HOWTO: Latest NVIDIA drivers on Ubuntu Breezy

[igor4u]

Yes it is already installed.

[tseliot]

Yes it is already installed.
Sorry pal, I'll let you now if I find a solution to your problem

[igor4u]

(II) Initializing built-in extension MIT-SHM
(II) Initializing built-in extension XInputExtension
(II) Initializing built-in extension XTEST
(II) Initializing built-in extension XKEYBOARD
(II) Initializing built-in extension LBX
(II) Initializing built-in extension XC-APPGROUP
(II) Initializing built-in extension SECURITY
(II) Initializing built-in extension XINERAMA
(II) Initializing built-in extension XFIXES
(II) Initializing built-in extension XFree86-Bigfont
(II) Initializing built-in extension RENDER
(II) Initializing built-in extension RANDR
(II) Initializing built-in extension COMPOSITE
(II) Initializing built-in extension DAMAGE
(II) Initializing built-in extension XEVIE
(EE) Failed to initialize GLX extension (NVIDIA X driver not found)

But with nvidia driver was ok!

[igor4u]

tseliot

Thank you very much.
It's a pity that I couldn't decide this problem.
Sorry for time you have spent on me

[tseliot]

tseliot

Thank you very much.
It's a pity that I couldn't decide this problem.
Sorry for time you have spent on me
No problem, I'm here to help :)

[IronWolve]

I can not get the 7800 GT, 7676 driver to work.

1. base install
2. removed restricted
3. manually removed modules that have name nvidia
4. compile nvidia 7676 with gcc3.4, reboot
5. Lock/crash/burn...

Any ideas? Over at the nvidia forums, they say its a ubuntu issue, normally restricted modules.

[tseliot]

I can not get the 7800 GT, 7676 driver to work.

1. base install
2. removed restricted
3. manually removed modules that have name nvidia
4. compile nvidia 7676 with gcc3.4, reboot
5. Lock/crash/burn...

Any ideas? Over at the nvidia forums, they say its a ubuntu issue, normally restricted modules.
Post your /etc/X11/xorg.conf and your /var/log/Xorg.0.log (after the system have crashed)

[Kloschüssel]

Good evening.

I'm pretty new on this forum *g* .. please be pacient if I'm not completely etiquette-conform. Let's get to the **** part of this post.

I'm trying to get work my nVidia GeForce 7800 GTX with Dual head .. but still got some problems on configuring my xorg.conf file .. I don't exactly understand why it's not working .. may s.o. of yours can help me out. :rolleyes:

Informations about the hardware associated with:
- GeForce 7800 GTX on:
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation: Unknown device 0091 (rev a1) (still I don't understand why the latest driver release of nvidia doesn't understand the chipset of this device)
- monitor 1 (connected to the main dvi output): samsung syncmaster 913v
- monitor 2 (connected to the 2nd dvi output): samsung syncmaster 710v

Here's my conf file for who's interested in ;)

Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "Default Layout"
Screen "Screen0"
InputDevice "Keyboard0"
InputDevice "Mouse0"
EndSection

Section "Files"
RgbPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb"
ModulePath "/usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions/nvidia"
ModulePath "/usr/X11R6/lib/modules"
FontPath "unix/:7100"
EndSection

Section "Module"
Load "dbe"
Load "extmod"
Load "fbdevhw"
Load "record"
Load "freetype"
Load "type1"
Load "glx"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Keyboard0"
Driver "kbd"
# Option "XkbOptions" "ctrl:nocaps"
Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
Option "XkbLayout" "de"
Option "XkbVariant" "nodeadkeys"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Mouse0"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "IMPS/2"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
Option "Emulate3Buttons" "yes"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Monitor0"
VendorName "SAMSUNG"
ModelName "SyncMaster 913v"
DisplaySize 340 270
HorizSync 30.0 - 81.0
VertRefresh 56.0 - 75.0
Option "dpms"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Monitor1"
VendorName "SAMSUNG"
ModelName "SyncMaster 710v"
DisplaySize 340 270
HorizSync 30.0 - 81.0
VertRefresh 56.0 - 75.0
Option "dpms"
EndSection

Section "Device"
Identifier "Videocard0"
Driver "nvidia"
VendorName "NVIDIA Corporation"
BoardName "NVIDIA Geforce 7800 GTX"
Option "TwinView"
Option "TwinViewOrientation" "Clone"
Option "ConnectedMonitor" "CRT,CRT"
BusID "PCI:1:0:0"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen0"
Device "Videocard0"
Monitor "Monitor0"
DefaultDepth 24
Option "NoLogo" "false"
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 16
Modes "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 24
Modes "1280x1024" "1280x960" "1152x864" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "DRI"
Group 0
Mode 0666
EndSection

My first approach is to get it working with a simple clone and the target is to get it working with a <dual buffered> desktop environment.

I would be glad of every little help .. pretty sure about that the conf file just needs a few little changes to become working.

[Kloschüssel]

hey guys

got it finally working .. here you can take a look at .. don't know where on the internet I found the clue .. peace!

Section "Files"
RgbPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb"
ModulePath "/usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions/nvidia"
ModulePath "/usr/X11R6/lib/modules"
FontPath "unix/:7100"
EndSection

Section "Module"
Load "dbe"
Load "extmod"
Load "fbdevhw"
Load "record"
Load "freetype"
Load "type1"
Load "glx"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Keyboard0"
Driver "kbd"
# Option "XkbOptions" "ctrl:nocaps"
Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
Option "XkbLayout" "de"
Option "XkbVariant" "nodeadkeys"
Option "XkbRules" "xfree86"
Option "XkbOptions" "caps:shift_nocancel"
Option "XkbOptions" "ctrl:ctrl_aa"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Mouse0"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "IMPS/2"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
Option "Emulate3Buttons" "yes"
EndSection

# MONITORS SECTION; DEFINE ALL MONITORS IN USAGE

Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Monitor0"
VendorName "SAMSUNG"
ModelName "SyncMaster 913v"
# DisplaySize 340 270
HorizSync 30.0 - 81.0
VertRefresh 56.0 - 75.0
Option "dpms"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Monitor1"
VendorName "SAMSUNG"
ModelName "SyncMaster 710v"
# DisplaySize 340 270
HorizSync 30.0 - 81.0
VertRefresh 56.0 - 75.0
Option "dpms"
EndSection

# END OF MONITOR SECTION;

# DEVICE SECTION;

Section "Device"
Identifier "Videocard0"
Driver "nvidia"
VendorName "NVIDIA Corporation"
BoardName "NVIDIA Geforce 7800 GTX"
Option "TwinView"
Option "MetaModes" "1280x1024,1280x1024; 1024x768,1024x768"
Option "SecondMonitorHorizSync" "31.5-64.3"
Option "SecondMonitorVertRefresh" "60-75"
Option "TwinViewOrientation" "RightOf"
Option "ConnectedMonitor" "CRT, CRT"
EndSection

# END OF DEVICE SECTION;

# SCREEN SECTION

Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen0"
Device "Videocard0"
Monitor "Monitor0"
DefaultDepth 24
Option "NoLogo" "false"
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 16
Modes "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 24
Modes "1280x1024" "1280x960" "1152x864" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
EndSection

# END OF SCREEN SECTION

Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "Default Layout"
Screen "Screen0"
InputDevice "Keyboard0"
InputDevice "Mouse0"
EndSection

Section "DRI"
Group 0
Mode 0666
EndSection


this version works fine for a single desktop environment. tomorrow I'm going to work on the dual-buffered desktop thing ..

[comradevik]

Please help me
i have dual monitor set up
how do i get xinerama working.. all my fullscreen applications except movies open onto both screens when i want them to open on one of the screens only

[tseliot]

Please help me
i have dual monitor set up
how do i get xinerama working.. all my fullscreen applications except movies open onto both screens when i want them to open on one of the screens only
I can't help you with that (I have only 1 monitor)

[IronWolve]

Ok, found out my issue. The 7676 driver was crashing the system above 1600x1200 on the Nvidia 7800 card. Using the correct modelines fixed it.

I should of tried a lower resolution to test, stupid stupid...

Modelines for 24 inch Dell LCD 2405.

Option "HorizSync" "30-81"
Option "VertRefresh" "56-76"
Option "MetaModes" "1920x1200"
Modeline "1920x1200" 161.75 1920 2020 2052 2184 1200 1202 1208 1235 -hsync -vsync
Modeline "1920x1200" 154.128 1920 1968 2000 2080 1200 1203 1209 1235 -hsync -vsync

So, might want to add this to some FAQ, I've seen the same issue on many boards..

[sfink01]

Please help me
i have dual monitor set up
how do i get xinerama working.. all my fullscreen applications except movies open onto both screens when i want them to open on one of the screens only

This is a function of Xinerama, depending on how your setup is you can do a number of things.

Try adding Option Xinerama "off" in the Screen section. This should allow the window manager to understand that there are two monitors and applications should maximize to only one screen. However, you will only see the panels on one screen instead of spanned across both.

If this does not give you the desired results, please post your xorg.conf and I'll take a look.

[Kloschüssel]

Xinerama by default clones your first screen to the second screen. Disable Xinerama and it should work.

Another question:

Anyone who may got working a double frame buffer for nVidia driver in order to have 2 desktops running and sharing the memory of the single graphiccard?

As posted a few posts before I'm trying to get this done, but until now I was only able to enable my second monitor by using the nvidia driver build in configuration options shown below.

Section "Device"
Identifier "Videocard0"
Driver "nvidia"
VendorName "NVIDIA Corporation"
BoardName "NVIDIA Geforce 7800 GTX"
BusID "PCI:1:0:0"
# advanced options
Option "SecondMonitorHorizSync" "31.5-64.3"
Option "SecondMonitorVertRefresh" "60-75"
Option "TwinView" "true"
Option "ConnectedMonitor" "CRT-0, CRT-1"
Option "MetaModes" "CRT-0:1280x1024, CRT-1:1280x1024"
Option "TwinViewOrientation" "RightOf"
# xinerama running or not, the second screen works fine :-)
Option "Xinerama" "on"
EndSection

theoretically it should be possible to declare 2 videodevices, each of them pointing to the same device but different output channels. most ati cards have to be configurated as such.

really kewl would it be if it was possible to just tell the x server by a code like Option "TwinViewOrientation" "dualbuffer" that there are 2 different screens and he has to load 2 independent desktops. :rolleyes: would be an idea to send to nvidia's driver developers :D

awaiting your ideas :rolleyes:

[Voodoodude]

I just tried Shabba's install method on an Nvidia 5700 Ultra. Worked pretty good except that it did not recognize the "sudo nvidia-glx-config-enable" command
and it confused me when the nano opened up both the new and the backup version of "xorg.conf". He probably just wanted to make a new backup before the mod. But hey, I just got ubuntu yesterday, and I finally have a working video card! :) Thanks so much all.

[tseliot]

Xinerama by default clones your first screen to the second screen. Disable Xinerama and it should work.

Another question:

Anyone who may got working a double frame buffer for nVidia driver in order to have 2 desktops running and sharing the memory of the single graphiccard?

As posted a few posts before I'm trying to get this done, but until now I was only able to enable my second monitor by using the nvidia driver build in configuration options shown below.

Section "Device"
Identifier "Videocard0"
Driver "nvidia"
VendorName "NVIDIA Corporation"
BoardName "NVIDIA Geforce 7800 GTX"
BusID "PCI:1:0:0"
# advanced options
Option "SecondMonitorHorizSync" "31.5-64.3"
Option "SecondMonitorVertRefresh" "60-75"
Option "TwinView" "true"
Option "ConnectedMonitor" "CRT-0, CRT-1"
Option "MetaModes" "CRT-0:1280x1024, CRT-1:1280x1024"
Option "TwinViewOrientation" "RightOf"
# xinerama running or not, the second screen works fine :-)
Option "Xinerama" "on"
EndSection

theoretically it should be possible to declare 2 videodevices, each of them pointing to the same device but different output channels. most ati cards have to be configurated as such.

really kewl would it be if it was possible to just tell the x server by a code like Option "TwinViewOrientation" "dualbuffer" that there are 2 different screens and he has to load 2 independent desktops. :rolleyes: would be an idea to send to nvidia's driver developers :D

awaiting your ideas :rolleyes:

I think you should ask in the Unofficial Nvidia forum, the developers of the driver (and some Linux geeks) can help you there:
http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/forumdisplay.php?f=14

[sfink01]

From my humble knowledge, TwinView and Xinerama are two totally separate things. TwinView is a function of the nVidia Driver and Xinerama is an extention to X.

The line you show in your Device section "Option Xinerama on" is not a vaild Option for the Device, that line should be under the ServerLayout section to control X. See http://www.ublug.org/nvidia/twinview/nvidia-device-options.txt for the valid options.

The only valid option for the Device about Xinerama is:
Option "NoTwinViewXineramaInfo" "boolean"

This option will turn on and off Xinerama Info being sent back to X to then be delivered to the Window Manager.

From what I understand, you can place any of the Device options under either the Device or ServerLayout section ( I like to put them where they control because it's easier for me to keep track of them), but a ServerLayout only option cannot go under Device.

The option Xinerama on in the ServerLayout section would give you a desktop that spans the entire MetaMode ie 2560x1024 on two monitors @1280x1024 with a top panel with a Main Menu on the Left (by default) and the clock on the second monitor on the right, with the taskbar all the way across the bottom and if you maximize an application it will span across both monitors. This is of course assuming your TwinViewOrientation is anything but clone.

Having NoTwinViewXineramaInfo off (0, false, no) or not there at all would return Xinerama info from the Device back to the Window Manager and allow the Window Manager to interpret the info as it sees fit. If the ServerLayout section has Xinerama off and TwinViewOrientation is not clone there will be two 1280x1024 areas joined together and allow you to maximize an application to just one monitor and have the top and bottom panels on the first monitor only. When a new application is opened it will go to the 1280x1024 area not in use and apps can be dragged back and forth.

There are of course many, many exceptions to this, you can mix and match the Options to get any combination of results, these are just the most commonly used.

Once again, this is my limited knowledge and understanding, Hope that helps.

[rjwood]

tseliot, just wondering.

Section "Device"
Identifier "NVIDIA Corporation NV34 [GeForce FX 5500]"
Driver "nvidia"
BusID "PCI:2:0:0"
Option "RenderAccel" "true"
Option "IgnoreDisplayDevices" "DFP,TV"
Option "NoRenderExtension" "Off"
Option "Accel" "Offnvidia"
Option "AllowGLXWithComposite" "true"
Option "UseFBDev" "true"
EndSection

as you see 'BusID' is "PCI:2:0:0" is that ok even though I have only one pci slot for my nvidia card??
maybe dumb question. :rolleyes:

[23meg]

It's ok, it's just the number given to the slot your card is plugged into by the system.

[rjwood]

It's ok, it's just the number given to the slot your card is plugged into by the system.
thank you!!

[sfink01]

tseliot, just wondering.

Section "Device"
Identifier "NVIDIA Corporation NV34 [GeForce FX 5500]"
Driver "nvidia"
BusID "PCI:2:0:0"
Option "RenderAccel" "true"
Option "IgnoreDisplayDevices" "DFP,TV"
Option "NoRenderExtension" "Off"
Option "Accel" "Offnvidia"
Option "AllowGLXWithComposite" "true"
Option "UseFBDev" "true"
EndSection

as you see 'BusID' is "PCI:2:0:0" is that ok even though I have only one pci slot for my nvidia card??
maybe dumb question. :rolleyes:

This setting is the address of your PCI card and where the driver can find it.

You can check your address by doing:

lspci | grep nVidia

and reading the output mine is:

sfink@pulsar:~$ lspci|grep nVidia
0000:01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation: Unknown device 00cc (rev a2)

see the 0000:01:00.0 that means in my xorg.conf I need to put:

BusID "PCI:1:0:0"

Hope that helps!

[iltofa]

I just want to let you know that I tried the first method suggested by tseliot, the one written in the Gnome documentation, and it works.

I have a HP notebook nx9105 - Ubuntu Breezy.

Bye

[linkunderscore]

bump because i hate having to search for this thread and...


it compiled my new nvidia kernel according to method 2 but its not starting...

[rochester39]

Finally after much gnashing of teeth and rending of cloth, I managed to make my nVidia FX 5500 behave. If you are suffering from black screen syndome, this may help.

I used tseliot's methodologies (all of 'em) and nothing worked. I finally found an obscure reference to removing the default AGP driver. This worked. So, with a cleanly installed system (Breezy/AMD64 (running 32bit)/1G/FX5500) I followed Method 1 which basically installs the driver from Synaptic. Then I added two lines to the end of the file /etc/hotplug/blacklist :

agpgart
sis_agp

(I have a SiS motherboard -- YMMV, could be intel_agp, whatever). This keeps these drivers from loading.

Anyway, this fixed the problem. Reboot, I finally see the nVidia logo and get about 2500 fps out of glxgears. Yow!

[linkunderscore]

Finally after much gnashing of teeth and rending of cloth, I managed to make my nVidia FX 5500 behave. If you are suffering from black screen syndome, this may help.

I used tseliot's methodologies (all of 'em) and nothing worked. I finally found an obscure reference to removing the default AGP driver. This worked. So, with a cleanly installed system (Breezy/AMD64 (running 32bit)/1G/FX5500) I followed Method 1 which basically installs the driver from Synaptic. Then I added two lines to the end of the file /etc/hotplug/blacklist :

agpgart
sis_agp

(I have a SiS motherboard -- YMMV, could be intel_agp, whatever). This keeps these drivers from loading.

Anyway, this fixed the problem. Reboot, I finally see the nVidia logo and get about 2500 fps out of glxgears. Yow!

none of theisr are working for me...its annoying because this was one thing I hadn't even thought would cause me this much crap after the upgrade. His hoary How To worked amazingly well--THE FIRST TIME!

I got it to make the kernel and everything but after that.....:confused: :confused: :confused:

[linkunderscore]

II) Setting vga for screen 0.
(**) NVIDIA(0): Depth 24, (--) framebuffer bpp 32
(==) NVIDIA(0): RGB weight 888
(==) NVIDIA(0): Default visual is TrueColor
(==) NVIDIA(0): Using gamma correction (1.0, 1.0, 1.0)
(EE) NVIDIA(0): Failed to initialize the NVIDIA kernel module! Please ensure
(EE) NVIDIA(0): that there is a supported NVIDIA GPU in this system, and
(EE) NVIDIA(0): that the NVIDIA device files have been created properly.
(EE) NVIDIA(0): Please consult the NVIDIA README for details.
(EE) NVIDIA(0): *** Aborting ***
(II) UnloadModule: "nvidia"
(EE) Screen(s) found, but none have a usable configuration.

Fatal server error:
no screens found


DOH!

[linkunderscore]

nothing is working to fix this....

:(

[tseliot]

none of theisr are working for me...its annoying because this was one thing I hadn't even thought would cause me this much crap after the upgrade. His hoary How To worked amazingly well--THE FIRST TIME!

I got it to make the kernel and everything but after that.....:confused: :confused: :confused:
Tell me which method you have followed to install the drivers after the upgrade from Hoary to Breezy. Please I need every detail in order to help you.

[linkunderscore]

Tell me which method you have followed to install the drivers after the upgrade from Hoary to Breezy. Please I need every detail in order to help you.

Hey tseliot. I was using method 2--it finally worked after I, in complete frustration, opened up synaptic and removed anything that said nvidia (including the kernel I compiled previously). Then I followed method 2 again and it worked.

I guess you could add "Open Synaptic and remove any remnence of your old nvidia kernel and nvidia-settings" to your How To. I know thats what fixed it for me.

I dont know what I removed that finally allowed it to work properly, but I know I didn't have nvidia-glx or /etc/init.d/nvidia-* SO it had to be something else causing the problem. I removed the nvidia kernel, nvidia-settings, and everything that went with the nvidia kernel (a complete removal). My guess is that one or both of those things were screwing up my installation somewhere in the process.

Thanks for your HowTo's :)

[tseliot]

Hey tseliot. I was using method 2--it finally worked after I, in complete frustration, opened up synaptic and removed anything that said nvidia (including the kernel I compiled previously). Then I followed method 2 again and it worked.

I guess you could add "Open Synaptic and remove any remnence of your old nvidia kernel and nvidia-settings" to your How To. I know thats what fixed it for me.

I dont know what I removed that finally allowed it to work properly, but I know I didn't have nvidia-glx or /etc/init.d/nvidia-* SO it had to be something else causing the problem. I removed the nvidia kernel, nvidia-settings, and everything that went with the nvidia kernel (a complete removal). My guess is that one or both of those things were screwing up my installation somewhere in the process.

Thanks for your HowTo's :)
Thanks for the feedback. I'll add it to the guide.

[proxess]

# /etc/modules: kernel modules to load at boot time.
#
# This file contains the names of kernel modules that should be loaded
# at boot time, one per line. Lines beginning with "#" are ignored.

lp
mousedev
psmouse
nvidia




# /etc/X11/xorg.conf (xorg X Window System server configuration file)
#
# This file was generated by dexconf, the Debian X Configuration tool, using
# values from the debconf database.
#
# Edit this file with caution, and see the /etc/X11/xorg.conf manual page.
# (Type "man /etc/X11/xorg.conf" at the shell prompt.)
#
# This file is automatically updated on xserver-xorg package upgrades *only*
# if it has not been modified since the last upgrade of the xserver-xorg
# package.
#
# If you have edited this file but would like it to be automatically updated
# again, run the following command:
# sudo dpkg-reconfigure -phigh xserver-xorg

Section "Files"
FontPath "/usr/share/X11/fonts/misc"
FontPath "/usr/share/X11/fonts/cyrillic"
FontPath "/usr/share/X11/fonts/100dpi/:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/share/X11/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/share/X11/fonts/Type1"
FontPath "/usr/share/X11/fonts/CID"
FontPath "/usr/share/X11/fonts/100dpi"
FontPath "/usr/share/X11/fonts/75dpi"
# paths to defoma fonts
FontPath "/var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/TrueType"
FontPath "/var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/CID"
EndSection

Section "Module"
Load "bitmap"
Load "dbe"
Load "ddc"
Load "extmod"
Load "freetype"
Load "glx"
Load "int10"
Load "record"
Load "type1"
Load "vbe"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Generic Keyboard"
Driver "kbd"
Option "CoreKeyboard"
Option "XkbRules" "xorg"
Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
Option "XkbLayout" "pt"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Configured Mouse"
Driver "mouse"
Option "CorePointer"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
Option "Protocol" "ImPS/2"
Option "Emulate3Buttons" "true"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
EndSection

Section "Device"
Identifier "NVIDIA Corporation NV28 [GeForce4 Ti 4800 SE]"
Driver "nv"
BusID "PCI:1:0:0"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Samsung SyncMaster 710N"
Option "DPMS"
HorizSync 30-81
VertRefresh 56-75
EndSection

Section "Screen"
Identifier "Default Screen"
Device "NVIDIA Corporation NV28 [GeForce4 Ti 4800 SE]"
Monitor "Samsung SyncMaster 710N"
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Depth 1
Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 4
Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 8
Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 15
Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 16
Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "Default Layout"
Screen "Default Screen"
InputDevice "Generic Keyboard"
InputDevice "Configured Mouse"
EndSection

Section "DRI"
Mode 0666
EndSection


if i use the nvidia drivers gdm wont start

[tseliot]

# /etc/modules: kernel modules to load at boot time.
#
# This file contains the names of kernel modules that should be loaded
# at boot time, one per line. Lines beginning with "#" are ignored.

lp
mousedev
psmouse
nvidia




# /etc/X11/xorg.conf (xorg X Window System server configuration file)
#
# This file was generated by dexconf, the Debian X Configuration tool, using
# values from the debconf database.
#
# Edit this file with caution, and see the /etc/X11/xorg.conf manual page.
# (Type "man /etc/X11/xorg.conf" at the shell prompt.)
#
# This file is automatically updated on xserver-xorg package upgrades *only*
# if it has not been modified since the last upgrade of the xserver-xorg
# package.
#
# If you have edited this file but would like it to be automatically updated
# again, run the following command:
# sudo dpkg-reconfigure -phigh xserver-xorg

Section "Files"
FontPath "/usr/share/X11/fonts/misc"
FontPath "/usr/share/X11/fonts/cyrillic"
FontPath "/usr/share/X11/fonts/100dpi/:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/share/X11/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/share/X11/fonts/Type1"
FontPath "/usr/share/X11/fonts/CID"
FontPath "/usr/share/X11/fonts/100dpi"
FontPath "/usr/share/X11/fonts/75dpi"
# paths to defoma fonts
FontPath "/var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/TrueType"
FontPath "/var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/CID"
EndSection

Section "Module"
Load "bitmap"
Load "dbe"
Load "ddc"
Load "extmod"
Load "freetype"
Load "glx"
Load "int10"
Load "record"
Load "type1"
Load "vbe"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Generic Keyboard"
Driver "kbd"
Option "CoreKeyboard"
Option "XkbRules" "xorg"
Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
Option "XkbLayout" "pt"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Configured Mouse"
Driver "mouse"
Option "CorePointer"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
Option "Protocol" "ImPS/2"
Option "Emulate3Buttons" "true"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
EndSection

Section "Device"
Identifier "NVIDIA Corporation NV28 [GeForce4 Ti 4800 SE]"
Driver "nv"
BusID "PCI:1:0:0"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Samsung SyncMaster 710N"
Option "DPMS"
HorizSync 30-81
VertRefresh 56-75
EndSection

Section "Screen"
Identifier "Default Screen"
Device "NVIDIA Corporation NV28 [GeForce4 Ti 4800 SE]"
Monitor "Samsung SyncMaster 710N"
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Depth 1
Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 4
Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 8
Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 15
Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 16
Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "Default Layout"
Screen "Default Screen"
InputDevice "Generic Keyboard"
InputDevice "Configured Mouse"
EndSection

Section "DRI"
Mode 0666
EndSection


if i use the nvidia drivers gdm wont start

Use method 2 and please make the Section "Module" (in your xorg.conf) look like mine


Section "Module"
Load "bitmap"
Load "dbe"
Load "ddc"
#Load "dri"
#Load “GLcore”
Load "extmod"
Load "freetype"
Load "glx"
Load "int10"
Load "record"
Load "type1"
Load "vbe"

[proxess]

i done that, didnt work *sighs* when i put nvidia drivers gdm didnt start again, i dont think its because of the modules. I'll just format i guess, i wont lose much.
I aint gonna give up tho, i want to lose windows! Just missing in two things, the graphics and writing to ntfs. Thanks for all the help anyhow!

[tseliot]

i done that, didnt work *sighs* when i put nvidia drivers gdm didnt start again, i dont think its because of the modules. I'll just format i guess, i wont lose much.
I aint gonna give up tho, i want to lose windows! Just missing in two things, the graphics and writing to ntfs. Thanks for all the help anyhow!

BTW you could try METHOD 3 of this guide or ask in the unofficial nvidia forums

[Darth Tux]

I have tried all 3 ways to get it to work but my computer locks up everytime. I even tried what you said in the troubleshooting. Here is my xorg.conf config:

# /etc/X11/xorg.conf (xorg X Window System server configuration file)
#
# This file was generated by dexconf, the Debian X Configuration tool, using
# values from the debconf database.
#
# Edit this file with caution, and see the /etc/X11/xorg.conf manual page.
# (Type "man /etc/X11/xorg.conf" at the shell prompt.)
#
# This file is automatically updated on xserver-xorg package upgrades *only*
# if it has not been modified since the last upgrade of the xserver-xorg
# package.
#
# If you have edited this file but would like it to be automatically updated
# again, run the following command:
# sudo dpkg-reconfigure -phigh xserver-xorg

Section "Files"
FontPath "/usr/share/X11/fonts/misc"
FontPath "/usr/share/X11/fonts/cyrillic"
FontPath "/usr/share/X11/fonts/100dpi/:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/share/X11/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/share/X11/fonts/Type1"
FontPath "/usr/share/X11/fonts/CID"
FontPath "/usr/share/X11/fonts/100dpi"
FontPath "/usr/share/X11/fonts/75dpi"
# paths to defoma fonts
FontPath "/var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/TrueType"
FontPath "/var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/CID"
EndSection

Section "Module"
Load "bitmap"
Load "ddc"
Load "extmod"
Load "freetype"
Load "glx"
Load "int10"
Load "type1"
Load "vbe"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Generic Keyboard"
Driver "kbd"
Option "CoreKeyboard"
Option "XkbRules" "xorg"
Option "XkbModel" "pc104"
Option "XkbLayout" "us"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Configured Mouse"
Driver "mouse"
Option "CorePointer"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
Option "Protocol" "ImPS/2"
Option "Emulate3Buttons" "true"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
EndSection

Section "Device"
Identifier "NVIDIA Corporation NV36 [GeForce FX 5700 LE]"
Driver "nvidia"
BusID "PCI:1:0:0"
Option "NvAGP" "0"
Option "RenderAccel" "Off"
Option "IgnoreDisplayDevices" "DFP,TV"
Option "NoRenderExtension" "Off"
Option "Accel" "Off"
Option "AllowGLXWithComposite" “Off”
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Generic Monitor"
Option "DPMS"
HorizSync 30-72
VertRefresh 50-135
EndSection

Section "Screen"
Identifier "Default Screen"
Device "NVIDIA Corporation NV36 [GeForce FX 5700 LE]"
Monitor "Generic Monitor"
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Depth 1
Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 4
Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 8
Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 15
Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 16
Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600"
EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "Default Layout"
Screen "Default Screen"
InputDevice "Generic Keyboard"
InputDevice "Configured Mouse"
EndSection

[xbaez]

I have linux-restricted modules for 2.6.11 and 2.6.10, however after installing Breezy they stop working (as well as alsa, no sound in kernels previous 2.6.12). The Nvidia errors were related to a mismatch (nvidia kernels were compiled with software version x.xx while xorg was compiled with other version).

I'll appreciate suggestions

[tseliot]

[QUOTE=Darth Tux]I have tried all 3 ways to get it to work but my computer locks up everytime. I even tried what you said in the troubleshooting. Here is my xorg.conf config:/QUOTE]

1) Please post:

the model of your graphic card

your /var/Xorg.O.log after your computer locked up


2) Does your computer lock up completely or does it just get you to the command line(without showing you the graphical interface)?

[tseliot]

I have linux-restricted modules for 2.6.11 and 2.6.10, however after installing Breezy they stop working (as well as alsa, no sound in kernels previous 2.6.12). The Nvidia errors were related to a mismatch (nvidia kernels were compiled with software version x.xx while xorg was compiled with other version).

I'll appreciate suggestions

I'm not sure to get what your problem is.

You should uninstall (i.e. mark them for Complete removal in Synaptic) the restricted modules.

Then install kernel 2.6.12 (install linux-image-386 or install linux-image-k7 or linux-image-686, etc.)

Then follow method 1 of my guide

Everything should work then.

[Darth Tux]

tseliot, I have a GeForce FX 5700 LE AGP. I tried method 3 again, in combonation with method 2, but no luck. Here is my xorg.conf now and my Xorg log from after a crash. I had to condense the Xorg log a bit so that i could attach it. It locks up completely only when I try to do something with OpenGL. thanks for the help.

[tseliot]

tseliot, I have a GeForce FX 5700 LE AGP. I tried method 3 again, in combonation with method 2, but no luck. Here is my xorg.conf now and my Xorg log from after a crash. I had to condense the Xorg log a bit so that i could attach it. It locks up completely only when I try to do something with OpenGL. thanks for the help.

I need to know the following things:

1) Do you also have an integrated graphic card (in your motherboard)?

2) I've noticed that you have installed nvidia driver version 7676. I usually suggest NOT to use it. Could you try 7667 please?

3) Which OpenGL application do you use before the computer freezes?

[Darth Tux]

I have tried 7676, 7667, and 7154...or which ever one the legacy was, all do the same thing. I will go ahead and switch back to 7667. I don't have integrated video card on my motherboard, and the programs that lock me up are any OpenGL screen savers, and glxgears. I haven't tried much else. Would you like a pic of what it looks like when it locks up? I dont know if that will help or not.

