Drivers newer than 295.75 causing blank screen on GF 9800 GTX

Hello all,

Im currently facing an issue with my GeForce 9800 GTX. After update, when Xorg server starts, primary monitor goes to suspend saying “No Signal”. CRT television on TV-OUT works fine. I can SSH to the copmuter and when I do so, this is output of my xrandr:

GentooOnPhenomII ~ # DISPLAY=:0.0 xrandr --verbose
Screen 0: minimum 8 x 8, current 1680 x 1050, maximum 8192 x 8192
DVI-I-0 connected 1680x1050+0+0 (0xee) normal (normal left inverted
right x axis y axis) 473mm x 296mm
Identifier: 0xed
Timestamp: 668329
Subpixel: unknown
Gamma: 1.0:1.0:1.0
Brightness: 1.0
Clones:
CRTC: 0
CRTCs: 0
Transform: 1.000000 0.000000 0.000000
0.000000 1.000000 0.000000
0.000000 0.000000 1.000000
filter:
EDID:
00ffffffffffff00047274ad49044071
0e110103e82f1e782ec585a459499a24
125054bfef0081808140714f9500950f
b30081c08bc021399030621a274068b0
3600d9281100001c000000fd00384c1e
5210000a202020202020000000fc0041
63657220414c32323136570a000000ff
004c373430393034363634323020008e
SignalFormat: VGA
supported: VGA
ConnectorType: DVI-I
ConnectorNumber: 0 (0x00000000)
_ConnectorLocation: 0 (0x00000000)
1680x1050 (0xee) 146.2MHz -HSync +VSync *current +preferred
h: width 1680 start 1784 end 1960 total 2240 skew 0 clock
65.3KHz
v: height 1050 start 1053 end 1059 total 1089 clock
60.0Hz
1440x900 (0xef) 136.8MHz -HSync +VSync
h: width 1440 start 1536 end 1688 total 1936 skew 0 clock
70.6KHz
v: height 900 start 903 end 909 total 942 clock
75.0Hz
1440x900 (0xf0) 106.5MHz -HSync +VSync
h: width 1440 start 1520 end 1672 total 1904 skew 0 clock
55.9KHz
v: height 900 start 903 end 909 total 934 clock
59.9Hz
1360x765 (0xf1) 84.4MHz -HSync +VSync
h: width 1360 start 1424 end 1568 total 1776 skew 0 clock
47.5KHz
v: height 765 start 766 end 769 total 792 clock
60.0Hz
1280x1024 (0xf2) 135.0MHz +HSync +VSync
h: width 1280 start 1296 end 1440 total 1688 skew 0 clock
80.0KHz
v: height 1024 start 1025 end 1028 total 1066 clock
75.0Hz
1280x1024 (0xf3) 108.0MHz +HSync +VSync
h: width 1280 start 1328 end 1440 total 1688 skew 0 clock
64.0KHz
v: height 1024 start 1025 end 1028 total 1066 clock
60.0Hz
1280x960 (0xf4) 108.0MHz +HSync +VSync
h: width 1280 start 1376 end 1488 total 1800 skew 0 clock
60.0KHz
v: height 960 start 961 end 964 total 1000 clock
60.0Hz
1280x720 (0xf5) 74.2MHz +HSync +VSync
h: width 1280 start 1390 end 1430 total 1650 skew 0 clock
45.0KHz
v: height 720 start 725 end 730 total 750 clock
60.0Hz
1152x864 (0xf6) 108.0MHz +HSync +VSync
h: width 1152 start 1216 end 1344 total 1600 skew 0 clock
67.5KHz
v: height 864 start 865 end 868 total 900 clock
75.0Hz
1024x768 (0xf7) 78.8MHz +HSync +VSync
h: width 1024 start 1040 end 1136 total 1312 skew 0 clock
60.0KHz
v: height 768 start 769 end 772 total 800 clock
75.0Hz
1024x768 (0xf8) 75.0MHz -HSync -VSync
h: width 1024 start 1048 end 1184 total 1328 skew 0 clock
56.5KHz
v: height 768 start 771 end 777 total 806 clock
70.1Hz
1024x768 (0xf9) 65.0MHz -HSync -VSync
h: width 1024 start 1048 end 1184 total 1344 skew 0 clock
48.4KHz
v: height 768 start 771 end 777 total 806 clock
60.0Hz
800x600 (0xfa) 49.5MHz +HSync +VSync
h: width 800 start 816 end 896 total 1056 skew 0 clock
46.9KHz
v: height 600 start 601 end 604 total 625 clock
75.0Hz
800x600 (0xfb) 50.0MHz +HSync +VSync
h: width 800 start 856 end 976 total 1040 skew 0 clock
48.1KHz
v: height 600 start 637 end 643 total 666 clock
72.2Hz
800x600 (0xfc) 40.0MHz +HSync +VSync
h: width 800 start 840 end 968 total 1056 skew 0 clock
37.9KHz
v: height 600 start 601 end 605 total 628 clock
60.3Hz
800x600 (0xfd) 36.0MHz +HSync +VSync
h: width 800 start 824 end 896 total 1024 skew 0 clock
35.2KHz
v: height 600 start 601 end 603 total 625 clock
56.2Hz
640x480 (0xfe) 31.5MHz -HSync -VSync
h: width 640 start 656 end 720 total 840 skew 0 clock
37.5KHz
v: height 480 start 481 end 484 total 500 clock
75.0Hz
640x480 (0xff) 31.5MHz -HSync -VSync
h: width 640 start 656 end 696 total 832 skew 0 clock
37.9KHz
v: height 480 start 481 end 484 total 520 clock
72.8Hz
640x480 (0x100) 25.2MHz -HSync -VSync
h: width 640 start 656 end 752 total 800 skew 0 clock
31.5KHz
v: height 480 start 490 end 492 total 525 clock
59.9Hz
DVI-I-1 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
Identifier: 0x101
Timestamp: 668329
Subpixel: unknown
Clones:
CRTCs: 0
Transform: 1.000000 0.000000 0.000000
0.000000 1.000000 0.000000
0.000000 0.000000 1.000000
filter:
SignalFormat: VGA
supported: VGA
ConnectorType: DVI-I
ConnectorNumber: 1 (0x00000001)
_ConnectorLocation: 1 (0x00000001)
DVI-I-2 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
Identifier: 0x102
Timestamp: 668329
Subpixel: unknown
Clones:
CRTCs: 0
Transform: 1.000000 0.000000 0.000000
0.000000 1.000000 0.000000
0.000000 0.000000 1.000000
filter:
SignalFormat: TMDS
supported: TMDS
ConnectorType: DVI-I
ConnectorNumber: 0 (0x00000000)
_ConnectorLocation: 0 (0x00000000)
DVI-I-3 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
Identifier: 0x103
Timestamp: 668329
Subpixel: unknown
Clones:
CRTCs: 0
Transform: 1.000000 0.000000 0.000000
0.000000 1.000000 0.000000
0.000000 0.000000 1.000000
filter:
SignalFormat: TMDS
supported: TMDS
ConnectorType: DVI-I
ConnectorNumber: 1 (0x00000001)
_ConnectorLocation: 1 (0x00000001)

