Bugzilla – Bug 396543
Unable to configure nvidia 9800 GX2 using sax (X -configure ok)
Last modified: 2008-06-03 05:56:04 UTC
Installation from dvd fails to start run level 5 due to invalid xorg.conf. Reconfiguring the server using X -configure generates correct xorg.conf using the nv driver. Once X is up and running yast2 the graphics card (module?) fails to start. (and the command line version). The original xorg.conf has been overwritten but i can regenerate if given instructions on how. >> sax2 -p Chip: 0 is -> NVidia GeForce 9800 GX2 07:00:0 0x10de 0x0604 AGP nv Chip: 1 is -> NVidia GeForce 9800 GX2 08:00:0 0x10de 0x0604 AGP nv >> hwinfo --gfx >>09: PCI 800.0: 0300 VGA compatible controller (VGA) [Created at pci.310] UDI: /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/pci_10de_604_0 Unique ID: GBI1.GSejgwqgV_F Parent ID: 2i_g.dE8oqpHM2M2 SysFS ID: /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:13.0/0000:05:00.0/0000:06:02.0/0000:08:00.0 SysFS BusID: 0000:08:00.0 Hardware Class: graphics card Model: "nVidia GeForce 9800 GX2" Vendor: pci 0x10de "nVidia Corporation" Device: pci 0x0604 "GeForce 9800 GX2" SubVendor: pci 0x10de "nVidia Corporation" SubDevice: pci 0x0504 Revision: 0xa2 Memory Range: 0xe8000000-0xe8ffffff (rw,non-prefetchable) Memory Range: 0xc0000000-0xcfffffff (rw,prefetchable) Memory Range: 0xe6000000-0xe7ffffff (rw,non-prefetchable) I/O Ports: 0x8f00-0x8f7f (rw) Memory Range: 0xe9fe0000-0xe9ffffff (ro,prefetchable,disabled) IRQ: 7 (no events) I/O Ports: 0x3c0-0x3df (rw) Module Alias: "pci:v000010DEd00000604sv000010DEsd00000504bc03sc00i00" Driver Info #0: XFree86 v4 Server Module: nv Config Status: cfg=no, avail=yes, need=no, active=unknown Attached to: #11 (PCI bridge) 10: PCI 700.0: 0302 3D controller [Created at pci.310] UDI: /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/pci_10de_604 Unique ID: aK5u.ItW8CUrnvDE Parent ID: vTuk.dE8oqpHM2M2 SysFS ID: /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:13.0/0000:05:00.0/0000:06:00.0/0000:07:00.0 SysFS BusID: 0000:07:00.0 Hardware Class: graphics card Model: "nVidia GeForce 9800 GX2" Vendor: pci 0x10de "nVidia Corporation" Device: pci 0x0604 "GeForce 9800 GX2" SubVendor: pci 0x10de "nVidia Corporation" SubDevice: pci 0x0504 Revision: 0xa2 Memory Range: 0xec000000-0xecffffff (rw,non-prefetchable,disabled) Memory Range: 0xd0000000-0xdfffffff (rw,prefetchable,disabled) Memory Range: 0xea000000-0xebffffff (rw,non-prefetchable,disabled) I/O Ports: 0x9f00-0x9f7f (rw,disabled) Memory Range: 0xedfe0000-0xedffffff (ro,prefetchable,disabled) IRQ: 11 (no events) Module Alias: "pci:v000010DEd00000604sv000010DEsd00000504bc03sc02i00" Driver Info #0: XFree86 v4 Server Module: nv Config Status: cfg=no, avail=yes, need=no, active=unknown Attached to: #12 (PCI bridge) Primary display adapter: #9 hwinfo --mouse 55: USB 00.0: 10503 USB Mouse [Created at usb.122] UDI: /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/usb_device_45e_8c_noserial_if0 Unique ID: cLrx.asOOAmeQ2m4 Parent ID: k4bc.Uu0aCsrHYoB SysFS ID: /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:0b.0/usb1/1-2/1-2:1.0 SysFS BusID: 1-2:1.0 Hardware Class: mouse Model: "Microsoft Wireless Intellimouse Explorer 2.0" Hotplug: USB Vendor: usb 0x045e "Microsoft Corp." Device: usb 0x008c "Wireless Intellimouse Explorer 2.0" Revision: "73.73" Compatible to: int 0x0210 0x0035 Driver: "usbhid" Driver Modules: "usbhid" Device File: /dev/input/mice (/dev/input/mouse0) Device Files: /dev/input/mice, /dev/input/mouse0, /dev/input/event4, /dev/input/by-id/usb-Microsoft_Microsoft_Wireless_Optical_Desktop_1.00-event-mouse, /dev/input/by-path/pci-0000:00:0b.0-usb-0:2:1.0-event-mouse, /dev/input/by-id/usb-Microsoft_Microsoft_Wireless_Optical_Desktop_1.00-mouse, /dev/input/by-path/pci-0000:00:0b.0-usb-0:2:1.0-mouse Device Number: char 13:63 (char 13:32) Speed: 1.5 Mbps Module Alias: "usb:v045Ep008Cd7373dc00dsc00dp00ic03isc01ip02" Driver Info #0: Buttons: 5 Wheels: 3 XFree86 Protocol: explorerps/2 GPM Protocol: exps2 Config Status: cfg=no, avail=yes, need=no, active=unknown Attached to: #57 (Hub)
Are this two graphics cards or one graphics card with two GPUs on it?
