loneblender
June 15th, 2008, 01:43 AM
I recently installed Ubuntu 8.04 on a Dell Inspiron 530, then installed an Nvidia geforce 8600 PCI-express graphics card using the instructions on the Nvidia site
( http://www.nvidia.com/object/linux_display_ia32_173.14.05.html )
When I rebooted, only low-resolution modes are supported (800x600 and 640x480, see xorg.conf below). I ran nvidia-xconfig and restarted, which didn't do anything.
As an alternative, I tried installing the packages Ubuntu recommended (nvidia-glx-new? maybe?), which I think made things worse.
"System -> Administration -> Hardware Drivers" says that the "Nvidia accelerated graphics driver (latest cards)" is enabled and in use.
I noticed this output in dmesg below, but it doesn't make sense to me, nor am I sure how to fix it (this is with the drivers that Nvidia says are the latest?)
Any help is appreciated, I've heard the 8600 is a sweet graphics card. :-)
$ dmesg
...
[ 44.323864] NVRM: API mismatch: the client has the version 169.12, but
[ 44.323866] NVRM: this kernel module has the version 71.86.04. Please
[ 44.323867] NVRM: make sure that this kernel module and all NVIDIA driver
[ 44.323868] NVRM: components have the same version.
$ uname -a
Linux lucas 2.6.24-18-generic #1 SMP Wed May 28 20:27:26 UTC 2008 i686 GNU/Linux
$ sudo lspci -v
...
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation GeForce 8600 GT (rev a1) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
Subsystem: eVga.com. Corp. Unknown device c750
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 16
Memory at fa000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16M]
Memory at d0000000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=256M]
Memory at f8000000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=32M]
I/O ports at df00 [size=128]
[virtual] Expansion ROM at fb000000 [disabled] [size=128K]
Capabilities: [60] Power Management version 2
Capabilities: [68] Message Signalled Interrupts: Mask- 64bit+ Queue=0/0 Enable-
Capabilities: [78] Express Endpoint IRQ 0
$ cat /etc/X11/xorg.conf
# nvidia-xconfig: X configuration file generated by nvidia-xconfig
# nvidia-xconfig: version 1.0 (buildmeister@builder3) Thu Feb 14 18:20:37 PST 2008
Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "Layout0"
Screen 0 "Screen0"
InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
EndSection
Section "Files"
RgbPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb"
EndSection
Section "Module"
Load "dbe"
Load "extmod"
Load "type1"
Load "freetype"
Load "glx"
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 30.0 - 110.0
VertRefresh 50.0 - 150.0
Option "DPMS"
EndSection
Section "Device"
Identifier "Device0"
Driver "nvidia"
VendorName "NVIDIA Corporation"
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen0"
Device "Device0"
Monitor "Monitor0"
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "nvidia-auto-select"
EndSubSection
EndSection
( http://www.nvidia.com/object/linux_display_ia32_173.14.05.html )
When I rebooted, only low-resolution modes are supported (800x600 and 640x480, see xorg.conf below). I ran nvidia-xconfig and restarted, which didn't do anything.
As an alternative, I tried installing the packages Ubuntu recommended (nvidia-glx-new? maybe?), which I think made things worse.
"System -> Administration -> Hardware Drivers" says that the "Nvidia accelerated graphics driver (latest cards)" is enabled and in use.
I noticed this output in dmesg below, but it doesn't make sense to me, nor am I sure how to fix it (this is with the drivers that Nvidia says are the latest?)
Any help is appreciated, I've heard the 8600 is a sweet graphics card. :-)
$ dmesg
...
[ 44.323864] NVRM: API mismatch: the client has the version 169.12, but
[ 44.323866] NVRM: this kernel module has the version 71.86.04. Please
[ 44.323867] NVRM: make sure that this kernel module and all NVIDIA driver
[ 44.323868] NVRM: components have the same version.
$ uname -a
Linux lucas 2.6.24-18-generic #1 SMP Wed May 28 20:27:26 UTC 2008 i686 GNU/Linux
$ sudo lspci -v
...
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation GeForce 8600 GT (rev a1) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
Subsystem: eVga.com. Corp. Unknown device c750
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 16
Memory at fa000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16M]
Memory at d0000000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=256M]
Memory at f8000000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=32M]
I/O ports at df00 [size=128]
[virtual] Expansion ROM at fb000000 [disabled] [size=128K]
Capabilities: [60] Power Management version 2
Capabilities: [68] Message Signalled Interrupts: Mask- 64bit+ Queue=0/0 Enable-
Capabilities: [78] Express Endpoint IRQ 0
$ cat /etc/X11/xorg.conf
# nvidia-xconfig: X configuration file generated by nvidia-xconfig
# nvidia-xconfig: version 1.0 (buildmeister@builder3) Thu Feb 14 18:20:37 PST 2008
Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "Layout0"
Screen 0 "Screen0"
InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
EndSection
Section "Files"
RgbPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb"
EndSection
Section "Module"
Load "dbe"
Load "extmod"
Load "type1"
Load "freetype"
Load "glx"
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 30.0 - 110.0
VertRefresh 50.0 - 150.0
Option "DPMS"
EndSection
Section "Device"
Identifier "Device0"
Driver "nvidia"
VendorName "NVIDIA Corporation"
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen0"
Device "Device0"
Monitor "Monitor0"
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "nvidia-auto-select"
EndSubSection
EndSection