Xorg 7.7, Nouveau drivers and resolution in TC10.1

[madmax]

Hello:

My rig running (usually Devuan ASCII) holds two Nvidia Quadro FX 580 video cards in turn which run three monitors in Xinerama mode using the NVidia 340 legacy drivers.

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--- snip ---
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation G96GL [Quadro FX 580] (rev a1)
02:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation G96GL [Quadro FX 580] (rev a1)
--- snip ---

When booting TC10.1, I start off with just one monitor mostly because the xorg.conf file which works perfectly well on two other versions of Devuan ASCII will not work as there are no legacy 340 drivers for TC10.1 which is/should not be an issue as I really do not need to use three monitors with TC.

So I use the nouveau driver available in the TC10.1 repository.

This is what loads in onboot.list:

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Xorg-7.7.tcz
graphics-4.19.10-tinycore.tcz
xf86-video-nouveau.tcz

Everything seems right save for the fact that I cannot get the 1280x1024 resolution I get with the other setups.

This is the output of xrandr:

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tc@box:~$ xrandr -q
xrandr: Failed to get size of gamma for output default
Screen 0: minimum 640 x 480, current 1024 x 768, maximum 1024 x 768
default connected 1024x768+0+0 0mm x 0mm
   1024x768       0.00*
   800x600        0.00 
   640x480        0.00 
tc@box:~$

But the Dell monitor I'm using can do 1280x1024 at both 60.00 and 75.00 Hz.

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tc@box:~$ cvt -v 1280 1024 60
# 1280x1024 59.89 Hz (CVT 1.31M4) hsync: 63.67 kHz; pclk: 109.00 MHz
Modeline "1280x1024_60.00"  109.00  1280 1368 1496 1712  1024 1027 1034 1063 -hsync +vsync

tc@box:~$ cvt -v 1280 1024 75
# 1280x1024 74.90 Hz (CVT 1.31M4) hsync: 80.30 kHz; pclk: 138.75 MHz
Modeline "1280x1024_75.00"  138.75  1280 1368 1504 1728  1024 1027 1034 1072 -hsync +vsync
tc@box:~$


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tc@box:~$ gtf 1280 1024 60
# 1280x1024 @ 60.00 Hz (GTF) hsync: 63.60 kHz; pclk: 108.88 MHz
Modeline "1280x1024_60.00"  108.88  1280 1360 1496 1712  1024 1025 1028 1060  -HSync +Vsync

tc@box:~$ gtf 1280 1024 75
# 1280x1024 @ 75.00 Hz (GTF) hsync: 80.17 kHz; pclk: 138.54 MHz
Modeline "1280x1024_75.00"  138.54  1280 1368 1504 1728  1024 1025 1028 1069  -HSync +Vsync
tc@box:~$

I have started to put together an xorg.conf file (adapting the working one in Devuan ASCII) to see if I can get the monitor working but to no avail:

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Section "ServerLayout"
    Identifier     "layout0"
    Screen      0  "ScreenCenter"
#   Screen      1  "ScreenCenter" 0 0
#   Screen      2  "ScreenRight" RightOf "ScreenCenter"
#   Option         "Xinerama" "1"
EndSection
#
Section "Files"
EndSection
#
Section "Module"
EndSection
#
#### Devices ####
#
# Section "Device"
#card 1
# NVIDIA G96GL Quadro FX 580
#    Identifier     "DeviceLeft"
#    Driver         "nouveau"
#    VendorName     "NVIDIA Corporation"
#    BoardName      "NVIDIA GeForce 8100 to GeForce 415"
#    BusID          "PCI:1:0:0"
#    Screen          0
# EndSection
#
# Section "Device"
# card 1
# NVIDIA G96GL Quadro FX 580
#    Identifier     "DeviceRight"
#    Driver         "nouveau"
#    VendorName     "NVIDIA Corporation"
#    BoardName      "NVIDIA GeForce 8100 to GeForce 415"
#    BusID          "PCI:1:0:0"
#    Screen          1
# EndSection
#
# Section "Device"
# card 2
# NVIDIA G96GL Quadro FX 580
#   Identifier     "DeviceCenter"
#   Driver         "nouveau"
#   VendorName     "NVIDIA Corporation"
#   BoardName      "NVIDIA GeForce 8100 to GeForce 415"
#   BusID          "PCI:1:0:0"
#   Screen          0
# EndSection
#
#### Screens ####
Section "Screen"
   Identifier     "ScreenCenter"
   Device         "DeviceCenter"
   Monitor        "Monitor0"
   DefaultDepth    24
   Option         "DPMS" "False"
   SubSection     "Display"
       Depth       24
       Modes      "1280x1024"
   EndSubSection
EndSection
#
#### Monitors ####
Section "Monitor"
    Identifier  "Monitor0"
    VendorName  "Dell"
    ModelName   "DELL P1914S"
    Option      "DPMS" "0"
    # HorizSync   30 - 300
    # VertRefresh 30 - 500
    Modeline "1280x1024_60.00"  108.88  1280 1360 1496 1712  1024 1025 1028 1060  -HSync +Vsync   
EndSection

I'm attaching my last Xorg.0.log file.

Any ideas?

Thanks in advance,

MM

[Rich]

Hi madmax

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Xorg-7.7.tcz
graphics-4.19.10-tinycore.tcz
xf86-video-nouveau.tcz
...

Make sure  graphics-4.19.10-tinycore.tcz  is at the beginning of  onboot.lst.

From the log file:

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[    24.443] (EE) Failed to load module "nv" (module does not exist, 0)I think it  may be looking for  xf86-video-nv.tcz.

Your bootloader options need a couple of corrections:

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BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz waitusb=4 vga=795 tz=-3 acpi_osi=Linux blacklist=mei_me agp=off ipv6.disable=1 enable_mtrr_cleanup pcie_aspm=off nmi_watchdog=0waitusb=5:UUID="0cf4d199-2dc7-44d7-90ed-3e070d73cd93" tce=UUID="0cf4d199-2dc7-44d7-90ed-3e070d73cd93" initrd=/boot/core.gzRemove:

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waitusb=4 vga=795Add a space to this:

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nmi_watchdog=0waitusb=5:UUID="0cf4d199-2dc7-44d7-90ed-3e070d73cd93"so it looks like this:

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nmi_watchdog=0 waitusb=5:UUID="0cf4d199-2dc7-44d7-90ed-3e070d73cd93"
From the log:

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[    24.607] (EE) Screen 0 deleted because of no matching config section.I think that's due to  card 2  being commented out. See if this works any better:

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Section "ServerLayout"
    Identifier     "layout0"
    Screen      0  "ScreenCenter"
#   Screen      1  "ScreenCenter" 0 0
#   Screen      2  "ScreenRight" RightOf "ScreenCenter"
#   Option         "Xinerama" "1"
EndSection
#
Section "Files"
EndSection
#
Section "Module"
EndSection
#
#### Monitors ####
Section "Monitor"
    Identifier  "Monitor0"
    VendorName  "Dell"
    ModelName   "DELL P1914S"
    Option      "DPMS" "0"
    # HorizSync   30 - 300
    # VertRefresh 30 - 500
    Modeline "1280x1024_60.00"  108.88  1280 1360 1496 1712  1024 1025 1028 1060  -HSync +Vsync   
EndSection
#
#### Devices ####
#
# Section "Device"
#card 1
# NVIDIA G96GL Quadro FX 580
#    Identifier     "DeviceLeft"
#    Driver         "nouveau"
#    VendorName     "NVIDIA Corporation"
#    BoardName      "NVIDIA GeForce 8100 to GeForce 415"
#    BusID          "PCI:1:0:0"
#    Screen          0
# EndSection
#
# Section "Device"
# card 1
# NVIDIA G96GL Quadro FX 580
#    Identifier     "DeviceRight"
#    Driver         "nouveau"
#    VendorName     "NVIDIA Corporation"
#    BoardName      "NVIDIA GeForce 8100 to GeForce 415"
#    BusID          "PCI:1:0:0"
#    Screen          1
# EndSection
#
 Section "Device"
# card 2
# NVIDIA G96GL Quadro FX 580
   Identifier     "DeviceCenter"
   Driver         "nouveau"
   VendorName     "NVIDIA Corporation"
#   BoardName      "NVIDIA GeForce 8100 to GeForce 415"
   BusID          "PCI:1:0:0"
   Screen          0
 EndSection
#
#### Screens ####
Section "Screen"
   Identifier     "ScreenCenter"
   Device         "DeviceCenter"
   Monitor        "Monitor0"
   DefaultDepth    24
   Option         "DPMS" "False"
   SubSection     "Display"
       Depth       24
       Modes      "1280x1024"
   EndSubSection
EndSection

[madmax]

Hello Rich:
Sorry for the delay, I was fiddling with xorg.conf ...

