I've put a Nvidia Quadro card in my machine. It was first detected as Quadro4 200/400 NVS. I have the pigtail for dual monitors. I've tried tweaking the xorg file to get it working, to no avail. So I then downloaded the 9631 version driver from Nvidia. The readme for the newer files said that they didn't support this card. I run the installer, it builds the module, but gets stopped at "-1 Invalid module format"
Now, what to do?
On 4/5/07, David A. Woyciesjes david.woyciesjes@yale.edu wrote:
I've put a Nvidia Quadro card in my machine. It was first detected asQuadro4 200/400 NVS. I have the pigtail for dual monitors. I've tried tweaking the xorg file to get it working, to no avail. So I then downloaded the 9631 version driver from Nvidia. The readme for the newer files said that they didn't support this card. I run the installer, it builds the module, but gets stopped at "-1 Invalid module format"
Now, what to do?
You have to get the the latest legacy drivers for nvidia. http://www.nvidia.com/object/linux_display_ia32_1.0-7184.html
They removed support for most of the 'older' video cards, so you have to get the archive driver release.
Jim Perrin wrote:
On 4/5/07, David A. Woyciesjes david.woyciesjes@yale.edu wrote:
I've put a Nvidia Quadro card in my machine. It was firstdetected as Quadro4 200/400 NVS. I have the pigtail for dual monitors. I've tried tweaking the xorg file to get it working, to no avail. So I then downloaded the 9631 version driver from Nvidia. The readme for the newer files said that they didn't support this card. I run the installer, it builds the module, but gets stopped at "-1 Invalid module format"
Now, what to do?
You have to get the the latest legacy drivers for nvidia. http://www.nvidia.com/object/linux_display_ia32_1.0-7184.html
They removed support for most of the 'older' video cards, so you have to get the archive driver release.
Hmmm... I'll give that a whirl. The readme files suggested the 9631 version...
Jim Perrin wrote:
On 4/5/07, David A. Woyciesjes david.woyciesjes@yale.edu wrote:
I've put a Nvidia Quadro card in my machine. It was firstdetected as Quadro4 200/400 NVS. I have the pigtail for dual monitors. I've tried tweaking the xorg file to get it working, to no avail. So I then downloaded the 9631 version driver from Nvidia. The readme for the newer files said that they didn't support this card. I run the installer, it builds the module, but gets stopped at "-1 Invalid module format"
Now, what to do?
You have to get the the latest legacy drivers for nvidia. http://www.nvidia.com/object/linux_display_ia32_1.0-7184.html
They removed support for most of the 'older' video cards, so you have to get the archive driver release.
Same reaction, "-1 invalid module format". Has anyone gotten dual monitor to work on this card with the included nv driver? Also, livna.org shows rpms of these nvidia drivers for FC5. What are the odds they would work on CentOS 4.4?
-----Original Message----- From: centos-bounces@centos.org [mailto:centos-bounces@centos.org] On Behalf Of David A. Woyciesjes Sent: Thursday, April 05, 2007 4:27 PM To: CentOS mailing list Subject: Re: [CentOS] NVidia Quadro4 200/400 NVS CentoOS 4.4
Jim Perrin wrote:
On 4/5/07, David A. Woyciesjes david.woyciesjes@yale.edu wrote:
I've put a Nvidia Quadro card in my machine. It was firstdetected as Quadro4 200/400 NVS. I have the pigtail for dual monitors.
I've tried
tweaking the xorg file to get it working, to no avail. So I then downloaded the 9631 version driver from Nvidia. The readme for the newer files said that they didn't support this card. I run the installer, it builds the module, but
gets stopped
at "-1 Invalid module format"
Now, what to do?
You have to get the the latest legacy drivers for nvidia. http://www.nvidia.com/object/linux_display_ia32_1.0-7184.html
They removed support for most of the 'older' video cards,
so you have
to get the archive driver release.
Same reaction, "-1 invalid module format". Has anyone gotten dual monitor to work on this card with the included nv driver? Also, livna.org shows rpms of these nvidia drivers for FC5. What are the odds they would work on CentOS 4.4?
