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Oo.et.oO
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 Posted: Wed Jun 29, 2011 6:11 am Post subject: upgraded to xorg 1.10, x won't start, nvidia-drivers SOLVED |
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i've read everything i can find.
the X Server config howto here: http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/xorg-config.xml
says to no longer use nvidia-config and or even the built in utility, and to not edit the config file and just try "startx" or similar.
the nvidia guide still says to use the config utilities here: http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/nvidia-guide.xml
so which is it?? 
i'm basically getting | Code: | | Failed to initialize GLX extension (Compatible NVIDIA X driver not found) |
i'd cut and past more in here, but it's really annoying when i can't get X working...
i removed /etc/X11 to a backup dir to see what would happen. ("(==) Using system config directory") seems to TRY to work okay as people state. no matter what i installed for new versions of xorg my config file remained, so i just removed the whole dir (who knows what i've changed in there through the years). i can't get anything to repopulate that dir
any pointers/help would be greatly appreciated.
i'll post some more complete logs, etc tomorrow if i need to. it's gonna be painful. part of my emerge world broke all of afs/nfs/samba AND X. goodtimes.
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kiksen
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Gusar
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| Posted: Wed Jun 29, 2011 10:54 am Post subject: |
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That guide is a bit outdated though, all you need in xorg.conf is four lines: | Code: | Section "Device"
Identifier "Nvidia Card"
Driver "nvidia"
EndSection |
@Oo.et.oO: Try running 'eselect opengl set nvidia". This should have been done automatically when you installed the driver, but your error message indicated that it didn't. |
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Oo.et.oO
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| Posted: Wed Jun 29, 2011 2:56 pm Post subject: |
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thanks Gusar, your xorg.conf worked. I needed all the Session stuff and xinit stuff from my old /etc/X11 as well, or the sessions wouldn't start properly not able to find binaries, etc.
now i'm back where i started all this re-config with no mouse and no kbd. fun
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x1123
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| Posted: Thu Jun 30, 2011 9:27 am Post subject: |
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| Oo.et.oO wrote: | thanks Gusar, that worked. I needed all the Session stuff and xinit stuff from my old /etc/X11 as well, or the sessions wouldn't start properly not able to find binaries, etc.
now i'm back where i started all this re-config with no mouse and no kbd. fun |
Hi would you please to post How you solve the problem. Im in funtoo wing now, I face similar problem, X wont start. It will start only when I switch off acpi use flag on nvidia-drivers. I sued binary kernel openvz-rhel6-stable-2.6.32  |
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Oo.et.oO
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| Posted: Thu Jun 30, 2011 3:52 pm Post subject: |
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| sorry. just clarified. his minimal xorg.conf told X which driver i wanted. it got Xstarted but i still have no mouse nor keyboard in X (started another thread on that) |
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