FC8x64 nvidia 8500gt problems

[dr3w807]

I;m sure this question is asked all the time and for that I apologize, I've recently moved from dirty xp to fedorax64. I've started with the fedora perfect desktop howto and I'm stuck on installing my drivers. I've also tried doing the drivers by following the nvidia websites instruction but it still doesn't work. Every time i reboot i have to re-setup xserver and hope linux loads. I don't know what errors to post so any help would be appreciated.

[falko]

Any errors in your logs? The logs are located in the /var/log directory.

[dr3w807]

I'm not sure what log to look in, I looked in my nvidia install log(obvious choice i guess) and there were some errors. Umm oh i forgot to mention earlier that when i tried to install the drivers with the 64bit stuff, they said i was running a 32bit os.

[falko]

Can you post the exact error messages?
What's the output of uname -a?

[dr3w807]

I was talking to my friend and he convinced my to go with 32bit linux but i still have the same problem, this is the output of uname -a "Linux localhost.localdomain 2.6.23.15-137.fc8 #1 SMP Sun Feb 10 17:48:34 EST 2008 i686 athlon i386 GNU/Linux" but i'm still not sure what log to post, btw i no longer have a nvidia log and there is 3 xwindows logs and i don't want to waste space by posting them all therei is Xorg.0.log, Xorg.0.log.old, and Xorg.setup.log. Thanks for the help also!

[falko]

What's the output of ls -l /var/log?

[o.meyer]

Hi,

have you added the livna repository as described in the howto? If yes, install the kmod-nvidia package (i686) that suits to your kernel version. Afterwards reboot your system.

Best regards,

Olli

[dr3w807]

total 912
-rw------- 1 root root 32821 2008-03-03 00:37 anaconda.log
-rw------- 1 root root 37452 2008-03-03 00:37 anaconda.syslog
-rw------- 1 root root 54770 2008-03-03 00:37 anaconda.xlog
drwxr-x--- 2 root root 4096 2008-01-11 14:47 audit
drwxr-xr-x 2 torrent torrent 4096 2007-03-25 07:49 bittorrent
-rw------- 1 root root 0 2008-03-03 00:38 boot.log
-rw------- 1 root utmp 1536 2008-03-03 13:09 btmp
-rw------- 1 root root 4439 2008-03-03 13:40 cron
drwxr-xr-x 2 lp sys 4096 2008-02-23 05:25 cups
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 31841 2008-03-03 12:50 dmesg
-rw------- 1 root root 0 2008-03-03 02:13 faillog
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2008-03-03 13:40 gdm
drwx------ 2 root root 4096 2008-01-28 04:27 httpd
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 145708 2008-03-03 13:09 lastlog
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2008-03-03 02:16 mail
-rw------- 1 root root 4184 2008-03-03 12:51 maillog
-rw------- 1 root root 332937 2008-03-03 13:41 messages
drwxr-xr-x 2 ntp ntp 4096 2007-09-24 08:40 ntpstats
drwx------ 2 root root 4096 2006-12-01 05:54 ppp
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2008-03-03 02:09 prelink
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 28172 2008-03-03 04:13 rpmpkgs
drwx------ 3 root root 4096 2007-12-10 09:03 samba
-rw------- 1 root root 11622 2008-03-03 13:41 secure
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2008-02-23 10:00 setroubleshoot
-rw------- 1 root root 0 2008-03-03 00:26 spooler
-rw------- 1 root root 0 2008-03-03 02:13 tallylog
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2007-09-27 16:06 vbox
-rw-rw-r-- 1 root utmp 72192 2008-03-03 13:45 wtmp
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 52990 2008-03-03 13:40 Xorg.0.log
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 19302 2008-03-03 13:40 Xorg.0.log.old
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1649 2008-03-03 13:40 Xorg.setup.log
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 19684 2008-03-03 13:36 yum.log

[dr3w807]

I've already tried that many, many times, but thanks....bumps...

[dr3w807]

Sorry for being so whinny but I really want to solve this problem. Does anyone have any ideas...? As a side note, as of late i have to reconfigure xserver graphics each time i log on. Edit...bump...

[o.meyer]

Hi dr3w807,

Please paste the output of the following commands:

cat Xorg.0.log | egrep "^\([WE]"

yum list installed | grep nvidia

uname -r

arch

Best regards,

Olli

[dr3w807]

Hi dr3w807,

Please paste the output of the following commands:

cat Xorg.0.log | egrep "^\([WE]"

yum list installed | grep nvidia

uname -r

arch

Best regards,

Olli

[dr3w807@localhost ~]$ cat Xorg.0.log | egrep "^\([WE]"
cat: Xorg.0.log: No such file or directory
[dr3w807@localhost ~]$
[dr3w807@localhost ~]$ yum list installed | grep nvidia

kmod-nvidia.i686 169.09-7.lvn8 installed
kmod-nvidia-2.6.23.15-137.fc8.i686 169.09-7.lvn8 installed
xorg-x11-drv-nvidia.i386 169.09-6.lvn8 installed
xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-libs.i386 169.09-6.lvn8 installed
[dr3w807@localhost ~]$
[dr3w807@localhost ~]$ uname -r
2.6.23.15-137.fc8
[dr3w807@localhost ~]$
[dr3w807@localhost ~]$ arch
i686
[dr3w807@localhost ~]$

[o.meyer]

I forgot the path to the xorg.log - please paste the output of

cat /var/log/Xorg.0.log | egrep "^\([WE]"

Olli

[dr3w807]

I forgot the path to the xorg.log - please paste the output of

cat /var/log/Xorg.0.log | egrep "^\([WE]"

