Re: need help installing nvidia driver on new laptop
I recently removed my xorg.conf and x refused to start. Ob the screen I saw blinking and then. Well nothing. Maybe if you put some basic conf it will help? -- Sent from my Android phone with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity. Kevin Thomas axel2...@gmail.com wrote: I just read over that, but I didn't get much out of it other than the intel stuff worked (there wasn't really any explanation on that) and that bumblee is the proclaimed solution, unless I'm missing something. I don't know what you mean by the latest and greatest driver. Are you referring to Intel or Nvidia? I don't even have an xorg.conf file on my system. On 09/12/2011 09:36 PM, Andrew Z wrote: h. Did you see this : https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=124918 ? (silly question, but i'll still try) - are you sure you have the latest and greatest driver? get rid of xorg.conf and see if you get anything. On Mon, Sep 12, 2011 at 7:31 PM, Kevin Thomas axel2...@gmail.com wrote: Here's the relevant lines from /var/log/messages: cut of by AZ Sep 11 21:09:55 xps kernel: [drm] nouveau :01:00.0: Disabling fbcon acceleration... Sep 11 21:09:55 xps kernel: [drm] nouveau :01:00.0: Unpinning framebuffer(s)...II) intel(0): Modeline 800x600x60.3 40.00 800 840 968 1056 600 601 605 628 +hsync +vsync (37.9 kHz) (II) intel(0): Modeline 800x600x56.2 36.00 800 824 896 1024 600 601 603 625 +hsync +vsync (35.2 kHz) (II) intel(0): Modeline 848x480x60.0 33.75 848 864 976 1088 480 486 494 517 +hsync +vsync (31.0 kHz) (II) intel(0): Modeline 640x480x59.9 25.18 640 656 752 800 480 490 492 525 -hsync -vsync (31.5 kHz) (II) intel(0): EDID for output VGA2 (II) intel(0): EDID for output HDMI2 (II) intel(0): EDID for output DP1 On 09/11/2011 11:07 PM, Andrew Z wrote: Kevin, I'm sure you went over this. Already, but maybe you can tell us what last (relevant ) lines are in messages are and what X.log has? -- Sent from my Android phone with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity. Kevin Thomas axel2...@gmail.com wrote: You are correct that when you install the kmod-nvidia package, it automatically disables nouveau and blacklists it for you, but I didn't know there was a new nvidia xorg.conf file created. After I installed the kmod-nvidia package again, I restarted and modified the kernel arguements to include the intel.disable=1 arguement, but the result was the sameeventually the screen flickered a few times and it stopped booting, although I could still open a terminal via alt+F2. I'm not sure what to try next. Someone requested some command output from me in a different email, which I provided, but I'm lost now. I didn't think it would be this difficult. Kevin On 09/11/2011 01:10 PM, Phil Perry wrote: On 11/09/11 18:39, Chris Pemberton wrote: Some good info over at the archlinux forums: https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?pid=881549 http://linux-hybrid-graphics.blogspot.com/ To test the nvidia driver: blacklist the nouveau and intel graphic modules, di sable kernel mode-setting, and boot to runlevel 3 (all via the kernel command line args below). Then run nvidia's xorg creation tool (nvidia-xconfig). Give X a try and see if it works. nouveau.disable=1 intel.disable=1 nomodeset 3 --append this to grub kernel lineThe elrepo.org kmod-nvidia package already disables nouveau mode-setting (nouveau.modeset=0), blacklists the nouveau driver and runs nvidia-xconfig to create a suitable xorg.conf file. Perhaps in the case of these hybrid systems we also need to blacklist the Intel driver too as suggested above. Do we know which Intel driver is being loaded? Once you have worked out what works for you through testing, you should file a bug at http://elrepo.org/bugs/ and we can get these fixes incorporated into the package. If that wont work, black list nouveau and nvidia, and try the intel module (delete the xorg.conf made by nvidia-xconfig) nouveau.disable=1 nomodeset 3 -- append t his to grub kernel line Hope that helps. Chris
RE: need help installing nvidia driver on new laptop
I've barely been keeping up with all of the trial and error. If you are not opposed to using the NVidia Linux drivers that you download directly from them, this is what I would suggest, please note, there is a new step that you did not have to do in 6.0 that is now required for 6.1 (at least on the machines we're using). echo 'blacklist nouveau' /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf vi /etc/grub.conf add rdblacklist=nouveau to kernel line *NEW STEP* yum remove xorg-x11-drv-nouveau reboot (you should not see ANY mention of nouveau in the message log, if you do, it's not going to work) init 3 ./NVIDIA-Linux. reboot nvidia-settings (if you need to adjust stuff). you MUST MUST MUST remove nouveau, this is new behavior in 6.1 not sure why but that's what I had to do to make my old process work. -Jordan _ From: owner-scientific-linux-us...@listserv.fnal.gov [mailto:owner-scientific-linux-us...@listserv.fnal.gov] On Behalf Of Andrew Z Sent: Tuesday, September 13, 2011 7:37 AM To: Kevin Thomas Cc: Phil Perry; SCIENTIFIC-LINUX-USERS@LISTSERV.FNAL.GOV Subject: Re: need help installing nvidia driver on new laptop I recently removed my xorg.conf and x refused to start. Ob the screen I saw blinking and then. Well nothing. Maybe if you put some basic conf it will help? -- Sent from my Android phone with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity. Kevin Thomas axel2...