Can't get driver to work

[jeempc]

I downloaded and installed the drivers for my GeForce2 GTS and changed my XConfig file according to the README. Now X won't start.

This is the error from the error log:
(EE) NVIDIA(0): Failed to initialize the NVIDIA graphics device!
(EE) NVIDIA(0): *** Aborting ***
(II) UnloadModule: "nvidia"
(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

Here is some info from my XConfig file:

jeem@slackstar:~$ grep Load /etc/X11/XF86Config
Load "dbe" # Double buffer extension
Load "type1"
Load "freetype"
Load "speedo"
Load "glx"

And here is the video section:

# ************************************************** ********************
# Monitor section
# ************************************************** ********************

# Any number of monitor sections may be present

Section "Monitor"

Identifier "My Monitor"

# HorizSync is in kHz unless units are specified.
# HorizSync may be a comma separated list of discrete values, or a
# comma separated list of ranges of values.
# NOTE: THE VALUES HERE ARE EXAMPLES ONLY. REFER TO YOUR MONITOR'S
# USER MANUAL FOR THE CORRECT NUMBERS.

HorizSync 31.5-50

# HorizSync 30-64 # multisync
# HorizSync 31.5, 35.2 # multiple fixed sync frequencies
# HorizSync 15-25, 30-50 # multiple ranges of sync frequencies

# VertRefresh is in Hz unless units are specified.
# VertRefresh may be a comma separated list of discrete values, or a
# comma separated list of ranges of values.
# NOTE: THE VALUES HERE ARE EXAMPLES ONLY. REFER TO YOUR MONITOR'S
# USER MANUAL FOR THE CORRECT NUMBERS.

VertRefresh 40-90

vendorname "[My Monitor]"
modelname "[My Monitor]"
ModeLine "1024x768/60Hz" 65 1024 1032 1176 1344 768 771 777 806 -HSync -VSync
EndSection


# ************************************************** ********************
# Graphics device section
# ************************************************** ********************

# Any number of graphics device sections may be present

Section "Device"
Identifier "VESA Framebuffer"
Driver "nivida"
#VideoRam 4096
# Insert Clocks lines here if appropriate
vendorname "NVidia"
boardname "GeForce2 GTS"
EndSection

# ************************************************** ********************
# Screen sections
# ************************************************** ********************

# Any number of screen sections may be present. Each describes
# the configuration of a single screen. A single specific screen section
# may be specified from the X server command line with the "-screen"
# option.
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen 1"
Device "VESA Framebuffer"
Monitor "My Monitor"

# If your card can handle it, a higher default color depth (like 24 or 32)
# is highly recommended.

# DefaultDepth 8
# DefaultDepth 16
DefaultDepth 24
# DefaultDepth 32

# "1024x768" is also a conservative usable default resolution. If you
# have a better monitor, feel free to try resolutions such as
# "1152x864", "1280x1024", "1600x1200", and "1800x1400" (or whatever your
# card/monitor can produce)

Subsection "Display"
Depth 8
Modes "1024x768/60Hz" "800x600" "640x480"
Virtual 0 0
EndSubsection
Subsection "Display"
Depth 16
Modes "1024x768/60Hz" "800x600" "640x480"
Virtual 0 0
EndSubsection
Subsection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1024x768/60Hz" "800x600" "640x480"
Virtual 0 0
EndSubsection
Subsection "Display"
Depth 32
Modes "1024x768/60Hz" "800x600" "640x480"
Virtual 0 0
EndSubsection

EndSection

Help, I want to play enemy territory.....

[googlyeyes]

I had that exact same problem about 5 minutes ago

try "modprobe nvidia"
then "startx"

If that works the all you need to do is add nvida to the end of /etc/modules
so that it loads automatically every time!