[belton]

hello! first post in these forums for me... I must give credits to tseliot.. excellent howto.. i tried almost everything with no luck and was givin it up until i found method 2..

I am sooo happy now! :) Thank you!

[tseliot]

Would you like a pic of what it looks like when it locks up? I dont know if that will help or not.

I guess it might help me to figure out the problem.

[tseliot]

hello! first post in these forums for me... I must give credits to tseliot.. excellent howto.. i tried almost everything with no luck and was givin it up until i found method 2..

I am sooo happy now! :) Thank you!

First off WELCOME! Second, thanks :)

[xbaez]

what is method 2?

really all I do (GeForce FX 5200) is

#apt-get linux-restricted-modules
#nvidia-glx-settings enable
#/etc/init.d/gdm restar

That's about all I do to get Nvidia drivers working
in my toshiba, I add this to the 'Device' section
IgnoreEDID "true"

[tseliot]

what is method 2?

really all I do (GeForce FX 5200) is

#apt-get linux-restricted-modules
#nvidia-glx-settings enable
#/etc/init.d/gdm restar

That's about all I do to get Nvidia drivers working
in my toshiba, I add this to the 'Device' section
IgnoreEDID "true"

If you read my guide carefully you will see that method 2 is the manual installation of the drivers by means of nvidia installers

[proxess]

As soon as i formated, i tried method 3, and well... once again... gdm didnt work. Maybe its just me? I dont know what to do. The nvidia-glx (7676 i think) ones just dont work right with my gpu, and all the other ones just dont work.

[tseliot]

As soon as i formated, i tried method 3, and well... once again... gdm didnt work. Maybe its just me? I dont know what to do. The nvidia-glx (7676 i think) ones just dont work right with my gpu, and all the other ones just dont work.

Try this last trick:

sudo rmmod nvidia

sudo modeprobe nvidia

Then set the driver to "nvidia" in your xorg.conf

Log out

Press:

CTRL+ALT+BACKSPACE

I this doesn't solve the problem you should ask for help in the Unofficial nvdia forum http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/forumdisplay.php?f=14

[Darth Tux]

here are the pics.

[tseliot]

here are the pics.
sudo nano /etc/X11/xorg.conf

Find the following section and add the line in red:

Section "Device"
Identifier "NVIDIA Corporation NV40 [GeForce 6200 TurboCache]"
Driver "nvidia"
BusID "PCI:1:0:0"
Option "RenderAccel" "Off"

CTRL+O to overwrite the file
CTRL+X to exit

Then log out

Press CTRL+ALT+BACKSPACE

Tell me if it works

[Peksi]

I still got the same error.
ERROR: Unable to find the kernel source tree for the currently running kernel.
Please make sure you have installed the kernel source files for your
kernel; on Red Hat Linux systems, for example, be sure you have the
'kernel-source' rpm installed. If you know the correct kernel source
files are installed, you may specify the kernel source path with the
'--kernel-source-path' commandline option.
ERROR: Installation has failed. Please see the file
I've installed all needed files and so on, but still the same error. I've tried also install it like method 1, but it won't work. I've got nvidia GeForce FX5500.

[tseliot]

I still got the same error.
ERROR: Unable to find the kernel source tree for the currently running kernel.
Please make sure you have installed the kernel source files for your
kernel; on Red Hat Linux systems, for example, be sure you have the
'kernel-source' rpm installed. If you know the correct kernel source
files are installed, you may specify the kernel source path with the
'--kernel-source-path' commandline option.
ERROR: Installation has failed. Please see the file
I've installed all needed files and so on, but still the same error. I've tried also install it like method 1, but it won't work. I've got nvidia GeForce FX5500.
Ok, try this:

Type:

cd /usr/src
ls

you will see this file "linux-source-2.6.12.tar.bz2"

Type:

sudo tar --bzip2 -xvf linux-source-2.6.12.tar.bz2

sudo ln -s /usr/src/linux-source-2.6.12 /usr/src/linux

cd /usr/src/linux

Then try the installer again.

[Darth Tux]

sorry, didn't work. It still freaked out. Ive looked on the nvidia forums also but there was nothing there of the like. But I'll tell you what did help. a few pages back when you told that guy to type in "sudo rrmod nvidia" and "sudo modprobe nvidia". glxgears ran really slowly, but it did run...then after about a minute it would freak out again.

[23meg]

I'm having a severe 2d problem after reinstalling the driver, with both 7676 and 7667: Gnome desktop icons take about a second to get repainted when switching workspaces and overall 2d performance is worse than it used to be. I had this exact problem upon first install but with some fiddling around (I don't remember what exactly) it had magically disappeared. Now it's back again and I'd appreciate any help on it.

The present state of my xorg.conf Device section follows
Section "Device"
Identifier "NVIDIA Corporation NV43 [GeForce Go 6600 TE/6200 TE]"
Driver "nvidia"
BusID "PCI:1:0:0"
Option "Accel" "on"
Option "RenderAccel" "on"
# Option "AllowGLXWithComposite" "true"
Option "NvAGP" "0"
Option "HWCursor" "on"
Option "RandRRotation" "on"
Option "EnablePageFlip" "True"
# Option "NoRenderExtension" "off"
# Option "IgnoreDisplayDevices" "TV"
# Option "UseFBDev" "true"
# Option "SWCursor" "on"
Option "UseInternalAGPGART" "no"

Mine is a PCI-E Geforce Go6200 chip on a laptop. I've blacklisted the intel_agp kernel module but that didn't help either.

[tseliot]

I'm having a severe 2d problem after reinstalling the driver, with both 7676 and 7667: Gnome desktop icons take about a second to get repainted when switching workspaces and overall 2d performance is worse than it used to be. I had this exact problem upon first install but with some fiddling around (I don't remember what exactly) it had magically disappeared. Now it's back again and I'd appreciate any help on it.

The present state of my xorg.conf Device section follows
Section "Device"
Identifier "NVIDIA Corporation NV43 [GeForce Go 6600 TE/6200 TE]"
Driver "nvidia"
BusID "PCI:1:0:0"
Option "Accel" "on"
Option "RenderAccel" "on"
# Option "AllowGLXWithComposite" "true"
Option "NvAGP" "0"
Option "HWCursor" "on"
Option "RandRRotation" "on"
Option "EnablePageFlip" "True"
# Option "NoRenderExtension" "off"
# Option "IgnoreDisplayDevices" "TV"
# Option "UseFBDev" "true"
# Option "SWCursor" "on"
Option "UseInternalAGPGART" "no"
Try Option"RenderAccel" "off"

[23meg]

Try Option"RenderAccel" "off"
I did, and it didn't help. I had it set to "on" the whole time after the magical fix and was having no problems with it anyway.

[tseliot]

I did, and it didn't help. I had it set to "on" the whole time after the magical fix and was having no problems with it anyway.
What happens if you delete all the options you have put there?

I refer to:
Option"Accel" "on"
Option"RenderAccel" "on"
#Option"AllowGLXWithComposite" "true"
Option"NvAGP" "0"
Option "HWCursor" "on"
Option "RandRRotation" "on"
Option"EnablePageFlip" "True"
# Option "NoRenderExtension" "off"
#Option"IgnoreDisplayDevices" "TV"
#Option"UseFBDev" "true"
# Option "SWCursor" "on"
Option "UseInternalAGPGART" "no"

I had a Geforce 6200 PCI-E and it worked fine without setting any options

[tseliot]

sorry, didn't work. It still freaked out. Ive looked on the nvidia forums also but there was nothing there of the like. But I'll tell you what did help. a few pages back when you told that guy to type in "sudo rrmod nvidia" and "sudo modprobe nvidia". glxgears ran really slowly, but it did run...then after about a minute it would freak out again.
Sorry but I can't find anything useful. I think you should post in the Unofficial Nvidia forums: the developers of the drivers will answer you there.

[23meg]

What happens if you delete all the options you have put there?

Nothing changes.

[teaker1s]

with method 1 you may be wise to suggest checking this-


from personal experience of changing from kernels if you get to the point that you have an nvidia control panel but few functions or it won't boot gui then you would be wise to check you have installed the correct linux restricted module using synaptic.
as it will boot perfectly METHOD 1 open gl won't work an easy check install supertux with synaptic if you select options and open gl and it crashes then you have a open gl problem
also method 1 xorg.conf didn't get changed from nv to nvidia

after those little problems it works great

[Peksi]

w00t, I don't find linux-source-2.6.12 -pack in /usr/src/ and not even apt-get find it.. and yes I update it, maybe my source.list is wrong or something.. Can anyone copy-paste source.list here so I can change mine.

[tseliot]

w00t, I don't find linux-source-2.6.12 -pack in /usr/src/ and not even apt-get find it.. and yes I update it, maybe my source.list is wrong or something.. Can anyone copy-paste source.list here so I can change mine.
Post yours and I will correct it.

[Peksi]

and here we go:
eb http://fi.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu hoary main restricted
deb-src http://fi.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu hoary main restricted

## Major bug fix updates produced after the final release of the
## distribution.
deb http://fi.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu hoary-updates main restricted
deb-src http://fi.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu hoary-updates main restricted

## Uncomment the following two lines to add software from the 'universe'
## repository.
## N.B. software from this repository is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED by the Ubuntu
## team, and may not be under a free licence. Please satisfy yourself as to
## your rights to use the software. Also, please note that software in
## universe WILL NOT receive any review or updates from the Ubuntu security
## team.
deb http://fi.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu hoary universe
deb-src http://fi.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu hoary universe

deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu hoary-security main restricted
deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu hoary-security main restricted

deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu hoary-security universe
deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu hoary-security universe

deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu hoary multiverse
deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu hoary multiverse

## Backports
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu hoary-backports main universe multiverse restricted
I got it from my friend so it might suck..

[tseliot]

and here we go:
...
I got it from my friend so it might suck..

I thought you were using Ubuntu Breezy. You use Hoary, don't you? In this case you won't find linux source 2.6.12 in the repositories.

Use this command:

sudo apt-get install linux-source-'uname -r'

And you will get the source for your kernel (which I suppose to be 2.6.10 or 2.6.11 if you use Hoary)

Then you should be able to find the source under /usr/src.

If this doesn't happen, please post the output of the following command:
uname -r

[Peksi]

i've already posted it, but here is again: 2.6.12-9-386
so that means I'm using Breezy ? I don't realy know which I'm using..

Edit: Maybe my friend using hoary and I'm breezy? because i've got that sources list from my friend.. I'm not sure which one is my version..

[tseliot]

Make your repositories look like this:
deb http://fi.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu breezy main restricted
deb-src http://fi.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu breezy main restricted

## Major bug fix updates produced after the final release of the
## distribution.
deb http://fi.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu breezy-updates main restricted
deb-src http://fi.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu breezy-updates main restricted

## Uncomment the following two lines to add software from the 'universe'
## repository.
## N.B. software from this repository is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED by the Ubuntu
## team, and may not be under a free licence. Please satisfy yourself as to
## your rights to use the software. Also, please note that software in
## universe WILL NOT receive any review or updates from the Ubuntu security
## team.
deb http://fi.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu breezy universe
deb-src http://fi.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu breezy universe

deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu breezy-security main restricted
deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu breezy-security main restricted

deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu breezy-security universe
deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu breezy-security universe

deb [url]deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ breezy universe main restricted multiverse

## Backports
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu breezy-backports main restricted universe multiverse
deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu breezy-backports main restricted universe multiverse

[23meg]

I've made a detailed post about my 2D performance problem that occured after reinstalling the driver here (http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=60317). Any help still appreciated.

[Peksi]

Thanks for your help, it works at last..

[tseliot]

I've made a detailed post about my 2D performance problem that occured after reinstalling the driver here (http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=60317). Any help still appreciated.
I really would like to help you but I have never had a GeforceGo, I hope the Nvidia staff can help you.

[23meg]

I really would like to help you but I have never had a GeforceGo, I hope the Nvidia staff can help you.
It's probably not a chip specific problem, but one with the kernel module, since I've had it working fine for about six weeks and it only broke after reinstall..

[23meg]

BTW, just checked and "dmesg |grep nvidia" returns nvidia: module license 'NVIDIA' taints kernel.

[tseliot]

BTW, just checked and "dmesg |grep nvidia" returns
Same here:
[ 56.477810] nvidia: module license 'NVIDIA' taints kernel

[fabs0028]

BTW, just checked and "dmesg |grep nvidia" returns
hello,
it is nothing to worry about, it is just a notice from the kernel because you are inserting proprietary code in the kernel so it indicates that the non-free module is "polluting" the kernel

[Haegin]

this is a quotation from the Starter guide you can find (if you use GNOME) by clicking on System/Help/Ubuntu 5.10 Starter Guide/hardware 


Restart GNOME or reboot the computer
Is it possible to replace the image with one of your own devising?

Thanks for the guide - it let me get my resolution up and hopefully quake will actually work...

[Darth Tux]

heres something weird. I did a fresh install, did method 1. And glxgears and some of the screensavers that require rendering are working now. They work for a few minutes then crash. But anything like GLblur crashes immedietly. Any more ideas?

[tseliot]

Is it possible to replace the image with one of your own devising?
Yes, I can do it when I have some free time. It's a good idea

[tseliot]

heres something weird. I did a fresh install, did method 1. And glxgears and some of the screensavers that require rendering are working now. They work for a few minutes then crash. But anything like GLblur crashes immedietly. Any more ideas?
Could you try this method?

sudo nano /etc/X11/xorg.conf


Find the "Section "Device"" add the line in red:


Section "Device"
Identifier "NVIDIA Corporation NV34 [GeForce FX 5500]"
Driver "nvidia"
BusID "PCI:1:0:0"
Option "UseInternalAGPGART" "no"
EndSection

CTRL+O to overwrite the file
CTRL+X to exit

Then Log out
CTRL+ALT+BACKSPACE

And test it.

Let me know if it works

[Vlammend]

HELP :confused:

I could not get the Nvidia drivers to work, not under Warty, Hoary and now also not under Breezy. And I would really like my dual monitor setup to work under Linux too.

I have tried option number 1, number 2 and tried trouble section number 6.
I have read lots of posts about problems, but I did not find the answer to my problem.

I have a XFX Geforce 5700 FX Ultra and two Philips 170B4 17" tft monitors.
AMD64 3000+
An MSI Nvidia Nforce motherboard.
I use Ubuntu for AMD64-release.

All the methods and troubleshooting had the same results, after restarting the GUI, my monitor goes into standby. I can then still restart the GDM again with CTRL-ALT-Backspace, but then my monitor jumps on, staus black and goes back to standbye

My :0.log:

X Window System Version 6.8.2 (Ubuntu 6.8.2-77 20051010174819 root@crested.warthogs.hbd.com)
Release Date: 9 February 2005
X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0, Release 6.8.2
Build Operating System: Linux 2.6.8.1 x86_64 [ELF]
Current Operating System: Linux AMD64 2.6.12-10-amd64-generic #1 Fri Nov 18 11:51:07 UTC 2005 x86_64
Build Date: 10 October 2005
Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.X.Org
to make sure that you have the latest version.
Module Loader present
OS Kernel: Linux version 2.6.12-10-amd64-generic (buildd@king) (gcc version 3.4.5 20050809 (prerelease) (Ubuntu 3.4.4-6ubuntu8)) #1 Fri Nov 18 11:51:07 UTC 2005 T
Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting,
(++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational,
(WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
(==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.0.log", Time: Sat Nov 26 19:49:02 2005
(==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf"
Skipping "/usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libfb.a:fbmmx.o": No symbols found
Symbol __glXgetActiveScreen from module /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions/libdri.a is unresolved!
Symbol __glXgetActiveScreen from module /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions/libdri.a is unresolved!
(EE) Failed to initialize GLX extension (NVIDIA X driver not found)
Warning: font renderer for ".pcf" already registered at priority 0
Warning: font renderer for ".pcf.Z" already registered at priority 0
Warning: font renderer for ".pcf.gz" already registered at priority 0
Warning: font renderer for ".snf" already registered at priority 0
Warning: font renderer for ".snf.Z" already registered at priority 0
Warning: font renderer for ".snf.gz" already registered at priority 0
Warning: font renderer for ".bdf" already registered at priority 0
Warning: font renderer for ".bdf.Z" already registered at priority 0
Warning: font renderer for ".bdf.gz" already registered at priority 0
Warning: font renderer for ".pmf" already registered at priority 0


:0.log.1:

X Window System Version 6.8.2 (Ubuntu 6.8.2-77 20051010174819 root@crested.warthogs.hbd.com)
Release Date: 9 February 2005
X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0, Release 6.8.2
Build Operating System: Linux 2.6.8.1 x86_64 [ELF]
Current Operating System: Linux AMD64 2.6.12-10-amd64-generic #1 Fri Nov 18 11:51:07 UTC 2005 x86_64
Build Date: 10 October 2005
Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.X.Org
to make sure that you have the latest version.
Module Loader present
OS Kernel: Linux version 2.6.12-10-amd64-generic (buildd@king) (gcc version 3.4.5 20050809 (prerelease) (Ubuntu 3.4.4-6ubuntu8)) #1 Fri Nov 18 11:51:07 UTC 2005 T
Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting,
(++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational,
(WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
(==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.0.log", Time: Sat Nov 26 19:46:42 2005
(==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf"
Skipping "/usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libfb.a:fbmmx.o": No symbols found
Warning: font renderer for ".pcf" already registered at priority 0
Warning: font renderer for ".pcf.Z" already registered at priority 0
Warning: font renderer for ".pcf.gz" already registered at priority 0
Warning: font renderer for ".snf" already registered at priority 0
Warning: font renderer for ".snf.Z" already registered at priority 0
Warning: font renderer for ".snf.gz" already registered at priority 0
Warning: font renderer for ".bdf" already registered at priority 0
Warning: font renderer for ".bdf.Z" already registered at priority 0
Warning: font renderer for ".bdf.gz" already registered at priority 0
Warning: font renderer for ".pmf" already registered at priority 0


I am quite a n00bie to Linux, but I do hope the answer is out there!!!

[tseliot]

HELP :confused:

I could not get the Nvidia drivers to work, not under Warty, Hoary and now also not under Breezy. And I would really like my dual monitor setup to work under Linux too.

I have tried option number 1, number 2 and tried trouble section number 6.
I have read lots of posts about problems, but I did not find the answer to my problem.

I have a XFX Geforce 5700 FX Ultra and two Philips 170B4 17" tft monitors.
AMD64 3000+
An MSI Nvidia Nforce motherboard.
I use Ubuntu for AMD64-release.

All the methods and troubleshooting had the same results, after restarting the GUI, my monitor goes into standby. I can then still restart the GDM again with CTRL-ALT-Backspace, but then my monitor jumps on, staus black and goes back to standbye

My :0.log:

X Window System Version 6.8.2 (Ubuntu 6.8.2-77 20051010174819 root@crested.warthogs.hbd.com)
Release Date: 9 February 2005
X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0, Release 6.8.2
Build Operating System: Linux 2.6.8.1 x86_64 [ELF]
Current Operating System: Linux AMD64 2.6.12-10-amd64-generic #1 Fri Nov 18 11:51:07 UTC 2005 x86_64
Build Date: 10 October 2005
Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.X.Org
to make sure that you have the latest version.
Module Loader present
OS Kernel: Linux version 2.6.12-10-amd64-generic (buildd@king) (gcc version 3.4.5 20050809 (prerelease) (Ubuntu 3.4.4-6ubuntu8)) #1 Fri Nov 18 11:51:07 UTC 2005 T
Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting,
(++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational,
(WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
(==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.0.log", Time: Sat Nov 26 19:49:02 2005
(==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf"
Skipping "/usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libfb.a:fbmmx.o": No symbols found
Symbol __glXgetActiveScreen from module /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions/libdri.a is unresolved!
Symbol __glXgetActiveScreen from module /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions/libdri.a is unresolved!
(EE) Failed to initialize GLX extension (NVIDIA X driver not found)
Warning: font renderer for ".pcf" already registered at priority 0
Warning: font renderer for ".pcf.Z" already registered at priority 0
Warning: font renderer for ".pcf.gz" already registered at priority 0
Warning: font renderer for ".snf" already registered at priority 0
Warning: font renderer for ".snf.Z" already registered at priority 0
Warning: font renderer for ".snf.gz" already registered at priority 0
Warning: font renderer for ".bdf" already registered at priority 0
Warning: font renderer for ".bdf.Z" already registered at priority 0
Warning: font renderer for ".bdf.gz" already registered at priority 0
Warning: font renderer for ".pmf" already registered at priority 0


:0.log.1:

X Window System Version 6.8.2 (Ubuntu 6.8.2-77 20051010174819 root@crested.warthogs.hbd.com)
Release Date: 9 February 2005
X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0, Release 6.8.2
Build Operating System: Linux 2.6.8.1 x86_64 [ELF]
Current Operating System: Linux AMD64 2.6.12-10-amd64-generic #1 Fri Nov 18 11:51:07 UTC 2005 x86_64
Build Date: 10 October 2005
Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.X.Org
to make sure that you have the latest version.
Module Loader present
OS Kernel: Linux version 2.6.12-10-amd64-generic (buildd@king) (gcc version 3.4.5 20050809 (prerelease) (Ubuntu 3.4.4-6ubuntu8)) #1 Fri Nov 18 11:51:07 UTC 2005 T
Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting,
(++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational,
(WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
(==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.0.log", Time: Sat Nov 26 19:46:42 2005
(==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf"
Skipping "/usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libfb.a:fbmmx.o": No symbols found
Warning: font renderer for ".pcf" already registered at priority 0
Warning: font renderer for ".pcf.Z" already registered at priority 0
Warning: font renderer for ".pcf.gz" already registered at priority 0
Warning: font renderer for ".snf" already registered at priority 0
Warning: font renderer for ".snf.Z" already registered at priority 0
Warning: font renderer for ".snf.gz" already registered at priority 0
Warning: font renderer for ".bdf" already registered at priority 0
Warning: font renderer for ".bdf.Z" already registered at priority 0
Warning: font renderer for ".bdf.gz" already registered at priority 0
Warning: font renderer for ".pmf" already registered at priority 0


I am quite a n00bie to Linux, but I do hope the answer is out there!!!
1) Post the content of your /etc/X11/xorg.conf:
sudo gedit /etc/X11/xorg.conf
OR
sudo nano /etc/X11/xorg.conf

2) Post the output of the following command:
lsmod

3) Which method did you use last time (I mean the very last time)?

[Vlammend]

Thank you for the response.

Last method i tried was method 2, with trouble-section number 6 after it:

Output lsmod:
Module Size Used by
visor 20108 0
usbserial 31728 1 visor
rfcomm 37168 0
l2cap 24328 5 rfcomm
bluetooth 48964 4 rfcomm,l2cap
cpufreq_userspace 5584 0
cpufreq_stats 5896 0
freq_table 5384 1 cpufreq_stats
cpufreq_powersave 2432 0
cpufreq_ondemand 7212 0
cpufreq_conservative 8236 0
video 17416 0
tc1100_wmi 8200 0
sony_acpi 6296 0
pcc_acpi 13696 0
hotkey 10696 0
dev_acpi 14980 0
i2c_acpi_ec 6528 0
button 7968 0
battery 10760 0
container 5248 0
ac 5768 0
ipv6 246400 6
af_packet 22668 2
tsdev 8960 0
floppy 62840 0
pcspkr 4176 0
usblp 13568 0
ohci1394 32844 0
shpchp 87976 0
pci_hotplug 28008 1 shpchp
snd_intel8x0 34816 1
snd_ac97_codec 87000 1 snd_intel8x0
snd_pcm_oss 51232 0
snd_mixer_oss 17664 1 snd_pcm_oss
snd_pcm 91020 3 snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss
snd_timer 24200 1 snd_pcm
snd 55784 8 snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_ oss,snd_pcm,snd_timer
soundcore 10912 1 snd
snd_page_alloc 11408 2 snd_intel8x0,snd_pcm
i2c_nforce2 7808 0
i2c_core 22936 2 i2c_acpi_ec,i2c_nforce2
nls_utf8 2688 1
nls_cp437 7424 1
vfat 14080 1
fat 51504 1 vfat
dm_mod 54904 1
evdev 10496 0
nvidia 4384228 0
sr_mod 17188 0
sbp2 24328 0
ieee1394 101880 2 ohci1394,sbp2
rtc 13448 0
psmouse 27908 0
mousedev 12260 1
parport_pc 36328 1
lp 13576 0
parport 38540 2 parport_pc,lp
md 43904 0
ext3 127632 3
jbd 54960 1 ext3
thermal 15120 0
processor 25684 1 thermal
fan 5384 0
usbhid 32416 0
8139too 26496 0
8139cp 21248 0
mii 6144 2 8139too,8139cp
ehci_hcd 31752 0
ohci_hcd 20228 0
ide_cd 40608 0
cdrom 36520 2 sr_mod,ide_cd
ide_disk 17152 6
ide_generic 1920 0
sata_nv 10756 0
libata 52744 1 sata_nv
scsi_mod 143984 3 sr_mod,sbp2,libata
amd74xx 15024 1
ide_core 148932 4 ide_cd,ide_disk,ide_generic,amd74xx
unix 28728 960
fbcon 36480 0
tileblit 2944 1 fbcon
font 9216 1 fbcon
bitblit 5760 1 fbcon
vesafb 9252 0
cfbcopyarea 4352 1 vesafb
cfbimgblt 3200 1 vesafb
cfbfillrect 4736 1 vesafb
softcursor 2944 1 vesafb
capability 6152 0
commoncap 8448 1 capability


I will have to make a new attempt to backup the xorg.conf while it is failing. Will do that, after a download which is currently active, has finished. I will also list the method with which the failing setting has been made.

[PenguinZdravko]

Hi! I have a problem. I followed method 1, but when I enter "sudo nvidia-glx-config enable", it prints the error that my xorg.conf is altered. I manually edit xorg.conf, change the drivers to nvidia and comment "Load "dri"" and "Load "GLCore"". But when I restart X, I see the nVidia splashscreen and in that moment the system freezes. What should I do?

[tseliot]

Hi! I have a problem. I followed method 1, but when I enter "sudo nvidia-glx-config enable", it prints the error that my xorg.conf is altered. I manually edit xorg.conf, change the drivers to nvidia and comment "Load "dri"" and "Load "GLCore"". But when I restart X, I see the nVidia splashscreen and in that moment the system freezes. What should I do?
Turn on your computer and keep pressing ESC until the GRUB menu shows up.

Select "Recovery Mode"

It will boot to the command line

then try this:

Type:

sudo nano /etc/X11/xorg.conf

Find the section Device and make sure the word I put in red is “nv”:

Section "Device"
Identifier "NVIDIA Corporation NV40 [GeForce 6200 TurboCache]"
Driver "nv"
BusID "PCI:1:0:0"


CTRL+O to save (yes, use the same name and overwrite the file)
CTRL+X to exit

Then type:
sudo startx

And the Graphical interface should start.

then try this:

sudo nano /etc/X11/xorg.conf

Add the lines in red at this section of the file:

Section "Device"
Identifier "NVIDIA Corporation NV40 [GeForce 6200 TurboCache]"
Driver "nvidia"
BusID "PCI:1:0:0"
Option "NvAGP" "0"
Option "RenderAccel" "Off"
Option "IgnoreDisplayDevices" "DFP,TV"
Option "NoRenderExtension" "Off"
Option "AllowGLXWithComposite" “Off”

EndSection

CTRL+O to save (yes, use the same name and overwrite the file)
CTRL+X to exit

[Vlammend]

Ok this time I tried method 1 again:
Inthe meantime I also updated alot due to the universe repository.

failing xorg.conf:
# /etc/X11/xorg.conf (xorg X Window System server configuration file)
#
# This file was generated by dexconf, the Debian X Configuration tool, using
# values from the debconf database.
#
# Edit this file with caution, and see the /etc/X11/xorg.conf manual page.
# (Type "man /etc/X11/xorg.conf" at the shell prompt.)
#
# This file is automatically updated on xserver-xorg package upgrades *only*
# if it has not been modified since the last upgrade of the xserver-xorg
# package.
#
# If you have edited this file but would like it to be automatically updated
# again, run the following command:
# sudo dpkg-reconfigure -phigh xserver-xorg

Section "Files"
FontPath "/usr/share/X11/fonts/misc"
FontPath "/usr/share/X11/fonts/cyrillic"
FontPath "/usr/share/X11/fonts/100dpi/:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/share/X11/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/share/X11/fonts/Type1"
FontPath "/usr/share/X11/fonts/CID"
FontPath "/usr/share/X11/fonts/100dpi"
FontPath "/usr/share/X11/fonts/75dpi"
# paths to defoma fonts
FontPath "/var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/TrueType"
FontPath "/var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/CID"
EndSection

Section "Module"
# Load "GLcore"
Load "i2c"
Load "bitmap"
Load "ddc"
# Load "dri"
Load "extmod"
Load "freetype"
Load "glx"
Load "int10"
Load "type1"
Load "vbe"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Generic Keyboard"
Driver "kbd"
Option "CoreKeyboard"
Option "XkbRules" "xorg"
Option "XkbModel" "pc104"
Option "XkbLayout" "us"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Configured Mouse"
Driver "mouse"
Option "CorePointer"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
Option "Protocol" "ImPS/2"
Option "Emulate3Buttons" "true"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
EndSection

Section "Device"
Identifier "NVIDIA Corporation NV36 [GeForce FX 5700 Ultra]"
Driver "nvidia"
BusID "PCI:1:0:0"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Generic Monitor"
Option "DPMS"
HorizSync 30-65
VertRefresh 50-75
EndSection

Section "Screen"
Identifier "Default Screen"
Device "NVIDIA Corporation NV36 [GeForce FX 5700 Ultra]"
Monitor "Generic Monitor"
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Depth 1
Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 4
Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 8
Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 15
Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 16
Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "Default Layout"
Screen "Default Screen"
InputDevice "Generic Keyboard"
InputDevice "Configured Mouse"
EndSection

Section "DRI"
Mode 0666
EndSection


I also tried this file with:
GLcore and dri not commented out and with glx commented out. As well as with everything not commented out in the Module section.

[tseliot]

Ok this time I tried method 1 again:
Inthe meantime I also updated alot due to the universe repository.

failing xorg.conf:
# /etc/X11/xorg.conf (xorg X Window System server configuration file)
#
# This file was generated by dexconf, the Debian X Configuration tool, using
# values from the debconf database.
#
# Edit this file with caution, and see the /etc/X11/xorg.conf manual page.
# (Type "man /etc/X11/xorg.conf" at the shell prompt.)
#
# This file is automatically updated on xserver-xorg package upgrades *only*
# if it has not been modified since the last upgrade of the xserver-xorg
# package.
#
# If you have edited this file but would like it to be automatically updated
# again, run the following command:
# sudo dpkg-reconfigure -phigh xserver-xorg

Section "Files"
FontPath "/usr/share/X11/fonts/misc"
FontPath "/usr/share/X11/fonts/cyrillic"
FontPath "/usr/share/X11/fonts/100dpi/:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/share/X11/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/share/X11/fonts/Type1"
FontPath "/usr/share/X11/fonts/CID"
FontPath "/usr/share/X11/fonts/100dpi"
FontPath "/usr/share/X11/fonts/75dpi"
# paths to defoma fonts
FontPath "/var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/TrueType"
FontPath "/var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/CID"
EndSection

Section "Module"
# Load "GLcore"
Load "i2c"
Load "bitmap"
Load "ddc"
# Load "dri"
Load "extmod"
Load "freetype"
Load "glx"
Load "int10"
Load "type1"
Load "vbe"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Generic Keyboard"
Driver "kbd"
Option "CoreKeyboard"
Option "XkbRules" "xorg"
Option "XkbModel" "pc104"
Option "XkbLayout" "us"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Configured Mouse"
Driver "mouse"
Option "CorePointer"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
Option "Protocol" "ImPS/2"
Option "Emulate3Buttons" "true"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
EndSection

Section "Device"
Identifier "NVIDIA Corporation NV36 [GeForce FX 5700 Ultra]"
Driver "nvidia"
BusID "PCI:1:0:0"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Generic Monitor"
Option "DPMS"
HorizSync 30-65
VertRefresh 50-75
EndSection

Section "Screen"
Identifier "Default Screen"
Device "NVIDIA Corporation NV36 [GeForce FX 5700 Ultra]"
Monitor "Generic Monitor"
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Depth 1
Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 4
Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 8
Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 15
Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 16
Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "Default Layout"
Screen "Default Screen"
InputDevice "Generic Keyboard"
InputDevice "Configured Mouse"
EndSection

Section "DRI"
Mode 0666
EndSection


I also tried this file with:
GLcore and dri not commented out and with glx commented out. As well as with everything not commented out in the Module section.

try this:

sudo nano /etc/X11/xorg.conf

Add the lines in red at this section of the file:

Section "Device"
Identifier "NVIDIA Corporation NV40 [GeForce 6200 TurboCache]"
Driver "nvidia"
BusID "PCI:1:0:0"
Option "NvAGP" "0"
Option "RenderAccel" "Off"
Option "IgnoreDisplayDevices" "DFP,TV"
Option "NoRenderExtension" "Off"
Option "AllowGLXWithComposite" “Off”

EndSection

CTRL+O to save (yes, use the same name and overwrite the file)
CTRL+X to exit

Then log out and press CTRL+ALT+BACKSPACE

[Vlammend]

No does not work, unfortunatly.

