<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 TRANSITIONAL//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; CHARSET=UTF-8"> <META NAME="GENERATOR" CONTENT="GtkHTML/3.28.3"> </HEAD> <BODY> Hi This is my glx info I had to install Miscellaneous Mesa GL utilities (mesa-glx)  from synaptec to be able to have glxinfo this was not installed by default on my system. NOTE: server glx version string: 1.2 client glx version string: 1.4 and their various extensions, I have no idea what this means?? name of display: :0.0 display: :0  screen: 0 direct rendering: Yes server glx vendor string: SGI server glx version string: 1.2 server glx extensions:     GLX_ARB_multisample, GLX_EXT_visual_info, GLX_EXT_visual_rating,     GLX_EXT_import_context, GLX_EXT_texture_from_pixmap, GLX_OML_swap_method,     GLX_SGI_make_current_read, GLX_SGIS_multisample, GLX_SGIX_hyperpipe,     GLX_SGIX_swap_barrier, GLX_SGIX_fbconfig, GLX_SGIX_pbuffer,     GLX_MESA_copy_sub_buffer client glx vendor string: Mesa Project and SGI client glx version string: 1.4 client glx extensions:     GLX_ARB_get_proc_address, GLX_ARB_multisample, GLX_EXT_import_context,     GLX_EXT_visual_info, GLX_EXT_visual_rating, GLX_MESA_allocate_memory,     GLX_MESA_copy_sub_buffer, GLX_MESA_swap_control,     GLX_MESA_swap_frame_usage, GLX_OML_swap_method, GLX_OML_sync_control,     GLX_SGI_make_current_read, GLX_SGI_swap_control, GLX_SGI_video_sync,     GLX_SGIS_multisample, GLX_SGIX_fbconfig, GLX_SGIX_pbuffer,     GLX_SGIX_visual_select_group, GLX_EXT_texture_from_pixmap GLX version: 1.2 GLX extensions:     GLX_ARB_get_proc_address, GLX_ARB_multisample, GLX_EXT_import_context,     GLX_EXT_visual_info, GLX_EXT_visual_rating, GLX_OML_swap_method,     GLX_SGIS_multisample, GLX_SGIX_fbconfig, GLX_SGIX_pbuffer OpenGL vendor string: Mesa Project OpenGL renderer string: Software Rasterizer OpenGL version string: 2.1 Mesa 7.7.1 OpenGL shading language version string: 1.20 Tnks Christo On Wed, 2010-05-05 at 23:23 +0100, ubuntu-za-request@lists.ubuntu.com wrote: <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE> <PRE> Send ubuntu-za mailing list submissions to <A HREF="mailto:ubuntu-za@lists.ubuntu.com">ubuntu-za@lists.ubuntu.com</A> To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit <A HREF="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-za">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-za</A> or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to <A HREF="mailto:ubuntu-za-request@lists.ubuntu.com">ubuntu-za-request@lists.ubuntu.com</A> You can reach the person managing the list at <A HREF="mailto:ubuntu-za-owner@lists.ubuntu.com">ubuntu-za-owner@lists.ubuntu.com</A> When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of ubuntu-za digest..." Today's Topics: 1. Re: Video card & hard drive question (Hilton Gibson) 2. Re: Nvidia Restrcited Driver Issue... Crash (NVIDIA 6500) (Hilton Gibson) 3. Re: Nvidia Restrcited Driver Issue... Crash (NVIDIA 6500) (Hilton Gibson) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Wed, 5 May 2010 21:41:56 +0200 From: Hilton Gibson <<A HREF="mailto:hilton.gibson@gmail.com">hilton.gibson@gmail.com</A>> Subject: Re: [ubuntu-za] Video card & hard drive question To: Ubuntu South African Local Community <<A HREF="mailto:ubuntu-za@lists.ubuntu.com">ubuntu-za@lists.ubuntu.com</A>> Message-ID: <<A HREF="mailto:g2pfae618891005051241x2a6b4879n6b271b8a43ea6bcb@mail.gmail.com">g2pfae618891005051241x2a6b4879n6b271b8a43ea6bcb@mail.gmail.com</A>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Hi Ian Here is a rough guide about seperate home partitions: <A HREF="http://www.ubuntu.sun.ac.za/wiki/index.php/HomePartition">http://www.ubuntu.sun.ac.za/wiki/index.php/HomePartition</A> <<A HREF="http://www.ubuntu.sun.ac.za/wiki/index.php/HomePartition">http://www.ubuntu.sun.ac.za/wiki/index.php/HomePartition</A>>Cheers hg On 5 May 2010 15:33, Ian Whitfield <<A HREF="mailto:whitfield@federalsaints.net">whitfield@federalsaints.net</A>> wrote: > Hi Guys > > Thanks for nice Get-Together last Sat - pity I had to leave early. Also > thanks to Corrie for 10.04 disks. > > I have two questions......... > > 1) My Linux Box has a Gigabyte GV-N55128D Video Card that uses the > Nvidia FX5500 chipset. I have never been able to get thev"fancy" > graphics to work and hope to get it working now with 10.04. Googling for > drivers I find a lot of reports of problems with this chipset. SO what > should I do? Give it a try or replace the card? > > If the first option - can somebody advise me how and if the second > opti0n what card is recommended? > > 2) My computer has two physical hard drives as I want to keep 'System' > on the first drive and '/home' on the second. When I installed 9.10 I > followed some advise on how to do this and wound up with two 'homes'!! > > Can somebody give me step-by-step instructions on how to do this please? > > Thanks a lot. > > PS - Has the sound been fixed in 10.04? I lost all sound in 9.10 and > hope to get it back now! > > Ian Whitfield. > > -- > ubuntu-za mailing list > <A HREF="mailto:ubuntu-za@lists.ubuntu.com">ubuntu-za@lists.ubuntu.com</A> > <A