To get the system running again, I need to downgrade to 295.75 (it seems that anything starting with 3 does not work) and Xorg 1.12 as newer version does not work with these drivers (complaining about different ABI). If I try to run xrandr on working system, this is what I get:

GentooOnPhenomII ~ # DISPLAY=:0.0 xrandr --verbose
xrandr: Failed to get size of gamma for output default
Screen 0: minimum 320 x 175, current 1680 x 1050, maximum 1680 x 1050
default connected 1680x1050+0+0 (0x231) normal (normal) 0mm x 0mm
Identifier: 0x230
Timestamp: 16908
Subpixel: unknown
Clones:
CRTC: 0
CRTCs: 0
Transform: 1.000000 0.000000 0.000000
0.000000 1.000000 0.000000
0.000000 0.000000 1.000000
filter:
1680x1050 (0x231) 88.2MHz *current
h: width 1680 start 0 end 0 total 1680 skew 0 clock
52.5KHz
v: height 1050 start 0 end 0 total 1050 clock
50.0Hz
1280x960 (0x232) 62.7MHz
h: width 1280 start 0 end 0 total 1280 skew 0 clock
49.0KHz
v: height 960 start 0 end 0 total 960 clock
51.0Hz
1280x960 (0x233) 73.7MHz
h: width 1280 start 0 end 0 total 1280 skew 0 clock
57.6KHz
v: height 960 start 0 end 0 total 960 clock
60.0Hz
1440x900 (0x234) 67.4MHz
h: width 1440 start 0 end 0 total 1440 skew 0 clock
46.8KHz
v: height 900 start 0 end 0 total 900 clock
52.0Hz
1440x900 (0x235) 68.7MHz
h: width 1440 start 0 end 0 total 1440 skew 0 clock
47.7KHz
v: height 900 start 0 end 0 total 900 clock
53.0Hz
1400x1050 (0x236) 79.4MHz
h: width 1400 start 0 end 0 total 1400 skew 0 clock
56.7KHz
v: height 1050 start 0 end 0 total 1050 clock
54.0Hz
1400x1050 (0x237) 80.8MHz
h: width 1400 start 0 end 0 total 1400 skew 0 clock
57.8KHz
v: height 1050 start 0 end 0 total 1050 clock
55.0Hz
1360x765 (0x238) 58.3MHz
h: width 1360 start 0 end 0 total 1360 skew 0 clock
42.8KHz
v: height 765 start 0 end 0 total 765 clock
56.0Hz
1280x1024 (0x239) 74.7MHz
h: width 1280 start 0 end 0 total 1280 skew 0 clock
58.4KHz
v: height 1024 start 0 end 0 total 1024 clock
57.0Hz
1280x1024 (0x23a) 76.0MHz
h: width 1280 start 0 end 0 total 1280 skew 0 clock
59.4KHz
v: height 1024 start 0 end 0 total 1024 clock
58.0Hz
1280x1024 (0x23b) 77.3MHz
h: width 1280 start 0 end 0 total 1280 skew 0 clock
60.4KHz
v: height 1024 start 0 end 0 total 1024 clock
59.0Hz
1280x720 (0x23c) 56.2MHz
h: width 1280 start 0 end 0 total 1280 skew 0 clock
43.9KHz
v: height 720 start 0 end 0 total 720 clock
61.0Hz
1152x864 (0x23d) 61.7MHz
h: width 1152 start 0 end 0 total 1152 skew 0 clock
53.6KHz
v: height 864 start 0 end 0 total 864 clock
62.0Hz
1024x768 (0x23e) 49.5MHz
h: width 1024 start 0 end 0 total 1024 skew 0 clock
48.4KHz
v: height 768 start 0 end 0 total 768 clock
63.0Hz
1024x768 (0x23f) 50.3MHz
