Need a bit of help - SAX2? Yast2?

SirShaggy · August 31, 2008, 7:45am

I am not brand new to Linux but am new to KDE and SUSE 11.0. I just installed openSUSE 11.0 KDE 3.5 to my main desktop. During the install, my monitor and video card were not detected correctly. It finished on it’s own but looked funny. Then I enabled the nvidia repo and a few others, installed the nvidia driver, ran nvidia-xconfig in the terminal and rebooted. During the boot, I got a message something to the effect of “Configuration was not successful” you must enter more information. Then after I selected yes, it started autoconfiguration again, failed then booted to the login screen.

Here is me first real issue, I open YaST2, select the hardware tab, then select Graphics Card and Monitor. It flashes for a second back to a login prompt and right back to the desktop where I was at. I can not get this to auto detect my hardware. Here is a little info:

shaggy@Nemesis:~> /sbin/lspci
00:00.0 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation C51 Host Bridge (rev a2)
00:00.1 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation C51 Memory Controller 0 (rev a2)
00:00.2 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation C51 Memory Controller 1 (rev a2)
00:00.3 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation C51 Memory Controller 5 (rev a2)
00:00.4 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation C51 Memory Controller 4 (rev a2)
00:00.5 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation C51 Host Bridge (rev a2)
00:00.6 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation C51 Memory Controller 3 (rev a2)
00:00.7 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation C51 Memory Controller 2 (rev a2)
00:04.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation C51 PCI Express Bridge (rev a1)
00:08.0 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation MCP55 Memory Controller (rev a1)
00:09.0 ISA bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP55 LPC Bridge (rev a2)
00:09.1 SMBus: nVidia Corporation MCP55 SMBus (rev a2)
00:09.2 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation MCP55 Memory Controller (rev a2)
00:0a.0 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation MCP55 USB Controller (rev a1)
00:0a.1 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation MCP55 USB Controller (rev a2)
00:0c.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation MCP55 IDE (rev a1)
00:0d.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation MCP55 SATA Controller (rev a2)
00:0d.1 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation MCP55 SATA Controller (rev a2)
00:0d.2 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation MCP55 SATA Controller (rev a2)
00:0e.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP55 PCI bridge (rev a2)
00:0e.1 Audio device: nVidia Corporation MCP55 High Definition Audio (rev a2)
00:10.0 Bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP55 Ethernet (rev a2)
00:11.0 Bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP55 Ethernet (rev a2)
00:12.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP55 PCI Express bridge (rev a2)
00:16.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP55 PCI Express bridge (rev a2)
00:17.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP55 PCI Express bridge (rev a2)
00:18.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] HyperTransport Technology Configuration
00:18.1 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Address Map
00:18.2 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] DRAM Controller
00:18.3 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Miscellaneous Control
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation G71 [GeForce 7950 GT] (rev a1)
02:08.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Texas Instruments TSB82AA2 IEEE-1394b Link Layer Controller (rev 01)
02:09.0 Multimedia audio controller: C-Media Electronics Inc CM8738 (rev 10)
02:0a.0 Multimedia video controller: Internext Compression Inc iTVC16 (CX23416) MPEG-2 Encoder (rev 01)
03:00.0 PCI bridge: Texas Instruments XIO2000(A)/XIO2200(A) PCI Express-to-PCI Bridge (rev 03)
04:01.0 USB Controller: NEC Corporation USB (rev 43)
04:01.1 USB Controller: NEC Corporation USB (rev 43)
04:01.2 USB Controller: NEC Corporation USB 2.0 (rev 04)
04:02.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Texas Instruments TSB82AA2 IEEE-1394b Link Layer Controller (rev 01)
06:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation G71 [GeForce 7950 GT] (rev a1)
shaggy@Nemesis:~> lsusb
Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 046a:0023 Cherry GmbH Cymotion Master Linux Keyboard
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 003 Device 003: ID 058f:6362 Alcor Micro Corp. Hi-Speed 21-in-1 Flash Card Reader/Writer (Internal/External)
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 002 Device 007: ID 1131:1001 Integrated System Solution Corp. KY-BT100 Bluetooth Adapter
Bus 002 Device 006: ID 046d:c51a Logitech, Inc. MX Revolution/G7 Cordless Mouse
Bus 002 Device 005: ID 03f0:2012 Hewlett-Packard Officejet Pro K5400
Bus 002 Device 004: ID 046d:08c9 Logitech, Inc. QuickCam Ultra Vision
Bus 002 Device 002: ID 0409:005a NEC Corp. HighSpeed Hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
shaggy@Nemesis:~> cat /proc/cpuinfo
processor : 0
vendor_id : AuthenticAMD
cpu family : 15
model : 67
model name : AMD Athlon™ 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 5600+
stepping : 3
cpu MHz : 2800.000
cache size : 1024 KB
physical id : 0
siblings : 2
core id : 0
cpu cores : 2
fdiv_bug : no
hlt_bug : no
f00f_bug : no
coma_bug : no
fpu : yes
fpu_exception : yes
cpuid level : 1
wp : yes
flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush mmx fxsr sse sse2 ht syscall nx mmxext fxsr_opt rdtscp lm 3dnowext 3dnow pni cx16 lahf_lm cmp_legacy svm extapic cr8_legacy ts fid vid ttp tm stc
bogomips : 5602.58
clflush size : 64

