nVidia Quadro FX500/600 on fedora 16

Hi there,

I've been given a fairly old piece of equipment at my university. It had RHEL3 installed already but it was proving impossible to get a decent browser and email client (among other things) installed, so I decided to upgrade to fedora 16.

Problem I'm having is that I am encountering a problem with the nVidia driver after I've installed. My X server won't start. I provide the below information in order to assist troubleshooting.

Driver package: NVIDIA-Linux-x86-173.14.31-pkg1.run

Code:

lspci | grep VGA 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV34GL [Quadro FX 500/600 PCI] (rev a1)

The above driver is necessary for the above hardware as far as I know.

Error from X logs

Code:

[ 26.226] ================ WARNING WARNING WARNING WARNING ================ [ 26.226] This server has a video driver ABI version of 11.0 that is not supported by this NVIDIA driver. Please check [NOURL] for driver updates or downgrade to an X server with a supported driver ABI. [ 26.226] ================================================================= [ 26.252] (II) NVIDIA dlloader X Driver 173.14.31 Sun Jul 17 22:20:25 PDT 2011 [ 26.257] (II) NVIDIA Unified Driver for all Supported NVIDIA GPUs [ 26.257] (++) using VT number 1 [ 26.266] (II) Loading sub module "fb" [ 26.266] (II) LoadModule: "fb" [ 26.266] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/libfb.so [ 26.267] (II) Module fb: vendor="X.Org Foundation" [ 26.267] compiled for 1.11.2, module version = 1.0.0 [ 26.267] ABI class: X.Org ANSI C Emulation, version 0.4 [ 26.267] (II) Loading sub module "wfb" [ 26.267] (II) LoadModule: "wfb" [ 26.268] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/libwfb.so [ 26.284] (II) Module wfb: vendor="X.Org Foundation" [ 26.284] compiled for 1.11.2, module version = 1.0.0 [ 26.284] ABI class: X.Org ANSI C Emulation, version 0.4 [ 26.284] (II) Loading sub module "ramdac" [ 26.284] (II) LoadModule: "ramdac" [ 26.284] (II) Module "ramdac" already built-in [ 26.284] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/nvidia_drv.so [ 26.284] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/libwfb.so [ 26.284] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/libfb.so [ 26.285] (==) NVIDIA(0): Depth 24, (==) framebuffer bpp 32 [ 26.285] (==) NVIDIA(0): RGB weight 888 [ 26.285] (==) NVIDIA(0): Default visual is TrueColor [ 26.285] (==) NVIDIA(0): Using gamma correction (1.0, 1.0, 1.0) [ 26.287] (**) NVIDIA(0): Enabling RENDER acceleration [ 26.287] (EE) NVIDIA(0): Failed to initialize the GLX module; please check in your X [ 26.287] (EE) NVIDIA(0): log file that the GLX module has been loaded in your X [ 26.287] (EE) NVIDIA(0): server, and that the module is the NVIDIA GLX module. If [ 26.287] (EE) NVIDIA(0): you continue to encounter problems, Please try [ 26.287] (EE) NVIDIA(0): reinstalling the NVIDIA driver. [ 27.015] (II) NVIDIA(0): NVIDIA GPU Quadro FX 500/FX 600 (NV34GL) at PCI:1:0:0 (GPU-0) [ 27.015] (--) NVIDIA(0): Memory: 131072 kBytes [ 27.015] (--) NVIDIA(0): VideoBIOS: 04.34.20.18.13 [ 27.015] (II) NVIDIA(0): Detected AGP rate: 8X [ 27.015] (--) NVIDIA(0): Interlaced video modes are supported on this GPU [ 27.015] (--) NVIDIA(0): Connected display device(s) on Quadro FX 500/FX 600 at [ 27.015] (--) NVIDIA(0): PCI:1:0:0: [ 27.015] (--) NVIDIA(0): Samsung SyncMaster (DFP-0) [ 27.015] (--) NVIDIA(0): Samsung SyncMaster (DFP-0): 135.0 MHz maximum pixel clock [ 27.015] (--) NVIDIA(0): Samsung SyncMaster (DFP-0): Internal Dual Link TMDS [ 27.015] (II) NVIDIA(0): Assigned Display Device: DFP-0 [ 27.015] (II) NVIDIA(0): Validated modes: [ 27.015] (II) NVIDIA(0): "nvidia-auto-select" [ 27.015] (II) NVIDIA(0): Virtual screen size determined to be 1600 x 1200 [ 27.015] (--) NVIDIA(0): DPI set to (99, 98); computed from "UseEdidDpi" X config [ 27.015] (--) NVIDIA(0): option [ 27.028] (==) NVIDIA(0): Enabling 32-bit ARGB GLX visuals. [ 27.028] (--) Depth 24 pixmap format is 32 bpp [ 27.028] (EE) NVIDIA(0): This video driver ABI is not supported. [ 27.028] (EE) NVIDIA(0): Use the -ignoreABI option to override this check. [ 27.112] Fatal server error: [ 27.112] AddScreen/ScreenInit failed for driver 0 [ 27.112] [ 27.112] Please consult the Fedora Project support at [NOURL] for help. [ 27.112] Please also check the log file at "/var/log/Xorg.0.log" for additional information. [ 27.112] [ 27.114] Server terminated with error (1). Closing log file.

Just FYI, that was from "/var/log/Xorg.0.log".

I know that fedora 16 is new, and that the driver version I'm installing is really old, but can I work around/fix this, or is my only option to downgrade fedora/X?

Regards,

Yax

Hi,

I have no idea if it would work or not, but did you try the nvidia drivers that come with F16? I know you said that driver is necessary, but I don't hurt to try.

The driver packages are:

xorg-x11-drv-nouveau
xorg-x11-drv-nv

Hi,

I meant that it was the necessary official driver from nVidia in that a newer release from nVidia is not suitable for this hardware.

The reason I am trying to install the nVidia binary drivers is because nouveau is not working correctly for my machine. If I try to boot with the nouveau driver it fails because the kernel command line in grub has nomodeset, however, if I enable kernel mode setting, the machine boots (I can only assume), however, the VGA device stops outputting a signal to the monitor, and so the system is unusable. Unfortunately, kernel mode setting is necessary for the nouveau driver, so my X server fails to start when nomodeset is enabled.

I do not know how to use the nv driver, but I would assume that changing

Driver "nouveau"

to

Driver "nv"

would enable it? What are the prerequisites for the NV driver? Failing this, can anybody provide any assistance with getting a large display resolution out of the vesa driver? That is my principal reason for trying to install the nVidia binary drivers, in addition to a problem whereby if the monitor is "turned off" by the auto lock screen, the signal does not come back to the monitor when I resume.

Regards,

Yax