Here is the corresponding log (should be): (part1)

X Window System Version 6.8.2 (Ubuntu 6.8.2-77 20051010174819 root@crested.warthogs.hbd.com)
Release Date: 9 February 2005
X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0, Release 6.8.2
Build Operating System: Linux 2.6.8.1 x86_64 [ELF]
Current Operating System: Linux AMD64 2.6.12-10-amd64-generic #1 Fri Nov 18 11:51:07 UTC 2005 x86_64
Build Date: 10 October 2005
Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.X.Org
to make sure that you have the latest version.
Module Loader present
OS Kernel: Linux version 2.6.12-10-amd64-generic (buildd@king) (gcc version 3.4.5 20050809 (prerelease) (Ubuntu 3.4.4-6ubuntu8)) #1 Fri Nov 18 11:51:07 UTC 2005 T
Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting,
(++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational,
(WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
(==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.0.log", Time: Sat Nov 26 23:28:08 2005
(==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf"
(==) ServerLayout "Default Layout"
(**) |-->Screen "Default Screen" (0)
(**) | |-->Monitor "Generic Monitor"
(**) | |-->Device "NVIDIA Corporation NV36 [GeForce FX 5700 Ultra]"
(**) |-->Input Device "Generic Keyboard"
(**) |-->Input Device "Configured Mouse"
(WW) The directory "/usr/share/X11/fonts/cyrillic" does not exist.
Entry deleted from font path.
(WW) The directory "/usr/share/X11/fonts/CID" does not exist.
Entry deleted from font path.
(WW) `fonts.dir' not found (or not valid) in "/var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/CID".
Entry deleted from font path.
(Run 'mkfontdir' on "/var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/CID").
(**) FontPath set to "/usr/share/X11/fonts/misc,/usr/share/X11/fonts/100dpi/:unscaled,/usr/share/X11/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled,/usr/share/X11/fonts/Type1,/usr/share/X11/fonts/100dpi,/usr/share/X11/fonts/75dpi,/var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/TrueType"
(==) RgbPath set to "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb"
(==) ModulePath set to "/usr/X11R6/lib/modules"
(WW) Open APM failed (/dev/apm_bios) (No such file or directory)
(II) Module ABI versions:
X.Org ANSI C Emulation: 0.2
X.Org Video Driver: 0.7
X.Org XInput driver : 0.4
X.Org Server Extension : 0.2
X.Org Font Renderer : 0.4
(II) Loader running on linux
(II) LoadModule: "bitmap"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/fonts/libbitmap.a
(II) Module bitmap: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
compiled for 6.8.2, module version = 1.0.0
Module class: X.Org Font Renderer
ABI class: X.Org Font Renderer, version 0.4
(II) Loading font Bitmap
(II) LoadModule: "pcidata"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libpcidata.a
(II) Module pcidata: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
compiled for 6.8.2, module version = 1.0.0
ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 0.7
(++) using VT number 7

(II) PCI: PCI scan (all values are in hex)
(II) PCI: 00:00:0: chip 10de,00e1 card 1462,0300 rev a1 class 06,00,00 hdr 00
(II) PCI: 00:01:0: chip 10de,00e0 card 1462,0300 rev a2 class 06,01,00 hdr 80
(II) PCI: 00:01:1: chip 10de,00e4 card 1462,0300 rev a1 class 0c,05,00 hdr 80
(II) PCI: 00:02:0: chip 10de,00e7 card 1462,0300 rev a1 class 0c,03,10 hdr 80
(II) PCI: 00:02:1: chip 10de,00e7 card 1462,0300 rev a1 class 0c,03,10 hdr 80
(II) PCI: 00:02:2: chip 10de,00e8 card 1462,0300 rev a2 class 0c,03,20 hdr 80
(II) PCI: 00:06:0: chip 10de,00ea card 1462,7585 rev a1 class 04,01,00 hdr 00
(II) PCI: 00:08:0: chip 10de,00e5 card 1462,0300 rev a2 class 01,01,8a hdr 00
(II) PCI: 00:09:0: chip 10de,00ee card 1462,0300 rev a2 class 01,01,85 hdr 00
(II) PCI: 00:0a:0: chip 10de,00e3 card 1462,0300 rev a2 class 01,01,85 hdr 00
(II) PCI: 00:0b:0: chip 10de,00e2 card 0000,0000 rev a2 class 06,04,00 hdr 01
(II) PCI: 00:0e:0: chip 10de,00ed card 0000,0000 rev a2 class 06,04,00 hdr 01
(II) PCI: 00:18:0: chip 1022,1100 card 0000,0000 rev 00 class 06,00,00 hdr 80
(II) PCI: 00:18:1: chip 1022,1101 card 0000,0000 rev 00 class 06,00,00 hdr 80
(II) PCI: 00:18:2: chip 1022,1102 card 0000,0000 rev 00 class 06,00,00 hdr 80
(II) PCI: 00:18:3: chip 1022,1103 card 0000,0000 rev 00 class 06,00,00 hdr 80
(II) PCI: 01:00:0: chip 10de,0341 card 1682,2060 rev a1 class 03,00,00 hdr 00
(II) PCI: 02:09:0: chip 10ec,8139 card 10ec,8139 rev 10 class 02,00,00 hdr 00
(II) PCI: 02:0c:0: chip 1106,3044 card 0574,086c rev 46 class 0c,00,10 hdr 00
(II) PCI: End of PCI scan
(II) Host-to-PCI bridge:
(II) Bus 0: bridge is at (0:0:0), (0,0,2), BCTRL: 0x0008 (VGA_EN is set)
(II) Bus 0 I/O range:
[0] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x0000ffff (0x10000) IX[B]
(II) Bus 0 non-prefetchable memory range:
[0] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0xffffffff (0x100000000) MX[B]
(II) Bus 0 prefetchable memory range:
[0] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0xffffffff (0x100000000) MX[B]
(II) PCI-to-ISA bridge:
(II) Bus -1: bridge is at (0:1:0), (0,-1,-1), BCTRL: 0x0008 (VGA_EN is set)
(II) PCI-to-PCI bridge:
(II) Bus 1: bridge is at (0:11:0), (0,1,1), BCTRL: 0x000e (VGA_EN is set)
(II) Bus 1 non-prefetchable memory range:
[0] -1 0 0xe8000000 - 0xe9ffffff (0x2000000) MX[B]
(II) Bus 1 prefetchable memory range:
[0] -1 0 0xd0000000 - 0xdfffffff (0x10000000) MX[B]
(II) PCI-to-PCI bridge:
(II) Bus 2: bridge is at (0:14:0), (0,2,2), BCTRL: 0x0206 (VGA_EN is cleared)
(II) Bus 2 I/O range:
[0] -1 0 0x00009000 - 0x000090ff (0x100) IX[B]
[1] -1 0 0x00009400 - 0x000094ff (0x100) IX[B]
[2] -1 0 0x00009800 - 0x000098ff (0x100) IX[B]
[3] -1 0 0x00009c00 - 0x00009cff (0x100) IX[B]
(II) Bus 2 non-prefetchable memory range:
[0] -1 0 0xea000000 - 0xeaffffff (0x1000000) MX[B]
(II) Host-to-PCI bridge:
(II) Bus -1: bridge is at (0:24:0), (-1,-1,2), BCTRL: 0x0008 (VGA_EN is set)
(II) Bus -1 I/O range:
[0] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x0000ffff (0x10000) IX[B]
(II) Bus -1 non-prefetchable memory range:
[0] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0xffffffff (0x100000000) MX[B]
(II) Bus -1 prefetchable memory range:
[0] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0xffffffff (0x100000000) MX[B]
(II) Host-to-PCI bridge:
(II) Bus -1: bridge is at (0:24:1), (-1,-1,2), BCTRL: 0x0008 (VGA_EN is set)
(II) Bus -1 I/O range:
[0] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x0000ffff (0x10000) IX[B]
(II) Bus -1 non-prefetchable memory range:
[0] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0xffffffff (0x100000000) MX[B]
(II) Bus -1 prefetchable memory range:
[0] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0xffffffff (0x100000000) MX[B]
(II) Host-to-PCI bridge:
(II) Bus -1: bridge is at (0:24:2), (-1,-1,2), BCTRL: 0x0008 (VGA_EN is set)
(II) Bus -1 I/O range:
[0] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x0000ffff (0x10000) IX[B]
(II) Bus -1 non-prefetchable memory range:
[0] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0xffffffff (0x100000000) MX[B]
(II) Bus -1 prefetchable memory range:
[0] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0xffffffff (0x100000000) MX[B]
(II) Host-to-PCI bridge:
(II) Bus -1: bridge is at (0:24:3), (-1,-1,2), BCTRL: 0x0008 (VGA_EN is set)
(II) Bus -1 I/O range:
[0] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x0000ffff (0x10000) IX[B]
(II) Bus -1 non-prefetchable memory range:
[0] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0xffffffff (0x100000000) MX[B]
(II) Bus -1 prefetchable memory range:
[0] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0xffffffff (0x100000000) MX[B]
(--) PCI:*(1:0:0) nVidia Corporation GeForce FX 5700 Ultra rev 161, Mem @ 0xe8000000/24, 0xd0000000/28
(II) Addressable bus resource ranges are
[0] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0xffffffff (0x100000000) MX[B]
[1] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x0000ffff (0x10000) IX[B]
(II) OS-reported resource ranges:
[0] -1 0 0xffe00000 - 0xffffffff (0x200000) MX[B](B)
[1] -1 0 0x00100000 - 0x3fffffff (0x3ff00000) MX[B]E(B)
[2] -1 0 0x000f0000 - 0x000fffff (0x10000) MX[B]
[3] -1 0 0x000c0000 - 0x000effff (0x30000) MX[B]
[4] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x0009ffff (0xa0000) MX[B]
[5] -1 0 0x0000ffff - 0x0000ffff (0x1) IX[B]
[6] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x000000ff (0x100) IX[B]
(II) PCI Memory resource overlap reduced 0xe0000000 from 0xe7ffffff to 0xdfffffff
(II) Active PCI resource ranges:
[0] -1 0 0xea001000 - 0xea0017ff (0x800) MX[B]
[1] -1 0 0xea000000 - 0xea0000ff (0x100) MX[B]
[2] -1 0 0xeb000000 - 0xeb000fff (0x1000) MX[B]
[3] -1 0 0xeb004000 - 0xeb0040ff (0x100) MX[B]
[4] -1 0 0xeb003000 - 0xeb003fff (0x1000) MX[B]
[5] -1 0 0xeb002000 - 0xeb002fff (0x1000) MX[B]
[6] -1 0 0xe0000000 - 0xdfffffff (0x0) MX[B]O
[7] -1 0 0xd0000000 - 0xdfffffff (0x10000000) MX[B](B)
[8] -1 0 0xe8000000 - 0xe8ffffff (0x1000000) MX[B](B)
[9] -1 0 0x00009400 - 0x0000947f (0x80) IX[B]
[10] -1 0 0x00009000 - 0x000090ff (0x100) IX[B]
[11] -1 0 0x0000e400 - 0x0000e47f (0x80) IX[B]
[12] -1 0 0x0000e000 - 0x0000e00f (0x10) IX[B]
[13] -1 0 0x00000b70 - 0x00000b73 (0x4) IX[B]
[14] -1 0 0x00000970 - 0x00000977 (0x8) IX[B]
[15] -1 0 0x00000bf0 - 0x00000bf3 (0x4) IX[B]
[16] -1 0 0x000009f0 - 0x000009f7 (0x8) IX[B]
[17] -1 0 0x0000cc00 - 0x0000cc7f (0x80) IX[B]
[18] -1 0 0x0000c800 - 0x0000c80f (0x10) IX[B]
[19] -1 0 0x00000b60 - 0x00000b63 (0x4) IX[B]
[20] -1 0 0x00000960 - 0x00000967 (0x8) IX[B]
[21] -1 0 0x00000be0 - 0x00000be3 (0x4) IX[B]
[22] -1 0 0x000009e0 - 0x000009e7 (0x8) IX[B]
[23] -1 0 0x0000f000 - 0x0000f00f (0x10) IX[B]
[24] -1 0 0x0000ac00 - 0x0000ac7f (0x80) IX[B]
[25] -1 0 0x0000a800 - 0x0000a8ff (0x100) IX[B]
[26] -1 0 0x00004c40 - 0x00004c7f (0x40) IX[B]
[27] -1 0 0x00004c00 - 0x00004c3f (0x40) IX[B]
[28] -1 0 0x0000e800 - 0x0000e81f (0x20) IX[B]
(II) Active PCI resource ranges after removing overlaps:
[0] -1 0 0xea001000 - 0xea0017ff (0x800) MX[B]
[1] -1 0 0xea000000 - 0xea0000ff (0x100) MX[B]
[2] -1 0 0xeb000000 - 0xeb000fff (0x1000) MX[B]
[3] -1 0 0xeb004000 - 0xeb0040ff (0x100) MX[B]
[4] -1 0 0xeb003000 - 0xeb003fff (0x1000) MX[B]
[5] -1 0 0xeb002000 - 0xeb002fff (0x1000) MX[B]
[6] -1 0 0xe0000000 - 0xdfffffff (0x0) MX[B]O
[7] -1 0 0xd0000000 - 0xdfffffff (0x10000000) MX[B](B)
[8] -1 0 0xe8000000 - 0xe8ffffff (0x1000000) MX[B](B)
[9] -1 0 0x00009400 - 0x0000947f (0x80) IX[B]
[10] -1 0 0x00009000 - 0x000090ff (0x100) IX[B]
[11] -1 0 0x0000e400 - 0x0000e47f (0x80) IX[B]
[12] -1 0 0x0000e000 - 0x0000e00f (0x10) IX[B]
[13] -1 0 0x00000b70 - 0x00000b73 (0x4) IX[B]
[14] -1 0 0x00000970 - 0x00000977 (0x8) IX[B]
[15] -1 0 0x00000bf0 - 0x00000bf3 (0x4) IX[B]
[16] -1 0 0x000009f0 - 0x000009f7 (0x8) IX[B]
[17] -1 0 0x0000cc00 - 0x0000cc7f (0x80) IX[B]
[18] -1 0 0x0000c800 - 0x0000c80f (0x10) IX[B]
[19] -1 0 0x00000b60 - 0x00000b63 (0x4) IX[B]
[20] -1 0 0x00000960 - 0x00000967 (0x8) IX[B]
[21] -1 0 0x00000be0 - 0x00000be3 (0x4) IX[B]
[22] -1 0 0x000009e0 - 0x000009e7 (0x8) IX[B]
[23] -1 0 0x0000f000 - 0x0000f00f (0x10) IX[B]
[24] -1 0 0x0000ac00 - 0x0000ac7f (0x80) IX[B]
[25] -1 0 0x0000a800 - 0x0000a8ff (0x100) IX[B]
[26] -1 0 0x00004c40 - 0x00004c7f (0x40) IX[B]
[27] -1 0 0x00004c00 - 0x00004c3f (0x40) IX[B]
[28] -1 0 0x0000e800 - 0x0000e81f (0x20) IX[B]
(II) OS-reported resource ranges after removing overlaps with PCI:
[0] -1 0 0xffe00000 - 0xffffffff (0x200000) MX[B](B)
[1] -1 0 0x00100000 - 0x3fffffff (0x3ff00000) MX[B]E(B)
[2] -1 0 0x000f0000 - 0x000fffff (0x10000) MX[B]
[3] -1 0 0x000c0000 - 0x000effff (0x30000) MX[B]
[4] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x0009ffff (0xa0000) MX[B]
[5] -1 0 0x0000ffff - 0x0000ffff (0x1) IX[B]
[6] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x000000ff (0x100) IX[B]
(II) All system resource ranges:
[0] -1 0 0xffe00000 - 0xffffffff (0x200000) MX[B](B)
[1] -1 0 0x00100000 - 0x3fffffff (0x3ff00000) MX[B]E(B)
[2] -1 0 0x000f0000 - 0x000fffff (0x10000) MX[B]
[3] -1 0 0x000c0000 - 0x000effff (0x30000) MX[B]
[4] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x0009ffff (0xa0000) MX[B]
[5] -1 0 0xea001000 - 0xea0017ff (0x800) MX[B]
[6] -1 0 0xea000000 - 0xea0000ff (0x100) MX[B]
[7] -1 0 0xeb000000 - 0xeb000fff (0x1000) MX[B]
[8] -1 0 0xeb004000 - 0xeb0040ff (0x100) MX[B]
[9] -1 0 0xeb003000 - 0xeb003fff (0x1000) MX[B]
[10] -1 0 0xeb002000 - 0xeb002fff (0x1000) MX[B]
[11] -1 0 0xe0000000 - 0xdfffffff (0x0) MX[B]O
[12] -1 0 0xd0000000 - 0xdfffffff (0x10000000) MX[B](B)
[13] -1 0 0xe8000000 - 0xe8ffffff (0x1000000) MX[B](B)
[14] -1 0 0x0000ffff - 0x0000ffff (0x1) IX[B]
[15] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x000000ff (0x100) IX[B]
[16] -1 0 0x00009400 - 0x0000947f (0x80) IX[B]
[17] -1 0 0x00009000 - 0x000090ff (0x100) IX[B]
[18] -1 0 0x0000e400 - 0x0000e47f (0x80) IX[B]
[19] -1 0 0x0000e000 - 0x0000e00f (0x10) IX[B]
[20] -1 0 0x00000b70 - 0x00000b73 (0x4) IX[B]
[21] -1 0 0x00000970 - 0x00000977 (0x8) IX[B]
[22] -1 0 0x00000bf0 - 0x00000bf3 (0x4) IX[B]
[23] -1 0 0x000009f0 - 0x000009f7 (0x8) IX[B]
[24] -1 0 0x0000cc00 - 0x0000cc7f (0x80) IX[B]
[25] -1 0 0x0000c800 - 0x0000c80f (0x10) IX[B]
[26] -1 0 0x00000b60 - 0x00000b63 (0x4) IX[B]
[27] -1 0 0x00000960 - 0x00000967 (0x8) IX[B]
[28] -1 0 0x00000be0 - 0x00000be3 (0x4) IX[B]
[29] -1 0 0x000009e0 - 0x000009e7 (0x8) IX[B]
[30] -1 0 0x0000f000 - 0x0000f00f (0x10) IX[B]
[31] -1 0 0x0000ac00 - 0x0000ac7f (0x80) IX[B]
[32] -1 0 0x0000a800 - 0x0000a8ff (0x100) IX[B]
[33] -1 0 0x00004c40 - 0x00004c7f (0x40) IX[B]
[34] -1 0 0x00004c00 - 0x00004c3f (0x40) IX[B]
[35] -1 0 0x0000e800 - 0x0000e81f (0x20) IX[B]
(II) LoadModule: "i2c"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libi2c.a
(II) Module i2c: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
compiled for 6.8.2, module version = 1.2.0
ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 0.7
(II) LoadModule: "bitmap"
(II) Reloading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/fonts/libbitmap.a
(II) Loading font Bitmap
(II) LoadModule: "ddc"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libddc.a
(II) Module ddc: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
compiled for 6.8.2, module version = 1.0.0
ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 0.7
(II) LoadModule: "extmod"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions/libextmod.a
(II) Module extmod: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
compiled for 6.8.2, module version = 1.0.0
Module class: X.Org Server Extension
ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 0.2
(II) Loading extension SHAPE
(II) Loading extension MIT-SUNDRY-NONSTANDARD
(II) Loading extension BIG-REQUESTS
(II) Loading extension SYNC
(II) Loading extension MIT-SCREEN-SAVER
(II) Loading extension XC-MISC
(II) Loading extension XFree86-VidModeExtension
(II) Loading extension XFree86-Misc
(II) Loading extension XFree86-DGA
(II) Loading extension DPMS
(II) Loading extension TOG-CUP
(II) Loading extension Extended-Visual-Information
(II) Loading extension XVideo
(II) Loading extension XVideo-MotionCompensation
(II) Loading extension X-Resource
(II) LoadModule: "freetype"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/fonts/libfreetype.a
(II) Module freetype: vendor="X.Org Foundation & the After X-TT Project"
compiled for 6.8.2, module version = 2.1.0
Module class: X.Org Font Renderer
ABI class: X.Org Font Renderer, version 0.4
(II) Loading font FreeType
(II) LoadModule: "glx"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions/libglx.so
(II) Module glx: vendor="NVIDIA Corporation"
compiled for 4.0.2, module version = 1.0.7667
Module class: XFree86 Server Extension
ABI class: XFree86 Server Extension, version 0.1
(II) Loading extension GLX
(II) LoadModule: "int10"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/linux/libint10.a
(II) Module int10: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
compiled for 6.8.2, module version = 1.0.0
ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 0.7
(II) LoadModule: "type1"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/fonts/libtype1.a
(II) Module type1: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
compiled for 6.8.2, module version = 1.0.2
Module class: X.Org Font Renderer
ABI class: X.Org Font Renderer, version 0.4
(II) Loading font Type1
(II) Loading font CID
(II) LoadModule: "vbe"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libvbe.a
(II) Module vbe: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
compiled for 6.8.2, module version = 1.1.0
ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 0.7
(II) LoadModule: "nvidia"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/drivers/nvidia_drv.o
(II) Module nvidia: vendor="NVIDIA Corporation"
compiled for 4.0.2, module version = 1.0.7667
Module class: XFree86 Video Driver
(II) LoadModule: "kbd"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/input/kbd_drv.o
(II) Module kbd: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
compiled for 6.8.2, module version = 1.0.0
Module class: X.Org XInput Driver
ABI class: X.Org XInput driver, version 0.4
(II) LoadModule: "mouse"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/input/mouse_drv.o
(II) Module mouse: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
compiled for 6.8.2, module version = 1.0.0
Module class: X.Org XInput Driver
ABI class: X.Org XInput driver, version 0.4
(II) NVIDIA X Driver 1.0-7667 Fri Jun 17 07:16:27 PDT 2005
(II) NVIDIA Unified Driver for all NVIDIA GPUs
(II) Primary Device is: PCI 01:00:0
(--) Chipset NVIDIA GPU found
(II) resource ranges after xf86ClaimFixedResources() call:
[0] -1 0 0xffe00000 - 0xffffffff (0x200000) MX[B](B)
[1] -1 0 0x00100000 - 0x3fffffff (0x3ff00000) MX[B]E(B)
[2] -1 0 0x000f0000 - 0x000fffff (0x10000) MX[B]
[3] -1 0 0x000c0000 - 0x000effff (0x30000) MX[B]
[4] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x0009ffff (0xa0000) MX[B]
[5] -1 0 0xea001000 - 0xea0017ff (0x800) MX[B]
[6] -1 0 0xea000000 - 0xea0000ff (0x100) MX[B]
[7] -1 0 0xeb000000 - 0xeb000fff (0x1000) MX[B]
[8] -1 0 0xeb004000 - 0xeb0040ff (0x100) MX[B]
[9] -1 0 0xeb003000 - 0xeb003fff (0x1000) MX[B]
[10] -1 0 0xeb002000 - 0xeb002fff (0x1000) MX[B]
[11] -1 0 0xe0000000 - 0xdfffffff (0x0) MX[B]O
[12] -1 0 0xd0000000 - 0xdfffffff (0x10000000) MX[B](B)
[13] -1 0 0xe8000000 - 0xe8ffffff (0x1000000) MX[B](B)
[14] -1 0 0x0000ffff - 0x0000ffff (0x1) IX[B]
[15] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x000000ff (0x100) IX[B]
[16] -1 0 0x00009400 - 0x0000947f (0x80) IX[B]
[17] -1 0 0x00009000 - 0x000090ff (0x100) IX[B]
[18] -1 0 0x0000e400 - 0x0000e47f (0x80) IX[B]
[19] -1 0 0x0000e000 - 0x0000e00f (0x10) IX[B]
[20] -1 0 0x00000b70 - 0x00000b73 (0x4) IX[B]
[21] -1 0 0x00000970 - 0x00000977 (0x8) IX[B]
[22] -1 0 0x00000bf0 - 0x00000bf3 (0x4) IX[B]
[23] -1 0 0x000009f0 - 0x000009f7 (0x8) IX[B]
[24] -1 0 0x0000cc00 - 0x0000cc7f (0x80) IX[B]
[25] -1 0 0x0000c800 - 0x0000c80f (0x10) IX[B]
[26] -1 0 0x00000b60 - 0x00000b63 (0x4) IX[B]
[27] -1 0 0x00000960 - 0x00000967 (0x8) IX[B]
[28] -1 0 0x00000be0 - 0x00000be3 (0x4) IX[B]
[29] -1 0 0x000009e0 - 0x000009e7 (0x8) IX[B]
[30] -1 0 0x0000f000 - 0x0000f00f (0x10) IX[B]
[31] -1 0 0x0000ac00 - 0x0000ac7f (0x80) IX[B]
[32] -1 0 0x0000a800 - 0x0000a8ff (0x100) IX[B]
[33] -1 0 0x00004c40 - 0x00004c7f (0x40) IX[B]
[34] -1 0 0x00004c00 - 0x00004c3f (0x40) IX[B]
[35] -1 0 0x0000e800 - 0x0000e81f (0x20) IX[B]
(II) resource ranges after probing:
[0] -1 0 0xffe00000 - 0xffffffff (0x200000) MX[B](B)
[1] -1 0 0x00100000 - 0x3fffffff (0x3ff00000) MX[B]E(B)
[2] -1 0 0x000f0000 - 0x000fffff (0x10000) MX[B]
[3] -1 0 0x000c0000 - 0x000effff (0x30000) MX[B]
[4] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x0009ffff (0xa0000) MX[B]
[5] -1 0 0xea001000 - 0xea0017ff (0x800) MX[B]
[6] -1 0 0xea000000 - 0xea0000ff (0x100) MX[B]
[7] -1 0 0xeb000000 - 0xeb000fff (0x1000) MX[B]
[8] -1 0 0xeb004000 - 0xeb0040ff (0x100) MX[B]
[9] -1 0 0xeb003000 - 0xeb003fff (0x1000) MX[B]
[10] -1 0 0xeb002000 - 0xeb002fff (0x1000) MX[B]
[11] -1 0 0xe0000000 - 0xdfffffff (0x0) MX[B]O
[12] -1 0 0xd0000000 - 0xdfffffff (0x10000000) MX[B](B)
[13] -1 0 0xe8000000 - 0xe8ffffff (0x1000000) MX[B](B)
[14] 0 0 0x000a0000 - 0x000affff (0x10000) MS[B]
[15] 0 0 0x000b0000 - 0x000b7fff (0x8000) MS[B]
[16] 0 0 0x000b8000 - 0x000bffff (0x8000) MS[B]
[17] -1 0 0x0000ffff - 0x0000ffff (0x1) IX[B]
[18] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x000000ff (0x100) IX[B]
[19] -1 0 0x00009400 - 0x0000947f (0x80) IX[B]
[20] -1 0 0x00009000 - 0x000090ff (0x100) IX[B]
[21] -1 0 0x0000e400 - 0x0000e47f (0x80) IX[B]
[22] -1 0 0x0000e000 - 0x0000e00f (0x10) IX[B]
[23] -1 0 0x00000b70 - 0x00000b73 (0x4) IX[B]
[24] -1 0 0x00000970 - 0x00000977 (0x8) IX[B]
[25] -1 0 0x00000bf0 - 0x00000bf3 (0x4) IX[B]
[26] -1 0 0x000009f0 - 0x000009f7 (0x8) IX[B]
[27] -1 0 0x0000cc00 - 0x0000cc7f (0x80) IX[B]
[28] -1 0 0x0000c800 - 0x0000c80f (0x10) IX[B]
[29] -1 0 0x00000b60 - 0x00000b63 (0x4) IX[B]
[30] -1 0 0x00000960 - 0x00000967 (0x8) IX[B]
[31] -1 0 0x00000be0 - 0x00000be3 (0x4) IX[B]
[32] -1 0 0x000009e0 - 0x000009e7 (0x8) IX[B]
[33] -1 0 0x0000f000 - 0x0000f00f (0x10) IX[B]
[34] -1 0 0x0000ac00 - 0x0000ac7f (0x80) IX[B]
[35] -1 0 0x0000a800 - 0x0000a8ff (0x100) IX[B]
[36] -1 0 0x00004c40 - 0x00004c7f (0x40) IX[B]
[37] -1 0 0x00004c00 - 0x00004c3f (0x40) IX[B]
[38] -1 0 0x0000e800 - 0x0000e81f (0x20) IX[B]
[39] 0 0 0x000003b0 - 0x000003bb (0xc) IS[B]
[40] 0 0 0x000003c0 - 0x000003df (0x20) IS[B]
(II) Setting vga for screen 0.
(**) NVIDIA(0): Depth 24, (--) framebuffer bpp 32
(==) NVIDIA(0): RGB weight 888
(==) NVIDIA(0): Default visual is TrueColor
(==) NVIDIA(0): Using gamma correction (1.0, 1.0, 1.0)
(**) NVIDIA(0): Option "NvAGP" "0"
(**) NVIDIA(0): Option "RenderAccel" "Off"
(**) NVIDIA(0): Option "NoRenderExtension" "Off"
(**) NVIDIA(0): Option "IgnoreDisplayDevices" "DFP,TV"
(**) NVIDIA(0): Option "AllowGLXWithComposite" "Off"
(**) NVIDIA(0): Use of AGP disabled per request
(--) NVIDIA(0): Linear framebuffer at 0xD0000000
(--) NVIDIA(0): MMIO registers at 0xE8000000
(II) NVIDIA(0): NVIDIA GPU detected as: GeForce FX 5700 Ultra
(--) NVIDIA(0): VideoBIOS: 04.36.20.37.00
(--) NVIDIA(0): Interlaced video modes are supported on this GPU
(--) NVIDIA(0): VideoRAM: 131072 kBytes
(II) NVIDIA(0): Connected display device(s): CRT-0
(--) NVIDIA(0): CRT-0: maximum pixel clock: 400 MHz
(II) Loading sub module "ddc"
(II) LoadModule: "ddc"
(II) Reloading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libddc.a

[Vlammend]

Part 2:
(WW) NVIDIA(0): Failure reading EDID parameters for display device CRT-0
(II) NVIDIA(0): Generic Monitor: Using hsync range of 30.00-65.00 kHz
(II) NVIDIA(0): Generic Monitor: Using vrefresh range of 50.00-75.00 Hz
(II) NVIDIA(0): Clock range: 12.00 to 400.00 MHz
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "640x350" (vrefresh out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "320x175" (vrefresh out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "640x400" (vrefresh out of range)

