Nvidia driver issues

terracide · February 18, 2010, 12:03am

I am seeing a lot of nvidia issues in this forum. I installed 11.2 and 1st tried the RPM install and the package manager hung (it hangs a lot btw):bad: I left for over an hour and the manager was still hung when I got home and after rebooting I could not get the machine out of low color mode. I had other issues so I reinstalled the OS(installed most dev libs on setup) and tried doing the nvidia driver install in the terminal which has always worked for me dating back to Redhat 5.0, the driver installed fine, but sax2 just blackscreened and hung with a solid cursor in the upper left hand corner of screen. I repeated this process twice and threw up my hands in disgust. I was thinking maybe an issue with my graphics cards running quad SLI (2 Gefore GTX 295’s) but after reading these forums Im not so sure as the 11.2 stock nvidia driver did see 4 gpus and worked fine. of the times I tried installing in terminal sax2 gave a nasty crash message once seeming to indicate that the nvidia driver was not installed or available. I have installed this driver in many older versions of suse and never had this issue before, HELP?? lol

please_try_again · February 18, 2010, 3:38am

Create the file /etc/zypp/repos.d/Nvidia.repo with the following content:

[Nvidia]
name=Nvidia
enabled=1
autorefresh=0
baseurl=http://download.nvidia.com/opensuse/11.2/
path=/
type=rpm-md
keeppackages=1

import the Nvidia gpg key
rpm --import ftp://download.nvidia.com/opensuse/11.2/repodata/repomd.xml.key
Refresh the Nvidia repository
zypper refresh Nvidia
install the driver
zypper in x11-video-nvidiaG02
boot in runlevel 3
Add “3” at the end of the line loading the kernel in the openSUSE boot entry.
run nvidia-xconfig
start X with startx
run nvidia-settings
to adjust configuration

Execute all these commands (except startx) as root or sudo
Don’t run Sax2 at all (I never did). Other people have other methods though.
Depending on model, driver will be x11-video-nvidiaG02, x11-video-nvidiaG01 or x11-video-nvidia.
If your video card is too new, make sure it is supported (before installing Linux).

terracide · February 18, 2010, 4:08am

Ill give that a try, it seems the issue is Sax, and I have never known another way of configuring X under Suse and I also didnt realize changing run levels was that easy… Thank you, I will post results…

terracide · February 18, 2010, 5:07am

ok, different results this time, Im pasting in the xorg config file info, it looks like the glx module is loading but the core driver module isn’t???..

X.Org X Server 1.6.5
Release Date: 2009-10-11
X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0
Build Operating System: openSUSE SUSE LINUX
Current Operating System: Linux linux-uk1o 2.6.31.5-0.1-desktop #1 SMP PREEMPT 2009-10-26 15:49:03 +0100 x86_64
Build Date: 02 November 2009 12:04:43PM

unknown.
(==) Log file: “/var/log/Xorg.0.log”, Time: Wed Feb 17 21:51:04 2010
(==) Using config file: “/etc/X11/xorg.conf.install”
(==) ServerLayout “Layout”
() |–>Screen “vboxvideo” (0)
() | |–>Monitor “<default monitor>”
() | |–>Device “vboxvideo”
(==) No monitor specified for screen “vboxvideo”.
Using a default monitor configuration.
() |–>Screen “vmware” (1)
() | |–>Monitor “<default monitor>”
() | |–>Device “vmware”
(==) No monitor specified for screen “vmware”.
Using a default monitor configuration.
() |–>Screen “cirrus” (2)
() | |–>Monitor “<default monitor>”
() | |–>Device “cirrus”
(==) No monitor specified for screen “cirrus”.
Using a default monitor configuration.
() |–>Screen “fbdev” (3)
() | |–>Monitor “<default monitor>”
() | |–>Device “fbdev”
(==) No monitor specified for screen “fbdev”.
Using a default monitor configuration.
() |–>Screen “vesa” (4)
() | |–>Monitor “<default monitor>”
(**) | |–>Device “vesa”
(==) No monitor specified for screen “vesa”.
Using a default monitor configuration.
(==) Automatically adding devices
(==) Automatically enabling devices
(WW) The directory “/usr/share/fonts/TTF/” does not exist.
Entry deleted from font path.
(WW) The directory “/usr/share/fonts/OTF” does not exist.
Entry deleted from font path.
(==) FontPath set to:
/usr/share/fonts/misc:unscaled,
/usr/share/fonts/truetype/,
/usr/share/fonts/Type1/,
/usr/share/fonts/100dpi:unscaled,
/usr/share/fonts/75dpi:unscaled
(==) ModulePath set to “/usr/lib64/xorg/modules/updates,/usr/lib64/xorg/modules”
(II) Cannot locate a core pointer device.
(II) Cannot locate a core keyboard device.
(II) The server relies on HAL to provide the list of input devices.
If no devices become available, reconfigure HAL or disable AllowEmptyInput.
(II) Loader magic: 0xcc0
(II) Module ABI versions:
X.Org ANSI C Emulation: 0.4
X.Org Video Driver: 5.0
X.Org XInput driver : 4.0
X.Org Server Extension : 2.0
(II) Loader running on linux
(++) using VT number 7