Are you using an old kernel or do you not have the latest version of gcc? I think (I'm not absolutely sure) "invalid module format" means the version of gcc used to compile your kernel is not the same version as the one you're using to compile the nvidia driver.
This could be either because you're using an old kernel or old gcc. Try to update both and recompile the driver.
I use an nvidia NVS 280 on my centos 4.4 and it works fine.
Michael
Michael Velez wrote:
-----Original Message-----
Jim Perrin wrote:
On 4/5/07, David A. Woyciesjes david.woyciesjes@yale.edu wrote:
I've put a Nvidia Quadro card in my machine. It was firstdetected as Quadro4 200/400 NVS. I have the pigtail for dual monitors.
I've tried
tweaking the xorg file to get it working, to no avail. So I then downloaded the 9631 version driver from Nvidia. The readme for the newer files said that they didn't support this card. I run the installer, it builds the module, but
gets stopped
at "-1 Invalid module format"
Now, what to do?
You have to get the the latest legacy drivers for nvidia. http://www.nvidia.com/object/linux_display_ia32_1.0-7184.html
They removed support for most of the 'older' video cards,
so you have
to get the archive driver release.
Same reaction, "-1 invalid module format". Has anyone gotten dual monitor to work on this card with the included nv driver? Also, livna.org shows rpms of these nvidia drivers for FC5. What are the odds they would work on CentOS 4.4?
Are you using an old kernel or do you not have the latest version of gcc? I think (I'm not absolutely sure) "invalid module format" means the version of gcc used to compile your kernel is not the same version as the one you're using to compile the nvidia driver.
This could be either because you're using an old kernel or old gcc. Try to update both and recompile the driver.
I use an nvidia NVS 280 on my centos 4.4 and it works fine.
Michael
Well, no updates for either in yum. Kernel is 2.6.9-42.0.10.ELsmp. gcc is v 3.4.6....
David A. Woyciesjes wrote:
Jim Perrin wrote:
On 4/5/07, David A. Woyciesjes david.woyciesjes@yale.edu wrote:
I've put a Nvidia Quadro card in my machine. It was firstdetected as Quadro4 200/400 NVS. I have the pigtail for dual monitors. I've tried tweaking the xorg file to get it working, to no avail. So I then downloaded the 9631 version driver from Nvidia. The readme for the newer files said that they didn't support this card. ...
I found nvidia-x11-drv-96xx-1.0.9631... in RPM forge. Anyone have success with this one? And how did you do it? I added it, and changed the xorg to nvidia from nv, and the xserver chokes. I remember seeing something about disabling the nv driver module, but can't find it now... Help...
I found nvidia-x11-drv-96xx-1.0.9631... in RPM forge. Anyone have success with this one? And how did you do it? I added it, and changed the xorg to nvidia from nv, and the xserver chokes. I remember seeing something about disabling the nv driver module, but can't find it now... Help...
Did you also make sure you have the following line in the Module section?
Load "glx"
And did you remove the following lines from that same Module section?
Load "dri" Load "Glcore"
Did you also switch the monitor cable from one pigtail end to the other. When I first installed my NVS 280, the monitor was giving me a strange color until I tried the other pigtail end (I guess one is the primary and one the secondary).
Michael
Michael Velez wrote:
I found nvidia-x11-drv-96xx-1.0.9631... in RPM forge. Anyone have success with this one? And how did you do it? I added it, and changed the xorg to nvidia from nv, and the xserver chokes. I remember seeing something about disabling the nv driver module, but can't find it now... Help...
Did you also make sure you have the following line in the Module section?
Load "glx"
And did you remove the following lines from that same Module section?
Load "dri" Load "Glcore"
Did you also switch the monitor cable from one pigtail end to the other. When I first installed my NVS 280, the monitor was giving me a strange color until I tried the other pigtail end (I guess one is the primary and one the secondary).
Yep, removed those lines. As for the pigtail, I didn't switch from one to the other. The monitor on tail 1 works fine. I want to get the 2nd tail working for my other monitor. Or am I confused thinking that this card can support 2 monitors? The card is detected as a Quadro4 NV17GL 200/400. Do you need any other info?
