More Nvidia driver problems - "failing initialization of X screen 0"

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Hi,

I am not a linux expert but have loaded Opensuse version 9 - 13 on more than 2-dozen boxes with few problems. However, 13.2 and video issues currently have me flummoxed.

I have a brand new Dell PC with Nvidia Quadro NVS 310 graphics card installed. When installing Opensuse 13.2, the display defaults to low-resolution VGA graphics that look terrible. Upon completion of install, I am trying to install the nvidia driver for my graphics card. I can’t seem to make it work even after reviewing forums and reading online help…

So, I made a fresh start and hope someone here can help. I re-formatted all hard-drives and did a complete fresh-install of OpenSuse 13.2. System installed normally with low-resolution VGA graphics. Then, I added the following repository:
#zypper ar -f ftp://download.nvidia.com/opensuse/13.2 nvidia

and used yast to select the appropriate nvidia driver to install via software-install option. Yast suggested the “G03” version of the driver and I loaded as suggested. I then rebooted and the system boots to level 3 now with the X11/Xorg windows manager failing.

the Xorg.0.log file shows the error “failing initialization of X screen 0”:
9.651]
X.Org X Server 1.16.1
Release Date: 2014-09-21
9.651] X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0
9.652] Build Operating System: openSUSE SUSE LINUX
9.652] Current Operating System: Linux linux-qrre 3.16.6-2-desktop #1 SMP PREEMPT Mon Oct 20 13:47:22 UTC 2014 (feb42ea) x86_64
9.652] Kernel command line: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.16.6-2-desktop root=UUID=60479d6a-5c9f-4490-8e9f-f5a4a26f5b50 nomodeset resume=/dev/disk/by-uuid/0db9f393-79f1-413a-85f1-086860f11bb8 splash=silent quiet showopts nomodeset
9.652] Build Date: 08 October 2014 05:49:10PM
9.652]
9.652] Current version of pixman: 0.32.6
9.652] Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.x.org
to make sure that you have the latest version.
9.652] Markers: (–) probed, () from config file, (==) default setting,
(++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational,
(WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
9.652] (==) Log file: “/var/log/Xorg.0.log”, Time: Mon Feb 2 14:17:46 2015
9.652] (==) Using config directory: “/etc/X11/xorg.conf.d”
9.652] (==) Using system config directory “/usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d”
9.652] (==) No Layout section. Using the first Screen section.
9.652] (==) No screen section available. Using defaults.
9.653] () |–>Screen “Default Screen Section” (0)
9.653] (**) | |–>Monitor “<default monitor>”
9.653] (==) No monitor specified for screen “Default Screen Section”.
Using a default monitor configuration.
9.653] (==) Automatically adding devices
9.653] (==) Automatically enabling devices
9.653] (==) Automatically adding GPU devices
9.716] (WW) The directory “/usr/share/fonts/misc/sgi” does not exist.
9.716] Entry deleted from font path.
9.724] (==) FontPath set to:
/usr/share/fonts/misc:unscaled,
/usr/share/fonts/Type1/,
/usr/share/fonts/100dpi:unscaled,
/usr/share/fonts/75dpi:unscaled,
/usr/share/fonts/ghostscript/,
/usr/share/fonts/cyrillic:unscaled,
/usr/share/fonts/truetype/,
built-ins
9.724] (==) ModulePath set to “/usr/lib64/xorg/modules”
9.724] (II) The server relies on udev to provide the list of input devices.
If no devices become available, reconfigure udev or disable AutoAddDevices.
9.724] (II) Loader magic: 0x80dc60
9.724] (II) Module ABI versions:
9.724] X.Org ANSI C Emulation: 0.4
9.724] X.Org Video Driver: 18.0
9.724] X.Org XInput driver : 21.0
9.724] X.Org Server Extension : 8.0
9.725] (II) xfree86: Adding drm device (/dev/dri/card0)
9.727] (–) PCI:*(0:2:0:0) 10de:107d:10de:094e rev 161, Mem @ 0xfa000000/16777216, 0xf0000000/134217728, 0xf8000000/33554432, I/O @ 0x0000e000/128, BIOS @ 0x???/524288
9.727] (II) LoadModule: “glx”
9.756] (II) Loading /usr/lib64/xorg/modules/extensions/libglx.so
10.228] (II) Module glx: vendor=“NVIDIA Corporation”
10.228] compiled for 4.0.2, module version = 1.0.0
10.228] Module class: X.Org Server Extension
10.229] (II) NVIDIA GLX Module 340.65 Tue Dec 2 09:10:06 PST 2014
10.231] (==) Matched nvidia as autoconfigured driver 0
10.231] (==) Matched nouveau as autoconfigured driver 1
10.231] (==) Matched nv as autoconfigured driver 2
10.231] (==) Matched nvidia as autoconfigured driver 3
10.231] (==) Matched nouveau as autoconfigured driver 4
10.231] (==) Matched nv as autoconfigured driver 5
10.231] (==) Matched modesetting as autoconfigured driver 6
10.231] (==) Matched fbdev as autoconfigured driver 7
10.231] (==) Matched vesa as autoconfigured driver 8
10.231] (==) Assigned the driver to the xf86ConfigLayout
10.231] (II) LoadModule: “nvidia”
10.231] (II) Loading /usr/lib64/xorg/modules/drivers/nvidia_drv.so
10.232] (II) Module nvidia: vendor=“NVIDIA Corporation”
10.232] compiled for 4.0.2, module version = 1.0.0
10.232] Module class: X.Org Video Driver
10.232] (II) LoadModule: “nouveau”
10.232] (II) Loading /usr/lib64/xorg/modules/drivers/nouveau_drv.so
10.232] (II) Module nouveau: vendor=“X.Org Foundation”
10.232] compiled for 1.16.1, module version = 1.0.11
10.232] Module class: X.Org Video Driver
10.232] ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 18.0
10.232] (II) LoadModule: “nv”
10.232] (II) Loading /usr/lib64/xorg/modules/drivers/nv_drv.so
10.232] (II) Module nv: vendor=“X.Org Foundation”
10.232] compiled for 1.16.1, module version = 2.1.20
10.232] Module class: X.Org Video Driver
10.232] ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 18.0
10.232] (II) LoadModule: “modesetting”
10.232] (II) Loading /usr/lib64/xorg/modules/drivers/modesetting_drv.so
10.232] (II) Module modesetting: vendor=“X.Org Foundation”
10.233] compiled for 1.16.1, module version = 0.9.0
10.233] Module class: X.Org Video Driver
10.233] ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 18.0
10.233] (II) LoadModule: “fbdev”
10.233] (II) Loading /usr/lib64/xorg/modules/drivers/fbdev_drv.so
10.233] (II) Module fbdev: vendor=“X.Org Foundation”
10.233] compiled for 1.16.1, module version = 0.4.4
10.233] Module class: X.Org Video Driver
10.233] ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 18.0
10.233] (II) LoadModule: “vesa”
10.233] (II) Loading /usr/lib64/xorg/modules/drivers/vesa_drv.so
10.233] (II) Module vesa: vendor=“X.Org Foundation”
10.233] compiled for 1.16.1, module version = 2.3.3
10.233] Module class: X.Org Video Driver
10.233] ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 18.0
10.233] (II) NVIDIA dlloader X Driver 340.65 Tue Dec 2 08:47:36 PST 2014
10.233] (II) NVIDIA Unified Driver for all Supported NVIDIA GPUs
10.233] (II) NOUVEAU driver
10.233] (II) NOUVEAU driver for NVIDIA chipset families :
10.233] RIVA TNT (NV04)
10.233] RIVA TNT2 (NV05)
10.233] GeForce 256 (NV10)
10.233] GeForce 2 (NV11, NV15)
10.233] GeForce 4MX (NV17, NV18)
10.233] GeForce 3 (NV20)
10.233] GeForce 4Ti (NV25, NV28)
10.233] GeForce FX (NV3x)
10.233] GeForce 6 (NV4x)
10.233] GeForce 7 (G7x)
10.233] GeForce 8 (G8x)
10.233] GeForce GTX 200 (NVA0)
10.233] GeForce GTX 400 (NVC0)
10.233] (II) NOUVEAU driver
10.233] (II) NOUVEAU driver for NVIDIA chipset families :
10.233] RIVA TNT (NV04)
10.233] RIVA TNT2 (NV05)
10.233] GeForce 256 (NV10)
10.233] GeForce 2 (NV11, NV15)
10.233] GeForce 4MX (NV17, NV18)
10.234] GeForce 3 (NV20)
10.234] GeForce 4Ti (NV25, NV28)
10.234] GeForce FX (NV3x)
10.234] GeForce 6 (NV4x)
10.234] GeForce 7 (G7x)
10.234] GeForce 8 (G8x)
10.234] GeForce GTX 200 (NVA0)
10.234] GeForce GTX 400 (NVC0)
10.234] (II) modesetting: Driver for Modesetting Kernel Drivers: kms
10.234] (II) FBDEV: driver for framebuffer: fbdev
10.234] (II) VESA: driver for VESA chipsets: vesa
10.234] (++) using VT number 7

