Per the request during the 2006.0 boot sequence... Although this card is recognized during the boot dialog, the nVidia driver does not get loaded. This card works fine with the nVidia kernel and glx modules. LSPCI output: peter@mars ~ $ cat /tmp/lspci.txt 00:00.0 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8377 [KT400/KT600 AGP] Host Bridge 00:01.0 PCI bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8235 PCI Bridge 00:0b.0 Multimedia controller: Pinnacle Systems Inc. Pinnacle AV/DV Studio Capture Card 00:0b.1 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Pinnacle Systems Inc. Unknown device 0015 00:0e.0 Multimedia audio controller: C-Media Electronics Inc CM8738 (rev 10) 00:10.0 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev 80) 00:10.1 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev 80) 00:10.2 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev 80) 00:10.3 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. USB 2.0 (rev 82) 00:11.0 ISA bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8235 ISA Bridge 00:11.1 IDE interface: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C586A/B/VT82C686/A/B/VT823x/A/C PIPC Bus Master IDE (rev 06) 00:12.0 Ethernet controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT6102 [Rhine-II] (rev 74) 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation GeForce 6200 (rev a1)
Bah... it doesn't display a "NV" model number, which is why my scripts miss it. What does it detect the card as? Does it load the nvidia kernel module? Which X driver does it try to use instead? Does it just not configure OpenGL, but X still works fine?
Here's the whole output. You'll notice that ALSA also isn't loaded properly. X works fine, although in vesa mode. HTH * Loading ALSA modules ... * Could not detect custom ALSA settings. Loading all detected alsa drivers. * Unable to find any ALSA drivers. Have you compiled alsa-drivers correctly? * ERROR: Failed to load necessary drivers [ ok ] * Restoring Mixer Levels ... cat: /proc/asound/cards: No such file or directory [ ok ] * Hardware detection started ... * Detected 1 AMD Athlon(tm) XP 2800+ 2083MHz CPU [ ok ] * Not Loading APM Bios support ... * Not Loading ACPI support ... * Running hdparm on /dev/hda ... [ ok ] * Running hdparm on /dev/hdb ... [ ok ] * Running hdparm on /dev/hdc ... [ ok ] * Skipping DHCP broadcast detection as requested on boot commandline ... * Mouse is ImExPS/2 Generic Explorer Mouse at /dev/input/mice ... * Starting gpm ... [ ok ] * Unpacking hotplug firmware ... [ ok ] * Coldplugging input devices ... [ ok ] * Coldplugging isapnp devices ... [ ok ] * Coldplugging pci devices ... [ ok ] * Coldplugging pnp devices ... [ ok ] * Coldplugging usb devices ... [ ok ] * Soundcard: C-Media Electronics Inc.|CM8738 driver = snd-cmipci * Creating X Configuration ... Video is nVidia Corp.|GeForce 6200, using X(vesa) Server Monitor is Generic Monitor, H:28.0-96.0kHz, V:50.0-75.0Hz Using Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" [ ok ] * Configuring OpenGL ... * No OpenGL-capable card found. * If you have a card that you know is supported by either the ATI or * NVIDIA binary drivers, please file a bug with the output of lspci * on http://bugs.gentoo.org so we can resolve this. * Switching to xorg-x11 OpenGL interface ... >>> Regenerating /etc/ld.so.cache... * VideoCard: nVidia Corp.|GeForce 6200
It also does not load driver for 6250 it detects it and uses vesa
(In reply to comment #3) > It also does not load driver for 6250 it detects it and uses vesa > I have a 7800 GT and it is not detected either: * Initializing random number generator ... INIT: Entering runlevel: 3 * Starting syslog-ng ... [ ok ] * Loading ALSA modules ... * Could not detect custom ALSA settings. Loading all detected alsa drivers. * Unable to find any ALSA drivers. Have you compiled alsa-drivers correctly? * ERROR: Failed to load necessary drivers * Restoring Mixer Levels ... cat: /proc/asound/cards: No such file or directory * Hardware detection started ... * Detected 1 AMD Athlon(tm) 64 Processor 3200+ 2010MHz CPU * Not Loading APM Bios support ... * Not Loading ACPI support ... * Running hdparm on /dev/hda ... * Running hdparm on /dev/hdb ... * Mouse is B16_b_02 USB-PS/2 Optical Mouse at /dev/input/mice ... * Starting gpm ... * Unpacking hotplug firmware ... * Coldplugging input devices ... * Coldplugging isapnp devices ... * Coldplugging pci devices ... * Coldplugging pnp devices ... * Coldplugging usb devices ... * Network device eth0 detected, DHCP broadcasting for IP ... * Network device eth1 detected, DHCP broadcasting for IP ... * Network device eth2 detected, DHCP broadcasting for IP ... * Soundcard: nVidia Corp.