On Thursday, 27 June 2024 22:06:36 BST Dale wrote: > Mark Knecht wrote: > > On Thu, Jun 27, 2024 at 12:03 AM Dale > > > > wrote: > > > Update. I played around a bit. I figured I didn't have a lot to lose > > > here. It either works, or it doesn't. After playing around a bit, I > > > got it to work. I have not restarted it to see if it will work again, > > > yet. I wanted to grab some log info first, while it is working. So, > > > this part is about when KDE comes up completely but could include some > > > attempts that failed. Comes up completely means, in the correct > > > resolution, background image and the panel thing on the bottom, which > > > means plasma is running as it should. I'm doing these inside the email > > > instead of as attachments. Sorry for the length. I just want to share > > > this while I have it available. > > > > > > This first one, I had a few failures before it succeeded. I couldn't > > > figure out when the working bit started so it is the complete log. > > > > Hi Dale, > > I have returned home and can once again bottom post. > > > > There's no way I'm going to read and understand this > > whole thread but I did have one question and one comment: > > > > 1) Did you ever actually try the Kubunu option that didn't > > require an install? I saw you mentions Knoppix and maybe > > one other option. Just curious as to what the results were. > > > > 2) I see you discussing xorg.conf file which I don't use > > here but did you generate this file - if you are really using > > it - using the nvidia-settings app, or by hand? > > > > If your system will stay up I believe nvidia-settings is > > recommended by NVidia, or was anyway. It does a good > > job of showing the layout and handling options that NVidia > > says make their cards work better. > > > > Good luck, > > Mark > > I booted the Gentoo live image and Knoppix. Knoppix is old. I don't > think it is being maintained anymore but even on this new hardware, even > it worked. I've booted other things to and all work fine except the > Gentoo install, the one thing I need to work. I checked, I did download > Kubuntu but I don't remember trying it. With my memory tho, I may have > and just don't remember it. :/ I'll add it to my Ventoy stick and try > it shortly. It's hot, humid and my energy level isn't much. The family > visit to the hospital drained me good. And she is still sick. I took > her some tomatoes this morning and she likes the peaches I got for her > too. Not much she can eat. > > I've tried with no xorg.conf at first. Then I tried with one that tells > it to use the nvidia driver, even tho lsmod shows it loaded and lspci -k > shows it being used. Then I used nvidia-xconfig to create a conf file. > Then I tried some options that Michael suggested. On occasion, it > works. Most of the time, it doesn't. To be honest, I'm not sure if > anything we do is affecting it. I think sometimes things just drop into > place and it works. Most of the time, things don't drop into place and > it fails or only partially works. > > Given I've used different boot media, a different video card and > different config options, I'm thinking it is the monitor and it just > clashes with this one install but works with others, which may figure > out to ignore what the monitor fails to do. I find it odd but it is > logical. > > I've tried to use nvidia-settings but the man page is like Greek. The > one thing I did figure out, -q all. On my main rig, it spits out TONS > of info. On the new rig, it just says something like no display found > or something. It's like two lines, maybe one. > > Had several interruptions so managed to try Kubuntu "Try" option. It > comes up just fine, correct resolution, plasma is working and all. I'm > attaching the Xorg log from Kubuntu. > > Maybe the Kubuntu log will shed some light. > > Dale > > :-) :-) [snip ...] [ 30.345] (II) modeset(0): [DRI2] DRI driver: nouveau <== Not nvidia == [snip ...] [ 30.295] (II) modeset(0): Output DP-1 disconnected [ 30.295] (II) modeset(0): Output DP-2 disconnected [ 30.295] (II) modeset(0): Output DP-3 disconnected [ 30.295] (II) modeset(0): Output DP-4 connected What does it take to connect the cable on the FIRST port of the video card?