10.234] (II) Loading sub module "fb"
10.234] (II) LoadModule: "fb"
10.234] (II) Loading /usr/lib64/xorg/modules/libfb.so
10.234] (II) Module fb: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
10.234]     compiled for 1.16.1, module version = 1.0.0
10.234]     ABI class: X.Org ANSI C Emulation, version 0.4
10.234] (WW) Unresolved symbol: fbGetGCPrivateKey
10.234] (II) Loading sub module "wfb"
10.234] (II) LoadModule: "wfb"
10.234] (II) Loading /usr/lib64/xorg/modules/libwfb.so
10.235] (II) Module wfb: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
10.235]     compiled for 1.16.1, module version = 1.0.0
10.235]     ABI class: X.Org ANSI C Emulation, version 0.4
10.235] (II) Loading sub module "ramdac"
10.235] (II) LoadModule: "ramdac"
10.235] (II) Module "ramdac" already built-in
10.235] (WW) Falling back to old probe method for modesetting
10.235] (WW) Falling back to old probe method for fbdev
10.235] (II) Loading sub module "fbdevhw"
10.235] (II) LoadModule: "fbdevhw"
10.245] (II) Loading /usr/lib64/xorg/modules/libfbdevhw.so
10.245] (II) Module fbdevhw: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
10.245]     compiled for 1.16.1, module version = 0.0.2
10.245]     ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 18.0
10.245] (WW) Falling back to old probe method for vesa
10.245] (II) NVIDIA(0): Creating default Display subsection in Screen section
"Default Screen Section" for depth/fbbpp 24/32
10.245] (==) NVIDIA(0): Depth 24, (==) framebuffer bpp 32
10.245] (==) NVIDIA(0): RGB weight 888
10.245] (==) NVIDIA(0): Default visual is TrueColor
10.245] (==) NVIDIA(0): Using gamma correction (1.0, 1.0, 1.0)
10.245] (**) NVIDIA(0): Enabling 2D acceleration
10.855] (II) NVIDIA(GPU-0): Found DRM driver nvidia-drm (20130102)
10.856] (II) NVIDIA(0): NVIDIA GPU NVS 310 (GF119) at PCI:2:0:0 (GPU-0)
10.856] (--) NVIDIA(0): Memory: 524288 kBytes
10.856] (--) NVIDIA(0): VideoBIOS: 75.19.85.00.0f
10.856] (II) NVIDIA(0): Detected PCI Express Link width: 16X
10.864] (--) NVIDIA(0): Valid display device(s) on NVS 310 at PCI:2:0:0
10.864] (--) NVIDIA(0):     DFP-0 (boot)
10.864] (--) NVIDIA(0):     DFP-1
10.864] (--) NVIDIA(0):     DFP-2
10.864] (--) NVIDIA(0):     DFP-3
10.864] (--) NVIDIA(0): DFP-0: Internal TMDS
10.864] (--) NVIDIA(GPU-0): DFP-0: 165.0 MHz maximum pixel clock
10.864] (--) NVIDIA(0): DFP-1: Internal TMDS
10.864] (--) NVIDIA(GPU-0): DFP-1: 165.0 MHz maximum pixel clock
10.864] (--) NVIDIA(0): DFP-2: Internal DisplayPort
10.864] (--) NVIDIA(GPU-0): DFP-2: 480.0 MHz maximum pixel clock
10.864] (--) NVIDIA(0): DFP-3: Internal DisplayPort
10.864] (--) NVIDIA(GPU-0): DFP-3: 480.0 MHz maximum pixel clock
10.864] (EE) NVIDIA(0): Failed to assign any connected display devices to X screen 0. 
10.864] (EE) NVIDIA(0):     Set AllowEmptyInitialConfiguration if you want the server
10.864] (EE) NVIDIA(0):     to start anyway
12.492] (EE) NVIDIA(0): Failing initialization of X screen 0
12.492] (II) UnloadModule: "nvidia"
12.492] (II) UnloadSubModule: "wfb"
12.492] (II) UnloadSubModule: "fb"
12.492] (EE) Screen(s) found, but none have a usable configuration.
12.492] (EE)

Fatal server error:
12.492] (EE) no screens found(EE)
12.492] (EE)
Please consult the The X.Org Foundation support
at http://wiki.x.org
for help.
12.492] (EE) Please also check the log file at “/var/log/Xorg.0.log” for additional information.

For reference sake, here is the outout of the lspci | grep VGA command:02:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation GF119 [NVS 310] (rev a1)

Does anyone have any suggestions?

Thanks!

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9.652] Kernel command line: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.16.6-2-desktop root=UUID=60479d6a-5c9f-4490-8e9f-f5a4a26f5b50 nomodeset resume=/dev/disk/by-uuid/0db9f393-79f1-413a-85f1-086860f11bb8 splash=silent quiet showopts nomodeset

See the two nomodeset, remove them to start with.

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Does the Dell computer have a built-in Intel GPU as well as the nVidia card?

Also please post the output of;

zypper se -si nvidia
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Okay - here is the output of the zypper command:

Loading repository data…
Reading installed packages…

S | Name | Type | Version | Arch | Repository
–±------------------------------±--------±----------------------±-------±----------
i | nvidia-computeG03 | package | 340.65-32.1 | x86_64 | nvidia
i | nvidia-gfxG03-kmp-desktop | package | 340.65_k3.16.6_2-32.1 | x86_64 | nvidia
i | nvidia-glG03 | package | 340.65-32.1 | x86_64 | nvidia
i | nvidia-uvm-gfxG03-kmp-desktop | package | 340.65_k3.16.6_2-32.1 | x86_64 | nvidia
i | x11-video-nvidiaG03 | package | 340.65-32.1 | x86_64 | nvidia

I booted without the “nomodeset” options included in the boot options. Results looked pretty much the same. Here is the Xorg.0.log file:

10.836]

