Nvidia GeForce2 MX 100 DDR/200 DDR (SOLVED)

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leafly_it · Post by **leafly_it** » Sat Apr 29, 2006 9:02 pm

Hi all!
Recently I have installed Gentoo and I am enthusiastic! I had used stage 3 but after I recompiled all the system.
I have a problem with Nvidia driver....
I have followed this guide http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/nvidia-guide.xml but when I reboot I received this error

(II) Setting vga for screen 0.
(**) 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): Linear framebuffer at 0xD0000000
(--) NVIDIA(0): MMIO registers at 0xDC000000
(EE) NVIDIA(0): Failed to initialize the NVIDIA kernel module!
(EE) NVIDIA(0): *** Aborting ***
(II) UnloadModule: "nvidia"
(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.

My xorg.conf is this

Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "X.Org Configured"
Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0
InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
# PS/2 Mouse not detected
# Serial Mouse not detected
InputDevice "USB Mouse" "AlwaysCore"
#No Synaptics touchpad found
EndSection

Section "ServerFlags"
Option "AllowMouseOpenFail" "true"

EndSection

.......

Section "Module"
Load "ddc"
Load "vbe"
# Load "GLcore"
Load "dbe"
# Load "dri"
Load "extmod"
Load "glx"
Load "bitmap"
# Load "speedo"
Load "type1"
Load "freetype"
Load "record"
EndSection

.............

# Auto-generated by mkxf86config

Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Monitor0"
HorizSync 28.0 - 96.0
VertRefresh 50.0 - 75.0
EndSection

Section "Device"
### Available Driver options are:-
# sw_cursor is needed for some ati and radeon cards
#Option "sw_cursor"
#Option "hw_cursor"
#Option "NoAccel"
#Option "ShowCache"
#Option "ShadowFB"
#Option "UseFBDev"
#Option "Rotate"
Identifier "NVIDIA Corporation NV11DDR [GeForce2 MX 100 DDR/200 DDR]"
# The following line is auto-generated by x11-misc/mkxf86config
Driver "nvidia"
VendorName "All"
BoardName "All"
# BusID "PCI:1:0:0"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen0"
Device "NVIDIA Corporation NV11DDR [GeForce2 MX 100 DDR/200 DDR]"
Monitor "Monitor0"
DefaultColorDepth 24
.........
EndSection

Section "DRI"
Mode 0666
EndSection

My kernel is 2.6.15-gentoo-r1 and the link in /usr/src is correct.

I have made all the steps in the guide except for

A good framebuffer alternative is VESA:

Code Listing 2.4: Enable VESA support

Device Drivers --->
Graphics Support --->
<*> VESA VGA graphics support

Then, under "VESA driver type" select either vesafb or vesafb-tng:

Code Listing 2.5: Select framebuffer type

( ) vesafb
(X) vesafb-tng

In my xconfig I have not the options "vesa" or "vesa-tng"
This is my "lsmod"

lsmod
Module Size Used by
.......
nvidia 3464092 -

Has someone a hint?
Bye! Lvi

erik258 · Post by **erik258** » Sat Apr 29, 2006 9:33 pm

Very nice post, well put together; way to provide lots of information I was happy to be able to review.

Perhaps this multilated exerpt from the gentoo nvidia guide you mentioned has something to do with it.

Code Listing 2.8: Unsupported cards

...
GeForce DDR
...
GeForce2 MX Integrated graphics

I don't know whether your card is integrated or is just on first pci slot.

leafly_it · Post by **leafly_it** » Sun Apr 30, 2006 8:17 am

I don't know whether your card is integrated or is just on first pci slot.

It's not integrated.... It is on first pci slot.

I tried this after had senn that in /dev there weren't nvidia devices

I get "no screens found" and the logs state "Failed to initialize the NVIDIA kernel module!"

You're most likely missing the /dev/nvidia* device files. Create them using NVmakedevices.sh:

Code Listing 3.2: Creating the nvidia device nodes

# /sbin/NVmakedevices.sh

If your /dev/nvidia devices are still missing every time you reboot, then it is most likely because udev is not automatically creating the proper device nodes. You can fix this by re-running NVmakedevices.sh, and then editing /etc/conf.d/rc as shown:

Then I recived this output from X

(II) LoadModule: "nvidia"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/modules/drivers/nvidia_drv.o
(II) Module nvidia: vendor="NVIDIA Corporation"
compiled for 4.0.2, module version = 1.0.6629
Module class: XFree86 Video Driver
(II) LoadModule: "kbd"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/modules/input/kbd_drv.o
(II) Module kbd: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
compiled for 6.8.2, module version = 1.0.0
Module class: X.Org XInput Driver
ABI class: X.Org XInput driver, version 0.4
(II) LoadModule: "mouse"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/modules/input/mouse_drv.o
(II) Module mouse: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
compiled for 6.8.2, module version = 1.0.0
Module class: X.Org XInput Driver
ABI class: X.Org XInput driver, version 0.4
(II) NVIDIA X Driver 1.0-6629 Wed Nov 3 13:14:07 PST 2004
(II) NVIDIA Unified Driver for all NVIDIA GPUs
(II) Primary Device is: PCI 01:00:0
(--) Assigning device section with no busID to primary device
(--) Chipset NVIDIA GPU found
(II) resource ranges after xf86ClaimFixedResources() call:
........
(II) Setting vga for screen 0.
(**) 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): Linear framebuffer at 0xD0000000
(--) NVIDIA(0): MMIO registers at 0xDC000000
(II) NVIDIA(0): NVIDIA GPU detected as: GeForce2 MX 100/200
(--) NVIDIA(0): VideoBIOS: 03.11.01.30.00
(--) NVIDIA(0): Interlaced video modes are not supported on this GPU
(II) NVIDIA(0): Detected AGP rate: 4X
(--) NVIDIA(0): VideoRAM: 32768 kBytes
(II) NVIDIA(0): Connected display device(s): CRT-0
(--) NVIDIA(0): Display device CRT-0: maximum pixel clock at 8 bpp: 350 MHz
(--) NVIDIA(0): Display device CRT-0: maximum pixel clock at 16 bpp: 350 MHz
(--) NVIDIA(0): Display device CRT-0: maximum pixel clock at 32 bpp: 300 MHz
(II) Loading sub module "ddc"
(II) LoadModule: "ddc"
(II) Reloading /usr/lib/modules/libddc.a
(WW) NVIDIA(0): The user specified HorizSync "28.000-96.000" has been adjusted
(WW) NVIDIA(0): to "30.000-60.000" (the intersection with EDID-specified
(WW) NVIDIA(0): HorizSync "30.000-60.000")
(WW) NVIDIA(0): The user specified VertRefresh "50.000-75.000" has been
(WW) NVIDIA(0): adjusted to "56.000-75.000" (the intersection with
(WW) NVIDIA(0): EDID-specified VertRefresh "56.000-75.000"
(II) NVIDIA(0): Monitor0: Using hsync range of 30.00-60.00 kHz
(II) NVIDIA(0): Monitor0: Using vrefresh range of 56.00-75.00 Hz
(II) NVIDIA(0): Clock range: 12.00 to 300.00 MHz
.........
(II) NVIDIA(0): Virtual screen size determined to be 1024 x 768

and then the screen became black and I had to restart the system

My output under Debian is

(II) LoadModule: "nvidia"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/drivers/nvidia_drv.o
(II) Module nvidia: vendor="NVIDIA Corporation"
compiled for 4.0.2, module version = 1.0.7174
Module class: XFree86 Video Driver
(II) LoadModule: "mouse"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/input/mouse_drv.o
(II) Module mouse: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
compiled for 4.3.0.1, module version = 1.0.0
Module class: XFree86 XInput Driver
ABI class: XFree86 XInput driver, version 0.4
(II) NVIDIA X Driver 1.0-7174 Tue Mar 22 06:48:37 PST 2005
(II) NVIDIA Unified Driver for all NVIDIA GPUs
(II) Primary Device is: PCI 01:00:0
(--) Assigning device section with no busID to primary device
(--) Chipset NVIDIA GPU found
(II) resource ranges after xf86ClaimFixedResources() call:
.........
(II) Setting vga for screen 0.
(**) 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): Linear framebuffer at 0xD0000000
(--) NVIDIA(0): MMIO registers at 0xDC000000
(II) NVIDIA(0): NVIDIA GPU detected as: GeForce2 MX 100/200
(--) NVIDIA(0): VideoBIOS: 03.11.01.30.00
(--) NVIDIA(0): Interlaced video modes are not supported on this GPU
(II) NVIDIA(0): Detected AGP rate: 4X
(--) NVIDIA(0): VideoRAM: 32768 kBytes
(II) NVIDIA(0): Connected display device(s): CRT-0
(--) NVIDIA(0): Display device CRT-0: maximum pixel clock at 8 bpp: 350 MHz
(--) NVIDIA(0): Display device CRT-0: maximum pixel clock at 16 bpp: 350 MHz
(--) NVIDIA(0): Display device CRT-0: maximum pixel clock at 32 bpp: 300 MHz
(II) Loading sub module "ddc"
(II) LoadModule: "ddc"
(II) Reloading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libddc.a
..........
(II) NVIDIA(0): Virtual screen size determined to be 1024 x 768
(--) NVIDIA(0): Display dimensions: (300, 230) mm
(--) NVIDIA(0): DPI set to (86, 84)
(II) Loading sub module "fb"
(II) LoadModule: "fb"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libfb.a
(II) Module fb: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
compiled for 4.3.0.1, module version = 1.0.0
ABI class: XFree86 ANSI C Emulation, version 0.2
(II) Loading sub module "ramdac"
(II) LoadModule: "ramdac"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libramdac.a
(II) Module ramdac: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
compiled for 4.3.0.1, module version = 0.1.0
ABI class: XFree86 Video Driver, version 0.6
(--) Depth 24 pixmap format is 32 bpp
(II) do I need RAC? No, I don't.
(II) resource ranges after preInit:
............
(II) NVIDIA(0): Setting mode "1024x768"
(II) Loading extension NV-GLX
(II) NVIDIA(0): NVIDIA 3D Acceleration Architecture Initialized
(II) NVIDIA(0): Using the NVIDIA 2D acceleration architecture
(==) NVIDIA(0): Backing store disabled
(==) NVIDIA(0): Silken mouse enabled
(**) Option "dpms"
(**) NVIDIA(0): DPMS enabled
(II) Loading extension NV-CONTROL
(==) RandR enabled
(II) Initializing built-in extension MIT-SHM
(II) Initializing built-in extension XInputExtension
(II) Initializing built-in extension XTEST
(II) Initializing built-in extension XKEYBOARD
(II) Initializing built-in extension LBX
(II) Initializing built-in extension XC-APPGROUP
(II) Initializing built-in extension SECURITY
(II) Initializing built-in extension XINERAMA
(II) Initializing built-in extension XFree86-Bigfont
(II) Initializing built-in extension RENDER
(II) Initializing built-in extension RANDR
(II) Initializing extension GLX
........

