Nvidia, Ubuntu and Old CRT Monitor

[Chaman Singh Verma]

On Fri, Oct 31, 2008 at 8:03 AM, Chaman Singh Verma <csv610 at gmail.com>wrote:

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> On Fri, Oct 31, 2008 at 1:36 AM, James Tappin <sjt at star.sr.bham.ac.uk>wrote:
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>> On Thu, 30 Oct 2008 22:46:47 +0530
>> "Chaman Singh Verma" <csv610 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
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>> CSV> Hello,
>> CSV>
>> CSV> I tried all permutations, but somehow couldn't get Nvidia working.
>> CSV> After booting
>> CSV> I get a message:
>> CSV>
>> CSV> The GeForce 8800 GT doesn't have appropriate external cable, unless
>> CSV> it is rectified X will not start.
>> CSV>
>> CSV> Now I don't understand what are the appropriate external cable. I
>> CSV> reinstalled
>> CSV> Ububtu 8.10 without Nvidia installed, then everything works fine. I
>> CSV> tested with
>> CSV> glxgears programs.
>> CSV>
>> CSV> I am unable to get the core of the problem, so can someone help ?
>> CSV>
>> CSV> csv
>> CSV>
>>
>> Guessing a bit here:
>> One possibility is that the VGI cable is old and has some iffy
>> connections in it so some signal is too low for the card to recognize
>> (solution try another VGA cable).
>> Another might be that the monitor doesn't send back some information
>> that current Nvidia drivers rely one (not a lot you could do about
>> that).
>>
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>
> Hello,
>
> Without loading NVidia drivers, everything works fine for me, so the issue
> with
> VGA cable not working doesn't arise. Still, I will do as u say,
>
> csv
>

Hello,

I changed the Monitors to flat panel ViewSonic Monitor, reinstalled ubuntu
8.10,
used Nvidia driver 177.80, but after reboot unable to get X server working.
From
synaptic package manager, I installed nvidia-glx-177-dev package also.

What next I should do ?

csv
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