X.Org X Server 1.16.1
Release Date: 2014-09-21
10.836] X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0
10.836] Build Operating System: openSUSE SUSE LINUX
10.836] Current Operating System: Linux linux-qrre 3.16.6-2-desktop #1 SMP PREEMPT Mon Oct 20 13:47:22 UTC 2014 (feb42ea) x86_64
10.836] Kernel command line: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.16.6-2-desktop root=UUID=60479d6a-5c9f-4490-8e9f-f5a4a26f5b50 resume=/dev/disk/by-uuid/0db9f393-79f1-413a-85f1-086860f11bb8 splash=silent quiet showopts
10.836] Build Date: 08 October 2014 05:49:10PM
10.836]
10.836] Current version of pixman: 0.32.6
10.836] Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.x.org
to make sure that you have the latest version.
10.836] Markers: (–) probed, () from config file, (==) default setting,
(++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational,
(WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
10.836] (==) Log file: “/var/log/Xorg.0.log”, Time: Mon Feb 2 17:24:52 2015
10.836] (==) Using config directory: “/etc/X11/xorg.conf.d”
10.836] (==) Using system config directory “/usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d”
10.836] (==) No Layout section. Using the first Screen section.
10.836] (==) No screen section available. Using defaults.
10.836] () |–>Screen “Default Screen Section” (0)
10.836] (**) | |–>Monitor “<default monitor>”
10.836] (==) No monitor specified for screen “Default Screen Section”.
Using a default monitor configuration.
10.836] (==) Automatically adding devices
10.836] (==) Automatically enabling devices
10.836] (==) Automatically adding GPU devices
11.020] (WW) The directory “/usr/share/fonts/misc/sgi” does not exist.
11.020] Entry deleted from font path.
11.020] (==) FontPath set to:
/usr/share/fonts/misc:unscaled,
/usr/share/fonts/Type1/,
/usr/share/fonts/100dpi:unscaled,
/usr/share/fonts/75dpi:unscaled,
/usr/share/fonts/ghostscript/,
/usr/share/fonts/cyrillic:unscaled,
/usr/share/fonts/truetype/,
built-ins
11.020] (==) ModulePath set to “/usr/lib64/xorg/modules”
11.020] (II) The server relies on udev to provide the list of input devices.
If no devices become available, reconfigure udev or disable AutoAddDevices.
11.020] (II) Loader magic: 0x80dc60
11.020] (II) Module ABI versions:
11.020] X.Org ANSI C Emulation: 0.4
11.020] X.Org Video Driver: 18.0
11.020] X.Org XInput driver : 21.0
11.020] X.Org Server Extension : 8.0
11.020] (II) xfree86: Adding drm device (/dev/dri/card0)
11.023] (–) PCI:*(0:2:0:0) 10de:107d:10de:094e rev 161, Mem @ 0xfa000000/16777216, 0xf0000000/134217728, 0xf8000000/33554432, I/O @ 0x0000e000/128, BIOS @ 0x???/524288
11.023] (II) LoadModule: “glx”
11.052] (II) Loading /usr/lib64/xorg/modules/extensions/libglx.so
11.363] (II) Module glx: vendor=“NVIDIA Corporation”
11.363] compiled for 4.0.2, module version = 1.0.0
11.363] Module class: X.Org Server Extension
11.364] (II) NVIDIA GLX Module 340.65 Tue Dec 2 09:10:06 PST 2014
11.367] (==) Matched nvidia as autoconfigured driver 0
11.367] (==) Matched nouveau as autoconfigured driver 1
11.367] (==) Matched nv as autoconfigured driver 2
11.367] (==) Matched nvidia as autoconfigured driver 3
11.367] (==) Matched nouveau as autoconfigured driver 4
11.367] (==) Matched nv as autoconfigured driver 5
11.367] (==) Matched modesetting as autoconfigured driver 6
11.367] (==) Matched fbdev as autoconfigured driver 7
11.367] (==) Matched vesa as autoconfigured driver 8
11.367] (==) Assigned the driver to the xf86ConfigLayout
11.367] (II) LoadModule: “nvidia”
11.367] (II) Loading /usr/lib64/xorg/modules/drivers/nvidia_drv.so
11.367] (II) Module nvidia: vendor=“NVIDIA Corporation”
11.367] compiled for 4.0.2, module version = 1.0.0
11.367] Module class: X.Org Video Driver
11.367] (II) LoadModule: “nouveau”
11.367] (II) Loading /usr/lib64/xorg/modules/drivers/nouveau_drv.so
11.368] (II) Module nouveau: vendor=“X.Org Foundation”
11.368] compiled for 1.16.1, module version = 1.0.11
11.368] Module class: X.Org Video Driver
11.368] ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 18.0
11.368] (II) LoadModule: “nv”
11.368] (II) Loading /usr/lib64/xorg/modules/drivers/nv_drv.so
11.368] (II) Module nv: vendor=“X.Org Foundation”
11.368] compiled for 1.16.1, module version = 2.1.20
11.368] Module class: X.Org Video Driver
11.368] ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 18.0
11.368] (II) LoadModule: “modesetting”
11.368] (II) Loading /usr/lib64/xorg/modules/drivers/modesetting_drv.so
11.368] (II) Module modesetting: vendor=“X.Org Foundation”
11.368] compiled for 1.16.1, module version = 0.9.0
11.368] Module class: X.Org Video Driver
11.368] ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 18.0
11.368] (II) LoadModule: “fbdev”
11.368] (II) Loading /usr/lib64/xorg/modules/drivers/fbdev_drv.so
11.368] (II) Module fbdev: vendor=“X.Org Foundation”
11.368] compiled for 1.16.1, module version = 0.4.4
11.368] Module class: X.Org Video Driver
11.368] ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 18.0
11.368] (II) LoadModule: “vesa”
11.369] (II) Loading /usr/lib64/xorg/modules/drivers/vesa_drv.so
11.369] (II) Module vesa: vendor=“X.Org Foundation”
11.369] compiled for 1.16.1, module version = 2.3.3
11.369] Module class: X.Org Video Driver
11.369] ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 18.0
11.369] (II) NVIDIA dlloader X Driver 340.65 Tue Dec 2 08:47:36 PST 2014
11.369] (II) NVIDIA Unified Driver for all Supported NVIDIA GPUs
11.369] (II) NOUVEAU driver
11.369] (II) NOUVEAU driver for NVIDIA chipset families :
11.369] RIVA TNT (NV04)
11.369] RIVA TNT2 (NV05)
11.369] GeForce 256 (NV10)
11.369] GeForce 2 (NV11, NV15)
11.369] GeForce 4MX (NV17, NV18)
11.369] GeForce 3 (NV20)
11.369] GeForce 4Ti (NV25, NV28)
11.369] GeForce FX (NV3x)
11.369] GeForce 6 (NV4x)
11.369] GeForce 7 (G7x)
11.369] GeForce 8 (G8x)
11.369] GeForce GTX 200 (NVA0)
11.369] GeForce GTX 400 (NVC0)
11.369] (II) NOUVEAU driver
11.369] (II) NOUVEAU driver for NVIDIA chipset families :
11.369] RIVA TNT (NV04)
11.369] RIVA TNT2 (NV05)
11.369] GeForce 256 (NV10)
11.369] GeForce 2 (NV11, NV15)
11.369] GeForce 4MX (NV17, NV18)
11.369] GeForce 3 (NV20)
11.369] GeForce 4Ti (NV25, NV28)
11.369] GeForce FX (NV3x)
11.369] GeForce 6 (NV4x)
11.369] GeForce 7 (G7x)
11.369] GeForce 8 (G8x)
11.369] GeForce GTX 200 (NVA0)
11.369] GeForce GTX 400 (NVC0)
11.369] (II) modesetting: Driver for Modesetting Kernel Drivers: kms
11.369] (II) FBDEV: driver for framebuffer: fbdev
11.369] (II) VESA: driver for VESA chipsets: vesa
11.370] (++) using VT number 7

11.370] (II) Loading sub module "fb"
11.370] (II) LoadModule: "fb"
11.370] (II) Loading /usr/lib64/xorg/modules/libfb.so
11.370] (II) Module fb: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
11.370]     compiled for 1.16.1, module version = 1.0.0
11.370]     ABI class: X.Org ANSI C Emulation, version 0.4
11.370] (WW) Unresolved symbol: fbGetGCPrivateKey
11.370] (II) Loading sub module "wfb"
11.370] (II) LoadModule: "wfb"
11.370] (II) Loading /usr/lib64/xorg/modules/libwfb.so
11.370] (II) Module wfb: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
11.370]     compiled for 1.16.1, module version = 1.0.0
11.370]     ABI class: X.Org ANSI C Emulation, version 0.4
11.370] (II) Loading sub module "ramdac"
11.370] (II) LoadModule: "ramdac"
11.370] (II) Module "ramdac" already built-in
11.371] (WW) Falling back to old probe method for modesetting
11.371] (WW) Falling back to old probe method for fbdev
11.371] (II) Loading sub module "fbdevhw"
11.371] (II) LoadModule: "fbdevhw"
11.380] (II) Loading /usr/lib64/xorg/modules/libfbdevhw.so
11.380] (II) Module fbdevhw: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
11.380]     compiled for 1.16.1, module version = 0.0.2
11.380]     ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 18.0
11.380] (WW) Falling back to old probe method for vesa
11.380] (II) NVIDIA(0): Creating default Display subsection in Screen section
"Default Screen Section" for depth/fbbpp 24/32
11.380] (==) NVIDIA(0): Depth 24, (==) framebuffer bpp 32
11.380] (==) NVIDIA(0): RGB weight 888
11.380] (==) NVIDIA(0): Default visual is TrueColor
11.380] (==) NVIDIA(0): Using gamma correction (1.0, 1.0, 1.0)
11.381] (**) NVIDIA(0): Enabling 2D acceleration
11.987] (II) NVIDIA(GPU-0): Found DRM driver nvidia-drm (20130102)
11.988] (II) NVIDIA(0): NVIDIA GPU NVS 310 (GF119) at PCI:2:0:0 (GPU-0)
11.988] (--) NVIDIA(0): Memory: 524288 kBytes
11.988] (--) NVIDIA(0): VideoBIOS: 75.19.85.00.0f
11.988] (II) NVIDIA(0): Detected PCI Express Link width: 16X
11.995] (--) NVIDIA(0): Valid display device(s) on NVS 310 at PCI:2:0:0
11.995] (--) NVIDIA(0):     DFP-0 (boot)
11.995] (--) NVIDIA(0):     DFP-1
11.995] (--) NVIDIA(0):     DFP-2
11.995] (--) NVIDIA(0):     DFP-3
11.995] (--) NVIDIA(0): DFP-0: Internal TMDS
11.995] (--) NVIDIA(GPU-0): DFP-0: 165.0 MHz maximum pixel clock
11.995] (--) NVIDIA(0): DFP-1: Internal TMDS
11.995] (--) NVIDIA(GPU-0): DFP-1: 165.0 MHz maximum pixel clock
11.995] (--) NVIDIA(0): DFP-2: Internal DisplayPort
11.995] (--) NVIDIA(GPU-0): DFP-2: 480.0 MHz maximum pixel clock
11.995] (--) NVIDIA(0): DFP-3: Internal DisplayPort
11.995] (--) NVIDIA(GPU-0): DFP-3: 480.0 MHz maximum pixel clock
11.995] (EE) NVIDIA(0): Failed to assign any connected display devices to X screen 0. 
11.995] (EE) NVIDIA(0):     Set AllowEmptyInitialConfiguration if you want the server
11.995] (EE) NVIDIA(0):     to start anyway
13.630] (EE) NVIDIA(0): Failing initialization of X screen 0
13.630] (II) UnloadModule: "nvidia"
13.630] (II) UnloadSubModule: "wfb"
13.630] (II) UnloadSubModule: "fb"
13.630] (EE) Screen(s) found, but none have a usable configuration.
13.630] (EE)

