Intrepid - nvidia - xorg.conf WEIRDNESS

[Guest]

Hello All...

I have read SEVERAL posts in various forums which cover basically
the issue that i have been experiencing, however, there is a WEIRD
little glitch which befuddles me....

I have an nvidia geforce 6100 nforce 405 graphics card.
I tried both the 173. and the 177. versions and they both
actually work for me BUT when i set my resolution via
''sudo nvidia-settings'' and click ''save to config file'' i get
a parse error on line 34 of section module in xorg etc etc..... and is says:

''Disable is not a valid keyword in this section''

Here's the weird part.... I checked /etc/X11/xorg.conf and there is
NO ''Disable'' ANYWHERE in the entire file!!!!! So is there some
OTHER xorg.conf hiding somewhere that i haven't been told about
or what?

I could have posted a copy of xorg.conf but i figured it wouldn't
be necessary since the ''Disable'' doesn't exist within the file
it must be looking at a different file

Anyone else experience this?

Cheers!
Dave

[dibl]

Re: Intrepid - nvidia - xorg.conf WEIRDNESS

I have never seen that error -- dunno what's behind it.

FYI, after I installed the new 2.6.27-5 kernel yesterday and booted it (I have the e1000e blacklist problem on the prior kernels), I installed the kernel-headers package, then I had no problems whatsoever installing the Nvidia 177.78 beta driver, using the downloaded installer. You can get it here:

http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=120052

If you install it, and then afterward you still have the same problem setting the resolution, that would suggest something elsewhere in your system is causing the problem.

HTH

[lotech]

Re: Intrepid - nvidia - xorg.conf WEIRDNESS

I've the same problem with my MX400, even worst, I re-install the driver and run the nvidia-settings utility I got error that I don't have any nvida on my system !! I need to reboot, run in discovery mode, re-run Envy few times and suddenly it is fixed ! but still have one problem that, my Philips LCD monitor keeps complaining I am using 1024x768@85Hz, which I should change to 70Hz, after I changed that I got the error I should change to 85hz !!

Beside that problem I still can't fix that ugly unreadable fonts on Openoffice and few other apps, seems no fix to it > >

[dibl]

Re: Intrepid - nvidia - xorg.conf WEIRDNESS

What driver are you using? According to the 8.10 release notes:

http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu/releasenotes/810

the X.org in 8.10 is not compatible with the 96.xx driver. And according to Nvidia:

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

the correct driver for the MX400 would be 96.43.07.

So, you're stuck with the "nv" driver, I believe. For which you do not need EnvyNG.

[bigmac60]

Re: Intrepid - nvidia - xorg.conf WEIRDNESS


I am using 96.43.09 beta driver and it works with 8.10.
I think I installed it from the backports repository.

bob

[lotech]

Re: Intrepid - nvidia - xorg.conf WEIRDNESS

I am also using this driver which Envy recommended ! I don't know why it gives me something I can't use, now I am installing the 'correct' driver from nvidia see how it goes....

[lotech]

Re: Intrepid - nvidia - xorg.conf WEIRDNESS

I installed the driver but it said I need to download a different kernel, since I must run in console mode to install the driver, but my GPRS connection relies on knetwork so I can't download anything, then it tried to compile the kernel but failed too