Power Mac G5 Debian Wheezy / Problem with GeForce FX 5200 Ultra

[Aaron Valdes]

Hello All,

I have installed Debian Wheezy on my Power Mac G5 and I am getting a
black screen.

The output from the lspci:

root@ValdesPowerMac:/home/aaron/Downloads1# lspci | grep NVIDIA

0000:f0:10.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation NV34
[GeForceFX 5200 Ultra] (rev a1)

The binaries on the NVIDIA site do not support this video card for this
architecture.

Does anybody have the steps I need to follow to get this Video card
working correctly.

I have have been able to SSH into the machine.

Aaron


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[Aaron Valdes]

I blacklisted the nouveau driver.
I removed X and now I got the terminal booting.

Archive: https://lists.debian.org/1393736530.17451.8.camel@debianWheezy

[Risto Suominen]

X Probabl selects wrong output. I'm using DVI, and the following
/etc/X11/xorg.conf makes it work:
--
Section "Device"
Identifier "Configured Video Device"
BusID "PCI:240:16:0"
Driver "nouveau"
Option "Monitor-TV-1" "Configured Monitor"
Option "NoAccel" "true"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Configured Monitor"
Option "Ignore" "true"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
Identifier "Default Screen"
Device "Configured Video Device"
EndSection
--
The idea is to disable the TV output that X thinks is active. There is
no connector on that output, but it exists on the chip.

Risto

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[Aaron Valdes]

I took nouveau out of the black list.

I backed up my xorg.conf.

I made a new xorg.conf with these settings.

I rebooted and still have the black screen.

It even kills the terminal from coming up.

This is Debian Wheezy on the Power Mac G5 with GeForce FX 5200 Ultra.

Archive: https://lists.debian.org/1393765975.23250.1.camel@debianWheezy

[Risto Suominen]

2014-03-02 15:12 UTC+02.00, Aaron Valdes <aaron7...@gmail.com>:

>
> This is Debian Wheezy on the Power Mac G5 with GeForce FX 5200 Ultra.
>

I have exactly the same machine. Kernel is 3.1.0-1-powerpc64.

Which output connector are you using, DVI (DVI-I-2) or ADC (DVI-I-1)?

If you can ssh into the machine, take a look at /var/log/Xorg.0.log.

Risto


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[David Gosselin]

A tad off-topic but, if you can’t get this working and the apps you expect to run don’t require the muscle of your video card, then you can install your X clients on the machine and forward their displays to a X server on another machine on your network. This is what I do for my PowerMac G5 7,3 running Debian 7.3.0 because I didn’t want to spend too much time getting the in-built graphics card to work.

Archive: https://lists.debian.org/90F0E6A0-C972-474F...@appleside.org

[Aaron Valdes]

That's very interesting.

Can you guide me to a good document on how to try this?

Archive: https://lists.debian.org/1393794759.23890.14.camel@debianWheezy

[David Gosselin]

In my case, I wanted to run the X client for emacs. All I needed to do was
# apt-get install emacs
I allowed apt to install the dependencies that it required but this did not
install all of X. From my Windows machine, which is running Xming, I ssh
with PuTTY and enable X11 fowarding in the PuTTY config. After login to the
powermac, I can echo the DISPLAY variable and see that it is set to
something like localhost:10.0. If I run emacs from the command line, the
GUI X client is drawn on my Xming server running on my Windows machine.

Let me know if you have specific questions, like how to configure PuTTY or,
if you don't have Windows, I can show you how to use another Linux machine
where you may have X11 running already.

Thanks,
Dave

Archive: https://lists.debian.org/215C00A2BDB14116B53F61AA1B184F7D@Sam

[Aaron Valdes]

Long story short.

I installed LinuxMintPPC and had the same problem.

Screen would go dark.

I found a post in the LinuxMint forums.

>From yaboot I tried with the following line.

boot: Linux video=DVI-I-1:d video=DVI-I-2:1280x1024:@75 video=TV-1:d

It worked!!!!

I don't know if this same thing will work for Debian issue but
LinuxMintPPC is based on Debian Wheezy.

