9800gtx + 's SLI on ubuntu 9.04 x64 gdm will not start nvidia driver 180

[RaveJunkie]

I have to leave right now and pick my drunk room mate up, then meetings and few things to do tommorow and then party that night. so i will prob not post till sunday but ill get back to you asap.


just to make sure this is what your talking about right???

# nvidia-xconfig: X configuration file generated by nvidia-xconfig
# nvidia-xconfig:  version 1.0  (buildmeister@builder62)  Tue Sep 22 16:54:46 PDT 2009

Section "ServerLayout"
    Identifier     "Layout0"
    Screen      0  "Screen0"
    InputDevice    "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
    InputDevice    "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
EndSection

Section "Files"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
    # generated from default
    Identifier     "Mouse0"
    Driver         "mouse"
    Option         "Protocol" "auto"
    Option         "Device" "/dev/psaux"
    Option         "Emulate3Buttons" "no"
    Option         "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
    # generated from default
    Identifier     "Keyboard0"
    Driver         "kbd"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
    Identifier     "Monitor0"
    VendorName     "Unknown"
    ModelName      "Unknown"
    HorizSync       28.0 - 33.0
    VertRefresh     43.0 - 72.0
    Option         "DPMS"
EndSection

Section "Device"
    Identifier     "Device0"
    Driver         "nvidia"
    VendorName     "NVIDIA Corporation"
    BusID          "PCI:3:0:0"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
    Identifier     "Screen0"
    Device         "Device0"
    Monitor        "Monitor0"
    DefaultDepth    24
    SubSection     "Display"
        Depth       24
    EndSubSection
    Option         "MultiGPU" "on"
    Option         "SLI" "on"
EndSection

[zepfan]

I have to leave right now and pick my drunk room mate up, then meetings and few things to do tommorow and then party that night. so i will prob not post till sunday but ill get back to you asap.


just to make sure this is what your talking about right???

# nvidia-xconfig: X configuration file generated by nvidia-xconfig
# nvidia-xconfig:  version 1.0  (buildmeister@builder62)  Tue Sep 22 16:54:46 PDT 2009

Section "ServerLayout"
    Identifier     "Layout0"
    Screen      0  "Screen0"
    InputDevice    "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
    InputDevice    "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
EndSection

Section "Files"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
    # generated from default
    Identifier     "Mouse0"
    Driver         "mouse"
    Option         "Protocol" "auto"
    Option         "Device" "/dev/psaux"
    Option         "Emulate3Buttons" "no"
    Option         "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
    # generated from default
    Identifier     "Keyboard0"
    Driver         "kbd"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
    Identifier     "Monitor0"
    VendorName     "Unknown"
    ModelName      "Unknown"
    HorizSync       28.0 - 33.0
    VertRefresh     43.0 - 72.0
    Option         "DPMS"
EndSection

Section "Device"
    Identifier     "Device0"
    Driver         "nvidia"
    VendorName     "NVIDIA Corporation"
    BusID          "PCI:3:0:0"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
    Identifier     "Screen0"
    Device         "Device0"
    Monitor        "Monitor0"
    DefaultDepth    24
    SubSection     "Display"
        Depth       24
    EndSubSection
    Option         "MultiGPU" "on"
    Option         "SLI" "on"
EndSection

That should do it. Let me know if it doesn't work.

[RaveJunkie]

MAN I LOVE YOU

Im in now with gdm up and compiz is all pretty again and I have SLI enabled



ubuntu forum guys you can list this as SOLVED!!!!

On a down note as more people get SLI and try to turn this on they will have more troble, im a nerd and new i could find answer on here so i put in the effort and time, but if this would of been my fist test i would not now how to fix it on my own. (and still dont fully understand the details and how u knew where to look) this should be fixed with new drivers because more and more folks will have SLI and and dual GPU's ect..... just a thought, you know your GUI not even coming up is a big deal i think.....

BUT THANK YOU SOOOOO MUCH zepfan!!!!

[zepfan]

MAN I LOVE YOU

Im in now with gdm up and compiz is all pretty again and I have SLI enabled



ubuntu forum guys you can list this as SOLVED!!!!

On a down note as more people get SLI and try to turn this on they will have more troble, im a nerd and new i could find answer on here so i put in the effort and time, but if this would of been my fist test i would not now how to fix it on my own. (and still dont fully understand the details and how u knew where to look) this should be fixed with new drivers because more and more folks will have SLI and and dual GPU's ect..... just a thought, you know your GUI not even coming up is a big deal i think.....

BUT THANK YOU SOOOOO MUCH zepfan!!!!

Sure thing. It took me about two weeks of checking the forums to find this info when I first started too.