Nvidia problem [SOLVED]

[carloshiga]

Hi friends,

I have upgraded from Gutsy to Hardy and boot stucked at some point. To fix it I had to edit xorg.conf changing

Section "Device"
Identifier "Generic Video Card"
Driver "nvidia"
EndSection

to

Section "Device"
Identifier "Generic Video Card"
Driver "nv"
EndSection

but now it seems that I'm not using Nvidia driver.
Selecting Kmenu -> System -> NVIDIA X server settings I got

You do not appear to be using the NVIDIA X driver. Please edit your X configuration file (just run `nvidia-xconfig` as root), and restart the X server
.

I can't run this because it will replace "nv" by "nvidia" in xorg.conf and I will not be able to boot again...

I tried to use Envy to install the Nvidia driver but it is not working too. It replaces "nv" by "nvidia" also...

Any idea to fix this problem?

My Nvidia card is GeForce4 MX 440 AGP 8X

[Jean]

Re: Nvidia problem

If you use a nvidia card, the "nvidia" driver is your best bet. What happens if you boot with that in xorg.conf, do you get into the graphic shell, are there any error messages?

[flying_icarus]

Re: Nvidia problem

Try downloading the new beta driver from nvidia.com, it supports newer kernels (2.6.24 & 25), or look for a patch for the current stable drivers. Installation will take a few commands in the command line, but since you found your way through xorg.conf, that shouldn't pose a problem.

[assettt]

Re: Nvidia problem

I used to have that card some time back and it worked with the nvidia drivers (legacy) in the repository.

[carloshiga]

Re: Nvidia problem

If you use a nvidia card, the "nvidia" driver is your best bet. What happens if you boot with that in xorg.conf, do you get into the graphic shell, are there any error messages?

If I boot with that in xorg.conf I got stucked at "Loading local scripts" or something like that...

Try downloading the new beta driver from nvidia.com, it supports newer kernels (2.6.24 & 25), or look for a patch for the current stable drivers. Installation will take a few commands in the command line, but since you found your way through xorg.conf, that shouldn't pose a problem.

I'll try it... but I think that Envy has installed the newer driver for me...

[flying_icarus]

Re: Nvidia problem

I just installed envyng-qt to ckeck it out - it's a nice applet, but it offers only 169.12 - the lastest stable nvidia driver. It supposedly doesn't work on 2.6.25 kernels, not without patching as per the following instructions http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=110088

I am currently using the beta 173.08 drivers with 2.6.25 and so far it works ok (and so does the patched 169.12 nvidia driver on 2.6.25, as does the patched 169.12 on regular hardy 2.6.24 kernel - the only combination i haven't tried is unpatched 169.12 on regular hardy 2.6.24 kernel).

Good luck with that stuff.

[carloshiga]

Re: Nvidia problem

My Nvidia driver is 96.43.05 and my kernel is 2.6.24-16-generic.

This driver shouldn't work?

[dibl]

Re: Nvidia problem

My Nvidia driver is 96.43.05 and my kernel is 2.6.24-16-generic.

This driver shouldn't work?

That is exactly the correct driver for your MX 440. For future reference, here is where you can check:

http://www.nvidia.com/Download/index.aspx?lang=en-us

[carloshiga]

Re: Nvidia problem

So... if the driver is ok why It doesn't work?

[dibl]

Re: Nvidia problem

In xorg.conf, the stanza that begins with "Device" needs to look similar to this:

Section "Device"
	Identifier	"Videocard0"
	Driver		"nvidia"
	Vendorname	"NVIDIA Corporation"
	Boardname	"GeForce 8800 GTS"
EndSection

You don't want it to show the "nv" driver.

[carloshiga]

Re: Nvidia problem

I had

Section "Device"
    Identifier   "Generic Video Card"
    Driver     "nvidia"
EndSection

but I got stucket at "Loading local scripts" when booting. So I had to change "nvidia" to "nv" to boot correctly...

[derixc]

Re: Nvidia problem

have u tried the old drivers in adept?

[carloshiga]

Re: Nvidia problem

Now it's working fine...

I installed manually the same driver that Envy has installed. I won't use Envy anymore to install Nvidia driver... manually you know what is going on in your system.

Now I know... now I know...