Yep, removed those lines. As for the pigtail, I didn't switch from one to the other. The monitor on tail 1 works fine. I want to get the 2nd tail working for my other monitor. Or am I confused thinking that this card can support 2 monitors? The card is detected as a Quadro4 NV17GL 200/400. Do you need any other info?
For the pigtails, I was just assuming one is primary so if you only have one monitor, you should use that one. I may be wrong but I had an issue like that when I installed my one monitor. You are correct in assuming it can support two monitors.
Do you see any errors in the /var/log/Xorg.0.log file? Specifically look for lines that start with (EE).
I have the same kernel and gcc. I have a quadro NVS 280 and have recompiled drivers for the past two and a half years.
I don't know what else to tell you.
michael
Michael Velez wrote:
Yep, removed those lines. As for the pigtail, I didn't switch from one to the other. The monitor on tail 1 works fine. I want to get the 2nd tail working for my other monitor. Or am I confused thinking that this card can support 2 monitors? The card is detected as a Quadro4 NV17GL 200/400. Do you need any other info?
For the pigtails, I was just assuming one is primary so if you only have one monitor, you should use that one. I may be wrong but I had an issue like that when I installed my one monitor. You are correct in assuming it can support two monitors.
Do you see any errors in the /var/log/Xorg.0.log file? Specifically look for lines that start with (EE).
I have the same kernel and gcc. I have a quadro NVS 280 and have recompiled drivers for the past two and a half years.
I don't know what else to tell you.
michael
First off, many thanks to you for you assistance, even though I haven't gotten it yet. A small favor, would you be able to quickly write something up for me as to the steps I should've taken? Or is there something somewhere that I've missed? Florin mentioned in another thread about trying ATrpms. I figure that's worth a shot too. Or is that not a good idea?
First off, many thanks to you for you assistance, even though I haven't gotten it yet. A small favor, would you be able to quickly write something up for me as to the steps I should've taken? Or is there something somewhere that I've missed? Florin mentioned in another thread about trying ATrpms. I figure that's worth a shot too. Or is that not a good idea?
-- --- David Woyciesjes
Did you not find any errors in the log file (/var/log/Xorg.0.log)? An error is highlighted by a line starting with: (EE)
I've never used Atrpms. I can't comment.
Below is the procedure I follow.
Hope this helps, Michael
--------------
* Execute the following command :
# sh NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-X.X-XXXX-pkgX.run Choose to replace the existing driver. Choose not to download precompiled header files and then build kernel. Choose OK for the rest (I believe that's it; if there are other questions, they should be self-evident).
* Edit the X config file '/etc/X11/xorg.conf' file by doing the following: -In the Module section, make sure you have the following line: Load "glx" -In the Module section, remove the following lines: Load "dri" Load "GLcore" -In the appropriate device section (the one for video cards), replace the line: Driver "nv" (orDriver "vesa") With: Driver "nvidia" -In the same device section, you can also update the VendorName and BoardName - In the same device section, add the following line: Option "NoLogo" (optional to not show nvidia Logo at X startup) - In the Monitor section, replace the lines: HorizSync 31.5 - 37.9 VertRefresh 50.0 - 70.0 With what is appropriate for your monitor - In the Screen section, Display subsection, replace the line: Modes "640x480" With what is appropriate for your monitor (e.g.: Modes "1024x768" "640x480")
Michael Velez wrote:
First off, many thanks to you for you assistance, even though I haven't gotten it yet. A small favor, would you be able to quickly write something up for me as to the steps I should've taken? Or is there something somewhere that I've missed? Florin mentioned in another thread about trying ATrpms. I figure that's worth a shot too. Or is that not a good idea?
Did you not find any errors in the log file (/var/log/Xorg.0.log)? An error is highlighted by a line starting with: (EE)
Nope. Not in the ones currently there. I'll try adding the nvidia driver into xorg.conf again, and report what comes up.
I've never used Atrpms. I can't comment.
