evilkastel
November 1st, 2008, 10:50 AM
hi there, well, as most nvidia users Ibex won't work right for me, in resolution and such. I understand I'm not allowed to copy paste from another site, so I'll link you, because I don't see the point of rewriting what already worked for me. Is a comprehensive guide to MOST nvidia Ibex Issues. the "Problem 2" solution worked for me with a little variation that I will describe. Hopefully this will work for you and we will stop flooding the support categories. With no further delay, here it is:
http://www.ubuntugeek.com/common-problems-and-solutions-for-nvidia-restricted-drivers-after-ubuntu-810-intrepid-ibex-upgrade.html
My fix for "Problem 2":
Seems like the new X in ibex won't work with nvidia and the xorg.conf right, so do as instructed in the link.
nvidia-settings segmentation fault.In the nvidia-settings menu (System->Administration->NVIDIA X Server Settings), if I click “Save to X Configuration File” (in the “X Server Display Configurations” page), the window closes. This was not the behavior in Ubuntu 8.04. If I open the menu from the command line, then clicking “Save to X Configuration File” will print “Segmentation fault” before the window closes. This happens whether or not I use sudo when executing nvidia-settings.
Solution
I heard that the new X.Org was going to rely less on the xorg.conf file, but it still exits. I can still apply my desired changes by clicking “Apply”, so I personally do not have any problems. I am wondering if the segfault is a bug.
I renamed my xorg.conf file to something radically different: xorg_conf_backup.txt Then, when I had nvidia-settings save to xorg file, it asked where it was. I just pointed it to the same location (/etc/X11/xorg.conf) and had it make a new one. That seemed to make it stick. It seems unhappy in having to deal with existing xorg files.
But when I tried to make nvidia settings to make a new one, it would return an error. So this is what I did:
1. Get the drivers working (as instructed)
2. Get nvidia-settings working (as instructed)
3. Rename (backup) xorg.conf
sudo cp /etc/X11/xorg.conf /etc/X11/xorg_restore.txt
sudo mv /etc/X11/xorg.conf /etc/X11/xorg_backup.txt
xorg_restore is our foolproof backup
xorg_backup is the renamed xorg we will temper with to try to fix the resolution.
4. Go to System>Administration>nvidia X server settings and choose your resolution. then Click "save to X configuration file" it will ask where is xorg.config. Click the Preview button. Copy ALL the preview content. (be careful, xorg.conf is a very sensitive file so be sure yo copy it right)
5. open renamed Xorg.conf
sudo gedit /etc/X11/xorg_backup.txt
6.erase all the content and paste the preview nvidia gave you. I should work fine for your monitor, since is generated by your driver.
Save and close.
7. rename the file back to xorg.conf
sudo mv /etc/X11/xorg_backup.txt /etc/X11/xorg.conf
8. Reboot
In case it doesn't works, you just have to replace the xorg.conf we made with a copy of your original, however, your problem will be there still.
like this:
sudo mv /etc/X11/xorg.conf /etc/X11/xorg_backup.txt
sudo mv /etc/X11/xorg_restore.txt /etc/X11/xorg.conf
sudo rm /etc/X11/xorg_backup.txt
this should undo everything we have done.
A few last words.
I did this and worked, yet I'm quite a beginner, and though i'm certain this is a non invasive procedure and is backed up properly i warn you, messing with xorg.conf is dangerous. so be careful. Also, I'm just starting to use bash, so, I understand well everything I did, and I'm certain that there are ways to do it quicker. maybe using *~ or cd. But i decided to play it safe, to reduce the messing up chances. I just wanted to hopefully help a bit. Good luck to all of you troubleshooting nvidia drivers in ibex, and I hope you succeed as I did. Thank you for reading, hopefuly this helped.
See ya!
:guitar:
http://www.ubuntugeek.com/common-problems-and-solutions-for-nvidia-restricted-drivers-after-ubuntu-810-intrepid-ibex-upgrade.html
My fix for "Problem 2":
Seems like the new X in ibex won't work with nvidia and the xorg.conf right, so do as instructed in the link.
nvidia-settings segmentation fault.In the nvidia-settings menu (System->Administration->NVIDIA X Server Settings), if I click “Save to X Configuration File” (in the “X Server Display Configurations” page), the window closes. This was not the behavior in Ubuntu 8.04. If I open the menu from the command line, then clicking “Save to X Configuration File” will print “Segmentation fault” before the window closes. This happens whether or not I use sudo when executing nvidia-settings.
Solution
I heard that the new X.Org was going to rely less on the xorg.conf file, but it still exits. I can still apply my desired changes by clicking “Apply”, so I personally do not have any problems. I am wondering if the segfault is a bug.
I renamed my xorg.conf file to something radically different: xorg_conf_backup.txt Then, when I had nvidia-settings save to xorg file, it asked where it was. I just pointed it to the same location (/etc/X11/xorg.conf) and had it make a new one. That seemed to make it stick. It seems unhappy in having to deal with existing xorg files.
But when I tried to make nvidia settings to make a new one, it would return an error. So this is what I did:
1. Get the drivers working (as instructed)
2. Get nvidia-settings working (as instructed)
3. Rename (backup) xorg.conf
sudo cp /etc/X11/xorg.conf /etc/X11/xorg_restore.txt
sudo mv /etc/X11/xorg.conf /etc/X11/xorg_backup.txt
xorg_restore is our foolproof backup
xorg_backup is the renamed xorg we will temper with to try to fix the resolution.
4. Go to System>Administration>nvidia X server settings and choose your resolution. then Click "save to X configuration file" it will ask where is xorg.config. Click the Preview button. Copy ALL the preview content. (be careful, xorg.conf is a very sensitive file so be sure yo copy it right)
5. open renamed Xorg.conf
sudo gedit /etc/X11/xorg_backup.txt
6.erase all the content and paste the preview nvidia gave you. I should work fine for your monitor, since is generated by your driver.
Save and close.
7. rename the file back to xorg.conf
sudo mv /etc/X11/xorg_backup.txt /etc/X11/xorg.conf
8. Reboot
In case it doesn't works, you just have to replace the xorg.conf we made with a copy of your original, however, your problem will be there still.
like this:
sudo mv /etc/X11/xorg.conf /etc/X11/xorg_backup.txt
sudo mv /etc/X11/xorg_restore.txt /etc/X11/xorg.conf
sudo rm /etc/X11/xorg_backup.txt
this should undo everything we have done.
A few last words.
I did this and worked, yet I'm quite a beginner, and though i'm certain this is a non invasive procedure and is backed up properly i warn you, messing with xorg.conf is dangerous. so be careful. Also, I'm just starting to use bash, so, I understand well everything I did, and I'm certain that there are ways to do it quicker. maybe using *~ or cd. But i decided to play it safe, to reduce the messing up chances. I just wanted to hopefully help a bit. Good luck to all of you troubleshooting nvidia drivers in ibex, and I hope you succeed as I did. Thank you for reading, hopefuly this helped.
See ya!
:guitar: