10.04 and nVidia

[NoOp]

On 03/25/2010 07:41 PM, Fred A. Miller wrote:
> On 03/25/2010 09:23 PM, NoOp wrote:
>> On 03/25/2010 05:02 PM, Fred A. Miller wrote:
>>    
>>> After frequent attempts, it's apparent that Ubuntu beta1 is "busted"
>>> when it comes to at least some nVidia drivers. The error is that the
>>> system can't load the nVidia kernel module. This is a 64-bit box with a
>>> nVidia 6150 LE chipset. I updated after install but the system won't
>>> load the GUI once a nVidia driver is chosen.
>>>
>>> Fred
>>>
>>>      
>> I had issues when updating a karmic to lucid w/nvidia-96. I opened
>> System|Administration|Hardware Drivers (after I managed to get into the
>> desktop (long story). I found that the driver was showing, but only
>> after I removed the driver from that (Jockey), then reinstalling from
>> that, and rebooting, the driver worked. You might want to try the same.
>>    
> 
> 'Tried it, and that's for the suggestions, but nothing worked. :( 'Stuck 
> with
> a "generic" setup.

Are the modules actually getting loaded? What do you show for:
$ lsmod | grep nvidia

Not sure if this will help or not, but I've an xorg.conf file that I use
on that system (it was karmic & updated to lucid):

:/etc/X11$ cat xorg.conf

Section "Screen"
	Identifier	"Default Screen"
	DefaultDepth	24
	Option	"AddARGBGLXVisuals"	"True"
EndSection

Section "Module"
	Load	"glx"
EndSection

Section "Device"
	Identifier	"Default Device"
	Driver	"nvidia"
	Option	"NoLogo"	"True"
EndSection