Re: [gentoo-user] xorg-server upgrading problem

[Johannes Kimmel]

Roy Wright wrote:
> Howdy,
>
> I have a home server/htpc (~x86) that I'm finally updating after a few
> months and I hit an issue with xorg-server.  Here's the background:
>
> Was at xorg-server-1.6.3 and current sync tried to upgrade to 1.7.1,
> which failed to compile.  In researching on b.g.o., discovered that
> nvidia has not released a driver yet that will work with 1.7.1, so
> followed the bug report directions and masked out several packages to
> prevent 1.7.1 upgrading.
>
> So next attempt at upgrading was to 1.6.5.  That failed too, so back
> to b.g.o. where the first directions were to install
> nvidia-drivers-190.42.  But nvidia-drivers has a dependency to
> xorg-server-1.6.5, so had to mask >1.6.3 to get nvidia to emerge.
> Then hit the bug with nvidia-settings with the work around of
> symbolically linking /usr/include/X11/extensions/xf86vmproto.h to
> /usr/include/X11/extensions/xf86vmode.h.  Finally removed the
> >xorg-server-1.6.3 mask and successfully emerged.
>
> So now it looks like I have xorg-server-1.6.5 and
> nvidia-drivers-190.42 installed.
>
> But when starting the xorg server, it is unable to load glx, dri, and
> dri2 modules:
>
> xbmc log # grep EE Xorg.0.log
> Current Operating System: Linux xbmc 2.6.29-gentoo-r2 #7 SMP PREEMPT
> Sun Jun 21 10:15:29 CDT 2009 i686
>     (WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
> (EE) Failed to load module "glx" (module does not exist, 0)
> (II) Loading extension MIT-SCREEN-SAVER
> (EE) Failed to load module "dri" (module does not exist, 0)
> (EE) Failed to load module "dri2" (module does not exist, 0)
> (EE) Nov 08 13:48:35 NVIDIA(0): Failed to initialize the GLX module;
> please check in your X
> (EE) Nov 08 13:48:35 NVIDIA(0):     log file that the GLX module has
> been loaded in your X
> (EE) Nov 08 13:48:35 NVIDIA(0):     server, and that the module is the
> NVIDIA GLX module.  If
> (EE) Nov 08 13:48:35 NVIDIA(0):     you continue to encounter
> problems, Please try
> (EE) Nov 08 13:48:35 NVIDIA(0):     reinstalling the NVIDIA driver.
> (EE) Microsoft Natural Keyboard Pro: failed to initialize for relative
> axes.
> (EE) Gyration Gyration RF Technology Receiver: failed to initialize
> for relative axes.
>
> I've even rebooted and still see the same problem.
>
> I'm not having any luck finding a hint on b.g.o. or with searching (I
> use startpage instead of google).
>
> Here's my xorg.conf which works with xorg-server-1.6.3 (it's a little
> explicit because it is connected (DVI) to an A/V receiver (Yamaha
> RX-V861) which doesn't pass thru EDID):
>
> Section "ServerLayout"
>     Identifier     "X.org Configured"
>     Screen      0  "Screen0" 0 0
> EndSection
>
> Section "Files"
>     ModulePath   "/usr/lib/xorg/modules"
>     FontPath     "built-ins"
> EndSection
>
> Section "Module"
>     Load  "glx"
>     Load  "dbe"
>     Load  "extmod"
> EndSection
>
> Section "Monitor"
>        # Block type: 2:0 3:fc
>        Identifier "FPD TV"
>        VendorName "HTC"
>        ModelName "FPD TV"
>        # Block type: 2:0 3:fc
>        # Block type: 2:0 3:fd
>        HorizSync 15-70
>        VertRefresh 59-61
>        # Max dot clock (video bandwidth) 150 MHz
>        # DPMS capabilities: Active off:no  Suspend:no  Standby:no
>
>        Mode    "1920x1080"     # vfreq 60.000Hz, hfreq 67.500kHz
>                 DotClock        148.500000
>                 HTimings        1920 2008 2052 2200
>                 VTimings        1080 1084 1089 1125
>                 Flags   "+HSync" "+VSync"
>        EndMode
>        Mode    "1920x540"      # vfreq 60.053Hz, hfreq 33.750kHz
>                 DotClock        74.250000
>                 HTimings        1920 2008 2052 2200
>                 VTimings        540 542 547 562
>                 Flags   "Interlace" "+HSync" "+VSync"
>        EndMode
> EndSection
>
> Section "Device"
>     Identifier  "Card0"
>     Driver      "nvidia"
>     VendorName  "nVidia Corporation"
>     Option      "RenderAccel" "true"
>        Option "ModeValidation" "NoDFPNativeResolutionCheck,
> NoMaxSizeCheck"
>        Option "NoLogo" "true"
>        Option "ConnectedMonitor" "DFP"
>        Option  "TVStandard"    "HD1080p"
> EndSection
>
> Section "Screen"
>     Identifier "Screen0"
>     Device     "Card0"
>     Monitor    "FPD TV"
>
>     # depth of 16 breaks xbmc
>        DefaultDepth    24
>
>        Option "renderAccel" "true"
>        Option "ExactModeTimingsDVI" "true"
>        Option "NoLogo" "true"
>        Option "DynamicTwinView" "false"
>        Option "UseEvents" "true"
>        Option "AllowGLXWithComposite" "true"
>        Option "AddARGBGLXVisuals" "true"
>        Option "FlatPanelProperties" "Scaling = Native"
>
>     SubSection "Display"
>                Depth    24
>                Modes "1920x1080" "1080p" "1080i" "720p" "720i" "480p"
> "480i" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
>             Virtual 1920 1080
>     EndSubSection
> EndSection
>
>
> Any ideas?
>
> TIA,
> Roy
>
>
Try to resync and emerge the new eselect-opengl and run "eselect opengl 
set nvidia" again. This could fix it, as I had a similar problem. The 
old eselect did something wrong, but I can't remember exactly because it 
went somehow long yesterday :)


Johannes