@gmail.com wrote: I just read over that, but I didn't get much out of it other than the intel stuff worked (there wasn't really any explanation on that) and that bumblee is the proclaimed solution, unless I'm missing something. I don't know what you mean by the latest and greatest driver. Are you referring to Intel or Nvidia? I don't even have an xorg.conf file on my system. On 09/12/2011 09:36 PM, Andrew Z wrote: h. Did you see this : https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=124918 ? (silly question, but i'll still try) - are you sure you have the latest and greatest driver? get rid of xorg.conf and see if you get anything. On Mon, Sep 12, 2011 at 7:31 PM, Kevin Thomas axel2...@gmail.com wrote: Here's the relevant lines from /var/log/messages: cut of by AZ Sep 11 21:09:55 xps kernel: [drm] nouveau :01:00.0: Disabling fbcon acceleration... Sep 11 21:09:55 xps kernel: [drm] nouveau :01:00.0: Unpinning framebuffer(s)...II) intel(0): Modeline 800x600x60.3 40.00 800 840 968 1056 600 601 605 628 +hsync +vsync (37.9 kHz) (II) intel(0): Modeline 800x600x56.2 36.00 800 824 896 1024 600 601 603 625 +hsync +vsync (35.2 kHz) (II) intel(0): Modeline 848x480x60.0 33.75 848 864 976 1088 480 486 494 517 +hsync +vsync (31.0 kHz) (II) intel(0): Modeline 640x480x59.9 25.18 640 656 752 800 480 490 492 525 -hsync -vsync (31.5 kHz) (II) intel(0): EDID for output VGA2 (II) intel(0): EDID for output HDMI2 (II) intel(0): EDID for output DP1 On 09/11/2011 11:07 PM, Andrew Z wrote: Kevin, I'm sure you went over this. Already, but maybe you can tell us what last (relevant ) lines are in messages are and what X.log has? -- Sent from my Android phone with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity. Kevin Thomas mailto:axel2...@gmail.com axel2...@gmail.com wrote: You are correct that when you install the kmod-nvidia package, it automatically disables nouveau and blacklists it for you, but I didn't know there was a new nvidia xorg.conf file created. After I installed the kmod-nvidia package again, I restarted and modified the kernel arguements to include the intel.disable=1 arguement, but the result was the sameeventually the screen flickered a few times and it stopped booting, although I could still open a terminal via alt+F2. I'm not sure what to try next. Someone requested some command output from me in a different email, which I provided, but I'm lost now. I didn't think it would be this difficult. Kevin On 09/11/2011 01:10 PM, Phil Perry wrote: On 11/09/11 18:39, Chris Pemberton wrote: Some good info over at the archlinux forums: https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?pid=881549 http://linux-hybrid-graphics.blogspot.com/ To test the nvidia driver: blacklist the nouveau and intel graphic modules, disable kernel mode-setting, and boot to runlevel 3 (all via the kernel command line args below). Then run nvidia's xorg creation tool (nvidia-xconfig). Give X a try and see if it works. nouveau.disable=1 intel.disable=1 nomodeset 3 --append this to grub kernel line The elrepo.org kmod-nvidia package already disables nouveau mode-setting (nouveau.modeset=0), blacklists the nouveau driver and runs nvidia-xconfig to create a suitable xorg.conf file. Perhaps in the case of these hybrid systems we also need to blacklist the Intel driver too as suggested above. Do we know which Intel driver is being loaded? Once you have worked out what works for you through testing, you should file a bug at http://elrepo.org/bugs/ and we can get
Re: need help installing nvidia driver on new laptop
You need to disable the nvidia graphic co-processor first; and then use the intel integrated graphics. (Because your bios gives no method to disable it there) # yum groupinstall Development Tools # yum install git $ cd /tmp $ git clone https://github.com/mkottman/acpi_call.git $ cd acpi_call $ make $ sudo insmod acpi_call.ko $ lspci -vnnn | grep VGA $ ./test_off.sh $ lspci -vnnn | grep VGA $ startx(make sure you have no old xorg.conf being used) Did the nvidia card get turned off? If so, install the acpi_call module. Write a script that loads the module, disables the nvidia card, and starts X, gdm or whatever. Hope this helps. No, I didn't test it; I don't have the hardware. I did build and load the module and ran the script on my machine and nothing blew up. Good luck Chris
Re: need help installing nvidia driver on new laptop
I'll try to pull this later tonight and post it. On Sep 11, 2011, at 11:07 PM, Andrew Z wrote: Kevin, I'm sure you went over this. Already, but maybe you can tell us what last (relevant ) lines are in messages are and what X.log has? -- Sent from my Android phone with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity. Kevin Thomas axel2...@gmail.com wrote: You are correct that when you install the kmod-nvidia package, it automatically disables nouveau and blacklists it for you, but I didn't know there was a new nvidia xorg.conf file created. After I installed the kmod-nvidia package again, I restarted and modified the kernel arguements to include the intel.disable=1 arguement, but the result was the sameeventually the screen flickered a few times and it stopped booting, although I could still open a terminal via alt+F2. I'm not sure what to try next. Someone requested some command output from me in a different email, which I provided, but I'm lost now. I didn't think it would be this difficult. Kevin On 09/11/2011 01:10 PM, Phil Perry wrote: On 11/09/11 18:39, Chris Pemberton wrote: Some good info over at the archlinux forums: https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?pid=881549 