FX5200 Partially Working, Strange Things Happening

onlinejb · 08-15-05, 12:06 AM

I'm trying to get an EVGA e-GeForce FX 5200 AGP card to work. The nvidia
drivers wouldn't install in Debian, so I installed them in my existing Red
Hat 8.0, with no error messages. However, X starts, but most menus and
buttons are invisible. Clicking on scroll bars garbles up the windows.
The mouse cursor looks like a semi-transparent square with vertical
stripes of various colors, and it actually seems to work if you use the
upper left corner of the box as the tip. (kind of cool looking, but not
too practical!)

I'm currently trying out version 1.0.6629. 1.0.7167 behaves exactly the
same way so far and 1.0.7676 gives me the ol' black screen.

I modified XF86Config with Driver "nvidia" and deleted Load "dri".

netllama · 08-15-05, 03:37 PM

onlinejb,
Please post an nvidia-bug-report.log for review.

thanks,
Lonni

onlinejb · 08-16-05, 12:53 AM

bug reports attached for versions 6629 and 7676.

netllama · 08-16-05, 10:03 AM

onlinejb,
I'm not sure what happened with your attachments, but they're nothing but ASCII characters. Can you please try uploading them again?

thanks,
Lonni

onlinejb · 08-17-05, 12:30 AM

Sorry about that...It appears that Lynx (web browser) has some bugs of its own!

whig · 08-17-05, 03:23 AM

Code:

XFree86 Version 4.2.0 (Red Hat Linux release: 4.2.0-72) / X Window System
(protocol Version 11, revision 0, vendor release 6600)
Release Date: 23 January 2002
	If the server is older than 6-12 months, or if your card is
	newer than the above date, look for a newer version before
	reporting problems.  (See http://www.XFree86.Org/)
Build Operating System: Linux 2.4.18-11smp i686 [ELF] 
Build Host: daffy.perf.redhat.com

Your OS is too old... obtain a recent distribution.

netllama · 08-17-05, 12:42 PM

onlinejb,
Looking at your bug report for 1.0-7676, it seems that X hung right where it should be initializing the card. High up in the X log I see:
(WW) ****INVALID MEM ALLOCATION****

Is your entire system locking up with 1.0-7676 or just X? If its the entire system, do you have a 2nd system where you could setup a serial console to see if any kernel messages are getting generated when the lockup occurs?

I'm not seeing anything terribly useful in your 1.0-6629 driver report.

It may not be a bad idea to try a more modern distribution if for no other reason than to see if the behavior is tied to RH8, as you could be hitting an X bug or a kernel bug.

Thanks,
Lonni

08-15-05, 12:06 AM	#1
onlinejb Registered User Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 3	FX5200 Partially Working, Strange Things Happening I'm trying to get an EVGA e-GeForce FX 5200 AGP card to work. The nvidia drivers wouldn't install in Debian, so I installed them in my existing Red Hat 8.0, with no error messages. However, X starts, but most menus and buttons are invisible. Clicking on scroll bars garbles up the windows. The mouse cursor looks like a semi-transparent square with vertical stripes of various colors, and it actually seems to work if you use the upper left corner of the box as the tip. (kind of cool looking, but not too practical!) I'm currently trying out version 1.0.6629. 1.0.7167 behaves exactly the same way so far and 1.0.7676 gives me the ol' black screen. I modified XF86Config with Driver "nvidia" and deleted Load "dri".

08-15-05, 03:37 PM	#2
netllama NVIDIA Corporation Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 8,763	Re: FX5200 Partially Working, Strange Things Happening onlinejb, Please post an nvidia-bug-report.log for review. thanks, Lonni

08-16-05, 10:03 AM	#4
netllama NVIDIA Corporation Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 8,763	Re: FX5200 Partially Working, Strange Things Happening onlinejb, I'm not sure what happened with your attachments, but they're nothing but ASCII characters. Can you please try uploading them again? thanks, Lonni

08-17-05, 12:42 PM	#7
netllama NVIDIA Corporation Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 8,763	Re: FX5200 Partially Working, Strange Things Happening onlinejb, Looking at your bug report for 1.0-7676, it seems that X hung right where it should be initializing the card. High up in the X log I see: (WW) **INVALID MEM ALLOCATION** Is your entire system locking up with 1.0-7676 or just X? If its the entire system, do you have a 2nd system where you could setup a serial console to see if any kernel messages are getting generated when the lockup occurs? I'm not seeing anything terribly useful in your 1.0-6629 driver report. It may not be a bad idea to try a more modern distribution if for no other reason than to see if the behavior is tied to RH8, as you could be hitting an X bug or a kernel bug. Thanks, Lonni