(!!) More than one possible primary device found
(–) PCI: (0:6:0:0) 10de:05e0:10de:064e rev 161, Mem @ 0xd3000000/16777216, 0x80000000/268435456, 0xd0000000/33554432, I/O @ 0x00009c00/128, BIOS @ 0x???/524288
(–) PCI: (0:7:0:0) 10de:05e0:10de:064e rev 161, Mem @ 0xd7000000/16777216, 0x90000000/268435456, 0xd4000000/33554432, I/O @ 0x0000ac00/128, BIOS @ 0x???/524288
(–) PCI: (0:10:0:0) 10de:05e0:10de:064e rev 161, Mem @ 0xdb000000/16777216, 0xa0000000/268435456, 0xd8000000/33554432, I/O @ 0x0000bc00/128, BIOS @ 0x???/524288
(–) PCI: (0:11:0:0) 10de:05e0:10de:064e rev 161, Mem @ 0xde000000/16777216, 0xb0000000/268435456, 0xdc000000/33554432, I/O @ 0x0000cc00/128, BIOS @ 0x???/524288
(II) Open ACPI successful (/var/run/acpid.socket)
(II) System resource ranges:
[0] -1 0 0xffffffff - 0xffffffff (0x1) MX**
[1] -1 0 0x000f0000 - 0x000fffff (0x10000) MX**
[2] -1 0 0x000c0000 - 0x000effff (0x30000) MX**
[3] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x0009ffff (0xa0000) MX**
[4] -1 0 0xffffffff - 0xffffffff (0x1) MX**
[5] -1 0 0x000f0000 - 0x000fffff (0x10000) MX**
[6] -1 0 0x000c0000 - 0x000effff (0x30000) MX**
[7] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x0009ffff (0xa0000) MX**
[8] -1 0 0xffffffff - 0xffffffff (0x1) MX**
[9] -1 0 0x000f0000 - 0x000fffff (0x10000) MX**
[10] -1 0 0x000c0000 - 0x000effff (0x30000) MX**
[11] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x0009ffff (0xa0000) MX**
[12] -1 0 0xffffffff - 0xffffffff (0x1) MX**
[13] -1 0 0x000f0000 - 0x000fffff (0x10000) MX**
[14] -1 0 0x000c0000 - 0x000effff (0x30000) MX**
[15] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x0009ffff (0xa0000) MX**
[16] -1 0 0xffffffff - 0xffffffff (0x1) MX**
[17] -1 0 0x000f0000 - 0x000fffff (0x10000) MX**
[18] -1 0 0x000c0000 - 0x000effff (0x30000) MX**
[19] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x0009ffff (0xa0000) MX**
[20] -1 0 0x0000ffff - 0x0000ffff (0x1) IX**
[21] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x00000000 (0x1) IX**
[22] -1 0 0x0000ffff - 0x0000ffff (0x1) IX**
[23] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x00000000 (0x1) IX**
[24] -1 0 0x0000ffff - 0x0000ffff (0x1) IX**
[25] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x00000000 (0x1) IX**
[26] -1 0 0x0000ffff - 0x0000ffff (0x1) IX**
[27] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x00000000 (0x1) IX**
[28] -1 0 0x0000ffff - 0x0000ffff (0x1) IX**
[29] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x00000000 (0x1) IX**
(II) LoadModule: “extmod”
(II) Loading /usr/lib64/xorg/modules//extensions/libextmod.so
(II) Module extmod: vendor=“X.Org Foundation”
compiled for 1.6.5, module version = 1.0.0
Module class: X.Org Server Extension
ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 2.0
(II) Loading extension MIT-SCREEN-SAVER
(II) Loading extension XFree86-VidModeExtension
(II) Loading extension XFree86-DGA
(II) Loading extension DPMS
(II) Loading extension XVideo
(II) Loading extension XVideo-MotionCompensation
(II) Loading extension X-Resource
(II) LoadModule: “dbe”
(II) Loading /usr/lib64/xorg/modules//extensions/libdbe.so
(II) Module dbe: vendor=“X.Org Foundation”
compiled for 1.6.5, module version = 1.0.0
Module class: X.Org Server Extension
ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 2.0
(II) Loading extension DOUBLE-BUFFER
(II) LoadModule: “glx”
(II) Loading /usr/lib64/xorg/modules/updates//extensions/libglx.so
(II) Module glx: vendor=“NVIDIA Corporation”
compiled for 4.0.2, module version = 1.0.0
Module class: X.Org Server Extension
(II) NVIDIA GLX Module 190.53 Wed Dec 9 16:27:33 PST 2009
(II) Loading extension GLX
(II) LoadModule: “record”
(II) Loading /usr/lib64/xorg/modules//extensions/librecord.so
(II) Module record: vendor=“X.Org Foundation”
compiled for 1.6.5, module version = 1.13.0
Module class: X.Org Server Extension
ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 2.0