processor : 1
vendor_id : AuthenticAMD
cpu family : 15
model : 67
model name : AMD Athlon™ 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 5600+
stepping : 3
cpu MHz : 2800.000
cache size : 1024 KB
physical id : 0
siblings : 2
core id : 1
cpu cores : 2
fdiv_bug : no
hlt_bug : no
f00f_bug : no
coma_bug : no
fpu : yes
fpu_exception : yes
cpuid level : 1
wp : yes
flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush mmx fxsr sse sse2 ht syscall nx mmxext fxsr_opt rdtscp lm 3dnowext 3dnow pni cx16 lahf_lm cmp_legacy svm extapic cr8_legacy ts fid vid ttp tm stc
bogomips : 5602.58
clflush size : 64

My monitor is a Samsung SyncMaster 205BW that is normally detected just fine. Not sure what’s up this time
I am not really sure what to do next. Something is not configured and I am not sure where to look.

Any help would be appreciated.
SirShaggy

SirShaggy · August 31, 2008, 7:46am

I forgot:

xorg.conf looks bad!

nvidia-xconfig: X configuration file generated by nvidia-xconfig

nvidia-xconfig: version 1.0 (buildmeister@builder57) Thu Jul 17 18:39:19 PDT 2008

nvidia-settings: X configuration file generated by nvidia-settings

nvidia-settings: version 1.0 (abuild@pmbs) Tue Jul 22 23:38:40 UTC 2008

generic XFree86 4.x configuration file

Screen Section for module X support

-------------------------------------

Screen Section for fbdev support

vesafb defaults to 16bit

others default to 8bit, force a higher colordepth

on Apple onboard controllers, remove the default #207338

changes for DefaultDepth have to be made in /usr/lib/YaST2/startup/YaST2.call as well

----------------------------------

Screen Section for vesa support

----------------------------------

Screen Section for vmware support

----------------------------------

Device Sections…

-------------------

Section “ServerLayout”
Identifier “Layout[all]”
Screen 0 “Screen0” 0 0
InputDevice “Keyboard[0]” “CoreKeyboard”
InputDevice “Mouse[1]” “CorePointer”
Option “Xinerama” “off”
EndSection

Section “Files”
ModulePath “/usr/lib/xorg/modules”
InputDevices “/dev/ttyS0”
InputDevices “/dev/ttyS1”
InputDevices “/dev/ttyS2”
InputDevices “/dev/ttyS3”
InputDevices “/dev/ttyS4”
InputDevices “/dev/ttyS5”
InputDevices “/dev/ttyS6”
InputDevices “/dev/ttyS7”
InputDevices “/dev/ttyS8”
InputDevices “/dev/psaux”
InputDevices “/dev/logibm”
InputDevices “/dev/sunmouse”
InputDevices “/dev/atibm”
InputDevices “/dev/amigamouse”
InputDevices “/dev/atarimouse”
InputDevices “/dev/inportbm”
InputDevices “/dev/gpmdata”
InputDevices “/dev/usbmouse”
InputDevices “/dev/adbmouse”
InputDevices “/dev/input/mice”
InputDevices “/dev/input/event0”
FontPath “/usr/share/fonts/truetype/”
FontPath “/usr/share/fonts/uni/”
FontPath “/usr/share/fonts/misc/”
EndSection

Section “Module”
Load “dbe”
Load “extmod”
Load “glx”
EndSection

Section “ServerFlags”
Option “AllowMouseOpenFail”
Option “BlankTime” “0”
Option “Xinerama” “0”
EndSection