http://linux-hybrid-graphics.blogspot.com/ To test the nvidia driver: blacklist the nouveau and intel graphic modules, disable kernel mode-setting, and boot to runlevel 3 (all via the kernel command line args below). Then run nvidia's xorg creation tool (nvidia-xconfig). Give X a try and see if it works. nouveau.disable=1 intel.disable=1 nomodeset 3 --append this to grub kernel line The elrepo.org kmod-nvidia package already disables nouveau mode-setting (nouveau.modeset=0), blacklists the nouveau driver and runs nvidia-xconfig to create a suitable xorg.conf file. Perhaps in the case of these hybrid systems we also need to blacklist the Intel driver too as suggested above. Do we know which Intel driver is being loaded? Once you have worked out what works for you through testing, you should file a bug at http://elrepo.org/bugs/ and we can get these fixes incorporated into the package. If that wont work, black list nouveau and nvidia, and try the intel module (delete the xorg.conf made by nvidia-xconfig) nouveau.disable=1 nomodeset 3 -- append this to grub kernel line Hope that helps. Chris
Re: need help installing nvidia driver on new laptop
I tried the i915.disable=1 trick but It didn't work. Kevin On Monday, September 12, 2011, Phil Perry p...@pendre.co.uk wrote: On 12/09/11 04:18, Akemi Yagi wrote: On Sun, Sep 11, 2011 at 8:00 PM, Kevin Thomasaxel2...@gmail.com wrote: You are correct that when you install the kmod-nvidia package, it automatically disables nouveau and blacklists it for you, but I didn't know there was a new nvidia xorg.conf file created. After I installed the kmod-nvidia package again, I restarted and modified the kernel arguements to include the intel.disable=1 arguement, but the result was the sameeventually the screen flickered a few times and it stopped booting, although I could still open a terminal via alt+F2. I'm not sure what to try next. Someone requested some command output from me in a different email, which I provided, but I'm lost now. I didn't think it would be this difficult. Kevin Can you somehow disable the Intel graphics (in the BIOS perhaps) and see if that helps? Just in case the intel.disable=1 argument is not working as intended... Akemi If not, perhaps try the kernel argument i915.disable=1 assuming it's the i915 driver it's trying to load?
Re: need help installing nvidia driver on new laptop
h. Did you see this : https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=124918? (silly question, but i'll still try) - are you sure you have the latest and greatest driver? get rid of xorg.conf and see if you get anything. On Mon, Sep 12, 2011 at 7:31 PM, Kevin Thomas axel2...@gmail.com wrote: ** Here's the relevant lines from /var/log/messages: cut of by AZ Sep 11 21:09:55 xps kernel: [drm] nouveau :01:00.0: Disabling fbcon acceleration... Sep 11 21:09:55 xps kernel: [drm] nouveau :01:00.0: Unpinning framebuffer(s)...II) intel(0): Modeline 800x600x60.3 40.00 800 840 968 1056 600 601 605 628 +hsync +vsync (37.9 kHz) (II) intel(0): Modeline 800x600x56.2 36.00 800 824 896 1024 600 601 603 625 +hsync +vsync (35.2 kHz) (II) intel(0): Modeline 848x480x60.0 33.75 848 864 976 1088 480 486 494 517 +hsync +vsync (31.0 kHz) (II) intel(0): Modeline 640x480x59.9 25.18 640 656 752 800 480 490 492 525 -hsync -vsync (31.5 kHz) (II) intel(0): EDID for output VGA2 (II) intel(0): EDID for output HDMI2 (II) intel(0): EDID for output DP1 On 09/11/2011 11:07 PM, Andrew Z wrote: Kevin, I'm sure you went over this. Already, but maybe you can tell us what last (relevant ) lines are in messages are and what X.log has? -- Sent from my Android phone with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity. Kevin Thomas axel2...@gmail.com axel2...@gmail.com wrote: You are correct that when you install the kmod-nvidia package, it automatically disables nouveau and blacklists it for you, but I didn't know there was a new nvidia xorg.conf file created. After I installed the kmod-nvidia package again, I restarted and modified the kernel arguements to include the intel.disable=1 arguement, but the result was the sameeventually the screen flickered a few times and it stopped booting, although I could still open a terminal via alt+F2. I'm not sure what to try next. Someone requested some command output from me in a different email, which I provided, but I'm lost now. I didn't think it would be this difficult. Kevin On 09/11/2011 01:10 PM, Phil Perry wrote: On 11/09/11 18:39, Chris Pemberton wrote: Some good info over at the archlinux forums: https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?pid=881549 http://linux-hybrid-graphics.blogspot.com/ To test the nvidia driver: blacklist the nouveau and intel graphic modules, disable kernel mode-setting, and boot to runlevel 3 (all via the kernel command line args below). Then run nvidia's xorg creation tool (nvidia-xconfig). Give X a try and see if it works. nouveau.disable=1 intel.disable=1 nomodeset 3 --append this to grub kernel line The elrepo.org kmod-nvidia package already disables nouveau mode-setting (nouveau.modeset=0), blacklists the nouveau driver and runs nvidia-xconfig to create a suitable xorg.conf file. Perhaps in the case of these hybrid systems we also need to blacklist the Intel driver too as suggested above. Do we know which Intel driver is being loaded? Once you have worked out what works for you through testing, you should file a bug at http://elrepo.org/bugs/ and we can get these fixes incorporated into the package. If that wont work, black list nouveau and nvidia, and try the intel module (delete the xorg.conf made by nvidia-xconfig) nouveau.disable=1 nomodeset 3 -- append this to grub kernel line Hope that helps. Chris
