Nvidia 9600GT

[muzicman0]

So...I went to a local computer store and bought a video card that stated dual DVI...it wasn't...went back...got a different card that said dual DVI...it wasn't either...

So, I bought a dual DVI 9600 512 MB video card off of Newegg...great deal, great card...and, it was actually dual DVI...problem is, Nvidia hasn't released Linux drivers yet...BUMMER!

I'm stuck in Vista until They do. I tried the 171.05 driver, but it didn't work for me (some people report success with this driver on a 9600).

Oh well, that will teach me to buy something without research again!

mm0

[dibl]

Re: Nvidia 9600GT

Heh heh heh -- I was about to be jealous, until I saw that you can't get it to work yet.

What is the symptom of the probem? Does the installer appear to work, or does it error out in the process?

I would assume you can configure it as a VESA display. "nv" might or might not work with it.

Watch Ubuntu Forum -- they are usually the first to get new hardware working.

[muzicman0]

Re: Nvidia 9600GT

nope, nothing works, live CD, nv, etc...or at least in my limited testing I can't get it to work. not sure why mesa doesn't work...

But, I can say that the new Quad core processor ROCKS!

mm0

[dibl]

Re: Nvidia 9600GT

Does the Live CD give you the text menu? If so, try "Options" and then try "vga=scan" -- maybe it will find a mode that it can use.

[muzicman0]

Re: Nvidia 9600GT

more detail, it will install fine, but drops to console view when booted. if you try 'startx' it doesn't find any screens.

Live CD also just drops to console view...hopefully the drivers will be out soon!

mm0

[dibl]

Re: Nvidia 9600GT

After it dumps you into the CLI, you can log in and then

sudo dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg

and say "no" on the first question and then choose "vesa" as the display type. Accept defaults for the rest of the questions, no need to auto-detect the keyboard, just say "U.S." or "pc-104" or whatever. When you get to the monitor, just pick one resolution that you like, like 1600 x 1200 or 1200 x 1024. Set the refresh rate within your CRT or LCD specs, and then when it dumps you back to the CLI enter

startx

and you should get the GUI desktop (VESA has no 3D, don't bother trying that stuff.....)

[muzicman0]

Re: Nvidia 9600GT

when I get home tonight, I'll see what happens! Hope it works!

[alpinist]

Re: Nvidia 9600GT

I got it working with the 171.06 drivers. If you are still on 171.05 that is supposed to be buggy with this card.

I posted in the ubuntu forums what I went through to get it installed. A bit of a pain but it is running very well now.

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=705795&page=4

[muzicman0]

Re: Nvidia 9600GT

I finally got around to trying alpinist's suggestion, and it worked like a charm! thanks! Now if I could just get compiz to work...see my post in Software support if ya wanna help with that! Card rocks, I get >16000 FPS with GLXGears!

mm0

[alpinist]

Re: Nvidia 9600GT

Glad you got it working. Now I'm jealous of your frame rates.

Can't help with compiz, haven't tried it since installing the 9600. Had trouble with it on my old card.

[muzicman0]

Re: Nvidia 9600GT

OK, GLX stopped working last night, so since it was a fresh install, I just decided to reinstall...but it still doesn't work...this is what I get.

steven@Junior:~$ kdesu glxgears
Error: glXCreateContext failed

My /etc/X11/xorg.conf is

# nvidia-settings: X configuration file generated by nvidia-settings
# nvidia-settings: version 1.0 (buildmeister@builder3) Wed Feb 20 17:08:10 PST 2008

# nvidia-xconfig: X configuration file generated by nvidia-xconfig
# nvidia-xconfig: version 1.0 (buildmeister@builder3) Wed Feb 20 17:07:14 PST 2008
# xorg.conf (xorg X Window System server configuration file)
#
# This file was generated by dexconf, the Debian X Configuration tool, using
# values from the debconf database.
#
# Edit this file with caution, and see the xorg.conf manual page.
# (Type "man xorg.conf" at the shell prompt.)
#
# This file is automatically updated on xserver-xorg package upgrades *only*
# if it has not been modified since the last upgrade of the xserver-xorg
# package.
#
# If you have edited this file but would like it to be automatically updated
# again, run the following command:
#  sudo dpkg-reconfigure -phigh xserver-xorg

