[gentoo-user] problem with nvidia card -- could it be hardware?

[gentoo-user] problem with nvidia card -- could it be hardware?

[covici]

Hi.  I am using the nvidia GeForce GT 430 for years and suddenly within
the last few days, if I start gdm, it gives me an error, no screens
found and dumpss core and if I let it go it will keep dumping core and
filling up my root partition.  It works with my frame buffer, but no
longer with gdm or even startx.  So is this some kind of strange
hardware glitch?  I did downgrade the nvidia driver, but no joy.

Thanks in advance for any suggestions.

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Re: [gentoo-user] problem with nvidia card -- could it be hardware?

[Tom Wijsman]

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On Fri, 20 Jun 2014 04:58:24 -0400
covici@ccs.covici.com wrote:

> Hi.  I am using the nvidia GeForce GT 430 for years and suddenly
> within the last few days, if I start gdm, it gives me an error, no
> screens found and dumpss core and if I let it go it will keep dumping
> core and filling up my root partition.  It works with my frame
> buffer, but no longer with gdm or even startx.  So is this some kind
> of strange hardware glitch?  I did downgrade the nvidia driver, but
> no joy.
> 
> Thanks in advance for any suggestions.
> 

See

https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Project:Quality_Assurance/Backtraces

on how to obtain a backtrace from it; this backtrace provides you more
information about what went wrong, such that it can be further debugged.

It boils down to recompiling the package and its library dependencies
with debug flags, after which you can run a new core file through gdb.

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Re: [gentoo-user] problem with nvidia card -- could it be hardware?

[covici]

Tom Wijsman <TomWij@gentoo.org> wrote:

> On Fri, 20 Jun 2014 04:58:24 -0400
> covici@ccs.covici.com wrote:
> 
> > Hi.  I am using the nvidia GeForce GT 430 for years and suddenly
> > within the last few days, if I start gdm, it gives me an error, no
> > screens found and dumpss core and if I let it go it will keep dumping
> > core and filling up my root partition.  It works with my frame
> > buffer, but no longer with gdm or even startx.  So is this some kind
> > of strange hardware glitch?  I did downgrade the nvidia driver, but
> > no joy.
> > 
> > Thanks in advance for any suggestions.
> > 
> 
> See
> 
> https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Project:Quality_Assurance/Backtraces
> 
> on how to obtain a backtrace from it; this backtrace provides you more
> information about what went wrong, such that it can be further debugged.
> 
> It boils down to recompiling the package and its library dependencies
> with debug flags, after which you can run a new core file through gdb.

Well, I did a backtrace with what I had (I always have debug flags on)
and it seems that the error no screens found causes an intentional core
dump -- it was signal 6.  I will check the link and see if I should do
anything further.

Thanks very much for your quick response.



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Re: [gentoo-user] problem with nvidia card -- could it be hardware?

[Tom Wijsman]

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On Fri, 20 Jun 2014 08:11:29 -0400
covici@ccs.covici.com wrote:

> Well, I did a backtrace with what I had (I always have debug flags on)
> and it seems that the error no screens found causes an intentional
> core dump -- it was signal 6.  I will check the link and see if I
> should do anything further.

Hmm, that "no screens found" indicates a problem with the X server I
think; can you look at /var/log/Xorg.0.log and/or provide it to us?

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Re: [gentoo-user] problem with nvidia card -- could it be hardware?

[covici]

Tom Wijsman <TomWij@gentoo.org> wrote:

> On Fri, 20 Jun 2014 08:11:29 -0400
> covici@ccs.covici.com wrote:
> 
> > Well, I did a backtrace with what I had (I always have debug flags on)
> > and it seems that the error no screens found causes an intentional
> > core dump -- it was signal 6.  I will check the link and see if I
> > should do anything further.
> 
> Hmm, that "no screens found" indicates a problem with the X server I
> think; can you look at /var/log/Xorg.0.log and/or provide it to us?

I will see if I can find it again, but it did not give any other errors,
except that it said no such device, which meant hardware to me.

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Re: [gentoo-user] problem with nvidia card -- could it be hardware?

[covici]

Tom Wijsman <TomWij@gentoo.org> wrote:

> On Fri, 20 Jun 2014 08:11:29 -0400
> covici@ccs.covici.com wrote:
> 
> > Well, I did a backtrace with what I had (I always have debug flags on)
> > and it seems that the error no screens found causes an intentional
> > core dump -- it was signal 6.  I will check the link and see if I
> > should do anything further.
> 
> Hmm, that "no screens found" indicates a problem with the X server I
> think; can you look at /var/log/Xorg.0.log and/or provide it to us?

I also saw something about device probe failed, as though the device was not
supported.


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Re: [gentoo-user] problem with nvidia card -- could it be hardware?

