Steve Scrimpshire Posted December 30, 2007 Report Share Posted December 30, 2007 (edited) I've tried installing both the Nvidia official driver and the nvidia drivers included with the distro and I cannot get it to work. I get this when I try to startx (II) LoadModule: "type1"(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/fonts//libtype1.so (II) Module type1: vendor="X.Org Foundation" compiled for 1.3.0, module version = 1.0.2 Module class: X.Org Font Renderer ABI class: X.Org Font Renderer, version 0.5 (II) Loading font Type1 (II) LoadModule: "freetype" (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/fonts//libfreetype.so (II) Module freetype: vendor="X.Org Foundation & the After X-TT Project" compiled for 1.3.0, module version = 2.1.0 Module class: X.Org Font Renderer ABI class: X.Org Font Renderer, version 0.5 (II) Loading font FreeType (II) LoadModule: "glx" (WW) Warning, couldn't open module glx (II) UnloadModule: "glx" (EE) Failed to load module "glx" (module does not exist, 0) (II) LoadModule: "nvidia" (WW) Warning, couldn't open module nvidia (II) UnloadModule: "nvidia" (EE) Failed to load module "nvidia" (module does not exist, 0) (II) LoadModule: "kbd" (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/input//kbd_drv.so (II) Module kbd: vendor="X.Org Foundation" compiled for 7.2.0, module version = 1.1.0 Module class: X.Org XInput Driver ABI class: X.Org XInput driver, version 0.7 (II) LoadModule: "synaptics" (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/input//synaptics_drv.so I found this: http://www.initng.org/ticket/47 But the device nodes exist in my case. I have a feeling it has something to do with Xorg's driver path. Edited January 1, 2008 by Steve Scrimpshire Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scarecrow Posted December 30, 2007 Report Share Posted December 30, 2007 Did you install 2008.0 from the "One" liveCD? I've read in the official MDV forum that there was a problem with it, resulting in such a symptom. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Scrimpshire Posted December 30, 2007 Author Report Share Posted December 30, 2007 Kinda/sorta, yes. I installed from the 2007.1 One LiveCD, then changed my urpmi sources to point to 2008 Official Repositories. Is there a possible way around this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
igotnoluck Posted December 30, 2007 Report Share Posted December 30, 2007 why not upgrade to 2008 ? or better just reinstall the system ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Scrimpshire Posted December 31, 2007 Author Report Share Posted December 31, 2007 why not upgrade to 2008 ? or better just reinstall the system ? Not to sound like a jerk, but I shouldn't have to do that. This ain't Windows. I've done 98% of my 'upgrades' through urpmi and never had a problem like this. I will admit that upgrading that way to new year's release is riskier than upgrading between in-year releases, but a problem like this should not happen. If it does (which it did), I'm sure there's a much easier way to solve it than re-installing. I'm downloading the DVD now in case no one comes up with an answer, but reinstalling is unreasonable just for errors in X caused by Mandriva. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
igotnoluck Posted December 31, 2007 Report Share Posted December 31, 2007 (edited) i just finished 2 days of trying to install the nvidia drviers and finally i was able to do so. try installing the dkms-nvidia-current but install the 100.something version and not the 169 version becuase the second one bugged my X too. now do you have the X server working or it does not load ? if not try this: change the /etc/X11/xorg.config file like this: the line where you have Driver="nvidia" to Driver="nv" then reboot (init 5 didn't work for me :( ) then the Xserver should work back with the default driver Edited December 31, 2007 by igotnoluck Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark Posted December 31, 2007 Report Share Posted December 31, 2007 (edited) igtonoluck, it also depends on the video card model, I believe you had a 5500 FX? That one turned out to require the 100 version, my wifes is a 6600 and uses the 169 version. I unfortunatly forgot about that bit of info. Edited December 31, 2007 by Dark Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
igotnoluck Posted December 31, 2007 Report Share Posted December 31, 2007 sorry, i didn't know that :) thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ffi Posted December 31, 2007 Report Share Posted December 31, 2007 try to remove all nvidia related stuff then reinstall the latest nvidia driver and manually change xorg to use the propietary driver Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Scrimpshire Posted January 1, 2008 Author Report Share Posted January 1, 2008 (edited) Fresh install of 2008 and it's still borked. Go Mandriva! Edit: Completely removed all traces of nvidia and tried installing dkms-nvidia...same problem "module could not be found" Edited January 1, 2008 by Steve Scrimpshire Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Scrimpshire Posted January 1, 2008 Author Report Share Posted January 1, 2008 (edited) FINALLY!!!!!! I removed