Nvidia driver problem after Gutsy => Hardy upgrade

[Ilya Vishnyakov]

Please see this thread (there is solution)

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xserver-xorg-video-nv/+bug/173
418

"For those of you having problems with the nvidia restricted driver
either crashing X or displaying a black screen with Ubuntu 8.04 use the
latest nvidia beta driver found on the nvidia website it is version
NVIDIA-Linux-x86-173.08-pkg1.run. I am running the Quadro NVS 140M on a
Dell D830 and this fixed my problem. The driver can be found here
http://www.nvidia.com/object/unix.html and then click on archive and
find the 173.08 driver.

Here are the steps:
1. Purge the nvidia restricted package if installed by doing a "dpkg
--purge nvidia-glx-new"
2. Kill the gdm server, "/etc/init.d/gdm stop"
3. Install the driver mentioned above.
4. start gdm server "/etc/init.d/gdm start"
When X starts you should now see the nvidia logo with the the words beta
in red. If you don't edit you xorg.conf file and replace nv with nvidia
and restart X."

-----Original Message-----
From: ubuntu-users-bounces at lists.ubuntu.com
[mailto:ubuntu-users-bounces at lists.ubuntu.com] On Behalf Of PleegWat
Sent: Monday, April 28, 2008 12:18 PM
To: ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com
Subject: Nvidia driver problem after Gutsy => Hardy upgrade

Hi,

I've got a nvidia 6600 series graphics card, which has always needed 
some fiddling to get to work with the nvidia binary drivers. This time 
round however, I don't seem to be able to get it to work at all.

The xorg.conf below works fine with nv, but when I replace 'nv' with 
'nvidia', it won't work. I've tried both the nvidia-glx and 
nvidia-glx-new drivers. The hardware driver screen suggests the latter.

PleegWat


--- Start xorg.conf ---
# nvidia-xconfig: X configuration file generated by nvidia-xconfig
# nvidia-xconfig:  version 1.0  (buildmeister at builder3)  Wed Jun 13 
18:39:30 PDT 2007

# /etc/X11/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(5) 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"
    Identifier    "Default Layout"
  screen "Default Screen" 0 0
    Inputdevice    "Generic Keyboard"
    Inputdevice    "Configured Mouse"
EndSection

Section "Files"
   
    # path to defoma fonts
    Fontpath    "/usr/share/fonts/X11/misc"
    Fontpath    "/usr/share/fonts/X11/cyrillic"
    Fontpath    "/usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi/:unscaled"
    Fontpath    "/usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi/:unscaled"
    Fontpath    "/usr/share/fonts/X11/Type1"
    Fontpath    "/usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi"
    Fontpath    "/usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi"
    Fontpath    "/var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/TrueType"
EndSection

Section "Module"
    Load        "bitmap"
    Load        "ddc"
    Load        "extmod"
    Load        "freetype"
    Load        "glx"
    Load        "int10"
    Load        "vbe"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
    Identifier    "Generic Keyboard"
    Driver        "kbd"
    Option        "CoreKeyboard"
    Option        "XkbRules"    "xorg"
    Option        "XkbModel"    "pc104"
    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"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
    Identifier    "Generic Monitor"
    Horizsync    28.0    -    64.0
    Vertrefresh    43.0    -    60.0
    Option        "DPMS"
EndSection

Section "Device"
    Identifier    "Generic Video Card"
    Driver        "nv"
    Screen    0
    Busid        "PCI:4:0:0"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
    Identifier    "Default Screen"
    Device        "Generic Video Card"
    Monitor        "Generic Monitor"
    Defaultdepth    24
    SubSection "Display"
        Depth    1
        Modes        "1280x1024"    "1280x960"    "1024x768"    
"800x600"    "640x480"
    EndSubSection
    SubSection "Display"
        Depth    4
        Modes        "1280x1024"    "1280x960"    "1024x768"    
"800x600"    "640x480"
    EndSubSection
    SubSection "Display"
        Depth    8
        Modes        "1280x1024"    "1280x960"    "1024x768"    
"800x600"    "640x480"
    EndSubSection
    SubSection "Display"
        Depth    15
        Modes        "1280x1024"    "1280x960"    "1024x768"    
"800x600"    "640x480"
    EndSubSection
    SubSection "Display"
        Depth    16
        Modes        "1280x1024"    "1280x960"    "1024x768"    
"800x600"    "640x480"
    EndSubSection
    SubSection "Display"
        Depth    24
        Modes        "1280x1024"    "1280x960"    "1024x768"    
"800x600"    "640x480"
    EndSubSection
EndSection
--- end xorg.conf ---

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