Hello, I'm using nouveau xf86-video-nouveau 0.0.10_git20091101-1 and nouveau-drm 0.0.15_20091120-1 under Arch Linux with xorg-server 1.7.3.901-1. My video card is recognized as "nVidia Corporation NV25GL [Quadro4 750 XGL]". X starts (with no apparent errors) but it's essentially unusable, since it's missing all the icons on all the panels and toolbars, and no text shows up at all. For example, I can start an xterm, since I know where the icon is on the panel, and I can type commands, which by the cursor movement seem to be working correctly, but there is no visible text in the term. Popups (such as right-clicking on the main window) have some clutter/video noise - but no text or icons. I see no obvious error messages in the log or dmesg. This seems similar to the report in Bug 14092 (https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=14092) but that was from March 2008, so I figure the fix would be in the version I'm running. If this is a known issue, feel free to point me to the documentation I've obviously missed. Otherwise, what else should I post to assist with troubleshooting? (I'll defer posting even xorg.conf and the Xorg log until someone claims they will be of use.) Thanks for any suggestions or assistance. Jack
On Thu, Dec 24, 2009 at 12:29 AM, Jack <ostroffjh at sbcglobal.net> wrote:> Hello, > > I'm using nouveau xf86-video-nouveau 0.0.10_git20091101-1 and > nouveau-drm 0.0.15_20091120-1 under Arch Linux with xorg-server > 1.7.3.901-1. ?My video card is recognized as "nVidia Corporation NV25GL > [Quadro4 750 XGL]". > > X starts (with no apparent errors) but it's essentially unusable, since > it's missing all the icons on all the panels and toolbars, and no text > shows up at all. ?For example, I can start an xterm, since I know where > the icon is on the panel, and I can type commands, which by the cursor > movement seem to be working correctly, but there is no visible text in > the term. ?Popups (such as right-clicking on the main window) have some > clutter/video noise - but no text or icons. ?I see no obvious error > messages in the log or dmesg. > > This seems similar to the report in Bug 14092 > (https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=14092) but that was from > March 2008, so I figure the fix would be in the version I'm running.This problem doesn't affect a NV25 at all.> > If this is a known issue, feel free to point me to the documentation > I've obviously missed. ?Otherwise, what else should I post to assist > with troubleshooting? ?(I'll defer posting even xorg.conf and the Xorg > log until someone claims they will be of use.) > > Thanks for any suggestions or assistance. > > Jack > _______________________________________________ > Nouveau mailing list > Nouveau at lists.freedesktop.org > http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/nouveau >
On Thu, Dec 24, 2009 at 12:29 AM, Jack <ostroffjh at sbcglobal.net> wrote:> Hello, > > I'm using nouveau xf86-video-nouveau 0.0.10_git20091101-1 and > nouveau-drm 0.0.15_20091120-1 under Arch Linux with xorg-server > 1.7.3.901-1. ?My video card is recognized as "nVidia Corporation NV25GL > [Quadro4 750 XGL]". >I am not sure there has been a lot of changes for nv25, but 1-2 months can be a lot in nouveau development. You should try newer packages first. Btw arch has up-to-date nouveau packages in testing (built for kernel 2.6.32 also in testing). They should move soon but you can always try them now.> X starts (with no apparent errors) but it's essentially unusable, since > it's missing all the icons on all the panels and toolbars, and no text > shows up at all. ?For example, I can start an xterm, since I know where > the icon is on the panel, and I can type commands, which by the cursor > movement seem to be working correctly, but there is no visible text in > the term. ?Popups (such as right-clicking on the main window) have some > clutter/video noise - but no text or icons. ?I see no obvious error > messages in the log or dmesg. > > This seems similar to the report in Bug 14092 > (https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=14092) but that was from > March 2008, so I figure the fix would be in the version I'm running. > > If this is a known issue, feel free to point me to the documentation > I've obviously missed. ?Otherwise, what else should I post to assist > with troubleshooting? ?(I'll defer posting even xorg.conf and the Xorg > log until someone claims they will be of use.) > > Thanks for any suggestions or assistance. >If newer packages do not work, you should definitely post dmesg and Xorg log. About xorg.conf , if you have a complex one, you could try with a minimalistic one first. See http://nouveau.freedesktop.org/wiki/InstallNouveau or http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Nouveau#Configuration