Since on system with hybrid cards, the nvidia card might not be connecting to the screen, so Xf86SetDisiredMode could fail, which results in a fatal error for Xserver: [ 91825.257] (II) NOUVEAU(G0): NVEnterVT is called. [ 91825.258] Fatal server error: [ 91825.258] EnterVT failed for gpu screen 0 The following dirty hack fixes the problem. We should check for the connected screen before setting mode, but I don't know how to do that, since this is my first time to look at nouveau code. --- nv_driver-orig.c 2013-03-29 17:19:34.876953461 -0400 +++ nv_driver.c 2013-03-29 17:20:15.810287942 -0400 @@ -407,8 +407,7 @@ if (ret) ErrorF("Unable to get master: %s\n", strerror(errno)); - if (!xf86SetDesiredModes(pScrn)) - return FALSE; + xf86SetDesiredModes(pScrn); if (pNv->overlayAdaptor && pNv->Architecture != NV_ARCH_04) NV10WriteOverlayParameters(pScrn);
Created attachment 78590 [details] [review] [PATCH] hw/xfree86: Allow xf86SetDesiredModes to succeed if no crtc's are enabled. I just noticed the same problem with xserver 1.14, x1.13 worked fine. Hopefully attached patch fixes it for you too.
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 59190 ***
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