all traces of NVidia from everywhere it could possibly be. I removed all kernels except for the one I am using. I removed all kernel-sources except for the one I am using (just urpme kernel-source doesn't completely rid you of the /usr/src/linux* directories, so I did that manually). I went into /boot and made sure all my System.map, vmlinuz, config and initrd symlinks were all correct. Then I installed in this order: x11-driver-video-nvidia-current nvidia-current-kernel-2.6.22.12-laptop-1mdv dkms-nvidia-current and it finally works!!! Edit: Forgot to mention, before installing those above, I installed: kernel-laptop-2.6.22.12-1mdv-1-1mdv2008.0 kernel-source-2.6.22.12-1mdv-1-1mdv2008.0 kernel-laptop-devel-2.6.22.12-1mdv-1-1mdv2008.0 and that nvidia-current-kernel-2.6.22.12-laptop-1mdv-100.14.19-1mdv2008.0 also installs nvidia-current-kernel-laptop-latest-100.14.19-1.20071121.1mdv2008.0 But the nvidia-current-kernel* and dkms-nvidia-current all seem to say they are the same thing: [root@laptop boot]# urpmq -i nvidia-current-kernel-2.6.22.12-laptop-1mdv-100.14.19-1mdv2008.0Name : nvidia-current-kernel-2.6.22.12-laptop-1mdv Version : 100.14.19 Release : 1mdv2008.0 Group : System/Kernel and hardware Size : 2268229 Architecture: i586 Source RPM : dkms-nvidia-current-100.14.19-1mdv2008.0.src.rpm Build Host: n3.mandriva.com Packager : Iurt the rebuild bot <distrib-admin@mandrivalinux.org> Summary : nvidia-current driver for kernel 2.6.22.12-laptop-1mdv Description : dkms binary kernel modules for the nvidia-current driver version 100.14.19, built for the 2.6.22.12-laptop-1mdv kernel. [root@laptop boot]# urpmq -i nvidia-current-kernel-laptop-latest-100.14.19-1.20071121.1mdv2008.0 Name : nvidia-current-kernel-laptop-latest Version : 100.14.19 Release : 1.20071121.1mdv2008.0 Group : System/Kernel and hardware Size : 0 Architecture: i586 Source RPM : dkms-nvidia-current-100.14.19-1mdv2008.0.src.rpm Build Host: n3.mandriva.com Packager : Iurt the rebuild bot <distrib-admin@mandrivalinux.org> Summary : nvidia-current driver for latest kernel-laptop Description : dkms binary kernel modules for the nvidia-current driver version 100.14.19, built for latest kernel-laptop. [root@laptop boot]# urpmq -i dkms-nvidia-current Name : dkms-nvidia-current Version : 169.07 Release : 1mdv2008.0 Group : System/Kernel and hardware Size : 9006843 Architecture: i586 Source RPM : nvidia-current-169.07-1mdv2008.0.src.rpm Build Host: n4.mandriva.com Packager : Anssi Hannula <anssi@mandriva.org> URL : http://www.nvidia.com/object/unix.html Summary : NVIDIA kernel module for new cards Description : NVIDIA kernel module for new GeForce/Quadro based video cards. This is to be used with the x11-driver-video-nvidia-current package. Name : dkms-nvidia-current Version : 100.14.19 Release : 1mdv2008.0 Group : System/Kernel and hardware Size : 7165110 Architecture: i586 Source RPM : nvidia-current-100.14.19-1mdv2008.0.src.rpm Build Host: n5.mandriva.com Packager : Anne Nicolas <anne.nicolas@mandriva.com> URL : http://www.nvidia.com/object/unix.html Summary : NVIDIA kernel module for new cards Description : NVIDIA kernel module for new GeForce/Quadro based video cards. This is to be used with the x11-driver-video-nvidia-current package. How confusing is that??? Well, it looks like the nvidia-kernel* ones are version 100-something, while the dkms-nvidia module is the 169-something one....so maybe it was the version conflict with the x11-driver-video-nvidia-current? [root@laptop boot]# urpmq -i x11-driver-video-nvidia-current-169.07-1mdv2008.0Name : x11-driver-video-nvidia-current Version : 169.07 Release : 1mdv2008.0 Group : System/Kernel and hardware Size : 20287327 Architecture: i586 Source RPM : nvidia-current-169.07-1mdv2008.0.src.rpm Build Host: n4.mandriva.com Packager : Anssi Hannula <anssi@mandriva.org> URL : http://www.nvidia.com/object/unix.html Summary : NVIDIA proprietary X.org driver and libraries for new cards Description : NVIDIA proprietary X.org graphics driver, related libraries and configuration tools for new GeForce/Quadro based video cards. NOTE: You should use XFdrake to configure your NVIDIA card. The correct packages will be automatically installed and configured. If you do not want to use XFdrake, see README.manual-setup. This NVIDIA driver should be used with GeForce FX and newer cards. For older cards, the packages x11-driver-video-nvidia96xx and x11-driver-video-nvidia71xx should be used instead. Why don't they make the dependencies install the right ones? Edit Part 2: I uninstalled the nvidia-current-kernel-2.6.22.12-laptop-1mdv-100.14.19-1mdv2008.0 nvidia-current-kernel-laptop-latest-100.14.19-1.20071121.1mdv2008.0 packages and it still works, so apparently all that was needed was x11-driver-video-nvidia-current dkms-nvidia-current in that order. Edited January 1, 2008 by Steve Scrimpshire Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Scrimpshire Posted January 3, 2008 Author Report Share Posted January 3, 2008 It was pointed out to me by ffi (in another thread) that enabling the 'Backports' repositories may have caused my problems. I will have to check into that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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