Re: need help installing nvidia driver on new laptop
I just read over that, but I didn't get much out of it other than the intel stuff worked (there wasn't really any explanation on that) and that bumblee is the proclaimed solution, unless I'm missing something. I don't know what you mean by the latest and greatest driver. Are you referring to Intel or Nvidia? I don't even have an xorg.conf file on my system. On 09/12/2011 09:36 PM, Andrew Z wrote: h. Did you see this : https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=124918 ? (silly question, but i'll still try) - are you sure you have the latest and greatest driver? get rid of xorg.conf and see if you get anything. On Mon, Sep 12, 2011 at 7:31 PM, Kevin Thomas axel2...@gmail.com mailto:axel2...@gmail.com wrote: Here's the relevant lines from /var/log/messages: cut of by AZ Sep 11 21:09:55 xps kernel: [drm] nouveau :01:00.0: Disabling fbcon acceleration... Sep 11 21:09:55 xps kernel: [drm] nouveau :01:00.0: Unpinning framebuffer(s)...II) intel(0): Modeline 800x600x60.3 40.00 800 840 968 1056 600 601 605 628 +hsync +vsync (37.9 kHz) (II) intel(0): Modeline 800x600x56.2 36.00 800 824 896 1024 600 601 603 625 +hsync +vsync (35.2 kHz) (II) intel(0): Modeline 848x480x60.0 33.75 848 864 976 1088 480 486 494 517 +hsync +vsync (31.0 kHz) (II) intel(0): Modeline 640x480x59.9 25.18 640 656 752 800 480 490 492 525 -hsync -vsync (31.5 kHz) (II) intel(0): EDID for output VGA2 (II) intel(0): EDID for output HDMI2 (II) intel(0): EDID for output DP1 On 09/11/2011 11:07 PM, Andrew Z wrote: Kevin, I'm sure you went over this. Already, but maybe you can tell us what last (relevant ) lines are in messages are and what X.log has? -- Sent from my Android phone with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity. Kevin Thomas axel2...@gmail.com mailto:axel2...@gmail.com wrote: You are correct that when you install the kmod-nvidia package, it automatically disables nouveau and blacklists it for you, but I didn't know there was a new nvidia xorg.conf file created. After I installed the kmod-nvidia package again, I restarted and modified the kernel arguements to include the intel.disable=1 arguement, but the result was the sameeventually the screen flickered a few times and it stopped booting, although I could still open a terminal via alt+F2. I'm not sure what to try next. Someone requested some command output from me in a different email, which I provided, but I'm lost now. I didn't think it would be this difficult. Kevin On 09/11/2011 01:10 PM, Phil Perry wrote: On 11/09/11 18:39, Chris Pemberton wrote: Some good info over at the archlinux forums: https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?pid=881549 http://linux-hybrid-graphics.blogspot.com/ To test the nvidia driver: blacklist the nouveau and intel graphic modules, disable kernel mode-setting, and boot to runlevel 3 (all via the kernel command line args below). Then run nvidia's xorg creation tool (nvidia-xconfig). Give X a try and see if it works. nouveau.disable=1 intel.disable=1 nomodeset 3--append this to grub kernel line Theelrepo.org http://elrepo.org kmod-nvidia package already disables nouveau mode-setting (nouveau.modeset=0), blacklists the nouveau driver and runs nvidia-xconfig to create a suitable xorg.conf file. Perhaps in the case of these hybrid systems we also need to blacklist the Intel driver too as suggested above. Do we know which Intel driver is being loaded? Once you have worked out what works for you through testing, you should file a bug athttp://elrepo.org/bugs/ and we can get these fixes incorporated into the package. If that wont work, black list nouveau and nvidia, and try the intel module (delete the xorg.conf made by nvidia-xconfig) nouveau.disable=1 nomodeset 3-- append this to grub kernel line Hope that helps. Chris
Re: need help installing nvidia driver on new laptop
On 09/10/2011 04:49 PM, Andrew Z wrote: Try switching to other consoles once it hangs on atd. (Alt-f2, etc). Let us know Andrew -- Sent from my Android phone with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity. Kevin Thomas axel2...@gmail.com wrote: Ok, I jujst got a brand new Dell XPS laptop a few days ago. I managed to install Windows 7 and SL 6.1 side by side in a dual boot setup. This laptop has the core i7 processor, which means it has integrated Intel HD 3000 graphics, but it also has a 2GB Nvidia GT540M (with optimus) discrete card as well. I know that optimus is not natively supported yet, but according to the SL forums, the generic nvidia driver can be installed instead (kmod-nvidia). The instructions said to just do yum install kmod-nvidia. This installed the drivers for me and when I rebooted, I saw the plymouth-rings splash screen for the first time ever, but the system hung. I restarted again and pushed ESC to see the messages and the screen flickered a few times and it stopped on registering binary handler for windows applications Some googling info rmed me that this was due to the wine service being enabled, so I disabled it and restarted. This time, it got hung on starting atd: and the screen flickered a few times. I have a feeling that if I disabled atd, it would just hang on the next service. I had to uninstall the kmod-nvidia package just to boot my system again. There has to be a way to get the nvidia driver working. Any help would be appreciated. Kevin Some good info over at the archlinux forums: https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?pid=881549 http://linux-hybrid-graphics.blogspot.com/ To test the nvidia driver: blacklist the nouveau and intel graphic modules, disable kernel mode-setting, and boot to runlevel 3 (all via the kernel command line args below). Then run nvidia's xorg creation tool (nvidia-xconfig). Give X a try and see if it works. nouveau.disable=1 intel.disable=1 nomodeset 3 --append this to grub kernel line If that wont work, black list nouveau and nvidia, and try the intel module (delete the xorg.conf made by nvidia-xconfig) nouveau.disable=1 nomodeset 3 -- append this to grub kernel line Hope that helps. Chris