ctd…

(II) UnloadModule: “vmware”
(II) Unloading /usr/lib64/xorg/modules//drivers/vmware_drv.so
(II) UnloadModule: “cirrus”
(II) Unloading /usr/lib64/xorg/modules//drivers/cirrus_drv.so
(II) UnloadModule: “vesa”
(II) Unloading /usr/lib64/xorg/modules//drivers/vesa_drv.so
(II) FBDEV(0): FBIOBLANK: Invalid argument (Screen blanking not supported by vesafb of Linux Kernel)
(==) FBDEV(0): Backing store disabled
(II) FBDEV(0): DPMS enabled
(==) RandR enabled
(II) Initializing built-in extension Generic Event Extension
(II) Initializing built-in extension SHAPE
(II) Initializing built-in extension MIT-SHM
(II) Initializing built-in extension XInputExtension
(II) Initializing built-in extension XTEST
(II) Initializing built-in extension BIG-REQUESTS
(II) Initializing built-in extension SYNC
(II) Initializing built-in extension XKEYBOARD
(II) Initializing built-in extension XC-MISC
(II) Initializing built-in extension SECURITY
(II) Initializing built-in extension XINERAMA
(II) Initializing built-in extension XFIXES
(II) Initializing built-in extension RENDER
(II) Initializing built-in extension RANDR
(II) Initializing built-in extension COMPOSITE
(II) Initializing built-in extension DAMAGE
(EE) Failed to initialize GLX extension (Compatible NVIDIA X driver not found)
(II) XKB: reuse xkmfile /var/lib/xkb/compiled/server-B20D7FC79C7F597315E3E501AEF10E0D866E8E92.xkm
(II) FBDEV(0): FBIOBLANK: Invalid argument (Screen blanking not supported by vesafb of Linux Kernel)
(II) config/hal: Adding input device G11 Keyboard
(II) LoadModule: “evdev”
(II) Loading /usr/lib64/xorg/modules//input/evdev_drv.so
(II) Module evdev: vendor=“X.Org Foundation”
compiled for 1.6.5, module version = 2.2.5
Module class: X.Org XInput Driver
ABI class: X.Org XInput driver, version 4.0
() G11 Keyboard: always reports core events
() G11 Keyboard: Device: “/dev/input/event4”
(II) G11 Keyboard: Found keys
(II) G11 Keyboard: Configuring as keyboard
(II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device “G11 Keyboard” (type: KEYBOARD)
() Option “xkb_rules” “evdev”
() Option “xkb_model” “evdev”
() Option “xkb_layout” “us”
(II) XKB: reuse xkmfile /var/lib/xkb/compiled/server-D378AD8F86E560F712A83EE36E4E5E92C595B9BD.xkm
(II) config/hal: Adding input device Gaming Keyboard
() Gaming Keyboard: always reports core events
() Gaming Keyboard: Device: “/dev/input/event3”
(II) Gaming Keyboard: Found keys
(II) Gaming Keyboard: Configuring as keyboard
(II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device “Gaming Keyboard” (type: KEYBOARD)
() Option “xkb_rules” “evdev”
() Option “xkb_model” “evdev”
() Option “xkb_layout” “us”
(II) XKB: reuse xkmfile /var/lib/xkb/compiled/server-D378AD8F86E560F712A83EE36E4E5E92C595B9BD.xkm
(II) config/hal: Adding input device Gaming Keyboard
() Gaming Keyboard: always reports core events
() Gaming Keyboard: Device: “/dev/input/event2”
(II) Gaming Keyboard: Found keys
(II) Gaming Keyboard: Configuring as keyboard
(II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device “Gaming Keyboard” (type: KEYBOARD)
() Option “xkb_rules” “evdev”
() Option “xkb_model” “evdev”
() Option “xkb_layout” “us”
(II) XKB: reuse xkmfile /var/lib/xkb/compiled/server-D378AD8F86E560F712A83EE36E4E5E92C595B9BD.xkm
(II) config/hal: Adding input device Logitech G9x Laser Mouse
() Logitech G9x Laser Mouse: always reports core events
() Logitech G9x Laser Mouse: Device: “/dev/input/event1”
(II) Logitech G9x Laser Mouse: Found 1 mouse buttons
(II) Logitech G9x Laser Mouse: Found scroll wheel(s)
(II) Logitech G9x Laser Mouse: Found keys
(II) Logitech G9x Laser Mouse: Configuring as keyboard
(II) Logitech G9x Laser Mouse: Adding scrollwheel support
() Logitech G9x Laser Mouse: YAxisMapping: buttons 4 and 5
() Logitech G9x Laser Mouse: EmulateWheelButton: 4, EmulateWheelInertia: 10, EmulateWheelTimeout: 200
(II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device “Logitech G9x Laser Mouse” (type: KEYBOARD)
() Option “xkb_rules” “evdev”
() Option “xkb_model” “evdev”
() Option “xkb_layout” “us”
(II) XKB: reuse xkmfile /var/lib/xkb/compiled/server-D378AD8F86E560F712A83EE36E4E5E92C595B9BD.xkm
(EE) Logitech G9x Laser Mouse: failed to initialize for relative axes.
(II) config/hal: Adding input device Logitech G9x Laser Mouse
() Logitech G9x Laser Mouse: always reports core events
() Logitech G9x Laser Mouse: Device: “/dev/input/event0”
(II) Logitech G9x Laser Mouse: Found 20 mouse buttons
(II) Logitech G9x Laser Mouse: Found x and y relative axes
(II) Logitech G9x Laser Mouse: Found scroll wheel(s)
(II) Logitech G9x Laser Mouse: Configuring as mouse
() Logitech G9x Laser Mouse: YAxisMapping: buttons 4 and 5
() Logitech G9x Laser Mouse: EmulateWheelButton: 4, EmulateWheelInertia: 10, EmulateWheelTimeout: 200
(II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device “Logitech G9x Laser Mouse” (type: MOUSE)
() Logitech G9x Laser Mouse: (accel) keeping acceleration scheme 1
() Logitech G9x Laser Mouse: (accel) filter chain progression: 2.00
() Logitech G9x Laser Mouse: (accel) filter stage 0: 20.00 ms
() Logitech G9x Laser Mouse: (accel) set acceleration profile 0
(II) Logitech G9x Laser Mouse: initialized for relative axes.
(II) config/hal: Adding input device Power Button
() Power Button: always reports core events
() Power Button: Device: “/dev/input/event7”
(II) Power Button: Found keys
(II) Power Button: Configuring as keyboard
(II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device “Power Button” (type: KEYBOARD)
() Option “xkb_rules” “evdev”
() Option “xkb_model” “evdev”
() Option “xkb_layout” “us”
(II) XKB: reuse xkmfile /var/lib/xkb/compiled/server-D378AD8F86E560F712A83EE36E4E5E92C595B9BD.xkm
(II) config/hal: Adding input device Power Button
() Power Button: always reports core events
() Power Button: Device: “/dev/input/event5”
(II) Power Button: Found keys
(II) Power Button: Configuring as keyboard
(II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device “Power Button” (type: KEYBOARD)
() Option “xkb_rules” “evdev”
() Option “xkb_model” “evdev”
() Option “xkb_layout” “us”
(II) XKB: reuse xkmfile /var/lib/xkb/compiled/server-D378AD8F86E560F712A83EE36E4E5E92C595B9BD.xkm************************************************************

