Deltanoob 14 Report post Posted December 13, 2007 I think i already posted this but i can't find it? so here it is again. Ok so i get fedora 8, install the kmod-nvidia drivers from livna and the installed drivers from nvidias site. After that i installed Compiz and enabled desktop effects..... but when i try to start compiz nothing happens...wtf? i get no errors and nothing saying it crashed it just doesn't start. Also i noticed that the nvidia splash doesn't flash on xserver start...but the drivers where installed. this is my xorg.conf: # Xorg configuration created by livna-config-display Section "ServerLayout" Identifier "Default Layout" Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0 InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer" InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard" Option "AIGLX" "true" EndSection Section "Files" ModulePath "/usr/lib/xorg/modules" EndSection Section "Module" Load "glx" Load "dbe" Load "extmod" EndSection Section "ServerFlags" Option "AIGLX" "on" EndSection Section "InputDevice" # generated from default Identifier "Mouse0" Driver "mouse" Option "Protocol" "auto" Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice" Option "Emulate3Buttons" "no" Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5" EndSection Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Keyboard0" Driver "kbd" Option "XkbModel" "pc105" Option "XkbLayout" "us+inet" EndSection Section "Monitor" Identifier "Monitor0" VendorName "Unknown" ModelName "Unknown" HorizSync 30.0 - 110.0 VertRefresh 50.0 - 150.0 Option "DPMS" EndSection Section "Device" Identifier "Videocard0" Driver "nv" Option "XAANoOffscreenPixmaps" "true" Option "Composite" "Enable" Option "TripleBuffer" "true" Option "RenderAccel" "true" EndSection Section "Screen" Identifier "Screen0" Device "Videocard0" Monitor "Monitor0" DefaultDepth 24 SubSection "Display" Viewport 0 0 Depth 24 Option "AddARGBGLXVisuals" "true" EndSubSection EndSection Section "Extensions" Option "Composite" "Enable" EndSection thanks guys Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Deltanoob 14 Report post Posted December 13, 2007 after i posted this i tried to make sure everything was right. I checked desktop effects and it was disabled? i tried to enable but i could't!?!? it was working yesterday...? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Deltanoob 14 Report post Posted December 14, 2007 When starting compiz with the console i get this: [Delta@localhost ~]$ fusion-icon * Detected Session: gnome * Searching for installed applications... * NVIDIA on Xorg detected, exporting: __GL_YIELD=NOTHING * Using the GTK Interface * Interface not installed ... Trying another interface * Using the Qt4 Interface * Interface not installed ... Trying another interface * Using the Qt3 Interface * Interface not installed *** Error: All interfaces failed, aborting! [Delta@localhost ~]$ i installed gtk (i think ) and now i get this: [Delta@localhost ~]$ fusion-icon * Detected Session: gnome * Searching for installed applications... * No GLX_EXT_texture_from_pixmap with direct rendering context ... nor with indirect rendering, this isn't going to work! Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/bin/fusion-icon", line 57, in <module> from FusionIcon.interface import choose_interface File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/FusionIcon/interface.py", line 23, in <module> import start File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/FusionIcon/start.py", line 64, in <module> env.set() File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/FusionIcon/environment.py", line 140, in set if not self.Xgl and self.glx_vendor == 'NVIDIA Corporation': AttributeError: Environment instance has no attribute 'glx_vendor' [Delta@localhost ~]$ so....i have no idea what any of that means.. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
glennzo 0 Report post Posted December 15, 2007 If the above is your most current xorg.conf it's not using the nvidia driver. Section "Device" Identifier "Videocard0" Driver "nv" <--- Should read "nvidia" and not "nv". Option "XAANoOffscreenPixmaps" "true" Option "Composite" "Enable" Option "TripleBuffer" "true" Option "RenderAccel" "true" EndSection Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Deltanoob 14 Report post Posted December 15, 2007 i edited my xorg and added Identifier "Videocard0" Driver "nv" Option "XAANoOffscreenPixmaps" "true" Option "Composite" "Enable" Option "TripleBuffer" "true" Option "RenderAccel" "true" to Section "Device" restarted xserver and...xserver won't start..? i have a copy of my original xorg.conf on my desktop whats the command (in bash) to replace one file with another? like replace /etc/X11/xorg.conf WITH /home/Delta/Desktop/xorg.conf ? thanks Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
glennzo 0 Report post Posted December 15, 2007 i edited my xorg and added Identifier "Videocard0" Driver "nv" Option "XAANoOffscreenPixmaps" "true" Option "Composite" "Enable" Option "TripleBuffer" "true" Option "RenderAccel" "true" to Section "Device" restarted xserver and...xserver won't start..? That section was already there. All you needed to do was change nv to nvidia.i have a copy of my original xorg.conf on my desktop whats the command (in bash) to replace one file with another? like replace /etc/X11/xorg.conf WITH /home/Delta/Desktop/xorg.conf ? thanks cp /home/deltanoob/Desktop/xorg.conf /etc/X11/ and say yes when asked to overwrite the file. Look though, replace deltanoob with whatever your login name is, i.e. /home/yourloginname/Desktop/xorg.conf Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Deltanoob 14 Report post Posted December 15, 2007 Thanks Glennzo!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
glennzo 0 Report post Posted December 15, 2007 Thanks Glennzo!! All fixed? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Deltanoob 14 Report post Posted December 15, 2007 damn! it didn't work...it should have!!! is there a way to edit the xorg.conf from inside the bash command console? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
