Re: [gentoo-user] nvidia card problems

[J. Roeleveld]

On Tuesday 25 January 2011 13:55:51 Zhu Sha Zang wrote:
> With these vga card
>
> 00:0d.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation C61 [GeForce 7025
> / nForce 630a] (rev a2)
>
>
> after compiling x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers-260.19.36 with these flags
> (acpi gtk multilib) i'm receiving this messages when i try to startx:
>
> in dmesg:

<snipped>

> Trying to made a new configuration with X -confugure the errors is that:
>
> [root@sakurazukamori ~rodolfo]$ X -configure
>
>                                           10:52
>
> This is a pre-release version of the X server from The X.Org Foundation.
> It is not supported in any way.
> Bugs may be filed in the bugzilla at http://bugs.freedesktop.org/.
> Select the "xorg" product for bugs you find in this release.
> Before reporting bugs in pre-release versions please check the
> latest version in the X.Org Foundation git repository.
> See http://wiki.x.org/wiki/GitPage for git access instructions.
>
> X.Org X Server 1.9.3.901 (1.9.4 RC 1)
> Release Date: 2011-01-07
> X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0
> Build Operating System: Linux 2.6.37-gentoo-sakura x86_64 Gentoo
> Current Operating System: Linux sakurazukamori 2.6.37-gentoo-sakura #3
> SMP PREEMPT Tue Jan 25 10:11:30 BRST 2011 x86_64
> Kernel command line: auto BOOT_IMAGE=Gentoo ro root=801
> Build Date: 24 January 2011  10:40:47AM
>
> Current version of pixman: 0.20.2
>         Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.x.org
>         to make sure that you have the latest version.
> Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting,
>         (++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational,
>         (WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
> (==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.0.log", Time: Tue Jan 25 10:53:02 2011
> List of video drivers:
>         nv
>         vesa
>         v4l
>         nvidia
>         fbdev
> (++) Using config file: "/root/xorg.conf.new"
> (==) Using system config directory "/usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d"
> (EE) NV: The PCI device 0x10de03d6 ((null)) at 00@00:13:0 has a kernel
> module claiming it.
> (EE) NV: This driver cannot operate until it has been unloaded.
> Number of created screens does not match number of detected devices.
>   Configuration failed.
>
>
> I need some light here.
>
> Thanks for now.

In your second attempt, it is trying to load "nv", which is incompatible with 
the nvidia-drivers.

I have the following in my /etc/make.conf:
--
VIDEO_CARDS="nvidia"
--
This is to ensure that only the necessary drivers are actually installed. 
Adding other drivers here will have them being added.

You could try removing the following drivers from your system:
nv (x11-drivers/xf86-video-nv)
vesa (x11-drivers/xf86-video-vesa)
fbdev (x11-drivers/xf86-video-fbdev)
v4l (x11-drivers/xf86-video-v4l)

And then re-running the "X -configure".

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Joost