(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "320x200" (vrefresh out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "720x400" (vrefresh out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "360x200" (vrefresh out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "640x480" (vrefresh out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "320x240" (vrefresh out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "800x600" (vrefresh out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "400x300" (vrefresh out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "1024x768" (vrefresh out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "512x384" (vrefresh out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "1024x768" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "512x384" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "1152x864" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "576x432" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "1280x960" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "640x480" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "1280x1024" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "640x512" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "1280x1024" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "640x512" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "1600x1200" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "800x600" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "1600x1200" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "800x600" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "1600x1200" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "800x600" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "1600x1200" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "800x600" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "1600x1200" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "800x600" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "1792x1344" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "896x672" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "1792x1344" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "896x672" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "1856x1392" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "928x696" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "1856x1392" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "928x696" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "1920x1440" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "960x720" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "1920x1440" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "960x720" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "1152x864" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "576x432" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "1400x1050" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "700x525" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "1400x1050" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "700x525" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "1400x1050" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "700x525" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "1920x1200" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "960x600" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "1920x1200" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "960x600" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "1920x1440" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "960x720" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "2048x1536" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "1024x768" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "2048x1536" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "1024x768" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "2048x1536" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "1024x768" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "1680x1050" (width too large for virtual size)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "1400x1050" (width too large for virtual size)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "1440x900" (width too large for virtual size)
(WW) NVIDIA(0): Not using mode "1152x768":
(WW) NVIDIA(0): horizontal sync start (1178) not a multiple of 8
(WW) NVIDIA(0): Not using mode "576x384":
(WW) NVIDIA(0): horizontal sync start (589) not a multiple of 8
(**) NVIDIA(0): Validated modes for display device CRT-0:
(**) NVIDIA(0): Default mode "1280x1024": 108.0 MHz, 64.0 kHz, 60.0 Hz
(**) NVIDIA(0): Default mode "1024x768": 78.8 MHz, 60.1 kHz, 75.1 Hz
(**) NVIDIA(0): Default mode "800x600": 49.5 MHz, 46.9 kHz, 75.0 Hz
(**) NVIDIA(0): Default mode "640x480": 31.5 MHz, 37.5 kHz, 75.0 Hz
(**) NVIDIA(0): Default mode "1280x960": 108.0 MHz, 60.0 kHz, 60.0 Hz
(**) NVIDIA(0): Default mode "1280x800": 83.5 MHz, 49.7 kHz, 60.0 Hz
(**) NVIDIA(0): Default mode "1280x768": 80.1 MHz, 47.7 kHz, 60.0 Hz
(**) NVIDIA(0): Default mode "1024x768": 75.0 MHz, 56.5 kHz, 70.1 Hz
(**) NVIDIA(0): Default mode "1024x768": 65.0 MHz, 48.4 kHz, 60.0 Hz
(**) NVIDIA(0): Default mode "832x624": 57.3 MHz, 49.7 kHz, 74.6 Hz
(**) NVIDIA(0): Default mode "800x600": 50.0 MHz, 48.1 kHz, 72.2 Hz
(**) NVIDIA(0): Default mode "800x600": 40.0 MHz, 37.9 kHz, 60.3 Hz
(**) NVIDIA(0): Default mode "800x600": 36.0 MHz, 35.2 kHz, 56.2 Hz
(**) NVIDIA(0): Default mode "840x525": 73.6 MHz, 65.2 kHz, 60.1 Hz (D)
(**) NVIDIA(0): Default mode "700x525": 61.0 MHz, 64.9 kHz, 60.0 Hz (D)
(**) NVIDIA(0): Default mode "640x512": 54.0 MHz, 64.0 kHz, 60.0 Hz (D)
(**) NVIDIA(0): Default mode "720x450": 54.4 MHz, 56.9 kHz, 60.2 Hz (D)
(**) NVIDIA(0): Default mode "640x480": 31.5 MHz, 37.9 kHz, 72.8 Hz
(**) NVIDIA(0): Default mode "640x480": 25.2 MHz, 31.5 kHz, 60.0 Hz
(**) NVIDIA(0): Default mode "640x480": 54.0 MHz, 60.0 kHz, 60.0 Hz (D)
(**) NVIDIA(0): Default mode "640x400": 41.7 MHz, 49.7 kHz, 60.0 Hz (D)
(**) NVIDIA(0): Default mode "640x384": 40.1 MHz, 47.7 kHz, 60.1 Hz (D)
(**) NVIDIA(0): Default mode "512x384": 39.4 MHz, 60.1 kHz, 75.1 Hz (D)
(**) NVIDIA(0): Default mode "512x384": 37.5 MHz, 56.5 kHz, 70.1 Hz (D)
(**) NVIDIA(0): Default mode "512x384": 32.5 MHz, 48.4 kHz, 60.0 Hz (D)
(**) NVIDIA(0): Default mode "416x312": 28.6 MHz, 49.7 kHz, 74.7 Hz (D)
(**) NVIDIA(0): Default mode "400x300": 24.8 MHz, 46.9 kHz, 75.1 Hz (D)
(**) NVIDIA(0): Default mode "400x300": 25.0 MHz, 48.1 kHz, 72.2 Hz (D)
(**) NVIDIA(0): Default mode "400x300": 20.0 MHz, 37.9 kHz, 60.3 Hz (D)
(**) NVIDIA(0): Default mode "400x300": 18.0 MHz, 35.2 kHz, 56.3 Hz (D)
(**) NVIDIA(0): Default mode "320x240": 15.8 MHz, 37.5 kHz, 75.0 Hz (D)
(**) NVIDIA(0): Default mode "320x240": 15.8 MHz, 37.9 kHz, 72.8 Hz (D)
(**) NVIDIA(0): Default mode "320x240": 12.6 MHz, 31.5 kHz, 60.1 Hz (D)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Virtual screen size determined to be 1280 x 1024
(==) NVIDIA(0): DPI set to (75, 75)
(II) Loading sub module "fb"
(II) LoadModule: "fb"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libfb.a
Skipping "/usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libfb.a:fbmmx.o": No symbols found
(II) Module fb: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
compiled for 6.8.2, module version = 1.0.0
ABI class: X.Org ANSI C Emulation, version 0.2
(II) Loading sub module "ramdac"
(II) LoadModule: "ramdac"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libramdac.a
(II) Module ramdac: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
compiled for 6.8.2, module version = 0.1.0
ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 0.7
(--) Depth 24 pixmap format is 32 bpp
(II) do I need RAC? No, I don't.
(II) resource ranges after preInit:
[0] 0 0 0xd0000000 - 0xdfffffff (0x10000000) MX[B]
[1] 0 0 0xe8000000 - 0xe8ffffff (0x1000000) MX[B]
[2] -1 0 0xffe00000 - 0xffffffff (0x200000) MX[B](B)
[3] -1 0 0x00100000 - 0x3fffffff (0x3ff00000) MX[B]E(B)
[4] -1 0 0x000f0000 - 0x000fffff (0x10000) MX[B]
[5] -1 0 0x000c0000 - 0x000effff (0x30000) MX[B]
[6] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x0009ffff (0xa0000) MX[B]
[7] -1 0 0xea001000 - 0xea0017ff (0x800) MX[B]
[8] -1 0 0xea000000 - 0xea0000ff (0x100) MX[B]
[9] -1 0 0xeb000000 - 0xeb000fff (0x1000) MX[B]
[10] -1 0 0xeb004000 - 0xeb0040ff (0x100) MX[B]
[11] -1 0 0xeb003000 - 0xeb003fff (0x1000) MX[B]
[12] -1 0 0xeb002000 - 0xeb002fff (0x1000) MX[B]
[13] -1 0 0xe0000000 - 0xdfffffff (0x0) MX[B]O
[14] -1 0 0xd0000000 - 0xdfffffff (0x10000000) MX[B](B)
[15] -1 0 0xe8000000 - 0xe8ffffff (0x1000000) MX[B](B)

[16] 0 0 0x000a0000 - 0x000affff (0x10000) MS[B](OprD)
[17] 0 0 0x000b0000 - 0x000b7fff (0x8000) MS[B](OprD)
[18] 0 0 0x000b8000 - 0x000bffff (0x8000) MS[B](OprD)
[19] -1 0 0x0000ffff - 0x0000ffff (0x1) IX[B]
[20] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x000000ff (0x100) IX[B]
[21] -1 0 0x00009400 - 0x0000947f (0x80) IX[B]
[22] -1 0 0x00009000 - 0x000090ff (0x100) IX[B]
[23] -1 0 0x0000e400 - 0x0000e47f (0x80) IX[B]
[24] -1 0 0x0000e000 - 0x0000e00f (0x10) IX[B]
[25] -1 0 0x00000b70 - 0x00000b73 (0x4) IX[B]
[26] -1 0 0x00000970 - 0x00000977 (0x8) IX[B]
[27] -1 0 0x00000bf0 - 0x00000bf3 (0x4) IX[B]
[28] -1 0 0x000009f0 - 0x000009f7 (0x8) IX[B]
[29] -1 0 0x0000cc00 - 0x0000cc7f (0x80) IX[B]
[30] -1 0 0x0000c800 - 0x0000c80f (0x10) IX[B]
[31] -1 0 0x00000b60 - 0x00000b63 (0x4) IX[B]
[32] -1 0 0x00000960 - 0x00000967 (0x8) IX[B]
[33] -1 0 0x00000be0 - 0x00000be3 (0x4) IX[B]
[34] -1 0 0x000009e0 - 0x000009e7 (0x8) IX[B]
[35] -1 0 0x0000f000 - 0x0000f00f (0x10) IX[B]
[36] -1 0 0x0000ac00 - 0x0000ac7f (0x80) IX[B]
[37] -1 0 0x0000a800 - 0x0000a8ff (0x100) IX[B]
[38] -1 0 0x00004c40 - 0x00004c7f (0x40) IX[B]
[39] -1 0 0x00004c00 - 0x00004c3f (0x40) IX[B]
[40] -1 0 0x0000e800 - 0x0000e81f (0x20) IX[B]
[41] 0 0 0x000003b0 - 0x000003bb (0xc) IS[B](OprU)
[42] 0 0 0x000003c0 - 0x000003df (0x20) IS[B](OprU)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Setting mode "1280x1024"
(II) Loading extension NV-GLX
(II) NVIDIA(0): NVIDIA 3D Acceleration Architecture Initialized
(II) NVIDIA(0): Using the NVIDIA 2D acceleration architecture
(==) NVIDIA(0): Backing store disabled
(==) NVIDIA(0): Silken mouse enabled
(**) Option "dpms"
(**) NVIDIA(0): DPMS enabled
(II) Loading extension NV-CONTROL
(==) RandR enabled
(II) Initializing built-in extension MIT-SHM
(II) Initializing built-in extension XInputExtension
(II) Initializing built-in extension XTEST
(II) Initializing built-in extension XKEYBOARD
(II) Initializing built-in extension LBX
(II) Initializing built-in extension XC-APPGROUP
(II) Initializing built-in extension SECURITY
(II) Initializing built-in extension XINERAMA
(II) Initializing built-in extension XFIXES
(II) Initializing built-in extension XFree86-Bigfont
(II) Initializing built-in extension RENDER
(II) Initializing built-in extension RANDR
(II) Initializing built-in extension COMPOSITE
(II) Initializing built-in extension DAMAGE
(II) Initializing built-in extension XEVIE
(II) Initializing extension GLX
(**) Option "CoreKeyboard"
(**) Generic Keyboard: Core Keyboard
(**) Option "Protocol" "standard"
(**) Generic Keyboard: Protocol: standard
(**) Option "AutoRepeat" "500 30"
(**) Option "XkbRules" "xorg"
(**) Generic Keyboard: XkbRules: "xorg"
(**) Option "XkbModel" "pc104"
(**) Generic Keyboard: XkbModel: "pc104"
(**) Option "XkbLayout" "us"
(**) Generic Keyboard: XkbLayout: "us"
(**) Option "CustomKeycodes" "off"
(**) Generic Keyboard: CustomKeycodes disabled
(**) Option "Protocol" "ImPS/2"
(**) Configured Mouse: Device: "/dev/input/mice"
(**) Configured Mouse: Protocol: "ImPS/2"
(**) Option "CorePointer"
(**) Configured Mouse: Core Pointer
(**) Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
(**) Option "Emulate3Buttons" "true"
(**) Configured Mouse: Emulate3Buttons, Emulate3Timeout: 50
(**) Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
(**) Configured Mouse: ZAxisMapping: buttons 4 and 5
(**) Configured Mouse: Buttons: 5
(II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "Configured Mouse" (type: MOUSE)
(II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "Generic Keyboard" (type: KEYBOARD)
(II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "NVIDIA Event Handler" (type: Other)
(II) Configured Mouse: ps2EnableDataReporting: succeeded
Warning: font renderer for ".pcf" already registered at priority 0
Warning: font renderer for ".pcf.Z" already registered at priority 0
Warning: font renderer for ".pcf.gz" already registered at priority 0
Warning: font renderer for ".snf" already registered at priority 0
Warning: font renderer for ".snf.Z" already registered at priority 0
Warning: font renderer for ".snf.gz" already registered at priority 0
Warning: font renderer for ".bdf" already registered at priority 0
Warning: font renderer for ".bdf.Z" already registered at priority 0
Warning: font renderer for ".bdf.gz" already registered at priority 0
Warning: font renderer for ".pmf" already registered at priority 0


I count 0 Errors, but 9 Warnings

[tseliot]

Part 2:
(WW) NVIDIA(0): Failure reading EDID parameters for display device CRT-0
(II) NVIDIA(0): Generic Monitor: Using hsync range of 30.00-65.00 kHz
(II) NVIDIA(0): Generic Monitor: Using vrefresh range of 50.00-75.00 Hz
(II) NVIDIA(0): Clock range: 12.00 to 400.00 MHz
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "640x350" (vrefresh out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "320x175" (vrefresh out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "640x400" (vrefresh out of range)

(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "320x200" (vrefresh out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "720x400" (vrefresh out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "360x200" (vrefresh out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "640x480" (vrefresh out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "320x240" (vrefresh out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "800x600" (vrefresh out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "400x300" (vrefresh out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "1024x768" (vrefresh out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "512x384" (vrefresh out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "1024x768" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "512x384" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "1152x864" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "576x432" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "1280x960" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "640x480" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "1280x1024" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "640x512" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "1280x1024" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "640x512" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "1600x1200" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "800x600" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "1600x1200" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "800x600" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "1600x1200" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "800x600" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "1600x1200" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "800x600" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "1600x1200" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "800x600" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "1792x1344" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "896x672" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "1792x1344" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "896x672" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "1856x1392" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "928x696" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "1856x1392" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "928x696" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "1920x1440" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "960x720" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "1920x1440" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "960x720" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "1152x864" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "576x432" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "1400x1050" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "700x525" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "1400x1050" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "700x525" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "1400x1050" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "700x525" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "1920x1200" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "960x600" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "1920x1200" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "960x600" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "1920x1440" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "960x720" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "2048x1536" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "1024x768" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "2048x1536" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "1024x768" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "2048x1536" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "1024x768" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "1680x1050" (width too large for virtual size)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "1400x1050" (width too large for virtual size)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "1440x900" (width too large for virtual size)
(WW) NVIDIA(0): Not using mode "1152x768":
(WW) NVIDIA(0): horizontal sync start (1178) not a multiple of 8
(WW) NVIDIA(0): Not using mode "576x384":
(WW) NVIDIA(0): horizontal sync start (589) not a multiple of 8
(**) NVIDIA(0): Validated modes for display device CRT-0:
(**) NVIDIA(0): Default mode "1280x1024": 108.0 MHz, 64.0 kHz, 60.0 Hz
(**) NVIDIA(0): Default mode "1024x768": 78.8 MHz, 60.1 kHz, 75.1 Hz
(**) NVIDIA(0): Default mode "800x600": 49.5 MHz, 46.9 kHz, 75.0 Hz
(**) NVIDIA(0): Default mode "640x480": 31.5 MHz, 37.5 kHz, 75.0 Hz
(**) NVIDIA(0): Default mode "1280x960": 108.0 MHz, 60.0 kHz, 60.0 Hz
(**) NVIDIA(0): Default mode "1280x800": 83.5 MHz, 49.7 kHz, 60.0 Hz
(**) NVIDIA(0): Default mode "1280x768": 80.1 MHz, 47.7 kHz, 60.0 Hz
(**) NVIDIA(0): Default mode "1024x768": 75.0 MHz, 56.5 kHz, 70.1 Hz
(**) NVIDIA(0): Default mode "1024x768": 65.0 MHz, 48.4 kHz, 60.0 Hz
(**) NVIDIA(0): Default mode "832x624": 57.3 MHz, 49.7 kHz, 74.6 Hz
(**) NVIDIA(0): Default mode "800x600": 50.0 MHz, 48.1 kHz, 72.2 Hz
(**) NVIDIA(0): Default mode "800x600": 40.0 MHz, 37.9 kHz, 60.3 Hz
(**) NVIDIA(0): Default mode "800x600": 36.0 MHz, 35.2 kHz, 56.2 Hz
(**) NVIDIA(0): Default mode "840x525": 73.6 MHz, 65.2 kHz, 60.1 Hz (D)
(**) NVIDIA(0): Default mode "700x525": 61.0 MHz, 64.9 kHz, 60.0 Hz (D)
(**) NVIDIA(0): Default mode "640x512": 54.0 MHz, 64.0 kHz, 60.0 Hz (D)
(**) NVIDIA(0): Default mode "720x450": 54.4 MHz, 56.9 kHz, 60.2 Hz (D)
(**) NVIDIA(0): Default mode "640x480": 31.5 MHz, 37.9 kHz, 72.8 Hz
(**) NVIDIA(0): Default mode "640x480": 25.2 MHz, 31.5 kHz, 60.0 Hz
(**) NVIDIA(0): Default mode "640x480": 54.0 MHz, 60.0 kHz, 60.0 Hz (D)
(**) NVIDIA(0): Default mode "640x400": 41.7 MHz, 49.7 kHz, 60.0 Hz (D)
(**) NVIDIA(0): Default mode "640x384": 40.1 MHz, 47.7 kHz, 60.1 Hz (D)
(**) NVIDIA(0): Default mode "512x384": 39.4 MHz, 60.1 kHz, 75.1 Hz (D)
(**) NVIDIA(0): Default mode "512x384": 37.5 MHz, 56.5 kHz, 70.1 Hz (D)
(**) NVIDIA(0): Default mode "512x384": 32.5 MHz, 48.4 kHz, 60.0 Hz (D)
(**) NVIDIA(0): Default mode "416x312": 28.6 MHz, 49.7 kHz, 74.7 Hz (D)
(**) NVIDIA(0): Default mode "400x300": 24.8 MHz, 46.9 kHz, 75.1 Hz (D)
(**) NVIDIA(0): Default mode "400x300": 25.0 MHz, 48.1 kHz, 72.2 Hz (D)
(**) NVIDIA(0): Default mode "400x300": 20.0 MHz, 37.9 kHz, 60.3 Hz (D)
(**) NVIDIA(0): Default mode "400x300": 18.0 MHz, 35.2 kHz, 56.3 Hz (D)
(**) NVIDIA(0): Default mode "320x240": 15.8 MHz, 37.5 kHz, 75.0 Hz (D)
(**) NVIDIA(0): Default mode "320x240": 15.8 MHz, 37.9 kHz, 72.8 Hz (D)
(**) NVIDIA(0): Default mode "320x240": 12.6 MHz, 31.5 kHz, 60.1 Hz (D)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Virtual screen size determined to be 1280 x 1024
(==) NVIDIA(0): DPI set to (75, 75)
(II) Loading sub module "fb"
(II) LoadModule: "fb"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libfb.a
Skipping "/usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libfb.a:fbmmx.o": No symbols found
(II) Module fb: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
compiled for 6.8.2, module version = 1.0.0
ABI class: X.Org ANSI C Emulation, version 0.2
(II) Loading sub module "ramdac"
(II) LoadModule: "ramdac"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libramdac.a
(II) Module ramdac: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
compiled for 6.8.2, module version = 0.1.0
ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 0.7
(--) Depth 24 pixmap format is 32 bpp
(II) do I need RAC? No, I don't.
(II) resource ranges after preInit:
[0] 0 0 0xd0000000 - 0xdfffffff (0x10000000) MX[B]
[1] 0 0 0xe8000000 - 0xe8ffffff (0x1000000) MX[B]
[2] -1 0 0xffe00000 - 0xffffffff (0x200000) MX[B](B)
[3] -1 0 0x00100000 - 0x3fffffff (0x3ff00000) MX[B]E(B)
[4] -1 0 0x000f0000 - 0x000fffff (0x10000) MX[B]
[5] -1 0 0x000c0000 - 0x000effff (0x30000) MX[B]
[6] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x0009ffff (0xa0000) MX[B]
[7] -1 0 0xea001000 - 0xea0017ff (0x800) MX[B]
[8] -1 0 0xea000000 - 0xea0000ff (0x100) MX[B]
[9] -1 0 0xeb000000 - 0xeb000fff (0x1000) MX[B]
[10] -1 0 0xeb004000 - 0xeb0040ff (0x100) MX[B]
[11] -1 0 0xeb003000 - 0xeb003fff (0x1000) MX[B]
[12] -1 0 0xeb002000 - 0xeb002fff (0x1000) MX[B]
[13] -1 0 0xe0000000 - 0xdfffffff (0x0) MX[B]O
[14] -1 0 0xd0000000 - 0xdfffffff (0x10000000) MX[B](B)
[15] -1 0 0xe8000000 - 0xe8ffffff (0x1000000) MX[B](B)

[16] 0 0 0x000a0000 - 0x000affff (0x10000) MS[B](OprD)
[17] 0 0 0x000b0000 - 0x000b7fff (0x8000) MS[B](OprD)
[18] 0 0 0x000b8000 - 0x000bffff (0x8000) MS[B](OprD)
[19] -1 0 0x0000ffff - 0x0000ffff (0x1) IX[B]
[20] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x000000ff (0x100) IX[B]
[21] -1 0 0x00009400 - 0x0000947f (0x80) IX[B]
[22] -1 0 0x00009000 - 0x000090ff (0x100) IX[B]
[23] -1 0 0x0000e400 - 0x0000e47f (0x80) IX[B]
[24] -1 0 0x0000e000 - 0x0000e00f (0x10) IX[B]
[25] -1 0 0x00000b70 - 0x00000b73 (0x4) IX[B]
[26] -1 0 0x00000970 - 0x00000977 (0x8) IX[B]
[27] -1 0 0x00000bf0 - 0x00000bf3 (0x4) IX[B]
[28] -1 0 0x000009f0 - 0x000009f7 (0x8) IX[B]
[29] -1 0 0x0000cc00 - 0x0000cc7f (0x80) IX[B]
[30] -1 0 0x0000c800 - 0x0000c80f (0x10) IX[B]
[31] -1 0 0x00000b60 - 0x00000b63 (0x4) IX[B]
[32] -1 0 0x00000960 - 0x00000967 (0x8) IX[B]
[33] -1 0 0x00000be0 - 0x00000be3 (0x4) IX[B]
[34] -1 0 0x000009e0 - 0x000009e7 (0x8) IX[B]
[35] -1 0 0x0000f000 - 0x0000f00f (0x10) IX[B]
[36] -1 0 0x0000ac00 - 0x0000ac7f (0x80) IX[B]
[37] -1 0 0x0000a800 - 0x0000a8ff (0x100) IX[B]
[38] -1 0 0x00004c40 - 0x00004c7f (0x40) IX[B]
[39] -1 0 0x00004c00 - 0x00004c3f (0x40) IX[B]
[40] -1 0 0x0000e800 - 0x0000e81f (0x20) IX[B]
[41] 0 0 0x000003b0 - 0x000003bb (0xc) IS[B](OprU)
[42] 0 0 0x000003c0 - 0x000003df (0x20) IS[B](OprU)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Setting mode "1280x1024"
(II) Loading extension NV-GLX
(II) NVIDIA(0): NVIDIA 3D Acceleration Architecture Initialized
(II) NVIDIA(0): Using the NVIDIA 2D acceleration architecture
(==) NVIDIA(0): Backing store disabled
(==) NVIDIA(0): Silken mouse enabled
(**) Option "dpms"
(**) NVIDIA(0): DPMS enabled
(II) Loading extension NV-CONTROL
(==) RandR enabled
(II) Initializing built-in extension MIT-SHM
(II) Initializing built-in extension XInputExtension
(II) Initializing built-in extension XTEST
(II) Initializing built-in extension XKEYBOARD
(II) Initializing built-in extension LBX
(II) Initializing built-in extension XC-APPGROUP
(II) Initializing built-in extension SECURITY
(II) Initializing built-in extension XINERAMA
(II) Initializing built-in extension XFIXES
(II) Initializing built-in extension XFree86-Bigfont
(II) Initializing built-in extension RENDER
(II) Initializing built-in extension RANDR
(II) Initializing built-in extension COMPOSITE
(II) Initializing built-in extension DAMAGE
(II) Initializing built-in extension XEVIE
(II) Initializing extension GLX
(**) Option "CoreKeyboard"
(**) Generic Keyboard: Core Keyboard
(**) Option "Protocol" "standard"
(**) Generic Keyboard: Protocol: standard
(**) Option "AutoRepeat" "500 30"
(**) Option "XkbRules" "xorg"
(**) Generic Keyboard: XkbRules: "xorg"
(**) Option "XkbModel" "pc104"
(**) Generic Keyboard: XkbModel: "pc104"
(**) Option "XkbLayout" "us"
(**) Generic Keyboard: XkbLayout: "us"
(**) Option "CustomKeycodes" "off"
(**) Generic Keyboard: CustomKeycodes disabled
(**) Option "Protocol" "ImPS/2"
(**) Configured Mouse: Device: "/dev/input/mice"
(**) Configured Mouse: Protocol: "ImPS/2"
(**) Option "CorePointer"
(**) Configured Mouse: Core Pointer
(**) Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
(**) Option "Emulate3Buttons" "true"
(**) Configured Mouse: Emulate3Buttons, Emulate3Timeout: 50
(**) Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
(**) Configured Mouse: ZAxisMapping: buttons 4 and 5
(**) Configured Mouse: Buttons: 5
(II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "Configured Mouse" (type: MOUSE)
(II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "Generic Keyboard" (type: KEYBOARD)
(II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "NVIDIA Event Handler" (type: Other)
(II) Configured Mouse: ps2EnableDataReporting: succeeded
Warning: font renderer for ".pcf" already registered at priority 0
Warning: font renderer for ".pcf.Z" already registered at priority 0
Warning: font renderer for ".pcf.gz" already registered at priority 0
Warning: font renderer for ".snf" already registered at priority 0
Warning: font renderer for ".snf.Z" already registered at priority 0
Warning: font renderer for ".snf.gz" already registered at priority 0
Warning: font renderer for ".bdf" already registered at priority 0
Warning: font renderer for ".bdf.Z" already registered at priority 0
Warning: font renderer for ".bdf.gz" already registered at priority 0
Warning: font renderer for ".pmf" already registered at priority 0


I count 0 Errors, but 9 Warnings

Let's remove Option "NvAGP" "0":

sudo nano /etc/X11/xorg.conf

Make the part in red look like mine:

Section "Device"
Identifier "NVIDIA Corporation NV40 [GeForce 6200 TurboCache]"
Driver "nvidia"
BusID "PCI:1:0:0"
Option "RenderAccel" "Off"
Option "IgnoreDisplayDevices" "DFP,TV"
Option "NoRenderExtension" "Off"
Option "AllowGLXWithComposite" “Off”

EndSection

CTRL+O to save (yes, use the same name and overwrite the file)
CTRL+X to exit

Then log out and press CTRL+ALT+BACKSPACE

[Vlammend]

Unfortunatly, that also did not work.

My actions:

CTRL-ALT-F1
logging in
sudo /etc/init.d/gdm stop
copying the edited xorg.conf-file to make it the active one. (see below)
sudo /etc/init.d/gdm start
pressed reset button on computer
used recovery mode
copied the backup up xorg.conf back to make it active
exit


The file I tried:
# /etc/X11/xorg.conf (xorg X Window System server configuration file)
#
# This file was generated by dexconf, the Debian X Configuration tool, using
# values from the debconf database.
#
# Edit this file with caution, and see the /etc/X11/xorg.conf manual page.
# (Type "man /etc/X11/xorg.conf" at the shell prompt.)
#
# This file is automatically updated on xserver-xorg package upgrades *only*
# if it has not been modified since the last upgrade of the xserver-xorg
# package.
#
# If you have edited this file but would like it to be automatically updated
# again, run the following command:
# sudo dpkg-reconfigure -phigh xserver-xorg

Section "Files"
FontPath "/usr/share/X11/fonts/misc"
FontPath "/usr/share/X11/fonts/cyrillic"
FontPath "/usr/share/X11/fonts/100dpi/:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/share/X11/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/share/X11/fonts/Type1"
FontPath "/usr/share/X11/fonts/CID"
FontPath "/usr/share/X11/fonts/100dpi"
FontPath "/usr/share/X11/fonts/75dpi"
# paths to defoma fonts
FontPath "/var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/TrueType"
FontPath "/var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/CID"
EndSection

Section "Module"
# Load "GLcore"
Load "i2c"
Load "bitmap"
Load "ddc"
# Load "dri"
Load "extmod"
Load "freetype"
Load "glx"
Load "int10"
Load "type1"
Load "vbe"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Generic Keyboard"
Driver "kbd"
Option "CoreKeyboard"
Option "XkbRules" "xorg"
Option "XkbModel" "pc104"
Option "XkbLayout" "us"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Configured Mouse"
Driver "mouse"
Option "CorePointer"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
Option "Protocol" "ImPS/2"
Option "Emulate3Buttons" "true"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
EndSection

Section "Device"
Identifier "NVIDIA Corporation NV36 [GeForce FX 5700 Ultra]"
Driver "nvidia"
BusID "PCI:1:0:0"
# Option "NvAGP" "0"
Option "RenderAccel" "Off"
Option "IgnoreDisplayDevices" "DFP,TV"
Option "NoRenderExtension" "Off"
Option "AllowGLXWithComposite" "Off"

EndSection

Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Generic Monitor"
Option "DPMS"
HorizSync 30-65
VertRefresh 50-75
EndSection

Section "Screen"
Identifier "Default Screen"
Device "NVIDIA Corporation NV36 [GeForce FX 5700 Ultra]"
Monitor "Generic Monitor"
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Depth 1
Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 4
Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 8
Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 15
Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 16
Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "Default Layout"
Screen "Default Screen"
InputDevice "Generic Keyboard"
InputDevice "Configured Mouse"
EndSection

Section "DRI"
Mode 0666
EndSection

[tseliot]

Unfortunatly, that also did not work.

