Re: Problem with NVIDIA & FC2

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?

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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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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@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx) (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