Fatal server error:
13.630] (EE) no screens found(EE)
13.630] (EE)
Please consult the The X.Org Foundation support
at http://wiki.x.org
for help.
13.630] (EE) Please also check the log file at “/var/log/Xorg.0.log” for additional information.
13.630] (EE)
13.661] (EE) Server terminated with error (1). Closing log file.

5

Looks legit - did the system have an integrated GPU as well?

The thing is - it’s trying to load Nouveau despite you having the nVidia drivers installed - perhaps a manual blacklist is in order;
https://en.opensuse.org/SDB:NVIDIA_the_hard_way#Blacklist_nouveau


echo "blacklist nouveau" >> /etc/modprobe.d/50-blacklist.conf

And add


nouveau.modeset=0

As a kernel parameter. Then reboot and let’s see what happens.

6

Thanks for your analysis. How do I tell if I have an integrated GPU?

As my system currently stands without making any changes, inside /etc/modprobe.d there is a file called nvidia-desktop.conf which contains the single string “blacklist nouveau”. Because of this, I didn’t add anything to 50-blacklist.conf. I went ahead and reboot with the boot option specified “nouveau.modeset=0” and the results looked identical to me - the x manager shut down and the system booted into run level 3. Xorg.0.log file:

11.473]

X.Org X Server 1.16.1
Release Date: 2014-09-21
11.473] X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0
11.473] Build Operating System: openSUSE SUSE LINUX
11.473] Current Operating System: Linux linux-qrre 3.16.6-2-desktop #1 SMP PREEMPT Mon Oct 20 13:47:22 UTC 2014 (feb42ea) x86_64
11.473] Kernel command line: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.16.6-2-desktop root=UUID=60479d6a-5c9f-4490-8e9f-f5a4a26f5b50 nomodeset resume=/dev/disk/by-uuid/0db9f393-79f1-413a-85f1-086860f11bb8 splash=silent quiet showopts nouveau.modeset=0
11.473] Build Date: 08 October 2014 05:49:10PM
11.473]
11.473] Current version of pixman: 0.32.6
11.473] Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.x.org
to make sure that you have the latest version.
11.473] Markers: (–) probed, () from config file, (==) default setting,
(++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational,
(WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
11.473] (==) Log file: “/var/log/Xorg.0.log”, Time: Tue Feb 3 08:33:01 2015
11.474] (==) Using config directory: “/etc/X11/xorg.conf.d”
11.474] (==) Using system config directory “/usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d”
11.474] (==) No Layout section. Using the first Screen section.
11.474] (==) No screen section available. Using defaults.
11.474] () |–>Screen “Default Screen Section” (0)
11.474] (**) | |–>Monitor “<default monitor>”
11.474] (==) No monitor specified for screen “Default Screen Section”.
Using a default monitor configuration.
11.474] (==) Automatically adding devices
11.474] (==) Automatically enabling devices
11.474] (==) Automatically adding GPU devices
11.532] (WW) The directory “/usr/share/fonts/misc/sgi” does not exist.
11.532] Entry deleted from font path.
11.533] (==) FontPath set to:
/usr/share/fonts/misc:unscaled,
/usr/share/fonts/Type1/,
/usr/share/fonts/100dpi:unscaled,
/usr/share/fonts/75dpi:unscaled,
/usr/share/fonts/ghostscript/,
/usr/share/fonts/cyrillic:unscaled,
/usr/share/fonts/truetype/,
built-ins
11.533] (==) ModulePath set to “/usr/lib64/xorg/modules”
11.533] (II) The server relies on udev to provide the list of input devices.
If no devices become available, reconfigure udev or disable AutoAddDevices.
11.533] (II) Loader magic: 0x80dc60
11.533] (II) Module ABI versions:
11.533] X.Org ANSI C Emulation: 0.4
11.533] X.Org Video Driver: 18.0
11.533] X.Org XInput driver : 21.0
11.533] X.Org Server Extension : 8.0
11.533] (II) xfree86: Adding drm device (/dev/dri/card0)
11.536] (–) PCI:*(0:2:0:0) 10de:107d:10de:094e rev 161, Mem @ 0xfa000000/16777216, 0xf0000000/134217728, 0xf8000000/33554432, I/O @ 0x0000e000/128, BIOS @ 0x???/524288
11.537] (II) LoadModule: “glx”
11.571] (II) Loading /usr/lib64/xorg/modules/extensions/libglx.so
11.955] (II) Module glx: vendor=“NVIDIA Corporation”
11.955] compiled for 4.0.2, module version = 1.0.0
11.955] Module class: X.Org Server Extension
11.963] (II) NVIDIA GLX Module 340.65 Tue Dec 2 09:10:06 PST 2014
11.973] (==) Matched nvidia as autoconfigured driver 0
11.973] (==) Matched nouveau as autoconfigured driver 1
11.973] (==) Matched nv as autoconfigured driver 2
11.973] (==) Matched nvidia as autoconfigured driver 3
11.973] (==) Matched nouveau as autoconfigured driver 4
11.973] (==) Matched nv as autoconfigured driver 5
11.973] (==) Matched modesetting as autoconfigured driver 6
11.973] (==) Matched fbdev as autoconfigured driver 7
11.973] (==) Matched vesa as autoconfigured driver 8
11.973] (==) Assigned the driver to the xf86ConfigLayout
11.973] (II) LoadModule: “nvidia”
11.973] (II) Loading /usr/lib64/xorg/modules/drivers/nvidia_drv.so
11.973] (II) Module nvidia: vendor=“NVIDIA Corporation”
11.973] compiled for 4.0.2, module version = 1.0.0
11.973] Module class: X.Org Video Driver
11.973] (II) LoadModule: “nouveau”
11.973] (II) Loading /usr/lib64/xorg/modules/drivers/nouveau_drv.so
11.974] (II) Module nouveau: vendor=“X.Org Foundation”
11.974] compiled for 1.16.1, module version = 1.0.11
11.974] Module class: X.Org Video Driver
11.974] ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 18.0
11.974] (II) LoadModule: “nv”
11.974] (II) Loading /usr/lib64/xorg/modules/drivers/nv_drv.so
11.974] (II) Module nv: vendor=“X.Org Foundation”
11.974] compiled for 1.16.1, module version = 2.1.20
11.974] Module class: X.Org Video Driver
11.974] ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 18.0
11.974] (II) LoadModule: “modesetting”
11.974] (II) Loading /usr/lib64/xorg/modules/drivers/modesetting_drv.so
11.974] (II) Module modesetting: vendor=“X.Org Foundation”
11.974] compiled for 1.16.1, module version = 0.9.0
11.974] Module class: X.Org Video Driver
11.974] ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 18.0
11.974] (II) LoadModule: “fbdev”
11.974] (II) Loading /usr/lib64/xorg/modules/drivers/fbdev_drv.so
11.974] (II) Module fbdev: vendor=“X.Org Foundation”
11.974] compiled for 1.16.1, module version = 0.4.4
11.974] Module class: X.Org Video Driver
11.974] ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 18.0
11.974] (II) LoadModule: “vesa”
11.974] (II) Loading /usr/lib64/xorg/modules/drivers/vesa_drv.so
11.974] (II) Module vesa: vendor=“X.Org Foundation”
11.974] compiled for 1.16.1, module version = 2.3.3
11.974] Module class: X.Org Video Driver
11.974] ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 18.0
11.974] (II) NVIDIA dlloader X Driver 340.65 Tue Dec 2 08:47:36 PST 2014
11.974] (II) NVIDIA Unified Driver for all Supported NVIDIA GPUs
11.974] (II) NOUVEAU driver
11.974] (II) NOUVEAU driver for NVIDIA chipset families :
11.974] RIVA TNT (NV04)
11.974] RIVA TNT2 (NV05)
11.974] GeForce 256 (NV10)
11.974] GeForce 2 (NV11, NV15)
11.974] GeForce 4MX (NV17, NV18)
11.974] GeForce 3 (NV20)
11.974] GeForce 4Ti (NV25, NV28)
11.974] GeForce FX (NV3x)
11.974] GeForce 6 (NV4x)
11.974] GeForce 7 (G7x)
11.974] GeForce 8 (G8x)
11.975] GeForce GTX 200 (NVA0)
11.975] GeForce GTX 400 (NVC0)
11.975] (II) NOUVEAU driver
11.975] (II) NOUVEAU driver for NVIDIA chipset families :
11.975] RIVA TNT (NV04)
11.975] RIVA TNT2 (NV05)
11.975] GeForce 256 (NV10)
11.975] GeForce 2 (NV11, NV15)
11.975] GeForce 4MX (NV17, NV18)
11.975] GeForce 3 (NV20)
11.975] GeForce 4Ti (NV25, NV28)
11.975] GeForce FX (NV3x)
11.975] GeForce 6 (NV4x)
11.975] GeForce 7 (G7x)
11.975] GeForce 8 (G8x)
11.975] GeForce GTX 200 (NVA0)
11.975] GeForce GTX 400 (NVC0)
11.975] (II) modesetting: Driver for Modesetting Kernel Drivers: kms
11.975] (II) FBDEV: driver for framebuffer: fbdev
11.975] (II) VESA: driver for VESA chipsets: vesa
11.975] (++) using VT number 7