My actions:

CTRL-ALT-F1
logging in
sudo /etc/init.d/gdm stop
copying the edited xorg.conf-file to make it the active one. (see below)
sudo /etc/init.d/gdm start
pressed reset button on computer
used recovery mode
copied the backup up xorg.conf back to make it active
exit


The file I tried:
# /etc/X11/xorg.conf (xorg X Window System server configuration file)
#
# This file was generated by dexconf, the Debian X Configuration tool, using
# values from the debconf database.
#
# Edit this file with caution, and see the /etc/X11/xorg.conf manual page.
# (Type "man /etc/X11/xorg.conf" at the shell prompt.)
#
# This file is automatically updated on xserver-xorg package upgrades *only*
# if it has not been modified since the last upgrade of the xserver-xorg
# package.
#
# If you have edited this file but would like it to be automatically updated
# again, run the following command:
# sudo dpkg-reconfigure -phigh xserver-xorg

Section "Files"
FontPath "/usr/share/X11/fonts/misc"
FontPath "/usr/share/X11/fonts/cyrillic"
FontPath "/usr/share/X11/fonts/100dpi/:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/share/X11/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/share/X11/fonts/Type1"
FontPath "/usr/share/X11/fonts/CID"
FontPath "/usr/share/X11/fonts/100dpi"
FontPath "/usr/share/X11/fonts/75dpi"
# paths to defoma fonts
FontPath "/var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/TrueType"
FontPath "/var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/CID"
EndSection

Section "Module"
# Load "GLcore"
Load "i2c"
Load "bitmap"
Load "ddc"
# Load "dri"
Load "extmod"
Load "freetype"
Load "glx"
Load "int10"
Load "type1"
Load "vbe"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Generic Keyboard"
Driver "kbd"
Option "CoreKeyboard"
Option "XkbRules" "xorg"
Option "XkbModel" "pc104"
Option "XkbLayout" "us"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Configured Mouse"
Driver "mouse"
Option "CorePointer"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
Option "Protocol" "ImPS/2"
Option "Emulate3Buttons" "true"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
EndSection

Section "Device"
Identifier "NVIDIA Corporation NV36 [GeForce FX 5700 Ultra]"
Driver "nvidia"
BusID "PCI:1:0:0"
# Option "NvAGP" "0"
Option "RenderAccel" "Off"
Option "IgnoreDisplayDevices" "DFP,TV"
Option "NoRenderExtension" "Off"
Option "AllowGLXWithComposite" "Off"

EndSection

Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Generic Monitor"
Option "DPMS"
HorizSync 30-65
VertRefresh 50-75
EndSection

Section "Screen"
Identifier "Default Screen"
Device "NVIDIA Corporation NV36 [GeForce FX 5700 Ultra]"
Monitor "Generic Monitor"
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Depth 1
Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 4
Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 8
Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 15
Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 16
Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "Default Layout"
Screen "Default Screen"
InputDevice "Generic Keyboard"
InputDevice "Configured Mouse"
EndSection

Section "DRI"
Mode 0666
EndSection


Type:
rmmod nvidia
modprobe nvidia

log out
CTRL+ALT+BACKSPACE

[Vlammend]

Also this is not working, still the same fail.
for extra information, the computer is not really freezing, I only get no signal to my display anymore.

anyway:
modprobe -c|grep nv gives:
alias char-major-195* nvidia
alias char-major-195 nvidia
alias char-major-195-* nvidia
alias pci:v000010DEd*sv*sd*bc03sc00i00* nvidia
alias char-major-195-* nvidia
alias pci:v000010DEd*sv*sd*bc03sc00i00* nvidia
alias pci:v000010DEd00000228sv*sd*bc*sc*i* nvidiafb
alias pci:v000010DEd00000222sv*sd*bc*sc*i* nvidiafb
alias pci:v000010DEd00000221sv*sd*bc*sc*i* nvidiafb
alias pci:v000010DEd00000220sv*sd*bc*sc*i* nvidiafb
alias pci:v000010DEd0000021Esv*sd*bc*sc*i* nvidiafb
alias pci:v000010DEd0000021Dsv*sd*bc*sc*i* nvidiafb
alias pci:v000010DEd00000215sv*sd*bc*sc*i* nvidiafb
alias pci:v000010DEd00000212sv*sd*bc*sc*i* nvidiafb
alias pci:v000010DEd00000211sv*sd*bc*sc*i* nvidiafb
alias pci:v000010DEd00000210sv*sd*bc*sc*i* nvidiafb
alias pci:v000010DEd0000016Esv*sd*bc*sc*i* nvidiafb
alias pci:v000010DEd0000016Dsv*sd*bc*sc*i* nvidiafb
alias pci:v000010DEd0000016Csv*sd*bc*sc*i* nvidiafb
alias pci:v000010DEd0000016Bsv*sd*bc*sc*i* nvidiafb
alias pci:v000010DEd00000169sv*sd*bc*sc*i* nvidiafb
alias pci:v000010DEd00000168sv*sd*bc*sc*i* nvidiafb
alias pci:v000010DEd00000167sv*sd*bc*sc*i* nvidiafb
alias pci:v000010DEd00000166sv*sd*bc*sc*i* nvidiafb
alias pci:v000010DEd00000165sv*sd*bc*sc*i* nvidiafb
alias pci:v000010DEd00000164sv*sd*bc*sc*i* nvidiafb
alias pci:v000010DEd00000163sv*sd*bc*sc*i* nvidiafb
alias pci:v000010DEd00000162sv*sd*bc*sc*i* nvidiafb
alias pci:v000010DEd00000161sv*sd*bc*sc*i* nvidiafb
alias pci:v000010DEd00000160sv*sd*bc*sc*i* nvidiafb
alias pci:v000010DEd0000014Dsv*sd*bc*sc*i* nvidiafb
alias pci:v000010DEd0000014Csv*sd*bc*sc*i* nvidiafb
alias pci:v000010DEd0000014Bsv*sd*bc*sc*i* nvidiafb
alias pci:v000010DEd00000149sv*sd*bc*sc*i* nvidiafb
alias pci:v000010DEd00000148sv*sd*bc*sc*i* nvidiafb
alias pci:v000010DEd00000147sv*sd*bc*sc*i* nvidiafb
alias pci:v000010DEd00000146sv*sd*bc*sc*i* nvidiafb
alias pci:v000010DEd00000145sv*sd*bc*sc*i* nvidiafb
alias pci:v000010DEd00000144sv*sd*bc*sc*i* nvidiafb
alias pci:v000010DEd00000143sv*sd*bc*sc*i* nvidiafb
alias pci:v000010DEd00000142sv*sd*bc*sc*i* nvidiafb
alias pci:v000010DEd000000CEsv*sd*bc*sc*i* nvidiafb
alias pci:v000010DEd000000CDsv*sd*bc*sc*i* nvidiafb
alias pci:v000010DEd000000CCsv*sd*bc*sc*i* nvidiafb
alias pci:v000010DEd000000C9sv*sd*bc*sc*i* nvidiafb
alias pci:v000010DEd000000C8sv*sd*bc*sc*i* nvidiafb
alias pci:v000010DEd000000C2sv*sd*bc*sc*i* nvidiafb
alias pci:v000010DEd000000C1sv*sd*bc*sc*i* nvidiafb
alias pci:v000010DEd000000C0sv*sd*bc*sc*i* nvidiafb
alias pci:v000010DEd0000034Fsv*sd*bc*sc*i* nvidiafb
alias pci:v000010DEd0000034Bsv*sd*bc*sc*i* nvidiafb
alias pci:v000010DEd00000349sv*sd*bc*sc*i* nvidiafb
alias pci:v000010DEd00000345sv*sd*bc*sc*i* nvidiafb
alias pci:v000010DEd0000032Fsv*sd*bc*sc*i* nvidiafb
alias pci:v000010DEd00000329sv*sd*bc*sc*i* nvidiafb
alias pci:v000010DEd0000031Fsv*sd*bc*sc*i* nvidiafb
alias pci:v000010DEd0000031Esv*sd*bc*sc*i* nvidiafb
alias pci:v000010DEd0000031Dsv*sd*bc*sc*i* nvidiafb
alias pci:v000010DEd00000317sv*sd*bc*sc*i* nvidiafb
alias pci:v000010DEd00000316sv*sd*bc*sc*i* nvidiafb
alias pci:v000010DEd00000313sv*sd*bc*sc*i* nvidiafb
alias pci:v000010DEd00000252sv*sd*bc*sc*i* nvidiafb
alias pci:v000010DEd0000014Fsv*sd*bc*sc*i* nvidiafb
alias pci:v000010DEd0000014Esv*sd*bc*sc*i* nvidiafb
alias pci:v000010DEd00000145sv*sd*bc*sc*i* nvidiafb
alias pci:v000010DEd00000141sv*sd*bc*sc*i* nvidiafb
alias pci:v000010DEd00000140sv*sd*bc*sc*i* nvidiafb
alias pci:v000010DEd0000004Esv*sd*bc*sc*i* nvidiafb
alias pci:v000010DEd00000045sv*sd*bc*sc*i* nvidiafb
alias pci:v000010DEd00000042sv*sd*bc*sc*i* nvidiafb
alias pci:v000010DEd00000041sv*sd*bc*sc*i* nvidiafb
alias pci:v000010DEd00000040sv*sd*bc*sc*i* nvidiafb
alias pci:v000010DEd00000334sv*sd*bc*sc*i* nvidiafb
alias pci:v000010DEd0000033Fsv*sd*bc*sc*i* nvidiafb
alias pci:v000010DEd00000327sv*sd*bc*sc*i* nvidiafb
alias pci:v000010DEd00000326sv*sd*bc*sc*i* nvidiafb
alias pci:v000010DEd0000034Esv*sd*bc*sc*i* nvidiafb
alias pci:v000010DEd0000034Csv*sd*bc*sc*i* nvidiafb
alias pci:v000010DEd00000348sv*sd*bc*sc*i* nvidiafb
alias pci:v000010DEd00000347sv*sd*bc*sc*i* nvidiafb
alias pci:v000010DEd00000344sv*sd*bc*sc*i* nvidiafb
alias pci:v000010DEd00000343sv*sd*bc*sc*i* nvidiafb
alias pci:v000010DEd00000342sv*sd*bc*sc*i* nvidiafb
alias pci:v000010DEd00000341sv*sd*bc*sc*i* nvidiafb
alias pci:v000010DEd00000338sv*sd*bc*sc*i* nvidiafb
alias pci:v000010DEd00000333sv*sd*bc*sc*i* nvidiafb
alias pci:v000010DEd00000332sv*sd*bc*sc*i* nvidiafb
alias pci:v000010DEd00000331sv*sd*bc*sc*i* nvidiafb
alias pci:v000010DEd00000330sv*sd*bc*sc*i* nvidiafb
alias pci:v000010DEd0000032Dsv*sd*bc*sc*i* nvidiafb
alias pci:v000010DEd0000032Csv*sd*bc*sc*i* nvidiafb
alias pci:v000010DEd0000032Bsv*sd*bc*sc*i* nvidiafb
alias pci:v000010DEd0000032Asv*sd*bc*sc*i* nvidiafb
alias pci:v000010DEd00000329sv*sd*bc*sc*i* nvidiafb
alias pci:v000010DEd00000328sv*sd*bc*sc*i* nvidiafb
alias pci:v000010DEd00000325sv*sd*bc*sc*i* nvidiafb
alias pci:v000010DEd00000324sv*sd*bc*sc*i* nvidiafb
alias pci:v000010DEd00000323sv*sd*bc*sc*i* nvidiafb
alias pci:v000010DEd00000322sv*sd*bc*sc*i* nvidiafb
alias pci:v000010DEd00000321sv*sd*bc*sc*i* nvidiafb
alias pci:v000010DEd00000320sv*sd*bc*sc*i* nvidiafb
alias pci:v000010DEd0000031Csv*sd*bc*sc*i* nvidiafb
alias pci:v000010DEd0000031Bsv*sd*bc*sc*i* nvidiafb
alias pci:v000010DEd0000031Asv*sd*bc*sc*i* nvidiafb
alias pci:v000010DEd00000314sv*sd*bc*sc*i* nvidiafb
alias pci:v000010DEd00000312sv*sd*bc*sc*i* nvidiafb
alias pci:v000010DEd00000311sv*sd*bc*sc*i* nvidiafb
alias pci:v000010DEd00000309sv*sd*bc*sc*i* nvidiafb
alias pci:v000010DEd00000308sv*sd*bc*sc*i* nvidiafb
alias pci:v000010DEd00000302sv*sd*bc*sc*i* nvidiafb
alias pci:v000010DEd00000301sv*sd*bc*sc*i* nvidiafb
alias pci:v000010DEd0000028Csv*sd*bc*sc*i* nvidiafb
alias pci:v000010DEd00000289sv*sd*bc*sc*i* nvidiafb
alias pci:v000010DEd00000288sv*sd*bc*sc*i* nvidiafb
alias pci:v000010DEd00000286sv*sd*bc*sc*i* nvidiafb
alias pci:v000010DEd00000282sv*sd*bc*sc*i* nvidiafb
alias pci:v000010DEd00000281sv*sd*bc*sc*i* nvidiafb
alias pci:v000010DEd00000280sv*sd*bc*sc*i* nvidiafb
alias pci:v000010DEd0000025Bsv*sd*bc*sc*i* nvidiafb
alias pci:v000010DEd00000259sv*sd*bc*sc*i* nvidiafb
alias pci:v000010DEd00000258sv*sd*bc*sc*i* nvidiafb
alias pci:v000010DEd00000253sv*sd*bc*sc*i* nvidiafb
alias pci:v000010DEd00000251sv*sd*bc*sc*i* nvidiafb
alias pci:v000010DEd00000250sv*sd*bc*sc*i* nvidiafb
alias pci:v000010DEd00000203sv*sd*bc*sc*i* nvidiafb
alias pci:v000010DEd00000202sv*sd*bc*sc*i* nvidiafb
alias pci:v000010DEd00000201sv*sd*bc*sc*i* nvidiafb
alias pci:v000010DEd00000200sv*sd*bc*sc*i* nvidiafb
alias pci:v000010DEd000001A0sv*sd*bc*sc*i* nvidiafb
alias pci:v000010DEd0000018Bsv*sd*bc*sc*i* nvidiafb
alias pci:v000010DEd0000018Asv*sd*bc*sc*i* nvidiafb
alias pci:v000010DEd00000189sv*sd*bc*sc*i* nvidiafb
alias pci:v000010DEd00000188sv*sd*bc*sc*i* nvidiafb
alias pci:v000010DEd00000187sv*sd*bc*sc*i* nvidiafb
alias pci:v000010DEd00000186sv*sd*bc*sc*i* nvidiafb
alias pci:v000010DEd00000183sv*sd*bc*sc*i* nvidiafb
alias pci:v000010DEd00000182sv*sd*bc*sc*i* nvidiafb
alias pci:v000010DEd00000181sv*sd*bc*sc*i* nvidiafb
alias pci:v000010DEd0000017Dsv*sd*bc*sc*i* nvidiafb
alias pci:v000010DEd0000017Csv*sd*bc*sc*i* nvidiafb
alias pci:v000010DEd0000017Bsv*sd*bc*sc*i* nvidiafb
alias pci:v000010DEd0000017Asv*sd*bc*sc*i* nvidiafb
alias pci:v000010DEd00000179sv*sd*bc*sc*i* nvidiafb
alias pci:v000010DEd00000178sv*sd*bc*sc*i* nvidiafb
alias pci:v000010DEd00000176sv*sd*bc*sc*i* nvidiafb
alias pci:v000010DEd00000177sv*sd*bc*sc*i* nvidiafb
alias pci:v000010DEd00000175sv*sd*bc*sc*i* nvidiafb
alias pci:v000010DEd00000174sv*sd*bc*sc*i* nvidiafb
alias pci:v000010DEd00000173sv*sd*bc*sc*i* nvidiafb
alias pci:v000010DEd00000172sv*sd*bc*sc*i* nvidiafb
alias pci:v000010DEd00000171sv*sd*bc*sc*i* nvidiafb
alias pci:v000010DEd00000170sv*sd*bc*sc*i* nvidiafb
alias pci:v000010DEd00000153sv*sd*bc*sc*i* nvidiafb
alias pci:v000010DEd00000152sv*sd*bc*sc*i* nvidiafb
alias pci:v000010DEd00000151sv*sd*bc*sc*i* nvidiafb
alias pci:v000010DEd00000150sv*sd*bc*sc*i* nvidiafb
alias pci:v000010DEd00000113sv*sd*bc*sc*i* nvidiafb
alias pci:v000010DEd00000112sv*sd*bc*sc*i* nvidiafb
alias pci:v000010DEd00000111sv*sd*bc*sc*i* nvidiafb
alias pci:v000010DEd00000110sv*sd*bc*sc*i* nvidiafb
alias pci:v000010DEd00000103sv*sd*bc*sc*i* nvidiafb
alias pci:v000010DEd00000101sv*sd*bc*sc*i* nvidiafb
alias pci:v000010DEd00000100sv*sd*bc*sc*i* nvidiafb
alias pci:v000010DEd000000A0sv*sd*bc*sc*i* nvidiafb
alias pci:v000010DEd0000002Dsv*sd*bc*sc*i* nvidiafb
alias pci:v000010DEd0000002Csv*sd*bc*sc*i* nvidiafb
alias pci:v000010DEd0000002Asv*sd*bc*sc*i* nvidiafb
alias pci:v000010DEd00000029sv*sd*bc*sc*i* nvidiafb
alias pci:v000010DEd00000028sv*sd*bc*sc*i* nvidiafb
alias pci:v000010DEd00000020sv*sd*bc*sc*i* nvidiafb
alias pci:v000010DEd*sv*sd*bc01sc01i* sata_nv
alias pci:v000010DEd0000003Esv*sd*bc*sc*i* sata_nv
alias pci:v000010DEd00000036sv*sd*bc*sc*i* sata_nv
alias pci:v000010DEd00000055sv*sd*bc*sc*i* sata_nv
alias pci:v000010DEd00000054sv*sd*bc*sc*i* sata_nv
alias pci:v000010DEd000000EEsv*sd*bc*sc*i* sata_nv
alias pci:v000010DEd000000E3sv*sd*bc*sc*i* sata_nv
alias pci:v000010DEd0000008Esv*sd*bc*sc*i* sata_nv
alias char-major-10-144 nvram
alias symbol:journal_invalidatepage jbd
alias symbol:nvram_check_checksum nvram
alias symbol:__nvram_set_checksum nvram
alias symbol:__nvram_check_checksum nvram
alias symbol:nvram_read_byte nvram
alias symbol:invert_tuplepr ip_conntrack
alias symbol:__nvram_write_byte nvram
alias symbol:icmpv6_err_convert ipv6
alias symbol:nvram_write_byte nvram
alias symbol:ip_ct_log_invalid ip_conntrack
alias symbol:__nvram_read_byte nvram
alias symbol:nvram_set_checksum nvram

[tseliot]

Also this is not working, still the same fail.
for extra information, the computer is not really freezing, I only get no signal to my display anymore.

anyway:
modprobe -c|grep nv gives:
alias char-major-195* nvidia
alias char-major-195 nvidia
alias char-major-195-* nvidia
alias pci:v000010DEd*sv*sd*bc03sc00i00* nvidia
alias char-major-195-* nvidia
alias pci:v000010DEd*sv*sd*bc03sc00i00* nvidia
alias pci:v000010DEd00000228sv*sd*bc*sc*i* nvidiafb
alias pci:v000010DEd00000222sv*sd*bc*sc*i* nvidiafb
alias pci:v000010DEd00000221sv*sd*bc*sc*i* nvidiafb
alias pci:v000010DEd00000220sv*sd*bc*sc*i* nvidiafb
alias pci:v000010DEd0000021Esv*sd*bc*sc*i* nvidiafb
alias pci:v000010DEd0000021Dsv*sd*bc*sc*i* nvidiafb
alias pci:v000010DEd00000215sv*sd*bc*sc*i* nvidiafb
alias pci:v000010DEd00000212sv*sd*bc*sc*i* nvidiafb
alias pci:v000010DEd00000211sv*sd*bc*sc*i* nvidiafb
alias pci:v000010DEd00000210sv*sd*bc*sc*i* nvidiafb
alias pci:v000010DEd0000016Esv*sd*bc*sc*i* nvidiafb
alias pci:v000010DEd0000016Dsv*sd*bc*sc*i* nvidiafb
alias pci:v000010DEd0000016Csv*sd*bc*sc*i* nvidiafb
alias pci:v000010DEd0000016Bsv*sd*bc*sc*i* nvidiafb
alias pci:v000010DEd00000169sv*sd*bc*sc*i* nvidiafb
alias pci:v000010DEd00000168sv*sd*bc*sc*i* nvidiafb
alias pci:v000010DEd00000167sv*sd*bc*sc*i* nvidiafb
alias pci:v000010DEd00000166sv*sd*bc*sc*i* nvidiafb
alias pci:v000010DEd00000165sv*sd*bc*sc*i* nvidiafb
alias pci:v000010DEd00000164sv*sd*bc*sc*i* nvidiafb
alias pci:v000010DEd00000163sv*sd*bc*sc*i* nvidiafb
alias pci:v000010DEd00000162sv*sd*bc*sc*i* nvidiafb
alias pci:v000010DEd00000161sv*sd*bc*sc*i* nvidiafb
alias pci:v000010DEd00000160sv*sd*bc*sc*i* nvidiafb
alias pci:v000010DEd0000014Dsv*sd*bc*sc*i* nvidiafb
alias pci:v000010DEd0000014Csv*sd*bc*sc*i* nvidiafb
alias pci:v000010DEd0000014Bsv*sd*bc*sc*i* nvidiafb
alias pci:v000010DEd00000149sv*sd*bc*sc*i* nvidiafb
alias pci:v000010DEd00000148sv*sd*bc*sc*i* nvidiafb
alias pci:v000010DEd00000147sv*sd*bc*sc*i* nvidiafb
alias pci:v000010DEd00000146sv*sd*bc*sc*i* nvidiafb
alias pci:v000010DEd00000145sv*sd*bc*sc*i* nvidiafb
alias pci:v000010DEd00000144sv*sd*bc*sc*i* nvidiafb
alias pci:v000010DEd00000143sv*sd*bc*sc*i* nvidiafb
alias pci:v000010DEd00000142sv*sd*bc*sc*i* nvidiafb
alias pci:v000010DEd000000CEsv*sd*bc*sc*i* nvidiafb
alias pci:v000010DEd000000CDsv*sd*bc*sc*i* nvidiafb
alias pci:v000010DEd000000CCsv*sd*bc*sc*i* nvidiafb
alias pci:v000010DEd000000C9sv*sd*bc*sc*i* nvidiafb
alias pci:v000010DEd000000C8sv*sd*bc*sc*i* nvidiafb
alias pci:v000010DEd000000C2sv*sd*bc*sc*i* nvidiafb
alias pci:v000010DEd000000C1sv*sd*bc*sc*i* nvidiafb
alias pci:v000010DEd000000C0sv*sd*bc*sc*i* nvidiafb
alias pci:v000010DEd0000034Fsv*sd*bc*sc*i* nvidiafb
alias pci:v000010DEd0000034Bsv*sd*bc*sc*i* nvidiafb
alias pci:v000010DEd00000349sv*sd*bc*sc*i* nvidiafb
alias pci:v000010DEd00000345sv*sd*bc*sc*i* nvidiafb
alias pci:v000010DEd0000032Fsv*sd*bc*sc*i* nvidiafb
alias pci:v000010DEd00000329sv*sd*bc*sc*i* nvidiafb
alias pci:v000010DEd0000031Fsv*sd*bc*sc*i* nvidiafb
alias pci:v000010DEd0000031Esv*sd*bc*sc*i* nvidiafb
alias pci:v000010DEd0000031Dsv*sd*bc*sc*i* nvidiafb
alias pci:v000010DEd00000317sv*sd*bc*sc*i* nvidiafb
alias pci:v000010DEd00000316sv*sd*bc*sc*i* nvidiafb
alias pci:v000010DEd00000313sv*sd*bc*sc*i* nvidiafb
alias pci:v000010DEd00000252sv*sd*bc*sc*i* nvidiafb
alias pci:v000010DEd0000014Fsv*sd*bc*sc*i* nvidiafb
alias pci:v000010DEd0000014Esv*sd*bc*sc*i* nvidiafb
alias pci:v000010DEd00000145sv*sd*bc*sc*i* nvidiafb
alias pci:v000010DEd00000141sv*sd*bc*sc*i* nvidiafb
alias pci:v000010DEd00000140sv*sd*bc*sc*i* nvidiafb
alias pci:v000010DEd0000004Esv*sd*bc*sc*i* nvidiafb
alias pci:v000010DEd00000045sv*sd*bc*sc*i* nvidiafb
alias pci:v000010DEd00000042sv*sd*bc*sc*i* nvidiafb
alias pci:v000010DEd00000041sv*sd*bc*sc*i* nvidiafb
alias pci:v000010DEd00000040sv*sd*bc*sc*i* nvidiafb
alias pci:v000010DEd00000334sv*sd*bc*sc*i* nvidiafb
alias pci:v000010DEd0000033Fsv*sd*bc*sc*i* nvidiafb
alias pci:v000010DEd00000327sv*sd*bc*sc*i* nvidiafb
alias pci:v000010DEd00000326sv*sd*bc*sc*i* nvidiafb
alias pci:v000010DEd0000034Esv*sd*bc*sc*i* nvidiafb
alias pci:v000010DEd0000034Csv*sd*bc*sc*i* nvidiafb
alias pci:v000010DEd00000348sv*sd*bc*sc*i* nvidiafb
alias pci:v000010DEd00000347sv*sd*bc*sc*i* nvidiafb
alias pci:v000010DEd00000344sv*sd*bc*sc*i* nvidiafb
alias pci:v000010DEd00000343sv*sd*bc*sc*i* nvidiafb
alias pci:v000010DEd00000342sv*sd*bc*sc*i* nvidiafb
alias pci:v000010DEd00000341sv*sd*bc*sc*i* nvidiafb
alias pci:v000010DEd00000338sv*sd*bc*sc*i* nvidiafb
alias pci:v000010DEd00000333sv*sd*bc*sc*i* nvidiafb
alias pci:v000010DEd00000332sv*sd*bc*sc*i* nvidiafb
alias pci:v000010DEd00000331sv*sd*bc*sc*i* nvidiafb
alias pci:v000010DEd00000330sv*sd*bc*sc*i* nvidiafb
alias pci:v000010DEd0000032Dsv*sd*bc*sc*i* nvidiafb
alias pci:v000010DEd0000032Csv*sd*bc*sc*i* nvidiafb
alias pci:v000010DEd0000032Bsv*sd*bc*sc*i* nvidiafb
alias pci:v000010DEd0000032Asv*sd*bc*sc*i* nvidiafb
alias pci:v000010DEd00000329sv*sd*bc*sc*i* nvidiafb
alias pci:v000010DEd00000328sv*sd*bc*sc*i* nvidiafb
alias pci:v000010DEd00000325sv*sd*bc*sc*i* nvidiafb
alias pci:v000010DEd00000324sv*sd*bc*sc*i* nvidiafb
alias pci:v000010DEd00000323sv*sd*bc*sc*i* nvidiafb
alias pci:v000010DEd00000322sv*sd*bc*sc*i* nvidiafb
alias pci:v000010DEd00000321sv*sd*bc*sc*i* nvidiafb
alias pci:v000010DEd00000320sv*sd*bc*sc*i* nvidiafb
alias pci:v000010DEd0000031Csv*sd*bc*sc*i* nvidiafb
alias pci:v000010DEd0000031Bsv*sd*bc*sc*i* nvidiafb
alias pci:v000010DEd0000031Asv*sd*bc*sc*i* nvidiafb
alias pci:v000010DEd00000314sv*sd*bc*sc*i* nvidiafb
alias pci:v000010DEd00000312sv*sd*bc*sc*i* nvidiafb
alias pci:v000010DEd00000311sv*sd*bc*sc*i* nvidiafb
alias pci:v000010DEd00000309sv*sd*bc*sc*i* nvidiafb
alias pci:v000010DEd00000308sv*sd*bc*sc*i* nvidiafb
alias pci:v000010DEd00000302sv*sd*bc*sc*i* nvidiafb
alias pci:v000010DEd00000301sv*sd*bc*sc*i* nvidiafb
alias pci:v000010DEd0000028Csv*sd*bc*sc*i* nvidiafb
alias pci:v000010DEd00000289sv*sd*bc*sc*i* nvidiafb
alias pci:v000010DEd00000288sv*sd*bc*sc*i* nvidiafb
alias pci:v000010DEd00000286sv*sd*bc*sc*i* nvidiafb
alias pci:v000010DEd00000282sv*sd*bc*sc*i* nvidiafb
alias pci:v000010DEd00000281sv*sd*bc*sc*i* nvidiafb
alias pci:v000010DEd00000280sv*sd*bc*sc*i* nvidiafb
alias pci:v000010DEd0000025Bsv*sd*bc*sc*i* nvidiafb
alias pci:v000010DEd00000259sv*sd*bc*sc*i* nvidiafb
alias pci:v000010DEd00000258sv*sd*bc*sc*i* nvidiafb
alias pci:v000010DEd00000253sv*sd*bc*sc*i* nvidiafb
alias pci:v000010DEd00000251sv*sd*bc*sc*i* nvidiafb
alias pci:v000010DEd00000250sv*sd*bc*sc*i* nvidiafb
alias pci:v000010DEd00000203sv*sd*bc*sc*i* nvidiafb
alias pci:v000010DEd00000202sv*sd*bc*sc*i* nvidiafb
alias pci:v000010DEd00000201sv*sd*bc*sc*i* nvidiafb
alias pci:v000010DEd00000200sv*sd*bc*sc*i* nvidiafb
alias pci:v000010DEd000001A0sv*sd*bc*sc*i* nvidiafb
alias pci:v000010DEd0000018Bsv*sd*bc*sc*i* nvidiafb
alias pci:v000010DEd0000018Asv*sd*bc*sc*i* nvidiafb
alias pci:v000010DEd00000189sv*sd*bc*sc*i* nvidiafb
alias pci:v000010DEd00000188sv*sd*bc*sc*i* nvidiafb
alias pci:v000010DEd00000187sv*sd*bc*sc*i* nvidiafb
alias pci:v000010DEd00000186sv*sd*bc*sc*i* nvidiafb
alias pci:v000010DEd00000183sv*sd*bc*sc*i* nvidiafb
alias pci:v000010DEd00000182sv*sd*bc*sc*i* nvidiafb
alias pci:v000010DEd00000181sv*sd*bc*sc*i* nvidiafb
alias pci:v000010DEd0000017Dsv*sd*bc*sc*i* nvidiafb
alias pci:v000010DEd0000017Csv*sd*bc*sc*i* nvidiafb
alias pci:v000010DEd0000017Bsv*sd*bc*sc*i* nvidiafb
alias pci:v000010DEd0000017Asv*sd*bc*sc*i* nvidiafb
alias pci:v000010DEd00000179sv*sd*bc*sc*i* nvidiafb
alias pci:v000010DEd00000178sv*sd*bc*sc*i* nvidiafb
alias pci:v000010DEd00000176sv*sd*bc*sc*i* nvidiafb
alias pci:v000010DEd00000177sv*sd*bc*sc*i* nvidiafb
alias pci:v000010DEd00000175sv*sd*bc*sc*i* nvidiafb
alias pci:v000010DEd00000174sv*sd*bc*sc*i* nvidiafb
alias pci:v000010DEd00000173sv*sd*bc*sc*i* nvidiafb
alias pci:v000010DEd00000172sv*sd*bc*sc*i* nvidiafb
alias pci:v000010DEd00000171sv*sd*bc*sc*i* nvidiafb
alias pci:v000010DEd00000170sv*sd*bc*sc*i* nvidiafb
alias pci:v000010DEd00000153sv*sd*bc*sc*i* nvidiafb
alias pci:v000010DEd00000152sv*sd*bc*sc*i* nvidiafb
alias pci:v000010DEd00000151sv*sd*bc*sc*i* nvidiafb
alias pci:v000010DEd00000150sv*sd*bc*sc*i* nvidiafb
alias pci:v000010DEd00000113sv*sd*bc*sc*i* nvidiafb
alias pci:v000010DEd00000112sv*sd*bc*sc*i* nvidiafb
alias pci:v000010DEd00000111sv*sd*bc*sc*i* nvidiafb
alias pci:v000010DEd00000110sv*sd*bc*sc*i* nvidiafb
alias pci:v000010DEd00000103sv*sd*bc*sc*i* nvidiafb
alias pci:v000010DEd00000101sv*sd*bc*sc*i* nvidiafb
alias pci:v000010DEd00000100sv*sd*bc*sc*i* nvidiafb
alias pci:v000010DEd000000A0sv*sd*bc*sc*i* nvidiafb
alias pci:v000010DEd0000002Dsv*sd*bc*sc*i* nvidiafb
alias pci:v000010DEd0000002Csv*sd*bc*sc*i* nvidiafb
alias pci:v000010DEd0000002Asv*sd*bc*sc*i* nvidiafb
alias pci:v000010DEd00000029sv*sd*bc*sc*i* nvidiafb
alias pci:v000010DEd00000028sv*sd*bc*sc*i* nvidiafb
alias pci:v000010DEd00000020sv*sd*bc*sc*i* nvidiafb
alias pci:v000010DEd*sv*sd*bc01sc01i* sata_nv
alias pci:v000010DEd0000003Esv*sd*bc*sc*i* sata_nv
alias pci:v000010DEd00000036sv*sd*bc*sc*i* sata_nv
alias pci:v000010DEd00000055sv*sd*bc*sc*i* sata_nv
alias pci:v000010DEd00000054sv*sd*bc*sc*i* sata_nv
alias pci:v000010DEd000000EEsv*sd*bc*sc*i* sata_nv
alias pci:v000010DEd000000E3sv*sd*bc*sc*i* sata_nv
alias pci:v000010DEd0000008Esv*sd*bc*sc*i* sata_nv
alias char-major-10-144 nvram
alias symbol:journal_invalidatepage jbd
alias symbol:nvram_check_checksum nvram
alias symbol:__nvram_set_checksum nvram
alias symbol:__nvram_check_checksum nvram
alias symbol:nvram_read_byte nvram
alias symbol:invert_tuplepr ip_conntrack
alias symbol:__nvram_write_byte nvram
alias symbol:icmpv6_err_convert ipv6
alias symbol:nvram_write_byte nvram
alias symbol:ip_ct_log_invalid ip_conntrack
alias symbol:__nvram_read_byte nvram
alias symbol:nvram_set_checksum nvram

There are several users who have problems with the nvidia drivers. They all have a geforce 5700. I don't know what the problem can be.

