Bug 20878 - Xorg server does not properly autodetect dual nVidia graphics cards
Summary: Xorg server does not properly autodetect dual nVidia graphics cards
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 18321
Alias: None
Product: xorg
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Server/General (show other bugs)
Version: 7.4 (2008.09)
Hardware: x86-64 (AMD64) Linux (All)
: medium normal
Assignee: Nouveau Project
QA Contact: Xorg Project Team
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Reported: 2009-03-26 05:42 UTC by Stephen Gallagher
Modified: 2009-03-26 10:46 UTC (History)
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X.org log demonstrating the error (7.69 KB, application/octet-stream)
2009-03-26 05:42 UTC, Stephen Gallagher 		no flags Details
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Description Stephen Gallagher 2009-03-26 05:42:50 UTC 
Created attachment 24273 [details]
X.org log demonstrating the error

When starting the X server, it detects that there are "More than one possible primary device found"

(!!) More than one possible primary device found
(--) PCI: (0@3:0:0) nVidia Corporation G94 [GeForce 9600 GT] rev 161, Mem @ 0xf4000000/16777216, 0xc0000000/268435456, 0xf2000000/33554432, I/O @ 0x0000ac00/128, BIOS @ 0x????????/524288
(--) PCI: (0@5:0:0) nVidia Corporation G94 [GeForce 9600 GT] rev 161, Mem @ 0xf8000000/16777216, 0xd0000000/268435456, 0xf6000000/33554432, I/O @ 0x00008c00/128, BIOS @ 0x????????/524288


The X server will then attempt to invoke the VESA driver instead of the Nouveau driver (this is on the Fedora 11 Nouveau Test Day LiveCD)

Ultimately it will fail with:
Fatal server error:
AddScreen/ScreenInit failed for driver 0


However, if I manually add the following to an xorg.conf file, it loads correctly.
Section "Device"
	Identifier  "Videocard0"
	BusID       "PCI:3:0:0"
	Driver      "nouveau"
EndSection

Section "Device"
	Identifier	"Videocard1"
	BusID		"PCI:5:0:0"
	Driver		"nouveau"
EndSection


The correct behavior of the X server should be to automatically generate these entries for each card.
Comment 1 Julien Cristau 2009-03-26 10:46:28 UTC 

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 18321 ***

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