I am not even sure what this line does.

Original LinuxMintPPC Link:

http://www.mintppc.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=15&t=810&sid=5d2ba9f25014dc538d9f63fe937fcdf8&start=10

On Sat, 2014-03-01 at 19:23 -0500, Aaron Valdes wrote:

Archive: https://lists.debian.org/1393805779.23890.23.camel@debianWheezy

[Aaron Valdes]

I found some good information in the following bug report.

https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=668828#30

On Sat, 2014-03-01 at 19:23 -0500, Aaron Valdes wrote:

Archive: https://lists.debian.org/1393822259.23890.33.camel@debianWheezy

[Risto Suominen]

2014-03-03 2:16 UTC+02.00, Aaron Valdes <aaron7...@gmail.com>:

>
> boot: Linux video=DVI-I-1:d video=DVI-I-2:1280x1024:@75 video=TV-1:d
>

This is basically the same as my solution: unused outputs ADC and TV
are disabled, in addition the screen resolution is specified for DVI.

Risto

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[Aaron Valdes]

Risto,

I must be blind.

I am going try this as soon as the machine is up and running.

Thanks

Aaron


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Re: Power Mac G5 Debian Wheezy / Problem with GeForce FX 5200 Ultra

To: Aaron Valdes <aaron7...@gmail.com>
Cc: debian-...@lists.debian.org

Subject: Re: Power Mac G5 Debian Wheezy / Problem with GeForce FX
5200 Ultra

From: Risto Suominen <risto.s...@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 2 Mar 2014 08:52:36 +0200
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[Aaron Valdes]

I re-installed Debian Wheezy on my Pro Mac G5 with GeForce FX 5200
Ultra.

I had to boot yaboot with...

boot: Linux video=DVI-I-1:d video=DVI-I-2:1280x1024:@75 video=TV-1:d

This is working right now.

On Sat, 2014-03-01 at 19:23 -0500, Aaron Valdes wrote:

Archive: https://lists.debian.org/1393851660.23890.40.camel@debianWheezy

[Aaron Valdes]

Risto,

Thanks for your help.

The port I am using is DVI (DVI-I-2)

When booting I ran with this line and the display came up.

boot: Linux video=TV-1:d

My xorg.conf is:

Section "Device"
Identifier "FX5200"

BusID "PCI:240:16:0"
Driver "nouveau"

Option "Monitor-DVI-I-1" "ADC_Port"
Option "Monitor-DVI-I-2" "DVI_Port"
Option "Monitor-TV-1" "TV_Port"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
Identifier "DVI_Port"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
Identifier "ADC_Port"
Option "Ignore" "true"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
Identifier "TV_Port"

Option "Ignore" "true"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
Identifier "Default Screen"

Device "FX5200"
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
Virtual 1280 1024
EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "Default Layout"
Screen "Default Screen"
EndSection

Can you please post what your xorg.conf file is?

Is there a solution where I don't need to run this line.

boot: Linux video=TV-1:d

I am using Debian Wheezy.

Thanks again for pointing me in the correct place.

Aaron

Archive: https://lists.debian.org/1393861758.23890.48.camel@debianWheezy

[Risto Suominen]

You are right, Aaron. I also have that 'video=TV-1:d' on the kernel
command line.

It comes from /etc/yaboot.conf (so you don't need to write it on every boot):

append=" video=TV-1:d"

F.ex.:

image=/boot/vmlinux
label=Linux
read-only
initrd=/boot/initrd.img
append=" video=TV-1:d"

Then you have to run 'ybin' (as root) (yaboot install).

Risto


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[Aaron Valdes]

Risto,

Thanks.

This works. :)

Can you post your xorg.conf?

Aaron

Archive: https://lists.debian.org/1393864932.23890.51.camel@debianWheezy

[Risto Suominen]

2014-03-03 18:42 UTC+02.00, Aaron Valdes <aaron7...@gmail.com>:

>
> Can you post your xorg.conf?
>

Here it is:

--
Section "Device"
Identifier "Configured Video Device"

BusID "PCI:240:16:0"
Driver "nouveau"

Option "Monitor-TV-1" "Configured Monitor"
Option "NoAccel" "true"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Configured Monitor"

Option "Ignore" "true"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
Identifier "Default Screen"

Device "Configured Video Device"
EndSection
--

It's kind of minimal. It only tells X to ignore the phantom TV output,
and leaves it the freedom to choose resolutions etc.

