nvidia nx7600 problems

[Damien Hull]

I compiled the nvidia driver from source using their install tool. 
Things are still locking up. I downloaded Edgy Eft maybe I'll install 
that and give it a try.

Someone on IRC said the ubuntu x update is broken. Not sure if this is 
true or not. I could install Debian and find out. They should have a 
stable package.


Damien Hull wrote:
> I put the Ubuntu CD in and booted that (live). I opened up an X term and 
> did some shaking. The system locked up. Found a copy of puppy Linux and 
> booted that ( live CD ). I opened up some applications and did some 
> shaking of the windows. No problems.
>
> Looking at the puppy Linux xorg file I found that they use the nv 
> driver. I don't know why Ubuntu crashed and puppy keeps running. I'll 
> get the nvidia driver from the website and install that. Now I need to 
> figure out what I need to uninstall and where to get the kernel sources 
> from.
>
> I just want to play Battlefield 1942. Oh, and having a 3D desktop would 
> be nice.
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> I should mention that my main workstation has an nvidia card and is 
> using the nvidia driver. It works just fine. It's an older AGP card. Not 
> sure what model. This makes me think I have a hardware problem with the 
> other system.
>
> More testing is needed.
>
> John Dangler wrote:
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>> On Tue, 2006-10-24 at 23:25 +0100, SteVe Cook wrote:
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>>> Damien Hull wrote:
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>>>> Here's what I have.
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>>>>    1. Motherboard = nvidia geforce 6100
>>>>    2. 1gig ram
>>>>    3. nvidia nx7600 video card
>>>>    4. Ubuntu Dapper ( updated )
>>>>
>>>> When I put the card in everything seemed fine. I used esyubuntu to 
>>>> install the nvidia drivers. That's when the problems started. When using 
>>>> the nvidia driver X doesn't work properly. If I shake a window to much 
>>>> it turns into big pixels and then small ones. You can't see what's in 
>>>> the window. Sometimes the whole system locks up.
>>>>
>>>> Is anyone else having problems with the nvidia driver?
>>>>
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>>> Not when installed with aptitude, but I did have problems when installed 
>>> with easyubuntu.
>>> Try unistalling the nvidia packages and installing them again with aptitude.
>>> This was with a MX400 card so it may not solve your problem
>>>
>>> SteVe
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>> I got the driver sources for my nvidia GeForce 5200 from nvidia,
>> compiled the module, installed it, and got my desktop back.  easyubuntu
>> is worthless imo, and the aptitude drivers were pretty back-dated.
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