no usable screen with nVidia 7600 GO

Forum thread started by wretched_dutchman on Wed, 2011-01-19 12:31

Hello,

I've tried to boot haiku on my laptop with an nVidia 7600 GO, but it gave me a terrible torn screen when entering the desktop. Upon entering it looks equal blue, but when moving the mouse I can see the pointer on several positions horizontally in a vertically stretched manner.
This issue occurs both with r1a2 and the nightly downloaded on Jan. 6th.

My hardware configuration is as follows:

lspci -nnvvv
00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/PM/GMS, 943/940GML and 945GT Express Memory Controller Hub [8086:27a0] (rev 03)
	Subsystem: Sony Corporation Device [104d:81ef]
	Control: I/O- Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR+ FastB2B- DisINTx-
	Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- SERR- 
	Kernel modules: intel-agp

00:01.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/PM/GMS, 943/940GML and 945GT Express PCI Express Root Port [8086:27a1] (rev 03) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
	Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx+
	Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- SERR- TAbort- Reset- FastB2B-
		PriDiscTmr- SecDiscTmr- DiscTmrStat- DiscTmrSERREn-
	Capabilities: 
	Kernel driver in use: pcieport
	Kernel modules: shpchp

00:1b.0 Audio device [0403]: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family High Definition Audio Controller [8086:27d8] (rev 02)
	Subsystem: Sony Corporation Device [104d:81ef]
	Control: I/O- Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx+
	Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- SERR- 
	Kernel driver in use: HDA Intel
	Kernel modules: snd-hda-intel

00:1c.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family PCI Express Port 1 [8086:27d0] (rev 02) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
	Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx+
	Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- SERR- TAbort- Reset- FastB2B-
		PriDiscTmr- SecDiscTmr- DiscTmrStat- DiscTmrSERREn-
	Capabilities: 
	Kernel driver in use: pcieport
	Kernel modules: shpchp

00:1c.1 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family PCI Express Port 2 [8086:27d2] (rev 02) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
	Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx+
	Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- SERR- TAbort- Reset- FastB2B-
		PriDiscTmr- SecDiscTmr- DiscTmrStat- DiscTmrSERREn-
	Capabilities: 
	Kernel driver in use: pcieport
	Kernel modules: shpchp

00:1c.2 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family PCI Express Port 3 [8086:27d4] (rev 02) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
	Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx+
	Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- SERR- TAbort- Reset- FastB2B-
		PriDiscTmr- SecDiscTmr- DiscTmrStat- DiscTmrSERREn-
	Capabilities: 
	Kernel driver in use: pcieport
	Kernel modules: shpchp

00:1c.3 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family PCI Express Port 4 [8086:27d6] (rev 02) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
	Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx+
	Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- SERR- TAbort- Reset- FastB2B-
		PriDiscTmr- SecDiscTmr- DiscTmrStat- DiscTmrSERREn-
	Capabilities: 
	Kernel driver in use: pcieport
	Kernel modules: shpchp

00:1d.0 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family USB UHCI Controller #1 [8086:27c8] (rev 02) (prog-if 00 [UHCI])
	Subsystem: Sony Corporation Device [104d:81ef]
	Control: I/O+ Mem- BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx-
	Status: Cap- 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- SERR- TAbort- SERR- TAbort- SERR- TAbort- SERR- TAbort- SERR- 
	Kernel driver in use: ehci_hcd

00:1e.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge [8086:2448] (rev e2) (prog-if 01 [Subtractive decode])
	Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx-
	Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- SERR- TAbort- Reset- FastB2B-
		PriDiscTmr- SecDiscTmr- DiscTmrStat- DiscTmrSERREn-
	Capabilities: 

00:1f.0 ISA bridge [0601]: Intel Corporation 82801GBM (ICH7-M) LPC Interface Bridge [8086:27b9] (rev 02)
	Subsystem: Sony Corporation Device [104d:81ef]
	Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx-
	Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- SERR- 
	Kernel modules: leds-ss4200, iTCO_wdt, intel-rng

00:1f.1 IDE interface [0101]: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) IDE Controller [8086:27df] (rev 02) (prog-if 8a [Master SecP PriP])
	Subsystem: Sony Corporation Device [104d:81ef]
	Control: I/O+ Mem- BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx-
	Status: Cap- 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- SERR- TAbort- SERR- 
	Kernel driver in use: ata_piix

00:1f.3 SMBus [0c05]: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family SMBus Controller [8086:27da] (rev 02)
	Subsystem: Sony Corporation Device [104d:81ef]
	Control: I/O+ Mem- BusMaster- SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx-
	Status: Cap- 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- SERR- TAbort- SERR-  [disabled]
	Capabilities: 
	Kernel driver in use: nvidia
	Kernel modules: nvidia-current, nouveau, nvidiafb

06:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 3945ABG [Golan] Network Connection [8086:4222] (rev 02)
	Subsystem: Intel Corporation Device [8086:1051]
	Control: I/O- Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx+
	Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- SERR- 
	Kernel driver in use: iwl3945
	Kernel modules: iwl3945

