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reksav
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 Posted: Mon Feb 04, 2008 10:25 pm Post subject: new videocard = no x [SOLVED] |
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i just replaced my old nvidia 7600gt with an 8800gts and after booting, reinstalling the nvidia drivers, and /etc/init.d/xdm start the screen goes black as though it loses signal... ideas?
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SiberianSniper
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| Posted: Mon Feb 04, 2008 10:32 pm Post subject: |
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| Could you post your xorg.conf? Also, check to make sure the new card is getting enough power. |
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reksav
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| Posted: Mon Feb 04, 2008 10:44 pm Post subject: |
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as for power issues i played halflife2 and oblivion in xp for about 30min each to see how the card handled, without any hiccups. but either way i know linux is fussy on hardware, how would i check to make for certain that enough juice is getting to the card?
xorg.conf...
| Code: | # nvidia-xconfig: X configuration file generated by nvidia-xconfig
# nvidia-xconfig: version 1.0 (buildmeister@builder3) Wed Sep 12 14:29:35 PDT 2007
Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "twinview"
Screen 0 "CompScreen"
InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
Option "Xinerama" "0"
EndSection
Section "Files"
RgbPath "/usr/lib/X11/rgb"
EndSection
Section "Module"
Load "dbe"
Load "extmod"
Load "type1"
Load "freetype"
Load "glx"
EndSection
Section "ServerFlags"
Option "Xinerama" "0"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Mouse0"
Driver "evdev"
Option "Name" "Microsoft Microsoft Optical Mouse with Tilt Wheel"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
Option "DialRelativeAxisButtons" "6 7"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
# generated from default
Identifier "Keyboard0"
Driver "kbd"
EndSection
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "CompMonitor"
VendorName "Unknown"
ModelName "NEC FE700+"
HorizSync 30.0 - 110.0
VertRefresh 50.0 - 150.0
Option "DPMS"
EndSection
Section "Extensions"
Option "RENDER" "Enable"
Option "Composite" "enable"
Option "DAMAGE" "Enable"
EndSection
Section "Device"
Identifier "Videocard0"
Driver "nvidia"
VendorName "NVIDIA Corporation"
BoardName "GeForce 8800 GTS"
Option "AddARGBGLXVisuals" "True"
BusID "PCI:2:0:0"
Option "RenderAccel" "true"
Option "TripleBuffer" "true"
Option "AllowGLXWithComposite" "true"
Option "HWcursor"
Option "TwinView" "1"
Option "TwinViewXineramaInfoOrder" "CRT-0, TV-0"
Option "UseDisplayDevice" "CRT-0, TV-0"
Option "MetaModes" "CRT-0: 1280x1024,TV-0: 1024x768; CRT-0: 1280x1024; CRT-0: 1024x768,TV-0: 1024x768; CRT-0:1024x768; CRT-0: 800x600,TV-0: 800x600; CRT-0: 800x600"
Option "TwinViewOrientation" "TV-0 RightOf CRT-0"
Option "HorizSync" "TV-0: 28-33; CRT-0: 30-110"
Option "VertRefresh" "TV-0: 43-72; CRT-0: 50-150"
Option "ConnectedMonitor" "CRT-0,TV-0"
Option "UseEdidDpi" "FALSE"
Option "Coolbits" "1"
Option "DamageEvents" "True"
Option "NvAGP" "0"
Option "UseEvents" "True"
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "CompScreen"
Device "Videocard0"
Monitor "CompMonitor"
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600"
EndSubSection
EndSection
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SiberianSniper
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| Posted: Mon Feb 04, 2008 11:02 pm Post subject: |
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Hmm, I don't really see anything that would make it not work. If it works in XP it's not a power issue.
Maybe try commenting everything out in the Device section except:
| Code: | Section "Device"
Identifier "Videocard0"
Driver "nvidia"
VendorName "NVIDIA Corporation"
BoardName "GeForce 8800 GTS"
BusID "PCI:2:0:0"
EndSection |
It's possible that one of the other options is somehow causing it not to work. |
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reksav
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| Posted: Mon Feb 04, 2008 11:28 pm Post subject: |
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ok well now i can get in but not having the twinview creates a whole new set of problems... any idea which line might have been causing this? also all of my fonts are now huge, how would i turn these back down system wide?
edit: i checked in my nvidia x server settings and it no longer lists CRT-0, it now shows CRT-1... so i changed all over to CRT-1 in my xorg.conf and everything seems to be back to normal 
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SiberianSniper
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I'm not totally sure, as I don't personally use twinview. You can try adding back all of the twinview lines and see if that works. My first instinct was that the AddARGBGLXVisuals line might be causing the problem, so if that is the case (just a shot in the dark) then adding back everything else would still work. But try adding back a few options at a time, starting with the twinview stuff, and that's about the only way to tell what line is actually causing the error.
Unless you see something stick out in /var/log/Xorg.0.log ... I almost forgot about that one. |
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reksav
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| Posted: Mon Feb 04, 2008 11:42 pm Post subject: |
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| by the way, thanks for the help siberiansniper |
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