Not a problem. From what I gather, it's questionable anyway. I've done a little more poking around the Repo page on the Wiki, and I've just added CentOS Plus, kbsExtras, and kbsMisc. Anyone have thoughts on those?
Did you not find any errors in the log file
(/var/log/Xorg.0.log)? An
error is highlighted by a line starting with: (EE)
Nope. Not in the ones currently there. I'll try adding the nvidia driver into xorg.conf again, and report what comes up.
My mistake. You are actually still trying to build aren't you? I believe you were getting an invalid module error.
Sorry I couldn't be of more help.
I've never used Atrpms. I can't comment.
Not a problem. From what I gather, it's questionable anyway. I've done a little more poking around the Repo page on the Wiki, and I've just added CentOS Plus, kbsExtras, and kbsMisc. Anyone have thoughts on those?
I wouldn't put CentOS Plus as a repo. I did that to get PHP5 and had a lot of depencency errors when running yum.
Michael Velez wrote:
Did you not find any errors in the log file
(/var/log/Xorg.0.log)? An
error is highlighted by a line starting with: (EE)
Nope. Not in the ones currently there. I'll try adding the nvidia driver into xorg.conf again, and report what comes up.
My mistake. You are actually still trying to build aren't you? I believe you were getting an invalid module error.
Sorry I couldn't be of more help.
First, I'll the the nvidia drivers from RPMForge, then the notes you sent about building would be next. :)
I've never used Atrpms. I can't comment.
Not a problem. From what I gather, it's questionable anyway. I've done a little more poking around the Repo page on the Wiki, and I've just added CentOS Plus, kbsExtras, and kbsMisc. Anyone have thoughts on those?
I wouldn't put CentOS Plus as a repo. I did that to get PHP5 and had a lot of depencency errors when running yum.
Hmmm, okay. I'll leave it as disabled.
Michael Velez wrote:
I wouldn't put CentOS Plus as a repo. I did that to get PHP5 and had a lot of depencency errors when running yum.
Even if you follow precisely the procedre on this page?
http://wiki.centos.org/Repositories/CentOSPlus
I am just curious.
Akemi
-----Original Message----- From: centos-bounces@centos.org [mailto:centos-bounces@centos.org] On Behalf Of A Yagi at gmail Sent: Tuesday, April 10, 2007 2:19 PM To: CentOS mailing list Subject: Re: [CentOS] NVidia Quadro4 200/400 NVS CentoOS 4.4
Michael Velez wrote:
I wouldn't put CentOS Plus as a repo. I did that to get PHP5 and had a lot of depencency errors when running yum.
Even if you follow precisely the procedre on this page?
http://wiki.centos.org/Repositories/CentOSPlus
I am just curious.
Akemi
I could not answer that but that link, itself, mentions you probably don't want to enable CentOS Plus as a whole but just select specific packages.
The CentOS team should probably answer this question.
First off, many thanks to you for you assistance, even though I haven't gotten it yet. A small favor, would you be able to quickly write something up for me as to the steps I should've taken? Or is there something somewhere that I've missed? Florin mentioned in another thread about trying ATrpms. I figure that's worth a shot too. Or is that not a good idea?
I may hit myself with a 2x4, but did you check the /var/log/nvidia-installer.log file?
Can you check your module-init-tools version with a: rpm -q module-init-tools?
Mine are: Module-init-tools-3.1-0.pre5.3.2
Michael
Michael Velez wrote:
First off, many thanks to you for you assistance, even though I haven't gotten it yet. A small favor, would you be able to quickly write something up for me as to the steps I should've taken? Or is there something somewhere that I've missed? Florin mentioned in another thread about trying ATrpms. I figure that's worth a shot too. Or is that not a good idea?
I may hit myself with a 2x4, but did you check the /var/log/nvidia-installer.log file?
Can you check your module-init-tools version with a: rpm -q module-init-tools?
That's where I saw the "Unable to load kernel module 'nvidia.ko'... -1 Invalid module format." last week.
Mine are: Module-init-tools-3.1-0.pre5.3.2
Yep. Same here.
