I'm trying to get X to start on a system with an nvidia ion chipset, but no matter what I do, it fails. This device worked with nvidia as the driver with ubuntu Karmic, so I'm not sure why it's failing.
(II) LoadModule: "nvidia"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/extra-modules/nvidia_drv.so
(II) Module nvidia: vendor="NVIDIA Corporation" compiled for 4.0.2, module version = 1.0.0 Module class: X.Org Video Driver
(EE) NVIDIA: Failed to load the NVIDIA kernel module. Please check your
(EE) NVIDIA: system's kernel log for additional error messages.
(II) UnloadModule: "nvidia"
(II) Unloading /usr/lib/xorg/extra-modules/nvidia_drv.so
(EE) Failed to load module "nvidia" (module-specific error, 0)
(EE) No drivers available.
Fatal server error:
no screens founddmesg has no useful info regarding it.
I have these packages installed:
# dpkg -l *nvidia* | grep ^ii
ii nvidia-173 173.14.22-0ubuntu11 NVIDIA binary Xorg driver, kernel module and VDPAU library
ii nvidia-173-modaliases 173.14.22-0ubuntu11 Modaliases for the NVIDIA binary X.Org driver
ii nvidia-180-modaliases 185.18.36-0ubuntu9 Transitional package for nvidia-185-modaliases
ii nvidia-185-kernel-source 195.36.24-0ubuntu1~10.04 Transitional package for nvidia-glx-185-kernel-source
ii nvidia-185-libvdpau 195.36.24-0ubuntu1~10.04 Transitional package for nvidia-185-libvdpau
ii nvidia-185-modaliases 195.36.24-0ubuntu1~10.04 Transitional package for nvidia-185-modaliases
ii nvidia-96 96.43.17-0ubuntu1 NVIDIA binary Xorg driver, kernel module and VDPAU library
ii nvidia-96-modaliases 96.43.17-0ubuntu1 Modaliases for the NVIDIA binary X.Org driver
ii nvidia-common 0.2.23 Find obsolete NVIDIA drivers
ii nvidia-current 195.36.24-0ubuntu1~10.04 NVIDIA binary Xorg driver, kernel module and VDPAU library
ii nvidia-current-modaliases 195.36.24-0ubuntu1~10.04 Modaliases for the NVIDIA binary X.Org driver
ii nvidia-glx-173 173.14.22-0ubuntu11 Transitional package for nvidia-glx-173
ii nvidia-glx-180 185.18.36-0ubuntu9 Transitional package for nvidia-glx-185
ii nvidia-glx-185 195.36.24-0ubuntu1~10.04 Transitional package for nvidia-glx-185
ii nvidia-glx-96 96.43.17-0ubuntu1 Transitional package for nvidia-glx-96
ii nvidia-settings 195.36.08-0ubuntu2 Tool of configuring the NVIDIA graphics driverI'm starting X with xinit /usr/bin/lxsession -session NO_WM -- /usr/bin/Xorg :0.0 -dpms -s 0 -v -allowMouseOpenFail -br (The session is a custom one, but others fail too.)
Here's my xorg.conf
Section "ServerLayout" Identifier "X.org Configured" Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0
EndSection
Section "Monitor" Identifier "Monitor0" VendorName "Monitor Vendor" ModelName "Monitor Model"
EndSection
Section "Device" Identifier "Card0" Driver "nvidia" VendorName "nVidia Corporation" BoardName "Unknown Board" BusID "PCI:2:0:0"
EndSection
Section "Screen" Identifier "Screen0" Device "Card0" Monitor "Monitor0" SubSection "Display" Viewport 0 0 Depth 24 EndSubSection
EndSectionIf I use nvidia-xconfig it produces a config file with the vesa driver, which isn't acceptable for what this box will be used for. I'm at a loss for how to continue.
From some googling, I found advice that suggested to add some modprobe blacklists, which I added; they did not help.
blacklist vga16fb
blacklist nouveau
blacklist rivafb
blacklist nvidiafb
blacklist rivatvThe device, according to lspci is 02:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation Device 0874 (rev b1)
Loading the modules directly fails:
# modprobe nvidia
FATAL: Module nvidia not found.