please_try_again · February 18, 2010, 5:19am

It looks like a monitor is missing in your /etc/X11/xorg.conf. But the nvidia module seems to be there.
To check if the kernel module is loaded (I believe it is) :
lsmod | grep nvidia
Once you have the correct monitor specified in /etc/X11/xorg.conf and used in the Screen section, it should be OK … or at least look different.
Try to rename /etc/X11/xorg.conf for now and do startx again.

please_try_again · February 18, 2010, 5:23am

Also post the ouptut of lspci . I don’t see your graphic card either.

terracide · February 18, 2010, 5:40am

lsmod results and lspci output and thank you for the hlp–

lsmod | grep nvidia
nvidia 9647368 0

lspci
00:00.0 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation MCP78S [GeForce 8200] Memory Controller (rev a2)
00:01.0 ISA bridge: nVidia Corporation nForce 750a LPC Bridge (rev a2)
00:01.1 SMBus: nVidia Corporation MCP78S [GeForce 8200] SMBus (rev a1)
00:01.2 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation MCP78S [GeForce 8200] Memory Controller (rev a1)
00:01.3 Co-processor: nVidia Corporation MCP78S [GeForce 8200] Co-Processor (rev a2)
00:01.4 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation MCP78S [GeForce 8200] Memory Controller (rev a1)
00:02.0 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation MCP78S [GeForce 8200] OHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev a1)
00:02.1 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation MCP78S [GeForce 8200] EHCI USB 2.0 Controller (rev a1)
00:04.0 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation MCP78S [GeForce 8200] OHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev a1)
00:04.1 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation MCP78S [GeForce 8200] EHCI USB 2.0 Controller (rev a1)
00:06.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation MCP78S [GeForce 8200] IDE (rev a1)
00:08.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP78S [GeForce 8200] PCI Bridge (rev a1)
00:09.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation MCP78S [GeForce 8200] SATA Controller (non-AHCI mode) (rev a2)
00:0a.0 Ethernet controller: nVidia Corporation MCP77 Ethernet (rev a2)
00:10.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP78S [GeForce 8200] PCI Express Bridge (rev a1)
00:13.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP78S [GeForce 8200] PCI Bridge (rev a1)
00:14.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP78S [GeForce 8200] PCI Bridge (rev a1)
00:18.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K10 [Opteron, Athlon64, Sempron] HyperTransport Configuration
00:18.1 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K10 [Opteron, Athlon64, Sempron] Address Map
00:18.2 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K10 [Opteron, Athlon64, Sempron] DRAM Controller
00:18.3 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K10 [Opteron, Athlon64, Sempron] Miscellaneous Control
00:18.4 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K10 [Opteron, Athlon64, Sempron] Link Control
01:09.0 Multimedia audio controller: Creative Labs SB Audigy (rev 04)
01:09.2 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Creative Labs SB Audigy FireWire Port (rev 04)
02:00.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation Device 05b1 (rev a2)
03:00.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation Device 05b1 (rev a2)
03:02.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation Device 05b1 (rev a2)
03:03.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation Device 05b1 (rev a2)
04:00.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation PCI express bridge for GTX 295 (rev a3)
05:00.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation PCI express bridge for GTX 295 (rev a3)
05:02.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation PCI express bridge for GTX 295 (rev a3)
06:00.0 3D controller: nVidia Corporation GT200b [GeForce GTX 295] (rev a1)
07:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation GT200b [GeForce GTX 295] (rev a1)
08:00.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation PCI express bridge for GTX 295 (rev a3)
09:00.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation PCI express bridge for GTX 295 (rev a3)
09:02.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation PCI express bridge for GTX 295 (rev a3)
0a:00.0 3D controller: nVidia Corporation GT200b [GeForce GTX 295] (rev a1)
0b:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation GT200b [GeForce GTX 295] (rev a1)
0c:00.0 RAID bus controller: Silicon Image, Inc. SiI 3132 Serial ATA Raid II Controller (rev 01)
0e:00.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): VIA Technologies, Inc. Device 3403
linux-uk1o:/home/terracide #

terracide · February 18, 2010, 5:45am

I forgot to mention I am using a Viewsonic 3d ready 120hz lcd display, and I also have an Epson powerlite Pro Cinema projector attatched…I tried configuring X on the projector and the monitor connected independently and had the same results… Im not sure how to manually configure the monitor settings (in xorg.conf file?)…

please_try_again · February 18, 2010, 6:13am

Do you have an onboard GeForce 8200 graphic chipset that you disabled ? This chipset is NOT supported byt the nv driver. So installing openSUSE with it is not fun, although it should work later with the nvidia driver. If it is disabled, it’s fine. As for the GeForce GTX 295, it shows up. I doubt it is supported by the nv driver and I don’t know if it is supported by the nvidia driver. Did you check ? I would forget about the projector for now and try to get the monitor and graphic card to work first. You can manually edit monitor refresh rate and resolution in /etc/X11/xorg.conf but it would be the last option if nothing else solved the problem.

terracide · February 18, 2010, 2:52pm

My motherboard (Asus M4N82 Deluxe) has a spare GPU on board for people using hybrid sli… My GTX 295 video cards do not support hybrid sli so the spare gpu is disabled by the bios. If you look at the lspci output, both of the 295’s are listed there, and I looked again on the nvidia site and at the driver details and my 295’s are definitely supported by the driver… I havent tried removing one of the 295 cards from the system for driver installation, but I may try that next? The other possibility is that the disabled gpu is trying to be default display device by xorg?? Im not sure how to test that theory??

terracide · February 18, 2010, 3:17pm

sorry for the continual posts, this is a puzzling issue for me, I am pasting in some specs for my motherboard from Asus…

CPU AMD AM3/AM2+/AM2 ;Phenom™II/Athlon™II/Phenom™/Athlon™/Sempron™ Processors
AMD Cool ‘n’ Quiet™ Technology
Support 45nm CPU
Chipset NVIDIA nForce 980a SLI with NVIDIA NVCC and ESA support
System Bus Up to 5200 MT/s HyperTransport™ 3.0 for AM3 /AM2+ CPU
2000 / 1600 MT/s for AM2 CPU
Memory 4 x DIMM, Max. 16 GB, DDR2 1300(O.C.)/1066/800/667 ECC,Non-ECC,Un-buffered Memory
Dual Channel memory architecture
*Due to AMD CPU limitation, DDR2 1066 is supported by AM3/AM2+ CPU for one DIMM per channel only.
**Due to OS limitation, when installing total memory of 4GB capacity or more, Windows® 32-bit operation system may only recognize less than 3GB. Hence, a total installed memory of less than 3GB is recommended.
***Refer to ASUSTeK Computer or the user manual for the Memory QVL (Qualified Vendors Lidts)
Expansion Slots 3 x PCIe 2.0 x16 (dual x16 or triple x8)
1 x PCIe x1
2 x PCI 2.2
VGA Integrated NVIDIA® GeForce® 8 series GPU for NVIDIA Hybrid SLI™ support only (not for graphics output)
Multi-GPU Support Support NVIDIA® 3-Way SLI™ Technology (dual x16 or triple x8)

