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black screen after instal nvidia driver!!!

Thu, 18 Sep 2008 15:56:54 +0200

im using fedora 9 and with GF 8600

now i cant enter my fedora in graphic mode and just get black screen... [img]<___base_url___>/uploads/emoticons/default_ohmy.png[/img]

this happen after i installed nvidia driver [img]<___base_url___>/uploads/emoticons/default_mad.gif[/img]

what shuld i do!!!???!!!???

nvidia 6200 OC 256meg

Tue, 06 May 2008 02:03:16 +0200

Ok so here it is, I took a screen shot of what it actually looks like... After about 10 minutes of the machine sitting idle the screen does not recover it looks like this:

also I don't really know what the user Unknown is :| I tried xsetting DPMS off that did not work either... If anyone has any ideas please let me know...

[img]/monthly_05_2008/post-204-1210032102.png[/img]

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How to override refresh rate with Nvidia driver

Sun, 16 Dec 2007 14:47:47 +0100

If you're using the proprietary Nvidia driver with Linux, and you have a CRT monitor that the driver won't recognise, or for some other reason the refresh rate is set incorrectly, here are the steps for overriding the refresh rate.

You need to edit the /etc/X11/xorg.conf file. Before making any changes though, back it up so you can restore it if you break anything.

Code:
# cp /etc/X11/xorg.conf /etc/X11/xorg.backup-working.conf

Now open up the file as root to edit it.

Under Section "Screen", there will be a SubSection "Display" area. On the Modes line, put your desired resolution(s) followed by an underscore and then the desired refresh rate. For example, I want to run at 1600x1200 at 75 Hz, so I put:

Code:
Modes "1600x1200_75"

Normally, though, this won't override the refresh rate if your monitor is telling the driver the wrong information. To force the driver to ignore the monitor, paste this inside Section "Screen":

Code:
Option "UseEDIDFreqs" "False"

Finally, search for VertRefresh and make sure you are not trying to set a refresh rate higher than the largest number in that field.

Save the file, restart X with Ctrl-Alt-Backspace and you should be in your desired resolution/refresh rate combination.

Always
make sure your monitor is actually capable
of the resolution and refresh rate combination you select before you override it manually or you may permanently damage it.
Only use this if the driver is detecting the wrong values and won't let you set anything above really small resolutions, for example, not to try and push your monitor over its limits.

If you need to roll back to the old configuration file in case something goes wrong, do:

Code:
# cp /etc/X11/xorg.backup-working.conf /etc/X11/xorg.conf

That's it.

For reference, here's what my xorg.conf looks like for a NVIDIA Geforce 6600 GT on a CTX VL950/EX951F 19" monitor for Ubuntu 7.10:

Code:
# xorg.conf (xorg X Window System server configuration file)

#

# This file was generated by dexconf, the Debian X Configuration tool, using

# values from the debconf database.

#

# Edit this file with caution, and see the xorg.conf manual page.

# (Type "man xorg.conf" at the shell prompt.)

#

# This file is automatically updated on xserver-xorg package upgrades *only*

# if it has not been modified since the last upgrade of the xserver-xorg

# package.

#

# If you have edited this file but would like it to be automatically updated

# again, run the following command:

#   sudo dpkg-reconfigure -phigh xserver-xorg

Section "Files"

EndSection

Section "InputDevice"

Identifier    "Generic Keyboard"

Driver        "kbd"

Option        "CoreKeyboard"

Option        "XkbRules"    "xorg"

Option        "XkbModel"    "pc105"

Option        "XkbLayout"    "gb"

EndSection

Section "InputDevice"

Identifier    "Configured Mouse"

Driver        "mouse"

Option        "CorePointer"

Option        "Device"        "/dev/input/mice"

Option        "Protocol"        "ImPS/2"

Option        "ZAxisMapping"        "4 5"

Option        "Emulate3Buttons"    "true"

EndSection

Section "InputDevice"

Driver        "wacom"

Identifier    "stylus"

Option        "Device"    "/dev/input/wacom"

Option        "Type"        "stylus"

Option        "ForceDevice"    "ISDV4"        # Tablet PC ONLY

EndSection

Section "InputDevice"

Driver        "wacom"

Identifier    "eraser"

Option        "Device"    "/dev/input/wacom"

Option        "Type"        "eraser"

Option        "ForceDevice"    "ISDV4"        # Tablet PC ONLY

EndSection

Section "InputDevice"

Driver        "wacom"

Identifier    "cursor"

Option        "Device"    "/dev/input/wacom"

Option        "Type"        "cursor"

