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    [SOLVED!!!] Beryl and NVIDIA are killing me!!!!!

    I had beryl installed and working with edgy. Decided to do a fresh install of feisty and have yet to get beryl to work. My hardware hasn't changed from the edgy install. What I've done so far:

    I've installed the nvidia-glx-legacy driver from repositories as I think that is what is needed for my card as it is a geforce4. I can get it istalled and get the nvidia splash screen to come up with reboot so I think it installs correctly as it doesn't crash the xserver. When I install beryl it wont work with an error message from console:

    extension glx missing, screen 0.0 is not a valid glx screen or something of that nature. I've scoured the forum and the beryl wiki and tried numerous fixes.

    1. doing a sudo nvidia-xconfig add ''' ''' ''' ''' can't remember the whole line but I get a message "command not found"

    2. manually edit xorg adding the Option "AddARGBGLXVisuals" "True"
    and Section "Extensions"
    Option "Composite" "Enable"
    EndSection
    still get the same error message.

    3. tried the envy script for feisty, after fixing dependencies and getting it installed, crashes the x server.

    4. tried directly from the nvidia web site, downloaded the 1.0 97xx legacy driver with error message that I need the 1.0 96xx legacy driver. Downloaded that driver, had to resolve a few dependencies, got it installed, crashes the xserver on reboot.

    5. tried automatix which is what worked for me on edgy, got error messages that the nvidia-glx-legacy conflicts with the nvidia-glx-new driver or some sort but neither of them were installed at that time as the other steps had removed replaced, etc the drivers.

    6. I've done 3 fresh installs and started over.

    7. haven't tried a fresh install using the automatix yet, next attempt.

    8. I've had it partially working using the envy script, had the 3d desktop working but the window borders were missing and at times the whole computer would freeze requiring a hard reboot. The composite enable option was present in the xorg file as well as the addargvisiual """""" line was also present.

    9. following the 123 script from the beryl website also doesn't work as it crashes the xserver as well.

    The only driver I can get installed to work is the nvidia-glx-legacy driver but I get the glx extension is missing. Apparently, the nvidia-xconfig downloaded from the repositories doesn't support commands to add this.

    Can anybody help? How do you add the glx extension the the xorg file or wherever it is required.

    BTW, the envy script that partially worked gave this error message:
    ************************************************** ************
    * Beryl system compatiblity check *
    ************************************************** ************

    Detected xserver : NVIDIA

    Checking Display :0.0 ...

    Checking for XComposite extension : passed (v0.3)
    Checking for XDamage extension : passed
    Checking for RandR extension : passed
    Checking for XSync extension : passed

    Checking Screen 0 ...

    Checking for GLX_SGIX_fbconfig : passed
    Checking for GLX_EXT_texture_from_pixmap : failed

    No GLX_EXT_texture_from_pixmap
    beryl: No GLXFBConfig for default depth, falling back on visinfo.
    Reloading options
    beryl: water: GL_ARB_fragment_program is missing
    Initiating splash

    Any suggestions...I'm about ready to pull the plug on beryl at this point.

    #2
    Re: Beryl and NVIDIA are killing me!!!!!

    Hi,

    I had to add these two lines also to my xorg.conf and it helped me. They are under the screen section.
    Option "SWCursor"
    Option "NoRemoteExtension"

    here is the whole conf file if you want to compare I have all the sections for the "wacom" stuff commented out since I don't use or need it:

    #Section "InputDevice"
    # /dev/input/event
    # for USB
    # Identifier "stylus"
    # Driver "wacom"
    # Option "Device" "/dev/wacom" # Change to
    # Option "Type" "stylus"
    # Option "ForceDevice" "ISDV4" # Tablet PC ONLY
    #EndSection
    #Section "InputDevice"
    # /dev/input/event
    # for USB
    # Identifier "eraser"
    # Driver "wacom"
    # Option "Device" "/dev/wacom" # Change to
    # Option "Type" "eraser"
    # Option "ForceDevice" "ISDV4" # Tablet PC ONLY
    #EndSection
    #Section "InputDevice"
    # /dev/input/event
    # for USB
    # Identifier "cursor"
    # Driver "wacom"
    # Option "Device" "/dev/wacom" # Change to
    # Option "Type" "cursor"
    # Option "ForceDevice" "ISDV4" # Tablet PC ONLY
    #EndSection

    Section "ServerLayout"

