RedHat 9, X starts ritght only the first time.

[pbharris]

Hi All,
I have a problem with X starting up porperly only the first time - after that it won't run properly - it tries to start but fails, removing nvidia and agpgart modules and trying again does not help, but the modules do reload.

here is the log:

(**) NVIDIA(0): Default mode "320x240": 15.8 MHz, 37.5 kHz, 75.0 Hz (D)
(**) NVIDIA(0): Default mode "320x240": 15.8 MHz, 37.9 kHz, 72.8 Hz (D)
(**) NVIDIA(0): Default mode "320x240": 12.6 MHz, 31.5 kHz, 60.1 Hz (D)
(**) NVIDIA(0): Default mode "320x200": 15.8 MHz, 37.9 kHz, 85.3 Hz (D)
(**) NVIDIA(0): Default mode "320x175": 15.8 MHz, 37.9 kHz, 85.3 Hz (D)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Virtual screen size determined to be 800 x 600
(**) NVIDIA(0): Display dimensions: (360, 270) mm
(**) NVIDIA(0): DPI set to (56, 56)
(II) Loading sub module "fb"
(II) LoadModule: "fb"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libfb.a
(II) Module fb: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
compiled for 4.3.0, module version = 1.0.0
ABI class: XFree86 ANSI C Emulation, version 0.2
(II) Loading sub module "ramdac"
(II) LoadModule: "ramdac"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libramdac.a
(II) Module ramdac: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
compiled for 4.3.0, module version = 0.1.0
ABI class: XFree86 Video Driver, version 0.6
(WW) NVIDIA(0): There is not enough video ram for this mode
(II) UnloadModule: "nvidia"
(II) UnloadModule: "ramdac"
(II) Unloading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libramdac.a
(II) UnloadModule: "fb"
(II) Unloading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libfb.a
(II) UnloadModule: "ddc"
(II) Unloading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libddc.a
(II) UnloadModule: "vgahw"
(II) Unloading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libvgahw.a
(EE) Screen(s) found, but none have a usable configuration.

Fatal server error:
no screens found

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[pbharris@bugs ~/tmp]



[pbharris@bugs ~/tmp]cat /proc/driver/nvidia/version
NVRM version: NVIDIA Linux x86 nvidia.o Kernel Module 1.0-4349 Thu Mar 27 19:00:02 PST 2003
GCC version: gcc version 3.2
[pbharris@bugs ~/tmp]



[pbharris@bugs ~/tmp]cat /proc/driver/nvidia/
agp cards version
[pbharris@bugs ~/tmp]cat /proc/driver/nvidia/cards/0
Model: GeForce2 MX/MX 400
IRQ: 11
Video BIOS: 03.11.01.30.00
Card Type: AGP
[pbharris@bugs ~/tmp]



gforce2 mx400 w/ 64 MB of ram (soon to be a gforce 4 ti4600 :D )

redhat 9

tyan trinity kt400
amd athlon 1800xp

[bwkaz]

This sounds like the bug a couple of people are experiencing where the driver only recognizes like 2MB of video RAM.

I don't know of a solution -- last I heard, nVidia was "looking at it".

[pbharris]

hummss...

i can't figure out why it always works when i first start X but when restarting it fails.

thanks!

[bwkaz]

The first attempt works? That's odd...

Is your kernel logging messages from NVRM about freeing X number of pages whenever you exit X (the first time)? For example, when I startx, I get "NVRM: AGPGART: allocated 16 pages", then when I exit, I get "NVRM: AGPGART: freed 16 pages". Maybe your page counts are mismatched or something?

</grasping at straws>

[pbharris]

hello,
what you are saying is exactly what i am thinking... but there is nothing in /var/log/messages besides this:


Apr 6 14:39:25 bugs kernel: 0: NVRM: rm_init_adapter failed
Apr 6 14:39:26 bugs gdm[4883]: gdm_slave_xioerror_handler: Fatal X error - Restarting :0
Apr 6 14:39:29 bugs gdm[5405]: gdm_slave_xioerror_handler: Fatal X error - Restarting :0
Apr 6 14:39:35 bugs gdm[5407]: gdm_slave_xioerror_handler: Fatal X error - Restarting :0
Apr 6 14:39:42 bugs gdm[5409]: gdm_slave_xioerror_handler: Fatal X error - Restarting :0
Apr 6 14:39:42 bugs gdm[4840]: deal_with_x_crashes: Running the XKeepsCrashing script

[pbharris]

hi all,
i seem to have another problem - and since this post is already three column down i would post it here - bump ala more issues...

when i start up soldier of fortune i get this:

it worked once...


[pbharris@bugs ~]sof
execing default.cfg
execing default_sound.cfg
execing configs/default_keys.cfg
execing default_misc.cfg
execing default_video.cfg
execing menus/reset.cfg
execing config.cfg
----------- Cpu info -----------
Processor : AMD
Type : Original OEM processor
Speed : 1536 MHz
Name : AMD Athlon(tm) XP 1800+
MMX instructions supported
3DNow! instructions supported
RDTSC instruction supported
--------------------------------
Using default memory value--use +set cpu_memory <n> to change
65MB of physical memory
Hostname: bugs.harris.org
Alias: bugs
IP #1: 192.168.0.4
=== Server Initalization ===
Console initialized.
------- Loading ./ref_gl.so -------
ref_gl version: GL 0.01
ref_gl::R_Init() - could not load "libGL.so.1"
ref_gl::R_Init() - could not load "libGL.so.1.2"
ref_gl::R_Init() - could not load "libGL.so.1"
ref_gl::R_Init() - could not load "libGL.so"
ref_gl::R_Init() - could not load "libMesaVoodooGL.so"
ref_gl::R_Init() - could not load "libMesaGL.so"
Cmd_RemoveCommand: gldebugger not added
************************************************** **********
ERROR: Could not initialize OpenGL rendering subsystem!
Make sure you have a valid OpenGL library installed.
************************************************** **********
Cmd_RemoveCommand: fx_save not added
Cmd_RemoveCommand: fx_load not added
recursive shutdown
Fatal error in SOF
Could not initialize OpenGL rendering subsystem!
Make sure you have a valid OpenGL library installed.[pbharris@bugs ~]
[pbharris@bugs ~]


now i know this stuff is hereL

[pbharris@bugs /usr/lib]ll | grep GL
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 21 Apr 5 21:14 libGLcore.so.1 -> libGLcore.so.1.0.4349
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 4897592 Apr 5 21:14 libGLcore.so.1.0.4349
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Apr 5 21:14 libGL.so -> libGL.so.1
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 17 Apr 5 21:14 libGL.so.1 -> libGL.so.1.0.4349
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 413812 Apr 5 21:14 libGL.so.1.0.4349
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 33 Apr 5 20:28 libGLU.so -> ../../usr/X11R6/lib/libGLU.so.1.3
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 33 Apr 5 20:20 libGLU.so.1 -> ../../usr/X11R6/lib/libGLU.so.1.3
[pbharris@bugs /usr/lib]

[3777]

OMG I just updated my Red Hat and I can't open KDE, it's all screwed up now:confused: Gnome is fine but Kde is a mess:(

[bwkaz]

pbharris -- try either copying or symlinking your /usr/lib/libGL.so file into the SoF directory. My guess is that it's not looking in /usr/lib for it, but rather somewhere in its own directory tree. Not positive, but it's worth a shot.

[pbharris]

bwkaz - awsome!! looks like that took care of it. i did not even think of it :)