h: width 1024 start 0 end 0 total 1024 skew 0 clock
49.2KHz
v: height 768 start 0 end 0 total 768 clock
64.0Hz
1024x768 (0x240) 51.1MHz
h: width 1024 start 0 end 0 total 1024 skew 0 clock
49.9KHz
v: height 768 start 0 end 0 total 768 clock
65.0Hz
1024x768 (0x241) 51.9MHz
h: width 1024 start 0 end 0 total 1024 skew 0 clock
50.7KHz
v: height 768 start 0 end 0 total 768 clock
66.0Hz
1024x768 (0x242) 52.7MHz
h: width 1024 start 0 end 0 total 1024 skew 0 clock
51.5KHz
v: height 768 start 0 end 0 total 768 clock
67.0Hz
1024x768 (0x243) 53.5MHz
h: width 1024 start 0 end 0 total 1024 skew 0 clock
52.2KHz
v: height 768 start 0 end 0 total 768 clock
68.0Hz
1024x768 (0x244) 54.3MHz
h: width 1024 start 0 end 0 total 1024 skew 0 clock
53.0KHz
v: height 768 start 0 end 0 total 768 clock
69.0Hz
1024x768 (0x245) 55.1MHz
h: width 1024 start 0 end 0 total 1024 skew 0 clock
53.8KHz
v: height 768 start 0 end 0 total 768 clock
70.0Hz
960x720 (0x246) 49.1MHz
h: width 960 start 0 end 0 total 960 skew 0 clock
51.1KHz
v: height 720 start 0 end 0 total 720 clock
71.0Hz
960x720 (0x247) 49.8MHz
h: width 960 start 0 end 0 total 960 skew 0 clock
51.8KHz
v: height 720 start 0 end 0 total 720 clock
72.0Hz
960x720 (0x248) 50.5MHz
h: width 960 start 0 end 0 total 960 skew 0 clock
52.6KHz
v: height 720 start 0 end 0 total 720 clock
73.0Hz
928x696 (0x249) 47.8MHz
h: width 928 start 0 end 0 total 928 skew 0 clock
51.5KHz
v: height 696 start 0 end 0 total 696 clock
74.0Hz
928x696 (0x24a) 48.4MHz
h: width 928 start 0 end 0 total 928 skew 0 clock
52.2KHz
v: height 696 start 0 end 0 total 696 clock
75.0Hz
896x672 (0x24b) 45.8MHz
h: width 896 start 0 end 0 total 896 skew 0 clock
51.1KHz
v: height 672 start 0 end 0 total 672 clock
76.0Hz
896x672 (0x24c) 46.4MHz
h: width 896 start 0 end 0 total 896 skew 0 clock
51.7KHz
v: height 672 start 0 end 0 total 672 clock
77.0Hz
832x624 (0x24d) 40.5MHz
h: width 832 start 0 end 0 total 832 skew 0 clock
48.7KHz
v: height 624 start 0 end 0 total 624 clock
78.0Hz
800x600 (0x24e) 37.9MHz
h: width 800 start 0 end 0 total 800 skew 0 clock
47.4KHz
v: height 600 start 0 end 0 total 600 clock
79.0Hz
800x600 (0x24f) 38.4MHz
h: width 800 start 0 end 0 total 800 skew 0 clock
48.0KHz
v: height 600 start 0 end 0 total 600 clock
80.0Hz
800x600 (0x250) 38.9MHz
h: width 800 start 0 end 0 total 800 skew 0 clock
48.6KHz
v: height 600 start 0 end 0 total 600 clock
81.0Hz
800x600 (0x251) 39.4MHz
h: width 800 start 0 end 0 total 800 skew 0 clock
49.2KHz
v: height 600 start 0 end 0 total 600 clock
82.0Hz
800x600 (0x252) 39.8MHz
h: width 800 start 0 end 0 total 800 skew 0 clock
49.8KHz
v: height 600 start 0 end 0 total 600 clock
83.0Hz
800x600 (0x253) 40.3MHz