please_try_again · February 18, 2010, 3:54pm

It would show up in /var/log/Xorg.0.log. But a BusID setting in the Device Section of /etc/X11/xorg.conf would solve the problem by telling Xorg explicitely which device to use. Now, did you create /etc/X11/xorg.conf with nvidia-xconfig ? And how does it look like?

knurpht · February 18, 2010, 3:56pm

Install latest beta driver from here:

ftp://download.nvidia.com/XFree86/Linux-x86_64/195.30/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-195.30-pkg2.run

That’s supposed to support your card.

terracide · February 19, 2010, 12:18am

When I try the startx command it either says “too many forks” or “no screens found”
I did use nvidias config tool and here goes…

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

nvidia-xconfig: version 1.0 (buildmeister@builder58) Wed Dec 9 16:34:26 PST 2009

Section “ServerLayout”
Identifier “Layout0”
Screen 0 “Screen0” 0 0
InputDevice “Keyboard0” “CoreKeyboard”
InputDevice “Mouse0” “CorePointer”
EndSection

Section “Files”
EndSection

Section “InputDevice”

# generated from default
Identifier     "Mouse0"
Driver         "mouse"
Option         "Protocol" "auto"
Option         "Device" "/dev/psaux"
Option         "Emulate3Buttons" "no"
Option         "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"

EndSection

Section “InputDevice”

# generated from default
Identifier     "Keyboard0"
Driver         "kbd"

EndSection

Section “Monitor”
Identifier “Monitor0”
VendorName “Unknown”
ModelName “Unknown”
HorizSync 28.0 - 33.0
VertRefresh 43.0 - 72.0
Option “DPMS”
EndSection

Section “Device”
Identifier “Device0”
Driver “nvidia”
VendorName “NVIDIA Corporation”
EndSection

Section “Screen”
Identifier “Screen0”
Device “Device0”
Monitor “Monitor0”
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection “Display”
Depth 24
EndSubSection
EndSection

terracide · February 19, 2010, 12:26am

@Knurpht… Didnt realize there was a newer release, I may try that too… thanx

terracide · February 19, 2010, 2:39am

Ok, so to test this I did an OS reinstall and installed the newer graphics driver, and am getting the same “fatal error no screens found” again. This version of the driver has an automated nvidia-xconfig feature you can use and I did… I really think that this is an issue of my having 4 gpus in the machine, so how do I know which bus id is the correct one and what is the syntax in the xorg.conf file?? thanx guys…