Michael Velez wrote:
First off, many thanks to you for you assistance, even though I haven't gotten it yet. A small favor, would you be able to quickly write something up for me as to the steps I should've taken? Or is there something somewhere that I've missed? Florin mentioned in another thread about trying ATrpms. I figure that's worth a shot too. Or is that not a good idea?
I may hit myself with a 2x4, but did you check the /var/log/nvidia-installer.log file?
Added nvidia-legacy drivers from rpmForge. X could not start. From Xorg.0.log: (II) LoadModule: "bitmap" (WW) Warning, couldn't open module "bitmap" (II) UnloadModule: "bitmap" (EE) Failed to load module "bitmap" (module does not exist, 0) (II) LoadModule: "pcidata" (WW) Warning, couldn't open module "pcidata" (II) UnloadModule: "pcidata" (EE) Failed to load module "pcidata" (module does not exist, 0)
Fatal server error: Unable to load required base modules, Exiting...
Hmmm... Upon inspecting xorg.conf, I find dri is set to load (bad) glx is set to load (good), and nothing about glcore... Time to edit that by hand, according to Michael's previous notes...
David A. Woyciesjes wrote:
Michael Velez wrote:
First off, many thanks to you for you assistance, even though Ihaven't gotten it yet. A small favor, would you be able to quickly write something up for me as to the steps I should've taken? Or is there something somewhere that I've missed? Florin mentioned in another thread about trying ATrpms. I figure that's worth a shot too. Or is that not a good idea?
I may hit myself with a 2x4, but did you check the /var/log/nvidia-installer.log file?
Added nvidia-legacy drivers from rpmForge. X could not start. From Xorg.0.log: (II) LoadModule: "bitmap" (WW) Warning, couldn't open module "bitmap" (II) UnloadModule: "bitmap" (EE) Failed to load module "bitmap" (module does not exist, 0) (II) LoadModule: "pcidata" (WW) Warning, couldn't open module "pcidata" (II) UnloadModule: "pcidata" (EE) Failed to load module "pcidata" (module does not exist, 0)
Fatal server error: Unable to load required base modules, Exiting...
Hmmm... Upon inspecting xorg.conf, I find dri is set to load (bad) glx is set to load (good), and nothing about glcore... Time to edit that by hand, according to Michael's previous notes...
Same reaction. But I think I'm making progress?
Added nvidia-legacy drivers from rpmForge. X could not start. From Xorg.0.log: (II) LoadModule: "bitmap" (WW) Warning, couldn't open module "bitmap" (II) UnloadModule: "bitmap" (EE) Failed to load module "bitmap" (module does not exist, 0) (II) LoadModule: "pcidata" (WW) Warning, couldn't open module "pcidata" (II) UnloadModule: "pcidata" (EE) Failed to load module "pcidata" (module does not exist, 0)
Fatal server error: Unable to load required base modules, Exiting...
Hmmm... Upon inspecting xorg.conf, I find dri is set to
load (bad) glx
is set to load (good), and nothing about glcore... Time to
edit that
by hand, according to Michael's previous notes...
From my Xorg.0.log, "bitmap" is found in:
/usr/X11R6/lib64/modules/fonts/libbitmap.a
And pcidata in:
/usr/X11R6/lib64/modules/libpcidata.a
I have a 64-bit machine so you may have to replace lib64 with lib.
The package which provides these 2 files is xorg-x11-6.8.2-1.EL.13.37.7
Verify if you have this package and that it's the correct version.
Michael
Michael Velez wrote:
Added nvidia-legacy drivers from rpmForge. X could not start. From Xorg.0.log: (II) LoadModule: "bitmap" (WW) Warning, couldn't open module "bitmap" (II) UnloadModule: "bitmap" (EE) Failed to load module "bitmap" (module does not exist, 0) (II) LoadModule: "pcidata" (WW) Warning, couldn't open module "pcidata" (II) UnloadModule: "pcidata" (EE) Failed to load module "pcidata" (module does not exist, 0)
Fatal server error: Unable to load required base modules, Exiting...
Hmmm... Upon inspecting xorg.conf, I find dri is set to
load (bad) glx
is set to load (good), and nothing about glcore... Time to
edit that
by hand, according to Michael's previous notes...