Make sure  graphics-4.19.10-tinycore.tcz is ...

Done

The list's first four files are these:

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graphics-4.19.10-tinycore.tcz
xf86-video-nouveau.tcz
xf86-video-nv.tcz
Xfbdev.tcz
...


I think it  may be looking for  xf86-video-nv.tcz.

Fixed.
But it made no difference.

Your bootloader options ...

Remove:

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waitusb=4 vga=795Removed waitusb=4.

With respect to vga=795, it made no difference.
But it's the only way I can get reasonable size fonts in my 19" monitor, so I left it in.

Add a space ...

Yes, caught that right after my last post.
Haven't (yet) mastered the use of paint/copy/paste with the mouse in TC.

... due to card 2  being commented out.

I tried a few combinations and it got old really fast ...  =-/

So I sat a while and thought that if this xorg.conf worked properly in Devuan ASCII it should work in TC. After all, I transplanted it from Mint into PCLinuxOS and then into two Devuan installations without these issues.

Granted, all this using the NVidia proprietary drivers but then that would be the only difference between these two configurations.

So I took the working xorg.conf and made the changes you can see documented:

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# ---> This section stays the same but rems out Xinerama
Section "ServerLayout"
    Identifier     "layout0"
    Screen      0  "ScreenLeft" LeftOf "ScreenCenter"
    Screen      1  "ScreenCenter" 0 0
    Screen      2  "ScreenRight" RightOf "ScreenCenter"
#   Option         "Xinerama" "1"
EndSection
#
Section "Files"
EndSection
#
Section "Module"
EndSection
#
# ---> This section stays the same because they are default values in Xorg
Section "ServerFlags"
    Option         "DontZap" "False"          # default False  disables <Ctrl><Alt><BS> (server abort)
    Option         "AutoAddDevices" "True"    # default True - to use system kb, kb layout and mouse settings
    Option         "AutoEnableDevices" "True" # default True -
EndSection
#
#### Monitors ####

# ---> This section stays the same because it is the same monitor
Section "Monitor"
    # HorizSync source: edid, VertRefresh source: edid
    Identifier     "Monitor0"
    VendorName     "Samsung"
    ModelName      "Samsung SyncMaster"
    Option         "DPMS" "0"
EndSection
#
# ---> This section stays the same because it is the same monitor
Section "Monitor"
    # HorizSync source: edid, VertRefresh source: edid
    Identifier     "Monitor1"
    VendorName     "Dell"
    ModelName      "DELL P1914S"
    Option         "DPMS" "0"
EndSection
#
# ---> This section stays the same because it is the same monitor
Section "Monitor"
    # HorizSync source: edid, VertRefresh source: edid
    Identifier     "Monitor2"
    VendorName     "Samsung"
    ModelName      "Samsung SyncMaster"
    Option         "DPMS" "0"
EndSection
#
#### Devices ####
# ---> This section changes the driver name to nouveau and the vendor name to "Xorg Foundation"
# ---> BusID and Screen stay the same
Section "Device"
#card 1 NVIDIA G84GL Quadro FX 370
    Identifier     "DeviceLeft"
    Driver         "nouveau" # was "nvidia"
    VendorName     "Xorg Foundation" # was "NVIDIA Corporation"
    BoardName      "NVIDIA GeForce 8100 to GeForce 415"
    BusID          "PCI:1:0:0"
    Screen          0
EndSection
#
# ---> This section changes the driver name to nouveau and the VendorName to "Xorg Foundation"
# --->  BusID and Screen stay the same
Section "Device"
#card 1 NVIDIA G84GL Quadro FX 370
    Identifier     "DeviceRight"
    Driver         "nouveau" # was "nvidia"
    VendorName     "Xorg Foundation" # was "NVIDIA Corporation"
    BoardName      "NVIDIA GeForce 8100 to GeForce 415"
    BusID          "PCI:1:0:0"
    Screen          1
EndSection
#
# ---> This section changes the driver name to nouveau and the VendorName to "Xorg Foundation"
# ---> BusID and Screen stay the same
Section "Device"
#card 2 NVIDIA G96GL Quadro FX 580
    Identifier     "DeviceCenter"
    Driver         "nouveau" # was "nvidia"
    VendorName     "Xorg Foundation" # was "NVIDIA Corporation"
    BoardName      "NVIDIA GeForce 8100 to GeForce 415"
    BusID          "PCI:2:0:0"
    Screen          0
EndSection
#
#### Screens ####
#
# ---> This section stays the same because it is the same monitor in the same position/port
Section "Screen"
    Identifier     "ScreenLeft"
    Device         "DeviceLeft"
    Monitor        "Monitor0"
    DefaultDepth    24
    Option         "DPMS" "False"
    SubSection     "Display"
        Depth       24
        Modes      "1280x1024"
    EndSubSection
EndSection
#
# ---> This section stays the same because it is the same monitor in the same position/port
Section "Screen"
    Identifier     "ScreenCenter"
    Device         "DeviceCenter"
    Monitor        "Monitor1"
    DefaultDepth    24
    Option         "DPMS" "False"
    SubSection     "Display"
        Depth       24
        Modes      "1280x1024"
    EndSubSection
EndSection
#
# ---> This section stays the same because it is the same monitor in the same position/port
Section "Screen"
    Identifier     "ScreenRight"
    Device         "DeviceRight"
    Monitor        "Monitor2"
    DefaultDepth    24
    Option         "DPMS" "False"
    SubSection     "Display"
        Depth       24
        Modes      "1280x1024"
    EndSubSection
EndSection

To my chagrin, it did not work and X would not start.
But the resulting log file was revealing:

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[    24.514]
X.Org X Server 1.20.4
X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0
[    24.514] Build Operating System: Linux 4.19.10-tinycore i486
[    24.514] Current Operating System: Linux box 4.19.10-tinycore #1999 SMP Tue Dec 18 13:36:47 UTC 2018 i686
[    24.514] Kernel command line: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz acpi_osi=Linux vga=795 agp=off tz=-3 ipv6.disable=1 enable_mtrr_cleanup pcie_aspm=off nmi_watchdog=0 blacklist=mei_me waitusb=4:UUID="0cf4d199-2dc7-44d7-90ed-3e070d73cd93" tce=UUID="0cf4d199-2dc7-44d7-90ed-3e070d73cd93" initrd=/boot/core.gz
[    24.514] Build Date: 04 March 2019  11:44:35AM
[    24.514] 
[    24.514] Current version of pixman: 0.34.0
[    24.514] Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.x.org
to make sure that you have the latest version.
[    24.514] Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting,
(++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational,
(WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
[    24.514] (==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.0.log", Time: Mon Oct 21 18:00:19 2019
[    24.514] (==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf"
[    24.514] (==) Using system config directory "/usr/local/share/X11/xorg.conf.d"
[    24.514] (==) ServerLayout "layout0"
[    24.514] (**) |-->Screen "ScreenLeft" (0)
[    24.514] (**) |   |-->Monitor "Monitor0"
[    24.517] (**) |   |-->Device "DeviceLeft"
[    24.517] (**) |-->Screen "ScreenCenter" (1)
[    24.517] (**) |   |-->Monitor "Monitor1"
[    24.518] (**) |   |-->Device "DeviceCenter"
[    24.518] (**) |-->Screen "ScreenRight" (2)
[    24.518] (**) |   |-->Monitor "Monitor2"
[    24.518] (**) |   |-->Device "DeviceRight"
[    24.518] (**) Option "DontZap" "False"
[    24.518] (**) Option "AutoAddDevices" "True"
[    24.518] (**) Option "AutoEnableDevices" "True"
[    24.518] (**) Automatically adding devices
[    24.518] (**) Automatically enabling devices
[    24.518] (==) Automatically adding GPU devices
[    24.518] (==) Max clients allowed: 256, resource mask: 0x1fffff
[    24.518] (WW) The directory "/usr/local/lib/X11/fonts/OTF/" does not exist.
[    24.518] Entry deleted from font path.
[    24.518] (WW) The directory "/usr/local/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/" does not exist.
[    24.518] Entry deleted from font path.
[    24.518] (==) FontPath set to:
/usr/local/lib/X11/fonts/misc/,
/usr/local/lib/X11/fonts/TTF/,
/usr/local/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/,
/usr/local/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/
[    24.518] (==) ModulePath set to "/usr/local/lib/xorg/modules"
[    24.518] (II) The server relies on udev to provide the list of input devices.
If no devices become available, reconfigure udev or disable AutoAddDevices.
[    24.518] (II) Loader magic: 0x81a7b40
[    24.518] (II) Module ABI versions:
[    24.518] X.Org ANSI C Emulation: 0.4
[    24.518] X.Org Video Driver: 24.0
[    24.518] X.Org XInput driver : 24.1
[    24.518] X.Org Server Extension : 10.0
[    24.524] (--) PCI: (1@0:0:0) 10de:0659:10de:063a rev 161, Mem @ 0xf9000000/16777216, 0xc0000000/268435456, 0xf6000000/33554432, I/O @ 0x0000bc00/128, BIOS @ 0x????????/524288
[    24.524] (--) PCI:*(2@0:0:0) 10de:0659:10de:063a rev 161, Mem @ 0xfd000000/16777216, 0xd0000000/268435456, 0xfa000000/33554432, I/O @ 0x0000cc00/128, BIOS @ 0x????????/131072
[    24.524] (WW) Open ACPI failed (/var/run/acpid.socket) (No such file or directory)
[    24.524] (II) "glx" will be loaded by default.
[    24.524] (II) LoadModule: "glx"
[    24.525] (II) Loading /usr/local/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libglx.so
[    24.530] (II) Module glx: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[    24.530] compiled for 1.20.4, module version = 1.0.0
[    24.530] ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 10.0
[    24.530] (II) LoadModule: "nouveau"
[    24.530] (II) Loading /usr/local/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/nouveau_drv.so
[    24.540] (II) Module nouveau: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[    24.540] compiled for 1.20.0, module version = 1.0.15
[    24.540] Module class: X.Org Video Driver
[    24.540] ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 24.0
[    24.540] (II) NOUVEAU driver
[    24.540] (II) NOUVEAU driver for NVIDIA chipset families :
[    24.540] RIVA TNT        (NV04)
[    24.540] RIVA TNT2       (NV05)
[    24.540] GeForce 256     (NV10)
[    24.540] GeForce 2       (NV11, NV15)
[    24.540] GeForce 4MX     (NV17, NV18)
[    24.540] GeForce 3       (NV20)
[    24.540] GeForce 4Ti     (NV25, NV28)
[    24.540] GeForce FX      (NV3x)
[    24.540] GeForce 6       (NV4x)
[    24.540] GeForce 7       (G7x)
[    24.540] GeForce 8       (G8x)
[    24.540] GeForce GTX 200 (NVA0)
[    24.540] GeForce GTX 400 (NVC0)
[    24.540] (--) using VT number 2

