Nvidia, Ubuntu and Old CRT Monitor

[David Curtis]

Chaman Singh Verma wrote:
>
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> On Fri, Oct 31, 2008 at 8:03 AM, Chaman Singh Verma <csv610 at gmail.com 
> <mailto:csv610 at gmail.com>> wrote:
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>
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>     On Fri, Oct 31, 2008 at 1:36 AM, James Tappin
>     <sjt at star.sr.bham.ac.uk <mailto: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
>         <mailto: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
>
>
To reiterate from the previous thread, do you have onboard Intel video? 
Can you take a look at /var/log/xorg.0.log and tell us what 
server(driver) xorg starts. It will be "nv","nvidia" or what ever the 
driver intel integrated video needs.

Perhaps hit Ctrl-Alt-F1 and run 'cat /var/log/xorg.0.log | grep nv' or 
'cat /var/log/xorg.0.log | grep intel' and post the output?

Dave