Re: HOWTO: Latest NVIDIA drivers
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Originally Posted by onlyOknows
... But after installation I couldn't find the file NVIDIA-Settings.desktop in the location you said. (even I did "locate")
Please, follow my instructions. Of course the file doesn't exists but you have to create it by using the commands I told you to use.
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Originally Posted by onlyOknows
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "PHILIPS 107B"
Option "DPMS"
HorizSync 30-86
VertRefresh 50-160
EndSection
Find the specs of your monitor (you can use Google) and find the Horizontal and the Vertical refresh of your monitor then put them instead of the default values
HorizSync 30-86
VertRefresh 50-160
Then save the file.
If you do this using the graphic interface log out and then login (it should restart Xorg)
Re: HOWTO: Latest NVIDIA drivers
ohh. sorry sorry sorry! I have missed the words "the new file". I'm a newbie but not as new as that :-)
now I'm restarting the machine.
Re: HOWTO: Latest NVIDIA drivers
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Originally Posted by mega
No improvement with 7667
mega@mainpc:~$ glxgears -info
GL_MAX_VIEWPORT_DIMS=4096/4096
GL_RENDERER = GeForce FX 5200/AGP/SSE2/3DNOW!
GL_VERSION = 2.0.0 NVIDIA 76.67
GL_VENDOR = NVIDIA Corporation
4957 frames in 5.0 seconds = 991.400 FPS
5257 frames in 5.0 seconds = 1051.400 FPS
5223 frames in 5.0 seconds = 1044.600 FPS
cpu is peaked at 100 %, should glxgears hit the cpu like that?
Try to add the lines I've put in blue to your xorg.conf:
Section "Device"
Identifier "NVIDIA Corporation NV40 [GeForce 6200 TurboCache]"
Driver "nvidia"
BusID "PCI:1:0:0"
Option "RenderAccel" "OFF"
Option "AllowGLXWithComposite" "OFF"
Restart X by (logout and then login) and try glxgears again. If this does the trick but you have low FPS THEN (and ONLY THEN) erase "Option "RenderAccel" "OFF"" and try glxgears again.
Tell me what happens in both cases.
Re: HOWTO: Latest NVIDIA drivers
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Originally Posted by tseliot
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Find the specs of your monitor (you can use Google) and find the Horizontal and the Vertical refresh of your monitor then put them instead of the default values
HorizSync 30-86
VertRefresh 50-160
Then save the file.
If you do this using the graphic interface log out and then login (it should restart Xorg)
Or you could try commenting out those two lines by putting a "#" in front of the lines. I did this and all my refresh rate@resolution combinations are detected automatically. If this doesn't work for you, just uncomment the lines and you should be back on track.
Re: HOWTO: Latest NVIDIA drivers
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Originally Posted by tseliot
Please, follow my instructions. Of course the file doesn't exists but you have to create it by using the commands I told you to use.
Find the specs of your monitor (you can use Google) and find the Horizontal and the Vertical refresh of your monitor then put them instead of the default values
HorizSync 30-86
VertRefresh 50-160
Then save the file.
If you do this using the graphic interface log out and then login (it should restart Xorg)
Following your guide to nvidia-settings installation is worked. Thanks.
I entered the values as what is given in the Philisps data sheet. In the data sheet these values are also given as ranges, but not as a single value!
The results is, I'm still couldn't reach the 100 Hz refresh rate. I also tried the way explained in the following howto;
http://www.ubuntuforums.org/showpost...9&postcount=21
It also didn't worked :-(
In the linux kernel or in the driver who decides to use which refresh rate? In the "Screen Resolution preference tool" of ubuntu the maximum listed rate is 85Hz. How these lists are generated? And when I changed the value in this list which file is being affected exactly? So maybe I can change this file by myself.
Re: HOWTO: Latest NVIDIA drivers
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Originally Posted by onlyOknows
Following your guide to nvidia-settings installation is worked. Thanks.
I entered the values as what is given in the Philisps data sheet. In the data sheet these values are also given as ranges, but not as a single value!
The results is, I'm still couldn't reach the 100 Hz refresh rate. I also tried the way explained in the following howto;
http://www.ubuntuforums.org/showpost...9&postcount=21
It also didn't worked :-(
In the linux kernel or in the driver who decides to use which refresh rate? In the "Screen Resolution preference tool" of ubuntu the maximum listed rate is 85Hz. How these lists are generated? And when I changed the value in this list which file is being affected exactly? So maybe I can change this file by myself.
The file you are looking for is xorg.conf.
Have you tried this (in the command line)? :
sudo dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg
And follow the instructions (it will also ask you the refresh rate (Vertical and Horizontal) of your monitor
Re: HOWTO: Latest NVIDIA drivers
If you haven't got this solved now (and even if you had so other people will know) I have to make a symlink from linux-headers-2.6.10-5 (think thats the name, you'll see the folder in /usr/src) to linux, i.e.
Code:
sudo ln -s /usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.10-5/ /usr/src/linux/
then it worked
Re: HOWTO: Latest NVIDIA drivers
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Originally Posted by REBELinBLUE
If you haven't got this solved now (and even if you had so other people will know) I have to make a symlink from linux-headers-2.6.10-5 (think thats the name, you'll see the folder in /usr/src) to linux, i.e.
Code:
sudo ln -s /usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.10-5/ /usr/src/linux/
then it worked
I'm happy it works in this way. I might add this method to my guide later. Thanks
Re: HOWTO: Latest NVIDIA drivers
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Originally Posted by tseliot
Option "RenderAccel" "OFF"
Option "AllowGLXWithComposite" "OFF"
if I put this in, I can no longer start xorg, it tries 3-4 times, then locks up the computer
I had to boot in recovery mode to fix it, both have to be set to true, or xorg crashes
glxgears fps seems bad, but I was playing warcraft last night and I was getting 15-30fps, not too bad for a old card like this
Re: HOWTO: Latest NVIDIA drivers
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Originally Posted by mega
if I put this in, I can no longer start xorg, it tries 3-4 times, then locks up the computer
I had to boot in recovery mode to fix it, both have to be set to true, or xorg crashes
Try the other suggestions (in red) at the end of the guide.
Then if they don't work you will have to ask in Nvidia Forum (at the Linux section) as your problem can be related to some bug of the driver. You can ask the developers and some users in there.
http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/forumdisplay.php?f=14