Sol10 / nvidia problems
Lone Gaffe
Solaris 10, I had a working nvidia driver and properly accellerated
graphics. Today I've had to revert to the nv driver as my existing
installed driver now fails. I've tried the latest nvidia drivers from
www.nvidia.com (the new, beta and legacy releases) without success. They all
install OK, but can't find any display. Xerrors contains...
Sun May 27 09:59:00 2007
error (pid 521): Server for display :0 terminated unexpectedly 1
X Window System Version 7.2.0
Release Date: 22 January 2007
X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0, Release 7.2
Build Operating System: SunOS 5.10 Generic i86pc
Current Operating System: SunOS buffy 5.10 Generic_125101-08 i86pc
Build Date: 23 March 2007
Solaris ABI: 32-bit
SUNWxorg-server package version: 6.8.0.5.10.7400,REV=0.2004.12.15
SUNWxorg-server patches applied: 118966-21 118966-23 118966-24 119062-01
119062-02 119062-03 118966
SUNWxorg-graphics-ddx package version: 6.8.0.5.10.7400,REV=0.2004.12.15
SUNWxorg-graphics-ddx patches applied: 118966-21 118966-23 118966-24
118966-25 125720-03
Before reporting problems, check http://sunsolve.sun.com/
to make sure that you have the latest version.
Module Loader present
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: Sun May 27 09:59:01 2007
(==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf"
(EE) No devices detected.
Fatal server error:
no screens found
XIO: fatal IO error 146 (Connection refused) on X server ":0.0"M
after 0 requests (0 known processed) with 0 events remaining.M
Has anybody any ideas what the problem may be? I've had a look at the
nvidia forums and seen a couple of similar reports but no useful replies
yet.
The graphic hardware is GEFORCE 420 on a Toshiba Satellite Pro 6100 laptop.
Thanks,
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Geoff Lane, Airstrip One
Today's Excuse: excessive collisions and not enough packet ambulances
Paul Gress
> Until yesterday, when I applied the latest Xorg patches to a stock x86
> Solaris 10, I had a working nvidia driver and properly accellerated
> graphics. Today I've had to revert to the nv driver as my existing
> installed driver now fails. I've tried the latest nvidia drivers from
> www.nvidia.com (the new, beta and legacy releases) without success. They all
> install OK, but can't find any display. Xerrors contains...
>
> (EE) No devices detected.
>
> Fatal server error:
> no screens found
> XIO: fatal IO error 146 (Connection refused) on X server ":0.0"M
> after 0 requests (0 known processed) with 0 events remaining.M
I had a different but similar experience yesterday. Similar, because
the trouble started after I too added the Xorg patches. It seems they
used newer parts of Xorg and it breaks some older drivers. For me, the
"keyboard" driver broke and Nvidia would not work because the xserver
wouldn't start without a "core keyboard". To solve my problem, I simply
edited my xorg.conf file and changed the keyboard drive from "keyboard"
to "kbd" where "keyboard" is an old driver and "kbd" is the latest
keyboard driver.
To sum it up for you, look at what drivers you have and see if there are
any newer ones.
Paul