Installed nvidia proprietary drivers, computer boots into CLI

dioxy · 2012-02-29 09:33:03

I installed the nvidia proprietary drivers as shown here https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/NVIDIA
However when I use the xorg.conf from nvidia-xconfig my computer boots into CLI. My hardware is a NVIDIA GeForce GT 540M.

Mr Green · 2012-02-29 09:56:15

xorg.conf is not longer in use check out /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d

dioxy · 2012-02-29 10:08:13

What do I do in xorg.conf.d? I've tried changing vesa to nvidia in 20-gpudriver.conf, and I've also tried saving my nvidia-settings there. Both caused me to boot into CLI.

Mr Green · 2012-02-29 10:28:02

pacman -Qi nvidia
pacman -Qi linux

Do you get any errors when you try to run startx ?

Also check /var/log for Xorg as well

dioxy · 2012-02-29 10:43:15

output of pacman -Qi nvidia:

Name           : nvidia
Version        : 295.20-2
URL            : http://www.nvidia.com/
Licenses       : custom
Groups         : None
Provides       : None
Depends On     : linux>=3.2  linux<3.3  nvidia-utils=295.20
Optional Deps  : None
Required By    : None
Conflicts With : nvidia-96xx  nvidia-173xx
Replaces       : None
Installed Size : 4824.00 KiB
Packager       : Tobias Powalowski <tpowa@archlinux.org>
Architecture   : x86_64
Build Date     : Tue 28 Feb 2012 04:09:29 AM EST
Install Date   : Wed 29 Feb 2012 09:37:04 AM EST
Install Reason : Explicitly installed
Install Script : Yes
Description    : NVIDIA drivers for linux.

-Qi linux:

Name           : linux
Version        : 3.2.8-1
URL            : http://www.kernel.org/
Licenses       : GPL2
Groups         : base
Provides       : kernel26
Depends On     : coreutils  linux-firmware  module-init-tools>=3.16
                 mkinitcpio>=0.7
Optional Deps  : crda: to set the correct wireless channels of your country
Required By    : nvidia
Conflicts With : kernel26
Replaces       : kernel26
Installed Size : 58836.00 KiB
Packager       : Tobias Powalowski <tpowa@archlinux.org>
Architecture   : x86_64
Build Date     : Mon 27 Feb 2012 03:55:56 PM EST
Install Date   : Wed 29 Feb 2012 09:36:48 AM EST
Install Reason : Explicitly installed
Install Script : Yes
Description    : The Linux Kernel and modules

And yes there are errors when I run startx

(==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.1.log", Time: Wed Feb 29 11:33:12 2012
(==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf"
(==) Using config directory: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf.d"
(EE) Failed to initialize GLX extension (Compatible NVIDIA X driver not found)
(EE) Logitech USB Receiver: failed to initialize for relative axes.
(EE) synaptics: ETPS/2 Elantech Touchpad: Synaptics driver unable to detect protocol
(EE) PreInit returned 11 for "ETPS/2 Elantech Touchpad"
Obt-Message: Xinerama extension is not present on the server
which: no hsetroot in (/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/sbin:/s

Mr Green · 2012-02-29 10:44:49

Try

modprobe nvidia

What do you get?

move xorg.conf out of the way

mv xorg.conf xorg.conf.backup

dioxy · 2012-02-29 10:53:29

Mr Green wrote:

Try
modprobe nvidia
What do you get?
move xorg.conf out of the way
mv xorg.conf xorg.conf.backup

No luck. Nothing changed.

oliver · 2012-02-29 11:01:25

I know *nothing* about nvidia so this might be a wild goose chase, but this error sticks out

Compatible NVIDIA X driver not found

Are you sure your card is supported by that driver?

dioxy · 2012-02-29 11:12:55

oliver wrote:

I know *nothing* about nvidia so this might be a wild goose chase, but this error sticks out
Compatible NVIDIA X driver not found
Are you sure your card is supported by that driver?

it looks like that's it. I'll switch to nouveau and see if that works.
EDIT: I switched to nouveau. I still have the problem of booting into CLI when I edit xorg.conf.d. I tried changing "vesa" to "nouveau" in 20-gpudriver.conf

Last edited by dioxy (2012-02-29 11:30:40)

