the same resolutions as XP Pro x64 currently does: 800x600, > 960x600, 1024x768 at 32bit. The monitor is a Samtron 55E. My other box > is and old Pentium 2 i'm LAMPing up with Debian Etch for i386 and X > works (almost) fine. I had to comment out dri and glx as well, the > window manager won't start up properly but it's working. Here's its > xconf: > http://www.dei.isep.ipp.pt/~i000283/deb64/i386-xorg.conf > I use the same monitor for both machines, although now i managed to > remote an X session to the old box. > > After running dpkg-reconfigure i got these errors in Xorg.0.log > (EE) Unable to find a valid framebuffer device > (EE) NV(0): Failed to open framebuffer device, consult warnings and/or > errors above for possible reasons > (EE) Screen(s) found, but none have a usable configuration. > Full log: > http://www.dei.isep.ipp.pt/~i000283/deb64/r-Xorg.0.log > Resulting xconf: > http://www.dei.isep.ipp.pt/~i000283/deb64/r-xorg.conf > > ...so i reverted to the old config files and got back where i started. > When i had Sarge the only issue i had with X under Debian was changing > the /dev for the mouse and everything worked fine (on that old box, > still XFree86), but now... > > > Hopefully this is enough information. And, according to Murphy, it's > probably a very easy and silly thing to solve. > > Thanks in advance. Well I would have expected the nv driver to work fine with the 6150 although I have never actualyl used on of those low end onboard chips. The nvidia driver on the other hand tends to work very well for me on all the nvidia cards I have used,
blank Xorg on Etch
Greetings earthlings. There doesn't seem to be an X-related list, or i couldn't find it. I had issues booting the Etch netinst for AMD64. I tried Knoppix 5.0.1 - worked like a charm, X and all, except for sound. Tried live Ubuntu 5.04 for Inter x86, complained about X. Tried Ubuntu 5.04 for AMD64, complained about acpi; then about X. LFS 6.2.3 booted fine (has no X). So after booting the Debian installer with noacpi i finally installed Etch through netinst. Until then it would freeze after "io scheduler cfq registered" and the only suggestion i got from the lists was to burn another disc... Anynway, now i'm complaining about X. The sound i dealt with, added "options snd-hda-intel position_fix=1 model=3stack" to /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base Which is better, ALSA or OSS? The system boots fine, actually it flies. As usual a Debian "basic" install always adds unnecessary things - why the hell is there a Bittorrent tracker?! Once X starts the screen blanks, beeps once, and the monitor LED keeps blinking. It responds to Ctrl+Alt+Backspace (does the same again) and i can switch to console. This is ps -A from the first graphics-related PID: 3018 ?00:00:00 gdm 3024 ?00:00:00 gdm 3029 tty7 00:00:00 Xorg 3030 ?00:00:00 rpc.statd 3031 ?00:00:00 dhclient 3062 ?00:00:00 atd 3069 ?00:00:00 cron 3104 tty1 00:00:00 login 3105 tty8 00:00:00 getty 3114 ?00:00:00 gdmgreeter How come there are two gdm? Eventually i'll switch to xdm and xfce4. The motherboard is an ASUS M2NPV-VM. Details can be found here: http://www.asus.com/products.aspx?l1=3&l2=101&l3=296&l4=0&model=1138&modelmenu=2 Basically: - AMD Athlon 64 3500+ - graphics card is a nVidia GeForce 6150, i think - 2GB of RAM (DDR2 667 DualChannel, 128bit) - phoenix Award BIOS v6.00PG X is running the nv driver. I tried installing the nvidia driver from their site (file NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-100.14.19-pkg2.run) but it complains about libc - mine's 6 and i assume it's current. Gcc is ver 4.1.2 20061115 (prerelease) (Debian 4.1.1-21). Once i've comented out loading of dri and glx modules, i find no errors in X's log. Oddly enough issuing "gcc -v > file" or similar for xorg won't redirect but that's irrelevant for now. I don't really care about 3D - if i can get it then all the better. If i can get X to work without closed drivers, even sweeter. Here are the usual suspects: http://www.dei.isep.ipp.pt/~i000283/deb64/dmesg.txt http://www.dei.isep.ipp.pt/~i000283/deb64/nvidia-installer.log http://www.dei.isep.ipp.pt/~i000283/deb64/Xorg.0.log http://www.dei.isep.ipp.pt/~i000283/deb64/xorg.conf uname -a gives: Linux deb64 2.6.18-5-amd64 #1 SMP Thu May 31 23:51:05 UTC 2007 x86_64 GNU/Linux I tried dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg but found nothing noteworthy. It detected the same resolutions as XP Pro x64 currently does: 800x600, 960x600, 1024x768 at 32bit. The monitor is a Samtron 55E. My other box is and old Pentium 2 i'm LAMPing up with Debian Etch for i386 and X works (almost) fine. I had to comment out dri and glx as well, the window manager won't start up properly but it's working. Here's its xconf: http://www.dei.isep.ipp.pt/~i000283/deb64/i386-xorg.conf I use the same monitor for both machines, although now i managed to remote an X session to the old box. After running dpkg-reconfigure i got these errors in Xorg.0.log (EE) Unable to find a valid framebuffer device (EE) NV(0): Failed to open framebuffer device, consult warnings and/or errors above for possible reasons (EE) Screen(s) found, but none have a usable configuration. Full log: http://www.dei.isep.ipp.pt/~i000283/deb64/r-Xorg.0.log Resulting xconf: http://www.dei.isep.ipp.pt/~i000283/deb64/r-xorg.conf ...so i reverted to the old config files and got back where i started. When i had Sarge the only issue i had with X under Debian was changing the /dev for the mouse and everything worked fine (on that old box, still XFree86), but now... Hopefully this is enough information. And, according to Murphy, it's probably a very easy and silly thing to solve. Thanks in advance. -- Fica bem, porta-te mal. Be well, misbehave. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
