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**mchuskie** · Jun 07, 2006, 04:22 PM

Re: Cannot get nvidia driver working with Xorg

Have you run

$ sudo nvidia-glx-config enable

?

**Kronoz** · Jun 08, 2006, 09:41 AM

Re: Cannot get nvidia driver working with Xorg

Yes, I have done that. It generated this error,
Error: your X configuration has been altered.
This script cannot proceed automatically. If you believe that this
not correct, you can update the md5sum entry executing the following
command:
md5sum /etc/X11/xorg.conf | sudo tee /var/lib/x11/xorg.conf.md5sum
otherwise edit manually /etc/X11/xorg.conf to change the Driver section
from nv to nvidia.

I did what it said and it ran fine without errors but still the same black frozen screen

**Fenyx** · Jun 08, 2006, 09:55 AM

Re: Cannot get nvidia driver working with Xorg

Weird. It seems from this line that your video card has not been fully detected. or is that a normal nVidia entry?

Identifier "NVIDIA Corporation NV40? [Unknown nVidia Card]"

Which wiki did you use? I followed this thread and was able to install my NVIDIA GeForce MX 4000 successfully: http://doc.gwos.org/index.php/Latest_Nvidia_Dapper

I'm not sure, but maybe you need the linux-restricted-modules installed as well?

**Kronoz** · Jun 08, 2006, 10:23 AM

Re: Cannot get nvidia driver working with Xorg

Originally posted by Jucato

Weird. It seems from this line that your video card has not been fully detected. or is that a normal nVidia entry?

Identifier "NVIDIA Corporation NV40? [Unknown nVidia Card]"

Which wiki did you use? I followed this thread and was able to install my NVIDIA GeForce MX 4000 successfully: http://doc.gwos.org/index.php/Latest_Nvidia_Dapper

I'm not sure, but maybe you need the linux-restricted-modules installed as well?

Yeah, I thought that Identifier line was odd as well, I had installed the linux-restricted-modules-2.6.15-*** for my kernel.

**dglock** · Jun 08, 2006, 10:51 AM

Re: Cannot get nvidia driver working with Xorg

go to this site and follow the instructions, it works for both kubutu and ubuntu.
it is a great little program, it not only installs the nvidia drivers but also all the video codecs and plugins you need.

http://easyubuntu.freecontrib.org/get.html

don

**Kronoz** · Jun 08, 2006, 12:46 PM

Re: Cannot get nvidia driver working with Xorg

Originally posted by dglock

go to this site and follow the instructions, it works for both kubutu and ubuntu.
it is a great little program, it not only installs the nvidia drivers but also all the video codecs and plugins you need.

http://easyubuntu.freecontrib.org/get.html

don

I tried that, it did nothing at all, it didn't even touch xorg.conf

edit: i think that it i a problem with the x server seeing the main screen as the unconfiged tv-out and therefore not showing anything on it.
This is really weird and irritating as I have had the nvidia driver working in Kubuntu Dapper before and I've no idea what is different this time.

**Fenyx** · Jun 08, 2006, 05:26 PM

Re: Cannot get nvidia driver working with Xorg

I'm not absolutely sure if this will help. Try to run sudo dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg. Backup your xorg.conf just in case.

**Kronoz** · Jun 09, 2006, 09:59 AM

Re: Cannot get nvidia driver working with Xorg

Originally posted by Jucato

I'm not absolutely sure if this will help. Try to run sudo dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg. Backup your xorg.conf just in case.

That didn't work either, just returning me to the splash instead of X.
Though it gave a comprehensible error in /var/log/xorg.log

Code:

(II) Setting vga for screen 0.
(**) NVIDIA(0): Depth 24, (--) framebuffer bpp 32
(==) NVIDIA(0): RGB weight 888
(==) NVIDIA(0): Default visual is TrueColor
(==) NVIDIA(0): Using gamma correction (1.0, 1.0, 1.0)
(**) NVIDIA(0): Enabling RENDER acceleration
(EE) NVIDIA(0): Failed to initialize the NVIDIA kernel module! Please ensure
(EE) NVIDIA(0):   that there is a supported NVIDIA GPU in this system, and
(EE) NVIDIA(0):   that the NVIDIA device files have been created properly. 
(EE) NVIDIA(0):   Please consult the NVIDIA README for details.
(EE) NVIDIA(0): *** Aborting ***
(II) UnloadModule: "nvidia"
(II) UnloadModule: "ramdac"
(II) UnloadModule: "fb"
(EE) Screen(s) found, but none have a usable configuration.