[jeempc]

Thanks. I new I was suppose to load the module somehow. Here is a warning, is it serious?

root@slackstar:~# modprobe nvidia
Warning: loading /lib/modules/2.4.24/kernel/drivers/video/nvidia.o will taint the kernel: non-GPL license - NVIDIA
See http://www.tux.org/lkml/#export-tainted for information about tainted modules
Module nvidia loaded, with warnings

[jeempc]

Well I got all excited for a minute. Unfortunatly, I am still getting the same error.
There must be something else wrong.
Jeem

[zander]

Check the outpuf of dmesg after the startup failure, there may be additional error messages (e.g. missing IRQ).

[jeempc]

Here is some more info from dmesg
I'm still not sure what to do....

Linux agpgart interface v0.99 (c) Jeff Hartmann
agpgart: Maximum main memory to use for agp memory: 149M
agpgart: Detected Via Apollo Pro chipset
agpgart: AGP aperture is 64M @ 0xe8000000
Creative EMU10K1 PCI Audio Driver, version 0.20, 15:47:38 Jan 5 2004
PCI: Found IRQ 11 for device 00:0a.0
IRQ routing conflict for 00:0a.0, have irq 5, want irq 11
emu10k1: EMU10K1 rev 7 model 0x8022 found, IO at 0xe000-0xe01f, IRQ 5
ac97_codec: AC97 codec, id: TRA35 (TriTech TR A5)
scsi0 : SCSI host adapter emulation for IDE ATAPI devices
0: nvidia: Can't find an IRQ for your NVIDIA card!
0: nvidia: Please check your BIOS settings.
0: nvidia: [Plug & Play OS ] should be set to NO
0: nvidia: [Assign IRQ to VGA] should be set to YES
0: nvidia: loading NVIDIA Linux x86 NVIDIA Kernel Module 1.0-5336 Wed Jan 14 18:29:26 PST 2004
gameport0: Emu10k1 Gameport at 0xe400 size 8 speed 1193 kHz
EMU10K1/Audigy soundcard not found or device busy
Linux Tulip driver version 0.9.15-pre12 (Aug 9, 2002)
PCI: Assigned IRQ 11 for device 00:08.0
tulip0: MII transceiver #1 config 3000 status 7829 advertising 01e1.
eth0: Lite-On 82c168 PNIC rev 32 at 0x1400, 00:A0:CC:41:76:68, IRQ 11.
PCI: Found IRQ 10 for device 00:09.0
PCI: Setting latency timer of device 00:09.0 to 64
eth1: Lite-On 82c168 PNIC rev 32 at 0x8000, 00:A0:8C:41:8C:41, IRQ 10.
EMU10K1/Audigy soundcard not found or device busy
EMU10K1/Audigy soundcard not found or device busy
EMU10K1/Audigy soundcard not found or device busy
EMU10K1/Audigy soundcard not found or device busy
EMU10K1/Audigy soundcard not found or device busy
EMU10K1/Audigy soundcard not found or device busy
EMU10K1/Audigy soundcard not found or device busy
EMU10K1/Audigy soundcard not found or device busy
EMU10K1/Audigy soundcard not found or device busy
usb.c: registered new driver usbdevfs
usb.c: registered new driver hub
uhci.c: USB Universal Host Controller Interface driver v1.1
usb-uhci.c: $Revision: 1.275 $ time 15:49:06 Jan 5 2004
usb-uhci.c: High bandwidth mode enabled
usb-uhci.c: v1.275:USB Universal Host Controller Interface driver
ip_tables: (C) 2000-2002 Netfilter core team
ip_conntrack version 2.1 (1535 buckets, 12280 max) - 292 bytes per conntrack

My soud still works even though it seems like there is a problem with it.

Please help
Jeem

[zander]

From the message log you posted:


0: nvidia: Can't find an IRQ for your NVIDIA card!
0: nvidia: Please check your BIOS settings.
0: nvidia: [Plug & Play OS ] should be set to NO
0: nvidia: [Assign IRQ to VGA] should be set to YES

[jeempc]

When I get home I will change my bios settings. I hope that will do the trick.
Thanks for telling me about dmseg. I have never used that command before.
Thanks for helping me sort all this out.
Jeem

[jeempc]

All set. I changed my bios settings and all is well.
Thanks for all the help
Jeem