Re: need help installing nvidia driver on new laptop
On 11/09/11 18:39, Chris Pemberton wrote: Some good info over at the archlinux forums: https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?pid=881549 http://linux-hybrid-graphics.blogspot.com/ To test the nvidia driver: blacklist the nouveau and intel graphic modules, disable kernel mode-setting, and boot to runlevel 3 (all via the kernel command line args below). Then run nvidia's xorg creation tool (nvidia-xconfig). Give X a try and see if it works. nouveau.disable=1 intel.disable=1 nomodeset 3 --append this to grub kernel line The elrepo.org kmod-nvidia package already disables nouveau mode-setting (nouveau.modeset=0), blacklists the nouveau driver and runs nvidia-xconfig to create a suitable xorg.conf file. Perhaps in the case of these hybrid systems we also need to blacklist the Intel driver too as suggested above. Do we know which Intel driver is being loaded? Once you have worked out what works for you through testing, you should file a bug at http://elrepo.org/bugs/ and we can get these fixes incorporated into the package. If that wont work, black list nouveau and nvidia, and try the intel module (delete the xorg.conf made by nvidia-xconfig) nouveau.disable=1 nomodeset 3 -- append this to grub kernel line Hope that helps. Chris
Re: need help installing nvidia driver on new laptop
Of course. I installed kmod-nvidia, booted to run level 3, and I've pasted the output of the commands you referenced below. Linux xps 2.6.32-131.12.1.el6.x86_64 #1 SMP Tue Aug 23 11:13:45 CDT 2011 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux /lib/modules/2.6.32-131.12.1.el6.x86_64/weak-updates/nvidia/nvidia.ko /lib/modules/2.6.32-71.el6.x86_64/extra/nvidia/nvidia.ko /lib/modules/2.6.32-131.6.1.el6.x86_64/weak-updates/nvidia/nvidia.ko # grub.conf generated by anaconda # # Note that you do not have to rerun grub after making changes to this file # NOTICE: You have a /boot partition. This means that # all kernel and initrd paths are relative to /boot/, eg. # root (hd0,2) # kernel /vmlinuz-version ro root=/dev/mapper/vg_xps-lv_root # initrd /initrd-[generic-]version.img #boot=/dev/sda default=0 timeout=10 splashimage=(hd0,2)/grub/splash.xpm.gz #hiddenmenu title Scientific Linux (2.6.32-131.12.1.el6.x86_64) root (hd0,2) kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.32-131.12.1.el6.x86_64 ro root=/dev/mapper/vg_xps-lv_root rd_LVM_LV=vg_xps/lv_root rd_LVM_LV=vg_xps/lv_swap rd_NO_LUKS rd_NO_MD rd_NO_DM LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SYSFONT=latarcyrheb-sun16 KEYBOARDTYPE=pc KEYTABLE=us rhgb quiet crashkernel=256M nouveau.modeset=0 rdblacklist=nouveau initrd /initramfs-2.6.32-131.12.1.el6.x86_64.img title Scientific Linux (2.6.32-131.6.1.el6.x86_64) root (hd0,2) kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.32-131.6.1.el6.x86_64 ro root=/dev/mapper/vg_xps-lv_root rd_LVM_LV=vg_xps/lv_root rd_LVM_LV=vg_xps/lv_swap rd_NO_LUKS rd_NO_MD rd_NO_DM LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SYSFONT=latarcyrheb-sun16 KEYBOARDTYPE=pc KEYTABLE=us rhgb quiet crashkernel=256M initrd /initramfs-2.6.32-131.6.1.el6.x86_64.img title Windows 7 Ultimate rootnoverify (hd0,0) chainloader +1 Kevin On 09/10/2011 10:08 AM, Phil Perry wrote: On 10/09/11 06:36, Kevin Thomas wrote: Ok, I jujst got a brand new Dell XPS laptop a few days ago. I managed to install Windows 7 and SL 6.1 side by side in a dual boot setup. This laptop has the core i7 processor, which means it has integrated Intel HD 3000 graphics, but it also has a 2GB Nvidia GT540M (with optimus) discrete card as well. I know that optimus is not natively supported yet, but according to the SL forums, the generic nvidia driver can be installed instead (kmod-nvidia). The instructions said to just do yum install kmod-nvidia. This installed the drivers for me and when I rebooted, I saw the plymouth-rings splash screen for the first time ever, but the system hung. I restarted again and pushed ESC to see the messages and the screen flickered a few times and it stopped on registering binary handler for windows applications Some googling informed me that this was due to the wine service being enabled, so I disabled it and restarted. This time, it got hung on starting atd: and the screen flickered a few times. I have a feeling that if I disabled atd, it would just hang on the next service. I had to uninstall the kmod-nvidia package just to boot my system again. There has to be a way to get the nvidia driver working. Any help would be appreciated. Kevin In order to help troubleshoot, could you please provide some more information. Please install kmod-nvidia and see if you can boot to runlevel 3 and provide the following information (output from the following commands): uname -a find /lib/modules -name nvidia.ko cat /boot/grub/grub.conf Thanks.
