Hi,
My 12.2 has been working perfectly at 1024x768 resolution until now. This PM after booting with Grub(2) menu I see a screen with humongous fonts. I cannot change screen resolution by right clicking the mouse. Booting in fail-safe option doesn’t help either. I have been using Nvidia driver instead of nouveau for GT6600 video card. As a result, I cannot login.
Any suggestions? Thanks a lot for your help.
Why can’t you login? It should suffice if you just enter your password, even if you can’t see anything because of the wrong resolution.
Where are you right clicking to change the screen resolution?
Could you maybe post a picture?
Did you install a kernel update maybe?
That could prevent the nvidia driver from working. You may have to reinstall it (depends on how you installed it in the first place).
Could you maybe upload the file /var/log/Xorg.0.log to SUSE Paste or similar and post a link? That should provide a clue as to what’s wrong.
If your monitor suddenly is reporting a wrong resolution, it may help to completely unplug it (including the power plug) and reconnect it again.
Hello wolfi323,
I cannot log in because I don’t see the login screen.
After booting into run level 3, I was able to log in
#rpm -qa | grep nvidia
nvidia-computeG02-304.88-25.1.x86_64
nvidia-gfxG02-kmp-desktop-304.88_k3.4.6_2.10-24.1.x86_64
x11-video-nvidiaG02-304.88-25.1.x86_64
#less /var/log/Xorg.0.log
At this point, this log includes the following clues: “no screen section”, “no layout section”, “no monitor specified”, and “the directory /usr/share/fonts/URW does not exist”. Perhaps an update yesterday somehow messed up the display. I don’t remember if a kernel update was involved.
How do I select relevant parts of Xorg.0.log, copy then upload the excerpt to SUSE Paste?
Thanks in advance for your help.
Hi everyone,
I booted into runlevel 3 then
startx
I was then able to access the normal and default log in screen. I did not see a link after pasting Xorg.0.log onto susepaste box so I will post it below:
#cat /var/log/Xorg.0.log
inux-rtcr:~ # cat /var/log/Xorg.0.log
149.513]
X.Org X Server 1.12.3
Release Date: 2012-07-09
149.513] X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0
149.513] Build Operating System: openSUSE SUSE LINUX
149.513] Current Operating System: Linux linux-rtcr 3.4.47-2.38-desktop #1 SMP PREEMPT Fri May 31 20:17:40 UTC 2013 (3961086) x86_64
149.514] Kernel command line: root=/dev/disk/by-id/ata-ST3250824AS_5ND36152-part5 resume=/dev/disk/by-id/ata-ST3250824AS_5ND36152-part9 splash=silent quiet 3 nomodeset vga=0x317
149.514] Build Date: 27 June 2013 08:19:01AM
149.514]
149.514] Current version of pixman: 0.24.4
149.515] Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.x.org
to make sure that you have the latest version.
149.515] Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting,
(++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational,
(WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
149.516] (==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.0.log", Time: Tue Jul 16 18:06:31 2013
149.566] (==) Using config directory: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf.d"
149.566] (==) Using system config directory "/usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d"
149.628] (==) No Layout section. Using the first Screen section.
149.628] (==) No screen section available. Using defaults.
149.628] (**) |-->Screen "Default Screen Section" (0)
149.628] (**) | |-->Monitor "<default monitor>"
149.642] (==) No monitor specified for screen "Default Screen Section".
Using a default monitor configuration.
149.642] (==) Automatically adding devices
149.642] (==) Automatically enabling devices
149.752] (WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/URW/" does not exist.
149.752] Entry deleted from font path.
149.752] (WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/misc/sgi" does not exist.
149.752] Entry deleted from font path.
...