From my Xorg.0.log, "bitmap" is found in:
/usr/X11R6/lib64/modules/fonts/libbitmap.a
And pcidata in:
/usr/X11R6/lib64/modules/libpcidata.a
I have a 64-bit machine so you may have to replace lib64 with lib.
The package which provides these 2 files is xorg-x11-6.8.2-1.EL.13.37.7
Verify if you have this package and that it's the correct version.
Yep, have it, same ver. When I let it reconfigure the x server itself, and it chooses nv, I get 1280x1024 24bit just fine. The Xorg.0.log file also seems to indicate that it know there are 2 monitors attached... Comparing the log files from the nv & nvidia attempts - what pops out is nvidia sets the ModulePath to "/usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/nvidia, /usr/lib/xorg/modules". modules directory only has extensions and drivers folders, while the nvidia directory mentioned only has libglx.so... The nv Xorg log file is "/usr/X11R6/lib/modules"...
I wonder if it would work to sudo cp those files to where it looking? Probably best to find out where the ModulePath is getting changed/set. Question is, how is a Win refugee to do that?
Comparing the log files from the nv & nvidia attempts - what pops out is nvidia sets the ModulePath to "/usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/nvidia, /usr/lib/xorg/modules". modules directory only has extensions and drivers folders, while the nvidia directory mentioned only has libglx.so... The nv Xorg log file is "/usr/X11R6/lib/modules"...
I wonder if it would work to sudo cp those files to where it looking? Probably best to find out where the ModulePath is getting changed/set. Question is, how is a Win refugee to do that?
You can set that in the xorg.conf file in the Files section
If you do a:
# man xorg.conf
You'll have all the info on xorg.conf you need. Set the ModulePath variable the same way RGBPath was set but substituting the required directories in a comma-separated list.
Michael
Michael Velez wrote:
Comparing the log files from the nv & nvidia attempts - what pops out is nvidia sets the ModulePath to "/usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/nvidia, /usr/lib/xorg/modules". modules directory only has extensions and drivers folders, while the nvidia directory mentioned only has libglx.so... The nv Xorg log file is "/usr/X11R6/lib/modules"...
I wonder if it would work to sudo cp those files to where it looking? Probably best to find out where the ModulePath is getting changed/set. Question is, how is a Win refugee to do that?
You can set that in the xorg.conf file in the Files section
If you do a:
# man xorg.conf
You'll have all the info on xorg.conf you need. Set the ModulePath variable the same way RGBPath was set but substituting the required directories in a comma-separated list.
Well, color me red and call me stupid! That was way too obvious & easy... I added this :
ModulePath "/usr/X11R6/lib/modules, /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/nvidia, /usr/lib/xorg/modules"
This time it couldn't find the module nvidia, which appears to be in... /etc/modprobe.d. Unless that's not the file I'm looking for (as eyes glaze over...)
Slowly getting there...
Well, color me red and call me stupid! That was way too obvious & easy... I added this :
ModulePath "/usr/X11R6/lib/modules, /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/nvidia, /usr/lib/xorg/modules"
This time it couldn't find the module nvidia, which appears to be in... /etc/modprobe.d. Unless that's not the file I'm looking for (as eyes glaze over...)
Slowly getting there...
My X log file tells me the nvidia module is in:
/usr/X11R6/lib64/modules/drivers/nvidia_drv.so
Again I'm assuming you would have to replace lib64 with lib.
Michael
Michael Velez wrote:
Well, color me red and call me stupid! That was way too obvious & easy... I added this :
ModulePath "/usr/X11R6/lib/modules, /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/nvidia, /usr/lib/xorg/modules"
This time it couldn't find the module nvidia, which appears to be in... /etc/modprobe.d. Unless that's not the file I'm looking for (as eyes glaze over...)
Slowly getting there...
My X log file tells me the nvidia module is in:
/usr/X11R6/lib64/modules/drivers/nvidia_drv.so
Again I'm assuming you would have to replace lib64 with lib.