Mr Green · 2012-02-29 11:30:40

https://github.com/Bumblebee-Project/Bumblebee/wiki/

Have a search for your nvidia card

dioxy · 2012-02-29 13:30:32

Ok I got nouveau working but I can't change the screen resolution
xrandr outputs:

xrandr: failed to get size of gamma for output default
Screen 0: minimum 1024 x 768, current 1024 x 768, maximum 1024 x 768
default connected 1024x768+0+0 0mm x 0mm
   1024 * 768      0.0*

pablokal · 2012-02-29 13:53:11

http://www.ubuntugeek.com/how-change-di … randr.html
http://www.linuxtutorialblog.com/post/s … ith-xrandr

dioxy · 2012-02-29 14:04:33

pablokal wrote:

http://www.ubuntugeek.com/how-change-di … randr.html

this is not working... I keep getting the error xrandr: Failed to get size of gamma for output default

Last edited by dioxy (2012-02-29 14:10:34)

pablokal · 2012-02-29 14:05:46

What did you try?
what is the output of
xrandr -q
and is your desired output listed?

dioxy · 2012-02-29 14:14:11

pablokal wrote:

What did you try?

cvt 1368 768
xrandr --newmode "1368x768_60.00"   85.25  1368 1440 1576 1784  768 771 781 798 -hsync +vsync

xrandr: Failed to get size of gamma for output default

Edit: I tried again after reboot. this time the mode did appear in xrandr -q. However the xrandr --addmode cannot find the output, no matter what I use.

Last edited by dioxy (2012-02-29 14:22:01)

pablokal · 2012-02-29 14:23:47

copy the modeline of the previous output to the place mode line

$ xrandr --newmode "1368x768_60.00" 85.25 1368 1440 1576 1784 768 771 781 798 -hsync +vsync

Now you need to add the above mode using the following command

$ xrandr --addmode VGA1 1368x768_60.00

here for VGA1 you have to use what ever that was there for $ xrandr output
So first do
$xrandr
to determine what has to be in place of VGA1.
The fact that the desired resolution is mentioned in the output means you should get this working:
xrandr -s 1368x768@60
also might do the trick.

dioxy · 2012-02-29 14:35:12

All the commands worked. Except when I try to set it it says:
xrandr: screen cannot be larger than 1024x768 (desired size 1368x768)
xrandr: Configure crtc 0 failed

FYI: the "screen cannot be larger" error only occurred the first time I used the command. The "crtc 0 failed" occurs every time.

Last edited by dioxy (2012-02-29 14:40:28)

scjet · 2012-02-29 15:44:11

All you have to do is:
(Remove extranneous crap Xorg-drivers, as per "Super + r" instructions...
then just: (for eaxmple if ouy're an nvidia guy, then ...)
pacman -S nvidia nvidia-utils lib32-nvidia-utils (if running x86_64)
run "nvidia-xconfig" as root, and that's it.
-Reboot.

pablokal · 2012-02-29 15:45:26

Did you check out the vga part?
probably nouveau doesn't support this Optimus card well;
so see the possibiliteis of Bumblebee: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Bumblebee
or look here https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/NV … IA_Optimus
which says you could go for an intel driver.

dioxy · 2012-02-29 17:00:07

pablokal wrote:

Did you check out the vga part?
probably nouveau doesn't support this Optimus card well;
so see the possibiliteis of Bumblebee: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Bumblebee
or look here https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/NV … IA_Optimus
which says you could go for an intel driver.

I don't think that's it. I've used nouveau on other distros without problem. Is it possible that I'm missing something in my xorg.conf.d?

pablokal · 2012-03-01 14:29:40

Make sure you do not have nomodeset or vga= in GRUB's menu.lst/grub.cfg kernel line, since Nouveau needs kernel mode-setting in order to run successfully (see below).
Also, check that you have not disabled Nouveau by using any modprobe blacklisting within /etc/modprobe.d/.

As solution for tearing is mentioned

Edit your /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/20-nouveau.conf, in the Device section add:
Section "Device"
Identifier "nvidia card"
Driver "nouveau"
Option "GLXVBlank" "true"
EndSection

You could try that, if it makes a difference for screen resolution.
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Nouveau

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