Section “InputDevice”
Identifier “Keyboard[0]”
Driver “kbd”
Option “Protocol” “Standard”
Option “XkbRules” “xfree86”
Option “XkbKeycodes” “xfree86”
Option “XkbModel” “pc104”
Option “XkbLayout” “us”
EndSection

Section “InputDevice”
Identifier “Mouse[1]”
Driver “mouse”
Option “Protocol” “explorerps/2”
Option “Device” “/dev/input/mice”
EndSection

Section “Modes”
Identifier “Modes[0]”
ModeLine “800x600” 40.0 800 840 968 1056 600 601 605 628 +hsync +vsync
ModeLine “640x480” 31.5 640 656 720 840 480 481 484 500 # 6. Try
ModeLine “640x480” 31.5 640 680 720 864 480 488 491 521 # 5. Try
ModeLine “640x480” 28.0 640 664 760 800 480 491 493 525 # 4. Try
ModeLine “640x480” 28.3 640 664 760 800 480 491 493 525 # 3. Try
ModeLine “640x480” 25.2 640 664 760 800 480 491 493 525 # 2. Try
ModeLine “640x480” 25.2 640 664 760 800 480 491 493 525 # 1. Try
EndSection

Section “Modes”
Identifier “Modes[vmware]”
ModeLine “800x600” 29.4 800 816 896 992 600 601 604 617
EndSection

Section “Monitor”
Identifier “Monitor[0]”
VendorName “Initial”
ModelName “Initial”
UseModes “Modes[0]”
HorizSync 25.0 - 40.0
VertRefresh 47.0 - 75.0
EndSection

Section “Monitor”
Identifier “Monitor[vmware]”
VendorName “Initial”
ModelName “Initial”
UseModes “Modes[vmware]”
HorizSync 28.0 - 33.0
VertRefresh 43.0 - 72.0
EndSection

Section “Monitor”
Identifier “Monitor[vesa]”
VendorName “VESA”
ModelName “VESA”
HorizSync 31.0 - 48.0
VertRefresh 50.0 - 60.0
EndSection

Section “Monitor”
Identifier “Monitor0”
VendorName “Unknown”
ModelName “Samsung SyncMaster”
HorizSync 30.0 - 81.0
VertRefresh 56.0 - 75.0
EndSection

Section “Device”

#BusID “1:0:0”

device_options

Identifier     "Device[0]"
Driver         "ChangeMe"
Option         "sw_cursor" "on"

EndSection

Section “Device”

fbdev_options

Identifier     "Device[fbdev]"
Driver         "nvidia"

EndSection

Section “Device”

#Option “DefaultRefresh”
Identifier “Device[vesa]”
Driver “vesa”
Option “ModeSetClearScreen” “no”
EndSection

Section “Device”
Identifier “Device[vmware]”
Driver “vmware”
EndSection

Section “Device”
Identifier “Videocard0”
Driver “nvidia”
VendorName “NVIDIA Corporation”
BoardName “GeForce 7950 GT”
BusID “PCI:1:0:0”
EndSection

Section “Screen”
Identifier “Screen[0]”
Device “Device[0]”
Monitor “Monitor[0]”
DefaultDepth 16
SubSection “Display”
Depth 16
Modes “1680x1050”
EndSubSection
SubSection “Display”
Depth 24
Modes “1680x1050”
EndSubSection
SubSection “Display”
Depth 32
Modes “1680x1050”
EndSubSection
SubSection “Display”
Depth 8
Modes “1680x1050”
EndSubSection
EndSection

Section “Screen”

#@DefaultDepth@
Identifier “Screen[fbdev]”
Device “Device[fbdev]”
Monitor “Monitor[0]”
Option “MultiGPU” “on”
Option “SLI” “on”
SubSection “Display”
Modes “default”
EndSubSection
SubSection “Display”
Depth 15
Modes “default”
EndSubSection
SubSection “Display”
Depth 24
Modes “default”
EndSubSection
SubSection “Display”
Depth 32
Modes “default”
EndSubSection
SubSection “Display”
Depth 8
Modes “default”
EndSubSection
EndSection

Section “Screen”
Identifier “Screen[vesa]”
Device “Device[vesa]”
Monitor “Monitor[vesa]”
SubSection “Display”
Depth 16
Modes “default”
EndSubSection
SubSection “Display”
Depth 8
Modes “default”
EndSubSection
EndSection