terracide · February 19, 2010, 2:49am

and this sax2 log is a little more telling

Module class: X.Org Server Extension
ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 2.0
(II) Loading extension RECORD
(II) LoadModule: "dri2"
(II) Loading /usr/lib64/xorg/modules//extensions/libdri2.so
(II) Module dri2: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
compiled for 1.6.5, module version = 1.1.0
ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 2.0
(II) Loading extension DRI2
(II) LoadModule: "nvidia"
(II) Loading /usr/lib64/xorg/modules//drivers/nvidia_drv.so
(II) Module nvidia: vendor="NVIDIA Corporation"
compiled for 4.0.2, module version = 1.0.0
Module class: X.Org Video Driver
(II) NVIDIA dlloader X Driver  195.30  Fri Dec 18 16:24:01 PST 2009
(II) NVIDIA Unified Driver for all Supported NVIDIA GPUs
(II) NVIDIA X compatibility module for ABI 5.0 built from xorg-server-1.5.99.901
(II) X log verbosity: 10
(II) Primary Device is: 
(II) Loading sub module "fb"
(II) LoadModule: "fb"
(II) Loading /usr/lib64/xorg/modules//libfb.so
(II) Module fb: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
compiled for 1.6.5, module version = 1.0.0
ABI class: X.Org ANSI C Emulation, version 0.4
(II) Loading sub module "wfb"
(II) LoadModule: "wfb"
(II) Loading /usr/lib64/xorg/modules//libwfb.so
(II) Module wfb: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
compiled for 1.6.5, module version = 1.0.0
ABI class: X.Org ANSI C Emulation, version 0.4
(II) Loading sub module "ramdac"
(II) LoadModule: "ramdac"
(II) Module "ramdac" already built-in
(II) resource ranges after probing:
[0] -1	0	0xffffffff - 0xffffffff (0x1) MX**
[1] -1	0	0x000f0000 - 0x000fffff (0x10000) MX**
[2] -1	0	0x000c0000 - 0x000effff (0x30000) MX**
[3] -1	0	0x00000000 - 0x0009ffff (0xa0000) MX**
[4] -1	0	0xffffffff - 0xffffffff (0x1) MX**
[5] -1	0	0x000f0000 - 0x000fffff (0x10000) MX**
[6] -1	0	0x000c0000 - 0x000effff (0x30000) MX**
[7] -1	0	0x00000000 - 0x0009ffff (0xa0000) MX**
[8] -1	0	0xffffffff - 0xffffffff (0x1) MX**
[9] -1	0	0x000f0000 - 0x000fffff (0x10000) MX**
[10] -1	0	0x000c0000 - 0x000effff (0x30000) MX**
[11] -1	0	0x00000000 - 0x0009ffff (0xa0000) MX**
[12] -1	0	0xffffffff - 0xffffffff (0x1) MX**
[13] -1	0	0x000f0000 - 0x000fffff (0x10000) MX**
[14] -1	0	0x000c0000 - 0x000effff (0x30000) MX**
[15] -1	0	0x00000000 - 0x0009ffff (0xa0000) MX**
[16] -1	0	0xffffffff - 0xffffffff (0x1) MX**
[17] -1	0	0x000f0000 - 0x000fffff (0x10000) MX**
[18] -1	0	0x000c0000 - 0x000effff (0x30000) MX**
[19] -1	0	0x00000000 - 0x0009ffff (0xa0000) MX**
[20] -1	0	0x0000ffff - 0x0000ffff (0x1) IX**
[21] -1	0	0x00000000 - 0x00000000 (0x1) IX**
[22] -1	0	0x0000ffff - 0x0000ffff (0x1) IX**
[23] -1	0	0x00000000 - 0x00000000 (0x1) IX**
[24] -1	0	0x0000ffff - 0x0000ffff (0x1) IX**
[25] -1	0	0x00000000 - 0x00000000 (0x1) IX**
[26] -1	0	0x0000ffff - 0x0000ffff (0x1) IX**
[27] -1	0	0x00000000 - 0x00000000 (0x1) IX**
[28] -1	0	0x0000ffff - 0x0000ffff (0x1) IX**
[29] -1	0	0x00000000 - 0x00000000 (0x1) IX**
(**) NVIDIA(0): Depth 24, (--) framebuffer bpp 32
(==) NVIDIA(0): RGB weight 888
(==) NVIDIA(0): Default visual is TrueColor
(==) NVIDIA(0): Using gamma correction (1.0, 1.0, 1.0)
(==) Feb 18 19:27:57 NVIDIA(0): Using HW cursor
(**) Feb 18 19:27:57 NVIDIA(0): Enabling RENDER acceleration
