nVidia Driver Crashes Linux on KDE Start

[Cobra]

I installed the nVidia driver from the NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-8762-pkg1.run file. It modifies the xorg.conf file, but when i run the startx command the entire system locks up. After I press the reset button I change the driver back from "nvidia" back to "nv" and KDE starts, but none of the nVidia features such as GLX module work. Is there something else that is set wrong? Here is my config file:

Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "layout1"
Screen "screen1" 0 0
InputDevice "Keyboard1" "CoreKeyboard"
InputDevice "Mouse1" "CorePointer"
EndSection

Section "Files"

# Multiple FontPath entries are allowed (they are concatenated together)
# By default, Mandrake 6.0 and later now use a font server independent of
# the X server to render fonts.
FontPath "unix/:-1"
EndSection

Section "Module"
Load "dbe" # Double-Buffering Extension
Load "v4l" # Video for Linux
Load "extmod"
Load "type1"
Load "freetype"
Load "glx" # 3D layer
EndSection

Section "ServerFlags"

#DontZap # disable <Crtl><Alt><BS> (server abort)
#DontZoom # disable <Crtl><Alt><KP_+>/<KP_-> (resolution switching)
# allows the server to start up even if the mouse does not work
Option "allowmouseopenfail"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Keyboard1"
Driver "keyboard"
Option "XkbModel" "microsoftmult"
Option "XkbLayout" "en_US"
Option "XkbOptions" "compose:rwin"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Mouse1"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "ExplorerPS/2"
Option "Device" "/dev/mouse"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "6 7"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"

# TV fullscreen mode or DVD fullscreen output.
# 768x576 @ 79 Hz, 50 kHz hsync
Identifier "monitor1"
VendorName "Plug'n Play"
ModelName "MICRON 700Dx"
HorizSync 30.0 - 70.0
VertRefresh 50.0 - 160.0
ModeLine "768x576" 50.0 768 832 846 1000 576 590 595 630
ModeLine "768x576" 63.1 768 800 960 1024 576 578 590 616
ModeLine "1152x864_120" 176.0 1152 1240 1368 1584 864 865 868 926 -hsync +vsync
ModeLine "1152x864_100" 143.5 1152 1232 1360 1568 864 865 868 915 -hsync +vsync
ModeLine "1152x864_85" 119.7 1152 1224 1352 1552 864 865 868 907 -hsync +vsync
ModeLine "1152x864_75" 105.0 1152 1224 1352 1552 864 865 868 902 -hsync +vsync
ModeLine "1152x864_60" 81.6 1152 1216 1336 1520 864 865 868 895 -hsync +vsync
ModeLine "1152x864_50" 66.8 1152 1208 1328 1504 864 865 868 889 -hsync +vsync
EndSection

Section "Device"
Identifier "device1"
Driver "nvidia"
VendorName "nVidia"
BoardName "NVIDIA GeForce FX (generic)"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
Identifier "screen1"
Device "device1"
Monitor "monitor1"
DefaultDepth 24
Option "DPMS"
SubSection "Display"
Virtual 1152 864
Depth 8
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Virtual 1152 864
Depth 15
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Virtual 1152 864
Depth 16
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Virtual 1152 864
Depth 24
EndSubSection
EndSection

[bigtomrodney]

It all looks correct there at a glance. What card are you using? Have you tried any of the older drivers, sometimes there might be card specific bugs in the driver.

[Cobra]

I am using the nVidia GeForce 5200FX. I haven't tried any other drivers. I also tried changing the AGP speed from 8X to 4X and had no luck.

[bigtomrodney]

I'm not sure on this one, unless someone else has any ideas. Maybe try an older driver release and see if it is any better.

[techieMoe]

Did you modprobe nvidia after you installed the drivers and before you typed startx?

[spencerf]

Section "Screen"
Identifier "screen1"
Device "device1"
Monitor "monitor1"
DefaultDepth 24
Option "DPMS"
SubSection "Display"
Virtual 1152 864
Depth 8
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Virtual 1152 864
Depth 15
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Virtual 1152 864
Depth 16
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Virtual 1152 864
Depth 24
EndSubSection
EndSection

try changing this section a little because all you have setup up is virtual screens and nothing for depth 24. Try something sane like:

Section "Screen"
    Identifier  "screen1"
    Device      "device1"
    Monitor     "monitor1"
    DefaultDepth 24

    Subsection "Display"
        Depth       8
        Modes       "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
        ViewPort    0 0
    EndSubsection
    Subsection "Display"
        Depth       16
        Modes       "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
        ViewPort    0 0
     EndSubsection
     Subsection "Display"
         Depth       24
         Modes      "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600"
     EndSubsection
     EndSection

also if you post the output of

cat /var/log/Xorg.0.log | grep EE

that could be helpful

[spencerf]

Also the driver for keyboard has changed to kbd depending on what version of X your are running but I guess since just changing the driver to nv everything works this might not be your problem but worth a shot.

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Keyboard1"
Driver "keyboard"
Option "XkbModel" "microsoftmult"
Option "XkbLayout" "en_US"
Option "XkbOptions" "compose:rwin"
EndSection

change the Driver "keyboard" to

Driver "kbd"

[Cobra]

I changed everything suggested above in the xorg.conf file. Before rolling back to legacy drivers I typed "modprobe nvidia" and it returned a fatal error and said they weren't recognizeable or something like that. I then rolled back the drivers and changed the xorg.conf configuration to the way the readme said. I then typed "modprobe nvidia" again and it returned nothing. When I started X the machine still locked up. I had to go back to the "nv" driver to successfully start X.

For what its worth, when the machine starts up it says it is loading "DKMS". The next line says that the nVidia 8762 Driver is already included in the kernel. I don't know if that would have anything to do with it or not though.

[buenahierba]

I did this: i copy screen section from my old Xorg.conf and paste it on the new xorg.conf. it works.(delete screen section of the new xorg.conf)

[Cobra]

Using the screen config from the old xorg.conf file did not work. Here are the results from cat /var/log/Xorg.0.log | grep EE :

(WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
(II) Loading extension MIT-SCREEN-SAVER
(EE) /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions/libglx.so is an unrecognized module type
(EE) Failed to load module "glx" (unknown module type, 6)

Earlier it was returning errors about module "nvidia" being an unkown module type, 6.