NVIDIA GeForce 6200 Extremely Slow

[Ric Moore]

On 03/08/2013 07:10 PM, Lawrence Houston wrote:
> On Fri, 8 Mar 2013, Keith Clark wrote:
>
>> On 13-03-08 06:21 PM, Lawrence Houston wrote:
>>> On Fri, 8 Mar 2013, Colin Law wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 8 March 2013 21:14, Keith Clark <keithclark at waterloosubstop.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>> I am currently running Xubuntu 12.10 64 bit and have a NVIDIA 6200
>>>>> video
>>>>> card with 512 MB of memory on it.
>>>>>
>>>>> Using the NVIDIA 304.48 driver I am getting extremely slow
>>>>> performance.
>>>>> Ubuntu running Unity will not even start up.  I see it starting,
>>>>> get to my
>>>>> background showing and then nothing else shows up.  I have to
>>>>> ctl-alt-del
>>>>> and log in with a Xubuntu session to use my computer at all.
>>>>>
>>>>> glxgears reports 2.5 fps.
>>>>>
>>>>> Using the open source drivers yields only about 25 fps.
>>>>>
>>>>> Any ideas on what is wrong here?  I files a bug report back in
>>>>> December but
>>>>> got nothing back yet.
>>>
>>> Sorry I missed the Original Posting...
>>>
>>> None of NVidia's Drivers work "Correcty" with the 6200, remove all
>>> Propietory NVidia Drivers the Default "Nouveau" Driver will be Unity
>>> "Friendly"!!!
>
> Agreed NVidia's Proprietory Drivers used to work in previous Ubuntu
> Releases for me as well, that said the 6200 is a Low End Card (comparred
> to NVidia's "Newer" Card).  "Catch" I have an 4X AGP Port and there is
> NOT Many Cards which I could find without a Fan that would fit my 2004
> DELL!!!
<slaps forehead> I coulda had a V-8!

Just maybe, and this is an outside wild a$$ guess, but have you checked 
your bios for it's video settings? Like defining the exact slot that the 
card is in? That any onboard video support is off, since that 6200 is an 
addon?

I had to fiddle with mine, when it was brand-new, and the system video 
came to life after. It might have more to do with the driver not being 
able to contend with the bios, rather than the driver itself? It's worth 
a peek to see if that is even a remote possibility.

Trouble shooting with a double barreled shotgun, Ric

p/s you might also need a new battery for the bios by now? It could be 
starting to lose it's settings between power-downs and returning to 
default with onboard video defined?? Another wild-a$$ guess!

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"There are two Great Sins in the world...
..the Sin of Ignorance, and the Sin of Stupidity.
Only the former may be overcome." R.I.P. Dad.
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