(==) Feb 18 19:27:57 NVIDIA(0): Video key set to default value of 0x101fe
(==) Feb 18 19:27:57 NVIDIA(0): Not mapping the primary surface by default.
(II) Feb 18 19:27:57 NVIDIA(0): Support for GLX with the Damage and Composite X extensions is
(II) Feb 18 19:27:57 NVIDIA(0):     enabled.
(II) Feb 18 19:27:58 NVIDIA(0): NVIDIA GPU GeForce GTX 295 (GT200) at PCI:7:0:0 (GPU-0)
(--) Feb 18 19:27:58 NVIDIA(0): Memory: 917504 kBytes
(II) Feb 18 19:27:58 NVIDIA(0): GPU RAM Type: GDDR3
(--) Feb 18 19:27:58 NVIDIA(0): VideoBIOS: 62.00.45.00.02
(--) Feb 18 19:27:58 NVIDIA(0): Found 2 heads on board
(II) Feb 18 19:27:58 NVIDIA(0): Supported display device(s): CRT-0, CRT-1, DFP-0, DFP-1
(II) Feb 18 19:27:58 NVIDIA(0): Bus detected as PCI Express
(II) Feb 18 19:27:58 NVIDIA(0): Detected PCI Express Link width: 16X
(--) Feb 18 19:27:58 NVIDIA(0): Interlaced video modes are supported on this GPU
(II) Feb 18 19:27:58 NVIDIA(0): DFP scaling is supported on this GPU
(II) Feb 18 19:27:58 NVIDIA(0): SPS  : 10
(II) Feb 18 19:27:58 NVIDIA(0): User configuration of GPU PowerMizer is supported
(II) Feb 18 19:27:58 NVIDIA(0): 
(II) Feb 18 19:27:58 NVIDIA(0): Mode timing constraints for  : GeForce GTX 295
(II) Feb 18 19:27:58 NVIDIA(0): Maximum mode timing values   :
(II) Feb 18 19:27:58 NVIDIA(0):     Horizontal Visible Width : 32767
(II) Feb 18 19:27:58 NVIDIA(0):     Horizontal Blank Start   : 32767
(II) Feb 18 19:27:58 NVIDIA(0):     Horizontal Blank Width   : 32767
(II) Feb 18 19:27:58 NVIDIA(0):     Horizontal Sync Start    : 32767
(II) Feb 18 19:27:58 NVIDIA(0):     Horizontal Sync Width    : 32767
(II) Feb 18 19:27:58 NVIDIA(0):     Horizontal Total Width   : 32767
(II) Feb 18 19:27:58 NVIDIA(0):     Vertical Visible Height  : 32767
(II) Feb 18 19:27:58 NVIDIA(0):     Vertical Blank Start     : 32767
(II) Feb 18 19:27:58 NVIDIA(0):     Vertical Blank Width     : 32767
(II) Feb 18 19:27:58 NVIDIA(0):     Veritcal Sync Start      : 32767
(II) Feb 18 19:27:58 NVIDIA(0):     Vertical Sync Width      : 32767
(II) Feb 18 19:27:58 NVIDIA(0):     Vertical Total Height    : 32767
(II) Feb 18 19:27:58 NVIDIA(0): 
(II) Feb 18 19:27:58 NVIDIA(0): Minimum mode timing values   :
(II) Feb 18 19:27:58 NVIDIA(0):     Horizontal Total Width   : 8
(II) Feb 18 19:27:58 NVIDIA(0):     Vertical Total Height    : 5
(II) Feb 18 19:27:58 NVIDIA(0): 
(II) Feb 18 19:27:58 NVIDIA(0): Mode timing alignment        :
(II) Feb 18 19:27:58 NVIDIA(0):     Horizontal Visible Width : multiples of 1
(II) Feb 18 19:27:58 NVIDIA(0):     Horizontal Blank Start   : multiples of 1
(II) Feb 18 19:27:58 NVIDIA(0):     Horizontal Blank Width   : multiples of 1
(II) Feb 18 19:27:58 NVIDIA(0):     Horizontal Sync Start    : multiples of 1
(II) Feb 18 19:27:58 NVIDIA(0):     Horizontal Sync Width    : multiples of 1
(II) Feb 18 19:27:58 NVIDIA(0):     Horizontal Total Width   : multiples of 1
(II) Feb 18 19:27:58 NVIDIA(0): 
(--) Feb 18 19:27:58 NVIDIA(0): Connected display device(s) on GeForce GTX 295 at PCI:7:0:0:
(--) Feb 18 19:27:58 NVIDIA(0):     none
(EE) Feb 18 19:27:58 NVIDIA(0): No display devices found for this X screen.
(II) UnloadModule: "nvidia"
(II) UnloadModule: "wfb"
(II) UnloadModule: "fb"
(EE) Screen(s) found, but none have a usable configuration.