|CK804 AC'97 Audio Controller driver = snd-intel8x0 * Creating X Configuration ... Video is nVidia Corp.|unknown device 10de:0092, using X(vesa) Server Monitor is Generic Monitor, H:28.0-96.0kHz, V:50.0-75.0Hz Using Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" * Configuring OpenGL ... * Switching to xorg-x11 OpenGL interface ... >>> Regenerating /etc/ld.so.cache... * VideoCard: nVidia Corp.|unknown device 10de:0092 * Starting portmap ... * Starting famd ... * Auto-scrambling root password for security ... * Starting spin daemon ... * Skipping /usr/bin/gdm, received 'nox' >>> CD size: 713270 K * Starting local ... * Setting framebuffer console images ... _______________ lspci --------------- 00:00.0 Memory controller: nVidia Corporation CK804 Memory Controller (rev a3) 00:01.0 ISA bridge: nVidia Corporation CK804 ISA Bridge (rev a3) 00:01.1 SMBus: nVidia Corporation CK804 SMBus (rev a2) 00:02.0 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation CK804 USB Controller (rev a2) 00:02.1 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation CK804 USB Controller (rev a3) 00:04.0 Multimedia audio controller: nVidia Corporation CK804 AC'97 Audio Controller (rev a2) 00:06.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation CK804 IDE (rev f2) 00:07.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation CK804 Serial ATA Controller (rev f3) 00:08.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation CK804 Serial ATA Controller (rev f3) 00:09.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation CK804 PCI Bridge (rev a2) 00:0a.0 Bridge: nVidia Corporation CK804 Ethernet Controller (rev a3) 00:0b.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation CK804 PCIE Bridge (rev a3) 00:0c.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation CK804 PCIE Bridge (rev a3) 00:0d.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation CK804 PCIE Bridge (rev a3) 00:0e.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation CK804 PCIE Bridge (rev a3) 00:18.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] HyperTransport Technology Configuration 00:18.1 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Address Map 00:18.2 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] DRAM Controller 00:18.3 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Miscellaneous Control 01:07.0 CardBus bridge: Ricoh Co Ltd RL5c475 (rev 80) 01:0a.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Texas Instruments TSB82AA2 IEEE-1394b Link Layer Controller (rev 01) 03:00.0 Ethernet controller: Marvell Technology Group Ltd. 88E8053 PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet Controller (rev 19) 06:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation GeForce 7800 GT (rev a1) _________________ lsmod ----------------- Module Size Used by parport_pc 26948 0 parport 21544 1 parport_pc floppy 46244 0 pcspkr 1156 0 rtc 8948 0 sky2 27680 0 yenta_socket 18252 0 rsrc_nonstatic 8608 1 yenta_socket pcmcia_core 24116 2 yenta_socket,rsrc_nonstatic sk98lin 127008 0 forcedeth 16356 0 eth1394 14536 0 dm_mirror 14672 0 dm_mod 37048 1 dm_mirror pdc_adma 6212 0 sata_mv 12516 0 ata_piix 6532 0 ahci 9124 0 sata_qstor 6468 0 sata_vsc 5316 0 sata_uli 4644 0 sata_sis 5220 0 sata_sx4 10052 0 sata_nv 5924 1 sata_via 5668 0 sata_svw 4932 0 sata_sil24 7684 0 sata_sil 6244 0 sata_promise 7716 0 libata 35912 15 pdc_adma,sata_mv,ata_piix,ahci,sata_qstor,sata_vsc,sata_uli,sata_sis,sata_sx4,sata_nv,sata_via,sata_svw,sata_sil24,sata_sil,sata_promise sbp2 16484 0 ohci1394 25140 0 ieee1394 57272 3 eth1394,sbp2,ohci1394 sl811_hcd 9344 0 ohci_hcd 14916 0 uhci_hcd 24144 0 usb_storage 49920 0 usbhid 28992 0 ehci_hcd 22856 0 usbcore 80068 7 sl811_hcd,ohci_hcd,uhci_hcd,usb_storage,usbhid,ehci_hcd
I would much prefer that we get the upstream pci.ids information consistent, rather than adding workarounds for specific cards. I'll be submitting updates to the upstream database and hope that we can resolve many if not all of these.
OK. I updated everything that I could find on the upstream pciids.sourceforge.net page, so hopefully they'll get approved. Anyway, there's nothing we can do about this further unless upstream approves this.
Even though this is fixed, technically, we will not be shipping the binary drivers on another CD, since it violates the GPL to do so.