Risto


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[gw [j] iza [b] superstar]

A few weeks ago several threads went around about similar issues;
e.g. Aaron, David, & Risto discussing "Re: Power Mac G5 Debian Wheezy /

Problem with GeForce FX 5200 Ultra"

I thought maybe my similar problem was result of not correctly disconnecting a
monitor,
or caused by a recent update,

but the problem persists now:
*System boots up, kernel text looking just awful, with lines and green flashes;
then ultimately hangs in tty7 on a blank screen;
after a few more seconds the last few kernel lines spew out (that the wlan is
connected and such,) and then the display manager/login fails to come up.

* After editing yaboot.conf, and forcing the g4 1024x768 default resolution,
the console text now looks beautiful, and it is easy to go into other terms to
login,
but still hangs on tty7

* I also verified that the screen cable inside the computer wasn't jammed
against the hinge or torn up in any way.

* I also noticed that the kernel goes through about 20 lines each of
"i2c i2c-8: therm_adt746x: attach_adapter method is deprecated: Please use
another way to instantiate your i2c_client"
&
aoa_codec_tas: attach_adapter method is deprecated: Please use another way to
instantiate your...

Is that the way it is supposed to be built?
Perhaps I can block aoa, but when I blacklist therm_adt, then the fan runs the
whole time. Here I am more concerned about the screen & noveax working, and
just not having errors in the kernel.

* I have included excerpts from the kernel, modules, /var/log/Xorg.0.log, and
/etc/X11/xorg.conf below

* Please let me know if it is helpful to the community to file one, or more bug
reports? Or I hope changing xorg.conf can fix the problem.

Look forwad to reading everyone's comments-
j b


----------------------------------------------------------my data--------
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I) Selections from dmesg:

... 0.000000] Linux version 3.2.0-4-powerpc (debian...@lists.debian.org)
(gcc version 4.6.3 (Debian 4.6.3-14) ) #1 Debian 3.2.54-2
[ 0.000000] PowerMac motherboard: PowerBook G4 12"
[ 0.000000] via-pmu: Server Mode is disabled
...
[ 0.005505] MPC7450 family performance monitor hardware support registered
[ 0.006378] devtmpfs: initialized
[ 0.007240] print_constraints: dummy:
...
[ 2.306778] PM: Hibernation image not present or could not be loaded.
[ 2.306802] registered taskstats version 1
[ 2.312202] input: PMU as /devices/virtual/input/input2
[ 2.317360] Registered led device: pmu-led::front
[ 2.317563] rtc-generic rtc-generic: setting system clock to 2014-03-21
01:48:44 UTC (1395366524)
[ 2.322862] Initializing network drop monitor service
..#{nouveau grep}
3.275922] [drm] nouveau 0000:00:10.0: Detected an NV30 generation card
(0x034900b1)
[ 3.321082] fb: conflicting fb hw usage nouveaufb vs OFfb NVDA,Displ -
removing generic driver
[ 3.327949] [drm] nouveau 0000:00:10.0: OF bios successfully copied (2947
bytes)
[ 3.327983] [drm] nouveau 0000:00:10.0: Checking PRAMIN for VBIOS
[ 3.373932] [drm] nouveau 0000:00:10.0: ... BIOS checksum invalid
[ 3.373945] [drm] nouveau 0000:00:10.0: Checking PROM for VBIOS
[ 3.374116] [drm] nouveau 0000:00:10.0: ... BIOS checksum invalid
[ 3.374127] [drm] nouveau 0000:00:10.0: Checking ACPI for VBIOS
[ 3.374263] [drm] nouveau 0000:00:10.0: ... BIOS checksum invalid
[ 3.374274] [drm] nouveau 0000:00:10.0: Checking PCIROM for VBIOS
[ 3.381937] [drm] nouveau 0000:00:10.0: ... BIOS checksum invalid
[ 3.381967] [drm] nouveau 0000:00:10.0: Using VBIOS from PRAMIN
[ 3.382810] [drm] nouveau 0000:00:10.0: BMP BIOS found
[ 3.382821] [drm] nouveau 0000:00:10.0: BMP version 5.38
[ 3.382833] [drm] nouveau 0000:00:10.0: Bios version 04.34.20.18
[ 3.383852] [drm] nouveau 0000:00:10.0: I2C5: type 0 index 0/0 unknown
[ 3.383873] [drm] nouveau 0000:00:10.0: I2C6: type 0 index 0/0 unknown
[ 3.383975] [drm] nouveau 0000:00:10.0: I2C8: type 0 index 0/0 unknown
[ 3.383988] [drm] nouveau 0000:00:10.0: I2C9: type 0 index 0/0 unknown
[ 3.384000] [drm] nouveau 0000:00:10.0: I2C10: type 0 index 0/0 unknown
[ 3.384012] [drm] nouveau 0000:00:10.0: I2C11: type 0 index 0/0 unknown
[ 3.384025] [drm] nouveau 0000:00:10.0: I2C12: type 0 index 0/0 unknown
[ 3.384037] [drm] nouveau 0000:00:10.0: I2C13: type 0 index 0/0 unknown
[ 3.384049] [drm] nouveau 0000:00:10.0: I2C14: type 0 index 0/0 unknown
[ 3.384061] [drm] nouveau 0000:00:10.0: I2C15: type 0 index 0/0 unknown
[ 3.384075] [drm] nouveau 0000:00:10.0: MXM: no VBIOS data, nothing to do
[ 3.384087] [drm] nouveau 0000:00:10.0: DCB version 2.2
[ 3.384101] [drm] nouveau 0000:00:10.0: DCB outp 00: 04000223 00000004
[ 3.384114] [drm] nouveau 0000:00:10.0: DCB outp 01: 01110112 11700000
[ 3.384126] [drm] nouveau 0000:00:10.0: DCB outp 02: 02010110 117088b8
[ 3.384138] [drm] nouveau 0000:00:10.0: DCB outp 03: 02010111 11700703
[ 3.384182] [drm] nouveau 0000:00:10.0: Loading NV17 power sequencing
microcode
[ 3.384200] [drm] nouveau 0000:00:10.0: Parsing VBIOS init table 0 at offset
0x02FA
[ 3.386224] [drm] nouveau 0000:00:10.0: Parsing VBIOS init table 1 at offset
0x0547
[ 3.386249] [drm] nouveau 0000:00:10.0: Parsing VBIOS init table 2 at offset
0x068D
[ 3.386321] [drm] nouveau 0000:00:10.0: Parsing VBIOS init table 3 at offset
0x082D
[ 3.386339] [drm] nouveau 0000:00:10.0: Parsing VBIOS init table 4 at offset
0x084A
[ 3.386359] [drm] nouveau 0000:00:10.0: Parsing VBIOS init table 5 at offset
0x0874
[ 3.390488] [drm] nouveau 0000:00:10.0: Parsing VBIOS init table 6 at offset
0x09C9
[ 3.390903] [drm] nouveau 0000:00:10.0: Detected 64MiB VRAM (DDR1)
[ 3.392244] [drm] nouveau 0000:00:10.0: 64 MiB GART (aperture)
[ 3.401599] [drm] nouveau 0000:00:10.0: 0 available performance level(s)
[ 3.401614] [drm] nouveau 0000:00:10.0: c: core 199MHz memory 445MHz
