<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> </head> <body bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000"> I am newbie in this topic and I have problems trying to bring x.org up on the hardware I have: IBM QS22 BladeServer (PowerPC64 architecture) with PCI-Express connected nVidia 6200 video card. OS: Fedora 10-ppc: Linux localhost.localdomain 2.6.27.5aik #1 SMP Tue Feb 10 14:55:56 EST 2009 ppc64 ppc64 ppc64 GNU/Linux I downloaded and compiled DRM driver (git clone git://anongit.freedesktop.org/git/mesa/drm) and loaded it: <tt>[root@localhost ~]# modprobe drm [root@localhost ~]# modprobe nouveau [root@localhost ~]# dmesg | tail -n 3 nouveau 0005:01:00.0: enabling device (0140 -> 0142) [drm] Detected an NV44 generation card (0x044300b2) [drm] Initialized nouveau 0.0.12 libdrm-2.4.4-28-geb78c53aa1a980e60 on minor 0 [root@localhost ~]# lsmod | grep no nouveau 351856 0 drm 249176 1 nouveau [root@localhost ~]# lspci -v [...] 0005:01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV44 [GeForce 6200 LE] (rev a1) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller]) Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 827b Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 106 Memory at 3d080000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16M] Memory at 3d0c0000000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=512M] Memory at 3d081000000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16M] Expansion ROM at 3d082000000 [size=128K] Capabilities: [60] Power Management version 2 Capabilities: [68] Message Signalled Interrupts: Mask- 64bit+ Count=1/1 Enable- Capabilities: [78] Express Endpoint, MSI 00 Capabilities: [100] Virtual Channel <?> Capabilities: [128] Power Budgeting <?> Kernel driver in use: nouveau</tt> <tt>[root@localhost ~]# ls -la /dev/fb* crw------- 1 root root 29, 0 2009-02-13 10:19 /dev/fb </tt> Also I've got <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://cgit.freedesktop.org/mesa/mesa/snapshot/mesa_7_3.tar.bz2">http://cgit.freedesktop.org/mesa/mesa/snapshot/mesa_7_3.tar.bz2</a>, compiled and installed. Then, I've tried configuring x.org: <tt>[root@localhost ~]# X -configure -verbose 255 (II) config/hal: initialized X.Org X Server 1.5.3 Release Date: 5 November 2008 X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0 Build Operating System: Linux 2.6.18-92.1.10.el5 ppc Current Operating System: Linux localhost.localdomain 2.6.27.5aik #1 SMP Tue Feb 10 14:55:56 EST 2009 ppc64 Build Date: 16 November 2008 08:30:07PM Build ID: xorg-x11-server 1.5.3-5.fc10 Before reporting problems, check <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://wiki.x.org">http://wiki.x.org</a> to make sure that you have the latest version. Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting, (++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational, (WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown. (==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.0.log", Time: Fri Feb 13 10:25:59 2009 (II) No APM support in BIOS or kernel (II) Loader magic: 0x101e59a4 (II) Module ABI versions: X.Org ANSI C Emulation: 0.4 X.Org Video Driver: 4.1 X.Org XInput driver : 2.1 X.Org Server Extension : 1.1 X.Org Font Renderer : 0.6 (II) Loader running on linux (--) using VT number 7 (--) PCI:*(5@1:0:0) nVidia Corporation NV44 [GeForce 6200 LE] rev 161, Mem @ 0x1020bd9c/976, 0x1020bd9c/976, 0x1020bd9c/976, BIOS @ 0x????????/270581148 List of video drivers: nouveau mga i740 sis savage i128 mach64 trident tdfx s3virge dummy r128 cirrus siliconmotion ati glint v4l sisusb rendition radeon apm ast voodoo fbdev vesa (II) LoadModule: "nouveau" (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers//nouveau_drv.so (II) Module nouveau: vendor="X.Org Foundation" compiled for 1.4.99.906, module version = 0.0.10 Module class: X.Org Video Driver ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 4.1 (II) LoadModule: "mga" (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers//mga_drv.so (II) Module mga: vendor="X.Org Foundation" compiled for 1.4.99.902, module version = 1.4.9 Module class: X.Org Video Driver ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 4.0 (II) LoadModule: "i740" (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers//i740_drv.so (II) Module i740: vendor="X.Org Foundation" compiled for 1.4.99.901, module version = 1.2.0 Module class: X.Org Video Driver ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 4.0 (II) LoadModule: "sis" (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers//sis_drv.so (II) Module sis: vendor="X.Org Foundation" compiled for 1.4.99.901, module version = 0.10.0 Module class: X.Org Video Driver ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 4.0 (II) LoadModule: "savage" (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers//savage_drv.so (II) Module savage: vendor="X.Org Foundation" compiled for 1.4.99.901, module version = 2.2.0 Module class: X.Org Video Driver ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 4.0 (II) LoadModule: "i128" (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers//i128_drv.so (II) Module i128: vendor="X.Org Foundation" compiled for 1.4.99.901, module version = 1.3.0 Module class: X.Org Video Driver ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 4.0 (II) LoadModule: "mach64" (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers//mach64_drv.so (II) Module mach64: vendor="X.Org Foundation" compiled for 1.4.99.906, module version = 6.8.0 Module class: X.Org Video Driver ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 4.1 (II) LoadModule: "trident" (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers//trident_drv.so (II) Module trident: vendor="X.Org Foundation" compiled for 1.4.99.901, module version = 1.3.0 Module class: X.Org Video Driver ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 4.0 (II) LoadModule: "tdfx" (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers//tdfx_drv.so (II) Module tdfx: vendor="X.Org Foundation" compiled for 1.4.99.901, module version = 1.4.0 Module class: X.Org Video Driver ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 4.0 (II) LoadModule: "s3virge" (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers//s3virge_drv.so (II) Module s3virge: vendor="X.Org Foundation" compiled for 1.4.99.901, module version = 1.10.0 Module class: X.Org Video Driver ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 4.0 (II) LoadModule: "dummy" (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers//dummy_drv.so (II) Module dummy: vendor="X.Org Foundation" compiled for 1.4.99.901, module version = 0.3.0 Module class: X.Org Video Driver ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 4.0 (II) LoadModule: "r128" (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers//r128_drv.so (II) Module r128: vendor="X.Org Foundation" compiled for 1.4.99.906, module version = 6.8.0 Module class: X.Org Video Driver ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 4.1 (II) LoadModule: "cirrus" (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers//cirrus_drv.so (II) Module cirrus: vendor="X.Org Foundation" compiled for 1.4.99.901, module version = 1.2.0 Module class: X.Org Video Driver ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 4.0 (II) LoadModule: "siliconmotion" (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers//siliconmotion_drv.so (II) Module siliconmotion: vendor="X.Org Foundation" compiled for 1.4.99.901, module version = 1.6.0 Module class: X.Org Video Driver ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 4.0 (II) LoadModule: "ati" (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers//ati_drv.so (II) Module ati: vendor="X.Org Foundation" compiled for 1.5.3, module version = 6.9.0 Module class: X.Org Video Driver ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 4.1 (II) LoadModule: "glint" (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers//glint_drv.so (II) Module glint: vendor="X.Org Foundation" compiled for 1.4.99.902, module version = 1.2.1 Module class: X.Org Video Driver ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 4.0 (II) LoadModule: "v4l" (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers//v4l_drv.so (II) Module v4l: vendor="X.Org Foundation" compiled for 1.4.99.901, module version = 0.1.1 ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 4.0 (II) LoadModule: "sisusb" (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers//sisusb_drv.so (II) Module sisusb: vendor="X.Org Foundation" compiled for 1.4.99.901, module version = 0.9.0 Module class: X.Org Video Driver ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 4.0 (II) LoadModule: "rendition" (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers//rendition_drv.so (II) Module rendition: vendor="X.Org Foundation" compiled for 1.4.99.901, module version = 4.2.0 Module class: X.Org Video Driver ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 4.0 (II) LoadModule: "radeon" (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers//radeon_drv.so (II) Module radeon: vendor="X.Org Foundation" compiled for 1.5.3, module version = 6.9.0 Module class: X.Org Video Driver ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 4.1 (II) LoadModule: "apm" (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers//apm_drv.so (II) Module apm: vendor="X.Org Foundation" compiled for 1.4.99.901, module version = 1.2.0 Module class: X.Org Video Driver ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 4.0 (II) LoadModule: "ast" (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers//ast_drv.so (II) Module ast: vendor="X.Org Foundation" compiled for 1.4.99.901, module version = 0.85.0 Module class: X.Org Video Driver ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 4.0 (II) LoadModule: "voodoo" (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers//voodoo_drv.so (II) Module voodoo: vendor="X.Org Foundation" compiled for 4.3.99.902, module version = 1.1.0 Module class: X.Org Video Driver ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 4.0 (II) LoadModule: "fbdev" (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers//fbdev_drv.so (II) Module fbdev: vendor="X.Org Foundation" compiled for 1.4.99.2, module version = 0.3.1 ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 4.0 (II) LoadModule: "vesa" (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers//vesa_drv.so (II) Module vesa: vendor="X.Org Foundation" compiled for 1.4.99.905, module version = 1.3.0 Module class: X.Org Video Driver ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 4.1 (II) System resource ranges: (II) Primary Device is: PCI 01@05:00:0 (II) NOUVEAU driver (II) NOUVEAU driver for NVIDIA chipset families : RIVA TNT (NV04) RIVA TNT2 (NV05) GeForce 256 (NV10) GeForce 2 (NV11, NV15) GeForce 4MX (NV17, NV18) GeForce 3 (NV20) GeForce 4Ti (NV25, NV28) GeForce FX (NV3x) GeForce 6 (NV4x) GeForce 7 (G7x) GeForce 8 (G8x) (WW) Falling back to old probe method for i740 (WW) Falling back to old probe method for sis (WW) Falling back to old probe method for i128 (WW) Falling back to old probe method for trident (WW) Falling back to old probe method for s3virge S3VProbe begin (WW) Falling back to old probe method for dummy (WW) Falling back to old probe method for cirrus (II) Loading sub module "cirrus_laguna" (II) LoadModule: "cirrus_laguna" (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers//cirrus_laguna.so (II) Module cirrus_laguna: vendor="X.Org Foundation" compiled for 1.4.99.901, module version = 1.0.0 ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 4.0 (II) Loading sub module "cirrus_alpine" (II) LoadModule: "cirrus_alpine" (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers//cirrus_alpine.so (II) Module cirrus_alpine: vendor="X.Org Foundation" compiled for 1.4.99.901, module version = 1.0.0 ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 4.0 (WW) Falling back to old probe method for siliconmotion (WW) Falling back to old probe method for glint (WW) Falling back to old probe method for v4l (II) v4l driver for Video4Linux (WW) Falling back to old probe method for sisusb (WW) Falling back to old probe method for apm (WW) Falling back to old probe method for ast (WW) Falling back to old probe method for voodoo (II) FBDEV: driver for framebuffer: fbdev (II) VESA: driver for VESA chipsets: vesa (++) Using config file: "/root/xorg.conf.new" (==) ServerLayout "X.org Configured" (**) |-->Screen "Screen0" (0) (**) | |-->Monitor "Monitor0" (**) | |-->Device "Card0" (**) |-->Input Device "Mouse0" (**) |-->Input Device "Keyboard0" (==) Automatically adding devices (==) Automatically enabling devices (==) Including the default font path catalogue:/etc/X11/fontpath.d,built-ins. (**) FontPath set to: catalogue:/etc/X11/fontpath.d, built-ins, catalogue:/etc/X11/fontpath.d, built-ins (**) ModulePath set to "/usr/lib/xorg/modules" (WW) AllowEmptyInput is on, devices using drivers 'kbd' or 'mouse' will be disabled. (WW) Disabling Mouse0 (WW) Disabling Keyboard0 Number of created screens does not match number of detected devices. Configuration failed.