Section "ServerLayout"

# Uncomment if you have a wacom tablet
#	InputDevice   "stylus"	"SendCoreEvents"
#	InputDevice   "cursor"	"SendCoreEvents"
#	InputDevice   "eraser"	"SendCoreEvents"
  Identifier   "Default Layout"
  Screen   0 "Screen0" 0 0
  InputDevice  "Generic Keyboard"
  InputDevice  "Configured Mouse"
EndSection

Section "Files"
EndSection

# Section "ServerFlags"
#  Option     "Xinerama" "0"
# EndSection

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

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

Section "InputDevice"
  Identifier   "stylus"
  Driver     "wacom"
  Option     "Device" "/dev/input/wacom"
  Option     "Type" "stylus"
  Option     "ForceDevice" "ISDV4"		# Tablet PC ONLY
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
  Identifier   "eraser"
  Driver     "wacom"
  Option     "Device" "/dev/input/wacom"
  Option     "Type" "eraser"
  Option     "ForceDevice" "ISDV4"		# Tablet PC ONLY
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
  Identifier   "cursor"
  Driver     "wacom"
  Option     "Device" "/dev/input/wacom"
  Option     "Type" "cursor"
  Option     "ForceDevice" "ISDV4"		# Tablet PC ONLY
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
  Identifier   "L2410NM"
  Option     "DPMS"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
  Identifier   "Monitor0"
  VendorName   "Unknown"
  ModelName   "WDE L2410NM"
  HorizSync    30.0 - 80.0
  VertRefresh   56.0 - 75.0
EndSection

Section "Device"
  Identifier   "nVidia Corporation NVIDIA Default Card"
  Driver     "nvidia"
EndSection

Section "Device"
  Identifier   "Videocard0"
  Driver     "nvidia"
  VendorName   "NVIDIA Corporation"
  BoardName   "GeForce 9600 GT"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
  Identifier   "Default Screen"
  Device     "nVidia Corporation NVIDIA Default Card"
  Monitor    "L2410NM"
  DefaultDepth  24
  SubSection   "Display"
    Depth    24
    Modes   "1920x1200" "1920x1080" "1680x1680" "1440x1440" "1280x1280" "1280x1024" "1280x800" "1024x768" "832x624" "800x600" "720x400" "640x480"
  EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "Screen"
  Identifier   "Screen0"
  Device     "Videocard0"
  Monitor    "Monitor0"
  DefaultDepth  24
  Option     "TwinView" "1"
  Option     "metamodes" "DFP-0: 1920x1200 +1680+0, DFP-1: nvidia-auto-select +0+0; DFP-0: 1920x1080 +1680+0, DFP-1: nvidia-auto-select +0+0; 
            DFP-0: 1280x1024 +1680+0, DFP-1: nvidia-auto-select +0+0; DFP-0: 1280x800 +1680+0, DFP-1: nvidia-auto-select +0+0; 
            DFP-0: 1024x768 +1680+0, DFP-1: nvidia-auto-select +0+0; DFP-0: 832x624 +1680+0, DFP-1: nvidia-auto-select +0+0; 
            DFP-0: 800x600 +1680+0, DFP-1: nvidia-auto-select +0+0; DFP-0: 640x480 +1680+0, DFP-1: nvidia-auto-select +0+0"
EndSection

I'm guessing that it is something in the xorg file, because I was messing with it originally trying to get compiz to work...but it has stuff in there that I've never seen before, IE: it lists 2 devices, I'm used to seeing one with twinview enabled, etc...

Thanks for any help you can offer!

mm0

[Snowhog]

Re: Nvidia 9600GT

Don't try to run it with any type of 'sudo.' Just type glxgears into a console.

[muzicman0]

Re: Nvidia 9600GT

sorry, that was just a desperate attempt to get it to work...I have tried it both ways, same result each time...same thing with glxinfo also...
mm0

[muzicman0]

Re: Nvidia 9600GT

OK, got around to working on this again, and did a fresh install...checked glxgears everystep of the way...When I did the updates is when it stops working. not sure which update might be causing it. Oh well...I guess I'll wait for new drivers from nVidia...hope for the best...
mm0