NVIDIA X Server Settings thinks I'm not running NVIDIA driver, but I do.

[Oliver Ruebenacker]

Hello,

I installed the nvidia driver via yum from RPMFusion and lsmod confirms
that nvidia is loaded and nouveau is not.

But when I run the NVIDIA X Server Settings (KDE on F20), it claims I do
not appear to be running the NVIDIA driver and should configure it by
running nvidia-xconfig as root and restarting the X server.

nvidia-xconfig creates an new /etc/X11/xorg.conf file (see below).
Previously, no /etc/X11/xorg.conf file existed.

Then, when I try to re-start X, it will not start saying no screens
found, until I remove the xorg.conf file and then everything is back to
normal, including NVIDIA X Server Settings saying that I do not appear to
be running the NVIDIA driver.

Did some googling and followed some advice to set the BusID in xorg.conf,
but did not help.

Any ideas? Thanks!

Best,
     Oliver

[Joe Zeff]

On 08/19/2014 06:55 PM, Oliver Ruebenacker wrote:
> Then, when I try to re-start X, it will not start saying no screens
> found, until I remove the xorg.conf file and then everything is back to
> normal, including NVIDIA X Server Settings saying that I do not appear
> to be running the NVIDIA driver.

Give us the output from this command:

lspci | grep VGA

[Nathan Schwarz]

Hello Oliver,

would you please also state which graphics card you are using?

- Nathan

[Oliver Ruebenacker]

Hello,

[oruebenacker@localhost ~]$ lspci | grep VGA
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 3rd Gen Core processor
Graphics Controller (rev 09)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation GF108M [NVS 5400M]
(rev a1)

Does that also answer the question about which card I'm using, or how
would I find that out?

Thanks!

Best,
     Oliver

On Tue, Aug 19, 2014 at 10:10 PM, Nathan Schwarz  wrote:
> Hello Oliver,
>
> would you please also state which graphics card you are using?
> Nathan
>
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> On Tue, Aug 19, 2014 at 09:55:12PM -0400, Oliver Ruebenacker wrote:
> > Â Â Â Â  Hello,
> >    Â  I installed the nvidia driver via yum from RPMFusion and lsmod
> >    confirms that nvidia is loaded and nouveau is not.
> >    Â  But when I run the NVIDIA X Server Settings (KDE on F20), it claims
> >    I do not appear to be running the NVIDIA driver and should configure
>
> it
> > by running nvidia-xconfig as root and restarting the X server.
> >    Â  nvidia-xconfig creates an new /etc/X11/xorg.conf file (see below).
> >    Previously, no /etc/X11/xorg.conf file existed.
> >    Â  Then, when I try to re-start X, it will not start saying no screens
> >    found, until I remove the xorg.conf file and then everything is back
>
> to
> > normal, including NVIDIA X Server Settings saying that I do not appear
> >    to be running the NVIDIA driver.
> >    Â  Did some googling and followed some advice to set the BusID in
> >    xorg.conf, but did not help.
> >    Â  Any ideas? Thanks!
> >    Â Â Â Â  Best,
> >    Â Â Â Â  Oliver
> >    --
> >    Oliver Ruebenacker
> >    Founder at [1]Relomics Consulting
> >    Be always grateful, but never satisfied.
> >    # nvidia-xconfig: X configuration file generated by nvidia-xconfig
> >    # nvidia-xconfig:Â  version 331.89Â
> >    (buildmeister@swio-display-x64-rhel04-18)  Tue Jul  1 12:08:19 PDT
> >    2014
> >    Section "ServerLayout"
> >        Identifier     "Layout0"
> >        Screen      0  "Screen0"
> >        InputDevice    "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
> >        InputDevice    "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
> >    EndSection
> >    Section "Files"
> >        FontPath        "/usr/share/fonts/default/Type1"
> >    EndSection
> >    Section "InputDevice"
> >    Â Â Â  # generated from default
> >        Identifier     "Mouse0"
> >        Driver         "mouse"
> >        Option         "Protocol" "auto"
> >        Option         "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
> >        Option         "Emulate3Buttons" "no"
> >        Option         "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
> >    EndSection
> >    Section "InputDevice"
> >    Â Â Â  # generated from default
> >        Identifier     "Keyboard0"
> >        Driver         "kbd"
> >    EndSection
> >    Section "Monitor"
> >        Identifier     "Monitor0"
> >        VendorName     "Unknown"
> >        ModelName      "Unknown"
> >        HorizSync       28.0 - 33.0
> >        VertRefresh     43.0 - 72.0
> >        Option         "DPMS"
> >    EndSection
> >    Section "Device"
> >        Identifier     "Device0"
> >        Driver         "nvidia"
> >        VendorName     "NVIDIA Corporation"
> >    EndSection
> >    Section "Screen"
> >        Identifier     "Screen0"
> >        Device         "Device0"
> >        Monitor        "Monitor0"
> >        DefaultDepth    24
> >        SubSection     "Display"
> >            Depth       24
> >    Â Â Â  EndSubSection
> >    EndSection
> >
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[Kevin Cummings]

On 08/19/2014 10:58 PM, Oliver Ruebenacker wrote:
>  Hello,
>
> [oruebenacker@localhost ~]$ lspci | grep VGA
> 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 3rd Gen Core
> processor Graphics Controller (rev 09)
> 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation GF108M [NVS 5400M]
> (rev a1)
>
> Does that also answer the question about which card I'm using, or how
> would I find that out?

You have one of those nVidia Optimus pairings with a primary Intel card
and a secondary nVidia card.  I've seen lots of frustrated postings
regarding people trying to get the nVidia portion to work.

Check your Xorg0.log file to see what the X11 server thinks is going on.
> Thanks!
>  Best,
>  Oliver

[Kevin Cummings]

On 08/19/2014 11:05 PM, Kevin Cummings wrote:
> On 08/19/2014 10:58 PM, Oliver Ruebenacker wrote:
> >  Hello,
> >
> > [oruebenacker@localhost ~]$ lspci | grep VGA
> > 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 3rd Gen Core
> > processor Graphics Controller (rev 09)
> > 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation GF108M [NVS 5400M]
> > (rev a1)
> >
> > Does that also answer the question about which card I'm using, or how
> > would I find that out?
>
> You have one of those nVidia Optimus pairings with a primary Intel card
> and a secondary nVidia card.  I've seen lots of frustrated postings
> regarding people trying to get the nVidia portion to work.
>
> Check your Xorg0.log file to see what the X11 server thinks is going on.

Also look here:

http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Bumblebee
> > Thanks!
> >  Best,
> >  Oliver