No screens found error!

[br41ns70rm]

right after a fresh reinstall of ubuntu i want to install my videocard-driver of nvidia.
after i reboot i get this terminal-view where i have to log-in.
if i want use "startx" i get a fatal server error: no screens found.
can somebody help me get my driver installed.

i tryed different drivers of nvidia (173, 177) and even de latest beta (185.13).
i even tryed ubuntu 9.04 alpha 6.

[taurus]

Which nvidia graphic card do you have?

What does your /etc/X11/xorg.conf look like?


cat /etc/X11/xorg.conf

[br41ns70rm]

Which nvidia graphic card do you have?

What does your /etc/X11/xorg.conf look like?


cat /etc/X11/xorg.conf

I've got 2 XFX geforce 8800gts alpha dog edtions cards.

xorg.conf looks like this:

# nvidia-xconfig: X configuration file generated by nvidia-xconfig
# nvidia-xconfig: version 1.0 (buildmeister@builder57) Thu Mar 12 18:38:00 PST 2009

Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "Layout0"
Screen 0 "Screen0"
InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
InputDevice "Mouse0" "CourePointer"
EndSection

Section "Files"
EndSection

Section "Module"
Load "dbe"
Load "extmod"
Load "type1"
Load "freetype"
Load "glx"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
#generated from default
Identifier "Mouse0"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "auto"
Option "Device" "/dev/psaux"
Option "Emulate3Buttons" "no"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
# 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
EndSubSection
EndSection

[taurus]

After you've logged in, edit /etc/X11/xorg.conf


sudo nano -Bw /etc/X11/xorg.conf
and replace this line


Driver "nvidia"
with this one.


Driver "nv"
Save and exit with <Ctrl>x. Now, see if X starts with


startx

[br41ns70rm]

After you've logged in, edit /etc/X11/xorg.conf


sudo nano -Bw /etc/X11/xorg.conf
and replace this line


Driver "nvidia"
with this one.


Driver "nv"
Save and exit with <Ctrl>x. Now, see if X starts with


startx

still get the no screen found error

[taurus]

sudo dpkg-reconfigure -phigh xserver-xorg
startx

[br41ns70rm]

sudo dpkg-reconfigure -phigh xserver-xorg
startx

still the same, there is the line before that Primary device is nog PCI. maybe thats a problem?

[Jphenow]

I get the SAME issue!! What is going on!? I've made several posts and no one seems to be figuring this issue out. I'm basically out a Linux box right now. What I've been doing is trying to set the Driver to Vesa and in the BIOS set my Primary Video Device to Onboard so I have to run on crappy VGA graphics. However I won't have the VGA cable for very long so this will soon become a real problem. I actually have eventually gotten some things to work but if it's running on the Nvidia then I can't get a resolution above 640x480...not good. Hopefully this gets patched up soon... :(

[br41ns70rm]

Hi everyone,

ik fixed the problem myself.
i did this to use "X - configure" to create a new xorg.conf.new
by reading true this file i figured out that some info in my normal xorg.conf was not the same as in the new one.

i changed my Device part of my xorg.conf ("sudo nana /etc/X11/xorg.conf")




Section "Device"
Identifier "Device0"
Driver "nvidia"
VendorName "NVIDIA Corporation"
EndSection


[/QUOTE]

from this to :


Section "Device"
Identifier "Card0"
Driver "nvidia"
VendorName "nVidia Corporation"
BoardName "GeForce 8800 GTS 512"
BusID "PCI:1:0:0"
EndSection

Section "Device"
# This is for my second GPU
Identifier "Card1"
Driver "nvidia"
VendorName "nVidia Corporation"
BoardName "GeForce 8800 GTS 512"
BusID "PCI:10:0:0"
EndSection
[/QUOTE]


I got this information by using "X -configure"
this game me an error of that there were more screens in the config then actualie on my pc.
it gives you the location of the xorg.conf.new file.
read true it. it can be a long file couse for my hardware there where 42 screens make, 42 cards of nvidia and 42 monitors. the 42 cards where made becouse he took al the nvidia-elements on my MB like memorie-controller, ethernetcards, bridges and so on.

look for the card0 and card1 device. (if it says its your gpu-card) take that info and place it in your original xorg.conf
using "sudo nano /etc/X11/xorg.conf"

Tnx a lot for everyone who tryd to help me, and i hope everyone with the same problem can fix it now.

[reality1011]

Thanks very much... I was having the same problem....

Just did the following to resolve:

1. X -configure
2. mv <new config file> to /etc/X11/xorg.config
3. startx

Done !

Thanks man

[br41ns70rm]

Thanks very much... I was having the same problem....

Just did the following to resolve:

1. X -configure
2. mv <new config file> to /etc/X11/xorg.config
3. startx

Done !

Thanks man

Tnx thats, way faster. tried it again with Linux Mint 6 Fluxbox CE, same problem acourd. only after logout, i still get back to terminal instead of login screen. trying some thing tomorrow again