151.131] (II) LoadModule: "nvidia"
151.131] (II) Loading /usr/lib64/xorg/modules/updates/drivers/nvidia_drv.so
151.211] (II) Module nvidia: vendor="NVIDIA Corporation"
151.211] compiled for 4.0.2, module version = 1.0.0
151.211] Module class: X.Org Video Driver
151.238] (II) LoadModule: "nouveau"
151.240] (WW) Warning, couldn't open module nouveau
151.240] (II) UnloadModule: "nouveau"
151.240] (II) Unloading nouveau
151.240] (EE) Failed to load module "nouveau" (module does not exist, 0)
151.240] (II) LoadModule: "nv"
151.241] (II) Loading /usr/lib64/xorg/modules/drivers/nv_drv.so
151.256] (II) Module nv: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
151.256] compiled for 1.12.3, module version = 2.1.20
151.256] Module class: X.Org Video Driver
151.256] ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 12.0
151.257] (II) LoadModule: "fbdev"
151.257] (II) Loading /usr/lib64/xorg/modules/drivers/fbdev_drv.so
151.264] (II) Module fbdev: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
151.264] compiled for 1.12.3, module version = 0.4.2
151.264] ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 12.0
151.264] (II) LoadModule: "vesa"
151.265] (II) Loading /usr/lib64/xorg/modules/drivers/vesa_drv.so
151.274] (II) Module vesa: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
151.274] compiled for 1.12.3, module version = 2.3.1
151.274] Module class: X.Org Video Driver
151.274] ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 12.0
151.275] (II) NVIDIA dlloader X Driver 304.88 Wed Mar 27 14:28:14 PDT 2013
151.275] (II) NVIDIA Unified Driver for all Supported NVIDIA GPUs
151.290] (II) NV: driver for NVIDIA chipsets: RIVA 128, RIVA TNT, RIVA TNT2,
...
Quadro FX 3450/4000 SDI, Quadro FX 1400, GeForce 6600 GT,
...
151.297] (II) FBDEV: driver for framebuffer: fbdev
151.297] (II) VESA: driver for VESA chipsets: vesa
151.297] (--) using VT number 2
151.316] (II) Loading sub module "fb"
151.316] (II) LoadModule: "fb"
151.317] (II) Loading /usr/lib64/xorg/modules/libfb.so
151.334] (II) Module fb: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
151.334] compiled for 1.12.3, module version = 1.0.0
151.334] ABI class: X.Org ANSI C Emulation, version 0.4
151.334] (II) Loading sub module "wfb"
151.334] (II) LoadModule: "wfb"
151.334] (II) Loading /usr/lib64/xorg/modules/libwfb.so
151.341] (II) Module wfb: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
151.341] compiled for 1.12.3, module version = 1.0.0
151.341] ABI class: X.Org ANSI C Emulation, version 0.4
151.341] (II) Loading sub module "ramdac"
151.341] (II) LoadModule: "ramdac"
151.341] (II) Module "ramdac" already built-in
151.356] (WW) Falling back to old probe method for fbdev
151.356] (II) Loading sub module "fbdevhw"
151.356] (II) LoadModule: "fbdevhw"
151.356] (II) Loading /usr/lib64/xorg/modules/libfbdevhw.so
151.363] (II) Module fbdevhw: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
151.363] compiled for 1.12.3, module version = 0.0.2
151.363] ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 12.0
151.363] (WW) Falling back to old probe method for vesa
151.363] (II) NVIDIA(0): Creating default Display subsection in Screen section
"Default Screen Section" for depth/fbbpp 24/32
151.363] (==) NVIDIA(0): Depth 24, (==) framebuffer bpp 32
151.363] (==) NVIDIA(0): RGB weight 888
151.363] (==) NVIDIA(0): Default visual is TrueColor
151.363] (==) NVIDIA(0): Using gamma correction (1.0, 1.0, 1.0)
151.364] (**) NVIDIA(0): Enabling 2D acceleration
152.871] (WW) NVIDIA(GPU-0): Unable to read EDID for display device CRT-0
152.881] (II) NVIDIA(0): NVIDIA GPU GeForce 6600 (NV43) at PCI:1:0:0 (GPU-0)
152.881] (--) NVIDIA(0): Memory: 524288 kBytes
152.881] (--) NVIDIA(0): VideoBIOS: 05.43.02.75.00
152.881] (II) NVIDIA(0): Detected PCI Express Link width: 16X
152.881] (--) NVIDIA(0): Interlaced video modes are supported on this GPU
152.881] (--) NVIDIA(0): Valid display device(s) on GeForce 6600 at PCI:1:0:0
152.881] (--) NVIDIA(0): CRT-0 (connected)
152.881] (--) NVIDIA(0): CRT-1
152.881] (--) NVIDIA(0): TV-0
152.881] (--) NVIDIA(0): DFP-0
152.881] (--) NVIDIA(0): CRT-0: 400.0 MHz maximum pixel clock
152.881] (--) NVIDIA(0): CRT-1: 400.0 MHz maximum pixel clock
152.881] (--) NVIDIA(0): TV-0: 400.0 MHz maximum pixel clock
152.881] (--) NVIDIA(0): TV encoder: Unknown
152.881] (--) NVIDIA(0): DFP-0: 155.0 MHz maximum pixel clock
152.881] (--) NVIDIA(0): DFP-0: Internal Single Link TMDS
152.881] (**) NVIDIA(0): Using HorizSync/VertRefresh ranges from the EDID for display
152.881] (**) NVIDIA(0): device CRT-0 (Using EDID frequencies has been enabled on
152.881] (**) NVIDIA(0): all display devices.)