# modprobe nvidia-current
FATAL: Module nvidia_current not found.dkms status says I have it;
# dkms status
nvidia-96, 96.43.17: added
nvidia-current, 195.36.24, 2.6.32-32-generic, i686: installed
nvidia-173, 173.14.22: added Here's the loaded modules.
# lsmod
Module Size Used by
snd_hda_codec_nvhdmi 3840 1
snd_hda_codec_realtek 203376 1
binfmt_misc 6587 1
ppdev 5259 0
snd_hda_intel 22069 0
snd_hda_codec 74201 3 snd_hda_codec_nvhdmi,snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hda_intel
snd_hwdep 5412 1 snd_hda_codec
snd_pcm_oss 35308 0
snd_mixer_oss 13746 1 snd_pcm_oss
snd_pcm 70694 3 snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_pcm_oss
snd_seq_dummy 1338 0
snd_seq_oss 26722 0
snd_seq_midi 4557 0
snd_rawmidi 19056 1 snd_seq_midi
snd_seq_midi_event 6003 2 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi
snd_seq 47263 6 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_midi_event
snd_timer 19098 2 snd_pcm,snd_seq
snd_seq_device 5700 5 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq
video 17375 0
output 1871 1 video
snd 54244 12 snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_hwdep,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_seq_oss,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq,snd_timer,snd_seq_device
lp 7028 0
psmouse 63677 0
serio_raw 3978 0
shpchp 28835 0
i2c_nforce2 5199 0
soundcore 6620 1 snd
snd_page_alloc 7076 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm
parport 32635 2 ppdev,lp
usbhid 36110 0
hid 67288 1 usbhid
r8169 34140 0
mii 4381 1 r8169
ahci 32360 2 4 Answers
It looks like Xorg isn't able to load the kernel nvidia driver. You can try to load it manually:
sudo modprobe nvidia-currentIf that fails with an error message indicating that the module couldn't be found, make sure you have the nvidia-current module listed in:
dkms statusOtherwise, include the lsmod output and/or output from that modprobe command in your question details.
If this is a hybrid graphics laptop with Nvidia Optimus, you may want to try bumblebee:
b) try bumblebee for simultaneously using the intel and nvidia cards:
sudo apt-get install git
# type password
git clone
cd bumblebee/
sudo ./install.sh
optirun glxgears
optirun glxspheresCheck the speed and compare to running it without optirun:
optirun glxgears
optirun glxspheres
# close window
glxgears
glxspheresFor a WebGL benchmark, install google-chrome or use a WebGL-enabled browser and can try it with/without optirun and report the FPS values on the mailing list:
optirun google-chrome
# close window
google-chrome AFAIK nVidia ION is a hybric graphics card using Optimus (on laptops). Optimus is not supported by the nvidia drivers nor the nouveau driver.
Anyway, if you want to use the nvidia driver, make sure that the nouveau driver is unloaded:
sudo rmmod nouveauTo avoid it from being loaded the next boot, blacklist it:
echo blacklist nouveau | sudo tee /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-nouveau.confIf this does not help, check your /var/log/kern.log file for any helpful messages.
Ubuntu does a great job on autoconfiguring the X server, it's generally not necessary to use an own xorg.conf file. Try removing or renaming that file to let Ubuntu autoconfigure X.
nvidia-current builds a kernel module using dkms. For that, kernel headers matching your running kernel must be installed. The latest linux-generic package is version 2.6.32-33 (2.6.32.33.39). The latest kernel headers are provided by the linux-headers-generic package. If you do not want to upgrade your kernel, install at least the kernel headers of the current kernel:
sudo apt-get install linux-headers-$(uname -r)After that, the nvidia-current module should be built automatically. If not, run sudo dpkg-reconfigure nvidia-current.
I was unable to get the nvidia driver working, but the nouveau driver seems to perform acceptably.
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