Olli

[root@localhost dr3w807]# cat /var/log/Xorg.0.log | egrep "^\([WE]"
(WW) No monitor specified for screen "Screen0".
(WW) The core pointer device wasn't specified explicitly in the layout.
(WW) No FontPath specified. Using compiled-in default.
(WW) ****INVALID MEM ALLOCATION**** b: 0xce000000 e: 0xce000000 correcting
(WW) <default pointer>: No Device specified, looking for one...
[root@localhost dr3w807]#

[dr3w807]

Bump, bump, bummitibumpbump

[o.meyer]

Hi dr3w807,

that looks not good. OK, let's reset the configuration and make a fresh driver installation. First deinstall all nvidia relaten stuff - please deinstall all packages from the output of

yum list installed | grep nvidia

After that reboot the system. When the system is up again, make a backup of your xorg.conf and create a new one via:

cp /etc/X11/xorg.conf /etc/X11/xorg.conf.backup

system-config-display --reconfig

Additionally you have to reconfigure your keyboard layout.

system-config-keyboard

Reboot your system again. When it's up again, install livna's nvidia driver that fits to your kernel version and your system architecture.

Find out your kernel version and the architecture.

uname -mr

Install the nvidia driver. (The dependences will be resolved automatically)

yum -y install kmod-nvidia-%kernel_version%.fc8.%architecture%

For example:

yum -y install kmod-nvidia-2.6.24.3-12.fc8.i686

After that reboot your system and all should be OK.

Best regards,

Olli

[dr3w807]

Sorry it took me so long to respond...but anyway, i tried all of that jazz last night and it didn't work. I don't know if i forgot to mention this but I am running two of those graphics cards if it makes a difference. Thanks again for the help.

[o.meyer]

Sorry it took me so long to respond...but anyway, i tried all of that jazz last night and it didn't work. I don't know if i forgot to mention this but I am running two of those graphics cards if it makes a difference. Thanks again for the help.

Two 8500gt in a single system? Hm... I've never worked with two structurally identical graphics cards in a single system. You should remove one and look if it works with a single graphics card.

Best regards,

Olli

[dr3w807]

It still didn't work ( taking out the card) so I'm goint to post my xorg.conf file maybe you guys can see some giant noob mistake and make me happy.

# nvidia-xconfig: X configuration file generated by nvidia-xconfig
# nvidia-xconfig: version 1.0 (buildmeister@builder3) Thu Feb 14 18:20:37 PST 2008

# Xorg configuration created by system-config-display

Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "single head configuration"
Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0
InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
EndSection

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

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Keyboard0"
Driver "kbd"
Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
Option "XkbLayout" "us+inet"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Monitor0"
VendorName "Unknown"
ModelName "Unknown"
HorizSync 30.0 - 110.0
VertRefresh 50.0 - 150.0
Option "DPMS"
EndSection

Section "Device"
Identifier "Videocard0"
Driver "nvidia"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen0"
Device "Videocard0"
Monitor "Monitor0"
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 24
EndSubSection
EndSection

[o.meyer]

Hi dr3w807,

the nvidia related settings are missing in your configuration. You should try to reconfigure your xorg.conf with

nvidia-xconfig (as root)

By way of comparison my configuration - GeForce 7800GT with kmod-nvidia-2.6.24.3-34.fc8.i686 on Fedora 8 (2.6.24.3-34.fc8 i686).

# Xorg configuration created by livna-config-display

Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "Default Layout"
Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0
InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
InputDevice "MX Rev" "CorePointer"
EndSection

Section "Files"
ModulePath "/usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/nvidia"
ModulePath "/usr/lib/xorg/modules"
EndSection

Section "ServerFlags"
Option "AIGLX" "on"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Keyboard0"
Driver "kbd"
Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
Option "XkbLayout" "de"
Option "XkbVariant" "nodeadkeys"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "MX Rev"
Driver "evdev"
Option "Phys" "usb-*/input0"
Option "Name" "Logitech USB Receiver"
Option "CorePointer"
EndSection

Section "Device"
Identifier "Videocard0"
Driver "nvidia"
Option "AddARGBGLXVisuals" "True"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen0"
Device "Videocard0"
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 24
EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "Extensions"
Option "Composite" "Enable"
EndSection

Best regards,

Olli

[dr3w807]

So still no luck here's my xorg log http://www.mediafire.com/?19jb1rx0g9m I;m about ready to shoot my computer.

[o.meyer]

Hi dr3w807,

when I looked around a bit I found out that some 8500GT cards are not recognized by the actual nvidia driver (distribution independent). Maybe you have to wait for the next driver release.

Best regards,

Olli

[dr3w807]

That really sucks, do you know when the next release is?

[o.meyer]

Hi dr3w807,

I expect the next release next month.

Best regards,

Olli

[dr3w807]

Thanks for all the help, maybe this thread will get even longer next month!

[dr3w807]

Alas I have once again failed. I just updated my kernel and the nvidia package to no avail. What should I do now?

[o.meyer]

Hi dr3w807,

that was not the new driver - it was only a new package of the existing driver for the new kernel. The new driver will be version 171.XX.

Best regards,

Olli

[dr3w807]

Ah, well I guess I was just a little to hasty, thanks for the info, once again I'll try to be patient.

[dr3w807]

New update, still no luck.

[o.meyer]

Hi dr3w807,

it's still the same driver :)

Olli

[dr3w807]

Then what was the update?

[o.meyer]

Hi dr3w807,

because a new kernel came out (2.6.24.4-64.fc8).

Olli