glennzo 0 Report post Posted December 15, 2007 damn! it didn't work...it should have!!! is there a way to edit the xorg.conf from inside the bash command console? Yes. Use nano or vi. Nano is probably easier, if it's available. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Deltanoob 14 Report post Posted December 15, 2007 would i use it like gedit? nano /etc/X11/xorg.conf? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
glennzo 0 Report post Posted December 15, 2007 would i use it like gedit? nano /etc/X11/xorg.conf? Yep. nano /etc/X11/xorg.conf Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Deltanoob 14 Report post Posted December 15, 2007 it worked! i changed nvidia to nv, alot of stuff in the section wasn't there so i am going to re-write it again if it goes wrong now i know 2 ways to fix it!!!! THANKS!!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
glennzo 0 Report post Posted December 15, 2007 it worked! i changed nvidia to nv, alot of stuff in the section wasn't there so i am going to re-write it again if it goes wrong now i know 2 ways to fix it!!!!THANKS!!! Nice! And look at it this way, you're learning a lot about Linux at the same time. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Deltanoob 14 Report post Posted December 15, 2007 hmm... i copied everything into the section "device" restarded and it failed i tried to reinstall the nvidia drivers because i thought that maybe the drivers didn't install right..that didn't help. so i am lost this is my current corg.conf: # nvidia-xconfig: X configuration file generated by nvidia-xconfig # nvidia-xconfig: version 1.0 (buildmeister@builder3) Wed Sep 12 14:29:35 PDT 2007 # Xorg configuration created by livna-config-display Section "ServerLayout" Identifier "Default Layout" Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0 InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer" InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard" EndSection Section "Files" ModulePath "/usr/lib/xorg/modules" EndSection Section "Module" Load "glx" EndSection Section "ServerFlags" Option "AIGLX" "on" EndSection Section "InputDevice" # generated from default Identifier "Mouse0" Driver "mouse" Option "Protocol" "auto" Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice" Option "Emulate3Buttons" "no" Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5" EndSection Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Keyboard0" Driver "kbd" Option "XkbModel" "pc105" Option "XkbLayout" "us+inet" EndSection Section "Monitor" Identifier "Monitor0" VendorName "Unknown" ModelName "Unknown" HorizSync 30.0 - 110.0 VertRefresh 50.0 - 150.0 Option "DPMS" EndSection Section "Device" Identifier "Videocard0" Driver "nvidia" EndSection Section "Screen" Identifier "Screen0" Device "Videocard0" Monitor "Monitor0" DefaultDepth 24 Option "XAANoOffscreenPixmaps" "true" Option "Composite" "Enable" Option "TripleBuffer" "true" Option "RenderAccel" "true" SubSection "Display" Viewport 0 0 Depth 24 EndSubSection EndSection Section "Extensions" Option "Composite" "Enable" EndSection Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
glennzo 0 Report post Posted December 16, 2007 hmm... i copied everything into the section "device" restarded and it failed i tried to reinstall the nvidia drivers because i thought that maybe the drivers didn't install right..that didn't help. so i am lost this is my current corg.conf: # nvidia-xconfig: X configuration file generated by nvidia-xconfig # nvidia-xconfig: version 1.0 (buildmeister@builder3) Wed Sep 12 14:29:35 PDT 2007 # Xorg configuration created by livna-config-display Section "ServerLayout" Identifier "Default Layout" Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0 InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer" InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard" EndSection Section "Files" ModulePath "/usr/lib/xorg/modules" EndSection Section "Module" Load "glx" EndSection Section "ServerFlags" Option "AIGLX" "on" EndSection Section "InputDevice" # generated from default Identifier "Mouse0" Driver "mouse" Option "Protocol" "auto" Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice" Option "Emulate3Buttons" "no" Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5" EndSection Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Keyboard0" Driver "kbd" Option "XkbModel" "pc105" Option "XkbLayout" "us+inet" EndSection Section "Monitor" Identifier "Monitor0" VendorName "Unknown" ModelName "Unknown" HorizSync 30.0 - 110.0 VertRefresh 50.0 - 150.0 Option "DPMS" EndSection Section "Device" Identifier "Videocard0" Driver "nvidia" EndSection Section "Screen" Identifier "Screen0" Device "Videocard0" Monitor "Monitor0" DefaultDepth 24 Option "XAANoOffscreenPixmaps" "true" Option "Composite" "Enable" Option "TripleBuffer" "true" Option "RenderAccel" "true" SubSection "Display" Viewport 0 0 Depth 24 EndSubSection EndSection Section "Extensions" Option "Composite" "Enable" EndSection Go back to the last xorg.conf that worked. Once you prove that it works back it up as something like xorg.conf.works (cp xorg.conf xorg.conf.works). Now you can play with the nvidia drivers and see f you can get them working, all the while confident that when you get frustrated with nvidia you can revert to a working xorg.conf easily. I wouls suggest re-installing the NVidia drivers and I would try kmod-nvidia, (yum install kmod-nvidia). You may have to figure out how to remove the old NVidia drivers first if there are any reported conflicts when you try to install kmod. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Deltanoob 14 Report post Posted December 16, 2007 How would i remove the drivers? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
glennzo 0 Report post Posted December 16, 2007 How would i remove the drivers? Depends on what you installed in the first place. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Deltanoob 14 Report post Posted December 17, 2007 i installed boht the livna and the drivers from nvidia.com....at the same time. so.... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
glennzo 0 Report post Posted December 18, 2007 i installed boht the livna and the drivers from nvidia.com....at the same time. so.... If the drivers from NVidia were an .rpm file you can do rpm -e name of file. If not, I'm not sure. I don't want to mis-inform you and cause you to break your system. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