[ 3.403297] [drm] nouveau 0000:00:10.0: Calling LVDS script 1:
[ 3.403319] [drm] nouveau 0000:00:10.0: 0x09F2: Parsing digital output
script table
[ 3.403339] [drm] nouveau 0000:00:10.0: Calling LVDS script 6:
[ 3.403350] [drm] nouveau 0000:00:10.0: 0x0A6B: Parsing digital output
script table
[ 3.891681] [drm] nouveau 0000:00:10.0: Setting dpms mode 3 on TV encoder
(output 3)
[ 3.996853] [drm] nouveau 0000:00:10.0: allocated 1024x768 fb: 0x49000, bo
c1c5d200
[ 4.007748] [drm] nouveau 0000:00:10.0: Calling LVDS script 2:
[ 4.007755] [drm] nouveau 0000:00:10.0: 0x09F3: Parsing digital output
script table
[ 4.023413] [drm] nouveau 0000:00:10.0: Calling LVDS script 5:
[ 4.023418] [drm] nouveau 0000:00:10.0: 0x0A54: Parsing digital output
script table
[ 4.049219] fb0: nouveaufb frame buffer device
[ 4.049379] [drm] Initialized nouveau 1.0.0 20120316 for 0000:00:10.0 on
minor 0
[ 7.681124] usb 2-1: usbfs: USBDEVFS_CONTROL failed cmd hid2hci rqt 64 rq 0
len 0 ret -62
[ 7.691243] snd-aoa-fabric-layout: Using PMF GPIOs
[ 7.763633] i2c i2c-0: aoa_codec_tas: attach_adapter method is deprecated
[ 7.764286] i2c i2c-0: Please use another way to instantiate your
i2c_client
[ 7.764896] i2c i2c-1: aoa_codec_tas: attach_adapter method is deprecated
[ 7.765472] i2c i2c-1: Please use another way to instantiate your
i2c_client
[ 7.766049] i2c i2c-2: aoa_codec_tas: attach_adapter method is deprecated
[ 7.766628] i2c i2c-2: Please use another way to instantiate your
i2c_client
[ 7.767213] i2c i2c-3: aoa_codec_tas: attach_adapter method is deprecated
[ 7.767795] i2c i2c-3: Please use another way to instantiate your
i2c_client
[ 7.768380] i2c i2c-4: aoa_codec_tas: attach_adapter method is deprecated
[ 7.768990] i2c i2c-4: Please use another way to instantiate your
i2c_client
[ 7.769574] i2c i2c-5: aoa_codec_tas: attach_adapter method is deprecated
[ 7.770153] i2c i2c-5: Please use another way to instantiate your
i2c_client
[ 7.770733] i2c i2c-6: aoa_codec_tas: attach_adapter method is deprecated
[ 7.771313] i2c i2c-6: Please use another way to instantiate your
i2c_client
[ 7.771893] i2c i2c-7: aoa_codec_tas: attach_adapter method is deprecated
[ 7.772469] i2c i2c-7: Please use another way to instantiate your
i2c_client
[ 7.773040] snd-aoa-codec-tas: found tas3004
[ 7.780722] cfg80211: Calling CRDA to update world regulatory domain
...
[ 11.174582] i2c i2c-0: therm_adt746x: attach_adapter method is deprecated
[ 11.175232] i2c i2c-0: Please use another way to instantiate your
i2c_client
[ 11.175814] i2c i2c-1: therm_adt746x: attach_adapter method is deprecated
[ 11.176395] i2c i2c-1: Please use another way to instantiate your
i2c_client
[ 11.177017] i2c i2c-2: therm_adt746x: attach_adapter method is deprecated
[ 11.177607] i2c i2c-2: Please use another way to instantiate your
i2c_client
[ 11.178185] i2c i2c-3: therm_adt746x: attach_adapter method is deprecated
[ 11.178764] i2c i2c-3: Please use another way to instantiate your
i2c_client
[ 11.179344] i2c i2c-4: therm_adt746x: attach_adapter method is deprecated
[ 11.179923] i2c i2c-4: Please use another way to instantiate your
i2c_client
[ 11.180504] i2c i2c-5: therm_adt746x: attach_adapter method is deprecated
[ 11.181088] i2c i2c-5: Please use another way to instantiate your
i2c_client
[ 11.181669] i2c i2c-6: therm_adt746x: attach_adapter method is deprecated
[ 11.182246] i2c i2c-6: Please use another way to instantiate your
i2c_client
[ 11.182824] i2c i2c-7: therm_adt746x: attach_adapter method is deprecated
[ 11.183401] i2c i2c-7: Please use another way to instantiate your
i2c_client
[ 11.183976] i2c i2c-8: therm_adt746x: attach_adapter method is deprecated
[ 11.184553] i2c i2c-8: Please use another way to instantiate your
i2c_client
[ 11.196844] adt746x: ADT7467 initializing
[ 11.204052] adt746x: Lowering max temperatures from 73, 80, 109 to 70, 50,
70
...