</tt> As I understand, the configurator has detected my card and started configuring it but something (what?) has failed. Ok, with no hope, I'm trying to start the X: <tt> [root@localhost ~]# X -config xorg.conf.new -verbose 255 (II) config/hal: initialized X.Org X Server 1.5.3 Release Date: 5 November 2008 X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0 Build Operating System: Linux 2.6.18-92.1.10.el5 ppc Current Operating System: Linux localhost.localdomain 2.6.27.5aik #1 SMP Tue Feb 10 14:55:56 EST 2009 ppc64 Build Date: 16 November 2008 08:30:07PM Build ID: xorg-x11-server 1.5.3-5.fc10 Before reporting problems, check <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://wiki.x.org">http://wiki.x.org</a> to make sure that you have the latest version. Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting, (++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational, (WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown. (==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.0.log", Time: Fri Feb 13 10:26:48 2009 (++) Using config file: "xorg.conf.new" (==) ServerLayout "X.org Configured" (**) |-->Screen "Screen0" (0) (**) | |-->Monitor "Monitor0" (**) | |-->Device "Card0" (**) |-->Input Device "Mouse0" (**) |-->Input Device "Keyboard0" (==) Automatically adding devices (==) Automatically enabling devices (==) Including the default font path catalogue:/etc/X11/fontpath.d,built-ins. (**) FontPath set to: catalogue:/etc/X11/fontpath.d, built-ins, catalogue:/etc/X11/fontpath.d, built-ins (**) ModulePath set to "/usr/lib/xorg/modules" (WW) AllowEmptyInput is on, devices using drivers 'kbd' or 'mouse' will be disabled. (WW) Disabling Mouse0 (WW) Disabling Keyboard0 (II) No APM support in BIOS or kernel (II) Loader magic: 0x101e59a4 (II) Module ABI versions: X.Org ANSI C Emulation: 0.4 X.Org Video Driver: 4.1 X.Org XInput driver : 2.1 X.Org Server Extension : 1.1 X.Org Font Renderer : 0.6 (II) Loader running on linux (--) using VT number 7 (--) PCI:*(5@1:0:0) nVidia Corporation NV44 [GeForce 6200 LE] rev 161, Mem @ 0x1020bd9c/976, 0x1020bd9c/976, 0x1020bd9c/976, BIOS @ 0x????????/270581148 (II) System resource ranges: (II) "extmod" will be loaded. This was enabled by default and also specified in the config file. (II) "dbe" will be loaded. This was enabled by default and also specified in the config file. (II) "glx" will be loaded. This was enabled by default and also specified in the config file. (II) "freetype" will be loaded by default. (II) "dri" will be loaded. This was enabled by default and also specified in the config file. (II) LoadModule: "glx" (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions//libglx.so (II) Module glx: vendor="X.Org Foundation" compiled for 1.5.3, module version = 1.0.0 ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 1.1 (==) AIGLX enabled (==) Exporting typical set of GLX visuals (II) Loading extension GLX (II) LoadModule: "dbe" (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions//libdbe.so (II) Module dbe: vendor="X.Org Foundation" compiled for 1.5.3, module version = 1.0.0 Module class: X.Org Server Extension ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 1.1 (II) Loading extension DOUBLE-BUFFER (II) LoadModule: "dri" (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions//libdri.so (II) Module dri: vendor="X.Org Foundation" compiled for 1.5.3, module version = 1.0.0 ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 1.1 (II) Loading extension XFree86-DRI (II) LoadModule: "extmod" (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions//libextmod.so (II) Module extmod: vendor="X.Org Foundation" compiled for 1.5.3, module version = 1.0.0 Module class: X.Org Server Extension ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 1.1 (II) Loading extension SELinux (II) Loading extension SHAPE (II) Loading extension MIT-SUNDRY-NONSTANDARD (II) Loading extension BIG-REQUESTS (II) Loading extension SYNC (II) Loading extension MIT-SCREEN-SAVER (II) Loading