Problem with NVIDIA & FC2
Rick Bilonick
rab at nauticom.net
Sat Nov 13 23:00:00 UTC 2004
Brian Richardson wrote:
>> I upgraded from RH9 to FC2 and used yum to update. Everything seemed
>> fine.
>> I used yum for some more updates. After doing this I noticed problems
>> with
>> menu text (underlined letters showed up in green boxes). I re-installed
>> the NVIDIA binary drivers (had to - could not get X to start). Now the
>> NVIDA screen shows up clearly but X refuses to start complaining about
>> fonts. I have included the messages below.
>>
>> How can I fix this?
>
>
> [ snip ]
>
>> Could not init font path element unix/:7100, removing from list!
>
>
> Here's your problem; you are using either the wrong transport, or the
> wrong port. Make sure that xfs is running, and use either
>
> FontPath "unix/:-1"
>
> or
>
> FontPath "tcp/localhost:7100"
>
> Or don't run xfs and ensure that the correct font paths are defined in
> your xorg.conf
>
> [ snip ]
>
>> FatalError re-entered, aborting
>> Caught signal 11. Server aborting
>
>
> This doesn't look good either. Maybe it's just a cascading error, but
> I'd also make sure that your libGL and video driver for X11 are in
> sync. ie. make sure that your driver is set to "nvidia" and the libGL
> that is used by the server is the NVIDIA version.
>
> Brian
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> Brian Richardson
> Software Developer
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>
I tried the suggestions for the fonts but neither worked. I noticed that
I had switched back to the vesa driver so I changed it back to nvidia.
However, X will still not start. Here are the messages I get:
From /var/log/Xorg.0.log:
(II) Setting vga for screen 0.
(**) NVIDIA(0): Depth 16, (--) framebuffer bpp 16
(==) NVIDIA(0): RGB weight 565
(==) NVIDIA(0): Default visual is TrueColor
(==) NVIDIA(0): Using gamma correction (1.0, 1.0, 1.0)
(--) NVIDIA(0): Linear framebuffer at 0xD0000000
(--) NVIDIA(0): MMIO registers at 0xDE000000
(EE) NVIDIA(0): Failed to initialize the NVIDIA kernel module!
(EE) NVIDIA(0): *** Aborting ***
(II) UnloadModule: "nvidia"
(EE) Screen(s) found, but none have a usable configuration.
Fatal server error:
no screens found
Output from startx:
Release Date: 18 December 2003
X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0, Release 6.7
Build Operating System: Linux 2.4.21-14.ELsmp i686 [ELF]
Current Operating System: Linux tangent 2.6.5-1.358 #1 Sat May 8
09:04:50 EDT 2004 i686
Build Date: 28 September 2004
Build Host: tweety.build.redhat.com
Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.X.Org
to make sure that you have the latest version.
Module Loader present
OS Kernel: Linux version 2.6.5-1.358 (bhcompile at bugs.build.redhat.com)
(gcc version 3.3.3 20040412 (Red Hat Linux 3.3.3-7)) #1 Sat May 8
09:04:50 EDT 2004
Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting,
(++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational,
(WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
(==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.0.log", Time: Sat Nov 13 17:55:41 2004
(==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf"
(EE) NVIDIA(0): Failed to initialize the NVIDIA kernel module!
(EE) NVIDIA(0): *** Aborting ***
(EE) Screen(s) found, but none have a usable configuration.
Fatal server error:
no screens found
Please consult the The X.Org Foundation support
at http://wiki.X.Org
for help.
Please also check the log file at "/var/log/Xorg.0.log" for additional
information.
XIO: fatal IO error 104 (Connection reset by peer) on X server ":0.0"
after 0 requests (0 known processed) with 0 events remaining.
I'm not sure how to check libGL.
I'm not sure why it is not now finding any useable screens. Here is my
xorg.conf:
# Xorg configuration created by system-config-display
Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "single head configuration"
Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0
InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
EndSection
Section "Files"
# FontPath "unix/:7100"
FontPath "tcp/localhost:7100"
EndSection
Section "Module"
Load "glx"
# Load "GLcore"
# Load "dbe"
# Load "dri"
# Load "extmod"
# Load "glx"
# Load "record"
# Load "v4l"
# Load "dri"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Keyboard0"
Driver "kbd"
Option "XkbLayout" "us"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Mouse0"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
Option "Protocol" "IMPS/2"
Option "Emulate3Buttons" "off"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
EndSection
Section "Monitor"
#TV HorizSync 30.0 - 50.0
#TV VertRefresh 60
# 1080i
#Modeline "960x540" 46.983 960 1138 1226 1384 540 544 548 585 +hsync +vsync
Identifier "Generic Monitor that can do 1280x1024 @ 76 Hz"
VendorName "Unknown"
ModelName "Sony GDM-17SE2T"
HorizSync 30.0 - 85.0
VertRefresh 48.0 - 150.0
EndSection
Section "Device"
Identifier "nVidia Corporation|Vanta [NV6]"
Driver "nvidia"
BoardName "VESA driver (generic)"
VideoRam 131072
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen0"
Device "nVidia Corporation|Vanta [NV6]"
Monitor "Generic Monitor that can do 1280x1024 @ 76 Hz"
DefaultDepth 16
SubSection "Display"
Depth 32
Modes "1280x1024"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
# Modes "800x600" "640x480"
# Modes "640x480"
# Modes "640x480" "960x540"
Depth 16
Modes "1280x1024" "1280x960" "1152x864" "1024x768"
"800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 8
Modes "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 24
Modes "1280x1024" "1280x960" "1152x864" "1024x768"
"800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
EndSection
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