h: width 800 start 0 end 0 total 800 skew 0 clock
50.4KHz
v: height 600 start 0 end 0 total 600 clock
84.0Hz
800x600 (0x254) 40.8MHz
h: width 800 start 0 end 0 total 800 skew 0 clock
51.0KHz
v: height 600 start 0 end 0 total 600 clock
85.0Hz
800x600 (0x255) 41.3MHz
h: width 800 start 0 end 0 total 800 skew 0 clock
51.6KHz
v: height 600 start 0 end 0 total 600 clock
86.0Hz
800x600 (0x256) 41.8MHz
h: width 800 start 0 end 0 total 800 skew 0 clock
52.2KHz
v: height 600 start 0 end 0 total 600 clock
87.0Hz
800x600 (0x257) 42.2MHz
h: width 800 start 0 end 0 total 800 skew 0 clock
52.8KHz
v: height 600 start 0 end 0 total 600 clock
88.0Hz
720x400 (0x258) 25.6MHz
h: width 720 start 0 end 0 total 720 skew 0 clock
35.6KHz
v: height 400 start 0 end 0 total 400 clock
89.0Hz
700x525 (0x259) 33.1MHz
h: width 700 start 0 end 0 total 700 skew 0 clock
47.2KHz
v: height 525 start 0 end 0 total 525 clock
90.0Hz
700x525 (0x25a) 33.4MHz
h: width 700 start 0 end 0 total 700 skew 0 clock
47.8KHz
v: height 525 start 0 end 0 total 525 clock
91.0Hz
640x512 (0x25b) 30.1MHz
h: width 640 start 0 end 0 total 640 skew 0 clock
47.1KHz
v: height 512 start 0 end 0 total 512 clock
92.0Hz
640x512 (0x25c) 30.5MHz
h: width 640 start 0 end 0 total 640 skew 0 clock
47.6KHz
v: height 512 start 0 end 0 total 512 clock
93.0Hz
640x512 (0x25d) 30.8MHz
h: width 640 start 0 end 0 total 640 skew 0 clock
48.1KHz
v: height 512 start 0 end 0 total 512 clock
94.0Hz
640x480 (0x25e) 29.2MHz
h: width 640 start 0 end 0 total 640 skew 0 clock
45.6KHz
v: height 480 start 0 end 0 total 480 clock
95.0Hz
640x480 (0x25f) 29.5MHz
h: width 640 start 0 end 0 total 640 skew 0 clock
46.1KHz
v: height 480 start 0 end 0 total 480 clock
96.0Hz
640x480 (0x260) 29.8MHz
h: width 640 start 0 end 0 total 640 skew 0 clock
46.6KHz
v: height 480 start 0 end 0 total 480 clock
97.0Hz
640x480 (0x261) 30.1MHz
h: width 640 start 0 end 0 total 640 skew 0 clock
47.0KHz
v: height 480 start 0 end 0 total 480 clock
98.0Hz
640x480 (0x262) 30.4MHz
h: width 640 start 0 end 0 total 640 skew 0 clock
47.5KHz
v: height 480 start 0 end 0 total 480 clock
99.0Hz
640x480 (0x263) 30.7MHz
h: width 640 start 0 end 0 total 640 skew 0 clock
48.0KHz
v: height 480 start 0 end 0 total 480 clock
100.0Hz
640x480 (0x264) 31.0MHz
h: width 640 start 0 end 0 total 640 skew 0 clock
48.5KHz
v: height 480 start 0 end 0 total 480 clock
101.0Hz
640x480 (0x265) 31.3MHz
h: width 640 start 0 end 0 total 640 skew 0 clock
49.0KHz
v: height 480 start 0 end 0 total 480 clock
102.0Hz
640x400 (0x266) 26.4MHz
h: width 640 start 0 end 0 total 640 skew 0 clock
41.2KHz
v: height 400 start 0 end 0 total 400 clock
103.0Hz
