SpikeyKlitske Posted May 26, 2005 Report Share Posted May 26, 2005 (edited) Hi all, please I need some help. I tried to install Mandriva LE2005 on my AMD 64 system obviously trying the x86_64 version of MDK. All seems to go fine untill the reboot when the systems drops back to the command prompt aka startX failed to load. The error I received was: "Fatal Server Error: Caught signal 11. Server aborting" After that I checked the /var/log/Xorg.O.log the following warning messages were given: "... (WW) Open APM failed (/dev/apm_bios) (no such file or directory) ... (WW) LoadModule: given non-canonical modulename "/usr/X11R6/lib64/modules/extensions/libglx.so" ... (WW) NVIDIA(0): not using mode "768x576" (WW) NVIDIA(0): horizontal synchronisation width (846-832=14) not a multiple of 8 (WW) NVIDIA(0): not using mode "576x384" (WW) NVIDIA(0): horizontal synchronisation start (589) not a multiple of 8 (WW) NVIDIA(0): not using mode "360x200" (WW) NVIDIA(0): horizontal synchronisation start (378) not a multiple of 8 ..." Could anyone please help me with this. BTW i am using an NVidia FX5900 vid card. Thanks Edited May 26, 2005 by SpikeyKlitske Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpikeyKlitske Posted May 26, 2005 Author Report Share Posted May 26, 2005 Help please Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DragonMage Posted May 27, 2005 Report Share Posted May 27, 2005 Since I don't have a 64 bit Mandrake yet, I cannot help you in details. But from the error, it seems to be a graphic card driver issue. Can you post your /etc/xorg.conf file? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpikeyKlitske Posted May 27, 2005 Author Report Share Posted May 27, 2005 (edited) Here it comes: # File generated by XFdrake. # ********************************************************************** # Refer to the XF86Config man page for details about the format of # this file. # ********************************************************************** Section "Files" # Multiple FontPath entries are allowed (they are concatenated together) # By default, Mandrake 6.0 and later now use a font server independent of # the X server to render fonts. FontPath "unix/:-1" EndSection Section "ServerFlags" #DontZap # disable <Crtl><Alt><BS> (server abort) #DontZoom # disable <Crtl><Alt><KP_+>/<KP_-> (resolution switching) AllowMouseOpenFail # allows the server to start up even if the mouse does not work EndSection Section "Module" Load "dbe" # Double-Buffering Extension Load "v4l" # Video for Linux Load "extmod" Load "type1" Load "freetype" Load "/usr/X11R6/lib64/modules/extensions/libglx.so" EndSection Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Keyboard1" Driver "keyboard" Option "XkbModel" "pc105" Option "XkbLayout" "us_intl" Option "XkbOptions" "compose:rwin" EndSection Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Mouse1" Driver "mouse" Option "Protocol" "ExplorerPS/2" Option "Device" "/dev/mouse" Option "ZAxisMapping" "6 7" EndSection Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Eraser1" Driver "wacom" Option "Device" "/dev/input/event0" Option "Type" "eraser" Option "Mode" "Absolute" Option "USB" EndSection Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Cursor1" Driver "wacom" Option "Device" "/dev/input/event0" Option "Type" "cursor" Option "Mode" "Relative" Option "USB" EndSection Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Stylus1" Driver "wacom" Option "Device" "/dev/input/event0" Option "Type" "stylus" Option "Mode" "Absolute" Option "USB" EndSection Section "Monitor" Identifier "monitor1" VendorName "Plug'n Play" ModelName "LF704U" HorizSync 30-70 VertRefresh 50-160 # TV fullscreen mode or DVD fullscreen output. # 768x576 @ 79 Hz, 50 kHz hsync ModeLine "768x576" 50.00 768 832 846 1000 576 590 595 630 # 768x576 @ 100 Hz, 61.6 kHz hsync ModeLine "768x576" 63.07 768 800 960 1024 576 578 590 616 EndSection Section "Device" Identifier "device1" VendorName "nVidia Corp." BoardName "NVIDIA GeForce FX (generic)" Driver "nvidia" Option "DPMS" Option "IgnoreEDID" "1" EndSection Section "Screen" Identifier "screen1" Device "device1" Monitor "monitor1" DefaultColorDepth 