Running out of things to try...

[gnosys]

Hi All,

Can anyone suggest anything else for me try to get my GeForce MX200 card working under SuSE 8.0? I've gotten alot of good tips from this forum, and I've tried nearly everything but I still just get the black screen when starting X. I tried installing (kernel source and GLX) from RPM, but no joy. Then I tried building the RPM from source, which seemed to be the solution for other folks here who where having similar troubles, but that didn't do the trick either. I even tried using the .tar files but, although, everything seemed to compile fine, I get errors in 3Ddiag saying that the packages aren't installed. So I went back to the method of building the RPM from source and reinstalled. Now, everything looks like it should be working (3Ddiag doesn't report any errors, XFree86 log doesn't seem to show anything wrong, except the messages about the fonts, but I wouldn't think that should be a problem for the display driver), but still no X. I can't think of anything else to try at this point. I've posted my output from 3Ddiag, XFConfig, and XFree log files here, in case they are of any help. If anyone can help me solve this problem, I will be immensely grateful. And if you happen to live in the Atlanta area, I will be glad to buy you a drink, wash your car, rake leaves, whatever. Thanks in advance.

3Ddiag-
3Ddiag version 0.397
Verifying 3D configuration:
Using 3dinfo
************************************************** **********

Verifying 3D configuration based on XFree86 4 for 3D board
"nVidia Coorporation NV11 DDR (10de@0111)":

Tests for package "NVIDIA_GLX":
package ... done.
package files ... done.
Tests for package "NVIDIA_kernel":
package ... done.
package files ... done.

Tests for correct OpenGL libraries/GLX extensions:
Symbolic Links ... done.
/etc/sysconfig/3ddiag (SCRIPT_3D=switch2nvidia_glx) ... done.

Test for correct XFree86 version ... done.

Tests for XFree86 configuration:
Config File /etc/X11/XF86Config ... done.
Driver ... done.
Color Depth ... done.
Extensions ... done.
Options ... done.

----------------------- NOTE -----------------------------------
If 3D hardware OpenGL configuration is not stable enough, you
should switch back to 'Mesa Software Rendering'. You can
verify this configuration with the command "3Ddiag --mesasoft".
----------------------- NOTE -----------------------------------

Checking GLU/glut runtime configuration:
GLU ... done (package mesaglu)
glut ... done (package mesaglut)

XF86Config-
# /.../
# SaX generated XFree86 config file
# Created on: 2002-10-27.
#
# Version: 4.3
# Contact: Marcus Schaefer <sax@suse.de>, 2001
#
# Automatically generated by [ISaX] (4.3)
# PLEASE DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE!
#

Section "Files"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/local"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/URW"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/PEX"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/cyrillic:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/latin2/misc:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/latin2/75dpi:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/latin2/100dpi:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/latin2/Type1"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/latin7/75dpi:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/baekmuk:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/japanese:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/kwintv:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/truetype"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/uni:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/CID"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/ucs/misc:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/ucs/75dpi:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/ucs/100dpi:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/hellas/misc:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/hellas/75dpi:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/hellas/100dpi:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/hellas/Type1"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/sgi:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/xtest"
ModulePath "/usr/X11R6/lib/modules"
RgbPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb"
EndSection

Section "ServerFlags"
Option "AllowMouseOpenFail"
EndSection

Section "Module"
Load "dbe"
Load "type1"
Load "speedo"
Load "extmod"
Load "freetype"
Load "glx"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Driver "keyboard"
Identifier "Keyboard[0]"
Option "Protocol" "Standard"
Option "XkbKeyCodes" "xfree86"
Option "XkbLayout" "us"
Option "XkbModel" "pc104"
Option "XkbRules" "xfree86"
EndSection


Section "InputDevice"
Driver "mouse"
Identifier "Mouse[1]"
Option "Device" "/dev/mouse"
Option "Emulate3Buttons" "on"
Option "Name" "AutoDetected"
Option "Protocol" "ps/2"
Option "Vendor" "AutoDetected"
EndSection


Section "Monitor"
Option "CalcAlgorithm" "IteratePrecisely"
HorizSync 31-82
Identifier "Monitor[0]"
ModelName "AutoDetected"
Option "DPMS"
VendorName "AutoDetected"
VertRefresh 55-75
UseModes "Modes[0]"
EndSection


Section "Modes"
Identifier "Modes[0]"
Modeline "640x480" 27.96 640 656 720 864 480 480 485 501
Modeline "800x600" 43.68 800 816 928 1072 600 600 606 626
Modeline "1024x768" 66.29 1024 1040 1216 1328 768 768 775 802
Modeline "1024x768" 79.55 1024 1040 1216 1328 768 768 777 802
EndSection


Section "Screen"
DefaultDepth 16
SubSection "Display"
Depth 16
Modes "1024x768" "640x480" "800x600"
EndSubSection
Device "Device[0]"
Identifier "Screen[0]"
Monitor "Monitor[0]"
EndSection


Section "Device"
BoardName "AutoDetected"
Driver "nvidia"
Identifier "Device[0]"
Option "sw_cursor"
Option "dpms"
Option "NvAgp" "0"
VendorName "AutoDetected"
Option "IgnoreEDID"
EndSection


Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "Layout[all]"
InputDevice "Keyboard[0]" "CoreKeyboard"
InputDevice "Mouse[1]" "CorePointer"
Screen "Screen[0]"
EndSection

Section "DRI"
Group "video"
Mode 0660
EndSection

XFree86 log-
attached file

[kairo692000]

Is this an AGP card?

On my Ti4600/SiS651 all I got was a black screen when I didn't use any
AGP. I noticed your Option "NvAgp" "0" setting. I am not sure what
chipset you have, or if it is supported, but its at least worth a try. Try
setting to "1" for Nvidia's AGP support or "2" if you want to use AGPGART,
which is a module in the kernel. I have had more luck with AGPGART
getting full acceleration.

[bwkaz]

And note that it looks like 3ddiag doesn't understand the .tar.gz drivers. It's talking to your rpm database when it tries to find out whether the drivers are installed, and if you installed from .tar.gz files, then rpm won't (can't) know about it.

Note to self: Self, add 3ddiag to the list of programs that can be nice, but whose creators anticipated one configuration only, probably their personal favorite, rather than all possibilities... :rolleyes:

[gnosys]

Thanks, guys. I will look at these things when I get home. Or, I will throw Mandrake onto that box and try my luck with that.

-g.

[ThorsHammer]

I just was using SUSE 8.0 and getting the Nvidia drivers working was simple.
When you install SUSE 8.0 there is an update option just after install. Do it. The update automatically downloads the required files(kernel and GLX) and then installs them. When the updating is happening you will see the driver files being DLed ad installed.
I didnt even have to configure my X -4 file.
After that I fired up the UT2003 demo and all was fine. All you should have to do is reboot and whenyou see the Nvidia splash screen you know all is well.