[mythtv-users] Which agp video card is better?
drew einhorn
drew.einhorn at gmail.com
Thu Dec 24 19:29:33 UTC 2009
The kern.log excerpt has ben replaced with a link to a pastebin.
Hope it fits under the size limit now.
Most important question what version of the proprietary driver are you
using with
Sparkle SFPC84GS512U2LP GeForce 8400 GS PCI
On Thu, Dec 24, 2009 at 11:05 AM, drew einhorn <drew.einhorn at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Wed, Dec 23, 2009 at 12:18 AM, <f-myth-users at media.mit.edu> wrote:
>> > Date: Tue, 22 Dec 2009 21:52:15 -0700
>> > From: drew einhorn <drew.einhorn at gmail.com>
>>
>> > > Anything besides the Sparkle SFPC84GS512U2LP GeForce 8400 GS PCI
>> > > that I should consider.
>>
>> > Did not receive any other suggestions. Bought the Sparkle card.
>>
>> > X doesn't come up in the default config with this card.
>>
>> What distro are you running exactly? Can you try booting an Ubuntu
>> 9.10 LiveCD and try that? (I ask because a Sparkle 9500 and a GT220
>> have both worked for me in 9.10, and I'm about to deal with the same
>> card you have.)
>>
>
> Ubuntu 9.10 as mentioned in part of my post that you clipped.
> X comes up if deactivate the proprietary drivers, or if I activate
> the version 173 proprietary driver, but not if I activate the version
> 185 dirver.
>
> Hmm. Booting from the Ubuntu Live CD sounded like a great idea.
> But X comes up with the free driver. I started to activate the version
> 185 driver for a test. But then I realized it's going to insist on rebooting
> and it's going to revert to the free driver, instead of giving me a clean
> boot with the proprietary driver and a virgin 9.10 configuration.
>
>> Also, do you have an xorg.conf file, or are you running without one in
>> a modern xorg? (I've asked sdkovacs for his xorg.conf for the same
>> card [though under CentOS; dunno if that matters] but it may take him
>> a while to furnish it since the relevant machine is currently off-net.)
>>
>
> I did not create a custom xorg.conf file. Although I do believe there is
> a generic, default xorg.conf created by a configuration utility after
> X failed to start.
>
> I replaced it with the minimal default xorg.conf generated by the
>
> System -> Admin -> Hardware Drivers
>
> after booting from the Live CD, selecting the proprietary version 185 driver
> but before rebooting.
>
> Here it is:
>
>
> Section "Screen"
> Identifier "Default Screen"
> DefaultDepth 24
> EndSection
>
> Section "Module"
> Load "glx"
> EndSection
>
> Section "Device"
> Identifier "Default Device"
> Driver "nvidia"
> Option "NoLogo" "True"
> EndSection
>
>
>> P.S. Uh, if X doesn't come up, what errors appear in /var/log/Xorg.0.log?
>
> Was hoping to hear what driver is being used by folks who are
> successful with this card before getting this deep into it. (Didn't
> want any of us to waste too much time barking up the wrong tree.) But
> here are all the gorey details. Hope it fits under the size limit and
> don't have to move it all to a pastebin.
>
> Here is /var/log/Xorg.0.log
>
>
> X.Org X Server 1.6.4
> Release Date: 2009-9-27
> X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0
> Build Operating System: Linux 2.6.24-23-server i686 Ubuntu
> Current Operating System: Linux beth 2.6.31-16-generic #53-Ubuntu SMP
> Tue Dec 8 04:01:29 UTC 2009 i686
> Kernel command line: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-16-generic
> root=UUID=9d3e3a94-2653-45b7-a97f-0ce71509f606 ro quiet splash
> Build Date: 26 October 2009 05:15:02PM
> xorg-server 2:1.6.4-2ubuntu4 (buildd@)
> 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: Wed Dec 23 14:58:36 2009
> (==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf"
> (==) No Layout section. Using the first Screen section.
> (**) |-->Screen "Default Screen" (0)
> (**) | |-->Monitor "<default monitor>"
> (==) No device specified for screen "Default Screen".
> Using the first device section listed.
> (**) | |-->Device "Default Device"
> (==) No monitor specified for screen "Default Screen".
> Using a default monitor configuration.