[    24.705] (EE) [drm] Failed to open DRM device for pci:0000:01:00.0: -19
[    24.832] (EE) [drm] Failed to open DRM device for pci:0000:02:00.0: -19
[    24.958] (EE) [drm] Failed to open DRM device for pci:0000:01:00.0: -19
[    25.085] (EE) [drm] Failed to open DRM device for pci:0000:01:00.0: -19
[    25.210] (EE) [drm] Failed to open DRM device for pci:0000:02:00.0: -19
[    25.336] (EE) [drm] Failed to open DRM device for pci:0000:01:00.0: -19
[    25.336] (EE) No devices detected.
[    25.336] (EE)
Fatal server error:
[    25.336] (EE) no screens found(EE)
[    25.336] (EE)
Please consult the The X.Org Foundation support
at http://wiki.x.org
 for help.
[    25.336] (EE) Please also check the log file at "/var/log/Xorg.0.log" for additional information.
[    25.336] (EE)
[    25.409] (EE) Server terminated with error (1). Closing log file.

As you can see, the complaints we saw earlier are not there anymore but problems with the drivers start at [ 24.705], which may (?) rule out an xorg.conf issue.

A search on the web found me this:

https://nouveau.freedesktop.org/wiki/TroubleShooting/#index1h3

Xorg fails to start with "(EE) [drm] failed to open device"

Your DDX does not work with your current kernel and/or libdrm. There are at least three possible reasons for this: the nouveau DRM kernel module is not loaded, a version mismatch between the Nouveau DRM and libdrm, or KMS being disabled.

First check, that lsmod command lists nouveau. If not, do modprobe nouveau to load the nouveau DRM kernel module, and check the kernel log for possible errors.

If the kernel module nouveau is loaded according to lsmod command, but there are no kernel messages about nouveau at all, then most likely Nouveau KMS is disabled. This prevents the driver to work at all. Possible places to disable KMS are:

    kernel command line with: nomodeset, drm.modeset=0, nouveau.modeset=0 or similar
    modprobe.conf or modprobe.d/ adding the module options drm modeset=0 or nouveau modeset=0
    initramfs carrying the above module options

Check and remove all those that you may find, and retry.
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Inserting nouveau.ko fails

drm.ko needs to be inserted first. Make sure you are inserting the drm.ko that was built at the same time as nouveau.ko. Your kernel might provide another drm.ko which is incompatible.

I am writing this from my TC10.1 installation, starting X without using xorg.conf.

1.

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tc@box:~$ lsmod | grep nouveau
tc@box:~$
The nouveau module is not loaded, but Xorg.0.log (the actual one) says it was loaded:

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tc@box:~$ cat /var/log/Xorg.0.log | grep nouveau
[   245.189] (==) Matched nouveau as autoconfigured driver 0
[   245.189] (II) LoadModule: "nouveau"
[   245.189] (II) Loading /usr/local/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/nouveau_drv.so
[   245.189] (II) Module nouveau: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
tc@box:~$

2.

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tc@box:~$ modprobe nouveau
modprobe: module nouveau not found in modules.dep
tc@box:~$

This is what a search for nouveau brings up:

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tc@box:~$ slocate nouveau
/mnt/sda1/tce/optional/xf86-video-nouveau.tcz.md5.txt
/mnt/sda1/tce/optional/xf86-video-nouveau.tcz
/usr/local/lib/libdrm_nouveau.so.2.0.0
/usr/local/lib/libdrm_nouveau.so.2
/usr/local/lib/libdrm_nouveau.so
/usr/local/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/nouveau_drv.so
/usr/local/tce.installed/xf86-video-nouveau
tc@box:~$

3.
drm.ko is present in the system but nouveau.ko is not

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tc@box:~$ slocate drm.ko
/usr/local/lib/modules/4.19.10-tinycore/kernel/drivers/gpu/drm/hisilicon/hibmc/hibmc-drm.ko.gz
/usr/local/lib/modules/4.19.10-tinycore/kernel/drivers/gpu/drm/drm.ko.gz
/usr/local/lib/modules/4.19.10-tinycore/kernel/drivers/gpu/drm/bochs/bochs-drm.ko.gz


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tc@box:~$ slocate nouveau.ko
tc@box:~$

This is where I run out of ideas.
Let me know if  you need more data.

Thanks in advance,

MM

[madmax]

Hello:

Let me know if  you need more data.

I neglected to attach Xorg.0.log for the X sessions without the use of xorg.conf.
So here it is.

Do note the same problem:

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[    24.326] (EE) [drm] Failed to open DRM device for pci:0000:02:00.0: -19
[    24.452] (EE) [drm] Failed to open DRM device for pci:0000:02:00.0: -19

It would seem that what is happening is that for whatever reason, nouveau-firmware (nouveau.ko?) is not listed as a dependency for the nouveau driver.

See this thread from last February by a chap running Ubuntu who had an issue similar to mine:
https://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2413018

Specifically this post:
https://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2413018&p=13839202#post13839202

... too bad that a switch back using "Software & Update" to nouveau did not automatically install this.

Thanks in advance,

MM

PS: is there a time restriction on editing posts by their author?

[Rich]

Hi madmax
Try changing:

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Driver         "nouveau" # was "nvidia"to:

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Driver         "nv"

... PS: is there a time restriction on editing posts by their author?

Yes, you have about 30 minutes to edit your post.

[madmax]

Hello Rich:

Try changing:

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Driver         "nouveau" # was "nvidia"to:

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Driver         "nv"

Done ...
But no joy.