Re: need help installing nvidia driver on new laptop
You are correct that when you install the kmod-nvidia package, it automatically disables nouveau and blacklists it for you, but I didn't know there was a new nvidia xorg.conf file created. After I installed the kmod-nvidia package again, I restarted and modified the kernel arguements to include the intel.disable=1 arguement, but the result was the sameeventually the screen flickered a few times and it stopped booting, although I could still open a terminal via alt+F2. I'm not sure what to try next. Someone requested some command output from me in a different email, which I provided, but I'm lost now. I didn't think it would be this difficult. Kevin On 09/11/2011 01:10 PM, Phil Perry wrote: On 11/09/11 18:39, Chris Pemberton wrote: Some good info over at the archlinux forums: https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?pid=881549 http://linux-hybrid-graphics.blogspot.com/ To test the nvidia driver: blacklist the nouveau and intel graphic modules, disable kernel mode-setting, and boot to runlevel 3 (all via the kernel command line args below). Then run nvidia's xorg creation tool (nvidia-xconfig). Give X a try and see if it works. nouveau.disable=1 intel.disable=1 nomodeset 3 --append this to grub kernel line The elrepo.org kmod-nvidia package already disables nouveau mode-setting (nouveau.modeset=0), blacklists the nouveau driver and runs nvidia-xconfig to create a suitable xorg.conf file. Perhaps in the case of these hybrid systems we also need to blacklist the Intel driver too as suggested above. Do we know which Intel driver is being loaded? Once you have worked out what works for you through testing, you should file a bug at http://elrepo.org/bugs/ and we can get these fixes incorporated into the package. If that wont work, black list nouveau and nvidia, and try the intel module (delete the xorg.conf made by nvidia-xconfig) nouveau.disable=1 nomodeset 3 -- append this to grub kernel line Hope that helps. Chris
Re: need help installing nvidia driver on new laptop
I forgot to answer your question as to which intel driver is being loaded. I ran lspci and grepped for intel and the result is below. It's a very vague vga reference, but according to Intel, the core i7 processor has integrated Intel HD 3000 graphics, if that helps at all. 00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 2nd Generation Core Processor Family DRAM Controller (rev 09) 00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Xeon E3-1200/2nd Generation Core Processor Family PCI Express Root Port (rev 09) 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 2nd Generation Core Processor Family Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 09) 00:16.0 Communication controller: Intel Corporation 6 Series Chipset Family MEI Controller #1 (rev 04) 00:1a.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 6 Series Chipset Family USB Enhanced Host Controller #2 (rev 05) 00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 6 Series Chipset Family High Definition Audio Controller (rev 05) 00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 6 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 1 (rev b5) 00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 6 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 2 (rev b5) 00:1c.3 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 6 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 4 (rev b5) 00:1c.4 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 6 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 5 (rev b5) 00:1c.5 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 6 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 6 (rev b5) 00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 6 Series Chipset Family USB Enhanced Host Controller #1 (rev 05) 00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation HM67 Express Chipset Family LPC Controller (rev 05) 00:1f.2 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 6 Series Chipset Family 4 port SATA IDE Controller (rev 05) 00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 6 Series Chipset Family SMBus Controller (rev 05) 00:1f.5 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 6 Series Chipset Family 2 port SATA IDE Controller (rev 05) 03:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation Centrino Wireless-N 1030 (rev 34) On 09/11/2011 01:10 PM, Phil Perry wrote: On 11/09/11 18:39, Chris Pemberton wrote: Some good info over at the archlinux forums: https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?pid=881549 http://linux-hybrid-graphics.blogspot.com/ To test the nvidia driver: blacklist the nouveau and intel graphic modules, disable kernel mode-setting, and boot to runlevel 3 (all via the kernel command line args below). Then run nvidia's xorg creation tool (nvidia-xconfig). Give X a try and see if it works. nouveau.disable=1 intel.disable=1 nomodeset 3 --append this to grub kernel line The elrepo.org kmod-nvidia package already disables nouveau mode-setting (nouveau.modeset=0), blacklists the nouveau driver and runs nvidia-xconfig to create a suitable xorg.conf file. Perhaps in the case of these hybrid systems we also need to blacklist the Intel driver too as suggested above. Do we know which Intel driver is being loaded? Once you have worked out what works for you through testing, you should file a bug at http://elrepo.org/bugs/ and we can get these fixes incorporated into the package. If that wont work, black list nouveau and nvidia, and try the intel module (delete the xorg.conf made by nvidia-xconfig) nouveau.disable=1 nomodeset 3 -- append this to grub kernel line Hope that helps. Chris