Fatal server error:
no screens found************************************************************

please_try_again · February 19, 2010, 3:38am

(–) Feb 18 19:27:58 NVIDIA(0): Connected display device(s) on GeForce GTX 295 at PCI:7:0:0:

Try to add that in the device section of /etc/X11/xorg.conf

Section “Device”
Identifier “Device0”
Driver “nvidia”
BusID “PCI:7:0:0”
VendorName “NVIDIA Corporation”
EndSection

Sometimes it does the trick (not always).

Your monitor has not been identified and uses generic values. It may end up in a “screen not found” error but more likely with an “input signal out of range”. What’s missing here are the correct VertRefresh and HorizSync and resolution. For example in the Screen Section, you should have:

SubSection “Display”
Depth 24
Modes “1680x1050”
EndSubSection

You have to replace “1680x1050” with your monitor’s resolution in the example above.
Sometimes the following option in the Monitor Section helps:

Option “PreferredMode” “1680x1050”

and sometimes it makes things worse…
In some cases a Modeline might be necessary.

I don’t remember what happens without /etc/X11/xorg.conf at all. You can also try to rename it and do startx.

terracide · February 19, 2010, 3:46am

funny… my LCds native resolution IS 1680x1050 @120hz Ill give that a try… I did see my monitor manufacturer name and model listed in one of the log files… I did previously try renaming the xorg.conf and startx gave the same errors…

terracide · February 19, 2010, 4:41am

sigh… when I put the bus id string in the xorg config file and run startx instead of just “fatal error no screens found” it says “screens found but none have a usable configuration” instead …when i enter the display mode resolution (1680 1050) it goes back to just no screens found when running startx… Im really confused as to what is happening here, it seems that a quad sli configuration is just No Bueno with X windows at all?