On the bright side, at least the log file has a different output:

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[    21.904]
X.Org X Server 1.20.4
X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0
[    21.904] Build Operating System: Linux 4.19.10-tinycore i486
[    21.904] Current Operating System: Linux box 4.19.10-tinycore #1999 SMP Tue Dec 18 13:36:47 UTC 2018 i686
[    21.904] Kernel command line: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz acpi_osi=Linux vga=795 agp=off tz=-3 ipv6.disable=1 enable_mtrr_cleanup pcie_aspm=off nmi_watchdog=0 blacklist=mei_me waitusb=4:UUID="0cf4d199-2dc7-44d7-90ed-3e070d73cd93" tce=UUID="0cf4d199-2dc7-44d7-90ed-3e070d73cd93" initrd=/boot/core.gz
[    21.904] Build Date: 04 March 2019  11:44:35AM
[    21.904] 
[    21.904] Current version of pixman: 0.34.0
[    21.904] Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.x.org
to make sure that you have the latest version.
[    21.904] Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting,
(++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational,
(WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
[    21.904] (==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.0.log", Time: Tue Oct 22 00:46:49 2019
[    21.904] (==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf"
[    21.904] (==) Using system config directory "/usr/local/share/X11/xorg.conf.d"
[    21.904] (==) ServerLayout "layout0"
[    21.905] (**) |-->Screen "ScreenLeft" (0)
[    21.905] (**) |   |-->Monitor "Monitor0"
[    21.908] (**) |   |-->Device "DeviceLeft"
[    21.908] (**) |-->Screen "ScreenCenter" (1)
[    21.908] (**) |   |-->Monitor "Monitor1"
[    21.908] (**) |   |-->Device "DeviceCenter"
[    21.908] (**) |-->Screen "ScreenRight" (2)
[    21.908] (**) |   |-->Monitor "Monitor2"
[    21.908] (**) |   |-->Device "DeviceRight"
[    21.908] (**) Option "DontZap" "False"
[    21.908] (**) Option "AutoAddDevices" "True"
[    21.908] (**) Option "AutoEnableDevices" "True"
[    21.908] (**) Automatically adding devices
[    21.908] (**) Automatically enabling devices
[    21.908] (==) Automatically adding GPU devices
[    21.908] (==) Max clients allowed: 256, resource mask: 0x1fffff
[    21.908] (WW) The directory "/usr/local/lib/X11/fonts/OTF/" does not exist.
[    21.908] Entry deleted from font path.
[    21.908] (WW) The directory "/usr/local/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/" does not exist.
[    21.908] Entry deleted from font path.
[    21.908] (==) FontPath set to:
/usr/local/lib/X11/fonts/misc/,
/usr/local/lib/X11/fonts/TTF/,
/usr/local/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/,
/usr/local/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/
[    21.908] (==) ModulePath set to "/usr/local/lib/xorg/modules"
[    21.908] (II) The server relies on udev to provide the list of input devices.
If no devices become available, reconfigure udev or disable AutoAddDevices.
[    21.908] (II) Loader magic: 0x81a7b40
[    21.908] (II) Module ABI versions:
[    21.908] X.Org ANSI C Emulation: 0.4
[    21.908] X.Org Video Driver: 24.0
[    21.908] X.Org XInput driver : 24.1
[    21.908] X.Org Server Extension : 10.0
[    21.913] (--) PCI: (1@0:0:0) 10de:0659:10de:063a rev 161, Mem @ 0xf9000000/16777216, 0xc0000000/268435456, 0xf6000000/33554432, I/O @ 0x0000bc00/128, BIOS @ 0x????????/524288
[    21.913] (--) PCI:*(2@0:0:0) 10de:0659:10de:063a rev 161, Mem @ 0xfd000000/16777216, 0xd0000000/268435456, 0xfa000000/33554432, I/O @ 0x0000cc00/128, BIOS @ 0x????????/131072
[    21.913] (WW) Open ACPI failed (/var/run/acpid.socket) (No such file or directory)
[    21.913] (II) "glx" will be loaded by default.
[    21.913] (II) LoadModule: "glx"
[    21.913] (II) Loading /usr/local/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libglx.so
[    21.919] (II) Module glx: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[    21.919] compiled for 1.20.4, module version = 1.0.0
[    21.919] ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 10.0
[    21.919] (II) LoadModule: "nv"
[    21.919] (II) Loading /usr/local/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/nv_drv.so
[    21.928] (II) Module nv: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[    21.928] compiled for 1.20.0, module version = 2.1.21
[    21.928] Module class: X.Org Video Driver
[    21.928] ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 24.0
[    21.928] (II) NV: driver for NVIDIA chipsets: RIVA 128, RIVA TNT, RIVA TNT2,
Unknown TNT2, Vanta, RIVA TNT2 Ultra, RIVA TNT2 Model 64,
Aladdin TNT2, GeForce 256, GeForce DDR, Quadro, GeForce2 MX/MX 400,
GeForce2 MX 100/200, GeForce2 Go, Quadro2 MXR/EX/Go,
GeForce2 Integrated GPU, GeForce2 GTS, GeForce2 Ti, GeForce2 Ultra,
Quadro2 Pro, GeForce4 MX 460, GeForce4 MX 440, GeForce4 MX 420,
GeForce4 MX 440-SE, GeForce4 440 Go, GeForce4 420 Go,
GeForce4 420 Go 32M, GeForce4 460 Go, Quadro4 550 XGL,
GeForce4 440 Go 64M, Quadro NVS, Quadro4 500 GoGL,
GeForce4 410 Go 16M, GeForce4 MX 440 with AGP8X,
GeForce4 MX 440SE with AGP8X, GeForce4 MX 420 with AGP8X,
GeForce4 MX 4000, GeForce4 448 Go, GeForce4 488 Go, Quadro4 580 XGL,
Quadro4 NVS 280 SD, Quadro4 380 XGL, Quadro NVS 50 PCI,
GeForce4 448 Go, GeForce4 MX Integrated GPU, GeForce3,
GeForce3 Ti 200, GeForce3 Ti 500, Quadro DCC, GeForce4 Ti 4600,
GeForce4 Ti 4400, GeForce4 Ti 4200, Quadro4 900 XGL, Quadro4 750 XGL,
Quadro4 700 XGL, GeForce4 Ti 4800, GeForce4 Ti 4200 with AGP8X,
GeForce4 Ti 4800 SE, GeForce4 4200 Go, Quadro4 700 GoGL,
Quadro4 980 XGL, Quadro4 780 XGL, GeForce FX 5800 Ultra,
GeForce FX 5800, Quadro FX 2000, Quadro FX 1000,
GeForce FX 5600 Ultra, GeForce FX 5600, GeForce FX 5600XT,
GeForce FX Go5600, GeForce FX Go5650, Quadro FX Go700,
GeForce FX 5200, GeForce FX 5200 Ultra, GeForce FX 5200,
GeForce FX 5200LE, GeForce FX Go5200, GeForce FX Go5250,
GeForce FX 5500, GeForce FX 5100, GeForce FX Go5200 32M/64M,
Quadro NVS 55/280 PCI, Quadro FX 500/600 PCI,
GeForce FX Go53xx Series, GeForce FX Go5100, GeForce FX 5900 Ultra,
GeForce FX 5900, GeForce FX 5900XT, GeForce FX 5950 Ultra,
GeForce FX 5900ZT, Quadro FX 3000, Quadro FX 700,
GeForce FX 5700 Ultra, GeForce FX 5700, GeForce FX 5700LE,
GeForce FX 5700VE, GeForce FX Go5700, GeForce FX Go5700,
Quadro FX Go1000, Quadro FX 1100, GeForce 6800 Ultra, GeForce 6800,
GeForce 6800 LE, GeForce 6800 XE, GeForce 6800 XT, GeForce 6800 GT,
GeForce 6800 GT, GeForce 6800 GS, GeForce 6800 XT, Quadro FX 4000,
GeForce 6800 GS, GeForce 6800, GeForce 6800 LE, GeForce 6800 XT,
GeForce Go 6800, GeForce Go 6800 Ultra, Quadro FX Go1400,
Quadro FX 3450/4000 SDI, Quadro FX 1400, GeForce 6600 GT,
GeForce 6600, GeForce 6600 LE, GeForce 6600 VE, GeForce Go 6600,
GeForce 6610 XL, GeForce Go 6600 TE/6200 TE, GeForce 6700 XL,
GeForce Go 6600, GeForce Go 6600 GT, Quadro NVS 440, Quadro FX 550,
Quadro FX 550, Quadro FX 540, GeForce 6200, GeForce 6500,
GeForce 6200 TurboCache(TM), GeForce 6200SE TurboCache(TM),
GeForce 6200 LE, GeForce Go 6200, Quadro NVS 285, GeForce Go 6400,
GeForce Go 6200, GeForce Go 6400, GeForce 6250, GeForce 7100 GS,
GeForce 6800, GeForce 6800 LE, GeForce 6800 GT, GeForce 6800 XT,
GeForce 6200, GeForce 6200 A-LE, GeForce 7800 GTX, GeForce 7800 GTX,
GeForce 7800 GT, GeForce 7800 GS, GeForce 7800 SLI, GeForce Go 7800,
GeForce Go 7800 GTX, Quadro FX 4500, GeForce 7350 LE,
GeForce 7300 LE, GeForce 7300 SE, GeForce Go 7200, GeForce Go 7300,
GeForce Go 7400, GeForce Go 7400 GS, Quadro NVS 110M,
Quadro NVS 120M, Quadro FX 350M, GeForce 7500 LE, Quadro FX 350,
GeForce 7300 GS, GeForce 7650 GS, GeForce 7600 GT, GeForce 7600 GS,
GeForce 7300 GT, GeForce 7600 LE, GeForce 7300 GT, GeForce Go 7700,
GeForce Go 7600, GeForce Go 7600 GT, Quadro NVS 300M,
GeForce Go 7900 SE, Quadro FX 550M, Quadro FX 560, GeForce 7900 GTX,
GeForce 7900 GT, GeForce 7900 GS, GeForce 7950 GX2, GeForce 7950 GX2,
GeForce 7950 GT, GeForce Go 7950 GTX, GeForce Go 7900 GS,
GeForce Go 7900 GTX, Quadro FX 2500M, Quadro FX 1500M,
Quadro FX 5500, Quadro FX 3500, Quadro FX 1500, Quadro FX 4500 X2,
GeForce 6150, GeForce 6150 LE, GeForce 6100, GeForce Go 6150,
Quadro NVS 210S / NVIDIA GeForce 6150LE, GeForce Go 6100,
GeForce 6150SE, GeForce 6100 nForce 405, GeForce 6100 nForce 400,
GeForce 6100 nForce 420, GeForce 7150M / nForce 630M,
GeForce 7000M / nForce 610M, GeForce 7050 PV / nForce 630a,
GeForce 7050 PV / nForce 630a, GeForce 7025 / nForce 630a,
GeForce 8800 GTX, GeForce 8800 GTS, GeForce 8800 Ultra,
Quadro FX 5600, Quadro FX 4600, GeForce 8600 GTS, GeForce 8600 GT,
GeForce 8600 GT, GeForce 8600 GS, GeForce 8400 GS, GeForce 9500M GS,
GeForce 8300 GS, GeForce 8600M GT, GeForce 9650M GS,
GeForce 8700M GT, Quadro FX 370, Quadro NVS 320M, Quadro FX 570M,
Quadro FX 1600M, Quadro FX 570, Quadro FX 1700, GeForce GT 330,
GeForce 8400 SE, GeForce 8500 GT, GeForce 8400 GS, GeForce 8300 GS,
GeForce 8400 GS, GeForce 8600M GS, GeForce 8400M GT,
GeForce 8400M GS, GeForce 8400M G, Quadro NVS 140M, Quadro NVS 130M,
Quadro NVS 135M, GeForce 9400 GT, Quadro FX 360M, GeForce 9300M G,
Quadro NVS 290, GeForce GTX 295, GeForce GTX 280, GeForce GTX 260,
GeForce GTX 285, GeForce GTX 275, GeForce GTX 260, GeForce GTX 295,
Quadroplex 2200 D2, Quadroplex 2200 S4, Quadro CX, Quadro FX 5800,
Quadro FX 4800, Quadro FX 3800, GeForce 8800 GTS 512,
GeForce 9800 GT, GeForce 8800 GT, GeForce GT 230, GeForce 9800 GX2,
GeForce 9800 GT, GeForce 8800 GS, GeForce GTS 240, GeForce 9800M GTX,
GeForce 8800M GTS, GeForce GTX 280M, GeForce 9800M GT,
GeForce 8800M GTX, GeForce 8800 GS, GeForce GTX 285M,
GeForce 9600 GSO, GeForce 8800 GT, GeForce 9800 GTX/9800 GTX+,
GeForce 9800 GTX+, GeForce 9800 GT, GeForce GTS 250,
GeForce 9800M GTX, GeForce GTX 260M, Quadro FX 4700 X2,
Quadro FX 3700, Quadro VX 200, Quadro FX 3600M, Quadro FX 2800M,
Quadro FX 3700M, Quadro FX 3800M, GeForce 9600 GT, GeForce 9600 GS,
GeForce 9600 GSO 512, GeForce GT 130, GeForce GT 140,
GeForce 9800M GTS, GeForce 9700M GTS, GeForce 9800M GS,
GeForce 9800M GTS, GeForce 9600 GT, GeForce 9600 GT,
GeForce GTS 160M, GeForce GTS 150M, GeForce 9600 GSO,
GeForce 9600 GT, Quadro FX 1800, Quadro FX 2700M, GeForce 9500 GT,
GeForce 9400 GT, GeForce 9500 GT, GeForce 9500 GS, GeForce 9500 GS,
GeForce GT 120, GeForce 9600M GT, GeForce 9600M GS, GeForce 9600M GT,
GeForce 9700M GT, GeForce 9500M G, GeForce 9650M GT, GeForce G 110M,
GeForce GT 130M, GeForce GT 120M, GeForce GT 220M, GeForce 9650 S,
Quadro FX 380, Quadro FX 580, Quadro FX 1700M, GeForce 9400 GT,
Quadro FX 770M, GeForce 9300 GE, GeForce 9300 GS, GeForce 8400,
GeForce 8400 SE, GeForce 8400 GS, GeForce 9300M GS, GeForce G100,
GeForce 9300 SE, GeForce 9200M GS, GeForce 9300M GS, Quadro NVS 150M,
Quadro NVS 160M, GeForce G 105M, GeForce G 103M, GeForce G105M,
Quadro NVS 420, Quadro FX 370 LP, Quadro NVS 450, Quadro FX 370M,
Quadro NVS 295, GeForce 9100M G, GeForce 8200M G, GeForce 9200,
GeForce 9100, GeForce 8300, GeForce 8200, nForce 730a, GeForce 9200,
nForce 980a/780a SLI, nForce 750a SLI, GeForce 8100 / nForce 720a,
GeForce 9400, GeForce 9400, GeForce 9400M G, GeForce 9400M,
GeForce 9300, ION, GeForce 9400M G, GeForce 9400, nForce 760i SLI,
GeForce 9400, GeForce 9300 / nForce 730i, GeForce 9200,
GeForce 9100M G, GeForce 8200M G, GeForce 9400M, GeForce 9200,
GeForce G102M, GeForce G102M, ION, ION, GeForce 9400, ION, ION LE,
ION LE, GeForce GT 220, GeForce 315, GeForce 210, GeForce GT 230M,
GeForce GT 330M, GeForce GT 230M, GeForce GT 330M, NVS 5100M,
GeForce GT 320M, GeForce GT 240M, GeForce GT 325M, Quadro FX 880M,
GeForce G210, GeForce 205, GeForce 310, ION, GeForce 210,
GeForce 310, GeForce 315, GeForce G105M, GeForce G105M, NVS 2100M,
NVS 3100M, GeForce 305M, ION, GeForce 310M, GeForce 305M,
GeForce 310M, GeForce 305M, GeForce G210M, GeForce 310M,
Quadro FX 380 LP, Quadro FX 380M, GeForce GT 330, GeForce GT 320,
GeForce GT 240, GeForce GT 340, GeForce GT 330, GeForce GTS 260M,
GeForce GTS 250M, GeForce 315, GeForce GT 335M, GeForce GTS 350M,
GeForce GTS 360M, Quadro FX 1800M
[    21.930] (--) using VT number 2