11.975] (II) Loading sub module "fb"
11.975] (II) LoadModule: "fb"
11.975] (II) Loading /usr/lib64/xorg/modules/libfb.so
11.975] (II) Module fb: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
11.975]     compiled for 1.16.1, module version = 1.0.0
11.975]     ABI class: X.Org ANSI C Emulation, version 0.4
11.975] (WW) Unresolved symbol: fbGetGCPrivateKey
11.975] (II) Loading sub module "wfb"
11.975] (II) LoadModule: "wfb"
11.975] (II) Loading /usr/lib64/xorg/modules/libwfb.so
11.975] (II) Module wfb: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
11.975]     compiled for 1.16.1, module version = 1.0.0
11.975]     ABI class: X.Org ANSI C Emulation, version 0.4
11.975] (II) Loading sub module "ramdac"
11.975] (II) LoadModule: "ramdac"
11.975] (II) Module "ramdac" already built-in
11.976] (WW) Falling back to old probe method for modesetting
11.976] (WW) Falling back to old probe method for fbdev
11.976] (II) Loading sub module "fbdevhw"
11.976] (II) LoadModule: "fbdevhw"
11.987] (II) Loading /usr/lib64/xorg/modules/libfbdevhw.so
11.987] (II) Module fbdevhw: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
11.987]     compiled for 1.16.1, module version = 0.0.2
11.987]     ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 18.0
11.987] (WW) Falling back to old probe method for vesa
11.987] (II) NVIDIA(0): Creating default Display subsection in Screen section
"Default Screen Section" for depth/fbbpp 24/32
11.987] (==) NVIDIA(0): Depth 24, (==) framebuffer bpp 32
11.987] (==) NVIDIA(0): RGB weight 888
11.987] (==) NVIDIA(0): Default visual is TrueColor
11.987] (==) NVIDIA(0): Using gamma correction (1.0, 1.0, 1.0)
11.987] (**) NVIDIA(0): Enabling 2D acceleration
12.591] (II) NVIDIA(GPU-0): Found DRM driver nvidia-drm (20130102)
12.592] (II) NVIDIA(0): NVIDIA GPU NVS 310 (GF119) at PCI:2:0:0 (GPU-0)
12.592] (--) NVIDIA(0): Memory: 524288 kBytes
12.592] (--) NVIDIA(0): VideoBIOS: 75.19.85.00.0f
12.592] (II) NVIDIA(0): Detected PCI Express Link width: 16X
12.599] (--) NVIDIA(0): Valid display device(s) on NVS 310 at PCI:2:0:0
12.599] (--) NVIDIA(0):     DFP-0 (boot)
12.599] (--) NVIDIA(0):     DFP-1
12.599] (--) NVIDIA(0):     DFP-2
12.599] (--) NVIDIA(0):     DFP-3
12.599] (--) NVIDIA(0): DFP-0: Internal TMDS
12.599] (--) NVIDIA(GPU-0): DFP-0: 165.0 MHz maximum pixel clock
12.599] (--) NVIDIA(0): DFP-1: Internal TMDS
12.599] (--) NVIDIA(GPU-0): DFP-1: 165.0 MHz maximum pixel clock
12.599] (--) NVIDIA(0): DFP-2: Internal DisplayPort
12.599] (--) NVIDIA(GPU-0): DFP-2: 480.0 MHz maximum pixel clock
12.599] (--) NVIDIA(0): DFP-3: Internal DisplayPort
12.599] (--) NVIDIA(GPU-0): DFP-3: 480.0 MHz maximum pixel clock
12.599] (EE) NVIDIA(0): Failed to assign any connected display devices to X screen 0. 
12.599] (EE) NVIDIA(0):     Set AllowEmptyInitialConfiguration if you want the server
12.599] (EE) NVIDIA(0):     to start anyway
14.182] (EE) NVIDIA(0): Failing initialization of X screen 0
14.182] (II) UnloadModule: "nvidia"
14.182] (II) UnloadSubModule: "wfb"
14.182] (II) UnloadSubModule: "fb"
14.182] (EE) Screen(s) found, but none have a usable configuration.
14.182] (EE)

Fatal server error:
14.182] (EE) no screens found(EE)
14.182] (EE)
Please consult the The X.Org Foundation support
at http://wiki.x.org
for help.
14.182] (EE) Please also check the log file at “/var/log/Xorg.0.log” for additional information.
14.182] (EE)
14.210] (EE) Server terminated with error (1). Closing log file.

7

The last thing that comes to mind is using, as the log states, the initial configuration parameter that allows X to start even if it doesn’t properly detect the monitors.

Try, as root:
nvidia-xconfig --allow-empty-initial-configuration

and then:
**systemctl restart display-manager.service
**
or just reboot.

8

Okay, I executed the command:
#nvidia-xconfig –allow-empty-initial-configuration
and got the following reply to the screen:

WARNING: Unable to locate/open X configuration file.

Package xorg-server was not found in the pkg-config search path.
Perhaps you should add the directory containing ‘xorg-server.pc’
To the PKG_CONFIG environment variable
No package ‘xorg-server’ found
Option “AllowEmptyInitialConfiguration” “True” added to Screen “Screen0”.
New X configuration file written to ‘/etc/X11/xorg.conf’.

upon executing the systemctl command, the display manager started but the screen was completely blank. I had to Ctrl-Alt-F1 to get a text-display to continue. Systemctl status display-manager.service shows the display manager is active, but the video screen is not working at all.

