Nvidia, Ubuntu and Old CRT Monitor

[David Curtis]

Chaman Singh Verma wrote:
> <snip>
>
>     Hello,
>     The result of grep nv is :
>
>
>
>     (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions//libdri.so
>     (II) Module dri: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
>             compiled for 1.5.2, module version = 1.0.0
>             ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 1.1
>     (II) Loading extension XFree86-DRI
>     (II) Scanning /usr/share/xserver-xorg/pci directory for additional
>     PCI ID's supported by the drivers
>     (II) Matched nv from file name nv.ids
>     (==) Matched nv for the autoconfigured driver
>     (==) Assigned the driver to the xf86ConfigLayout
>     (II) LoadModule: "nv"
>
>     (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers//nv_drv.so
>     (II) Module nv: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
>             compiled for 1.5.0, module version = 2.1.10
>
>             Module class: X.Org Video Driver
>             ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 4.1
>
>     csv
>
>
>
> Hello,
>
> How can I know whether I have Intel Video ? Which command I should 
> give ? The motherboard
> is Intel DG31PR.
>
> csv
>  
>
It doesn't matter, as xorg is starting the non-restricted nv driver. 
It's just that intel's website says your motherboard has onboard video. 
If it doesn't, then good, one less thing to worry about. You can try 
lspci or lshw to see if there's onboard video or you can just check the 
back of the machine for video-out from the motherboard. :-)

Alright then, we've proven your system is recognizing the Gforce. Now 
remove and then re-install 177.80 from Application->System->Hardware 
Drivers, restart xorg.

This time instead of choosing to use the default xorg.conf (when you get 
thrown into low-graphics mode), hit Ctrl-Alt-F1 again and take another 
look at /var/log/Xorg.0.log (nano /var/log/Xorg.0.log) and locate any 
error messages (usually at the tail end), and of course, make sure it's 
starting 'nvidia' instead of 'nv'.

That should give you an indication as to why the nvidia driver refuses 
to start properly. Every time xorg starts it re-writes the log file, 
copies the old one to Xorg.0.log.old. But I'm not sure how many times 
you've restarted so I'll assume they're identical and it's useless to 
look at .old.

Sorry if this sounds James Joyce stream of consciousness, but I'm 
seriously tired right now. To be continued in 10 to 12 hrs.

Dave