This is one (big!) card with two gpus. I have run sax2 manually with no arguments and it seems to be a coding issue: Michael linux-rfgr:/home/mte # sax2 SaX: initializing please wait... SaX: your current configuration will not be read in SaX: access to your display has been granted *** buffer overflow detected ***: /usr/sbin/sysp terminated ======= Backtrace: ========= /lib/libc.so.6(__fortify_fail+0x48)[0xb7a594c8] /lib/libc.so.6[0xb7a57500] /lib/libc.so.6[0xb7a5679d] /usr/sbin/sysp[0x8081038] /usr/sbin/sysp[0x80813e7] /usr/sbin/sysp[0x806e3b5] /usr/sbin/sysp[0x8064610] /usr/sbin/sysp[0x80506fc] /usr/sbin/sysp[0x805117a] /lib/libc.so.6(__libc_start_main+0xe5)[0xb798c5f5] /usr/sbin/sysp(__gxx_personality_v0+0x121)[0x804ba11] ======= Memory map: ======== 08048000-08096000 r-xp 00000000 08:06 365976 /usr/sbin/sysp 08096000-08097000 r--p 0004d000 08:06 365976 /usr/sbin/sysp 08097000-08098000 rw-p 0004e000 08:06 365976 /usr/sbin/sysp 08098000-084ce000 rw-p 08098000 00:00 0 [heap] b77b1000-b7808000 rw-p b77ec000 00:00 0 b7824000-b7867000 rw-p b7824000 00:00 0 b7867000-b78a7000 rw-s 00000000 00:09 13336577 /SYSV00000000 (deleted) b78a7000-b78fb000 rw-p b78a7000 00:00 0 b78fb000-b78fd000 r-xp 00000000 08:06 348296 /usr/lib/libXau.so.6.0.0 b78fd000-b78fe000 r--p 00001000 08:06 348296 /usr/lib/libXau.so.6.0.0 b78fe000-b78ff000 rw-p 00002000 08:06 348296 /usr/lib/libXau.so.6.0.0 b78ff000-b7902000 r-xp 00000000 08:06 242427 /lib/libuuid.so.1.2 b7902000-b7903000 r--p 00002000 08:06 242427 /lib/libuuid.so.1.2 b7903000-b7904000 rw-p 00003000 08:06 242427 /lib/libuuid.so.1.2 b7904000-b790c000 r-xp 00000000 08:06 113180 /usr/lib/libXrender.so.1.3.0 b790c000-b790d000 r--p 00007000 08:06 113180 /usr/lib/libXrender.so.1.3.0 b790d000-b790e000 rw-p 00008000 08:06 113180 /usr/lib/libXrender.so.1.3.0 b790e000-b791b000 r-xp 00000000 08:06 348338 /usr/lib/libXext.so.6.4.0 b791b000-b791c000 r--p 0000c000 08:06 348338 /usr/lib/libXext.so.6.4.0 b791c000-b791d000 rw-p 0000d000 08:06 348338 /usr/lib/libXext.so.6.4.0 b791d000-b791f000 r-xp 00000000 08:06 242756 /lib/libdl-2.8.so b791f000-b7920000 r--p 00001000 08:06 242756 /lib/libdl-2.8.so b7920000-b7921000 rw-p 00002000 08:06 242756 /lib/libdl-2.8.so b7921000-b7922000 rw-p b7921000 00:00 0 b7922000-b7939000 r-xp 00000000 08:06 348339 /usr/lib/libxcb.so.1.0.0 b7939000-b793a000 r--p 00016000 08:06 348339 /usr/lib/libxcb.so.1.0.0 b793a000-b793b000 rw-p 00017000 08:06 348339 /usr/lib/libxcb.so.1.0.0 b793b000-b793c000 r-xp 00000000 08:06 348374 /usr/lib/libxcb-xlib.so.0.0.0 b793c000-b793d000 r--p 00000000 08:06 348374 /usr/lib/libxcb-xlib.so.0.0.0 b793d000-b793e000 rw-p 00001000 08:06 348374 /usr/lib/libxcb-xlib.so.0.0.0 b793e000-b7974000 r-xp 00000000 08:06 242623 /lib/libdbus-1.so.3.4.0 b7974000-b7975000 r--p 00035000 08:06 242623 /lib/libdbus-1.so.3.4.0 b7975000-b7976000 rw-p 00036000 08:06 242623 /lib/libdbus-1.so.3.4.0 b7976000-b7ab3000 r-xp 00000000 08:06 242751 /lib/libc-2.8.so b7ab3000-b7ab5000 r--p 0013d000 08:06 242751 /lib/libc-2.8.so b7ab5000-b7ab6000 rw-p 0013f000 08:06 242751 /lib/libc-2.8.so b7ab6000-b7ab9000 rw-p b7ab6000 00:00 0 b7ab9000-b7ac5000 r-xp 00000000 08:06 242450 /lib/libgcc_s.so.1 b7ac5000-b7ac6000 r--p 0000b000 08:06 242450 /lib/libgcc_s.so.1 b7ac6000-b7ac7000 rw-p 0000c000 08:06 242450 /lib/libgcc_s.so.1 b7ac7000-b7aeb000 r-xp 00000000 08:06 242761 /lib/libm-2.8.so b7aeb000-b7aec000 r--p 00023000 08:06 242761 /lib/libm-2.8.so b7aec000-b7aed000 rw-p 00024000 08:06 242761 /lib/libm-2.8.so b7aed000-b7aee000 rw-p b7aed000 00:00 0 b7aee000-b7af0000 r-xp 00000000 08:06 113147 /usr/lib/libXxf86misc.so.1.1.0 b7af0000-b7af1000 r--p 00001000 08:06 113147 /usr/lib/libXxf86misc.so.1.1.0 b7af1000-b7af2000 rw-p 00002000 08:06 113147 /usr/lib/libXxf86misc.so.1.1.0 b7af2000-b7b02000 r-xp 00000000 08:06 348280 /usr/lib/libhal.so.1.0.0 b7b02000-b7b03000 r--p 0000f000 08:06 348280 /usr/lib/libhal.so.1.0.0 b7b03000-b7b04000 rw-p 00010000 08:06 348280 /usr/lib/libhal.so.1.0.0 b7b04000-b7b0a000 r-xp 00000000 08:06 113202 /usr/lib/libXrandr.so.2.1.0 b7b0a000-b7b0b000 r--p 00005000 08:06 113202 /usr/lib/libXrandr.so.2.1.0 b7b0b000-b7b0c000 rw-p 00006000 08:06 113202 /usr/lib/libXrandr.so.2.1.0 b7b0c000-b7c29000 r-xp 00000000 08:06 348245 /usr/lib/libX11.so.6.2.0 b7c29000-b7c2a000 r--p 0011c000 08:06 348245 /usr/lib/libX11.so.6.2.0 b7c2a000-b7c2d000 rw-p 0011d000 08:06 348245 /usr/lib/libX11.so.6.2.0 b7c2d000-b7d12000 r-xp 00000000 08:06 348294 /usr/lib/libstdc++.so.6.0.10 b7d12000-b7d16000 r--p 000e5000 08:06 348294 /usr/lib/libstdc++.so.6.0.10 b7d16000-b7d17000 rw-p 000e9000 08:06 348294 /usr/lib/libstdc++.so.6.0.10 b7d17000-b7d1d000 rw-p b7d17000 00:00 0 b7d1d000-b7dd2000 r-xp 00000000 08:06 348416 /usr/lib/libhd.so.14.18 b7dd2000-b7dd3000 r--p 000b5000 08:06 348416 /usr/lib/libhd.so.14.18 b7dd3000-b7ed1000 rw-p 000b6000 08:06 348416 /usr/lib/libhd.so.14.18 b7ed1000-b7ed3000 rw-p b7ed1000 00:00 0 b7ef0000-b7f0b000 r-xp 00000000 08:06 242845 /lib/ld-2.8.so b7f0b000-b7f0c000 r--p 0001a000 08:06 242845 /lib/ld-2.8.so b7f0c000-b7f0d000 rw-p 0001b000 08:06 242845 /lib/ld-2.8.so bfdf3000-bfe0d000 rw-p bffe6000 00:00 0 [stack] ffffe000-fffff000 r-xp 00000000 00:00 0 [vdso] Died at /usr/share/sax/init.pl line 653.
Running sax2 -c <0 or 1> seems to work fine.
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 352867 ***