0a:03.0 CardBus bridge [0607]: Texas Instruments PCIxx12 Cardbus Controller [104c:8039]
	Subsystem: Sony Corporation Device [104d:81ef]
	Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx-
	Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- SERR- Reset+ 16bInt+ PostWrite+
	16-bit legacy interface ports at 0001
	Kernel driver in use: yenta_cardbus
	Kernel modules: yenta_socket

0a:03.1 FireWire (IEEE 1394) [0c00]: Texas Instruments PCIxx12 OHCI Compliant IEEE 1394 Host Controller [104c:803a] (prog-if 10 [OHCI])
	Subsystem: Sony Corporation Device [104d:81ef]
	Control: I/O- Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx-
	Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- SERR- 
	Kernel driver in use: firewire_ohci
	Kernel modules: firewire-ohci, ohci1394

0a:03.2 Mass storage controller [0180]: Texas Instruments 5-in-1 Multimedia Card Reader (SD/MMC/MS/MS PRO/xD) [104c:803b]
	Subsystem: Sony Corporation Device [104d:81ef]
	Control: I/O- Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx-
	Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- SERR- 
	Kernel driver in use: tifm_7xx1
	Kernel modules: tifm_7xx1

0a:08.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Intel Corporation PRO/100 VE Network Connection [8086:1092] (rev 02)
	Subsystem: Sony Corporation Device [104d:81ef]
	Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx-
	Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- SERR- 
	Kernel driver in use: e100
	Kernel modules: e100

I'm not familiar with driver debugging, so it would be appreciated if someone could tell me how I can help me solve or at least pinpoint this problem.

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Comments

Re: no usable screen with nVidia 7600 GO

by tonestone57 - 2011-01-19 15:58

I looked through it and don't see your Nvidia graphics card listed in there. I also searched by name nvidia & vendor id (10de) and saw no graphics card.

I think this is your graphics card Haiku is finding and trying to use:
Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/PM/GMS, 943/940GML and 945GT Express PCI Express Root Port [8086:27a1]

Does your laptop have Intel + Nvidia graphics? Can you type in Haiku terminal? ls /dev/graphics

You should use VESA mode for now. Hold SHIFT @ start of boot to bring up safe-mode, go select fail-safe graphics + a fail-safe resolution and then continue booting. That should work for you to avoid using the (Intel? Nvidia?) graphics driver.

I prefer lspci -nn from Linux to give compact view which is easier to read.

Re: no usable screen with nVidia 7600 GO

by wretched_dutchman - 2011-01-19 18:26

Sorry, something went wrong copying (I should have checked). The lspci -nn output for my graphics card is:

01:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: nVidia Corporation G72M [GeForce Go 7400] [10de:01d8] (rev a1)

I don't have Intel graphics in my laptop.

In fail-safe graphics with default resolution it will boot, but it won't with with VGA standard resolution.
My result for /dev/graphics is:

10de_01d8_010000 vesa

I hope this information helps.

Re: no usable screen with nVidia 7600 GO

by tonestone57 - 2011-01-19 19:35

ok, that's better. Was wondering why I didn't see VGA in your lspci.

"10de_01d8_010000 vesa"
Yes that information helps. Shows Haiku's nvidia driver (10de) detected your Nvidia card.

You have to file a bug for it to let the nvidia driver developer check it out. You'll want to include your syslog file too with brief outline of problem & state what resolution you are using.
http://dev.haiku-os.org
Requires getting new account (register) which is quick and easy.

Re: no usable screen with nVidia 7600 GO

by wretched_dutchman - 2011-01-19 21:07

reported under https://dev.haiku-os.org/ticket/7122
thanks for your help.

Re: no usable screen with nVidia 7600 GO

by thatguy - 2011-01-20 00:00
wretched_dutchman wrote:

reported under https://dev.haiku-os.org/ticket/7122
thanks for your help.

thanx for trying, Please don't be discouraged. the Haiku devs are really good and they generally seem to fix alot of serious hardware stuff fiarly quickly.

welcome to Haiku.

stick around !

Re: no usable screen with nVidia 7600 GO

by tonestone57 - 2011-01-20 02:16

Ok, thanks for reporting but you're missing syslog. Without syslog that bug has no chance of getting fixed. Please search for syslog in Haiku which logs booting & driver information and errors and use the upload text file button to attach the file to the ticket. Also, your graphics card is actually "GeForce Go 7400" not 7600 but not a big deal. :-)

Re: no usable screen with nVidia 7600 GO

by wretched_dutchman - 2011-01-20 08:04
tonestone57 wrote:

Ok, thanks for reporting but you're missing syslog. Without syslog that bug has no chance of getting fixed. Please search for syslog in Haiku which logs booting & driver information and errors and use the upload text file button to attach the file to the ticket. Also, your graphics card is actually "GeForce Go 7400" not 7600 but not a big deal. :-)

Seems like I really wasn't having my day.
I will send the logs as soon as possible.