Fatal server error:
no screens found

**askrieger** · Jun 09, 2006, 07:12 PM

Re: Cannot get nvidia driver working with Xorg

Have you or have you not installed the linux-restricted-modules package for your kernel? If not do it NOW. Then, verify that "easy-ubuntu" did not leave you with a totally corrupted /etc/apt/sources.list file. If it did, get a new one from source-o-matic: http://www.ubuntulinux.nl/source-o-matic . Then, #comment out all the stanzas in your xorg.conf file that refer to "wacom" unless, of course, you actually have a tablet PC. Don't forget the lines about cursor stylus and eraser in "Server layout". Then rerun "sudo nvidia-glx-config enable". Then come back and tell us how you did,

You'll be playing Frozen Bubble soon.

**maxie** · Jun 09, 2006, 09:38 PM

Re: Cannot get nvidia driver working with Xorg

I have had some trouble here as well but the fix for me was adding a line under the driver line:

"Option" "NvAGP" "0" (zero)

This disables AGP but the system works just fine.

Good luck.

**Kronoz** · Jun 10, 2006, 06:44 AM

Re: Cannot get nvidia driver working with Xorg

Originally posted by askrieger

Have you or have you not installed the linux-restricted-modules package for your kernel? If not do it NOW. Then, verify that "easy-ubuntu" did not leave you with a totally corrupted /etc/apt/sources.list file. If it did, get a new one from source-o-matic: http://www.ubuntulinux.nl/source-o-matic . Then, #comment out all the stanzas in your xorg.conf file that refer to "wacom" unless, of course, you actually have a tablet PC. Don't forget the lines about cursor stylus and eraser in "Server layout". Then rerun "sudo nvidia-glx-config enable". Then come back and tell us how you did,

You'll be playing Frozen Bubble soon.

I've installed the 2.6.15-23-k7 kernel and restricted modules.
I've just tried that, it didn't really seem to have any effect, but there weren't any errors I could see in /var/log/Xorg.0.log.old.
Is there a line I can put in the xorg.conf to tell it to ignore tv-out to make sure that isn't the problem?

**Kronoz** · Jun 10, 2006, 10:43 AM

Re: Cannot get nvidia driver working with Xorg

Originally posted by Kronoz

Originally posted by askrieger

Have you or have you not installed the linux-restricted-modules package for your kernel? If not do it NOW. Then, verify that "easy-ubuntu" did not leave you with a totally corrupted /etc/apt/sources.list file. If it did, get a new one from source-o-matic: http://www.ubuntulinux.nl/source-o-matic . Then, #comment out all the stanzas in your xorg.conf file that refer to "wacom" unless, of course, you actually have a tablet PC. Don't forget the lines about cursor stylus and eraser in "Server layout". Then rerun "sudo nvidia-glx-config enable". Then come back and tell us how you did,

You'll be playing Frozen Bubble soon.

I've installed the 2.6.15-23-k7 kernel and restricted modules.
I've just tried that, it didn't really seem to have any effect, but there weren't any errors I could see in /var/log/Xorg.0.log.old.
Is there a line I can put in the xorg.conf to tell it to ignore tv-out to make sure that isn't the problem?

Disabling the AGP wouldn't be that great because it is an AGP8X card

**askrieger** · Jun 10, 2006, 01:18 PM

Re: Cannot get nvidia driver working with Xorg

You should be looking for errors in the most recent xorg.log. A thought just occurred to me, I've been ignoring the possibilty that you might have a hardware problem because I've assumed that you were posting from windoze, but I'm stumped so I''ll ask. Does the card work under wiindoze?

**Kronoz** · Jun 11, 2006, 04:27 AM

Re: Cannot get nvidia driver working with Xorg

Originally posted by askrieger

You should be looking for errors in the most recent xorg.log. A thought just occurred to me, I've been ignoring the possibilty that you might have a hardware problem because I've assumed that you were posting from windoze, but I'm stumped so I''ll ask. Does the card work under wiindoze?

Yes, the card works fine under winxp.
Also it works fine under 64bit Kubuntu on the same computer

My processor is an AMD64 3000+, does this men I shouldn't use the i386 kernel? I'm going to try i686 kernel and see if it works any better, I would use 64bit but I can't get the chroot right.

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