Re: need help installing nvidia driver on new laptop
On 09/11/2011 10:04 PM, Kevin Thomas wrote: I forgot to answer your question as to which intel driver is being loaded. I ran lspci and grepped for intel and the result is below. It's a very vague vga reference, but according to Intel, the core i7 processor has integrated Intel HD 3000 graphics, if that helps at all. I'm certainly no expert with hybrid graphics; but perhaps you'll need a more bleeding edge distro for bleeding edge hardware? Perhaps download an ubuntu 11.11 beta or fedora 16 beta live dvd and see if it can boot cleanly? Just a thought... Chris
Re: need help installing nvidia driver on new laptop
On Sun, Sep 11, 2011 at 8:00 PM, Kevin Thomas axel2...@gmail.com wrote: You are correct that when you install the kmod-nvidia package, it automatically disables nouveau and blacklists it for you, but I didn't know there was a new nvidia xorg.conf file created. After I installed the kmod-nvidia package again, I restarted and modified the kernel arguements to include the intel.disable=1 arguement, but the result was the sameeventually the screen flickered a few times and it stopped booting, although I could still open a terminal via alt+F2. I'm not sure what to try next. Someone requested some command output from me in a different email, which I provided, but I'm lost now. I didn't think it would be this difficult. Kevin Can you somehow disable the Intel graphics (in the BIOS perhaps) and see if that helps? Just in case the intel.disable=1 argument is not working as intended... Akemi
Re: need help installing nvidia driver on new laptop
Kevin, I'm sure you went over this. Already, but maybe you can tell us what last (relevant ) lines are in messages are and what X.log has? -- Sent from my Android phone with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity. Kevin Thomas axel2...@gmail.com wrote: You are correct that when you install the kmod-nvidia package, it automatically disables nouveau and blacklists it for you, but I didn't know there was a new nvidia xorg.conf file created. After I installed the kmod-nvidia package again, I restarted and modified the kernel arguements to include the intel.disable=1 arguement, but the result was the sameeventually the screen flickered a few times and it stopped booting, although I could still open a terminal via alt+F2. I'm not sure what to try next. Someone requested some command output from me in a different email, which I provided, but I'm lost now. I didn't think it would be this difficult. Kevin On 09/11/2011 01:10 PM, Phil Perry wrote: On 11/09/11 18:39, Chris Pemberton wrote: Some good info over at the archlinux forums: https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?pid=881549 http://linux-hybrid-graphics.blogspot.com/ To test the nvidia driver: blacklist the nouveau and intel graphic modules, disable kernel mode-setting, and boot to runlevel 3 (all via the kernel command line args below). Then run nvidia's xorg creation tool (nvidia-xconfig). Give X a try and see if it works. nouveau.disable=1 intel.disable=1 nomodeset 3 --append this to grub kernel line The elrepo.org kmod-nvidia package already disables nouveau mode-setting (nouveau.modeset=0), blacklists the nouveau driver and runs nvidia-xconfig to create a suitable xorg.conf file. Perhaps in the case of these hybrid systems we also need to blacklist the Intel driver too as suggested above. Do we know which Intel driver is being loaded? Once you have worked out what works for you through testing, you should file a bug at http://elrepo.org/bugs/ and we can get these fixes incorporated into the package. If that wont work, black list nouveau and nvidia, and try the intel module (delete the xorg.conf made by nvidia-xconfig) nouveau.disable=1 nomodeset 3 -- append this to grub kernel line Hope that helps. Chris
Re: need help installing nvidia driver on new laptop
On 12/09/11 04:18, Akemi Yagi wrote: On Sun, Sep 11, 2011 at 8:00 PM, Kevin Thomasaxel2...@gmail.com wrote: You are correct that when you install the kmod-nvidia package, it automatically disables nouveau and blacklists it for you, but I didn't know there was a new nvidia xorg.conf file created. After I installed the kmod-nvidia package again, I restarted and modified the kernel arguements to include the intel.disable=1 arguement, but the result was the sameeventually the screen flickered a few times and it stopped booting, although I could still open a terminal via alt+F2. I'm not sure what to try next. Someone requested some command output from me in a different email, which I provided, but I'm lost now. I didn't think it would be this difficult. Kevin Can you somehow disable the Intel graphics (in the BIOS perhaps) and see if that helps? Just in case the intel.disable=1 argument is not working as intended... Akemi If not, perhaps try the kernel argument i915.disable=1 assuming it's the i915 driver it's trying to load?
Re: need help installing nvidia driver on new laptop
On 12/09/11 03:54, Kevin Thomas wrote: Of course. I installed kmod-nvidia, booted to run level 3, and I've pasted the output of the commands you referenced below. Thanks - everything looks in order there.