Section “Screen”
Identifier “Screen[vmware]”
Device “Device[vmware]”
Monitor “Monitor[vmware]”
SubSection “Display”
Depth 8
Modes “1680x1050”
EndSubSection
SubSection “Display”
Depth 16
Modes “1680x1050”
EndSubSection
SubSection “Display”
Depth 24
Modes “1680x1050”
EndSubSection
EndSection

Section “Screen”
Identifier “Screen0”
Device “Videocard0”
Monitor “Monitor0”
DefaultDepth 24
Option “TwinView” “0”
Option “metamodes” “1680x1050_60 +0+0”
SubSection “Display”
Depth 24
Modes “nvidia-auto-select”
EndSubSection
EndSection

SirShaggy · August 31, 2008, 8:12am

/var/log/SaX.log

/*************
SaX2 log : SaX2 version 8.1 - SVN Release: 1.49 2003/03/17

SVN RELEASE : 1623
:
DESCRIPTION : X11 configuration log file to collect information
: about detection, startup and configuration.
: There are three parts of logging:
: —
: 1) INIT ( detection, 3D )
: 2) STARTUP ( xorg.conf, X11 log, glxinfo )
: 3) CONFIG ( config actions )
: —
:
VERSION : SaX2 compiled for: [openSUSE 11.0 (i586)]
PARAMETER : no parameter(s) given
:
LOG DATE : Sat Aug 30 22:35:34 PDT 2008
*************/

Framebuffer Info:

Framebuffer is active

30-Aug 22:35:35 Initializing…
30-Aug 22:35:35 Sysp: Mouse detection data
Mouse0 => Protocol : explorerps/2
Mouse0 => Device : /dev/input/mice
Mouse0 => Buttons : 12
Mouse0 => Wheel : 2
Mouse0 => Emulate : 0
Mouse0 => Name : Logitech USB Receiver
Mouse0 => VendorID : 0x046d
Mouse0 => DeviceID : 0xc51a
Mouse0 => Profile : <undefined>
Mouse0 => RealDevice : /dev/input/by-id/usb-Logitech_USB_Receiver-mouse
Mouse0 => NutShell : 0
]
30-Aug 22:35:36 Sysp: Keyboard detection data
Keyboard0 => XkbModel : microsoftpro
Keyboard0 => XkbLayout : us
Keyboard0 => Name : Cherry Cymotion Master Linux Keyboard
Keyboard0 => VendorID : 0x046a
Keyboard0 => DeviceID : 0x0023
Keyboard0 => Profile : <undefined>
Keyboard0 => RealDevice : /dev/input/event4
]
30-Aug 22:35:36 Sysp: Server detection data
Card0 => DomainId : 0x0
Card0 => BusId : 0x1
Card0 => SlotId : 0x00
Card0 => FuncId : 0x0
Card0 => Vendor : NVIDIA
Card0 => Device : GeForce 7950 GT
Card0 => VID : 0x10de
Card0 => DID : 0x0295
Card0 => Module : nvidia
Card0 => BusType : AGP
Card0 => Detected : 2
Card0 => Flag : DEFAULT
Card0 => SUB-VID : 0x1682
Card0 => SUB-DID : 0x2219
Card0 => DrvProfile : Depth24,NVidia,NoModelines,Composite

Card1     =&gt;  DomainId   : 0x0
Card1     =&gt;  BusId      : 0x6
Card1     =&gt;  SlotId     : 0x00
Card1     =&gt;  FuncId     : 0x0
Card1     =&gt;  Vendor     : NVIDIA
Card1     =&gt;  Device     : GeForce 7950 GT
Card1     =&gt;  VID        : 0x10de
Card1     =&gt;  DID        : 0x0295
Card1     =&gt;  Module     : nvidia
Card1     =&gt;  BusType    : AGP
Card1     =&gt;  Detected   : 2
Card1     =&gt;  Flag       : DEFAULT
Card1     =&gt;  SUB-VID    : 0x1682
Card1     =&gt;  SUB-DID    : 0x2219
Card1     =&gt;  DrvProfile : Depth24,NVidia,NoModelines,Composite

]
30-Aug 22:35:40 Sysp: XStuff detection data
SaX: ups lost card during probing… abort
]

SirShaggy · August 31, 2008, 8:26am

this got it: sax2 -r -c0 -m 0=nvidia The screen is now detected and configured and I was able to enable multigpu and SLI in the driver.