[    21.966] (--) NV: Found NVIDIA Quadro FX 580 at 01@00:00:0
[    21.966] (--) NV(0): NV: Found NVIDIA Quadro FX 580 at 02@00:00:0
[    21.967] (--) NV(0): NV: Found NVIDIA Quadro FX 580 at 01@00:00:0
[    21.967] Requested Entity already in use!
[    21.967] (EE) Screen 2 deleted because of no matching config section.
[    21.967] (II) UnloadModule: "nv"
[    21.967] (II) Loading sub module "int10"
[    21.967] (II) LoadModule: "int10"
[    21.967] (II) Loading /usr/local/lib/xorg/modules/libint10.so
[    21.976] (II) Module int10: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[    21.976] compiled for 1.20.4, module version = 1.0.0
[    21.976] ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 24.0
[    21.976] (II) NV(0): Initializing int10
[    21.977] (EE) NV(0): Cannot read V_BIOS (3) Input/output error
[    21.977] (EE) NV(0): Failed to initialize the int10 module; this screen will not be initialized.
[    21.977] (II) Loading sub module "int10"
[    21.977] (II) LoadModule: "int10"
[    21.977] (II) Loading /usr/local/lib/xorg/modules/libint10.so
[    21.977] (II) Module int10: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[    21.977] compiled for 1.20.4, module version = 1.0.0
[    21.977] ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 24.0
[    21.977] (II) NV(1): Initializing int10
[    21.978] (II) NV(1): Bad V_BIOS checksum
[    21.978] (II) NV(1): Primary V_BIOS segment is: 0xc000
[    21.978] (--) NV(1): Console is VGA mode 0x11b
[    21.978] (**) NV(1): Depth 24, (--) framebuffer bpp 32
[    21.978] (==) NV(1): RGB weight 888
[    21.978] (==) NV(1): Default visual is TrueColor
[    21.978] (==) NV(1): Using hardware cursor
[    21.978] (==) NV(1): Using gamma correction (1.0, 1.0, 1.0)
[    21.978] (II) NV(1): MMIO registers mapped at 0xb6692000
[    21.978] (--) NV(1): Total video RAM: 512.0 MB
[    21.978] (--) NV(1):       BAR1 size: 256.0 MB
[    21.978] (--) NV(1):   Mapped memory: 256.0 MB
[    21.979] (II) NV(1): Linear framebuffer mapped at 0xa6692000
[    21.979] (II) Loading sub module "i2c"
[    21.979] (II) LoadModule: "i2c"
[    21.979] (II) Module "i2c" already built-in
[    21.979] (II) Loading sub module "ddc"
[    21.979] (II) LoadModule: "ddc"
[    21.979] (II) Module "ddc" already built-in
[    21.979] (II) NV(1): Ignoring unsupported DisplayPort output 1
[    21.979] (II) NV(1): Ignoring unsupported DisplayPort output 2
[    21.979] (II) NV(1): Ignoring unsupported output type 15 at port -1
[    21.979] (II) NV(1): Ignoring unsupported output type 15 at port -1
[    21.979] (II) NV(1): Ignoring unsupported output type 15 at port -1
[    21.979] (II) NV(1): Ignoring unsupported output type 15 at port -1
[    21.979] (II) NV(1): Ignoring unsupported output type 15 at port -1
[    21.979] (II) NV(1): Ignoring unsupported output type 15 at port -1
[    21.979] (II) NV(1): Ignoring unsupported output type 15 at port -1
[    21.979] (II) NV(1): Ignoring unsupported output type 15 at port -1
[    21.979] (II) NV(1): Ignoring unsupported output type 15 at port -1
[    21.979] (II) NV(1): Ignoring unsupported output type 15 at port -1
[    21.979] (--) NV(1): Connector map:
[    21.979] (--) NV(1):   Bus 0 -> DAC1
[    21.979] (--) NV(1):   Bus 0 -> SOR0
[    21.979] (--) NV(1):   Bus 2 -> SOR1
[    21.979] (--) NV(1):   Bus 4 -> SOR2
[    21.980] (--) NV(1): Load detection: 506
[    21.980] (II) NV(1): I2C bus "I2C0" initialized.
[    21.980] (II) NV(1): Output VGA1 using monitor section Monitor1
[    21.980] (II) NV(1): Output DVI0 has no monitor section
[    21.980] (II) NV(1): I2C bus "I2C2" initialized.
[    21.980] (II) NV(1): Output DVI1 has no monitor section
[    21.980] (II) NV(1): I2C bus "I2C4" initialized.
[    21.980] (II) NV(1): Output DVI2 has no monitor section
[    21.980] (II) NV(1): Probing for EDID on I2C bus 0...
[    21.980] (II) NV(1): I2C device "I2C0:ddc2" registered at address 0xA0.
[    21.983] (II) NV(1):   ... none found
[    21.983] (--) NV(1): Trying load detection on VGA1 ... nothing.
[    22.028] (II) NV(1): EDID for output VGA1
[    22.028] (II) NV(1): EDID for output DVI0
[    22.028] (II) NV(1): Probing for EDID on I2C bus 2...
[    22.028] (II) NV(1): I2C device "I2C2:ddc2" registered at address 0xA0.
[    22.031] (II) NV(1):   ... none found
[    22.031] (II) NV(1): EDID for output DVI1
[    22.031] (II) NV(1): Probing for EDID on I2C bus 4...
[    22.031] (II) NV(1): I2C device "I2C4:ddc2" registered at address 0xA0.
[    22.035] (II) NV(1):   ... none found
[    22.035] (II) NV(1): EDID for output DVI2
[    22.035] (II) NV(1): Output VGA1 disconnected
[    22.035] (II) NV(1): Output DVI0 disconnected
[    22.035] (II) NV(1): Output DVI1 disconnected
[    22.035] (II) NV(1): Output DVI2 disconnected
[    22.035] (WW) NV(1): No outputs definitely connected, trying again...
[    22.035] (II) NV(1): Output VGA1 disconnected
[    22.035] (II) NV(1): Output DVI0 disconnected
[    22.035] (II) NV(1): Output DVI1 disconnected
[    22.035] (II) NV(1): Output DVI2 disconnected
[    22.035] (WW) NV(1): Unable to find initial modes
[    22.035] (EE) NV(1): No valid initial configuration found
[    22.035] (II) UnloadModule: "nv"
[    22.035] (II) UnloadSubModule: "int10"
[    22.035] (II) Unloading int10
[    22.035] (II) UnloadModule: "nv"
[    22.035] (II) UnloadSubModule: "int10"
[    22.035] (II) Unloading int10
[    22.035] (EE) Screen(s) found, but none have a usable configuration.
[    22.035] (EE)
Fatal server error:
[    22.035] (EE) no screens found(EE)
[    22.035] (EE)
Please consult the The X.Org Foundation support
at http://wiki.x.org
 for help.
[    22.035] (EE) Please also check the log file at "/var/log/Xorg.0.log" for additional information.
[    22.035] (EE)
[    22.107] (EE) Server terminated with error (1). Closing log file.

