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| Author: | krypton_john [ Sat Aug 21, 2004 4:06 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Can't start X after adding a new video card |
Hello All, I've got a KnoppMyth box running on a Chaintech 7NIF2 based system. However I also dual-boot this box to Windows to play some games. However the onboard video wasn't up to some of the new 3D games so I threw in a Geforce fx5700 graphics card. Windows boots up fine with that, as does Linux, but Linux cannot start it's X system. The screen goes black, and after a short while a text popup appears with an error "I cannot start the X server (your graphical interface). It is likely that it is not set up correctly" There's a log file which shows a message about "skipping libspeedo.a:spencode.o : no symbols found" I tried just rerunning both install-nvidea.sh and insteall-nvidia-i686-lx but that didn't fix it. Any X gurus know the easy answer to this one? I can dig for log files and post them, but first I thought I'd check if this is a known problem. Thanks in advance, JohnO |
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| Author: | tjc [ Sat Aug 21, 2004 4:48 pm ] |
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The next place to look is at your /var/log/XFree86.0.log file which should tell you what it didn't like. Since both the onboard MX4 and the new FX5700 work with the same nvidia drivers the problem is most likely just something silly in your /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 file. |
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| Author: | krypton_john [ Sun Aug 22, 2004 5:21 am ] |
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Hi tjc, In the log file there were some warnings: (WW) `fonts.dir' not found (or not valid) in "/usr/share/fonts/truetype". Entry deleted from font path. (Run 'mkfontdir' on "/usr/share/fonts/truetype"). (WW) `fonts.dir' not found (or not valid) in "/usr/share/fonts/truetype/openoffice". Entry deleted from font path. (Run 'mkfontdir' on "/usr/share/fonts/truetype/openoffice"). (WW) The directory "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/defoma/CID" does not exist. Entry deleted from font path. (WW) The directory "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/defoma/TrueType" does not exist. Entry deleted from font path. ... but no errors. Here's the whole log: http://www.f3software.com/downloads/XFree86.0.log ... and here's my XF86Config-4 file: http://www.f3software.com/downloads/XF86Config-4 Does that throw any light on it? Cheers JohnO |
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| Author: | tjc [ Sun Aug 22, 2004 12:56 pm ] |
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This bit here doesn't look good. (Although my log says it too...) Code: (--) PCI: (1:6:0) unknown vendor (0x4444) unknown chipset (0x0016) rev 1, Mem @ 0xd0000000/26 (--) PCI: (1:7:0) unknown vendor (0x4444) unknown chipset (0x0016) rev 1, Mem @ 0xd4000000/26 (--) PCI:*(2:0:0) nVidia Corporation unknown chipset (0x0343) rev 161, Mem @ 0xdc000000/24, 0xc0000000/28 Especially in light of where your log ends... Because right after that mine says: Code: (--) NVIDIA(0): MMIO registers at 0xE0000000 (II) NVIDIA(0): NVIDIA GPU detected as: GeForce4 MX Integrated GPU (--) NVIDIA(0): VideoBIOS: 04.1f.00.07.00 So it looks like the nvidia driver isn't identifiying your card and chipset for some reason. Aha! Code: (II) LoadModule: "nvidia"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/drivers/nvidia_drv.o (II) Module nvidia: vendor="NVIDIA Corporation" compiled for 4.0.2, module version = 1.0.4363 Module class: XFree86 Video Driver You're still running the old driver, which may not know about the newer chipset. Try upgrading to one of the newer nvidia drivers like "NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-6106-pkg1.run" The BTW - Your color depth (16) probably isn't right for the new card either... Trucolor should be at least 24bit... |
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