You should ask in the Unofficial nvidia forums (you can find the link in my guide). The nvidia staff will answer you there.

[PenguinZdravko]

Turn on your computer and keep pressing ESC until the GRUB menu shows up.

Select "Recovery Mode"

It will boot to the command line

then try this:
Etc.

Not working for me. :( It says, that I should configure X.org and then restart GDM. Any other suggestion?

[tseliot]

Not working for me. :( It says, that I should configure X.org and then restart GDM. Any other suggestion?

set the driver to "nv" as before.

then restart your computer (the graphical interface should work).

Then use Method 2 of the guide and tell me if you have any problems (use driver 7667)

[oofnik]

There are several users who have problems with the nvidia drivers. They all have a geforce 5700. I don't know what the problem can be.

You should ask in the Unofficial nvidia forums (you can find the link in my guide). The nvidia staff will answer you there.
Yeah, I'm one of them. Geforce FX 5700 ultra. I can't restart the server or anything without my whole system freezing up. Ctrl+Alt+F1 and Ctrl+Alt+Backspace gives me a hard crash and I have to reset. Something interesting I've noticed, however, is that whenever I try to shut down the X server, (also by # /etc/init.d/gdm restart), the fan on the GPU stops spinning! I have never seen it do that before. Maybe the driver is passing something to the GPU to shut down or something? Very strange.
It really bugs me though because this worked in Hoary. I don't understand why it won't in Breezy... very frustrating :mad:
If anyone finds a fix please post!

[PenguinZdravko]

set the driver to "nv" as before.

then restart your computer (the graphical interface should work).

Then use Method 2 of the guide and tell me if you have any problems (use driver 7667)
Nevermind. I should stay with the nv drivers, and my screen should be too on right, and I won't have 3D-acceleration.

[wadeall]

How do I get twinhead functionality with an nvidia 6600GT card?

I've successfully ised method 1 to install the basic drivers fro my nvidia card, but I'd like to attach both my monitor and my LCD TV to my twinhead card. As things stand there doesn't seem to be an option to do this.

Is it possible to get dual outpiut (I had it set up under Windows and if so how?

My computer is running an Athlon XP 2600+ chip if this is relevant.

Thanks for any advice.

Wade

[tseliot]

How do I get twinhead functionality with an nvidia 6600GT card?

I've successfully ised method 1 to install the basic drivers fro my nvidia card, but I'd like to attach both my monitor and my LCD TV to my twinhead card. As things stand there doesn't seem to be an option to do this.

Is it possible to get dual outpiut (I had it set up under Windows and if so how?

My computer is running an Athlon XP 2600+ chip if this is relevant.

Thanks for any advice.

Wade
Have a look at this guide: HOWTO: TwinView (http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=85769)

[tseliot]

Yeah, I'm one of them. Geforce FX 5700 ultra. I can't restart the server or anything without my whole system freezing up. Ctrl+Alt+F1 and Ctrl+Alt+Backspace gives me a hard crash and I have to reset. Something interesting I've noticed, however, is that whenever I try to shut down the X server, (also by # /etc/init.d/gdm restart), the fan on the GPU stops spinning! I have never seen it do that before. Maybe the driver is passing something to the GPU to shut down or something? Very strange.
It really bugs me though because this worked in Hoary. I don't understand why it won't in Breezy... very frustrating :mad:
If anyone finds a fix please post!
Could you or ANYBODY with a Geforce 5700 do me a favour, please?

1) Download PCLinux with the embedded nvidia drivers: http://pclinuxos.ethz.ch/mirror/pclinuxos/live-cd/english/preview/pclinuxos-p92-nvidia7676.iso

2) Burn it on a cd and see if that drivers give you any problems (it's a LIVECD so you don't have to install it).

3) Post the results here

It might help me to understand what the problem is (unfortunately I haven't got a 5700)

[PenguinZdravko]

What the!? Why when I try to remove nvidia-kernel-common with Synaptic it tries to remove linux-386, linux-restricted-modules-386, linux-restricted-modules-2.6.12-9-386 and tries to install linux-image-2.6.12-10-386?

[tseliot]

What the!? Why when I try to remove nvidia-kernel-common with Synaptic it tries to remove linux-386, linux-restricted-modules-386, linux-restricted-modules-2.6.12-9-386 and tries to install linux-image-2.6.12-10-386?
Because linux-386 encompasses all those things. If you install linux-image-2.6.12-10-386 you will have a kernel to boot in. I don't think it's dangerous.

[chris_pmf]

Hello,

after searching so long, I have to ask your guys.

I switched from SuSE 9.2 to Kubuntu Breezy ... UT2004 works in SuSE just fine but in Breezy I only get < 20 FPS !

Here are some outputs (hope this will help):

PS: glxgears doesn't output any text (FPS Infos), even not after some minutes!

$ cat /proc/driver/nvidia/agp/card
Fast Writes: Supported
SBA: Supported
AGP Rates: 8x 4x
Registers: 0xff000e1b:0x1f004302
$ cat /proc/driver/nvidia/agp/status
Status: Disabled

AGP initialization failed, please check the ouput
of the 'dmesg' command and/or your system log file
for additional information on this problem.
$ cat /proc/driver/nvidia/registry
VideoMemoryTypeOverride: 1
EnableVia4x: 0
EnableALiAGP: 0
NvAGP: 3
ReqAGPRate: 7
EnableAGPSBA: 0
EnableAGPFW: 0
SoftEDIDs: 1
Mobile: 4294967295
ResmanDebugLevel: 4294967295
FlatPanelMode: 0
DevicesConnected: 0
VideoEnhancement: 0
RmLogonRC: 1
ModifyDeviceFiles: 1
DeviceFileUID: 0
DeviceFileGID: 0
DeviceFileMode: 438

Section "Module"
# Load "GLcore"
Load "i2c"
Load "bitmap"
Load "dbe"
Load "ddc"
# Load "dri"
Load "extmod"
Load "freetype"
Load "glx"
#Load "speedo"
Load "v4l"
Load "int10"
Load "type1"
Load "vbe"
EndSection

Section "Device"
Identifier "NVIDIA Corporation NV40 [GeForce 6800 GT]"
Driver "nvidia"
BusID "PCI:2:0:0"
Option "Rotate" "off"
Option "NvAgp" "1"
Option "RenderAccel" "true"
EndSection
$ glxinfo |grep render
direct rendering: Yes
OpenGL renderer string: GeForce 6800 GT/PCI/SSE/3DNOW!
GL_NVX_conditional_render, GL_SGIS_generate_mipmap, GL_SGIS_texture_lod,

[Haku]

I followed the guide on the first post, and was able to get the 7676 drivers installed no problems on 2.6.12-10-386 kernel.

Problem is that if you install the K7-SMP kernel (I have a dual core proc), it installs the nvidia kernel common 7667 files. Even if I reinstall the 7676 drivers on the K7-SMP kernel it never starts up X / GDM and makes a reference to 7667 somehwere. If I try to remove the 7667-Kernel-Common files it says it will have to uninstall the K7-SMP kernel too from Synaptic. Seems they are all tied together.

Any way around this?

[tseliot]

Hello,

after searching so long, I have to ask your guys.

I switched from SuSE 9.2 to Kubuntu Breezy ... UT2004 works in SuSE just fine but in Breezy I only get < 20 FPS !

Here are some outputs (hope this will help):

PS: glxgears doesn't output any text (FPS Infos), even not after some minutes!

$ cat /proc/driver/nvidia/agp/card
Fast Writes: Supported
SBA: Supported
AGP Rates: 8x 4x
Registers: 0xff000e1b:0x1f004302
$ cat /proc/driver/nvidia/agp/status
Status: Disabled

AGP initialization failed, please check the ouput
of the 'dmesg' command and/or your system log file
for additional information on this problem.
$ cat /proc/driver/nvidia/registry
VideoMemoryTypeOverride: 1
EnableVia4x: 0
EnableALiAGP: 0
NvAGP: 3
ReqAGPRate: 7
EnableAGPSBA: 0
EnableAGPFW: 0
SoftEDIDs: 1
Mobile: 4294967295
ResmanDebugLevel: 4294967295
FlatPanelMode: 0
DevicesConnected: 0
VideoEnhancement: 0
RmLogonRC: 1
ModifyDeviceFiles: 1
DeviceFileUID: 0
DeviceFileGID: 0
DeviceFileMode: 438

Section "Module"
# Load "GLcore"
Load "i2c"
Load "bitmap"
Load "dbe"
Load "ddc"
# Load "dri"
Load "extmod"
Load "freetype"
Load "glx"
#Load "speedo"
Load "v4l"
Load "int10"
Load "type1"
Load "vbe"
EndSection

Section "Device"
Identifier "NVIDIA Corporation NV40 [GeForce 6800 GT]"
Driver "nvidia"
BusID "PCI:2:0:0"
Option "Rotate" "off"
Option "NvAgp" "1"
Option "RenderAccel" "true"
EndSection
$ glxinfo |grep render
direct rendering: Yes
OpenGL renderer string: GeForce 6800 GT/PCI/SSE/3DNOW!
GL_NVX_conditional_render, GL_SGIS_generate_mipmap, GL_SGIS_texture_lod,
1) Which of my methods did you follow to install the drivers?
2) Where did you find these options?
Driver "nvidia"
BusID "PCI:2:0:0"
Option "Rotate" "off"
Option "NvAgp" "1"
Option "RenderAccel" "true"
EndSection
3) And why did you put them in your xorg.conf?

[tseliot]

I followed the guide on the first post, and was able to get the 7676 drivers installed no problems on 2.6.12-10-386 kernel.

Problem is that if you install the K7-SMP kernel (I have a dual core proc), it installs the nvidia kernel common 7667 files. Even if I reinstall the 7676 drivers on the K7-SMP kernel it never starts up X / GDM and makes a reference to 7667 somehwere. If I try to remove the 7667-Kernel-Common files it says it will have to uninstall the K7-SMP kernel too from Synaptic. Seems they are all tied together.

Any way around this?
Mark the 7667-Kernel-Common files for removal (don't you worry if it removes something) and mark "linux-2.6.12-10-k7-smp" for installation in synaptic.
Then click on "Appy"

Restart your computer
Install the drivers and it should work.

[chris_pmf]

1) Which of my methods did you follow to install the drivers?
I followed method 3
2) Where did you find these options?in my old SuSE xorg.conf
3) And why did you put them in your xorg.conf?just because it doesn't worked.

I will try now method 2 (with the default k7 kernel), maybe this works :(

[tseliot]

I followed method 3
in my old SuSE xorg.conf
just because it doesn't worked.

I will try now method 2 (with the default k7 kernel), maybe this works :(
What driver version did you install?
Some people have had your problems with 7676

[oofnik]

Could you or ANYBODY with a Geforce 5700 do me a favour, please?

1) Download PCLinux with the embedded nvidia drivers: http://pclinuxos.ethz.ch/mirror/pclinuxos/live-cd/english/preview/pclinuxos-p92-nvidia7676.iso

2) Burn it on a cd and see if that drivers give you any problems (it's a LIVECD so you don't have to install it).

3) Post the results here

It might help me to understand what the problem is (unfortunately I haven't got a 5700)

I'm downloading it now. What should I do once I have it running? Try to kill X or what?
Also, I'm running kernel 2.6.12-10-686-smp, if that makes a difference. I will try to boot into the default 386 kernel after the download is done and see if X still crashes.
I've been looking through the Nvidia forums for answers and I've found a few cases of the same exact thing happening: The X server dies and locks up the system and turns the GPU fan off when it is shut down or switched to console mode. It's almost like the system cuts power to the AGP port.. I will try the option of NvAGP "1" and see if it makes a difference.
Ah, so many things to try..

[chris_pmf]

What driver version did you install?
Some people have had your problems with 7676
I used the ubuntu package nvidia-glx, so it was version 7667

I'm currently waiting for make (kernel), without that the nvidia-installer doesn't work :confused:

[chris_pmf]

Ok this doesn't work too :(

Any idea why just useing the nvidia-glx package doesn't work?

Update:

I tryed nvidia-glx again, and it works mostly ...

Doom3 gives me ~ 20 FPS, thats not so good like with SuSE, but maybe you can tweak this? ;)

The output of the status-file changed to this :?
$ cat /proc/driver/nvidia/agp/status
Status: Disabled
and for "card" to this:
$ cat /proc/driver/nvidia/agp/card
Fast Writes: Supported
SBA: Supported
AGP Rates: 8x 4x
Registers: 0xff000e1b:0x00000000

PS: glxgears now gives me this:
$ glxgears -printfps
49816 frames in 5.0 seconds = 9963.124 FPS
52031 frames in 5.0 seconds = 10406.186 FPS
52003 frames in 5.0 seconds = 10400.596 FPS
(I missed the -printfps parameter last time)

[tseliot]

I'm downloading it now. What should I do once I have it running? Try to kill X or what?
Also, I'm running kernel 2.6.12-10-686-smp, if that makes a difference. I will try to boot into the default 386 kernel after the download is done and see if X still crashes.
I've been looking through the Nvidia forums for answers and I've found a few cases of the same exact thing happening: The X server dies and locks up the system and turns the GPU fan off when it is shut down or switched to console mode. It's almost like the system cuts power to the AGP port.. I will try the option of NvAGP "1" and see if it makes a difference.
Ah, so many things to try..
If you can use the graphical interface it's fine. Try to spend some time, for example surfing the internet, so as to see if the xserver works properly with the nvidia drivers.
Then report to me.

[tseliot]

Ok this doesn't work too :(

Any idea why just useing the nvidia-glx package doesn't work?
I think that using the nvidia-glx package is ok.

You should ask the unofficial nvidia forum so as to solve the problem with the agp acceleration ("AGP initialization failed") (you can find the link in the guide)

[chris_pmf]

I think that using the nvidia-glx package is ok.yeah ... ^^ edited above ;)

dmesg output this:
$ dmesg |grep agp
[4294696.053000] Linux agpgart interface v0.101 (c) Dave Jones
[4294703.613000] agpgart: Detected NVIDIA nForce2 chipset
[4294703.636000] agpgart: AGP aperture is 128M @ 0xd0000000
^^ is this ok?

[tseliot]

yeah ... ^^ edited above ;)

dmesg output this:
$ dmesg |grep agp
[4294696.053000] Linux agpgart interface v0.101 (c) Dave Jones
[4294703.613000] agpgart: Detected NVIDIA nForce2 chipset
[4294703.636000] agpgart: AGP aperture is 128M @ 0xd0000000
^^ is this ok?
1) This means you are using an Nforce chipset (instead of your geforce). Is it integrated in your motherboard?

This is what is displayed on my pc:
dmesg |grep agp
[ 46.654776] Linux agpgart interface v0.101 (c) Dave Jones
[ 53.082788] agpgart: Detected AGP bridge 0
[ 53.105517] agpgart: AGP aperture is 256M @ 0xd0000000
[ 70.820951] agpgart: Found an AGP 3.0 compliant device at 0000:00:00.0.
[ 70.820964] agpgart: Putting AGP V3 device at 0000:00:00.0 into 8x mode
[ 70.821023] agpgart: Putting AGP V3 device at 0000:01:00.0 into 8x mode
[ 71.025314] agpgart: Found an AGP 3.0 compliant device at 0000:00:00.0.
[ 71.025326] agpgart: Putting AGP V3 device at 0000:00:00.0 into 8x mode
[ 71.025387] agpgart: Putting AGP V3 device at 0000:01:00.0 into 8x mode

2) Post all your /etc/X11/xorg.conf

3) Post the output of "lspci"

[Vlammend]

The nvidia forum worked for me,...... a little.
I got the driver working now.
I had to put:
Option "IgnoreDisplayDevices" "TV"
in the xorg.conf.
And then start with
startx -- -logverbose 5

This last command however did not work. So I started some new xstart with options. Finnally
xsstart -display DPS2 worked, but only after a restart. (it freezed my system)

Now my system also freezes when using:
CTRL-ALT-F1

[chris_pmf]

1) This means you are using an Nforce chipset (instead of your geforce). Is it integrated in your motherboard?I'am not sure I understand you right ...

Yes I've an nforce2 chipset mainboard and an AGP Leadtek A400 (GF 6800GT) graphics-card.

Section "Files"
FontPath "/usr/share/X11/fonts/misc"
FontPath "/usr/share/X11/fonts/cyrillic"
FontPath "/usr/share/X11/fonts/100dpi/:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/share/X11/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/share/X11/fonts/Type1"
FontPath "/usr/share/X11/fonts/CID"
FontPath "/usr/share/X11/fonts/100dpi"
FontPath "/usr/share/X11/fonts/75dpi"
# paths to defoma fonts
FontPath "/var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/TrueType"
FontPath "/var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/CID"
EndSection

Section "Module"
# Load "GLcore"
Load "i2c"
Load "bitmap"
Load "dbe"
Load "ddc"
# Load "dri"
Load "extmod"
Load "freetype"
Load "glx"
Load "v4l"
Load "int10"
Load "type1"
Load "vbe"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Generic Keyboard"
Driver "kbd"
Option "CoreKeyboard"
Option "XkbRules" "xorg"
Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
Option "XkbLayout" "de"
Option "XkbVariant" "nodeadkeys"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Configured Mouse"
Driver "mouse"
Option "CorePointer"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
Option "Protocol" "ImPS/2"
Option "Emulate3Buttons" "true"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
EndSection

Section "Device"
Identifier "NVIDIA Corporation NV40 [GeForce 6800 GT]"
Driver "nvidia"
BusID "PCI:2:0:0"
Option "NvAGP" "0"
Option "RenderAccel" "false"
Option "NoLogo"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Acer AL1731"
Option "DPMS"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
Identifier "Default Screen"
Device "NVIDIA Corporation NV40 [GeForce 6800 GT]"
Monitor "Acer AL1731"
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Depth 1
Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "832x624" "800x600" "720x400" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 4
Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "832x624" "800x600" "720x400" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 8
Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "832x624" "800x600" "720x400" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 15
Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "832x624" "800x600" "720x400" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 16
Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "832x624" "800x600" "720x400" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "832x624" "800x600" "720x400" "640x480"
EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "Default Layout"
Screen "Default Screen"
InputDevice "Generic Keyboard"
InputDevice "Configured Mouse"
EndSection

Section "DRI"
Mode 0666
EndSection $ lspci
0000:00:00.0 Host bridge: nVidia Corporation nForce2 AGP (different version?) (rev c1)
0000:00:00.1 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation nForce2 Memory Controller 1 (rev c1)
0000:00:00.2 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation nForce2 Memory Controller 4 (rev c1)
0000:00:00.3 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation nForce2 Memory Controller 3 (rev c1)
0000:00:00.4 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation nForce2 Memory Controller 2 (rev c1)
0000:00:00.5 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation nForce2 Memory Controller 5 (rev c1)
0000:00:01.0 ISA bridge: nVidia Corporation nForce2 ISA Bridge (rev a4)
0000:00:01.1 SMBus: nVidia Corporation nForce2 SMBus (MCP) (rev a2)
0000:00:02.0 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation nForce2 USB Controller (rev a4)
0000:00:02.1 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation nForce2 USB Controller (rev a4)
0000:00:02.2 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation nForce2 USB Controller (rev a4)
0000:00:04.0 Ethernet controller: nVidia Corporation nForce2 Ethernet Controller (rev a1)
0000:00:08.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation nForce2 External PCI Bridge (rev a3)
0000:00:09.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation nForce2 IDE (rev a2)
0000:00:0d.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): nVidia Corporation nForce2 FireWire (IEEE 1394) Controller (rev a3)
0000:00:1e.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation nForce2 AGP (rev c1)
0000:01:08.0 Unknown mass storage controller: Triones Technologies, Inc. HPT366/368/370/370A/372 (rev 04)
0000:01:09.0 Multimedia audio controller: Creative Labs SB Live! EMU10k1 (rev 05)
0000:01:09.1 Input device controller: Creative Labs SB Live! MIDI/Game Port (rev 05)
0000:01:0a.0 Multimedia video controller: Brooktree Corporation Bt878 Video Capture (rev 11)
0000:01:0a.1 Multimedia controller: Brooktree Corporation Bt878 Audio Capture (rev 11)
0000:02:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation: Unknown device 0045 (rev a1)

[Darth Tux]

nope, didnt make a difference...kinda made it worse actually. now glxgears wont run at all.

[oofnik]

If you can use the graphical interface it's fine. Try to spend some time, for example surfing the internet, so as to see if the xserver works properly with the nvidia drivers.
Then report to me.
Well, I burned the CD, tried to boot a few options, but no matter what I kept getting this screen: http://tinypic.com/hx279l.jpg and I don't know what to do about it. Any ideas?
And just for the hell of it, I took a shot of what happens when I kill the X server. I get a lovely pattern of colors that's different each time :D : http://tinypic.com/hx27pu.jpg
Oh, and I get the same results with the 386 kernel, as well as adding option NvAgp "1" to xorg.conf.

[tseliot]

The nvidia forum worked for me,...... a little.
I got the driver working now.
I had to put:
Option "IgnoreDisplayDevices" "TV"
in the xorg.conf.
And then start with
startx -- -logverbose 5

This last command however did not work. So I started some new xstart with options. Finnally
xsstart -display DPS2 worked, but only after a restart. (it freezed my system)

Now my system also freezes when using:
CTRL-ALT-F1
I really don't know what to say. Many are the ways of solving problems with nvidia cards.
Thanks for reporting

[tseliot]

I'am not sure I understand you right ...

Yes I've an nforce2 chipset mainboard and an AGP Leadtek A400 (GF 6800GT) graphics-card.

Section "Files"
FontPath "/usr/share/X11/fonts/misc"
FontPath "/usr/share/X11/fonts/cyrillic"
FontPath "/usr/share/X11/fonts/100dpi/:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/share/X11/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/share/X11/fonts/Type1"
FontPath "/usr/share/X11/fonts/CID"
FontPath "/usr/share/X11/fonts/100dpi"
FontPath "/usr/share/X11/fonts/75dpi"
# paths to defoma fonts
FontPath "/var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/TrueType"
FontPath "/var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/CID"
EndSection

Section "Module"
# Load "GLcore"
Load "i2c"
Load "bitmap"
Load "dbe"
Load "ddc"
# Load "dri"
Load "extmod"
Load "freetype"
Load "glx"
Load "v4l"
Load "int10"
Load "type1"
Load "vbe"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Generic Keyboard"
Driver "kbd"
Option "CoreKeyboard"
Option "XkbRules" "xorg"
Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
Option "XkbLayout" "de"
Option "XkbVariant" "nodeadkeys"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Configured Mouse"
Driver "mouse"
Option "CorePointer"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
Option "Protocol" "ImPS/2"
Option "Emulate3Buttons" "true"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
EndSection

Section "Device"
Identifier "NVIDIA Corporation NV40 [GeForce 6800 GT]"
Driver "nvidia"
BusID "PCI:2:0:0"
Option "NvAGP" "0"
Option "RenderAccel" "false"
Option "NoLogo"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Acer AL1731"
Option "DPMS"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
Identifier "Default Screen"
Device "NVIDIA Corporation NV40 [GeForce 6800 GT]"
Monitor "Acer AL1731"
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Depth 1
Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "832x624" "800x600" "720x400" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 4
Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "832x624" "800x600" "720x400" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 8
Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "832x624" "800x600" "720x400" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 15
Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "832x624" "800x600" "720x400" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 16
Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "832x624" "800x600" "720x400" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "832x624" "800x600" "720x400" "640x480"
EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "Default Layout"
Screen "Default Screen"
InputDevice "Generic Keyboard"
InputDevice "Configured Mouse"
EndSection

Section "DRI"
Mode 0666
EndSection $ lspci
0000:00:00.0 Host bridge: nVidia Corporation nForce2 AGP (different version?) (rev c1)
0000:00:00.1 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation nForce2 Memory Controller 1 (rev c1)
0000:00:00.2 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation nForce2 Memory Controller 4 (rev c1)
0000:00:00.3 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation nForce2 Memory Controller 3 (rev c1)
0000:00:00.4 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation nForce2 Memory Controller 2 (rev c1)
0000:00:00.5 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation nForce2 Memory Controller 5 (rev c1)
0000:00:01.0 ISA bridge: nVidia Corporation nForce2 ISA Bridge (rev a4)
0000:00:01.1 SMBus: nVidia Corporation nForce2 SMBus (MCP) (rev a2)
0000:00:02.0 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation nForce2 USB Controller (rev a4)
0000:00:02.1 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation nForce2 USB Controller (rev a4)
0000:00:02.2 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation nForce2 USB Controller (rev a4)
0000:00:04.0 Ethernet controller: nVidia Corporation nForce2 Ethernet Controller (rev a1)
0000:00:08.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation nForce2 External PCI Bridge (rev a3)
0000:00:09.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation nForce2 IDE (rev a2)
0000:00:0d.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): nVidia Corporation nForce2 FireWire (IEEE 1394) Controller (rev a3)
0000:00:1e.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation nForce2 AGP (rev c1)
0000:01:08.0 Unknown mass storage controller: Triones Technologies, Inc. HPT366/368/370/370A/372 (rev 04)
0000:01:09.0 Multimedia audio controller: Creative Labs SB Live! EMU10k1 (rev 05)
0000:01:09.1 Input device controller: Creative Labs SB Live! MIDI/Game Port (rev 05)
0000:01:0a.0 Multimedia video controller: Brooktree Corporation Bt878 Video Capture (rev 11)
0000:01:0a.1 Multimedia controller: Brooktree Corporation Bt878 Audio Capture (rev 11)
0000:02:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation: Unknown device 0045 (rev a1)

I mean that perhaps you are using the nvidia drivers with your nforce chipset.

Get to your bios and see if you can disable the integrated graphic card or switch between the 2 cards. Look also for anything related to AGP and PCI and list it here.

[tseliot]

Well, I burned the CD, tried to boot a few options, but no matter what I kept getting this screen: http://tinypic.com/hx279l.jpg and I don't know what to do about it. Any ideas?
And just for the hell of it, I took a shot of what happens when I kill the X server. I get a lovely pattern of colors that's different each time :D : http://tinypic.com/hx27pu.jpg
Oh, and I get the same results with the 386 kernel, as well as adding option NvAgp "1" to xorg.conf.
Interesting. Now I need you to uninstall the nvidia-glx package in Ubuntu and to follow method 1 with the nvidia LEGACY package (you will understand when you read the guide again).

Then tell me if anything changes.

[tseliot]

nope, didnt make a difference...kinda made it worse actually. now glxgears wont run at all.
Ok, remove the line I suggested you before.

Can you try method 1 with the nvidia LEGACY drivers?

[chris_pmf]

I mean that perhaps you are using the nvidia drivers with your nforce chipset. My board doesn't have an integrated graphic card, I only have the AGP card :confused:

[tseliot]

My board doesn't have an integrated graphic card, I only have the AGP card :confused:
Please trust me. And look in your bios as I've told you.

the output (which you have posted) of the command can't be lying, can it?

$ dmesg |grep agp
[4294696.053000] Linux agpgart interface v0.101 (c) Dave Jones
[4294703.613000] agpgart: Detected NVIDIA nForce2 chipset
[4294703.636000] agpgart: AGP aperture is 128M @ 0xd0000000

[chris_pmf]

Please trust me. And look in your bios as I've told you.trust me, I know what I say ;)


the output (which you have posted) of the command can't be lying, can it?

$ dmesg |grep agp
[4294696.053000] Linux agpgart interface v0.101 (c) Dave Jones
[4294703.613000] agpgart: Detected NVIDIA nForce2 chipset
[4294703.636000] agpgart: AGP aperture is 128M @ 0xd0000000its just the nForce2 Chipset, not an integrated graphic card.

[tseliot]

trust me, I know what I say ;)


its just the nForce2 Chipset, not an integrated graphic card.
At least can I know the model of your motherboard?

[chris_pmf]

Sorry ... its an Epox 8RDA+

[tseliot]

Sorry ... its an Epox 8RDA+
Ok, another question:
Which version of the nvidia driver did you use in SUSE?

[chris_pmf]

I don't know anymore, but it was likely the same, because I used always the latest ;) (but haven't updated to 7676)

[tseliot]

I don't know anymore, but it was likely the same, because I used always the latest ;) (but haven't updated to 7676)
Remove the nvidia-glx package in synaptic and follow method 1 again.
This time use the Nvidia LEGACY drivers (7174).

Then tell me if it solves the problem.

[chris_pmf]

Ok, but I use Kubuntu, so what must I do?

[23meg]

My 2D performance problem continues even with a clean install of Breezy. Details here. (http://www.ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=529647)

[tseliot]

Ok, but I use Kubuntu, so what must I do?

Make sure you are not booting from a recompiled kernel. (i.e. boot from on of the kernels you can find in Ubuntu's repositories, like the one which comes by default with Ubuntu)

type these commands:

sudo apt-get install nvidia-glx-legacy

(It should uninstall the other nvidia package and the restricted modules for i386.)

sudo apt-get install linux-restricted-modules-'uname -r'

Then modify your xorg.conf and set the driver to "nvidia"

Log out and CTRL+ALT+BACKSPACE

Tell me how it goes

[tseliot]

My 2D performance problem continues even with a clean install of Breezy. Details here. (http://www.ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=529647)
1) Did you overclock your card?
2) Does the card work fine with the "nv" driver
3) Make sure the card isn't damaged

[23meg]

1) Did you overclock your card?
2) Does the card work fine with the "nv" driver
3) Make sure the card isn't damaged
1) No
2) No, it stalls at the Gnome splash screen, which is a known problem
3) It can't be damaged, because as I stated before it had this problem upon first install of Breezy, then it magically started to work perfectly which lasted for a few weeks, and then upon driver reinstall the problem came back. As I expected, it's still there after a fresh install of Breezy. And it works perfectly in Windows.

I have the slow icon repaint problem with the vesa driver as well. I think I need to look deeper; can this be an IRQ issue? My video chip shares the same IRQ with a USB port, and upon one of my attempts to install the driver via recovery console I saw an error like "PCI interrupt on device 0000:01:00:0 disabled".