Can't find anything on the web with respect to Requested Entity already in use.

... have about 30 minutes to edit your post.

OK.

Thank you very much for your help.

Best,

MM

[Rich]

Hi madmax
That's progress. It finally found a driver for your boards.

... Can't find anything on the web with respect to Requested Entity already in use. ...

I think it's complaining about assigning the same card twice. I haven't really dealt with multi monitor setups, but doesn't  Xinerama
need to be enabled for this? You show that option as commented out:

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# ---> This section stays the same but rems out Xinerama
Section "ServerLayout"
    Identifier     "layout0"
    Screen      0  "ScreenLeft" LeftOf "ScreenCenter"
    Screen      1  "ScreenCenter" 0 0
    Screen      2  "ScreenRight" RightOf "ScreenCenter"
#   Option         "Xinerama" "1"
EndSection
#

[madmax]

Hello Rich:

... progress. It finally found a driver ...

Indeed ...
But only thanks to your help/patience.

... complaining about assigning the same card twice.
... but doesn't  Xinerama need to be enabled ...

Yes, but I commented it out because I thought it was an NVidia feature and because my only need in TC is the 1280x1024 resolution.
I was expecting to run just one monitor.

But I changed it and Xinerama gets enabled.
Unfortunately, the entity issue remains.

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[   122.968]
X.Org X Server 1.20.4
X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0
[   122.968] Build Operating System: Linux 4.19.10-tinycore i486
[   122.968] Current Operating System: Linux box 4.19.10-tinycore #1999 SMP Tue Dec 18 13:36:47 UTC 2018 i686
[   122.968] Kernel command line: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz acpi_osi=Linux vga=795 agp=off tz=-3 ipv6.disable=1 enable_mtrr_cleanup pcie_aspm=off nmi_watchdog=0 blacklist=mei_me waitusb=4:UUID="0cf4d199-2dc7-44d7-90ed-3e070d73cd93" tce=UUID="0cf4d199-2dc7-44d7-90ed-3e070d73cd93" initrd=/boot/core.gz
[   122.968] Build Date: 04 March 2019  11:44:35AM
[   122.968] 
[   122.968] Current version of pixman: 0.34.0
[   122.968] Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.x.org
to make sure that you have the latest version.
[   122.968] Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting,
(++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational,
(WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
[   122.968] (==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.0.log", Time: Tue Oct 22 02:07:21 2019
[   122.968] (==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf"
[   122.968] (==) Using system config directory "/usr/local/share/X11/xorg.conf.d"
[   122.969] (==) ServerLayout "layout0"
[   122.969] (**) |-->Screen "ScreenLeft" (0)
[   122.969] (**) |   |-->Monitor "Monitor0"
[   122.969] (**) |   |-->Device "DeviceLeft"
[   122.969] (**) |-->Screen "ScreenCenter" (1)
[   122.969] (**) |   |-->Monitor "Monitor1"
[   122.970] (**) |   |-->Device "DeviceCenter"
[   122.970] (**) |-->Screen "ScreenRight" (2)
[   122.970] (**) |   |-->Monitor "Monitor2"
[   122.970] (**) |   |-->Device "DeviceRight"
[   122.970] (**) Option "DontZap" "False"
[   122.970] (**) Option "Xinerama" "1"
[   122.970] (**) Option "AutoAddDevices" "True"
[   122.970] (**) Option "AutoEnableDevices" "True"
[   122.970] (**) Automatically adding devices
[   122.970] (**) Automatically enabling devices
[   122.970] (==) Automatically adding GPU devices
[   122.970] (**) Xinerama: enabled
[   122.970] (==) Max clients allowed: 256, resource mask: 0x1fffff
[   122.970] (WW) The directory "/usr/local/lib/X11/fonts/OTF/" does not exist.
[   122.970] Entry deleted from font path.
[   122.970] (WW) The directory "/usr/local/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/" does not exist.
[   122.970] Entry deleted from font path.
[   122.970] (==) FontPath set to:
/usr/local/lib/X11/fonts/misc/,
/usr/local/lib/X11/fonts/TTF/,
/usr/local/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/,
/usr/local/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/
[   122.970] (==) ModulePath set to "/usr/local/lib/xorg/modules"
[   122.970] (II) The server relies on udev to provide the list of input devices.
If no devices become available, reconfigure udev or disable AutoAddDevices.
[   122.970] (II) Loader magic: 0x81a7b40
[   122.970] (II) Module ABI versions:
[   122.970] X.Org ANSI C Emulation: 0.4
[   122.970] X.Org Video Driver: 24.0
[   122.970] X.Org XInput driver : 24.1
[   122.970] X.Org Server Extension : 10.0
[   122.975] (--) PCI: (1@0:0:0) 10de:0659:10de:063a rev 161, Mem @ 0xf9000000/16777216, 0xc0000000/268435456, 0xf6000000/33554432, I/O @ 0x0000bc00/128, BIOS @ 0x????????/524288
[   122.975] (--) PCI:*(2@0:0:0) 10de:0659:10de:063a rev 161, Mem @ 0xfd000000/16777216, 0xd0000000/268435456, 0xfa000000/33554432, I/O @ 0x0000cc00/128, BIOS @ 0x????????/131072
[   122.975] (WW) Open ACPI failed (/var/run/acpid.socket) (No such file or directory)
[   122.975] (II) "glx" will be loaded by default.
[   122.975] (II) LoadModule: "glx"
[   122.975] (II) Loading /usr/local/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libglx.so
[   122.977] (II) Module glx: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[   122.977] compiled for 1.20.4, module version = 1.0.0
[   122.977] ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 10.0
[   122.977] (II) LoadModule: "nv"
[   122.977] (II) Loading /usr/local/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/nv_drv.so
[   122.977] (II) Module nv: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[   122.977] compiled for 1.20.0, module version = 2.1.21
[   122.977] Module class: X.Org Video Driver
[   122.977] ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 24.0
[   122.977] (II) NV: driver for NVIDIA chipsets: RIVA 128, RIVA TNT, RIVA TNT2,
Unknown TNT2, Vanta, RIVA TNT2 Ultra, RIVA TNT2 Model 64,
Aladdin TNT2, GeForce 256, GeForce DDR, Quadro, GeForce2 MX/MX 400,
GeForce2 MX 100/200, GeForce2 Go, Quadro2 MXR/EX/Go,
GeForce2 Integrated GPU, GeForce2 GTS, GeForce2 Ti, GeForce2 Ultra,
Quadro2 Pro, GeForce4 MX 460, GeForce4 MX 440, GeForce4 MX 420,
GeForce4 MX 440-SE, GeForce4 440 Go, GeForce4 420 Go,
GeForce4 420 Go 32M, GeForce4 460 Go, Quadro4 550 XGL,
GeForce4 440 Go 64M, Quadro NVS, Quadro4 500 GoGL,
GeForce4 410 Go 16M, GeForce4 MX 440 with AGP8X,
GeForce4 MX 440SE with AGP8X, GeForce4 MX 420 with AGP8X,
GeForce4 MX 4000, GeForce4 448 Go, GeForce4 488 Go, Quadro4 580 XGL,
Quadro4 NVS 280 SD, Quadro4 380 XGL, Quadro NVS 50 PCI,
GeForce4 448 Go, GeForce4 MX Integrated GPU, GeForce3,
GeForce3 Ti 200, GeForce3 Ti 500, Quadro DCC, GeForce4 Ti 4600,