152.881] (==) NVIDIA(0):
152.881] (==) NVIDIA(0): No modes were requested; the default mode "nvidia-auto-select"
152.881] (==) NVIDIA(0): will be used as the requested mode.
152.881] (==) NVIDIA(0):
152.882] (II) NVIDIA(0): Validated MetaModes:
152.882] (II) NVIDIA(0): "CRT-0:nvidia-auto-select"
152.882] (II) NVIDIA(0): Virtual screen size determined to be 1024 x 768
152.883] (WW) NVIDIA(0): Unable to support custom viewPortOut 1024 x 576 +0 +96
152.904] (WW) NVIDIA(0): Unable to get display device CRT-0's EDID; cannot compute DPI
152.904] (WW) NVIDIA(0): from CRT-0's EDID.
152.904] (==) NVIDIA(0): DPI set to (75, 75); computed from built-in default
152.904] (II) UnloadModule: "nv"
152.904] (II) Unloading nv
152.904] (II) UnloadModule: "fbdev"
152.904] (II) Unloading fbdev
152.904] (II) UnloadSubModule: "fbdevhw"
152.904] (II) Unloading fbdevhw
152.904] (II) UnloadModule: "vesa"
152.904] (II) Unloading vesa
152.904] (--) Depth 24 pixmap format is 32 bpp
152.914] (II) NVIDIA(0): Setting mode "CRT-0:nvidia-auto-select"
153.024] (II) Loading extension NV-GLX
153.072] (==) NVIDIA(0): Disabling shared memory pixmaps
153.072] (==) NVIDIA(0): Backing store disabled
153.072] (==) NVIDIA(0): Silken mouse enabled
153.075] (==) NVIDIA(0): DPMS enabled
153.075] (II) Loading extension NV-CONTROL
153.076] (II) Loading extension XINERAMA
153.076] (II) Loading sub module "dri2"
153.076] (II) LoadModule: "dri2"
153.076] (II) Loading /usr/lib64/xorg/modules/extensions/libdri2.so
153.076] (II) Module dri2: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
153.076] compiled for 1.12.3, module version = 1.2.0
153.076] ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 6.0
153.076] (II) NVIDIA(0): [DRI2] Setup complete
153.076] (II) NVIDIA(0): [DRI2] VDPAU driver: nvidia
153.076] (--) RandR disabled
153.077] (II) Initializing built-in extension RENDER
153.077] (II) Initializing built-in extension RANDR
153.077] (II) Initializing built-in extension COMPOSITE
153.077] (II) Initializing built-in extension DAMAGE
153.080] (II) Initializing extension GLX
153.727] (II) Module evdev: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
153.727] compiled for 1.12.3, module version = 2.7.3
153.727] Module class: X.Org XInput Driver
153.727] ABI class: X.Org XInput driver, version 16.0
207.230] (WW) NVIDIA(GPU-0): Unable to read EDID for display device CRT-0
207.230] (**) NVIDIA(0): Using HorizSync/VertRefresh ranges from the EDID for display
207.230] (**) NVIDIA(0): device CRT-0 (Using EDID frequencies has been enabled on
207.230] (**) NVIDIA(0): all display devices.)
340.157] (WW) NVIDIA(GPU-0): Unable to read EDID for display device CRT-0
340.158] (**) NVIDIA(0): Using HorizSync/VertRefresh ranges from the EDID for display
340.158] (**) NVIDIA(0): device CRT-0 (Using EDID frequencies has been enabled on
340.158] (**) NVIDIA(0): all display devices.)
I have highlighted possible areas of concern. One more thing:
kdesu kwrite /etc/X11/xorg.conf
gives a BLANK file!
It appears somehow /etc/X11/xorg.conf has been wiped out.
I would appreciate your help to solve my problems.
those are simply informational messages that occur when there is no configuration file(s) being used (which would specify such items) and X resorts to using defaults for autoconfiguration.