extension XC-MISC (II) Loading extension XFree86-VidModeExtension (II) Loading extension XFree86-Misc (II) Loading extension XFree86-DGA (II) Loading extension DPMS (II) Loading extension TOG-CUP (II) Loading extension Extended-Visual-Information (II) Loading extension XVideo (II) Loading extension XVideo-MotionCompensation (II) Loading extension X-Resource (II) LoadModule: "freetype" (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/fonts//libfreetype.so (II) Module freetype: vendor="X.Org Foundation & the After X-TT Project" compiled for 1.5.3, module version = 2.1.0 Module class: X.Org Font Renderer ABI class: X.Org Font Renderer, version 0.6 (II) Loading font FreeType (II) LoadModule: "nouveau" (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers//nouveau_drv.so (II) Module nouveau: vendor="X.Org Foundation" compiled for 1.4.99.906, module version = 0.0.10 Module class: X.Org Video Driver ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 4.1 (II) NOUVEAU driver (II) NOUVEAU driver for NVIDIA chipset families : RIVA TNT (NV04) RIVA TNT2 (NV05) GeForce 256 (NV10) GeForce 2 (NV11, NV15) GeForce 4MX (NV17, NV18) GeForce 3 (NV20) GeForce 4Ti (NV25, NV28) GeForce FX (NV3x) GeForce 6 (NV4x) GeForce 7 (G7x) GeForce 8 (G8x) (II) Primary Device is: PCI 01@05:00:0 (EE) No devices detected. Fatal server error: no screens found</tt> It expectantly fails. The auto-generated config is here: <tt>[root@localhost ~]# cat /root/xorg.conf.new Section "ServerLayout" Identifier "X.org Configured" Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0 InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer" InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard" EndSection Section "Files" ModulePath "/usr/lib/xorg/modules" FontPath "catalogue:/etc/X11/fontpath.d" FontPath "built-ins" EndSection Section "Module" Load "glx" Load "dbe" Load "dri" Load "extmod" EndSection Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Keyboard0" Driver "kbd" EndSection Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Mouse0" Driver "mouse" Option "Protocol" "auto" Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice" Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5 6 7" EndSection Section "Monitor" Identifier "Monitor0" VendorName "Monitor Vendor" ModelName "Monitor Model" EndSection Section "Device" ### Available Driver options are:- ### Values: : integer, <f>: float, <bool>: "True"/"False", ### <string>: "String", <freq>: "<f> Hz/kHz/MHz" ### [arg]: arg optional #Option "SWcursor" # [<bool>] #Option "HWcursor" # [<bool>] #Option "NoAccel" # [<bool>] #Option "ShadowFB" # [<bool>] #Option "VideoKey" # #Option "FlatPanel" # [<bool>] #Option "FPDither" # [<bool>] #Option "FPScale" # [<bool>] #Option "FPTweak" # #Option "CBLocation" # <str> #Option "CBSize" # #Option "Randr12" # [<bool>] #Option "ScalingMode" # <str> #Option "PrepareFinishAccess" # [<bool>] Identifier "Card0" Driver "nouveau" VendorName "nVidia Corporation" BoardName "NV44 [GeForce 6200 LE]" BusID "PCI:1:0:0" EndSection Section "Screen" Identifier "Screen0" Device "Card0" Monitor "Monitor0" SubSection "Display" Viewport 0 0 Depth 1 EndSubSection SubSection "Display" Viewport 0 0 Depth 4 EndSubSection SubSection "Display" Viewport 0 0 Depth 8 EndSubSection SubSection "Display" Viewport 0 0 Depth 15 EndSubSection SubSection "Display" Viewport 0 0 Depth 16 EndSubSection SubSection "Display" Viewport 0 0 Depth 24 EndSubSection EndSection </tt> As I see (but I am not sure that I do understand things right), x.org uses vesa_drv.so for configuration but it starts with nouveau_drv.so what looks for me as a mess. So my questions are: 1. is there a simple way to know if /dev/fb is alive? 2. is there any simple way to make x.org working without ANY acceleration at the moment? 3. what am I doing wrong in my expirements? I can see 4 types of drivers: - original drivers coming with the fedora10 kernel (I got rid of them before started playing with nouveau because they did not create even /dev/fb*); - drm drivers (which are replacement for the original onesm right?) - x.org drivers (which I've not changed/replaced) - mesa drivers - what is their role - I still do not understand. Thank a lot in advance for the answers/clues on my silly questions :-) </body> </html>