II) lsmod | grep nouveax

nouveau 687638 1
power_supply 10967 1 nouveau
ttm 49196 1 nouveau
drm_kms_helper 25552 1 nouveau
drm 171547 3 drm_kms_helper,ttm,nouveau


III) Excerpts from /var/log/Xorg.0.log

...
[ 29.413] (==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf"
[ 29.413] (==) Using system config directory "/usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d"
[ 29.472] (==) No Layout section. Using the first Screen section.
[ 29.472] (**) |-->Screen "Default Screen" (0)
[ 29.472] (**) | |-->Monitor "<default monitor>"
[ 29.550] (**) | |-->Device "Configured Video Device"
[ 29.550] (==) No monitor specified for screen "Default Screen".
Using a default monitor configuration.
[ 29.550] (==) Automatically adding devices
[ 29.550] (==) Automatically enabling devices
...
[ 29.764] (II) Module dbe: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[ 29.764] compiled for 1.12.4, module version = 1.0.0
[ 29.764] Module class: X.Org Server Extension
[ 29.764] ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 6.0
[ 29.764] (II) Loading extension DOUBLE-BUFFER
[ 29.764] (II) LoadModule: "glx"
[ 29.764] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libglx.so
[ 29.801] (II) Module glx: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[ 29.801] compiled for 1.12.4, module version = 1.0.0
[ 29.801] ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 6.0
[ 29.801] (==) AIGLX enabled
[ 29.801] (II) Loading extension GLX
[ 29.801] (II) LoadModule: "record"
[ 29.801] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/librecord.so
[ 29.843] (II) Module record: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[ 29.844] compiled for 1.12.4, module version = 1.13.0
[ 29.844] Module class: X.Org Server Extension
[ 29.844] ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 6.0
[ 29.844] (II) Loading extension RECORD
[ 29.844] (II) LoadModule: "dri"
[ 29.844] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libdri.so
[ 29.872] (II) Module dri: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[ 29.872] compiled for 1.12.4, module version = 1.0.0
[ 29.872] ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 6.0
[ 29.873] (II) Loading extension XFree86-DRI
[ 29.873] (II) LoadModule: "dri2"
[ 29.873] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libdri2.so
[ 29.885] (II) Module dri2: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[ 29.885] compiled for 1.12.4, module version = 1.2.0
[ 29.885] ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 6.0
[ 29.885] (II) Loading extension DRI2
[ 29.885] (II) LoadModule: "nouveax"
[ 29.918] (WW) Warning, couldn't open module nouveax
[ 29.918] (II) UnloadModule: "nouveax"
[ 29.918] (II) Unloading nouveax
[ 29.918] (EE) Failed to load module "nouveax" (module does not exist, 0)
[ 29.918] (EE) No drivers available.
[ 29.918]
Fatal server error:
[ 29.918] no screens found
[ 29.918]
...



IV) /etc/X11/xorg.conf

#created this file to help troubleshoot x crashes on startup (e.g. with
Nouveax)

Section "Device"
Identifier "Configured Video Device"

BusID "PCI:240:16:0" #also maybe not correct, but trying to ignore
monitor anyway
Driver "nouveax"
Option "Monitor-DVI-1" "Configured Monitor"
#try TV instead of DVI above?
Option "Ignore" "true"
Option "NoAccel" "true"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"

Identifier "Configured Monitor"
Option "Ignore" "true"
EndSection

#is this the default screen? It is actually in my case the only one I use

Section "Screen"
Identifier "Default Screen"

Device "Configured Video Device"
Option "NoAccel" "true"
#not sure if NoAccel is require above (have tried with and without)
EndSection


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