Option        "ForceDevice"    "ISDV4"        # Tablet PC ONLY

EndSection

Section "Device"

Identifier    "nVidia Corporation NV43 [GeForce 6600 GT]"

Driver        "nvidia"

BusID        "PCI:1:0:0"

EndSection

Section "Monitor"

Identifier    "CTX EX951F"

Option        "DPMS"

HorizSync    30-94

VertRefresh    75

EndSection

Section "Screen"

Identifier    "Default Screen"

Device        "nVidia Corporation NV43 [GeForce 6600 GT]"

Monitor        "CTX EX951F"

DefaultDepth    24

Option "UseEDIDFreqs" "False"

SubSection "Display"

    Modes        "1600x1200_75" "1280x1024_75" "1024x768_75" "800x600_75" "640x480_75"

EndSubSection

EndSection

Section "ServerLayout"

Identifier    "Default Layout"

Screen        "Default Screen"

InputDevice    "Generic Keyboard"

InputDevice    "Configured Mouse"

# Uncomment if you have a wacom tablet

#    InputDevice     "stylus"    "SendCoreEvents"

#    InputDevice     "cursor"    "SendCoreEvents"

#    InputDevice     "eraser"    "SendCoreEvents"

EndSection

Uninstalling Nvidia driver is Fedora Core 6

Sat, 24 Feb 2007 20:40:05 +0100

I installed nvidia driver with the help of this link.

[/url][url=http://www.mjmwired.net/resources/mjm-fedora-fc6.html#nvidia]http://www.mjmwired.net/resources/mjm-fedora-fc6.html#nvidia

Now i have a problem. During startup process, the screen goes blank for a while and it then turns white, pink etc However also during startup, it does ask for any key to be pressed within a certain amount of time so on pressing a key it gives an option of OS on the system. It shows 2 linux installations, thats what i think it is. Selecting the top one causes the above problem, selecting the lower one works fine and loads the system. What could be the problem? is there a way to unistall it and then i test if this problem occurs again? I mean i want to check if it is the nvidia driver that is causing the problem.

Below is the code generated during installation. Any help would be appreciated.

Code:
[root@x1-6-00-c0-9f-40-e0-ad ~]# rpm --import RPM-LIVNA-GPG-KEY

error: RPM-LIVNA-GPG-KEY: import read failed(-1).

[root@x1-6-00-c0-9f-40-e0-ad ~]# yum install kmod-nvidia

Loading "installonlyn" plugin

Setting up Install Process

Setting up repositories

core                      100% |=========================| 1.1 kB    00:00

updates                   100% |=========================| 1.2 kB    00:00

extras                    100% |=========================| 1.1 kB    00:00

Reading repository metadata in from local files

Parsing package install arguments

Resolving Dependencies

--> Populating transaction set with selected packages. Please wait.

---> Downloading header for kmod-nvidia to pack into transaction set.

kmod-nvidia-1.0.9746-1.2. 100% |=========================|  18 kB    00:00

---> Package kmod-nvidia.i686 0:1.0.9746-1.2.6.19_1.2911.fc6 set to be installed

--> Running transaction check

--> Processing Dependency: kernel-i686 = 2.6.19-1.2911.fc6 for package: kmod-nvidia

--> Processing Dependency: nvidia-kmod-common >= 1.0.9746 for package: kmod-nvidia

--> Restarting Dependency Resolution with new changes.

--> Populating transaction set with selected packages. Please wait.

---> Downloading header for xorg-x11-drv-nvidia to pack into transaction set.

xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-1.0.9 100% |=========================|  34 kB    00:00

---> Package xorg-x11-drv-nvidia.i386 0:1.0.9746-7.lvn6 set to be updated

---> Downloading header for kernel to pack into transaction set.

ftp://ftp.software.umn.edu/linux/fedora/core/updates/6/i386/kernel-2.6.19-1.2911.fc6.i686.rpm: [Errno 4] IOError: [Errno ftp error] 421 There are too many connected users, please try later.

Trying other mirror.

kernel-2.6.19-1.2911.fc6. 100% |=========================| 216 kB    00:05

---> Package kernel.i686 0:2.6.19-1.2911.fc6 set to be installed

--> Running transaction check

--> Populating transaction set with selected packages. Please wait.