640x350 (0x267) 23.3MHz
h: width 640 start 0 end 0 total 640 skew 0 clock
36.4KHz
v: height 350 start 0 end 0 total 350 clock
104.0Hz
576x432 (0x268) 26.1MHz
h: width 576 start 0 end 0 total 576 skew 0 clock
45.4KHz
v: height 432 start 0 end 0 total 432 clock
105.0Hz
512x384 (0x269) 20.8MHz
h: width 512 start 0 end 0 total 512 skew 0 clock
40.7KHz
v: height 384 start 0 end 0 total 384 clock
106.0Hz
512x384 (0x26a) 21.0MHz
h: width 512 start 0 end 0 total 512 skew 0 clock
41.1KHz
v: height 384 start 0 end 0 total 384 clock
107.0Hz
512x384 (0x26b) 21.2MHz
h: width 512 start 0 end 0 total 512 skew 0 clock
41.5KHz
v: height 384 start 0 end 0 total 384 clock
108.0Hz
512x384 (0x26c) 21.4MHz
h: width 512 start 0 end 0 total 512 skew 0 clock
41.9KHz
v: height 384 start 0 end 0 total 384 clock
109.0Hz
512x384 (0x26d) 21.6MHz
h: width 512 start 0 end 0 total 512 skew 0 clock
42.2KHz
v: height 384 start 0 end 0 total 384 clock
110.0Hz
416x312 (0x26e) 14.4MHz
h: width 416 start 0 end 0 total 416 skew 0 clock
34.6KHz
v: height 312 start 0 end 0 total 312 clock
111.0Hz
400x300 (0x26f) 13.4MHz
h: width 400 start 0 end 0 total 400 skew 0 clock
33.6KHz
v: height 300 start 0 end 0 total 300 clock
112.0Hz
400x300 (0x270) 13.6MHz
h: width 400 start 0 end 0 total 400 skew 0 clock
33.9KHz
v: height 300 start 0 end 0 total 300 clock
113.0Hz
400x300 (0x271) 13.7MHz
h: width 400 start 0 end 0 total 400 skew 0 clock
34.2KHz
v: height 300 start 0 end 0 total 300 clock
114.0Hz
400x300 (0x272) 13.8MHz
h: width 400 start 0 end 0 total 400 skew 0 clock
34.5KHz
v: height 300 start 0 end 0 total 300 clock
115.0Hz
400x300 (0x273) 13.9MHz
h: width 400 start 0 end 0 total 400 skew 0 clock
34.8KHz
v: height 300 start 0 end 0 total 300 clock
116.0Hz
360x200 (0x274) 8.4MHz
h: width 360 start 0 end 0 total 360 skew 0 clock
23.4KHz
v: height 200 start 0 end 0 total 200 clock
117.0Hz
320x240 (0x275) 9.1MHz
h: width 320 start 0 end 0 total 320 skew 0 clock
28.3KHz
v: height 240 start 0 end 0 total 240 clock
118.0Hz
320x240 (0x276) 9.1MHz
h: width 320 start 0 end 0 total 320 skew 0 clock
28.6KHz
v: height 240 start 0 end 0 total 240 clock
119.0Hz
320x240 (0x277) 9.2MHz
h: width 320 start 0 end 0 total 320 skew 0 clock
28.8KHz
v: height 240 start 0 end 0 total 240 clock
120.0Hz
320x240 (0x278) 9.3MHz
h: width 320 start 0 end 0 total 320 skew 0 clock
29.0KHz
v: height 240 start 0 end 0 total 240 clock
121.0Hz
320x200 (0x279) 7.8MHz
h: width 320 start 0 end 0 total 320 skew 0 clock
24.4KHz
v: height 200 start 0 end 0 total 200 clock
122.0Hz
320x175 (0x27a) 6.9MHz
h: width 320 start 0 end 0 total 320 skew 0 clock
21.5KHz
v: height 175 start 0 end 0 total 175 clock
123.0Hz

