Re: help with nvidia and BusID

[Rob Owens <rowens@ptd.net>]

On Tue, Feb 22, 2011 at 09:37:02PM -0500, Rob Owens wrote:
> I'm trying to run the nvidia proprietary driver for a PCI video card.  I
> also have an onboard video card.  I think xorg.conf needs to specify the
> BusID in the device section like this:
> 
> Section "Device"
>     Identifier     "nVidia FX 5200"
>     Driver         "nvidia"
>     BusID          "PCI:00:06.0"
> EndSection
> 
> lspci shows:
> 
> 00:06.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV34 [GeForce FX
> 5200] (rev a1) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
> 
> Is this correct?  
> 
> Second question:  what if I want to use the tv-out connection instead of the DVI?  How do I specify that?
> 
I was having a problem that was fixed by moving the video card to
another slot (thanks to
/usr/share/doc/nvidia-glx-legacy-173xx/README.txt.gz for that hint).

Here is the error I was getting:

(EE) NVIDIA(0): The NVIDIA kernel module does not appear to be receiving
(EE) NVIDIA(0):     interrupts generated by the NVIDIA graphics device
(EE) NVIDIA(0):     PCI:0:6:0.  Please see Chapter 8: Common Problems in the
(EE) NVIDIA(0):     README for additional information.
(EE) NVIDIA(0): Failed to initialize the NVIDIA graphics device!

(EE) Screen(s) found, but none have a usable configuration.

For the record, here is my working xorg.conf file:

Section "ServerLayout"
    Identifier     "Layout0"
    Screen      0  "Screen0"
    InputDevice    "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
    InputDevice    "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
EndSection

Section "Files"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
    # generated from default
    Identifier     "Mouse0"
    Driver         "mouse"
    Option         "Protocol" "auto"
    Option         "Device" "/dev/psaux"
    Option         "Emulate3Buttons" "no"
    Option         "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
    # generated from default
    Identifier     "Keyboard0"
    Driver         "kbd"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
    Identifier     "Monitor0"
    VendorName     "Unknown"
    ModelName      "Unknown"
    HorizSync       28.0 - 33.0
    VertRefresh     43.0 - 72.0
    Option         "DPMS"
EndSection

Section "Device"
    Identifier     "Device0"
    Driver         "nvidia"
    VendorName     "NVIDIA Corporation"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
    Identifier     "Screen0"
    Device         "Device0"
    Monitor        "Monitor0"
    DefaultDepth    24
    Option         "TVOutFormat" "COMPOSITE"
    Option         "UseDisplayDevice" "TV"
    Option         "TVStandard" "NTSC-M"
    SubSection     "Display"
        Depth       24
    EndSubSection
EndSection