Re: Getting X working with onboard NVidia 9400
Dan Christensen j...@uwo.ca writes: I've just bought the following motherboard Gigabyte GA-E7AUM-DS2H, 9400G IGP, 512MB but can't get X to run. I'm using an old Debian etch installation, but I have upgraded X and the kernel to lenny. I used the nvidia installer to install driver version 180.29, and have confirmed that the kernel module of that version number is loading. The error I get in Xorg.log is (EE) NVIDIA(0): Failed to initialize the NVIDIA graphics device PCI:2:0:0. (EE) NVIDIA(0): Please see the COMMON PROBLEMS section in the README for (EE) NVIDIA(0): additional information. (EE) NVIDIA(0): Failed to initialize the NVIDIA graphics device! In dmesg, I get: [ 2765.100578] NVRM: loading NVIDIA UNIX x86 Kernel Module 180.29 Wed Feb 4 23:44:25 PST 2009 [ 2774.450899] NVRM: RmInitAdapter failed! (0x31:0x:1018) [ 2774.450906] NVRM: rm_init_adapter(0) failed I'm using an xorg.conf file generated by nvidia-xconfig. I've put my xorg.conf and the full Xorg.log at http://jdc.math.uwo.ca/tmp/nvidia/ The X version is X.Org X Server 1.4.2 and the kernel is linux-image-2.6.26-1-686 2.6.26-13. I've also tried compiling the Debian nvidia-kernel-source package, version 180.22, from experimental, with the same results. As an experiment, I tried the Debian nv driver, but it is too old to support this card, and I tried the vesa driver and got mtrr errors. A rescue CD I tried was able to bring up a basic X session, and I haven't yet done so again to see what config it used. Any thoughts? Should I try asking in the nvidia forum? Dan I've figured this out, and for the sake of the archives, here's my solution: all I did was upgrade grub from etch to lenny and run grub-install (hd0), and then after a reboot things worked! Also for the record, I posted lots of information here: http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=128535 Dan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Getting X working with onboard NVidia 9400
I've just bought the following motherboard Gigabyte GA-E7AUM-DS2H, 9400G IGP, 512MB but can't get X to run. I'm using an old Debian etch installation, but I have upgraded X and the kernel to lenny. I used the nvidia installer to install driver version 180.29, and have confirmed that the kernel module of that version number is loading. The error I get in Xorg.log is (EE) NVIDIA(0): Failed to initialize the NVIDIA graphics device PCI:2:0:0. (EE) NVIDIA(0): Please see the COMMON PROBLEMS section in the README for (EE) NVIDIA(0): additional information. (EE) NVIDIA(0): Failed to initialize the NVIDIA graphics device! In dmesg, I get: [ 2765.100578] NVRM: loading NVIDIA UNIX x86 Kernel Module 180.29 Wed Feb 4 23:44:25 PST 2009 [ 2774.450899] NVRM: RmInitAdapter failed! (0x31:0x:1018) [ 2774.450906] NVRM: rm_init_adapter(0) failed I'm using an xorg.conf file generated by nvidia-xconfig. I've put my xorg.conf and the full Xorg.log at http://jdc.math.uwo.ca/tmp/nvidia/ The X version is X.Org X Server 1.4.2 and the kernel is linux-image-2.6.26-1-686 2.6.26-13. I've also tried compiling the Debian nvidia-kernel-source package, version 180.22, from experimental, with the same results. As an experiment, I tried the Debian nv driver, but it is too old to support this card, and I tried the vesa driver and got mtrr errors. A rescue CD I tried was able to bring up a basic X session, and I haven't yet done so again to see what config it used. Any thoughts? Should I try asking in the nvidia forum? Dan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Getting X working
Hi, I am trying to install slink on my computer, which i successfully did. This is my first debian install. I have two questions. My Matrox 400 card is not supported with the version of Xfree that comes with Slink. I tried installing my Accelerated X but i keep getting the error mesage cannot load libterm.cap.so.2. What library do i have to install. Can i easily upgrade to a newer version of Xfree? If so how? Thanks Rick I tried installing Corel Linux already and it trashed my partition table and also does not give an option of where to install lilo and automaticlly installs in the MBR so now i am trying just debian. Thanks Rick Rick Knebel [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Getting X working
Rick Knebel wrote: Hi, I am trying to install slink on my computer, which i successfully did. This is my first debian install. I have two questions. My Matrox 400 card is not supported with the version of Xfree that comes with Slink. I tried installing my Accelerated X but i keep getting the error mesage cannot load libterm.cap.so.2. What library do i have to install. libterm.cap.so.2 ;-) I remember reading somewhere a good explanation why not use Accelerated X on debian, I don't remember what is was. Can i easily upgrade to a newer version of Xfree? If you computer is online, add the following to /etc/apt/sources.list: deb http://www.debian.org/~vincent/ xfree-update main then you can use apt-get to install the new packages. I guess you also want to get a recent version of gnome, then add: deb http://www.debian.org/~vincent/ slink-update main to /etc/apt/sources.list. If so how? Thanks Rick I tried installing Corel Linux already and it trashed my partition table and also does not give an option of where to install lilo and automaticlly installs in the MBR so now i am trying just debian. Thanks Rick Rick Knebel [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] /dev/null
Re: Getting X working
Thus spake Tom Cato Amundsen ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): What library do i have to install. libterm.cap.so.2 ;-) I remember reading somewhere a good explanation why not use Accelerated X on debian, I don't remember what is was. Actually, I had alot of problems on my box with XF86. I copied my AccelX setup from my Redhat partition. It worked quite happily. I don't have libterm.cap.so.2 on my box. I have though gotten all the patches (binary and driver) from xig.com... Robert --- Robert L. Harris| A person is smart; Senior System Engineer |People are dumb, panicky RD Consulting. \_dangerous animals - Agent K http://www.rnd-consulting.com/~nomad DISCLAIMER: These are MY OPINIONS ALONE. I speak for no-one else. FYI: perl -e 'print $i=pack(c5,(41*2),sqrt(7056),(unpack(c,H)-2),oct(115),10);'