---> Package kernel.i686 0:2.6.18-1.2798.fc6 set to be erased

--> Running transaction check

Dependencies Resolved

=============================================================================

Package                 Arch       Version          Repository        Size

=============================================================================

Installing:

kmod-nvidia             i686       1.0.9746-1.2.6.19_1.2911.fc6  livna             2.3 M

Removing:

kernel                  i686       2.6.18-1.2798.fc6  installed          44 M

Installing for dependencies:

kernel                  i686       2.6.19-1.2911.fc6  updates            16 M

xorg-x11-drv-nvidia     i386       1.0.9746-7.lvn6  livna             4.9 M

Transaction Summary

=============================================================================

Install      3 Package(s)

Update       0 Package(s)

Remove       1 Package(s)

Total download size: 24 M

Is this ok [y/N]: y

Downloading Packages:

(1/3): kmod-nvidia-1.0.97 100% |=========================| 2.3 MB    00:05

(2/3): xorg-x11-drv-nvidi 100% |=========================| 4.9 MB    00:10

(3/3): kernel-2.6.19-1.29 100% |=========================|  16 MB    05:14

Running Transaction Test

Finished Transaction Test

Transaction Test Succeeded

Running Transaction

 Installing: kernel                       ######################### [1/4]

 Cleanup   : kernel                       ######################### [2/4]

 Installing: kmod-nvidia                  ######################### [3/4]

 Installing: xorg-x11-drv-nvidia          ######################### [4/4]

FATAL: Module nvidia not found.

Removed: kernel.i686 0:2.6.18-1.2798.fc6

Installed: kmod-nvidia.i686 0:1.0.9746-1.2.6.19_1.2911.fc6

Dependency Installed: kernel.i686 0:2.6.19-1.2911.fc6 xorg-x11-drv-nvidia.i386 0:1.0.9746-7.lvn6

Complete!

[root@x1-6-00-c0-9f-40-e0-ad ~]#

Resolution Question

Tue, 06 Feb 2007 06:50:34 +0100

I just had Suse Linux 10.0 installed on my Computer by CompUsa. They installed the Linux Operating System using their 15" monitor I'm guessing. I have a 19" monitor, so when I got home I plugged in my monitor and the highest resolution I can go to is 1024x768 which is crap. How do I fix the OS so I can go up to 1600x1200(which my monitor CAN handle)? Another question:I have Windows x64 installed on a raid 1 setup and linux installed on a separate 80g Hd, does linux have a program equal to window's device manager? I want to see where it says what video cards I have, cause I have dual 6800 Ultras in Sli, I'd also like to check the monitor and maybe install a monitor driver.

Monitor and Video Cards and Problems, Oh MY!

Fri, 29 Dec 2006 13:10:48 +0100

I got a new(yes thats right I actually got a piece of computer hardware that wasn't ripped from an old system) monitor for christmas and it's awesome. It' s a Samsung 204BW 20" LCD monitor. The manufacturer recommends running at 1680x1050 at 60hz. I would love to do this but it doesn't seem to want to. Anything over 1024x768 and it starts doing ugly things to fonts icons and pretty much anything else. By ugly i mean weird moving edges or ripples and waves. I noticed this originally when I edited xorg.conf by hand, but was painfully reminded when I tried using system-config-display and got the same results. Since it's a new monitor I'm thinking the problem is probably my ancient video card not being able to handle the new monitor above 1024x768, it's a Riva TNT2. Am I correct in this assumption? Or have i missed another possibility? If I'm correct I would love some recommendations for a new affordable video card. It doesn't have to be top of the line but I don't want something worse than I have. Thanks in advance guys.

update your nvidia linux drivers !!

Tue, 17 Oct 2006 08:36:38 +0200

[/url]http://www.osnews.com/story.php/16196/NVID...ob-Root-Exploit

Quote:A recent security advisory announced today by Rapid7 explains, "the NVIDIA Binary Graphics Driver for Linux is vulnerable to a buffer overflow that allows an attacker to run arbitrary code as root. This bug can be exploited both locally or remotely (via a remote X client or an X client which visits a malicious web page). A working proof-of-concept root exploit is attached to this advisory." The advisory goes on to note that the FreeBSD and Solaris binary drivers are also likely vulnerable and cautions, "it is our opinion that NVIDIA's binary driver remains an unacceptable security risk based on the large numbers of reproducible, unfixed crashes that have been reported in public forums and bug databases."

[url=http://kerneltrap.org/node/7228]http://kerneltrap.org/node/7228

cheers

anyweb

Nvidia drivers (again)

Sun, 02 Apr 2006 20:53:07 +0200

Right, having now got a bit more experience with Linux, I thought I'd go for installing the Nvidia 3D graphics drivers again, on SUSE 10.0.