24 Subsection "Display" Depth 8 Virtual 1024 768 EndSubsection Subsection "Display" Depth 15 Virtual 1024 768 EndSubsection Subsection "Display" Depth 16 Virtual 1024 768 EndSubsection Subsection "Display" Depth 24 Virtual 1024 768 EndSubsection EndSection Section "ServerLayout" Identifier "layout1" InputDevice "Keyboard1" "CoreKeyboard" InputDevice "Mouse1" "CorePointer" InputDevice "Eraser1" "AlwaysCore" InputDevice "Cursor1" "AlwaysCore" InputDevice "Stylus1" "AlwaysCore" Screen "screen1" EndSection I already tried to add "Load "glx"" in the module section to no avail, I also tried to select different driver settings, depth, vesa, size. But the signal 11 error popped up every time. -edit- For thos interested I attached the Xorg.0.log Edited May 27, 2005 by SpikeyKlitske Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpikeyKlitske Posted May 27, 2005 Author Report Share Posted May 27, 2005 Meanwhile I have been scrutinizing the logs for irregularities. This is wat I found: Syslog: kdm: 0[6530]: IO Error in XOpenDisplay kdm: [6251]: X Server for display 0: terminated unexpectedly kdm: [6251]: Display 0: cannot be opened kdm: [6251]: Unable to fire up local display 0:, disabling. Also I checked the system settings for irregularities and found /etc/modprobe.preload: ... nvidia amd64-agp amd64-agp amd64-agp ... I tried to uncomment the last 2 seemingly duplicate lines but the errors remained the same Last irregularity i spotted was during boot. At some point it displays starting dkms: followed with the message that nvidia was already loaded. Any help please? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DragonMage Posted May 27, 2005 Report Share Posted May 27, 2005 I have a feeling it may be the Nvidia driver. Have you tried using the old nv driver? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpikeyKlitske Posted May 27, 2005 Author Report Share Posted May 27, 2005 hm, I dont have the old drivers anymore. perhaps any other suggestion how to overcome this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpikeyKlitske Posted May 27, 2005 Author Report Share Posted May 27, 2005 I found the older drivers from nvidia for amd64. I will try those later tonight. Meanwhile if somebody has other suggestions please let me have them. I wont my system to run at max power Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamw Posted May 27, 2005 Report Share Posted May 27, 2005 He meant to edit /etc/X11/xorg.conf , find the line: Driver "nvidia" and change it to: Driver "nv" instead. Do that, reboot. Does it help? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpikeyKlitske Posted May 27, 2005 Author Report Share Posted May 27, 2005 No I tried all that already, I tried, nv, nvidia, other from nvidia, vesa, vga, different color depths diferent monitors, you name it. none of the other drivers would work Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpikeyKlitske Posted May 28, 2005 Author Report Share Posted May 28, 2005 I cave I have tried just about everything i could imagine. I replaced the drivers with the default nv, i deleted via urpme the nvidia drivers reinstalled them tried to use the native nvidia installer, nothing worked. Worse of all there was no help available from the community. Appearantly i hit a snag that nobody else encountered yet so i cave (temporarily ). Meanwhile, i downloaded the i586 dvd version of 2005Le and that one worked out of the box, zero issues. If you have any suggestions still as how to get the x86_64 version working please let me know. Thank you in advance for your time and assistance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpikeyKlitske Posted May 29, 2005 Author Report Share Posted May 29, 2005 Come one folks, don't tell me i am shit out of luck here :|| I do want this x86_64 version working on my computer. I have tried every resource now to get this resolved, sofar nothing works. I have decent mobo and vid card very recent models and frewquently used. There must be more people struggling with this, any tips, hints, please? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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