Natty: nvidia driver as activated but not currently in use

[drew einhorn]

On Sun, Jun 19, 2011 at 7:21 AM, Nils Kassube <kassube at gmx.net> wrote:
>
> drew einhorn wrote:
> > > > Googling:  I see that lots of people have had this problem.
> > > > Some of them claim to have solved it.
> > > > But so far none of the solutions have worked for me.
> > > >
> > > > My beautiful 1920x1080 Dell S2209W monitor is only running at
> > > > 1024x768
>
> >   *-display
> >        description: VGA compatible controller
> >        product: G73 [GeForce 7600 GS]
> >        vendor: nVidia Corporation
> >        physical id: 0
> >        bus info: pci at 0000:01:00.0
> >        version: a1
> >        width: 64 bits
> >        clock: 33MHz
> >        capabilities: pm msi pciexpress vga_controller bus_master
> > cap_list rom
> >        configuration: driver=nvidia latency=0
>                        ^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>
> It looks like the nvidia driver is in use. Why do you think it isn't?


immediately after doing a fresh install of the OS I run the "Additional Drivers"
tool to install any required proprietary drivers.  When I try to install:
    NVIDIA accelerated graphics driver (current version) [Recommended]
It reports that the driver is "activated but not currently in use", whatever
that means.

>
> Can you post the file "/etc/X11/xorg.conf"?

OK, I have tried several variations.  This what the system
auto-configured after I
followed someone else's advice, deleted the xorg.conf, and the "system" auto
configured it.
    Section "Device"
        Identifier      "Default Device"
        Option  "NoLogo"        "True"
    EndSection
Before I send this not I'll try some other advice in this thread and
let the NVIDIA X Server Settings
tool configure it.  Hmm.  It gives me higher resolution choices better
the 1024x768.  But I'll let it
do a completely vanilla default and leave the resolution at auto for
the first try.
  # nvidia-settings: X configuration file generated by nvidia-settings
  # nvidia-settings:  version 270.29  (buildd at allspice)  Fri Feb 25
14:42:07 UTC 2011

  Section "ServerLayout"
    Identifier     "Layout0"
    Screen      0  "Screen0" 0 0
    InputDevice    "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
    InputDevice    "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
    Option         "Xinerama" "0"
  EndSection
  Section "Files"
  EndSection
  Section "InputDevice"
    # generated from default
    Identifier     "Mouse0"
    Driver         "mouse"
    Option         "Protocol" "auto"
    Option         "Device" "/dev/psaux"
    Option         "Emulate3Buttons" "no"
    Option         "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
  EndSection
  Section "InputDevice"
    # generated from default
    Identifier     "Keyboard0"
    Driver         "kbd"
  EndSection
  Section "Monitor"
    # HorizSync source: builtin, VertRefresh source: builtin
    Identifier     "Monitor0"
    VendorName     "Unknown"
    ModelName      "CRT-0"
    HorizSync       28.0 - 55.0
    VertRefresh     43.0 - 72.0
    Option         "DPMS"
  EndSection
  Section "Device"
    Identifier     "Device0"
    Driver         "nvidia"
    VendorName     "NVIDIA Corporation"
    BoardName      "GeForce 7600 GS"
  EndSection
  Section "Screen"
    Identifier     "Screen0"
    Device         "Device0"
    Monitor        "Monitor0"
    DefaultDepth    24
    Option         "TwinView" "0"
    Option         "TwinViewXineramaInfoOrder" "CRT-0"
    Option         "metamodes" "CRT: nvidia-auto-select +0+0"
    SubSection     "Display"
        Depth       24
    EndSubSection
  EndSection
Let's reboot and see what happens.
No joy!
Additional drivers still reports "driver activated but not currently in use"
Display is still running at 1024x768
I'll do Xorg.0.log as an attachment since it's too big to fit on the screen
for me to easily cut an paste

And here's Dell's specs for the monitor

Resolution

Horizontal scan range 30 kHz to 83 kHz (automatic)
Vertical scan range 50 Hz to 76 Hz (automatic)
Maximum preset resolution 1920 x 1080 at 60 Hz

Video Supported Modes

Video display capabilities (DVI
playback)480i/480p/576i/576p/720p/1080i/1080p (Supports HDCP)
________________________________

Preset Display Modes

Display Mode

Horizontal Frequency (kHz)

Vertical Frequency (Hz)

Pixel Clock (MHz)

Sync Polarity (Horizontal/Vertical)

640 x 35031.4770.0925.18+/-
640 x 40031.4770.0925.18-/+
640 x 48031.4759.9425.17-/-
640 x 48031.5075.0031.5-/-
720 x 40031.4770.0828.32-/+
800 x 60037.8860.3240.00+/+
800 x 60046.88075.0049.50+/+
1024 x 76848.3660.0065.00-/-
1024 x 76860.0275.0378.75+/+
1152 x 86467.5075.00108.00+/+
1280 x 102463.9860.02108.00+/+
1280 x 102479.9875.02135.00+/+
1920 x 1080-R66.58759.934138.50+/-
1920 x 108055.6249.92141.50-/+

So far, all my attempts a creating a custom xorg.conf based on these specs
has resulted in output the display can't handle

> And which Ubuntu version are
> you using?

Natty as indicated in the Subject: line
--
Drew Einhorn

"You can see a lot by just looking."
  --  Yogi Berra
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