Graphics card: Nvidia Geforce 6600 GT 256 MB AGP

Monitor: CTX VL950 series 19" CRT

So, the drivers installed fine and work fine, essentially. The problem I'm having now is that the display settings get set to 1280x800@60Hz, and on my CRT, that is not good. My goal here is to keep the Nvidia drivers on and run at 1280x960@85Hz.

When using SaX2 (a GUI X11 configuration tool) to try and correct the resolution problem, it can't create the test X server for any resolution, and dies with errors (see Xerror.txt, attached). From this I think it's a problem with X not seeing the monitor's horizontal refresh rate properly, so it can't initiate any display modes.

Funnily enough, xorg.conf (also attached) sees the monitor and the refresh rate properly, and hasn't changed (I think) since the driver update. Also, VNCing to this machine from another and logging out via VNC immediately sets the resolution back to where it should be again.

Is there a way I can override what X thinks my monitor can do to get it working at 1280x960@85Hz again without VNCing at the start of every session?

Xerror.txt

xorg.conf.txt

Xerror.txt (Size: 28.7 KB / Downloads: 12)

xorg.conf.txt (Size: 7.86 KB / Downloads: 9)

this is my xorg.conf with nvidia driver

Thu, 16 Feb 2006 19:46:16 +0100

oke here it is:

only black screen after installing nvidia driver - on FC4

Thu, 09 Feb 2006 20:03:24 +0100

I have a MSI Nvidia Geforce FX 5900 XT 128 MB

I use Fedora Core 4

kernel version 2.6.15-1.1830_FC4

I installed the latest NVIDIA driver,

NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-8178-pkg1.run

as i followed the instruction that anyweb gived on:

> linux-noob.com/forums > linux noob > X problems > nVidia video problems

nvidia drivers and fedora core 3, how to install em

post Nov 16 2004, 03:45 PM

After Step Nine REBOOT THE COMPUTER

it load's the kernel and udev etc.. until it comes in the

login screen

my monitor goes to standby and i got no screen

Can someone help me please getting my FX-5900XT to work propetly

so that the 3d acceleration is activated,

now it is working on Geforce FX (Generic) driver, but i guess my card

can do more then that.

Finally updated Nvidia drivers, but...

Sun, 06 Nov 2005 12:21:22 +0100

Well, having upgraded to SUSE 10, I thought I would give the Nvidia drivers a go again. They installed without problem. Well, almost.

X works and everything, but I seem to be stuck at 1280x800 @ 60 Hz. I want to (and was running) 1280x960 @ 85 Hz before the driver update. I've tried everything I can think of in SaX2 (the SUSE graphical X config tool). Do I need to modify XF86Config, and if so, what do I change?

I am using a CTX VL951 19" CRT monitor. It definitely can handle 1280x960 @ 85 Hz. I've been running XP at that since I had this monitor.

Cheers for any help,

Hybrid

Want to backup before updating Nvidia drivers

Fri, 16 Sep 2005 15:06:54 +0200

You might remember my previous thread about having had a problem with X after YaST Online Update. Well, I want to try updating the drivers again (I want to try some of SuSE's 3D games) and I still can't find Xorg.conf or any Xfree86 config files. I'm not even sure which one I use (I am new to the Linux scene).

Could someone please tell me what I should backup in case X goes wrong again?

Thanks

Span Desktops with one video card

Mon, 20 Jun 2005 23:36:13 +0200

I have a GeForce FX 5200 with a DVI->VGA converter for the second monitor. Here is my xorg.conf

Code:
Section "ServerLayout"

Identifier     "X.org Configured"

Screen      0  "Screen0" 0 0

InputDevice    "Mouse0" "CorePointer"

InputDevice    "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"

Option          "BlankTime" "0"

       Option          "SuspendTime" "0"

       Option          "OffTime" "0"

EndSection

Section "ServerFlags"

Option       "Xinerama"    "false"

Option       "blank time" "0"

Option       "standby time" "0"

Option       "off time" "0"

EndSection

Section "Files"

RgbPath      "/usr/lib/X11/rgb"

ModulePath   "/usr/lib/modules"

FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/misc/"

FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/TTF/"

FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/Type1/"

FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/CID/"

FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi/"

FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/100dpi/"

FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/alee-fonts/"

FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/artwiz/"

FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/corefonts/"

FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/freefont/"

FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/intlfonts/"

FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/lfpfonts-fix/"

FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/lfpfonts-var/"

FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/sharefonts/"

FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/urw-fonts/"

EndSection

Section "Module"

Load  "extmod"

#    Load  "dri"

Load  "dbe"

Load  "record"

Load  "xtrap"