What seems interesting to me is this line on working system:

1680x1050 (0x231) 88.2MHz *current
h: width 1680 start 0 end 0 total 1680 skew 0 clock
52.5KHz
v: height 1050 start 0 end 0 total 1050 clock
50.0Hz

While on non-working:

1680x1050 (0xee) 146.2MHz -HSync +VSync *current +preferred
h: width 1680 start 1784 end 1960 total 2240 skew 0 clock
65.3KHz
v: height 1050 start 1053 end 1059 total 1089 clock
60.0Hz

The bold and underlined frequency - why is it so different? Could it be the case that the monitor cant handle it so it switches itself off? I have ACER AL2216W. Or is it something different?

Any help would be appreciated,
thanks,
Zbynek

PS … the nvidia-bugreport is from working system.
nvidia-bug-report.log.gz (81.9 KB)

Please provide nvidia bug report .

See them attached and thank you for your time.

Zb.
[This file was removed because it was flagged as potentially malicious] (96 KB)
nvidia-bug-report-working-system.log.gz (101 KB)

Looks like you have some options set in xorg.conf that triggering this issue. Can you try with single display and minimum options in xorg.conf and reproduce this issue?

Filed Bug 1433057 to track this issue.

“ConnectedMonitors” option is not available in 295.75 therefore user’s xorg.conf is working on 295.75; “ConnectedMonitors” option override nvidia kernel module detected displays.
You are using option “ConnectedMonitors” with argument “CRT,TV” so X-driver reporting only two displays CRT and TV as connected, therefore DFP-0 gets blank.

If you want to use DFP-0, then you need to add “DFP-0” in “ConnectedMonitors” option.

THANK YOU! It helped, you were correct. I replaced CRT with DFP-0 in “ConnectedMonitors” option and now I’m running driver 331.20. Thanks again!