Natty: nvidia driver as activated but not currently in use

[Donald Talbert]

On Mon, 2011-06-20 at 21:44 +0200, Nils Kassube wrote:
> drew einhorn wrote:
> > 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.
> 
> I see - then there seems to be something wrong with the additional 
> drivers tool because the lshw output and your xorg.0.log both indicate 
> that the Nvidia driver is in use.
> 
> > 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.
> 
> I suppose the auto default isn't useful. Please also try non-auto 
> resolutions. Is there an option for your desired 1920x1080?
> 
> >   # 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"
> 
> It looks like the driver can't read the specs from the monitor.
> 
> >     HorizSync       28.0 - 55.0
> >     VertRefresh     43.0 - 72.0
> 
> According to the data you wrote below, that should rather be:
> 
>     HorizSync       30.0 - 83.0
>     VertRefresh     50.0 - 76.0
> 
> >     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"
> 
> Maybe you could change the line above to something like this:
> 
>    Option  "metamodes" "1920x1080 +0+0; 1024x768 +0+0; 800x600 +0+0; 
> 640x480 +0+0"
> 
> > 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
> 
> 
> > > And which Ubuntu version are
> > > you using?
> > 
> > Natty as indicated in the Subject: line
> 
> So true - I think I need glasses.
> 
> 
> Nils
> 

Changing your driver to 'nv' instead of 'nvidia' MIGHT provide a quick
fix, but it'll leave you without 3d acceleration. the sync and refresh
also play a part in resolution I believe. 

Heres some documentation.
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/NvidiaManual
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BinaryDriverHowto/Nvidia

I know some have fixed this issue by downloading the nvidia driver from
Nvidia instead of Ubuntu. Good luck!

Donald Talbert <donaldtalbert at gmail.com>
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