My XF86.config under Debian is

.......

Section "Module"
# Load "GLcore"
Load "bitmap"
Load "dbe"
Load "ddc"
# Load "dri"
Load "extmod"
Load "freetype"
Load "glx"
Load "int10"
Load "record"
Load "speedo"
Load "type1"
Load "vbe"
Load "xtt"
EndSection
.........

Section "Device"
Identifier "NVIDIA Corporation NV11DDR [GeForce2 MX 100 DDR/200 DDR]"
Driver "nvidia"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
Identifier "SyncMaster"
HorizSync 30-60
VertRefresh 56-75
Option "DPMS"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
Identifier "Default Screen"
Device "NVIDIA Corporation NV11DDR [GeForce2 MX 100 DDR/200 DDR]"
Monitor "SyncMaster"
DefaultDepth 24
..........

Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "Default Layout"
Screen "Default Screen"
InputDevice "Generic Keyboard"
InputDevice "Configured Mouse"
EndSection

Section "DRI"
Mode 0666
EndSection

My lspci is

00:00.0 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8363/8365 [KT133/KM133] (rev 03)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8363/8365 [KT133/KM133 AGP]
00:07.0 ISA bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C686 [Apollo Super South] (rev 40)
00:07.1 IDE interface: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C586A/B/VT82C686/A/B/VT823x/A/C PIPC Bus Master IDE (rev 06)
00:07.2 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev 16)
00:07.3 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev 16)
00:07.4 Bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C686 [Apollo Super ACPI] (rev 40)
00:07.5 Multimedia audio controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C686 AC97 Audio Controller (rev 50)
00:07.6 Communication controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. AC'97 Modem Controller (rev 30)
00:09.0 Ethernet controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT6105 [Rhine-III] (rev 86)
00:0a.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): VIA Technologies, Inc. IEEE 1394 Host Controller (rev 46)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV11DDR [GeForce2 MX 100 DDR/200 DDR] (rev b2)

Have I to reemerge nvidia?
Bye Lvi.

JohnY · Post by **JohnY** » Sun Apr 30, 2006 5:30 pm

You could try re-emerging nvidia. With some versions of udev, I actually put /sbin/NVmakedevices.sh in /etc/config.d/local.start to make sure the nvidia devices get created.

JohnY

chaseguard · Post by **chaseguard** » Mon May 01, 2006 1:01 am

I too use a GForce 2 card. Here is what I think (may be really off base): Some time ago, when Nvidia came out with the wonderful kernel/driver that had many improvments and configuration possibilities they dropped support for some of their earlier products. I have not been successful with any Nvidia kernel or glx combination that was later than 7174 using my card. Going to modular X11 or another Linux kernel scares me for this reason and I am not interested in buying a later video card. Check the Nvidia docs for what cards are supported.

erik258 · Post by **erik258** » Mon May 01, 2006 6:18 pm

I have heard of problems with kernel 2.6.(15+), nvidia 1.(<8) xxx , and usev.

try the ~x86 release, works to a T for me.

leafly_it · Post by **leafly_it** » Mon May 01, 2006 7:49 pm

try the ~x86 release, works to a T for me

I have installed the ~x86 and all is working fine!

I edited these files

cat /etc/portage/package.unmask
net-im/skype
=media-video/nvidia-kernel-1.0.7174-r2
=media-video/nvidia-glx-1.0.7174-r5

cat /etc/portage/package.keywords
=media-video/nvidia-kernel-1.0.7174-r2 ~x86
=media-video/nvidia-glx-1.0.7174-r5 ~x86

Then I followed the steps in the guide http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/nvidia-guide.xml.

The next step will be try some more recent nvidia-kernel!
Thank you all!!!