GeForce4 Ti 4400, GeForce4 Ti 4200, Quadro4 900 XGL, Quadro4 750 XGL,
Quadro4 700 XGL, GeForce4 Ti 4800, GeForce4 Ti 4200 with AGP8X,
GeForce4 Ti 4800 SE, GeForce4 4200 Go, Quadro4 700 GoGL,
Quadro4 980 XGL, Quadro4 780 XGL, GeForce FX 5800 Ultra,
GeForce FX 5800, Quadro FX 2000, Quadro FX 1000,
GeForce FX 5600 Ultra, GeForce FX 5600, GeForce FX 5600XT,
GeForce FX Go5600, GeForce FX Go5650, Quadro FX Go700,
GeForce FX 5200, GeForce FX 5200 Ultra, GeForce FX 5200,
GeForce FX 5200LE, GeForce FX Go5200, GeForce FX Go5250,
GeForce FX 5500, GeForce FX 5100, GeForce FX Go5200 32M/64M,
Quadro NVS 55/280 PCI, Quadro FX 500/600 PCI,
GeForce FX Go53xx Series, GeForce FX Go5100, GeForce FX 5900 Ultra,
GeForce FX 5900, GeForce FX 5900XT, GeForce FX 5950 Ultra,
GeForce FX 5900ZT, Quadro FX 3000, Quadro FX 700,
GeForce FX 5700 Ultra, GeForce FX 5700, GeForce FX 5700LE,
GeForce FX 5700VE, GeForce FX Go5700, GeForce FX Go5700,
Quadro FX Go1000, Quadro FX 1100, GeForce 6800 Ultra, GeForce 6800,
GeForce 6800 LE, GeForce 6800 XE, GeForce 6800 XT, GeForce 6800 GT,
GeForce 6800 GT, GeForce 6800 GS, GeForce 6800 XT, Quadro FX 4000,
GeForce 6800 GS, GeForce 6800, GeForce 6800 LE, GeForce 6800 XT,
GeForce Go 6800, GeForce Go 6800 Ultra, Quadro FX Go1400,
Quadro FX 3450/4000 SDI, Quadro FX 1400, GeForce 6600 GT,
GeForce 6600, GeForce 6600 LE, GeForce 6600 VE, GeForce Go 6600,
GeForce 6610 XL, GeForce Go 6600 TE/6200 TE, GeForce 6700 XL,
GeForce Go 6600, GeForce Go 6600 GT, Quadro NVS 440, Quadro FX 550,
Quadro FX 550, Quadro FX 540, GeForce 6200, GeForce 6500,
GeForce 6200 TurboCache(TM), GeForce 6200SE TurboCache(TM),
GeForce 6200 LE, GeForce Go 6200, Quadro NVS 285, GeForce Go 6400,
GeForce Go 6200, GeForce Go 6400, GeForce 6250, GeForce 7100 GS,
GeForce 6800, GeForce 6800 LE, GeForce 6800 GT, GeForce 6800 XT,
GeForce 6200, GeForce 6200 A-LE, GeForce 7800 GTX, GeForce 7800 GTX,
GeForce 7800 GT, GeForce 7800 GS, GeForce 7800 SLI, GeForce Go 7800,
GeForce Go 7800 GTX, Quadro FX 4500, GeForce 7350 LE,
GeForce 7300 LE, GeForce 7300 SE, GeForce Go 7200, GeForce Go 7300,
GeForce Go 7400, GeForce Go 7400 GS, Quadro NVS 110M,
Quadro NVS 120M, Quadro FX 350M, GeForce 7500 LE, Quadro FX 350,
GeForce 7300 GS, GeForce 7650 GS, GeForce 7600 GT, GeForce 7600 GS,
GeForce 7300 GT, GeForce 7600 LE, GeForce 7300 GT, GeForce Go 7700,
GeForce Go 7600, GeForce Go 7600 GT, Quadro NVS 300M,
GeForce Go 7900 SE, Quadro FX 550M, Quadro FX 560, GeForce 7900 GTX,
GeForce 7900 GT, GeForce 7900 GS, GeForce 7950 GX2, GeForce 7950 GX2,
GeForce 7950 GT, GeForce Go 7950 GTX, GeForce Go 7900 GS,
GeForce Go 7900 GTX, Quadro FX 2500M, Quadro FX 1500M,
Quadro FX 5500, Quadro FX 3500, Quadro FX 1500, Quadro FX 4500 X2,
GeForce 6150, GeForce 6150 LE, GeForce 6100, GeForce Go 6150,
Quadro NVS 210S / NVIDIA GeForce 6150LE, GeForce Go 6100,
GeForce 6150SE, GeForce 6100 nForce 405, GeForce 6100 nForce 400,
GeForce 6100 nForce 420, GeForce 7150M / nForce 630M,
GeForce 7000M / nForce 610M, GeForce 7050 PV / nForce 630a,
GeForce 7050 PV / nForce 630a, GeForce 7025 / nForce 630a,
GeForce 8800 GTX, GeForce 8800 GTS, GeForce 8800 Ultra,
Quadro FX 5600, Quadro FX 4600, GeForce 8600 GTS, GeForce 8600 GT,
GeForce 8600 GT, GeForce 8600 GS, GeForce 8400 GS, GeForce 9500M GS,
GeForce 8300 GS, GeForce 8600M GT, GeForce 9650M GS,
GeForce 8700M GT, Quadro FX 370, Quadro NVS 320M, Quadro FX 570M,
Quadro FX 1600M, Quadro FX 570, Quadro FX 1700, GeForce GT 330,
GeForce 8400 SE, GeForce 8500 GT, GeForce 8400 GS, GeForce 8300 GS,
GeForce 8400 GS, GeForce 8600M GS, GeForce 8400M GT,
GeForce 8400M GS, GeForce 8400M G, Quadro NVS 140M, Quadro NVS 130M,
Quadro NVS 135M, GeForce 9400 GT, Quadro FX 360M, GeForce 9300M G,
Quadro NVS 290, GeForce GTX 295, GeForce GTX 280, GeForce GTX 260,
GeForce GTX 285, GeForce GTX 275, GeForce GTX 260, GeForce GTX 295,
Quadroplex 2200 D2, Quadroplex 2200 S4, Quadro CX, Quadro FX 5800,
Quadro FX 4800, Quadro FX 3800, GeForce 8800 GTS 512,
GeForce 9800 GT, GeForce 8800 GT, GeForce GT 230, GeForce 9800 GX2,
GeForce 9800 GT, GeForce 8800 GS, GeForce GTS 240, GeForce 9800M GTX,
GeForce 8800M GTS, GeForce GTX 280M, GeForce 9800M GT,
GeForce 8800M GTX, GeForce 8800 GS, GeForce GTX 285M,
GeForce 9600 GSO, GeForce 8800 GT, GeForce 9800 GTX/9800 GTX+,
GeForce 9800 GTX+, GeForce 9800 GT, GeForce GTS 250,
GeForce 9800M GTX, GeForce GTX 260M, Quadro FX 4700 X2,
Quadro FX 3700, Quadro VX 200, Quadro FX 3600M, Quadro FX 2800M,
Quadro FX 3700M, Quadro FX 3800M, GeForce 9600 GT, GeForce 9600 GS,
GeForce 9600 GSO 512, GeForce GT 130, GeForce GT 140,
GeForce 9800M GTS, GeForce 9700M GTS, GeForce 9800M GS,
GeForce 9800M GTS, GeForce 9600 GT, GeForce 9600 GT,
GeForce GTS 160M, GeForce GTS 150M, GeForce 9600 GSO,
GeForce 9600 GT, Quadro FX 1800, Quadro FX 2700M, GeForce 9500 GT,
GeForce 9400 GT, GeForce 9500 GT, GeForce 9500 GS, GeForce 9500 GS,
GeForce GT 120, GeForce 9600M GT, GeForce 9600M GS, GeForce 9600M GT,
GeForce 9700M GT, GeForce 9500M G, GeForce 9650M GT, GeForce G 110M,
GeForce GT 130M, GeForce GT 120M, GeForce GT 220M, GeForce 9650 S,
Quadro FX 380, Quadro FX 580, Quadro FX 1700M, GeForce 9400 GT,
Quadro FX 770M, GeForce 9300 GE, GeForce 9300 GS, GeForce 8400,
GeForce 8400 SE, GeForce 8400 GS, GeForce 9300M GS, GeForce G100,
GeForce 9300 SE, GeForce 9200M GS, GeForce 9300M GS, Quadro NVS 150M,
Quadro NVS 160M, GeForce G 105M, GeForce G 103M, GeForce G105M,
Quadro NVS 420, Quadro FX 370 LP, Quadro NVS 450, Quadro FX 370M,
Quadro NVS 295, GeForce 9100M G, GeForce 8200M G, GeForce 9200,
GeForce 9100, GeForce 8300, GeForce 8200, nForce 730a, GeForce 9200,
nForce 980a/780a SLI, nForce 750a SLI, GeForce 8100 / nForce 720a,
GeForce 9400, GeForce 9400, GeForce 9400M G, GeForce 9400M,
GeForce 9300, ION, GeForce 9400M G, GeForce 9400, nForce 760i SLI,
GeForce 9400, GeForce 9300 / nForce 730i, GeForce 9200,
GeForce 9100M G, GeForce 8200M G, GeForce 9400M, GeForce 9200,
GeForce G102M, GeForce G102M, ION, ION, GeForce 9400, ION, ION LE,
ION LE, GeForce GT 220, GeForce 315, GeForce 210, GeForce GT 230M,
GeForce GT 330M, GeForce GT 230M, GeForce GT 330M, NVS 5100M,
GeForce GT 320M, GeForce GT 240M, GeForce GT 325M, Quadro FX 880M,
GeForce G210, GeForce 205, GeForce 310, ION, GeForce 210,
GeForce 310, GeForce 315, GeForce G105M, GeForce G105M, NVS 2100M,
NVS 3100M, GeForce 305M, ION, GeForce 310M, GeForce 305M,
GeForce 310M, GeForce 305M, GeForce G210M, GeForce 310M,
Quadro FX 380 LP, Quadro FX 380M, GeForce GT 330, GeForce GT 320,
GeForce GT 240, GeForce GT 340, GeForce GT 330, GeForce GTS 260M,
GeForce GTS 250M, GeForce 315, GeForce GT 335M, GeForce GTS 350M,
GeForce GTS 360M, Quadro FX 1800M
[   122.980] (--) using VT number 2