Re: need help installing nvidia driver on new laptop
On Fri, Sep 9, 2011 at 10:36 PM, Kevin Thomas axel2...@gmail.com wrote: Ok, I jujst got a brand new Dell XPS laptop a few days ago. I managed to install Windows 7 and SL 6.1 side by side in a dual boot setup. This laptop has the core i7 processor, which means it has integrated Intel HD 3000 graphics, but it also has a 2GB Nvidia GT540M (with optimus) discrete card as well. I know that optimus is not natively supported yet, but according to the SL forums, the generic nvidia driver can be installed instead (kmod-nvidia). The instructions said to just do yum install kmod-nvidia. This installed the drivers for me and when I rebooted, I saw the plymouth-rings splash screen for the first time ever, but the system hung. I restarted again and pushed ESC to see the messages and the screen flickered a few times and it stopped on registering binary handler for windows applications Some googling informed me that this was due to the wine service being enabled, so I disabled it and restarted. This time, it got hung on starting atd: and the screen flickered a few times. I have a feeling that if I disabled atd, it would just hang on the next service. I had to uninstall the kmod-nvidia package just to boot my system again. There has to be a way to get the nvidia driver working. Any help would be appreciated. Kevin You might want to search through the Nvidia forum site. I see some issue reports there. You can google with something like site:forums.nvidia.com dell xps laptop. Akemi
Re: need help installing nvidia driver on new laptop
On Sat, Sep 10, 2011 at 12:36:07AM -0500, Kevin Thomas wrote: Ok, I jujst got a brand new Dell XPS laptop a few days ago. I managed to install Windows 7 and SL 6.1 side by side in a dual boot setup. This laptop has the core i7 processor, which means it has integrated Intel HD 3000 graphics, but it also has a 2GB Nvidia GT540M (with optimus) discrete card as well. I know that optimus is not natively supported yet, but according to the SL forums, the generic nvidia driver can be installed instead (kmod-nvidia). The instructions said to just do yum install kmod-nvidia. This installed the drivers for me and when I rebooted, I saw the plymouth-rings splash screen for the first time ever, but the system hung. I restarted again and pushed ESC to see the messages and the screen flickered a few times and it stopped on registering binary handler for windows applications Some googling informed me that this was due to the wine service being enabled, so I disabled it and restarted. This time, it got hung on starting atd: and the screen flickered a few times. I have a feeling that if I disabled atd, it would just hang on the next service. I had to uninstall the kmod-nvidia package just to boot my system again. There has to be a way to get the nvidia driver working. Any help would be appreciated. Kevin I have a two-year-old Dell laptop, a Latitude E6500. To get the Nvidia driver working on this (single-boot, Scientific Linux 6), I used the elrepo: yum --enablerepo=elrepo install kmod-nvidia nvidia-x11-drv nvidia-x11-drv-32bit Good resource: http://elrepo.org/tiki/kmod-nvidia Best of luck, Barry
Re: need help installing nvidia driver on new laptop
On 10/09/11 06:36, Kevin Thomas wrote: Ok, I jujst got a brand new Dell XPS laptop a few days ago. I managed to install Windows 7 and SL 6.1 side by side in a dual boot setup. This laptop has the core i7 processor, which means it has integrated Intel HD 3000 graphics, but it also has a 2GB Nvidia GT540M (with optimus) discrete card as well. I know that optimus is not natively supported yet, but according to the SL forums, the generic nvidia driver can be installed instead (kmod-nvidia). The instructions said to just do yum install kmod-nvidia. This installed the drivers for me and when I rebooted, I saw the plymouth-rings splash screen for the first time ever, but the system hung. I restarted again and pushed ESC to see the messages and the screen flickered a few times and it stopped on registering binary handler for windows applications Some googling informed me that this was due to the wine service being enabled, so I disabled it and restarted. This time, it got hung on starting atd: and the screen flickered a few times. I have a feeling that if I disabled atd, it would just hang on the next service. I had to uninstall the kmod-nvidia package just to boot my system again. There has to be a way to get the nvidia driver working. Any help would be appreciated. Kevin In order to help troubleshoot, could you please provide some more information. Please install kmod-nvidia and see if you can boot to runlevel 3 and provide the following information (output from the following commands): uname -a find /lib/modules -name nvidia.ko cat /boot/grub/grub.conf Thanks.
Re: need help installing nvidia driver on new laptop
Try switching to other consoles once it hangs on atd. (Alt-f2, etc). Let us know Andrew -- Sent from my Android phone with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity. Kevin Thomas axel2...@gmail.com wrote: Ok, I jujst got a brand new Dell XPS laptop a few days ago. I managed to install Windows 7 and SL 6.1 side by side in a dual boot setup. This laptop has the core i7 processor, which means it has integrated Intel HD 3000 graphics, but it also has a 2GB Nvidia GT540M (with optimus) discrete card as well. I know that optimus is not natively supported yet, but according to the SL forums, the generic nvidia driver can be installed instead (kmod-nvidia). The instructions said to just do yum install kmod-nvidia. This installed the drivers for me and when I rebooted, I saw the plymouth-rings splash screen for the first time ever, but the system hung. I restarted again and pushed ESC to see the messages and the screen flickered a few times and it stopped on registering binary handler for windows applications Some googling informed me that this was due to the wine service being enabled, so I disabled it and restarted. This time, it got hung on starting atd: and the screen flickered a few times. I have a feeling that if I disabled atd, it would just hang on the next service. I had to uninstall the kmod-nvidia package just to boot my system again. There has to be a way to get the nvidia driver working. Any help would be appreciated. Kevin
need help installing nvidia driver on new laptop
Ok, I jujst got a brand new Dell XPS laptop a few days ago. I managed to install Windows 7 and SL 6.1 side by side in a dual boot setup. This laptop has the core i7 processor, which means it has integrated Intel HD 3000 graphics, but it also has a 2GB Nvidia GT540M (with optimus) discrete card as well. I know that optimus is not natively supported yet, but according to the SL forums, the generic nvidia driver can be installed instead (kmod-nvidia). The instructions said to just do yum install kmod-nvidia. This installed the drivers for me and when I rebooted, I saw the plymouth-rings splash screen for the first time ever, but the system hung. I restarted again and pushed ESC to see the messages and the screen flickered a few times and it stopped on registering binary handler for windows applications Some googling informed me that this was due to the wine service being enabled, so I disabled it and restarted. This time, it got hung on starting atd: and the screen flickered a few times. I have a feeling that if I disabled atd, it would just hang on the next service. I had to uninstall the kmod-nvidia package just to boot my system again. There has to be a way to get the nvidia driver working. Any help would be appreciated. Kevin