Load  "glx"

Load  "type1"

Load  "freetype"

SubSection  "extmod"

 Option    "omit xfree86-dga"   # don't initialise the DGA extension

EndSubSection

EndSection

Section "InputDevice"

Identifier  "Keyboard0"

Driver      "kbd"

EndSection

Section "InputDevice"

Identifier  "Mouse0"

Driver      "mouse"

Option     "Protocol" "IMPS/2"

Option     "Device" "/dev/input/mice"

Option      "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"

EndSection

Section "Monitor"

Identifier   "Monitor0"

VendorName   "Monitor Vendor"

ModelName    "Monitor Model"

#Option       "DPMS"

EndSection

Section "Device"

Identifier  "Card0"

Driver      "nvidia"

VendorName  "nVidia Corporation"

BoardName   "NV34 [GeForce FX 5200]"

BusID       "PCI:1:0:0"

Option      "RenderAccel" "True"

Option      "NvAGP" "3"

Option      "AllowGLXWithComposite" "true"

EndSection

Section "Screen"

Identifier "Screen0"

Device     "Card0"

Monitor    "Monitor0"

DefaultDepth    24

       Option      "TwinView"    "True"

       Option      "TwinViewOrientation"    "RightOf"

       Option      "MetaModes" "1600x1200, 1600x1200; 1280x1024, 1280x1024;"

SubSection "Display"

 Viewport   0 0

 Depth     8

 Modes    "1280x1024"

EndSubSection

SubSection "Display"

 Viewport   0 0

 Depth     16

 Modes    "1280x1024"

EndSubSection

SubSection "Display"

 Viewport   0 0

 Depth     24

 Modes    "1600x1200" "1280x1024"

EndSubSection

EndSection

Doom3/opengl problem

Wed, 23 Feb 2005 15:12:25 +0100

I installed, correctly as far as I can tell, the nvidia drivers to my geforce video card. Tuxracer works, for example, and the nvidia splash screen comes up at boot.

I installed the linux doom3 demo to see if it would work and it does not. This isn't that surprising, but the reason it didn't was surprising. The errors are about locating opengl....Here is the actual output:

Code:
Running in restricted demo mode.

----- Initializing Decls -----

------------------------------

------- Initializing renderSystem --------

using ARB renderSystem

renderSystem initialized.

--------------------------------------

5151 strings read from strings/english.lang

Couldn't open journal files

couldn't exec editor.cfg

execing default.cfg

couldn't exec DoomConfig.cfg

couldn't exec autoexec.cfg

5151 strings read from strings/english.lang

----- Initializing Sound System ------

sound system initialized.

--------------------------------------

----- R_InitOpenGL -----

Setup X display connection

dlopen(libGL.so.1)

Initializing OpenGL display

Using XFree86-VidModeExtension Version 2.2

DGA DirectVideo Mouse (Version 2.0) initialized

Free86-VidModeExtension Activated at 640x480

Couldn't get a visual

dlopen(libGL.so.1)

Initializing OpenGL display

Using XFree86-VidModeExtension Version 2.2

DGA DirectVideo Mouse (Version 2.0) initialized

Free86-VidModeExtension Activated at 640x480

Couldn't get a visual

idRenderSystem::Shutdown()

Fatal X Error:

Major opcode of failed request: 105

Minor opcode of failed request: 0

Serial number of failed request: 39

BadValue (integer parameter out of range for operation)

Fatal X Error:

Major opcode of failed request: 2

Minor opcode of failed request: 0

Serial number of failed request: 43

BadWindow (invalid Window parameter)

Fatal X Error:

Major opcode of failed request: 4

Minor opcode of failed request: 0

Serial number of failed request: 44

BadWindow (invalid Window parameter)

Sys_Error: Unable to initialize OpenGL

I'm trying to sort out if the error is with the driver or with the game. If it is with the game...oh well, but if this indicates I'm having nvidia driver problems still....I'd like to sort it out.

I note that when I installed the drivers and did the "modprobe nvidia" command, it returned the driver information, but now modprobe nvidia only gets me another command prompt. (Yes, I entered su - before trying it, otherwise it won't even recognize the command.)

Does that indicate that somehow linux (fc3 in my case) can't FIND the module again?

Tux racer still works, which was my way of testing if the driver was installed. Tux racer would not play very well at all before the driver was installed.

Appreciate any clues!

dual monitors on fedora3

Thu, 17 Feb 2005 20:22:36 +0100

How do I setup the secondary vga out in the fedora 3.

I have a dual monitor card PNY g4 5200.