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I did not make any changes to xorg.conf yet. Should I?

It’s been a long week at work. Got the new 710 today. It is installed and the boot is clean, but it will not run startX.

I logged in via text mode and entered startx.
Below was the error message:

Using system config directory “/usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d”
Parse error on line 4 of section Monitor in file /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/99-saxmonitors.conf
The VertRefresh keyword must be followed by a list of numbers or ranges.
(EE)
Fatal server error:
(EE) no screens found(EE)
(EE)
… check log files …
(EE) Server terminated with error (1). Closing log file.
xinit: giving up
xinit: unable to connect to X server: Connection refuesed
xinit: server error

xinit failed. /usr/bin/Xorg is not setuid, maybe that’s the reason?
If so either use a display manager (strongly recommended) or adjust /etc/permissions.local and run “chkstat --system --set” afterwards

I don’t want to mess anything up so thought i’d ask for input before I do anything.

thanks in advance.

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It’s a very long post, what are you trying to do? Can it be summed up in a few words? Has a hardware upgrade been performed? Has a software upgrade been done? Are the Nvidia drivers installed correctly? Are the Nouveau drivers on the black list? So you can make a small summary!

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Hi
I would move any of those previous manual configurations for your monitors and cards down in /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d somewhere and then let the system and desktop take care of configuration.

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the power supply is 325w

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I copied the xorg lines for device and monitor into the files saxdevice and saxmonitor. It got a bit further, but stalled at:

Starting X Display Manager
Sarted Authorization Manager
Starting Locale Service . . .
Started Locale Service

The problem at this point with the stall is that it no longer stops at a text login, but in the middle of the boot process.

Next?

I still need some help with blacklisting nouveau.

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This post started needing help to get Blender running.
It was determined that my nvidia cards are no longer supported, and suggested that I upgrade
I purchased a EVGA GeForce GT 710 , with support for 3 monitors (which is what I have)
The challenge now is to get that video card working.

Additional info, the install I am trying to get working with nvidia is tumbleweed with cinnamon
There is also another partition with LXQT that is using the nouveau driver. It is working fine.

see post above for the current needs

thanks

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Hi
For blacklisting nouveau there should be a nvidia.conf file in /etc/modprobe.d?

No, you should not need those old files to start with, sax has been dead eons, they need to go… :wink: Move them out of the directory, then will see if you need to create a new config. If so you need to use the nvidia tools.

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There is an nvidia-default.conf, but no nvidia.conf

the only thing in that file is “blacklist nouveau”

I pulled out 99-saxdevice.conf and 99-saxmonitors.conf

next?

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The files in X11/xorf.conf.d are:

00-keyboard.conf
10-evdev.conf
10-quirks.conf
11-evdev.conf
40-libinput.conf
50-elotouch.conf
50-extensions.conf
70-vmmouse.conf
70-wacom.conf

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Hi
That’s perfect, now as root user run the command;


mkinitrd

Reboot and see how that goes.

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little steps, thanks.

I rebooted from LXQT
Let it come into the Ice boot
I logged out and back into Cinnamon.
Happy dance, after a week it is back, mostly.
It is only running a single monitor.

There is an error message

Running in software rendering mode.
Cinnamon is currently running without cideo hardware acceleration, …

There is no desktop menu bar. It is there, but no icons. I cannot access any apps.
Anything I can select from the right mouse click does not show up.
It is almost like they are opening on the second monitor, that is black.

I can open a terminal however

getting there . . .

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backing up a step, just running mkinitrd as root and going to reboot.
It is still running.

came back in strong. still only one monitor with no menu apps in the panel

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using the Multi-monitor instructions at:
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/NVIDIA/Troubleshooting#Multi-monitor

I ran nvidia-settings --query CurrentMetaMode and it returned errors:

ERROR: An internal driver error occurred
ERROR: Unable to load info from any available system
ERROR: An internal driver error occurred
ERROR: Unable to load info from any available system

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Hi
OK, small steps :wink: Possibly your configuration (For three monitors). So, create a test user for a clean/default setup and log in to that user, does every thing appear ok?

Lets stick with this new user so it doesn’t break your real user…

Now, if all good, in Cinnamon is there a device/screen configuration tool? Else can you run the command xrandr as your user, do all the screen show up? If you run the command nvidia-settings, do all the screens show up?

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I will have to reboot and do that from the IceWM user I created earlier. Unless you can help me create a new user from the terminal.

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Hi
That’s easy… :wink:


su -
useradd -m your_new_user
passwd your_new_user

Then use that new user (the -m creates /home/your_new_user directory).

Also while you root user, can you check if any nvidia config files where generated and placed down in /etc/X11 and /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d directories.

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thanks, running out for pizza, will be back in a bit

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Are you sure that Nvidia Driver works correctly?

sudo hwinfo --gfxcard
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It shows the GeForce 710 and nvidia drivers, yes.

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Changing to the new user in a minute.
Checked as root for nvidia config files. None in /etc/X11 or in /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d

Is there a terminal command to get to the nvidia setup tools?

also, what is the logout command?