Re: nvidia (graphics) driver pain
On Thu, Nov 03, 2005 at 11:58:22PM +0100, Gilles wrote:
> Neither do I with that version (loading problem was with 1.0.7174).
> It's just that the screen goes blank ("No signal"), but no error
> (EE) is reported in the "Xorg.0.log" file.
>
> Although, there are some worrying warning (WW) lines:
>
> [...]
> (II) NVIDIA(0): NVIDIA GPU detected as: GeForce FX 5200
> (--) NVIDIA(0): VideoBIOS: 04.34.20.13.00
> (--) NVIDIA(0): Interlaced video modes are supported on this GPU
> (II) NVIDIA(0): Detected AGP rate: 8X
> (--) NVIDIA(0): VideoRAM: 131072 kBytes
> (II) NVIDIA(0): Connected display device(s): DFP-0, TV-0
> (WW) NVIDIA(0): Multiple displays connected, but only one display allowed;
> (WW) NVIDIA(0): using first display
Ehm, the message about only using first display, and then the following
about detected tv encoder makes me believe your card thinks you have a
TV attached, and that the TV is the primary display and that the reason
your screen goes blank is that X is only using the tv output with the
current config.
> (--) NVIDIA(0): Detected TV Encoder: NVIDIA
> (--) NVIDIA(0): TV-0: maximum pixel clock: 650 MHz
> [...]
> (WW) NVIDIA(0): Not using mode "1280x1024" (not a valid TV mode)
> [... many other warnings about "not a valid TV mode ... ]
> (**) NVIDIA(0): Validated modes for display device TV-0:
> (**) NVIDIA(0): Default mode "1024x768": 78.8 MHz, 60.1 kHz, 75.1 Hz
> (**) NVIDIA(0): Default mode "800x600": 49.5 MHz, 46.9 kHz, 75.0 Hz
> (**) NVIDIA(0): Default mode "640x480": 31.5 MHz, 37.5 kHz, 75.0 Hz
> [...]
> (**) NVIDIA(0): Default mode "320x240": 12.6 MHz, 31.5 kHz, 60.1 Hz (D)
> (II) NVIDIA(0): Virtual screen size determined to be 1024 x 768
> (++) NVIDIA(0): DPI set to (100, 100)
> [...]
>
> Maybe ths can ring a bell for someone knowledgeable?
Len Sorensen
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