problem with nvidia geforce2 mx200

[Karl Larsen]

Bram Kuijper wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> during the regular updates, my nvidia-glx package was updated last 
> Wednesday. Since that moment, Xorg is not able to load the glx module 
> anymore and only runs in safe graphics mode.

>
> However, my nvidia-glx driver is installed normally:
> $ dpkg -l | grep nvidia
> ii  nvidia-glx 
> 1:96.43.05+2.6.24.12-17.36                         NVIDIA binary XFree86 
> 4.x/X.Org driver
> rc  nvidia-glx-dev 
> 1:96.43.05+2.6.24.12-17.36                         NVIDIA binary XFree86 
> 4.x/X.Org driver devel
> rc  nvidia-glx-legacy                          71.86.04+2.6.24.12-16.34 
>                            NVIDIA binary XFree86 4.x/X.Org 'legacy' dri
> ii  nvidia-kernel-common                       20051028+1ubuntu8 
>                            NVIDIA binary kernel module common files
> ii  nvidia-kernel-source 
> 1:96.43.05+2.6.24.12-16.34                         NVIDIA binary kernel 
> module source
> ii  nvidia-settings                            1.0+20080304-0ubuntu1 
>                            Tool of configuring the NVIDIA graphics driv
>
>
> I also tried to get my graphics card working with the EnvyNG tool. It 
> installed nvidia-glx-new next to nvidia-glx, but rebooting after that 
> still did not solve the problem.
>
> 	I have a version of 7.10 that is bad like yours. I tried re-doing the xorg.conf to no avail. So I re-loaded 7.10 on another partition and it has been good.
>   
    Here is my new load:
karl at karl-desktop:~$  dpkg -l | grep nvidia
ii  nvidia-glx-new                             
100.14.19+2.6.22.4-14.10             NVIDIA binary XFree86 4.x/X.Org 
'new' driver
ii  nvidia-kernel-common                       
20051028+1ubuntu7                    NVIDIA binary kernel module common 
files
karl at karl-desktop:~$

    What happened was as soon as it first came up it asked me if I 
wanted a non-ubuntu files and I said yes. When I re-booted the Desktop 
was pretty and the system has been stable. Here is my /etc/X11/xorg.comp 
file today:
Section "Device"
        Identifier      "nVidia Corporation C51G [GeForce 6100]"
        Driver          "nvidia"
        Busid           "PCI:0:5:0"
        Option          "AddARGBVisuals"        "True"
        Option          "AddARGBGLXVisuals"     "True"
        Option          "NoLogo"        "True"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
        Identifier      "Generic Monitor"
        Option          "DPMS"
        Horizsync       28-64
        Vertrefresh     43-60
EndSection

Section "Screen"
        Identifier      "Default Screen"
        Device          "nVidia Corporation C51G [GeForce 6100]"
        Monitor         "Generic Monitor"
        Defaultdepth    24
        SubSection "Display"
                Modes           "1280x1024"     "1280x960"      
"1024x768"     "832x624"        "800x600"       "720x400"       "640x480"
        EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "ServerLayout"
        Identifier      "Default Layout"
  screen "Default Screen"
        Inputdevice     "Generic Keyboard"
        Inputdevice     "Configured Mouse"

        # Uncomment if you have a wacom tablet
        #       InputDevice     "stylus"        "SendCoreEvents"
        #       InputDevice     "cursor"        "SendCoreEvents"
        #       InputDevice     "eraser"        "SendCoreEvents"
EndSection
Section "Module"
        Load            "glx"
EndSection
karl at karl-desktop:~$

    You might try the Ubuntu nVidia driver and see if it will write a 
clean xorg file for you.

    By the way it is a pain to work on the small screen. I about went 
nuts :-)

Karl




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