Perhaps an update yesterday somehow messed up the display. I don’t remember if a kernel update was involved.
you can see what you installed/uninstalled yesterday (and any other day for that matter) via: Yast > Software Mgmt > Extras > Show History
How do I select relevant parts of Xorg.0.log, copy then upload the excerpt to SUSE Paste?
Do not use excerpts, just upload the whole thing.
Hello Tyler_K,
Thanks for your reply. YAST >Software Management >Extras>Show History: No kernel has been updated recently. I do note that xorg-x11-server was updated to version 7.6_1.12.3 on July 5, but not sure if this has anything to do with my current problems.
I did not see any upload button in susepaste so I had to copy and paste the whole thing from the terminal. I then had to truncate quite a bit in order to be able to post Xorg.0.log as you can see above.
Hello again,
I was just able to boot into openSUSE 12.2 normally and log in normally. My usual KDE desktop is back! Don’t know what happened!
However, I noticed the following:
YAST > Software Management shows nvidia driver (Post # 3 above) IS installed.
A check with /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d shows all 3 sub-directories /50-monitor.conf, /50-screen.conf and /50-device.conf were somehow reverted to default settings. For example:
/etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/50-device.conf
#Section "Device"
#Identifier "Default Device"
#Driver "radeon"
#EndSection
I am wondering how come the on-motherboard radeon driver was used instead of nvidia, resulting in my usual KDE desktop. It appears the radeon-based graphics and videos are not as sharp and vivid as those based on nvidia. Any idea or suggestions to reconfigure these 3 sub-directories to use nvidia?
I am wondering how come the on-motherboard radeon driver was used instead of nvidia, resulting in my usual KDE desktop. It appears the radeon-based graphics and videos are not as sharp and vivid as those based on nvidia. Any idea or suggestions to reconfigure these 3 sub-directories to use nvidia?
You’re mistaken. That’s a config file with entries commented out (by the ‘#’ character). It is included as part of the ‘xorg-x11-driver-video’ package.
for openSUSE, startx (for security reasons) no longer works for normal users, so you must have done so via root. Don’t do that – that’s a security risk in itself, as well as can lead to really messing up your system (in particular because of changes of file ownership to root, which causes havoc for the user account). Use “sudo systemctl start xdm” or “sudo /usr/sbin/init 5” instead.
I did not see a link after pasting Xorg.0.log onto susepaste box so I will post it below:
yes, appears we posted at the same time.
I have highlighted possible areas of concern.
See my comment above for explanation as to the reason for some of those highlights
One more thing:
kdesu kwrite /etc/X11/xorg.conf
gives a BLANK file!
yes, see previous comment above; no xorg.conf file was being used
It appears somehow /etc/X11/xorg.conf has been wiped out.
did you ever have one? It is not necessary to use one any more (X will, as mentioned previously) autoconfigure itself … but if you desire, you can still use an xorg.conf or applicable xorg.conf.d/ files
Thanks for your reply. YAST >Software Management >Extras>Show History: No kernel has been updated recently. I do note that xorg-x11-server was updated to version 7.6_1.12.3 on July 5, but not sure if this has anything to do with my current problems.
no
Not sure. But, now that its working again, I wouldn’t worry about it 
However, I noticed the following:
- YAST > Software Management shows nvidia driver (Post # 3 above) IS installed.
yes, as can be seen in the rpm querry command output
- A check with /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d shows all 3 sub-directories
clarification, those are files within the xorg.conf.d directory, as opposed to sub directories
/50-monitor.conf, /50-screen.conf and /50-device.conf were somehow reverted to default settings. For example:
Had you ever changed them yourself? Otherwise, they will be static and unchanged.
[quote[#Driver “radeon”
I am wondering how come the on-motherboard radeon driver was used instead of nvidia, resulting in my usual KDE desktop. It appears the radeon-based graphics and videos are not as sharp and vivid as those based on nvidia. Any idea or suggestions to reconfigure these 3 sub-directories to use nvidia?[/QUOTE]As
#Driver “radeon”
I am wondering how come the on-motherboard radeon driver was used instead of nvidia, resulting in my usual KDE desktop. It appears the radeon-based graphics and videos are not as sharp and vivid as those based on nvidia. Any idea or suggestions to reconfigure these 3 sub-directories to use nvidia?
As Deano mentioned, you are mistaken.