    # InputDevice "stylus" "SendCoreEvents"
    # InputDevice "cursor" "SendCoreEvents"
    # InputDevice "eraser" "SendCoreEvents"
    Identifier "Default Layout"
    Screen "Default Screen" 0 0
    InputDevice "Generic Keyboard"
    InputDevice "Configured Mouse"
    EndSection

    Section "Files"

    # path to defoma fonts
    FontPath "/usr/share/X11/fonts/misc"
    FontPath "/usr/share/X11/fonts/cyrillic"
    FontPath "/usr/share/X11/fonts/100dpi/:unscaled"
    FontPath "/usr/share/X11/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled"
    FontPath "/usr/share/X11/fonts/Type1"
    FontPath "/usr/share/X11/fonts/100dpi"
    FontPath "/usr/share/X11/fonts/75dpi"
    FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/misc"
    FontPath "/var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/TrueType"
    EndSection

    Section "Module"
    Load "i2c"
    Load "bitmap"
    Load "ddc"
    Load "extmod"
    Load "freetype"
    Load "glx"
    Load "int10"
    Load "type1"
    Load "vbe"
    EndSection

    Section "InputDevice"
    Identifier "Generic Keyboard"
    Driver "kbd"
    Option "CoreKeyboard"
    Option "XkbRules" "xorg"
    Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
    Option "XkbLayout" "us"
    Option "XkbOptions" "lv3:ralt_switch"
    EndSection

    Section "InputDevice"
    Identifier "Configured Mouse"
    Driver "mouse"
    Option "CorePointer"
    Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
    Option "Protocol" "ExplorerPS/2"
    Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
    Option "Emulate3Buttons" "true"
    EndSection

    Section "Monitor"
    Identifier "IBM T84H"
    HorizSync 28.0 - 110.0
    VertRefresh 43.0 - 150.0
    Option "DPMS"
    EndSection

    Section "Device"
    Identifier "nVidia Corporation EVGA [GeForce GT 7300]"
    Driver "nvidia"
    EndSection

    Section "Screen"
    Identifier "Default Screen"
    Device "nVidia Corporation EVGA [GeForce GT 7300]"
    Monitor "IBM T84H"
    DefaultDepth 24
    Option "SWCursor"
    Option "NoRemoteExtension"
    Option "AddARGBGLXVisuals" "True"
    SubSection "Display"
    Depth 1
    Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "832x624" "800x600" "720x400" "640x480"
    EndSubSection
    SubSection "Display"
    Depth 4
    Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "832x624" "800x600" "720x400" "640x480"
    EndSubSection
    SubSection "Display"
    Depth 8
    Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "832x624" "800x600" "720x400" "640x480"
    EndSubSection
    SubSection "Display"
    Depth 15
    Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "832x624" "800x600" "720x400" "640x480"
    EndSubSection
    SubSection "Display"
    Depth 16
    Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "832x624" "800x600" "720x400" "640x480"
    EndSubSection
    SubSection "Display"
    Depth 24
    Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "832x624" "800x600" "720x400" "640x480"
    EndSubSection
    EndSection

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

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      #3
      Re: [SOLVED!!!] Beryl and NVIDIA are killing me!!!!!

      Thanks for replying ppberns, I decided to do another reinstall and try again. Actually did 2 reinstalls tonight. The first attempt didn't work. I was going to try automatix but decided to try the "envy" script again. On the first new install I had same results: xserver crashing, couldn't reinstall the legacy driver do to reasons stated in the original post and so on and so forth.

      reinstalled Feisty again, decided to try "envy" again. This time clicked on manually install the driver and I was given 3 different drivers to choose from. i remembered that I needed to use the 96xx driver and not the 97xx driver from trying to install from the NVIDIA website last night. Finished installing, rebooted and BAM!!! Working great so far!!!!! Window borders and all.

      I guess every automatic installer I tried was installing the newer driver and I was thinking it was automatically detecting my card and installing the appropriate driver. I guess when I tried to install the right driver from the NVIDIA site last night I had already tried a couple of things and didn't have a "fresh" system and I couldn't install the driver do to changes the other installers had made.

      Anyway, my faith in Feisty, Kubuntu, and Beryl are restored!!!!

      hope this post helps somebody else

      Mitch

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        #4
        Re: [SOLVED!!!] Beryl and NVIDIA are killing me!!!!!

        can you elaborate on exactly what was done... i have the same nvidia gforce 4 and im completely lost

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