> (==) Automatically adding devices
> (==) Automatically enabling devices
> (WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/X11/cyrillic" does not exist.
> Entry deleted from font path.
> (==) FontPath set to:
> /usr/share/fonts/X11/misc,
> /usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi/:unscaled,
> /usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi/:unscaled,
> /usr/share/fonts/X11/Type1,
> /usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi,
> /usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi,
> /var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/TrueType,
> built-ins
> (==) ModulePath set to "/usr/lib/xorg/modules"
> (II) Cannot locate a core pointer device.
> (II) Cannot locate a core keyboard device.
> (II) The server relies on HAL to provide the list of input devices.
> If no devices become available, reconfigure HAL or disable AllowEmptyInput.
> (II) Loader magic: 0x3bc0
> (II) Module ABI versions:
> X.Org ANSI C Emulation: 0.4
> X.Org Video Driver: 5.0
> X.Org XInput driver : 4.0
> X.Org Server Extension : 2.0
> (II) Loader running on linux
> (++) using VT number 7
>
> (--) PCI:*(0:2:0:0) 10de:06e4:0000:0000 nVidia Corporation G98
> [GeForce 8400 GS] rev 161, Mem @ 0xf5000000/16777216,
> 0xe0000000/268435456, 0xf6000000/33554432, I/O @ 0x0000cf00/128, BIOS
> @ 0x????????/131072
> (II) Open ACPI successful (/var/run/acpid.socket)
> (II) System resource ranges:
> [0] -1 0 0xffffffff - 0xffffffff (0x1) MX[B]
> [1] -1 0 0x000f0000 - 0x000fffff (0x10000) MX[B]
> [2] -1 0 0x000c0000 - 0x000effff (0x30000) MX[B]
> [3] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x0009ffff (0xa0000) MX[B]
> [4] -1 0 0x0000ffff - 0x0000ffff (0x1) IX[B]
> [5] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x00000000 (0x1) IX[B]
> (II) "extmod" will be loaded by default.
> (II) "dbe" will be loaded by default.
> (II) "glx" will be loaded. This was enabled by default and also
> specified in the config file.
> (II) "record" will be loaded by default.
> (II) "dri" will be loaded by default.
> (II) "dri2" will be loaded by default.
> (II) LoadModule: "glx"
> (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions//libglx.so
> (II) Module glx: vendor="NVIDIA Corporation"
> compiled for 4.0.2, module version = 1.0.0
> Module class: X.Org Server Extension
> (II) NVIDIA GLX Module 185.18.36 Fri Aug 14 17:50:12 PDT 2009
> (II) Loading extension GLX
> (II) LoadModule: "extmod"
> (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions//libextmod.so
> (II) Module extmod: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
> compiled for 1.6.4, module version = 1.0.0
> Module class: X.Org Server Extension
> ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 2.0
> (II) Loading extension MIT-SCREEN-SAVER
> (II) Loading extension XFree86-VidModeExtension
> (II) Loading extension XFree86-DGA
> (II) Loading extension DPMS
> (II) Loading extension XVideo
> (II) Loading extension XVideo-MotionCompensation
> (II) Loading extension X-Resource
> (II) LoadModule: "dbe"
> (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions//libdbe.so
> (II) Module dbe: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
> compiled for 1.6.4, module version = 1.0.0
> Module class: X.Org Server Extension
> ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 2.0
> (II) Loading extension DOUBLE-BUFFER
> (II) LoadModule: "record"
> (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions//librecord.so
> (II) Module record: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
> compiled for 1.6.4, module version = 1.13.0
> Module class: X.Org Server Extension
> ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 2.0
> (II) Loading extension RECORD
> (II) LoadModule: "dri"
> (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions//libdri.so
> (II) Module dri: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
> compiled for 1.6.4, module version = 1.0.0
> ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 2.0
> (II) Loading extension XFree86-DRI
> (II) LoadModule: "dri2"
> (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions//libdri2.so
> (II) Module dri2: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
