nvidia problems

[Gary Allen Garibaldi]

johan wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I have a problem with my nvidia card under ubuntu to be recognized in
> the kernel. I have compiled my own kernel, 2.6.22.2 and installed the
> drivers from the nvidia-site by doing sudo sh
> NVIDIA-Linux-x86-100.14.11-pkg1.run. When I try to open gdm (startx), I
> receive the errors
> 
> (II) NVIDIA(0): Support for GLX with the Damage and Composite X
> extensions is
> (II) NVIDIA(0):     enabled.
> (EE) NVIDIA(0): Failed to load the NVIDIA kernel module!
> (EE) NVIDIA(0):  *** Aborting ***
> (II) UnloadModule: "nvidia"
> (II) UnloadModule: "ramdac"
> (II) UnloadModule: "wfb"
> (II) UnloadModule: "fb"
> (EE) Screen(s) found, but none have a usable configuration.
> 
> Fatal server error:
> no screens found
> 
> and when I do modprobe nvidia, I receive error
> fatal error running install command for nvidia
> 
> 
> When I change the video driver in /etc/X11/xorg.conf from nvidia in nv,
> gdm can be loaded and my X works, but it is not the nvidia driver which
> is loaded. Anybody has a solution ? I tried already to google around,
> and tried to install and desinstall the nvidia-glx and nvidia-glx-new
> from the ubuntu but this didnt work. Anybody has solution ? I use Ubuntu
> feisty 7.04
> thx and greetz,
> JOhan
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> My xorg.conf is
> Section "ServerLayout"
>     Identifier     "Layout0"
>     Screen      0  "Screen0" 0 0
>     InputDevice    "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
>     InputDevice    "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
> EndSection
> 
> Section "Files"
>     RgbPath         "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb"
> EndSection
> 
> Section "Module"
>     Load           "dbe"
>     Load           "extmod"
>     Load           "type1"
>     Load           "freetype"
>     Load           "glx"
> EndSection
> 
> Section "ServerFlags"
>     Option         "Xinerama" "0"
> EndSection
> 
> Section "InputDevice"
> 
>     # generated from default
>     Identifier     "Mouse0"
>     Driver         "mouse"
>     Option         "Protocol" "auto"
>     Option         "Device" "/dev/psaux"
>     Option         "Emulate3Buttons" "no"
>     Option         "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
> EndSection
> 
> Section "InputDevice"
> 
>     # generated from default
>     Identifier     "Keyboard0"
>     Driver         "kbd"
>     Option         "CoreKeyboard"
>     Option         "XkbRules" "xorg"
>     Option         "XkbModel" "pc105"
>     Option         "XkbLayout" "be"
> 
> 
> Section "Monitor"
> 
>     # HorizSync source: edid, VertRefresh source: edid
>     Identifier     "Monitor0"
>     VendorName     "Unknown"
>     ModelName      "Proview MA-782KC"
>     HorizSync       30.0 - 80.0
>     VertRefresh     60.0 - 75.0
>     Option         "DPMS"
> EndSection
> 
> Section "Device"
>     Identifier     "Videocard0"
>     Driver         "nv"
>     VendorName     "NVIDIA Corporation"
>     BoardName      "GeForce 7200 GS"
> EndSection
> 
> Section "Screen"
>     Identifier     "Screen0"
>     Device         "Videocard0"
>     Monitor        "Monitor0"
>     DefaultDepth    24
>     Option         "TwinView" "1"
>     Option         "metamodes" "CRT: 1280x1024 +0+0, TV:
> nvidia-auto-select +0+0; CRT: 1024x768 +0+0; CRT: 832x624 +0+0; CRT:
> 800x600 +0+0; CRT: 640x480 +0+$
>     SubSection     "Display"
>         Depth       24
>         Modes      "1600x1200" "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
>     EndSubSection
> EndSection
> 
> 
> 
Did you try to delete the hidden file .nvidia_new_installed or
.nvidia_old_installed located in /lib/linux-restricted-modules

Gary