[   123.016] (--) NV: Found NVIDIA Quadro FX 580 at 01@00:00:0
[   123.016] (--) NV(0): NV: Found NVIDIA Quadro FX 580 at 02@00:00:0
[   123.016] (--) NV(0): NV: Found NVIDIA Quadro FX 580 at 01@00:00:0
[   123.016] Requested Entity already in use!
[   123.016] (EE) Screen 1 deleted because of no matching config section.
[   123.016] (II) UnloadModule: "nv"
[   123.016] (EE) Screen 1 deleted because of no matching config section.
[   123.016] (II) UnloadModule: "nv"
[   123.016] (II) Loading sub module "int10"
[   123.016] (II) LoadModule: "int10"
[   123.016] (II) Loading /usr/local/lib/xorg/modules/libint10.so
[   123.016] (II) Module int10: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[   123.016] compiled for 1.20.4, module version = 1.0.0
[   123.016] ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 24.0
[   123.016] (II) NV(0): Initializing int10
[   123.017] (EE) NV(0): Cannot read V_BIOS (3) Input/output error
[   123.017] (EE) NV(0): Failed to initialize the int10 module; this screen will not be initialized.
[   123.017] (II) UnloadModule: "nv"
[   123.017] (II) UnloadSubModule: "int10"
[   123.017] (II) Unloading int10
[   123.017] (EE) Screen(s) found, but none have a usable configuration.
[   123.017] (EE)
Fatal server error:
[   123.017] (EE) no screens found(EE)
[   123.017] (EE)
Please consult the The X.Org Foundation support
at http://wiki.x.org
 for help.
[   123.017] (EE) Please also check the log file at "/var/log/Xorg.0.log" for additional information.
[   123.017] (EE)
[   123.089] (EE) Server terminated with error (1). Closing log file.

Like you say, there are two identical entries ...

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--> [   123.016] (--) NV: Found NVIDIA Quadro FX 580 at 01@00:00:0 <--
     [   123.016] (--) NV(0): NV: Found NVIDIA Quadro FX 580 at 02@00:00:0
--> [   123.016] (--) NV(0): NV: Found NVIDIA Quadro FX 580 at 01@00:00:0 <--
     [   123.016] Requested Entity already in use! 

... but they are on different cards.
There seems to be a device numbering/configuration problem here.

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Section "Device"
#card 1 NVIDIA G96GL Quadro FX 580
    Identifier     "DeviceLeft"
    Driver         "nv"
    VendorName     "X.Org Foundation" # was "NVIDIA Corporation"
    BoardName      "NVIDIA Quadro FX 580"
    BusID          "PCI:1:0:0"
    Screen          0
EndSection
#
#card 1 NVIDIA G96GL Quadro FX 580
    Identifier     "DeviceRight"
    Driver         "nv"
    VendorName     "X.Org Foundation" # was "NVIDIA Corporation"
    BoardName      "NVIDIA Quadro FX 580"
    BusID          "PCI:1:0:0"
    Screen          1
EndSection
#
Section "Device"
#card 2 NVIDIA G96GL Quadro FX 580
    Identifier     "DeviceCenter"
    Driver         "nv" # was "nvidia"
    VendorName     "X.Org Foundation" # was "NVIDIA Corporation"
    BoardName      "NVIDIA Quadro FX 580"
    BusID          "PCI:2:0:0"
    Screen          0
EndSection

What do you think?

Thanks in advance,

MM