Output of Xorg.0.log has changed: 25281.737]
X.Org X Server 1.16.1
Release Date: 2014-09-21
25281.737] X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0
25281.737] Build Operating System: openSUSE SUSE LINUX
25281.737] Current Operating System: Linux linux-qrre 3.16.6-2-desktop #1 SMP PREEMPT Mon Oct 20 13:47:22 UTC 2014 (feb42ea) x86_64
25281.737] Kernel command line: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.16.6-2-desktop root=UUID=60479d6a-5c9f-4490-8e9f-f5a4a26f5b50 nomodeset resume=/dev/disk/by-uuid/0db9f393-79f1-413a-85f1-086860f11bb8 splash=silent quiet showopts nouveau.modeset=0
25281.737] Build Date: 08 October 2014 05:49:10PM
25281.737]
25281.737] Current version of pixman: 0.32.6
25281.737] Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.x.org
to make sure that you have the latest version.
25281.737] Markers: (–) probed, () from config file, (==) default setting,
(++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational,
(WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
25281.738] (==) Log file: “/var/log/Xorg.0.log”, Time: Tue Feb 3 15:34:12 2015
25281.738] (==) Using config file: “/etc/X11/xorg.conf”
25281.738] (==) Using config directory: “/etc/X11/xorg.conf.d”
25281.738] (==) Using system config directory “/usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d”
25281.749] (==) ServerLayout “Layout0”
25281.749] () |–>Screen “Screen0” (0)
25281.749] () | |–>Monitor “Monitor0”
25281.749] () | |–>Device “Device0”
25281.749] () |–>Input Device “Keyboard0”
25281.749] () |–>Input Device “Mouse0”
25281.749] (==) Automatically adding devices
25281.749] (==) Automatically enabling devices
25281.749] (==) Automatically adding GPU devices
25281.749] (WW) The directory “/usr/share/fonts/misc/sgi” does not exist.
25281.749] Entry deleted from font path.
25281.749] (==) FontPath set to:
/usr/share/fonts/misc:unscaled,
/usr/share/fonts/Type1/,
/usr/share/fonts/100dpi:unscaled,
/usr/share/fonts/75dpi:unscaled,
/usr/share/fonts/ghostscript/,
/usr/share/fonts/cyrillic:unscaled,
/usr/share/fonts/truetype/,
built-ins
25281.749] (==) ModulePath set to “/usr/lib64/xorg/modules”
25281.749] (WW) Hotplugging is on, devices using drivers ‘kbd’, ‘mouse’ or ‘vmmouse’ will be disabled.
25281.749] (WW) Disabling Keyboard0
25281.749] (WW) Disabling Mouse0
25281.749] (II) Loader magic: 0x80dc60
25281.749] (II) Module ABI versions:
25281.749] X.Org ANSI C Emulation: 0.4
25281.749] X.Org Video Driver: 18.0
25281.749] X.Org XInput driver : 21.0
25281.749] X.Org Server Extension : 8.0
25281.750] (II) xfree86: Adding drm device (/dev/dri/card0)
25281.753] (–) PCI:*(0:2:0:0) 10de:107d:10de:094e rev 161, Mem @ 0xfa000000/16777216, 0xf0000000/134217728, 0xf8000000/33554432, I/O @ 0x0000e000/128, BIOS @ 0x???/524288
25281.753] (II) LoadModule: “glx”
25281.753] (II) Loading /usr/lib64/xorg/modules/extensions/libglx.so
25281.766] (II) Module glx: vendor=“NVIDIA Corporation”
25281.767] compiled for 4.0.2, module version = 1.0.0
25281.767] Module class: X.Org Server Extension
25281.767] (II) NVIDIA GLX Module 340.65 Tue Dec 2 09:10:06 PST 2014
25281.767] (II) LoadModule: “nvidia”
25281.767] (II) Loading /usr/lib64/xorg/modules/drivers/nvidia_drv.so
25281.767] (II) Module nvidia: vendor=“NVIDIA Corporation”
25281.767] compiled for 4.0.2, module version = 1.0.0
25281.767] Module class: X.Org Video Driver
25281.767] (II) NVIDIA dlloader X Driver 340.65 Tue Dec 2 08:47:36 PST 2014
25281.767] (II) NVIDIA Unified Driver for all Supported NVIDIA GPUs
25281.767] (++) using VT number 7

25281.815] (II) Loading sub module “fb”
25281.815] (II) LoadModule: “fb”
25281.815] (II) Loading /usr/lib64/xorg/modules/libfb.so
25281.815] (II) Module fb: vendor=“X.Org Foundation”
25281.815] compiled for 1.16.1, module version = 1.0.0
25281.815] ABI class: X.Org ANSI C Emulation, version 0.4
25281.815] (WW) Unresolved symbol: fbGetGCPrivateKey
25281.815] (II) Loading sub module “wfb”
25281.815] (II) LoadModule: “wfb”
25281.815] (II) Loading /usr/lib64/xorg/modules/libwfb.so
25281.816] (II) Module wfb: vendor=“X.Org Foundation”
25281.816] compiled for 1.16.1, module version = 1.0.0
25281.816] ABI class: X.Org ANSI C Emulation, version 0.4
25281.816] (II) Loading sub module “ramdac”
25281.816] (II) LoadModule: “ramdac”
25281.816] (II) Module “ramdac” already built-in
25281.816] () NVIDIA(0): Depth 24, (–) framebuffer bpp 32
25281.816] (==) NVIDIA(0): RGB weight 888
25281.816] (==) NVIDIA(0): Default visual is TrueColor
25281.816] (==) NVIDIA(0): Using gamma correction (1.0, 1.0, 1.0)
25281.816] () NVIDIA(0): Option “AllowEmptyInitialConfiguration” “True”
25281.817] () NVIDIA(0): Enabling 2D acceleration
25282.227] (II) NVIDIA(GPU-0): Found DRM driver nvidia-drm (20130102)
25282.228] (II) NVIDIA(0): NVIDIA GPU NVS 310 (GF119) at PCI:2:0:0 (GPU-0)
25282.228] (–) NVIDIA(0): Memory: 524288 kBytes
25282.228] (–) NVIDIA(0): VideoBIOS: 75.19.85.00.0f
25282.228] (II) NVIDIA(0): Detected PCI Express Link width: 16X
25282.235] (–) NVIDIA(0): Valid display device(s) on NVS 310 at PCI:2:0:0
25282.235] (–) NVIDIA(0): DFP-0 (boot)
25282.235] (–) NVIDIA(0): DFP-1
25282.235] (–) NVIDIA(0): DFP-2
25282.235] (–) NVIDIA(0): DFP-3
25282.235] (–) NVIDIA(0): DFP-0: Internal TMDS
25282.235] (–) NVIDIA(GPU-0): DFP-0: 165.0 MHz maximum pixel clock
25282.235] (–) NVIDIA(0): DFP-1: Internal TMDS
25282.235] (–) NVIDIA(GPU-0): DFP-1: 165.0 MHz maximum pixel clock
25282.235] (–) NVIDIA(0): DFP-2: Internal DisplayPort
25282.235] (–) NVIDIA(GPU-0): DFP-2: 480.0 MHz maximum pixel clock
25282.235] (–) NVIDIA(0): DFP-3: Internal DisplayPort
25282.235] (–) NVIDIA(GPU-0): DFP-3: 480.0 MHz maximum pixel clock
25282.235] (==) NVIDIA(0):
25282.236] (==) NVIDIA(0): No modes were requested; the default mode “nvidia-auto-select”
25282.236] (==) NVIDIA(0): will be used as the requested mode.
25282.236] (==) NVIDIA(0):
25282.236] (–) NVIDIA(0): No enabled display devices found; starting anyway because
25282.236] (–) NVIDIA(0): AllowEmptyInitialConfiguration is enabled
25282.236] (II) NVIDIA(0): Validated MetaModes:
25282.236] (II) NVIDIA(0): “NULL”
25282.236] (II) NVIDIA(0): Virtual screen size determined to be 640 x 480
25282.269] (WW) NVIDIA(0): Unable to get display device for DPI computation.
25282.269] (==) NVIDIA(0): DPI set to (75, 75); computed from built-in default
25282.269] (–) Depth 24 pixmap format is 32 bpp
25282.270] (II) NVIDIA: Using 3072.00 MB of virtual memory for indirect memory
25282.270] (II) NVIDIA: access.
25282.273] (II) NVIDIA(0): ACPI: failed to connect to the ACPI event daemon; the daemon
25282.273] (II) NVIDIA(0): may not be running or the “AcpidSocketPath” X
25282.273] (II) NVIDIA(0): configuration option may not be set correctly. When the
25282.273] (II) NVIDIA(0): ACPI event daemon is available, the NVIDIA X driver will
25282.273] (II) NVIDIA(0): try to use it to receive ACPI event notifications. For
25282.273] (II) NVIDIA(0): details, please see the “ConnectToAcpid” and
25282.273] (II) NVIDIA(0): “AcpidSocketPath” X configuration options in Appendix B: X
25282.273] (II) NVIDIA(0): Config Options in the README.
25282.297] (II) NVIDIA(0): Setting mode “NULL”
25282.321] (II) NVIDIA(0): Built-in logo is bigger than the screen.
25282.329] (==) NVIDIA(0): Disabling shared memory pixmaps
25282.329] (==) NVIDIA(0): Backing store enabled
25282.329] (==) NVIDIA(0): Silken mouse enabled
25282.329] () NVIDIA(0): DPMS enabled
25282.341] (II) Loading sub module “dri2”
25282.341] (II) LoadModule: “dri2”
25282.341] (II) Module “dri2” already built-in
25282.341] (II) NVIDIA(0): [DRI2] Setup complete
25282.341] (II) NVIDIA(0): [DRI2] VDPAU driver: nvidia
25282.341] (–) RandR disabled
25282.346] (II) Initializing extension GLX
25282.787] (II) config/udev: Adding input device Power Button (/dev/input/event2)
25282.787] () Power Button: Applying InputClass “evdev keyboard catchall”
25282.787] () Power Button: Applying InputClass “system-keyboard”
25282.788] () Power Button: Applying InputClass “evdev keyboard catchall”
25282.788] (II) LoadModule: “evdev”
25282.788] (II) Loading /usr/lib64/xorg/modules/input/evdev_drv.so
25282.807] (II) Module evdev: vendor=“X.Org Foundation”
25282.807] compiled for 1.16.1, module version = 2.9.0
25282.807] Module class: X.Org XInput Driver
25282.807] ABI class: X.Org XInput driver, version 21.0
25282.807] (II) Using input driver ‘evdev’ for ‘Power Button’
25282.807] () Power Button: always reports core events
25282.807] () evdev: Power Button: Device: “/dev/input/event2”
25282.807] (–) evdev: Power Button: Vendor 0 Product 0x1
25282.807] (–) evdev: Power Button: Found keys
25282.807] (II) evdev: Power Button: Configuring as keyboard
25282.807] () Option “config_info” “udev:/sys/devices/LNXSYSTM:00/LNXPWRBN:00/input/input4/event2”
25282.807] (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device “Power Button” (type: KEYBOARD, id 6)
25282.807] () Option “xkb_rules” “evdev”
25282.807] () Option “xkb_model” “pc104”
25282.807] () Option “xkb_layout” “us”
25282.834] (II) config/udev: Adding input device Power Button (/dev/input/event1)
25282.834] () Power Button: Applying InputClass “evdev keyboard catchall”
25282.834] () Power Button: Applying InputClass “system-keyboard”
25282.834] () Power Button: Applying InputClass “evdev keyboard catchall”
25282.834] (II) Using input driver ‘evdev’ for ‘Power Button’
25282.834] () Power Button: always reports core events
25282.834] () evdev: Power Button: Device: “/dev/input/event1”
25282.834] (–) evdev: Power Button: Vendor 0 Product 0x1
25282.834] (–) evdev: Power Button: Found keys
25282.834] (II) evdev: Power Button: Configuring as keyboard
25282.834] (**) Option “config_info” “udev:/sys/devices/LNXSYSTM:00/LNXSYBUS:00/PNP0C0C:00/input/input3/event1”

