[SOLVED] Nvida driver troubles

[knaveofdiamonds]

After having done an upgrade this evening, I had problems with the nvidia drivers (geforce 6200).

My issues were:

1. the right linux-resticted-drivers didn't get installed for me by default, took a while to work out I needed to manually install the *-386 version not the -generic version.

2. My xorg.conf got screwed up somewhere along the line and the resolution was set to 680x480 - I had to manually change this - running the nvidia-settings in 640x480 doesn't let you see all of the control panel!

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[Dark Horse]

the Monitor is a Sun Microsystems 21 inch I bought it used about a year and a half ago it has never been a problem until now. I think that if I can edit the xorg.config file I might solve the problem I don't need all of the res to work just 2 or 3 of the right ones would be enough for now.This is my xorg file asit is right now:

Section "Device"
Identifier "Configured Video Device"
Driver "nvidia"
Option "NoLogo" "True"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Configured Monitor"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
Identifier "Default Screen"
Monitor "Configured Monitor"
Device "Configured Video Device"
Defaultdepth 24
EndSection

the last section is missing a section for modes and various resoulitions I need to find out what should be there to make it work .
I have seen a couple of threads that seemed to say that hardy controled that from a different file but nobody seams to know where?
the other system is a 19 inch Dell P99 also bought used gutsy has had no problem with either monitor but Hardy can't figure either one out.If it makes anyone feel better hardy did find the wifi card in the other system and set it up correctly during install and that has never happened before.
mmore later
Mark

[SnakeHips]

I'm guessing you have already tried this ?

gksudo displayconfig-gtk

and just as a data point ,what does the following show

xrandr -q

here's mine
pete@desk:~$ xrandr -q
Screen 0: minimum 320 x 240, current 1360 x 768, maximum 1360 x 768
default connected 1360x768+0+0 0mm x 0mm
1360x768 50.0*
1280x768 51.0 52.0
1024x768 53.0
snip...

xrandr cfg

might be worth a look ,but i have'nt used this utility myself. looks like --newmode would force some new values into the table?

more info here:
http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/Xorg_RandR_1.2

[por100pre1]

Section "Device"
Identifier "Configured Video Device"
Driver "nvidia"
Option "NoLogo" "True"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Configured Monitor"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
Identifier "Default Screen"
Monitor "Configured Monitor"
Device "Configured Video Device"
Defaultdepth 24
EndSection

You lack resolution settings there. Have you tried setting up and saving the resolution using nvidia-settings as root?

gksu nvidia-settings

Here's my resolution saved in xorg.conf file (be aware that I use a graphics card with a monitor and a TV set):

Section "Device"
    Identifier     "Configured Video Device"
    Driver         "nvidia"
EndSection

Section "Device"
    Identifier     "Videocard0"
    Driver         "nvidia"
    VendorName     "NVIDIA Corporation"
    BoardName      "GeForce 8500 GT"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
    Identifier     "Default Screen"
    Device         "Configured Video Device"
    Monitor        "Configured Monitor"
    Option         "AddARGBGLXVisuals" "True"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
    Identifier     "Screen0"
    Device         "Videocard0"
    Monitor        "Monitor0"
    DefaultDepth    24
    Option         "TwinView" "1"
    Option         "metamodes" "CRT: 1024x768_60 +0+0, TV: 1024x768 +0+0"
EndSection

Section "Extensions"
    Option         "Composite" "Enable"
EndSection

[oneup]

I assume you´re installing Hardy on both of these machines?
On the second computer, what is the Gigabyte motherboard, and what is the onboard grahics chipset?
You don´t happen to have a KVM switch between these two machines, do you?

Hi kgriff you mention a KVM switch in your answer to this question,can you say what effect that has, as I run 2 machines with a KVM switch between them and I find I must sacrifice resolution with a widescreen monitor(in 7.10) to get a full screen,other than not usuing a KVM switch is there a fix for this please?

[Dark Horse]

SnakeHips That was the answer!!! gksudo displayconfig-gtk Up pops the screens and graphics app I have been looking for I changed the monitor from Generic to Sun N3 reboot and WALA I have more resoulitions than I know what do do with. Thank You Now I going to see if it works on the other system With the dell monitor. I will check back with the results in a little while.
Mark

[Dark Horse]

Worked on the other Monitor!! thank you and every one else that had suggestions to offer . I thought it would be some thing simple I just needed to find it .now how do I mark this as solved?
Mark

[Dark Horse]

Looks like I spoke to soon It worked on the Gigabyte system with the dell monitor until I rebooted for something else the the system died at the point where you should expect the logon screen. I am not sure if this is a new Prob or is related to the video Problem when I boot into Recovery mode and tell it to fix the xsever It reboots back to 800x600 I have been around that circle 3 or 4 times with variations on whether or not the nvida driver is enabled or not. I will worry about It tomorrow after I have slept on it a while.
Incase anyone is interested here is my xorg.config after my display was configured:

Section "Device"
Identifier "Configured Video Device"
Boardname "nvidia"
Busid "PCI:0:16:0"
Driver "nvidia"
Screen 0
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Configured Monitor"
Vendorname "Sun"
Modelname "Sun 21-inch N3"
Horizsync 30.0-96.0
Vertrefresh 48.0-160.0
modeline "640x480@60" 25.2 640 656 752 800 480 490 492 525 -vsync -hsync
modeline "640x480@72" 31.5 640 664 704 832 480 489 491 520 -vsync -hsync
modeline "640x480@75" 31.5 640 656 720 840 480 481 484 500 -vsync -hsync
modeline "640x480@85" 36.0 640 696 752 832 480 481 484 509 -vsync -hsync
modeline "800x600@56" 36.0 800 824 896 1024 600 601 603 625 +hsync +vsync
modeline "800x600@72" 50.0 800 856 976 1040 600 637 643 666 +hsync +vsync
modeline "800x600@75" 49.5 800 816 896 1056 600 601 604 625 +hsync +vsync
modeline "800x600@85" 56.3 800 832 896 1048 600 601 604 631 +hsync +vsync
modeline "800x600@60" 40.0 800 840 968 1056 600 601 605 628 +hsync +vsync
modeline "832x624@75" 57.284 832 864 928 1152 624 625 628 667 -vsync -hsync
modeline "1024x768@85" 94.5 1024 1072 1168 1376 768 769 772 808 +hsync +vsync
modeline "1024x768@75" 78.8 1024 1040 1136 1312 768 769 772 800 +hsync +vsync
modeline "1024x768@70" 75.0 1024 1048 1184 1328 768 771 777 806 -vsync -hsync
modeline "1024x768@60" 65.0 1024 1048 1184 1344 768 771 777 806 -vsync -hsync
modeline "1024x768@43" 44.9 1024 1032 1208 1264 768 768 776 817 +hsync interlace +vsync
modeline "1152x864@75" 108.0 1152 1216 1344 1600 864 865 868 900 +hsync +vsync
modeline "1280x1024@75" 135.0 1280 1296 1440 1688 1024 1025 1028 1066 +hsync +vsync
modeline "1280x960@60" 102.1 1280 1360 1496 1712 960 961 964 994 -hsync +vsync
modeline "1280x960@85" 148.5 1280 1344 1504 1728 960 961 964 1011 +hsync +vsync
modeline "1280x1024@85" 157.5 1280 1344 1504 1728 1024 1025 1028 1072 +hsync +vsync
modeline "1280x1024@60" 108.0 1280 1328 1440 1688 1024 1025 1028 1066 +hsync +vsync
modeline "1280x960@75" 129.86 1280 1368 1504 1728 960 961 964 1002 -hsync +vsync
modeline "1400x1050@60" 122.61 1400 1488 1640 1880 1050 1051 1054 1087 -hsync +vsync
modeline "1400x1050@75" 155.85 1400 1496 1648 1896 1050 1051 1054 1096 -hsync +vsync
modeline "1600x1200@65" 175.5 1600 1664 1856 2160 1200 1201 1204 1250 +hsync +vsync
modeline "1600x1200@60" 162.0 1600 1664 1856 2160 1200 1201 1204 1250 +hsync +vsync
modeline "1600x1200@75" 202.5 1600 1664 1856 2160 1200 1201 1204 1250 +hsync +vsync
modeline "1600x1200@70" 189.0 1600 1664 1856 2160 1200 1201 1204 1250 +hsync +vsync
modeline "1792x1344@60" 204.8 1792 1920 2120 2448 1344 1345 1348 1394 -hsync +vsync
modeline "1856x1392@60" 218.3 1856 1952 2176 2528 1392 1393 1396 1439 -hsync +vsync
modeline "1920x1440@60" 234.0 1920 2048 2256 2600 1440 1441 1444 1500 -hsync +vsync
modeline "2048x1536@60" 266.95 2048 2200 2424 2800 1536 1537 1540 1589 -hsync +vsync
Gamma 1.0
EndSection

Section "Screen"
Identifier "Default Screen"
Monitor "Configured Monitor"
Device "Configured Video Device"
Defaultdepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "800x600@56" "800x600@72" "640x480@85" "800x600@75" "640x480@75" "800x600@85" "640x480@72" "800x600@60" "640x480@60" "832x624@75" "1024x768@85" "1024x768@75" "1024x768@70" "1024x768@60" "1024x768@43" "1152x864@75" "1280x1024@75" "1280x960@60" "1280x960@85" "1280x1024@85" "1280x1024@60" "1280x960@75" "1400x1050@60" "1400x1050@75" "1600x1200@65" "1600x1200@60" "1600x1200@75" "1600x1200@70" "1792x1344@60" "1856x1392@60" "1920x1440@60" "2048x1536@60"
EndSubSection
EndSection

Big change from before.
Thanks again to everyone for all the help.
Mark

[DaveBG]

Hi, unfortunatelly this is not working for me:

sudo sh NVIDIA-Linux-x86-173.08-pkg1.run

as it gives me that cannot find command "NVIDIA-Linux-x86-173.08-pkg1.run" ?

Can you help me?

[monkeymoo]

Hi, unfortunatelly this is not working for me:



as it gives me that cannot find command "NVIDIA-Linux-x86-173.08-pkg1.run" ?

Can you help me?

You need to download that driver from the nvidia website http://www.nvidia.co.uk/object/linux_uk.html (if you haven't already), and then navigate into the folder it is in before you run that command.
Make sure you download the right driver for your card and computer and then type the correct name of that file into the command line.

You will want to stop the display manager first:

sudo /etc/init.d/gdm stop

And then Ctrl+Alt F1 to the command line.

If you aren't sure about which driver to use then you might find it easier to use Envy as that will examine your system and download and install the correct driver. Full details and download is here: http://albertomilone.com/nvidia_scripts1.html. If you have Hardy then it should be in the repositories anyway.