[Alexander Kapshuk]

On 06/20/2014 11:58 AM, covici@ccs.covici.com wrote:
> Hi.  I am using the nvidia GeForce GT 430 for years and suddenly within
> the last few days, if I start gdm, it gives me an error, no screens
> found and dumpss core and if I let it go it will keep dumping core and
> filling up my root partition.  It works with my frame buffer, but no
> longer with gdm or even startx.  So is this some kind of strange
> hardware glitch?  I did downgrade the nvidia driver, but no joy.
>
> Thanks in advance for any suggestions.
>
You may want to take a look at this,
http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-858782-start-0.html, see if that helps.

What is the version of your nvidia driver?

Did the problem you're experiencing come about as a result of a recent
nvidia driver, and/or xorg server update?

As already suggested, having a look at your /var/log/Xorg.0.log may
through some more light on what could be amiss.

Re: [gentoo-user] problem with nvidia card -- could it be hardware?

[Daniel Frey]

On 06/20/2014 12:31 PM, Alexander Kapshuk wrote:
> On 06/20/2014 11:58 AM, covici@ccs.covici.com wrote:
>> Hi.  I am using the nvidia GeForce GT 430 for years and suddenly within
>> the last few days, if I start gdm, it gives me an error, no screens
>> found and dumpss core and if I let it go it will keep dumping core and
>> filling up my root partition.  It works with my frame buffer, but no
>> longer with gdm or even startx.  So is this some kind of strange
>> hardware glitch?  I did downgrade the nvidia driver, but no joy.
>>
>> Thanks in advance for any suggestions.
>>
> You may want to take a look at this,
> http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-858782-start-0.html, see if that helps.
> 
> What is the version of your nvidia driver?
> 
> Did the problem you're experiencing come about as a result of a recent
> nvidia driver, and/or xorg server update?
> 
> As already suggested, having a look at your /var/log/Xorg.0.log may
> through some more light on what could be amiss.
> 
> 

Also, if it started out of the blue, check your other hardware. When my
power supply started to go, X would randomly crap out with "No screens
found."

I'd let it sit for a few minutes and restart X and it would be fine.

Dan

Re: [gentoo-user] problem with nvidia card -- could it be hardware?

[covici]

Daniel Frey <djqfrey@gmail.com> wrote:

> On 06/20/2014 12:31 PM, Alexander Kapshuk wrote:
> > On 06/20/2014 11:58 AM, covici@ccs.covici.com wrote:
> >> Hi.  I am using the nvidia GeForce GT 430 for years and suddenly within
> >> the last few days, if I start gdm, it gives me an error, no screens
> >> found and dumpss core and if I let it go it will keep dumping core and
> >> filling up my root partition.  It works with my frame buffer, but no
> >> longer with gdm or even startx.  So is this some kind of strange
> >> hardware glitch?  I did downgrade the nvidia driver, but no joy.
> >>
> >> Thanks in advance for any suggestions.
> >>
> > You may want to take a look at this,
> > http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-858782-start-0.html, see if that helps.
> > 
> > What is the version of your nvidia driver?
> > 
> > Did the problem you're experiencing come about as a result of a recent
> > nvidia driver, and/or xorg server update?
> > 
> > As already suggested, having a look at your /var/log/Xorg.0.log may
> > through some more light on what could be amiss.
> > 
> > 
> 
> Also, if it started out of the blue, check your other hardware. When my
> power supply started to go, X would randomly crap out with "No screens
> found."
> 
> I'd let it sit for a few minutes and restart X and it would be fine.
OK, thanks to everyone who has responded.  I am going to try another
card and see if that fixes the problem as there are other things going
on in my systemwhich may relate i.e. v86d is using a lot more cpu that
it used to do, so we shall see.

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Re: [gentoo-user] problem with nvidia card -- could it be hardware?

[covici]

Alexander Kapshuk <alexander.kapshuk@gmail.com> wrote:

> On 06/20/2014 11:58 AM, covici@ccs.covici.com wrote:
> > Hi.  I am using the nvidia GeForce GT 430 for years and suddenly within
> > the last few days, if I start gdm, it gives me an error, no screens
> > found and dumpss core and if I let it go it will keep dumping core and
> > filling up my root partition.  It works with my frame buffer, but no
> > longer with gdm or even startx.  So is this some kind of strange
> > hardware glitch?  I did downgrade the nvidia driver, but no joy.
> >
> > Thanks in advance for any suggestions.
> >
> You may want to take a look at this,
> http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-858782-start-0.html, see if that helps.
> 
> What is the version of your nvidia driver?
> 
> Did the problem you're experiencing come about as a result of a recent
> nvidia driver, and/or xorg server update?
> 
> As already suggested, having a look at your /var/log/Xorg.0.log may
> through some more light on what could be amiss.
> 

So, it turned out that after I bought a new card and had some problems
with that card (user error it turned out), I put back the old card and
it worked fine, so just reseating the thing made it work much better --
I thought I would reply to this in case anyone else was having a problem
like this.


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