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here is the rest…

25282.834] (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device “Power Button” (type: KEYBOARD, id 7)
25282.834] () Option “xkb_rules” “evdev”
25282.834] () Option “xkb_model” “pc104”
25282.835] () Option “xkb_layout” “us”
25282.835] (II) config/udev: Adding input device HDA NVidia HDMI/DP,pcm=3 (/dev/input/event10)
25282.835] (II) No input driver specified, ignoring this device.
25282.835] (II) This device may have been added with another device file.
25282.835] (II) config/udev: Adding input device HDA NVidia HDMI/DP,pcm=7 (/dev/input/event11)
25282.835] (II) No input driver specified, ignoring this device.
25282.835] (II) This device may have been added with another device file.
25282.836] (II) config/udev: Adding input device PixArt USB Optical Mouse (/dev/input/event3)
25282.836] () PixArt USB Optical Mouse: Applying InputClass “evdev pointer catchall”
25282.836] () PixArt USB Optical Mouse: Applying InputClass “evdev pointer catchall”
25282.836] (II) Using input driver ‘evdev’ for ‘PixArt USB Optical Mouse’
25282.836] () PixArt USB Optical Mouse: always reports core events
25282.836] () evdev: PixArt USB Optical Mouse: Device: “/dev/input/event3”
25282.836] (–) evdev: PixArt USB Optical Mouse: Vendor 0x461 Product 0x4e22
25282.836] (–) evdev: PixArt USB Optical Mouse: Found 12 mouse buttons
25282.836] (–) evdev: PixArt USB Optical Mouse: Found scroll wheel(s)
25282.836] (–) evdev: PixArt USB Optical Mouse: Found relative axes
25282.836] (–) evdev: PixArt USB Optical Mouse: Found x and y relative axes
25282.836] (II) evdev: PixArt USB Optical Mouse: Configuring as mouse
25282.836] (II) evdev: PixArt USB Optical Mouse: Adding scrollwheel support
25282.836] () evdev: PixArt USB Optical Mouse: YAxisMapping: buttons 4 and 5
25282.836] () evdev: PixArt USB Optical Mouse: EmulateWheelButton: 4, EmulateWheelInertia: 10, EmulateWheelTimeout: 200
25282.836] () Option “config_info” “udev:/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:14.0/usb3/3-1/3-1:1.0/0003:0461:4E22.019B/input/input422/event3”
25282.836] (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device “PixArt USB Optical Mouse” (type: MOUSE, id 8)
25282.836] (II) evdev: PixArt USB Optical Mouse: initialized for relative axes.
25282.836] () PixArt USB Optical Mouse: (accel) keeping acceleration scheme 1
25282.836] () PixArt USB Optical Mouse: (accel) acceleration profile 0
25282.836] () PixArt USB Optical Mouse: (accel) acceleration factor: 2.000
25282.836] () PixArt USB Optical Mouse: (accel) acceleration threshold: 4
25282.837] (II) config/udev: Adding input device PixArt USB Optical Mouse (/dev/input/mouse0)
25282.837] (II) No input driver specified, ignoring this device.
25282.837] (II) This device may have been added with another device file.
25282.837] (II) config/udev: Adding input device Dell Dell USB Entry Keyboard (/dev/input/event4)
25282.837] () Dell Dell USB Entry Keyboard: Applying InputClass “evdev keyboard catchall”
25282.837] () Dell Dell USB Entry Keyboard: Applying InputClass “system-keyboard”
25282.837] () Dell Dell USB Entry Keyboard: Applying InputClass “evdev keyboard catchall”
25282.837] (II) Using input driver ‘evdev’ for ‘Dell Dell USB Entry Keyboard’
25282.837] () Dell Dell USB Entry Keyboard: always reports core events
25282.837] () evdev: Dell Dell USB Entry Keyboard: Device: “/dev/input/event4”
25282.837] (–) evdev: Dell Dell USB Entry Keyboard: Vendor 0x413c Product 0x2107
25282.837] (–) evdev: Dell Dell USB Entry Keyboard: Found keys
25282.837] (II) evdev: Dell Dell USB Entry Keyboard: Configuring as keyboard
25282.837] () Option “config_info” “udev:/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:14.0/usb3/3-3/3-3:1.0/0003:413C:2107.0002/input/input6/event4”
25282.837] (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device “Dell Dell USB Entry Keyboard” (type: KEYBOARD, id 9)
25282.837] () Option “xkb_rules” “evdev”
25282.837] () Option “xkb_model” “pc104”
25282.837] () Option “xkb_layout” “us”
25282.838] (II) config/udev: Adding input device HDA Intel PCH Line Out (/dev/input/event8)
25282.838] (II) No input driver specified, ignoring this device.
25282.838] (II) This device may have been added with another device file.
25282.838] (II) config/udev: Adding input device HDA Intel PCH Front Headphone (/dev/input/event9)
25282.838] (II) No input driver specified, ignoring this device.
25282.838] (II) This device may have been added with another device file.
25282.838] (II) config/udev: Adding input device HDA Intel PCH Front Mic (/dev/input/event6)
25282.838] (II) No input driver specified, ignoring this device.
25282.838] (II) This device may have been added with another device file.
25282.838] (II) config/udev: Adding input device HDA Intel PCH Rear Mic (/dev/input/event7)
25282.838] (II) No input driver specified, ignoring this device.
25282.838] (II) This device may have been added with another device file.
25282.839] (II) config/udev: Adding input device AT Translated Set 2 keyboard (/dev/input/event0)
25282.839] () AT Translated Set 2 keyboard: Applying InputClass “evdev keyboard catchall”
25282.839] () AT Translated Set 2 keyboard: Applying InputClass “system-keyboard”
25282.839] () AT Translated Set 2 keyboard: Applying InputClass “evdev keyboard catchall”
25282.839] (II) Using input driver ‘evdev’ for ‘AT Translated Set 2 keyboard’
25282.839] () AT Translated Set 2 keyboard: always reports core events
25282.839] () evdev: AT Translated Set 2 keyboard: Device: “/dev/input/event0”
25282.839] (–) evdev: AT Translated Set 2 keyboard: Vendor 0x1 Product 0x1
25282.839] (–) evdev: AT Translated Set 2 keyboard: Found keys
25282.839] (II) evdev: AT Translated Set 2 keyboard: Configuring as keyboard
25282.839] () Option “config_info” “udev:/sys/devices/platform/i8042/serio0/input/input0/event0”
25282.839] (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device “AT Translated Set 2 keyboard” (type: KEYBOARD, id 10) 25282.839] () Option “xkb_rules” “evdev”
25282.839] () Option “xkb_model” “pc104”
25282.839] () Option “xkb_layout” “us”
25282.839] (II) config/udev: Adding input device PC Speaker (/dev/input/event5)
25282.839] (II) No input driver specified, ignoring this device.
25282.839] (II) This device may have been added with another device file.
25364.616] (II) NVIDIA(0): Setting mode “NULL”
25364.632] (II) NVIDIA(0): ACPI: failed to connect to the ACPI event daemon; the daemon
25364.632] (II) NVIDIA(0): may not be running or the “AcpidSocketPath” X
25364.632] (II) NVIDIA(0): configuration option may not be set correctly. When the
25364.632] (II) NVIDIA(0): ACPI event daemon is available, the NVIDIA X driver will
25364.632] (II) NVIDIA(0): try to use it to receive ACPI event notifications. For
25364.632] (II) NVIDIA(0): details, please see the “ConnectToAcpid” and
25364.632] (II) NVIDIA(0): “AcpidSocketPath” X configuration options in Appendix B: X
25364.632] (II) NVIDIA(0): Config Options in the README.
25548.859] (II) config/udev: removing device PixArt USB Optical Mouse
25548.859] (II) evdev: PixArt USB Optical Mouse: Close
25548.859] (II) UnloadModule: “evdev”
25550.557] (II) config/udev: Adding input device PixArt USB Optical Mouse (/dev/input/mouse0)
25550.557] (II) No input driver specified, ignoring this device.
25550.557] (II) This device may have been added with another device file.
25550.557] (II) config/udev: Adding input device PixArt USB Optical Mouse (/dev/input/event3)
25550.557] () PixArt USB Optical Mouse: Applying InputClass “evdev pointer catchall”
25550.557] () PixArt USB Optical Mouse: Applying InputClass “evdev pointer catchall”
25550.557] (II) Using input driver ‘evdev’ for ‘PixArt USB Optical Mouse’
25550.557] () PixArt USB Optical Mouse: always reports core events
25550.557] () evdev: PixArt USB Optical Mouse: Device: “/dev/input/event3”
25550.557] (–) evdev: PixArt USB Optical Mouse: Vendor 0x461 Product 0x4e22
25550.557] (–) evdev: PixArt USB Optical Mouse: Found 12 mouse buttons
25550.557] (–) evdev: PixArt USB Optical Mouse: Found scroll wheel(s)
25550.557] (–) evdev: PixArt USB Optical Mouse: Found relative axes
25550.557] (–) evdev: PixArt USB Optical Mouse: Found x and y relative axes
25550.557] (II) evdev: PixArt USB Optical Mouse: Configuring as mouse
25550.557] (II) evdev: PixArt USB Optical Mouse: Adding scrollwheel support
25550.557] () evdev: PixArt USB Optical Mouse: YAxisMapping: buttons 4 and 5
25550.557] () evdev: PixArt USB Optical Mouse: EmulateWheelButton: 4, EmulateWheelInertia: 10, EmulateWheelTimeout: 200
25550.557] () Option “config_info” “udev:/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:14.0/usb3/3-1/3-1:1.0/0003:0461:4E22.019C/input/input423/event3”
25550.557] (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device “PixArt USB Optical Mouse” (type: MOUSE, id 8)
25550.558] (II) evdev: PixArt USB Optical Mouse: initialized for relative axes.
25550.558] () PixArt USB Optical Mouse: (accel) keeping acceleration scheme 1
25550.558] () PixArt USB Optical Mouse: (accel) acceleration profile 0
25550.558] () PixArt USB Optical Mouse: (accel) acceleration factor: 2.000
25550.558] (**) PixArt USB Optical Mouse: (accel) acceleration threshold: 4
25597.331] (II) NVIDIA(0): Setting mode “NULL”
25597.348] (II) NVIDIA(0): ACPI: failed to connect to the ACPI event daemon; the daemon
25597.348] (II) NVIDIA(0): may not be running or the “AcpidSocketPath” X
25597.348] (II) NVIDIA(0): configuration option may not be set correctly. When the
25597.348] (II) NVIDIA(0): ACPI event daemon is available, the NVIDIA X driver will
25597.348] (II) NVIDIA(0): try to use it to receive ACPI event notifications. For
25597.348] (II) NVIDIA(0): details, please see the “ConnectToAcpid” and
25597.348] (II) NVIDIA(0): “AcpidSocketPath” X configuration options in Appendix B: X
25597.348] (II) NVIDIA(0): Config Options in the README.