> compiled for 1.6.4, module version = 1.1.0
> ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 2.0
> (II) Loading extension DRI2
> (II) LoadModule: "nvidia"
> (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers//nvidia_drv.so
> (II) Module nvidia: vendor="NVIDIA Corporation"
> compiled for 4.0.2, module version = 1.0.0
> Module class: X.Org Video Driver
> (II) NVIDIA dlloader X Driver 185.18.36 Fri Aug 14 17:24:40 PDT 2009
> (II) NVIDIA Unified Driver for all Supported NVIDIA GPUs
> (II) Primary Device is: PCI 02 at 00:00:0
> (II) Loading sub module "fb"
> (II) LoadModule: "fb"
> (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules//libfb.so
> (II) Module fb: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
> compiled for 1.6.4, module version = 1.0.0
> ABI class: X.Org ANSI C Emulation, version 0.4
> (II) Loading sub module "wfb"
> (II) LoadModule: "wfb"
> (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules//libwfb.so
> (II) Module wfb: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
> compiled for 1.6.4, module version = 1.0.0
> ABI class: X.Org ANSI C Emulation, version 0.4
> (II) Loading sub module "ramdac"
> (II) LoadModule: "ramdac"
> (II) Module "ramdac" already built-in
> (II) resource ranges after probing:
> [0] -1 0 0xffffffff - 0xffffffff (0x1) MX[B]
> [1] -1 0 0x000f0000 - 0x000fffff (0x10000) MX[B]
> [2] -1 0 0x000c0000 - 0x000effff (0x30000) MX[B]
> [3] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x0009ffff (0xa0000) MX[B]
> [4] -1 0 0x0000ffff - 0x0000ffff (0x1) IX[B]
> [5] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x00000000 (0x1) IX[B]
> (II) NVIDIA(0): Creating default Display subsection in Screen section
> "Default Screen" for depth/fbbpp 24/32
> (**) NVIDIA(0): Depth 24, (--) framebuffer bpp 32
> (==) NVIDIA(0): RGB weight 888
> (==) NVIDIA(0): Default visual is TrueColor
> (==) NVIDIA(0): Using gamma correction (1.0, 1.0, 1.0)
> (**) NVIDIA(0): Option "NoLogo" "True"
> (**) NVIDIA(0): Enabling RENDER acceleration
> (II) NVIDIA(0): Support for GLX with the Damage and Composite X extensions is
> (II) NVIDIA(0): enabled.
> (EE) NVIDIA(0): Failed to initialize the NVIDIA graphics device PCI:2:0:0.
> (EE) NVIDIA(0): Please check your system's kernel log for additional error
> (EE) NVIDIA(0): messages and refer to Chapter 8: Common Problems in the
> (EE) NVIDIA(0): README for additional information.
> (EE) NVIDIA(0): Failed to initialize the NVIDIA graphics device!
> (II) UnloadModule: "nvidia"
> (II) UnloadModule: "wfb"
> (II) UnloadModule: "fb"
> (EE) Screen(s) found, but none have a usable configuration.
>
> Fatal server error:
> no screens found
>
> Please consult the The X.Org Foundation support
> at http://wiki.x.org
> for help.
> Please also check the log file at "/var/log/Xorg.0.log" for additional
> information.
>
> ddxSigGiveUp: Closing log
>
> Actually I misspoke, X did come up in low res failsafe mode and asked
> me what I wanted to do.
> And gave me some options. The reconfigure option created a more
> complex xorg.conf that
> didn't work any better.
>
> Actuallly there are a bunch of Xorg.*.log files
>
> Xorg.1.log thru Xorg.5.log are almost identical to Xorg.0.log
> except for a timestamp VT number 7 is probed instead of from the command line
> and it says to check itself for additional info.
>
>
> diff Xorg.0.log Xorg.1.log
> 15c15
> < (==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.0.log", Time: Wed Dec 23 14:58:36 2009
> ---
>> (==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.1.log", Time: Wed Dec 23 14:58:37 2009
> 50c50
> < (++) using VT number 7
> ---
>> (--) using VT number 7
> 169c169
> < Please also check the log file at "/var/log/Xorg.0.log" for
> additional information.
> ---
>> Please also check the log file at "/var/log/Xorg.1.log" for additional information.
>
>
>
> The kernel log doesn't have any meaningful info (unless I missed
> something) Here's the kern.log after another reboot a couple days
> later when I got around to it.
>
>
Here's the link to a pastebin with the kern.log excerpt
http://pastebin.com/m72a5cd52
--
Drew Einhorn
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