Hmmm... Mine is in /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers. I wonder, the ModulePath options are supposed to be comma separated. I'm getting the felling that I didn't format it right. Should I have left out the spaces? No wait, man xorg.conf says the strings ignore whitespace... Adjust the ModulePath line ( add /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers), or symlink to the file?
Hmmm... Mine is in /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers. I wonder, the ModulePath options are supposed to be comma separated. I'm getting the felling that I didn't format it right. Should I have left out the spaces? No wait, man xorg.conf says the strings ignore whitespace... Adjust the ModulePath line ( add /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers), or symlink to the file?
I would add /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers to ModulePath and see what happens.
Michael
Michael Velez wrote:
Hmmm... Mine is in /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers. I wonder, the ModulePath options are supposed to be comma separated. I'm getting the felling that I didn't format it right. Should I have left out the spaces? No wait, man xorg.conf says the strings ignore whitespace... Adjust the ModulePath line ( add /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers), or symlink to the file?
I would add /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers to ModulePath and see what happens.
WooHoo! Points & thanks to you sir! Now to try and get dual-head working...
Michael Velez wrote:
WooHoo! Points & thanks to you sir! Now to try and get dual-head working...
Congratulations and you're welcome.
Remember to write down the procedures of what you did so you can easily replicate them if need be (system crash or other).
Well, I've got all the messages, and a copy of the xorg.conf file. :)
David A. Woyciesjes wrote:
Michael Velez wrote:
WooHoo! Points & thanks to you sir! Now to try and get dual-headworking...
Congratulations and you're welcome.
Remember to write down the procedures of what you did so you can easily replicate them if need be (system crash or other).
Got it going with TwinView! Once I had one monitor working with the nvidia driver, I was able to sudo nvidia-settings to enable the second monitor, separate desktops. Saved that xorg.conf file. Then I went back into nvidia-settings and enabled TwinView. Saved a copy of that too. The only thing I had to manually add to the xorg.conf file was the ModulePath line that Michael helped me out with. I can send a copy of those conf files, if anyone wants a look-see. Now to revive my quest of getting MeetingMaker to work right in Wine on this box...
Got it going with TwinView! Once I had one monitor working with the nvidia driver, I was able to sudo nvidia-settings to enable the second monitor, separate desktops. Saved that xorg.conf file. Then I went back into nvidia-settings and enabled TwinView. Saved a copy of that too. The only thing I had to manually add to the xorg.conf file was the ModulePath line that Michael helped me out with. I can send a copy of those conf files, if anyone wants a look-see. Now to revive my quest of getting MeetingMaker to work right in Wine on this box...
Good job! Actually, I wouldn't mind having a copy of your conf files. I may add a second monitor to mine and it would save some work. You can send them to my e-mail address.
Thanks, Michael
I wonder if it would work to sudo cp those files to where it looking? Probably best to find out where the ModulePath is getting changed/set. Question is, how is a Win refugee to do that?
Forgot to mention. If you do need to copy files around, don't. It's best to create symbolic links, using 'ln -s'. That way, if the original file gets changed, the symbolic link will see the change, which would not be true with a copy.
Michael Velez wrote:
I wonder if it would work to sudo cp those files to where it looking? Probably best to find out where the ModulePath is getting changed/set. Question is, how is a Win refugee to do that?
Forgot to mention. If you do need to copy files around, don't. It's best to create symbolic links, using 'ln -s'. That way, if the original file gets changed, the symbolic link will see the change, which would not be true with a copy.
Yeah, that's what I figured.
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On Thu, Apr 05, 2007 at 03:36:18PM -0400, David A. Woyciesjes wrote:
I've put a Nvidia Quadro card in my machine. It was first detected as Quadro4 200/400 NVS. I have the pigtail for dual monitors. I've tried tweaking the xorg file to get it working, to no avail. So I then downloaded the 9631 version driver from Nvidia. The readme for the newer files said that they didn't support this card. I run the installer, it builds the module, but gets stopped at "-1 Invalid module format"
If that is a Quadro NVS 210S, please let me know. I'm in need of information about that one, and can't find much anywhere.
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