[mythtv-users] Problem w/ nVidia drivers 177.80???

[James Crow]

On Mon, 2008-11-17 at 17:47 -0500, Harry Devine wrote:
> James Crow wrote:
> > On Fri, 2008-11-14 at 20:59 -0500, Harry Devine wrote:
> >   
> >>>   
> >>>       
> >> Nope, no good.  I am SSH'd in right now, and ran "sudo /etc/init.d/gdm 
> >> stop", but when I try to run the installer, I get that message saying 
> >> "You appear to be running an X Server...".  I can't even get to a login 
> >> screen using Ctrl-Alt-F1.  I do get alot of errors in my Xorg.0.log stating:
> >>
> >> [mi] EQ overflowing. The server is probably stuck in an infinite loop.
> >> [mi] mieqEnequeue: out-of-order valuator event; dropping.
> >> [mi] EQ overflowing. The server is probably stuck in an infinite loop.
> >> [mi] mieqEnequeue: out-of-order valuator event; dropping.
> >>
> >>
> >> I had previously used the Restricted Drivers Manager to tell the system 
> >> to put on version 173 then changed xorg.conf to use "nvidia" as the 
> >> driver rather than "nv".  I thought 177 was hosed so I thought I'd try that.
> >>
> >> Damn, this is frustrating!  Its this sort of BS that keeps Microsoft at 
> >> the top!!!
> >>
> >> Any ideas?
> >> Harry
> >>     
> >
> > Harry,
> >
> >   When you try to stop X with /etc/init.d/gdm stop, do you see an error
> > on screen? If the X server is locked up then it may not immediately
> > stop. I would recommend going back to 8.10, but that is your choice. A
> > couple of notes:
> >
> > 1) EnvyNG is software that downloads and builds the current nvidia
> > driver for you. You must install it with Synaptic, apt-get, etc before
> > you can use it.
> >
> > 2) If you want to run the installer that you download from nvidia then
> > you must stop X. If you have logged into X and it is locked up then this
> > will cause problems. Restart your computer. Before you login (or before
> > you run any programs if you use auto login) do a Ctrl-Alt-F1 (or F2).
> > Login at the console then stop gdm. Run 'ps -ef | grep X' to see if X is
> > still running. If it is switch back to it with Alt-F7 (or maybe it is
> > F8) and hit Ctrl-Alt-Bksp to kill X. With GDM stopped it should not
> > start back up.
> >
> > For a point of reference I am running 8.10 with a GeFroce 7300GS PCI-E
> > card and drivers 177.80.
> >
> > Cheers,
> > James
> >
> >
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> >   
> I tried to kill X using "sudo kill <pid>" (obtained from "ps -ef |grep 
> X"), then ran the installer from an SSH session, and it still tells me 
> "You appear to be running an X server" message.  So I tried rebooting an 
> when it comes up, I press Ctrl-Alt-F1, and all I get is a blank screen.  
> No login or text or anything.  Mythbuntu installs the XFCE desktop, so 
> why would the GNOME desktop need to be stopped?  Or am I overthinking that?
> 
> Any ideas?
> Harry
> 

Mythbuntu 8.10 does use gdm. I think it sets it to auto login by
default, but gdm still does the auto login. Here is what I did to stop X
completely.

1) ssh in from another machine
2) ps -ef | grep X
3) sudo kill $pid_of_X
4) ps -ef | grep X
- Note X will still be running with the gdm screen
5) sudo /etc/init.d/gdm stop
6) ps -ef | grep X
- X no longer running

The other thing I would recommend is turning the verbosity up to 6 on
the X log file. Edit the /etc/gdm/gdm-cdd.conf. Look for these lines:

[server-Standard]
name=Standard server
command=/usr/X11R6/bin/X -br -audit 0
flexible=true

Add a -logverbose 6 to the command line so it looks like this:
command=/usr/X11R6/bin/X -br -audit 0 -logverbose 6

That will tell the X server to output more info to the
file /var/log/Xorg.0.log. That may help you find why the nvidia driver
is pegging the cpu.

Cheers,
James