[tseliot]

I have the slow icon repaint problem with the vesa driver as well. I think I need to look deeper; can this be an IRQ issue? My video chip shares the same IRQ with a USB port, and upon one of my attempts to install the driver via recovery console I saw an error like "PCI interrupt on device 0000:01:00:0 disabled".

You can check if that is the problem:
Get to the grub menu (restart your computer)
select the kernel you usually boot in and press "e"
and one of the following parameters:

Parameter Behavior
------------------------------- -------------------------------
pci=noacpi don't use ACPI for PCI IRQ
routing
pci=biosirq use PCI BIOS calls to retrieve
the IRQ routing table
noapic don't use I/O APICs present in
the system
acpi=off disable ACPI

Try each of the parameters (one per time). On the right you can see what these parameters do.

Tell me if one of those solves your problem

[chris_pmf]

doesn't change anything :(

$ cat /proc/driver/nvidia/agp/card
Fast Writes: Supported
SBA: Supported
AGP Rates: 8x 4x
Registers: 0xff000e1b:0x00000000
$ cat /proc/driver/nvidia/agp/status
Status: Disabled
$ glxgears
50695 frames in 5.0 seconds = 10138.994 FPS
49892 frames in 5.0 seconds = 9978.388 FPS
50246 frames in 5.0 seconds = 10049.083 FPS

[tseliot]

doesn't change anything :(

$ cat /proc/driver/nvidia/agp/card
Fast Writes: Supported
SBA: Supported
AGP Rates: 8x 4x
Registers: 0xff000e1b:0x00000000
$ cat /proc/driver/nvidia/agp/status
Status: Disabled
$ glxgears
50695 frames in 5.0 seconds = 10138.994 FPS
49892 frames in 5.0 seconds = 9978.388 FPS
50246 frames in 5.0 seconds = 10049.083 FPS
Get back to your previous driver.

modify your xorg.conf


Section "Device"
Identifier "NVIDIA Corporation NV40 [GeForce 6800 GT]"
Driver "nvidia"
BusID "PCI:2:0:0"
Option "NvAGP" "3"
Option "RenderAccel" "false"
Option "NoLogo"
EndSection

Because "NvAGP" "0" means "disable agp"

If "NvAGP" "3" doesn't work, then try "NvAGP" "2"

[chris_pmf]

This looks much better :)
$ cat /proc/driver/nvidia/agp/status
Status: Enabled
Driver: AGPGART
AGP Rate: 8x
Fast Writes: Disabled
SBA: Enabled
$ cat /proc/driver/nvidia/agp/card
Fast Writes: Supported
SBA: Supported
AGP Rates: 8x 4x
Registers: 0xff000e1b:0x1f004302
$ glxgears
64807 frames in 5.0 seconds = 12961.244 FPS
64830 frames in 5.0 seconds = 12965.855 FPS
64776 frames in 5.0 seconds = 12955.116 FPS

Do you have any other tweaking-tip?

Thanks so far, you helped me very much :D

[tseliot]

This looks much better :)
$ cat /proc/driver/nvidia/agp/status
Status: Enabled
Driver: AGPGART
AGP Rate: 8x
Fast Writes: Disabled
SBA: Enabled
$ cat /proc/driver/nvidia/agp/card
Fast Writes: Supported
SBA: Supported
AGP Rates: 8x 4x
Registers: 0xff000e1b:0x1f004302
$ glxgears
64807 frames in 5.0 seconds = 12961.244 FPS
64830 frames in 5.0 seconds = 12965.855 FPS
64776 frames in 5.0 seconds = 12955.116 FPS

Do you have any other tweaking-tip?

Thanks so far, you helped me very much :D
You're welcome :) .

I don't have any other tricks (you know, I don't play games in Linux)

BTW which of my suggestions (nvagp 3 or nvagp 2) did the trick for you?

EDIT: don't trust glxgears results. It is very accurate and some times doesn't work at all

[chris_pmf]

BTW which of my suggestions (nvagp 3 or nvagp 2) did the trick for you?currently I use 3

EDIT: don't trust glxgears results. It is very accurate and some times doesn't work at allyeah, I will try doom3 or ut2004 later to verify it ;)

PS: my dmesg output:
$ dmesg |grep agp
[4294697.797000] Linux agpgart interface v0.101 (c) Dave Jones
[4294705.354000] agpgart: Detected NVIDIA nForce2 chipset
[4294705.376000] agpgart: AGP aperture is 128M @ 0xd0000000
[4294727.737000] agpgart: Found an AGP 3.0 compliant device at 0000:00:00.0.
[4294727.738000] agpgart: Putting AGP V3 device at 0000:00:00.0 into 8x mode
[4294727.738000] agpgart: Putting AGP V3 device at 0000:02:00.0 into 8x mode
[4294728.184000] agpgart: Found an AGP 3.0 compliant device at 0000:00:00.0.
[4294728.184000] agpgart: Putting AGP V3 device at 0000:00:00.0 into 8x mode
[4294728.184000] agpgart: Putting AGP V3 device at 0000:02:00.0 into 8x mode

[tseliot]

currently I use 3

yeah, I will try doom3 or ut2004 later to verify it ;)

PS: my dmesg output:
$ dmesg |grep agp
[4294697.797000] Linux agpgart interface v0.101 (c) Dave Jones
[4294705.354000] agpgart: Detected NVIDIA nForce2 chipset
[4294705.376000] agpgart: AGP aperture is 128M @ 0xd0000000
[4294727.737000] agpgart: Found an AGP 3.0 compliant device at 0000:00:00.0.
[4294727.738000] agpgart: Putting AGP V3 device at 0000:00:00.0 into 8x mode
[4294727.738000] agpgart: Putting AGP V3 device at 0000:02:00.0 into 8x mode
[4294728.184000] agpgart: Found an AGP 3.0 compliant device at 0000:00:00.0.
[4294728.184000] agpgart: Putting AGP V3 device at 0000:00:00.0 into 8x mode
[4294728.184000] agpgart: Putting AGP V3 device at 0000:02:00.0 into 8x mode
Your dmesg output looks good :)

[chris_pmf]

great, thx :)

[Aerial]

looks like this is the thread to scream out for help on Nvidia drivers

Ive installed driver 76.67 and "Nvidia Settings" , but still have 2 small problems.

1. Im running a 7800GT and the fan runs on full speed all time - also in desktop. When booting it slows down when the Nvidialogo apears, but turns up again on login ? - anything to do about this ?

2. Is there any way to force the screen resolution to 1920 x 1200 ? - Im using a 23" Apple HD Cinema display and and can only get the folowing res : 1280 x 800, 1280 x 768, 1024 x 768, 800 x 600 and 640 x 480.

Hope on of you guys can help out ;)

Here's my xorg.conf


Section "Module"
# Load "GLcore"
Load "bitmap"
Load "ddc"
Load "dri"
Load "extmod"
Load "freetype"
# Load "glx"
Load "int10"
Load "type1"
Load "vbe"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Generic Keyboard"
Driver "kbd"
Option "CoreKeyboard"
Option "XkbRules" "xorg"
Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
Option "XkbLayout" "dk"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Configured Mouse"
Driver "mouse"
Option "CorePointer"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
Option "Protocol" "ImPS/2"
Option "Emulate3Buttons" "true"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
EndSection

Section "Device"
Identifier "7800GT"
Driver "nvidia"
BusID "PCI:1:0:0"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Apple"
Option "DPMS"
HorizSync 28-51
VertRefresh 43-60
EndSection

Section "Screen"
Identifier "Default Screen"
Device "7800GT"
Monitor "Apple"
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Depth 1
Modes "1920x1200"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 4
Modes "1920x1200"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 8
Modes "1920x1200"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 15
Modes "1920x1200"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 16
Modes "1920x1200"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1920x1200"
EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "Default Layout"
Screen "Default Screen"
InputDevice "Generic Keyboard"
InputDevice "Configured Mouse"
EndSection

Section "DRI"
Mode 0666
EndSection

[tseliot]

looks like this is the thread to scream out for help on Nvidia drivers

Ive installed driver 76.67 and "Nvidia Settings" , but still have 2 small problems.

1. Im running a 7800GT and the fan runs on full speed all time - also in desktop. When booting it slows down when the Nvidialogo apears, but turns up again on login ? - anything to do about this ?

2. Is there any way to force the screen resolution to 1920 x 1200 ? - Im using a 23" Apple HD Cinema display and and can only get the folowing res : 1280 x 800, 1280 x 768, 1024 x 768, 800 x 600 and 640 x 480.

Hope on of you guys can help out ;)

Here's my xorg.conf


Section "Module"
# Load "GLcore"
Load "bitmap"
Load "ddc"
Load "dri"
Load "extmod"
Load "freetype"
# Load "glx"
Load "int10"
Load "type1"
Load "vbe"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Generic Keyboard"
Driver "kbd"
Option "CoreKeyboard"
Option "XkbRules" "xorg"
Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
Option "XkbLayout" "dk"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Configured Mouse"
Driver "mouse"
Option "CorePointer"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
Option "Protocol" "ImPS/2"
Option "Emulate3Buttons" "true"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
EndSection

Section "Device"
Identifier "7800GT"
Driver "nvidia"
BusID "PCI:1:0:0"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Apple"
Option "DPMS"
HorizSync 28-51
VertRefresh 43-60
EndSection

Section "Screen"
Identifier "Default Screen"
Device "7800GT"
Monitor "Apple"
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Depth 1
Modes "1920x1200"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 4
Modes "1920x1200"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 8
Modes "1920x1200"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 15
Modes "1920x1200"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 16
Modes "1920x1200"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1920x1200"
EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "Default Layout"
Screen "Default Screen"
InputDevice "Generic Keyboard"
InputDevice "Configured Mouse"
EndSection

Section "DRI"
Mode 0666
EndSection

1) you should use driver 7676 because your card is a 7800GT (uninstall the current driver and use method 2 for the new one)
2) For the resolution have a look at this guide: HOWTO: change resolution/refresh rate in Xorg (http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=83973&highlight=resolution)

[Aerial]

1) you should use driver 7676 because your card is a 7800GT (uninstall the current driver and use method 2 for the new one)
2) For the resolution have a look at this guide: HOWTO: change resolution/refresh rate in Xorg (http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=83973&highlight=resolution)

just started with the resolutionproblem and added the correct HorizSync and used the online modeline , and restarted x - and now its running native res - :oops:
Will try out with the new driver later tonight - thanks a lot =;

[oofnik]

Interesting. Now I need you to uninstall the nvidia-glx package in Ubuntu and to follow method 1 with the nvidia LEGACY package (you will understand when you read the guide again).

Then tell me if anything changes.
nvidia-glx is uninstalled. I've compiled my own driver from the Nvidia package. I tried versions 7667 and 7664. Only 7667 runs, but it still crashes the system when I try to restart X or go into console (ctrl+alt+f1).
I'll try to install the legacy driver anyway and see how it turns out.

SUCCESS!!
Wow, after more than five hours of messing with cryptic system logs and settings and config files, it works! I ended up keeping the driver I compiled, 7667, with gcc-3.4, and option NvAgp "3" in xorg.conf. Finally finally! Thank you for the help tseliot!

[Darth Tux]

well, im on hoary again.....im going to see if an upgrade will work.

[23meg]

You can check if that is the problem:
Get to the grub menu (restart your computer)
select the kernel you usually boot in and press "e"
and one of the following parameters:

Parameter Behavior
------------------------------- -------------------------------
pci=noacpi don't use ACPI for PCI IRQ
routing
pci=biosirq use PCI BIOS calls to retrieve
the IRQ routing table
noapic don't use I/O APICs present in
the system
acpi=off disable ACPI

Try each of the parameters (one per time). On the right you can see what these parameters do.

Tell me if one of those solves your problem
pci=noacpi and noapic make my nvidia chip get an irq of 10 instead of the usual 16, but the problem persists. How can I check what else is using a certain IRQ?

[Darth Tux]

ok, i upgraded to breezy, everything works great now. just don't have a boot up splash....but i can live with out that for a while i suppose. thx for your help tseliot.

[tseliot]

ok, i upgraded to breezy, everything works great now. just don't have a boot up splash....but i can live with out that for a while i suppose. thx for your help tseliot.
This is quite interesting. I wonder what prevents the driver from working on a clean Breezy installation.

[tseliot]

pci=noacpi and noapic make my nvidia chip get an irq of 10 instead of the usual 16, but the problem persists. How can I check what else is using a certain IRQ?
I admit I have no idea. If the drivers worked in Hoary you can do like our friend Darthtux:
1) a clean Hoary installation
2) Install the drivers (method 1 will be fine)
3) Dist-upgrade to Breezy

[oofnik]

SUCCESS!!
Wow, after more than five hours of messing with cryptic system logs and settings and config files, it works! I ended up keeping the driver I compiled, 7667, with gcc-3.4, and option NvAgp "3" in xorg.conf. Finally finally! Thank you for the help tseliot!

Ehh.. yeah scratch that. I rebooted and it broke. Now it won't load the nvidia driver no matter how I install it, what I compile, or anything. Back to using nv now. This really kind of sucks :confused: .

I admit I have no idea. If the drivers worked in Hoary you can do like our friend Darthtux:
1) a clean Hoary installation
2) Install the drivers (method 1 will be fine)
3) Dist-upgrade to Breezy

Interesting, did he say it worked like that? Very odd.. maybe something is just broken on the Breezy disc then?

[Asazuke]

Just wanted to say thankyou for this amazing guide tseliot. It is very informative and well-organized.

[23meg]

I admit I have no idea. If the drivers worked in Hoary you can do like our friend Darthtux:
1) a clean Hoary installation
2) Install the drivers (method 1 will be fine)
3) Dist-upgrade to Breezy
My computer has very recent hardware, thus Hoary doesn't play well with it at all, and the dist-upgrade I had once attempted hadn't gone well.

Some users on the nvnews forums seem to have sorted out their mobile 6200 / 6800 problems by moving to xorg 6.9 and 7 and they suggest this to Ubuntu users. I'm about to make a new clean installation of Dapper on this computer already and will report on whether its current version fixes things.

[tseliot]

My computer has very recent hardware, thus Hoary doesn't play well with it at all, and the dist-upgrade I had once attempted hadn't gone well.

Some users on the nvnews forums seem to have sorted out their mobile 6200 / 6800 problems by moving to xorg 6.9 and 7 and they suggest this to Ubuntu users. I'm about to make a new clean installation of Dapper on this computer already and will report on whether its current version fixes things.
Thank you, I look forward to your report.

[tseliot]

Just wanted to say thankyou for this amazing guide tseliot. It is very informative and well-organized.
Thanks, I'll try to make it better when I have some spare time.

[tseliot]

Ehh.. yeah scratch that. I rebooted and it broke. Now it won't load the nvidia driver no matter how I install it, what I compile, or anything. Back to using nv now. This really kind of sucks :confused: .
Try the various nvagp (0 or 1 or 2 or 3) option.

Interesting, did he say it worked like that? Very odd.. maybe something is just broken on the Breezy disc then?[/QUOTE]
I would like to know what the problem can be. I'll study but I would be easier if I had a card which has problems in Breezy.

[warleggon]

Thanks...I've tried to install drivers on other builds of linux that Ive used. The instructions that I got from you tseliot worked for me flawlessly the first time. And to boot I can finally see all the desktop on me screen. it is truly amazing.

Thanks again.

[Ted_Smith]

This HOWTO is really wel written. I appear to have successfully installed my driver without any problems for me, which is unusual!

However, I don't seem to have the Nvidia Settings menu option despite running the settings installer afterwards as suggested and rebooting. Also, I don't appear to be able to make my resolution any larger than it was before (1024 x 768 is max).

Is there any way I can check my dirver installation has worked correctly? Because I want to install Americas Army ASAP! :-)

Thanks

Ted

[tseliot]

This HOWTO is really wel written. I appear to have successfully installed my driver without any problems for me, which is unusual!

However, I don't seem to have the Nvidia Settings menu option despite running the settings installer afterwards as suggested and rebooting. Also, I don't appear to be able to make my resolution any larger than it was before (1024 x 768 is max).

Is there any way I can check my dirver installation has worked correctly? Because I want to install Americas Army ASAP! :-)

Thanks

Ted
About the resolution: HOWTO: change resolution/refresh rate in Xorg (http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=83973&highlight=resolution)

If you use GNOME you can find the nvidia-settings under the menus /Applications/System tools/Nvidia settings

[ErikTheRed]

Hi. I installed the 7676 drivers on my system, but my performance seems very sluggish for doing so.

What I'm Running:
Kubuntu 5.10 (with KDE 3.5)
kernel 2.6.12-10-k7
Nvidia 6800 GT

Here's my symptoms:
Drag-select box lags severly on the desktop
glxgears framerate seems very low

A few extra notes:
In nvidia-settings I have OpenGL/GLX Information, which did not appear before.
Direct Rendering is set for 'Yes'

My system is using the standard agpgart, but I can't seem to get it to use the nvidia one. I've tried adding the line NvAGP "1" in xorg.conf under the device section, but x claims it doesn't know how to process that. agpgart is not compiled into the kernel, it is just a kernel module. I'm almost positive this is where my problem lies.

In case this helps:
cat /proc/driver/nvidia/agp/status
Status: Enabled
Driver: AGPGART
AGP Rate: 8x
Fast Writes: Disabled
SBA: Enabled


EDIT:
I got the 'NvAGP' line to work, i forgot to put Option in front of it. But now I need to tell the agpgart kernel module to not to load, and I don't know how to do that.
I also need to get the nvidia agp driver to load.

[tseliot]

Hi. I installed the 7676 drivers on my system, but my performance seems very sluggish for doing so.

What I'm Running:
Kubuntu 5.10 (with KDE 3.5)
kernel 2.6.12-10-k7
Nvidia 6800 GT

Here's my symptoms:
Drag-select box lags severly on the desktop
glxgears framerate seems very low

A few extra notes:
In nvidia-settings I have OpenGL/GLX Information, which did not appear before.
Direct Rendering is set for 'Yes'

My system is using the standard agpgart, but I can't seem to get it to use the nvidia one. I've tried adding the line NvAGP "1" in xorg.conf under the device section, but x claims it doesn't know how to process that. agpgart is not compiled into the kernel, it is just a kernel module. I'm almost positive this is where my problem lies.

In case this helps:


EDIT:
I got the 'NvAGP' line to work, i forgot to put Option in front of it. But now I need to tell the agpgart kernel module to not to load, and I don't know how to do that.
I also need to get the nvidia agp driver to load.
Try to blacklist the agpgart module:

sudo gedit /etc/hotplug/blacklist

And add the "AGPGART" module at the end of the file.
Save and exit.
Restart your computer.

And tell me how it goes

ONLY IF it that method doesn't work:
remove the AGPGART module from your /etc/hotplug/blacklist
Then:
sudo gedit /etc/X11/xorg.conf

and add the following option (like the one you added for NVAGP)
Option "LoadKernelModule" "Off"

Then log out and press CTRL+ALT+Backspace

[PhoenixAndy]

I'm not convinced I'm getting the performance I should be out of my nvidia card.

Running Breezy, nvidia module 1.0-7667 from ubuntu package, Geforce 6600GT (AGP)

If Icat /proc/driver/nvidia/agp/status
I get: Status: Disabled

This doesn't seem right to me.

Anyone have any suggestions how this came to be?

Thanks

[ErikTheRed]

tseliot:
The blacklist method did not work, I'm trying the second method.

The second method did not work either. I may just recompile my kernel and remove the agpgart module altogether.

[tseliot]

I'm not convinced I'm getting the performance I should be out of my nvidia card.

Running Breezy, nvidia module 1.0-7667 from ubuntu package, Geforce 6600GT (AGP)

If Icat /proc/driver/nvidia/agp/status
I get: Status: Disabled

This doesn't seem right to me.

Anyone have any suggestions how this came to be?

Thanks

Your AGP is disabled. Please post the content of your /etc/X11/xorg.conf

[tseliot]

tseliot:
The blacklist method did not work, I'm trying the second method.

The second method did not work either. I may just recompile my kernel and remove the agpgart module altogether.
Ok, remove the previous option and add this one to your xorg.conf:

Option "NvAgp" "1"


It will tell the driver to use NVAGP rather than AGPGART.

Tell me if it works.

[ErikTheRed]

Ok, remove the previous option and add this one to your xorg.conf:

Option "NvAgp" "1"


It will tell the driver to use NVAGP rather than AGPGART.

Tell me if it works.

I actually tried that already, but that option doesn't work because the standard AGPGART driver is still there (I ran dmesg and it complained that the AGPGART backend was still loaded). I tried to recompile my kernel, but for some reason I can't take out the standard agpgart driver, I can only have it as a module or compiled straight into the kernel.

I even told it to ignore agpgart in discovery.conf, to no avail.

[tseliot]

I tried to recompile my kernel, but for some reason I can't take out the standard agpgart driver, I can only have it as a module or compiled straight into the kernel.

I even told it to ignore agpgart in discovery.conf, to no avail.

Compile it as a module then blacklist it as I've told you before.

Then use Option "NvAgp" "1" or Option "NvAgp" "3"

OR

Disable the AGP (unless you need it) with this option:
Option "NvAgp" "0"

[ErikTheRed]

Well i got the nvidia_agp module to load, but the driver is not using it, even though i have Option "NvAGP" "1" set in xorg.conf.

EDIT: Well a definite case of PEBKAC, I have the NvAGP option commented out. oops.

Hmm, still my performance is still pretty crappy. Here's some possibly useful output
lsmod | grep agp
nvidia_agp 8412 0
agpgart 34888 2 nvidia,nvidia_agp

cat /proc/driver/nvidia/agp/status
Status: Enabled
Driver: NVIDIA
AGP Rate: 8x
Fast Writes: Disabled
SBA: Enabled

[tseliot]

Well i got the nvidia_agp module to load, but the driver is not using it, even though i have Option "NvAGP" "1" set in xorg.conf.

EDIT: Well a definite case of PEBKAC, I have the NvAGP option commented out. oops.

Hmm, still my performance is still pretty crappy. Here's some possibly useful output
Ok now you have the AGP enabled.
You can try to enable the Fast Writes:
cd /lib/modules/
ls

you will find some folders. Enter the one with your kernel
cd nameofyourkernel
sudo gedit modules.alias

The 1st lines will look like this:

# Aliases extracted from modules themselves.
alias char-major-195-* nvidia
alias pci:v000010DEd*sv*sd*bc03sc00i00* nvidia
etc.

Make them look like this (change only the part in red to the part in blue):

# Aliases extracted from modules themselves.
alias char-major-195 nvidia
options nvidia NVreg_EnableAGPSBA=1 NVreg_EnableAGPFW=1
alias pci:v000010DEd*sv*sd*bc03sc00i00* nvidia
etc.

P.S. DO NOT RELY ON WHAT GLXGEARS SAYS because it not always true.

[ErikTheRed]

Ok, I got my performance up to a good level now.

I actually had to edit /etc/modules and add (nvidia_agp must come before nvidia)
nvidia_agp
nvidia

Also I edited /etc/hotplug/blacklist and added:
agpgart
amd64_agp
via-agp
via_agp


And of course I had to edit /etc/X11/xorg.conf
Section "Device"
Identifier "NVIDIA Corporation NV40 [GeForce 6800 GT]"
Driver "nvidia"
BusID "PCI:1:0:0"
Option "Coolbits" "1"
Option "NvAGP" "1"
Option "RenderAccel" "true"
Option "AllowGLXWithComposite" "true"
EndSection


I think these were all the modifications I needed to make.

[23meg]

Nvidia have released a new driver version (1.0-8174) today:

http://www.nvidia.com/object/unix.html

I'll install and report back on whether the new version improves things for me.

[tseliot]

Ok, I got my performance up to a good level now.

I actually had to edit /etc/modules and add (nvidia_agp must come before nvidia)


Also I edited /etc/hotplug/blacklist and added:


And of course I had to edit /etc/X11/xorg.conf


I think these were all the modifications I needed to make.
Did you try to enable the fast writes? It can increase your fps

[tseliot]

Nvidia have released a new driver version (1.0-8174) today:

http://www.nvidia.com/object/unix.html

I'll install and report back on whether the new version improves things for me.
Yep, I'll try them in a minute.

EDIT: The installation was a breeze. I'll test it a bit

[23meg]

The new version messed up my resolution; gnome-display-properties shows 1400x1050, which is my laptop LCD's native resolution, but I have blurry fonts and less screen space; the actual resolution I have seems to be 1280x1024. Also the gnome panel is invisible.

Here's my present xorg.conf: http://sh.nu/p/772

[tseliot]

The new version messed up my resolution; gnome-display-properties shows 1400x1050, which is my laptop LCD's native resolution, but I have blurry fonts and less screen space; the actual resolution I have seems to be 1280x1024. Also the gnome panel is invisible.

Here's my present xorg.conf: http://sh.nu/p/772
About the resolution, try this: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=83973&highlight=resolution
Perhaps a correct mode line can solve the problem.

I haven't had a problem with this new driver yet. Perhaps the screensavers are a bit faster.

Anyhow which kernel do you use? I've read the driver can have problems with 2.6.15

[23meg]

I'm on the stock 2.6.12-10-686 right now. I think the problem has to do with the fact that the new driver resorts to Edid frequencies by default. Trying to solve that.

[tseliot]

I'm on the stock 2.6.12-10-686 right now. I think the problem has to do with the fact that the new driver resorts to Edid frequencies by default. Trying to solve that.
Try this option:
Option "UseEdidFreqs" "False"

OR

Option "IgnoreEDID" "True"

[23meg]

That's what I've just tried, and it doesn't help.

[tseliot]

That's what I've just tried, and it doesn't help.
Another thing:
CTRL+ALT+F1
sudo /etc/init.d/gdm stop
startx -- -verbose 5 -logverbose 5

and post the output

[23meg]

Here (http://sh.nu/p/776) is my x log. Note the GetModeLine stuff at the end.

[tseliot]

Here (http://sh.nu/p/776) is my x log. Note the GetModeLine stuff at the end.
Did you use Heimo's guide about screen resolution?
If you did, I really can't understand why the xserver is complaining.
Anyhow a patch should be released soon (that's what I heard), I hope it can help you.

[alynx]

Hi

I wanna play my World of Warcraft on Ubuntu with Wine :)
I got it right and the game is working with no bugs or something of that sort.
But it is a bit laggy when i enter combat or things start to move at a fast pace. It also laggs when i get into populated areas.

It works fine in Windows , but i dont wanna use that OS.

Could the grapichs card driver be the problem ?
I have a Gforce 6600GT 128 MB
and i got my drivers by apt-get install nvidia-glx.
then i changed my xorg.conf from nv drivers to nvidia.

Should I use another driver ?

Computer spec : Pentium 4 , 3GHZ
1024MB ram PC4000 DDR
GFORCE 6600 GT 128 MB
ABIT IC7 motherboard

[23meg]

Did you use Heimo's guide about screen resolution?
If you did, I really can't understand why the xserver is complaining.
Anyhow a patch should be released soon (that's what I heard), I hope it can help you.
I didn't need a modeline with the older driver versions. I did generate one for 1400x1050 @ 60hz and inserted it anyway, but it gave me 640x480 instead with the latest drivers.

I posted this to the nvnews.net forums (http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=61077) as well, and a Nvidia official responded that this is a known bug with my chip in the latest driver, which led me to great disappointment. Since the development is closed, there's no way of learning where the bug is rooted in, or having any ideas for a workaround.

Where did you hear that a patch will be released?

[tseliot]

I didn't need a modeline with the older driver versions. I did generate one for 1400x1050 @ 60hz and inserted it anyway, but it gave me 640x480 instead with the latest drivers.

I posted this to the nvnews.net forums (http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=61077) as well, and a Nvidia official responded that this is a known bug with my chip in the latest driver, which led me to great disappointment. Since the development is closed, there's no way of learning where the bug is rooted in, or having any ideas for a workaround.

Where did you hear that a patch will be released?
I was wrong about the patch which is only meant to use ACPI and APM in 2.6.14 kernels. Sorry.
Anyhow I haven't had that bug but it's disappointing :(

[tseliot]

Hi

I wanna play my World of Warcraft on Ubuntu with Wine :)
I got it right and the game is working with no bugs or something of that sort.
But it is a bit laggy when i enter combat or things start to move at a fast pace. It also laggs when i get into populated areas.

It works fine in Windows , but i dont wanna use that OS.

Could the grapichs card driver be the problem ?
I have a Gforce 6600GT 128 MB
and i got my drivers by apt-get install nvidia-glx.
then i changed my xorg.conf from nv drivers to nvidia.

Should I use another driver ?

Computer spec : Pentium 4 , 3GHZ
1024MB ram PC4000 DDR
GFORCE 6600 GT 128 MB
ABIT IC7 motherboard
Type this and post the output:
cat /proc/driver/nvidia/agp/status

[alynx]

tkj@warsong:~$ cat /proc/driver/nvidia/agp/status
Status: Enabled
Driver: AGPGART
AGP Rate: 8x
Fast Writes: Disabled
SBA: Enabled


This is my output on that

[tseliot]

tkj@warsong:~$ cat /proc/driver/nvidia/agp/status
Status: Enabled
Driver: AGPGART
AGP Rate: 8x
Fast Writes: Disabled
SBA: Enabled


This is my output on that
you can try to enable Fast Writes:

cd /lib/modules/
ls

you will find some folders. Enter the one with your kernel
uname -r (and you will know the name of your kernel)
cd name_of_your_kernel
MAKE a backup of the following file
sudo cp /lib/modules/modules.alias /lib/modules/modules.alias_backup
sudo gedit modules.alias

The 1st lines will look like this:

# Aliases extracted from modules themselves.
alias char-major-195-* nvidia
alias pci:v000010DEd*sv*sd*bc03sc00i00* nvidia
etc.

Make them look like this (change only the part in red to the part in blue):

# Aliases extracted from modules themselves.
alias char-major-195 nvidia
options nvidia NVreg_EnableAGPSBA=1 NVreg_EnableAGPFW=1
alias pci:v000010DEd*sv*sd*bc03sc00i00* nvidia
etc.

Save the file and exit
Then Log out
Press CTRL+ALT+BACKSPACE
Log in again and try the game.

Let me know how it goes.

IF YOU HAVE ANY PROBLEMS:
sudo cp /lib/modules/modules.alias_backup /lib/modules/modules.alias

[alynx]

alias char-major-195 nvidia
options nvidia NVreg_EnableAGPSBA=1 NVreg_EnableAGPFW=1


is now added

output is still cat /proc/driver/nvidia/agp/status

Status: Enabled
Driver: AGPGART
AGP Rate: 8x
Fast Writes: Disabled
SBA: Enabled

i have even rebooted.

Is there some things i have to do in the xorg.conf aswell?

[bean1975]

I am using my LCD monitor rotated and the rendering is painfully slow, I can literally see the rectangles drawn. nForce2 IGP chipset.

Status: Enabled
Driver: AGPGART
AGP Rate: 4x
Fast Writes: Disabled
SBA: Disabled

[tseliot]

I am using my LCD monitor rotated and the rendering is painfully slow, I can literally see the rectangles drawn. nForce2 IGP chipset.

Status: Enabled
Driver: AGPGART
AGP Rate: 4x
Fast Writes: Disabled
SBA: Disabled
post your /etc/X11/xorg.conf ,please

I don't think your problem depends on the Fast Writes.

[alynx]

Hmm , i dont think I have enabled Fastwrite in Bios :oops:

I shall try doing that on saturday , im off to a concert soon....
If it doesn't help , ill print my /etc/X11/xorg.conf

I'm really thankfull for all the help im getting here , special thanks to tseliot:)

Hope i'll get it right now :-({|=

[tseliot]

Hmm , i dont think I have enabled Fastwrite in Bios :oops:

I shall try doing that on saturday , im off to a concert soon....
If it doesn't help , ill print my /etc/X11/xorg.conf

I'm really thankfull for all the help im getting here , special thanks to tseliot:)

Hope i'll get it right now :-({|=
ok ;)

[lucdec]

Hallo,
I am a totally newbe with linux.
I will install ubuntu 5.10 but it doesn't work
neither the install cd and the live cd.
It went wrong by the x server.
I think it is my video card

It's the chipset Nvidia 6100.
Is this driver already supported in 5.10 ?

