Bug#400189: [xserver-xorg-video-nv] I have same problem
Package: xserver-xorg-video-nv
Version: 1:2.1.14-2
Hello,
first early sorry for my bad english.
I have same problem. This problem is caused by nv driver failing in
detection to which output the monitor is connected. In my and Andrew's,
the original reporter's, case, nv has detected monitor connected to
CRT1, but in fact it was connected to CRT0 (mine sure, Andrew's I
guess). My graphics card does not have second connector at all (but
TV-out does).
I have GeForce 6600 (NV43) on AGP (256MB) and analog Huynday ImageQuest L19T LCD monitor.
Explicitly setting correct CrtcNumber option in xorg.conf makes
nv driver on my card fully functional:
Whole contents of /etc/X11/xorg.conf:
Section "Device"
Identifier "GeForce 6600"
Driver "nv"
VendorName "NVIDIA Corporation"
Option "CrtcNumber" "0"
EndSection
I hope this would be soon resolved because it makes for many people
debian not functional after installation - X does not start properly
and user cannot switch to console either, because it is unreadable too.
It renderes debian uninstallable for people with affected nvidia cards
(and with not much linux experience) or unnecessarily long (the need of
single user boot and manually configuring xserver).
Severity of this bug should at least raise to important. I think it
should be even higher because it renders debian uninstallable for some
people in some situations.
VTs were not affected if I booted with vga=0x31A parameter.
Diff between default Xorg configuration and configuration with Option "CrtcNumber" "0" :
$ diff -Naur Xorg.default.log Xorg.crtcnumber.log
--- Xorg.default.log 2009-08-11 13:10:18.154881494 +0200
+++ Xorg.crtcnumber.log 2009-08-11 13:10:18.146882785 +0200
@@ -232,6 +232,7 @@
(II) Module vgahw: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
compiled for 1.6.3, module version = 0.1.0
ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 5.0
+(**) NV(0): Option "CrtcNumber" "0"
(==) NV(0): Using HW cursor
(--) NV(0): Linear framebuffer at 0xE0000000
(--) NV(0): MMIO registers at 0xDE000000
@@ -303,7 +304,8 @@
(II) NV(0): Probing for EDID on I2C bus B...
(II) NV(0): ... none found
(--) NV(0): CRTC 1 appears to have a CRT attached
-(II) NV(0): Using CRT on CRTC 1
+(**) NV(0): Forcing CRTCNumber 0 as specified
+(II) NV(0): Using CRT on CRTC 0
(II) NV(0): EDID vendor "IQT", prod id 405
(II) NV(0): Printing DDC gathered Modelines:
(II) NV(0): Modeline "1280x1024"x0.0 108.00 1280 1328 1440 1688 1024 1025 1028 1066 +hsync +vsync (64.0 kHz)
same bug: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xserver-xorg-video-nv/+bug/102683
If I can help somehow, would be glad.
Cheers, Petr
--- System information. ---
Architecture: i386
Kernel: Linux 2.6.30-1-686
Debian Release: squeeze/sid
500 unstable 10.5.5.1
1 experimental 10.5.5.1
--- Package information. ---
Depends (Version) | Installed
==================================-+-=============
libc6 (>= 2.1.3) | 2.9-23
xserver-xorg-core (>= 2:1.6.2) | 2:1.6.3-1+b1
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