It appears the video driver is "operating" at some level but obviously not communicating correctly with the graphics card...
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Please try;


zypper in -y acpid
systemctl enable acpid
systemctl start acpid
systemctl restart display-manager.service

This is really weird, did you do some kind of minimal server install and then drop Xorg/KDE on it? I’m totally puzzled.

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I really appreciate your ideas - this one really has me at a loss.

My install of Opensuse 13.2 was almost a complete default desktop KDE install. The only options I modified was the disk partitions and I enables ssh communication.

I tried the commands:
zypper in -y acpid
systemctl enable acpid
systemctl start acpid
systemctl restart display-manager.service

but the result looked identical to before. By the way, here is the output of the command:
#systemctl status display-manager.service

display-manager.service - X Display Manager
Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/display-manager.service; disabled)
Active: active (running) since Wed 2015-02-04 09:16:11 EST; 56s ago
Process: 7756 ExecStop=/usr/lib/X11/display-manager stop (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
Process: 7771 ExecStart=/usr/lib/X11/display-manager start (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
Main PID: 7788 (kdm)
CGroup: /system.slice/display-manager.service
├─7788 /usr/bin/kdm
├─7801 /usr/bin/Xorg -br :0 vt7 -nolisten tcp -seat seat0 -auth /var/lib/kdm/AuthFiles/A:0-EwxbKb
├─7804 -:0
└─7805 /usr/lib64/kde4/libexec/kdm_greet

Feb 04 09:16:11 linux-qrre display-manager[7771]: Command: localectl set-keymap us
Feb 04 09:16:11 linux-qrre display-manager[7771]: Starting service kdm…done
Feb 04 09:16:11 linux-qrre kdm_config[7789]: Multiple occurrences of section [General] in /usr/share/kde4/config/kdm/kdmrc. Consider merging them.
Feb 04 09:16:11 linux-qrre kdm_config[7789]: Multiple occurrences of section [Xdmcp] in /usr/share/kde4/config/kdm/kdmrc. Consider merging them.
Feb 04 09:16:11 linux-qrre kdm_config[7789]: Multiple occurrences of section [X--Core] in /usr/share/kde4/config/kdm/kdmrc. Consider merging them.
Feb 04 09:16:11 linux-qrre kdm_config[7789]: Multiple occurrences of section [X--Greeter] in /usr/share/kde4/config/kdm/kdmrc. Consider merging them.
Feb 04 09:16:11 linux-qrre kdm_config[7789]: Multiple occurrences of section [X-:*-Core] in /usr/share/kde4/config/kdm/kdmrc. Consider merging them.
Feb 04 09:16:11 linux-qrre kdm_config[7789]: Multiple occurrences of section [X-:0-Core] in /usr/share/kde4/config/kdm/kdmrc. Consider merging them.
Feb 04 09:16:11 linux-qrre kdm[7788]: plymouth is NOT running
Feb 04 09:16:12 linux-qrre kdm_greet[7805]: Cannot load /usr/share/kde4/apps/kdm/faces/.default.face: No such file or directory

It is referring to “plymouth” here but I have no idea what that is…

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I had the same problem on OpenSUSE 13.2 and NVidia driver nvidia-gfxG03-kmp-desktop-340.76_k3.16.6_2-36.1 - after recent “zypper up” I could not get X working any more.

I tried removing all NVidia drivers, re-installing them, rebooting etc. Then finally the following simple re-installation solved my problem quite instantly:

zypper in -f nvidia-glG03-340.76-36.1.x86_64

Note that I had all necessary drivers already installed at that time.