The installation abort every time and it says : can't
configure correctly the x server, correct it and
try again ?

How can i do that ?


A second question : I want make ubuntu working but also
XP
working on the same pc ?
Can that work ?

Lucdec
Soory for my bad English:???:

[tseliot]

Hallo,
I am a totally newbe with linux.
I will install ubuntu 5.10 but it doesn't work
neither the install cd and the live cd.
It went wrong by the x server.
I think it is my video card

It's the chipset Nvidia 6100.
Is this driver already supported in 5.10 ?

The installation abort every time and it says : can't
configure correctly the x server, correct it and
try again ?

How can i do that ?


A second question : I want make ubuntu working but also
XP
working on the same pc ?
Can that work ?

Lucdec
Soory for my bad English:???:
You should start a thread in the "Installation and Upgrade Help" section of the forum http://ubuntuforums.org/forumdisplay.php?f=94.

This guide is will help you after you manage to install Ubuntu.

[alynx]

well it laggs still , i didn't have the option for fastwrites in Bios. And its currently disabled when i cat /proc/drivers/nvidia/agp/status.


My X11/xorg.conf is :
# /etc/X11/xorg.conf (xorg X Window System server configuration file)
#
# This file was generated by dexconf, the Debian X Configuration tool, using
# values from the debconf database.
#
# Edit this file with caution, and see the /etc/X11/xorg.conf manual page.
# (Type "man /etc/X11/xorg.conf" at the shell prompt.)
#
# This file is automatically updated on xserver-xorg package upgrades *only*
# if it has not been modified since the last upgrade of the xserver-xorg
# package.
#
# If you have edited this file but would like it to be automatically updated
# again, run the following command:
# sudo dpkg-reconfigure -phigh xserver-xorg

Section "Files"
FontPath "/usr/share/X11/fonts/misc"
FontPath "/usr/share/X11/fonts/cyrillic"
FontPath "/usr/share/X11/fonts/100dpi/:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/share/X11/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/share/X11/fonts/Type1"
FontPath "/usr/share/X11/fonts/CID"
FontPath "/usr/share/X11/fonts/100dpi"
FontPath "/usr/share/X11/fonts/75dpi"
# paths to defoma fonts
FontPath "/var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/TrueType"
FontPath "/var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/CID"
EndSection

Section "Module"
Load "GLcore"
Load "i2c"
Load "bitmap"
Load "ddc"
Load "dri"
Load "extmod"
Load "freetype"
Load "glx"
Load "int10"
Load "type1"
Load "vbe"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Generic Keyboard"
Driver "kbd"
Option "CoreKeyboard"
Option "XkbRules" "xorg"
Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
Option "XkbLayout" "no"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Configured Mouse"
Driver "mouse"
Option "CorePointer"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
Option "Protocol" "ImPS/2"
Option "Emulate3Buttons" "true"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
EndSection

Section "Device"
Identifier "NVIDIA Corporation NV43 [GeForce 6600/GeForce 6600 Ultra]"
Driver "nvidia"
BusID "PCI:1:0:0"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Generic Monitor"
Option "DPMS"
HorizSync 28-51
VertRefresh 43-60
EndSection

Section "Screen"
Identifier "Default Screen"
Device "NVIDIA Corporation NV43 [GeForce 6600/GeForce 6600 Ultra]"
Monitor "Generic Monitor"
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Depth 1
Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 4
Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 8
Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 15
Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 16
Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "Default Layout"
Screen "Default Screen"
InputDevice "Generic Keyboard"
InputDevice "Configured Mouse"
EndSection

Section "DRI"
Mode 0666
EndSection

[bean1975]

post your /etc/X11/xorg.conf ,please

I don't think your problem depends on the Fast Writes.
I am ommitting fontpaths and input devices.

Section "Module"
Load "bitmap"
Load "dbe"
Load "ddc"
Load "dri"
Load "extmod"
Load "freetype"
Load "glx"
Load "int10"
Load "record"
Load "type1"
Load "vbe"
EndSection
Section "Device"
Identifier "NVIDIA Corporation NV18 [GeForce4 MX - nForce GPU]"
Driver "nvidia"
BusID "PCI:2:0:0"
Option "RandRRotation" "on"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
Identifier "DELL 2005FPW"
Option "DPMS"
Modeline "1680x1050" 147.14 1680 1784 1968 2256 1050 1051 1054 1087
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Default Screen"
Device "NVIDIA Corporation NV18 [GeForce4 MX - nForce GPU]"
Monitor "DELL 2005FPW"
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1680x1050"
EndSubSection
EndSection
Section "DRI"
Mode 0666
EndSection

[BLTicklemonster]

Just wanted to let you know that I finally got it. Excellent though I had a glitch, it came out alright.

[tseliot]

Just wanted to let you know that I finally got it. Excellent though I had a glitch, it came out alright.
I'm happy for you :)

[tseliot]

well it laggs still , i didn't have the option for fastwrites in Bios. And its currently disabled when i cat /proc/drivers/nvidia/agp/status.


My X11/xorg.conf is :
Add the following line to the device section:

Option "AGPFastWrite" "true"

so that it will look like the following example:

Section "Device"
Identifier "NVIDIA Corporation NV18 [GeForce4 MX - nForce GPU]"
Driver "nvidia"
BusID "PCI:2:0:0"
Option "RandRRotation" "on"
Option "AGPFastWrite" "true"
EndSection

Log out and press CTRL+ALT+BACKSPACE

Log in and try the game

[tseliot]

I am ommitting fontpaths and input devices.
Add the following line to the device section:

Option "RenderAccel" "true"

so that it will look like the following example:

Section "Device"
Identifier "NVIDIA Corporation NV18 [GeForce4 MX - nForce GPU]"
Driver "nvidia"
BusID "PCI:2:0:0"
Option "RandRRotation" "on"
Option "RenderAccel" "true"
EndSection

Log out and press CTRL+ALT+BACKSPACE
Log in and tell me if anything changes (it should)

[Akya]

ya i did ctrl alt f1 and then sudo tec init.d gdm stop
but when i went to do sudo sh nvidia it said that x server was still running what should i do?

[tseliot]

ya i did ctrl alt f1 and then sudo tec init.d gdm stop
but when i went to do sudo sh nvidia it said that x server was still running what should i do?
Try:
sudo killall gdm

and when you finish installing the driver (ONLY THEN):
sudo gdm

[Akya]

i tried that and it didnt work either, i hvave enlightenment installed on my comp if that changes anything, and what do i push to come back out of the command line so i dont have to reboot?

[BLTicklemonster]

When I pressed ctrl alt f1, it went to black screen but never gave me a prompt, I killed all and everything but nothing, so I rebooted, and was thankful that it came up with no problems, then I just finished off the instructions. I got an nvidia splash screen now, and everything. Works a Brazillion times better than ati did. One problem though, I lost my logitech mouse settings I'd done, so I had to redo the mouse, lol. Shame that they can't be kept in different places.

[alynx]

Add the following line to the device section:

Option "AGPFastWrite" "true"

so that it will look like the following example:

Section "Device"
Identifier "NVIDIA Corporation NV18 [GeForce4 MX - nForce GPU]"
Driver "nvidia"
BusID "PCI:2:0:0"
Option "RandRRotation" "on"
Option "AGPFastWrite" "true"
EndSection

Log out and press CTRL+ALT+BACKSPACE

Log in and try the game


Still does not work :confused:! I'm getting grey hairs here now.
hehe! i even tried to set my gaming settings in BIOS to F1 performance =D>
Had to reset my Cmos1 jumper , Bwahahaha

Fastwrites still not enabled :(

[tseliot]

i tried that and it didnt work either, i hvave enlightenment installed on my comp if that changes anything, and what do i push to come back out of the command line so i dont have to reboot?
You can type "startx" in order to go back to your desktop environment.

Do you use gdm or kdm (as login manager)?

[tseliot]

Still does not work :confused:! I'm getting grey hairs here now.
hehe! i even tried to set my gaming settings in BIOS to F1 performance =D>
Had to reset my Cmos1 jumper , Bwahahaha

Fastwrites still not enabled :(
can you post the output of this command "cat /proc/driver/nvidia/agp/status" with all the new settings enabled (bios, etc.)?

P.S. bad news:
SBA and Fast Writes indicate whether either one of the features is
currently in use. Please note that several factors decide if support
for either will be enabled. First of all, both the AGP card and the
host bridge must support the feature. Even if both do support it, the
driver may decide not to use it in favor of system stability. This is
particularly true of AGP Fast Writes.

[alynx]

Still

tkj@warsong:~$ cat /proc/driver/nvidia/agp/status
Status: Enabled
Driver: AGPGART
AGP Rate: 8x
Fast Writes: Disabled
SBA: Enabled


I did not have the fastwrite option in BIOS. But i had a game accelerator option which i set to f1 , overstressed my RAM so i had to reset BIOS :) hehehe.

In windows i had FPS: around 60
In Linux i have 10 - 50

I reckon this could get far better in Linux if i get my Nvidia card set up correctly ?

[tseliot]

Still

tkj@warsong:~$ cat /proc/driver/nvidia/agp/status
Status: Enabled
Driver: AGPGART
AGP Rate: 8x
Fast Writes: Disabled
SBA: Enabled


I did not have the fastwrite option in BIOS. But i had a game accelerator option which i set to f1 , overstressed my RAM so i had to reset BIOS :) hehehe.

In windows i had FPS: around 60
In Linux i have 10 - 50

I reckon this could get far better in Linux if i get my Nvidia card set up correctly ?
Keep in mind that the drivers for Linux are not at the same level of those for Windows and, above all, the fact that games are made to run natively on Windows (the emulation is slower).

Anyhow as I've quoted before I think this is the reason for which fast writes isn't enabled:
the driver may decide not to use it in favor of system stability. This is particularly true of AGP Fast Writes.

If you wish to know something more about the drivers you might want to ask the developers in the unofficial nvidia forum (see the link in my guide).

However I hope to be absolutely wrong and that you can find the solution to your problem there. :)

[tuke81]

err... Have anyone try to install the latest drivers(came out 5.12.2005, v8174)
Some new apps called nvidia-xconfig. Is it worth of trying or should I wait that it comes in to the debian repo's

[serzz]

I have also troubles enabling fastwrite. My outputs:
serzz@ubuntu-linux:/etc/modprobe.d$ dmesg | grep agp
[4294682.410000] Linux agpgart interface v0.101 (c) Dave Jones


serzz@ubuntu-linux:/etc/modprobe.d$ sudo cat /proc/driver/nvidia/agp/host-bridge
Host Bridge: PCI device 1106:0308
Fast Writes: Supported
SBA: Supported
AGP Rates: 8x 4x
Registers: 0x1f000a1b:0x00000000



serzz@ubuntu-linux:/etc/modprobe.d$ sudo cat /proc/driver/nvidia/agp/status
Status: Disabled

AGP initialization failed, please check the ouput
of the 'dmesg' command and/or your system log file
for additional information on this problem.


serzz@ubuntu-linux:/etc/modprobe.d$ sudo cat /etc/modprobe.d/nvidia
install nvidia_agp ; modprobe --ignore-install nvidia_agp
install nvidia /usr/bin/asusfan -m 1 --temp=90:85:80:75 ; modprobe --ignore-install nvidia
options nvidia NVreg_EnableAGPSBA=1 NVreg_EnableAGPFW=1

xorg.conf:


...
Section "Device"
Identifier "NVIDIA Corporation NV40 [GeForce 6800]"
Driver "nvidia"
BusID "PCI:1:0:0"
Option "NvAGP" "3"
Option "RenderAccel" "true"
Option "NoLogo"
Option "RandRRotation" "on"
Option "AGPFastWrite" "true"
Option "AllowGLXWithComposite" "true"
EndSection
...


Also I have agpgart and via_agp blacklisted

[tseliot]

err... Have anyone try to install the latest drivers(came out 5.12.2005, v8174)
Some new apps called nvidia-xconfig. Is it worth of trying or should I wait that it comes in to the debian repo's
nvidia-xconfig only configs your xorg.conf, which is something you can do manually by following my guide.

[tseliot]

I have also troubles enabling fastwrite. My outputs:
serzz@ubuntu-linux:/etc/modprobe.d$ dmesg | grep agp
[4294682.410000] Linux agpgart interface v0.101 (c) Dave Jones


serzz@ubuntu-linux:/etc/modprobe.d$ sudo cat /proc/driver/nvidia/agp/host-bridge
Host Bridge: PCI device 1106:0308
Fast Writes: Supported
SBA: Supported
AGP Rates: 8x 4x
Registers: 0x1f000a1b:0x00000000



serzz@ubuntu-linux:/etc/modprobe.d$ sudo cat /proc/driver/nvidia/agp/status
Status: Disabled

AGP initialization failed, please check the ouput
of the 'dmesg' command and/or your system log file
for additional information on this problem.


serzz@ubuntu-linux:/etc/modprobe.d$ sudo cat /etc/modprobe.d/nvidia
install nvidia_agp ; modprobe --ignore-install nvidia_agp
install nvidia /usr/bin/asusfan -m 1 --temp=90:85:80:75 ; modprobe --ignore-install nvidia
options nvidia NVreg_EnableAGPSBA=1 NVreg_EnableAGPFW=1

xorg.conf:


...
Section "Device"
Identifier "NVIDIA Corporation NV40 [GeForce 6800]"
Driver "nvidia"
BusID "PCI:1:0:0"
Option "NvAGP" "3"
Option "RenderAccel" "true"
Option "NoLogo"
Option "RandRRotation" "on"
Option "AGPFastWrite" "true"
Option "AllowGLXWithComposite" "true"
EndSection
...


Also I have agpgart and via_agp blacklisted
As the developers of the drivers say, it's not guaranteed that fast writes will be abled by the drivers.

1) Anyhow it seems that your agp is disabled.
Try setting the "Option "NvAGP" "3"" to 1

2) Why did you blacklist agpgart and via_agp?

[serzz]

1) Anyhow it seems that your agp is disabled.
Try setting the "Option "NvAGP" "3"" to 1

I've changed it but nothing new happened.

2) Why did you blacklist agpgart and via_agp?

By looking at this thread I found that those modules can cause problems when enabling fastwrite.

[tseliot]

1) Anyhow it seems that your agp is disabled.
Try setting the "Option "NvAGP" "3"" to 1

I've changed it but nothing new happened.

2) Why did you blacklist agpgart and via_agp?

By looking at this thread I found that those modules can cause problems when enabling fastwrite.
I think you should eliminate the "Option "NvAGP" "3"" (the entire line) and remove agpgart and via_agp from yuor blacklist.
I should use them only if you have real problems (e.g. if all you can see is a black screen).

If agpgart worked for you the 1st time you shouldn't have blacklisted it.

Do as I say, restart your computer and tell me how it goes (and post the output of "sudo cat /proc/driver/nvidia/agp/status" again)

[Kevin]

err... Have anyone try to install the latest drivers(came out 5.12.2005, v8174)
Some new apps called nvidia-xconfig. Is it worth of trying or should I wait that it comes in to the debian repo's

I installed them and they work great! The nvidia-xconfig program just runs at the end of the installer's .run file, and automatically enables the nvidia driver for you, so you basically don't need to touch your xorg.conf file anymore.
Also, these drivers have dramatically improved RenderAccel stability for me. The latest clearlooks-cairo works perfectly with RenderAccel turned on whereas it did not at all before, and xcompmgr is also much more stable.

So if you want to install your own nvidia drivers outside of the repo's these new ones are definitely worth it. But if you don't use cairo or xcompmgr, it's probably easier to just stay with the ones in the repositories.

Edit: Oh and by the way, while I haven't tried it since I don't have it, these drivers are the first to support SLI

[tuke81]

Try setting the "Option "NvAGP" "3"" to 1

I've set it 2, all others seems to jam my x-server. Look there:
klick me (http://nvidia.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/nvidia.cfg/php/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=174&p_created=1101836147&p_sid=Wozs3eWh&p_lva=&p_sp=cF9zcmNoPTEmcF9zb3J0X2J5PSZwX2dyaWRzb3J0PSZwX 3Jvd19jbnQ9MSZwX3Byb2RzPTAmcF9jYXRzPTAmcF9wdj0mcF9 jdj0mcF9zZWFyY2hfdHlwZT1hbnN3ZXJzLnNlYXJjaF9mbmwmc F9wYWdlPTEmcF9zZWFyY2hfdGV4dD1SZW5kZXJBY2NlbA**&p_li=&p_topview=1)

So if you want to install your own nvidia drivers outside of the repo's these new ones are definitely worth it. But if you don't use cairo or xcompmgr, it's probably easier to just stay with the ones in the repositories.

How about playing enemy territory or other opengl -based games? Is there any improvments on performance.

[serzz]

serzz@ubuntu-linux:~$ sudo cat /proc/driver/nvidia/agp/status
Password:
Status: Disabled

AGP initialization failed, please check the ouput
of the 'dmesg' command and/or your system log file
for additional information on this problem.



Still same thing. Btw is it normal when I type "dmesg |grep agp" all I got is "[4294682.887000] Linux agpgart interface v0.101 (c) Dave Jones"

[tuke81]

Still same thing. Btw is it normal when I type "dmesg |grep agp" all I got is "[4294682.887000] Linux agpgart interface v0.101 (c) Dave Jones"[/QUOTE]

well i get:
root@tuke:/home/tuke # dmesg |grep agp
[4294693.570000] Linux agpgart interface v0.101 (c) Dave Jones
[4294725.661000] agpgart: Detected VIA KT400/KT400A/KT600 chipset
[4294725.691000] agpgart: AGP aperture is 128M @ 0xf0000000
[4294749.824000] agpgart: Found an AGP 3.5 compliant device at 0000:00:00.0.
[4294749.824000] agpgart: Putting AGP V3 device at 0000:00:00.0 into 8x mode
[4294749.824000] agpgart: Putting AGP V3 device at 0000:01:00.0 into 8x mode
[4294750.544000] agpgart: Found an AGP 3.5 compliant device at 0000:00:00.0.
[4294750.544000] agpgart: Putting AGP V3 device at 0000:00:00.0 into 8x mode
[4294750.544000] agpgart: Putting AGP V3 device at 0000:01:00.0 into 8x mode


I've one tricky bug with login. I get same error message than you, but when I kill gdm once, everythings works great again. Have tried to kill gdm and start it again. There could be some clitch on the boot sequence, like I do.

[serzz]

Noup. Seems that I have a bit different problem.

[Akya]

i was trying startx but that doesnt work for me either, and for my login i dont know, i installed enlightenment and it changed my login screen so that might be why

[BLTicklemonster]

Did it again on my son's computer, too. You might want to warn people, just as you tell them to hit ctrl+alt+f1 that they are about to go into lala land, to copy, print or write down the following instructions. (I think I already said that, but it bears repeating)

[siorai]

I'm thinking of upgrading to the new 8174 drivers, but I've got a question. Using the Method 2 instructions, when I get to the point of uninstalling the current drivers, specifcally the nvidia-kernel, it also wants to uninstall the following:

linux-686-smp
linux-restricted-modules-2.6.12-10-686-smp
linux-restricted-modules-686-smp

Now I'm pretty new to the whole Linux thing, but isn't that first one, the kernel? I don't see any instructions for reinstalling it, so I'm just wanting to make sure that it's ok to be removing it in the first place.

[r4ik]

Will Breezy auto-detect my mx4000 on fresh install.?
I tried the instructions cant get it done.
Nothing important there so if it does fine with me.

Forget about it been runnin around in circels.
This one wasnt posted.
Sorry.

[Ruskie]

Uhm... I'm not very willing to dare into the troubled land of graphics setup... Am I correct if I suppose that, sooner or later, when the new version of nvidia drivers are considered stable, they will be added to the official repositories so that Synaptic finds nvidia-glx can be updated and takes care of it?

Thanks
Marco

[tseliot]

Uhm... I'm not very willing to dare into the troubled land of graphics setup... Am I correct if I suppose that, sooner or later, when the new version of nvidia drivers are considered stable, they will be added to the official repositories so that Synaptic finds nvidia-glx can be updated and takes care of it?

Thanks
Marco
I'm sure nvidia-glx won't be upgraded in Breezy's repositories because it's not a priority (usually security issues are priorities). Perhaps it will be upgraded in Dapper Drake repositories as Dapper is still under development.
This means that no, you won't be able to get the new driver in Synaptic (don't install it from Dapper's repos, please).

[tseliot]

I'm thinking of upgrading to the new 8174 drivers, but I've got a question. Using the Method 2 instructions, when I get to the point of uninstalling the current drivers, specifcally the nvidia-kernel, it also wants to uninstall the following:

linux-686-smp
linux-restricted-modules-2.6.12-10-686-smp
linux-restricted-modules-686-smp

Now I'm pretty new to the whole Linux thing, but isn't that first one, the kernel? I don't see any instructions for reinstalling it, so I'm just wanting to make sure that it's ok to be removing it in the first place.
You can remove them but you have to install the following packages first:

linux-image-2.6.12-10-686-smp
linux-headers-2.6.12-10-686-smp

Then you can remove those packages you mentioned.

[tseliot]

For all of you:
I'm sorry but I really can't think now. Tomorrow I'm going to get my degree and I can't think of anything else than Functional Grammar and Automatic translation :p .

In other words I'll answer to your posts on thursday.

Alberto

[Ruskie]

Good luck! I studied them as well, in my days at Roma Tre... ;)

On the other end: yes, I was exactly meaning: when I'll upgrade to the released Dapper Drake I'll find the new drivers packaged with it. That's enough for me, at least as long as I don't do so much gaming on Linux... :)

[Kevin]

How about playing enemy territory or other opengl -based games? Is there any improvments on performance.

To be honest, with my GeForce 3, I don't think the drivers are going to make much of a difference anymore ;) But Quake4 seems to be running about the same, definitely no slower anyways, still the same level of "this game is too much for my video card"

[Akya]

now i got my x server shut down, but it says my gcc is gcc 4.0 and i need 3.4 or something can u help me?

[23meg]

now i got my x server shut down, but it says my gcc is gcc 4.0 and i need 3.4 or something can u help me?
CC=gcc-3.4
export CC

[alynx]

Ah the 7667 driver really worked for me , Stupid me was emulating W2K in wine , when i switched to XP emulation it works pretty near smooth :) im so happy now , doing the badger dance :-({|=

Thanks to all of you helping out!

Hope your exam / test went fine tseliot /cheer

[Akya]

CC=gcc-3.4
export CC

i tryed that but not such luck it still said the same thing
and when i did try that it didn't do anything like in terminal or when i was at the command prompt(black screen one)

[tseliot]

Ah the 7667 driver really worked for me , Stupid me was emulating W2K in wine , when i switched to XP emulation it works pretty near smooth :) im so happy now , doing the badger dance :-({|=

Thanks to all of you helping out!

Hope your exam / test went fine tseliot /cheer
I'm glad the drivers work for you :)
Yesterday I got my degree with excellent results :D

[evilyakult]

I tried the NVIDIA drivers as my Ubuntu was running very slow
(on an AMD 64 3000 with an NVIDIA geforce FX5900xt 1gb ram)

So I follow the walkthrough to the letter (The Ubuntu guide via step 1) and restart 'X' to get a black terminal screen prompting me to log in again - log in then completely blank screen

I left it for about 30 minutes just in case it was doing some 'thinking' and still blank.

I'm a semi-newb ie I've been using various linux distros all of which have detected my setup perfectly and used 3D acceleration etc and Ubuntu is the only one I've had to do manually. - Never had to use terminal very much and when I do its copy paste from a webpage.

Any help would be appreciated

Thanks

[handy]

I've just set my 6800GT up using the most simple & quick method below:

+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Install Nvidia driver

From Ubuntu Document Storage Facility

Written by: Artificial Intelligence
[edit]
HOWTO: Install Nvidia driver in Ubuntu - The Default

Open the terminal and write:

sudo apt-get install nvidia-glx
sudo apt-get install nvidia-settings
sudo nvidia-glx-config enable
smeg

In the left window of the menu editor choose System Tools, then click the New Entry button.

Entry Editor
Name: Nvidia Settings
Comment: <What ever you like>
Command: nvidia-settings
Icon: <Pick a icon for it or just leave it>

Press the OK button.

Reboot
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

The only bit that didn't work is the "nVidia Settings" menu entry at the end, I'll sort that out later.

Glxgears:

59460 frames in 5.0 seconds = 11891.943 FPS
65675 frames in 5.0 seconds = 13134.952 FPS
65689 frames in 5.0 seconds = 13137.785 FPS
65678 frames in 5.0 seconds = 13135.452 FPS
65678 frames in 5.0 seconds = 13135.535 FPS
65682 frames in 5.0 seconds = 13136.269 FPS

I was getting about 20 FPS before the driver install!!!

Very Happy :D

handy

[Akya]

ok ive finally managed to get it installed but now every time i reboot my computer i have to reinstall it how do i fix this??

[tseliot]

I tried the NVIDIA drivers as my Ubuntu was running very slow
(on an AMD 64 3000 with an NVIDIA geforce FX5900xt 1gb ram)

So I follow the walkthrough to the letter (The Ubuntu guide via step 1) and restart 'X' to get a black terminal screen prompting me to log in again - log in then completely blank screen

I left it for about 30 minutes just in case it was doing some 'thinking' and still blank.

I'm a semi-newb ie I've been using various linux distros all of which have detected my setup perfectly and used 3D acceleration etc and Ubuntu is the only one I've had to do manually. - Never had to use terminal very much and when I do its copy paste from a webpage.

Any help would be appreciated

Thanks
Ok, a quick fix
Turn on your computer
Keep pressing "ESC" until you get to the GRUB menu
Select the version of your kernel which ends with "Recovery Mode"
It will boot in the command line
type:
sudo nano /etc/X11/xorg.conf

Set the driver (in the "Section Device") back from "nvidia" to "nv"
CTRL+O to save the file (yes, overwrite it)
CTRL+X to exit

Then reboot normally and everything should work again.

Then I can help you to install the drivers.

[tseliot]

I've just set my 6800GT up using the most simple & quick method below:

+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Install Nvidia driver

From Ubuntu Document Storage Facility

Written by: Artificial Intelligence
[edit]
HOWTO: Install Nvidia driver in Ubuntu - The Default

Open the terminal and write:

sudo apt-get install nvidia-glx
sudo apt-get install nvidia-settings
sudo nvidia-glx-config enable
smeg

In the left window of the menu editor choose System Tools, then click the New Entry button.

Entry Editor
Name: Nvidia Settings
Comment: <What ever you like>
Command: nvidia-settings
Icon: <Pick a icon for it or just leave it>

Press the OK button.

Reboot
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

The only bit that didn't work is the "nVidia Settings" menu entry at the end, I'll sort that out later.

Glxgears:

59460 frames in 5.0 seconds = 11891.943 FPS
65675 frames in 5.0 seconds = 13134.952 FPS
65689 frames in 5.0 seconds = 13137.785 FPS
65678 frames in 5.0 seconds = 13135.452 FPS
65678 frames in 5.0 seconds = 13135.535 FPS
65682 frames in 5.0 seconds = 13136.269 FPS

I was getting about 20 FPS before the driver install!!!

Very Happy :D

handy
That's what I call method 1 in my guide.

[tseliot]

ok ive finally managed to get it installed but now every time i reboot my computer i have to reinstall it how do i fix this??
What do you mean?
Can you post the output of the error?

[FluffyElmo]

I have to re-install the driver every boot as well. I'm running the 64bit k8 kernel and after installing the latest 8174 driver and rebooting X fails to start. dmesg includes the following:
[ 78.033765] NVRM: loading NVIDIA Linux x86_64 NVIDIA Kernel Module 1.0-7667 Fri Jun 17 07:14:03 PDT 2005
[ 78.034866] NVRM: RM/client version mismatch!!
[ 78.034870] NVRM: aborting to avoid catastrophe!

So it appears to still be loading the 7667 kernel module but using the 8174 driver. Re-running the 8174 install package and restarting gdm will get X working but only until the next reboot.

I found a message in the NVIDIA forums (http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=61271)that seems to address the problem by removing linux-restricted-modules but I can't do that because the k8 kernel requires that package.

Any thoughts on how I might disable the 7667 kernel module manually greatly appreciated.

[tuke81]

I have to re-install the driver every boot as well. I'm running the 64bit k8 kernel and after installing the latest 8174 driver and rebooting X fails to start. dmesg includes the following:
[ 78.033765] NVRM: loading NVIDIA Linux x86_64 NVIDIA Kernel Module 1.0-7667 Fri Jun 17 07:14:03 PDT 2005
[ 78.034866] NVRM: RM/client version mismatch!!
[ 78.034870] NVRM: aborting to avoid catastrophe!

So it appears to still be loading the 7667 kernel module but using the 8174 driver. Re-running the 8174 install package and restarting gdm will get X working but only until the next reboot.

I found a message in the NVIDIA forums (http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=61271)that seems to address the problem by removing linux-restricted-modules but I can't do that because the k8 kernel requires that package.

Any thoughts on how I might disable the 7667 kernel module manually greatly appreciated.

Well i'm not sure but removing all libglx.so files in /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions folder before installation seems to work for me.

[FluffyElmo]

Just tried deleting the libglx.so file but it doesn't seem to have worked. I'll look into it more come morning. Thanks for the suggestion though.

[tseliot]

I have to re-install the driver every boot as well. I'm running the 64bit k8 kernel and after installing the latest 8174 driver and rebooting X fails to start. dmesg includes the following:
[ 78.033765] NVRM: loading NVIDIA Linux x86_64 NVIDIA Kernel Module 1.0-7667 Fri Jun 17 07:14:03 PDT 2005
[ 78.034866] NVRM: RM/client version mismatch!!
[ 78.034870] NVRM: aborting to avoid catastrophe!

So it appears to still be loading the 7667 kernel module but using the 8174 driver. Re-running the 8174 install package and restarting gdm will get X working but only until the next reboot.

I found a message in the NVIDIA forums (http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=61271)that seems to address the problem by removing linux-restricted-modules but I can't do that because the k8 kernel requires that package.

Any thoughts on how I might disable the 7667 kernel module manually greatly appreciated.
Install "linux-image-2.6.12-10-k8" and "linux-headers-2.6.12-10-k8"

Restart your computer (so as to boot in the new kernel)

Then remove remove the restricted modules (mark it "for Complete Removal") which will also remove "linux-k8".

Then try to install the drivers again.

[FluffyElmo]

Thanks! That worked!


Install "linux-image-2.6.12-10-k8" and "linux-headers-2.6.12-10-k8"

Restart your computer (so as to boot in the new kernel)

Then remove remove the restricted modules (mark it "for Complete Removal") which will also remove "linux-k8".

Then try to install the drivers again.

[daschl]

i also got problems i hope you can help me

i tried all methods i think, but nothing worked

here is the important part (its the only error message i get ;))of the long logfile:

(II) Loading sub module "fb"
(II) LoadModule: "fb"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libfb.a
Skipping "/usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libfb.a:fbmmx.o": No symbols found

please help!

[PMO6022]

I'd just like to post a thanks for this how-to. I had always just used the nividia drivers that were in the ubuntu repos, and never had a problem. However, recently I was trying to play with a compositing manager, and so I needed to enable compositing as well as RenderAccel in my xorg.conf. When I did this, my computer locked up every time I started firefox. I then installed the latest drivers from nvidia using your how-to, and the lockups have disappeared. Thanks!

[tseliot]

I'd just like to post a thanks for this how-to. I had always just used the nividia drivers that were in the ubuntu repos, and never had a problem. However, recently I was trying to play with a compositing manager, and so I needed to enable compositing as well as RenderAccel in my xorg.conf. When I did this, my computer locked up every time I started firefox. I then installed the latest drivers from nvidia using your how-to, and the lockups have disappeared. Thanks!
Well, you should thank the developers of the drivers for that;)