HREF="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-za">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-za</A> > -- Hilton Gibson Systems Administrator JSG Library Room 1025D Stellenbosch University Private Bag X5036 Stellenbosch 7599 South Africa Cell: +27 846 464 758 Email: hgibson__AT__sun.ac.za -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Crash (NVIDIA 6500) To: <A HREF="mailto:coetzewc@telkomsa.net">coetzewc@telkomsa.net</A>, Ubuntu South African Local Community <<A HREF="mailto:ubuntu-za@lists.ubuntu.com">ubuntu-za@lists.ubuntu.com</A>> Message-ID: <<A HREF="mailto:v2xfae618891005051522xbeb130ffo3b37256cbe572b51@mail.gmail.com">v2xfae618891005051522xbeb130ffo3b37256cbe572b51@mail.gmail.com</A>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" On 5 May 2010 20:52, christo <<A HREF="mailto:coetzewc@telkomsa.net">coetzewc@telkomsa.net</A>> wrote: > Hi guys some assistance or ideas? > > Installed a fresh copy of 10.04 32bit > > My Desktop with NVIDIA 6500 pci-e card crashes or X crashes after I > installed the Nvidia Restrcited Driver from ubuntu repository. The mouse > still moves around though but the machine is unresponsive to any clicking, > the PC locks up with black screen only. Seems to also affect the > Screen-saver. The NVIDIA drivers shows screensaver nicely but crashes my > system. When I use the Plymouth driver my relolution sucks especially in > browsing, text seems "jittery" for a lack of a better word. > > I* *Can't find anything related to this on the web so went on a mission > and reported it to another thread on the ubuntu forum with similar issues. > > Oh and can't drop into terminal ALT F1 with NVIDIA drivers does not ask for > password and prompts login again but with Plymouth drivers that works fine. > This my initial issues and have had the following responce and did as > explained. below: > > *From "dino99"* > if you can open "synaptic" (system admin synaptic), tell me if, in the repo > tab, you have some third party repo or ppa activated, in case uncheck > them.(of course, all the repo need to be with the same distro and release) > You should only have: nvidia-current, nvidia-current-modaliases, > nvidia-common and nvidia-settings installed. > > now into console: > > sudo apt-get update > sudo apt-get install -f > sudo dpkg --configure -a > sudo dpkg-reconfigure gdm > sudo dpkg-reconfigure plymouth > sudo update-initramfs -u > sudo grub-mkconfig && update-grub > so with synaptic: first remove/purge the nvidia packages installed (right > click) then install the ones i've given in the previous post > > *From me:* > My settings in Synaptic was / is: > enabled Canonical-supported OSS (main) > enabled Community-maintained OS (universe) > enabled Proprietary drivers for devices (restricted) > enamled SW restricted blah blah (multiverse) > > under Other Software > enabled only <A HREF="Http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu">Http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu</A> lucid partner > > Updates > enabled (lucid-security) > enabled (lucid-updates) > > Nothing else. > > On my quest > removed all nvidia stuff with synaptic and installed > nvidia-current > nvidia-settings > have to install nvidia-173-modaliases > have to install nvidia-96-modaliases > nvidia-common then > > Did the console commands, and rebuilt. > Then used System Administration hardware to enable NVIDIA driver again. > That is the correct wat to enable it, yes?? > > So I Started a FTP download from local repositry (<A HREF="ftp://ftp.saix.net">ftp://ftp.saix.net</A> 10.04 > server 32) and X crashed after some screensaver activity, I'm sure. I was > able to get into console ALT F1 this time but it seems if my path was > "environmental variable's" was lost, had to cd into filesystem to see what I > could run. I could not execute "top" to check what's holding up the > processor but it seems as if the cpu was working overtime 100% utilisation > because I could see after hard reset over heating / high heat from the bios > sensor. This usually, tells me cpu worked to hard a minute before my hard > reset. This is more or less what my inital symptoms were and still is. > > As I said with the Kernel (plymouth) driver, all seems stable but > resolution is crap when browsing and screensaver is very slow. > > Can GLX have something to do with this I red somewhere to revert to glx > 1.2, current version is 1.4??? does this make sense or ring any bells? I > don't know how to down grade this but could find out I'm sure. I'm trying my > best to understand all this and I'm not a programmer so stabbing in the dark > here? > > Any ideas? > Christo > This is what I get with an intel video card after running glxinfo. >>>> hilton@oogway:~$ glxinfo name of display: :0.0 display: :0 screen: 0 direct rendering: Yes server glx vendor string: SGI server glx version string: 1.2 server glx extensions: GLX_ARB_multisample, GLX_EXT_import_context, GLX_EXT_texture_from_pixmap, GLX_EXT_visual_info, GLX_EXT_visual_rating, GLX_MESA_copy_sub_buffer, GLX_OML_swap_method, GLX_SGI_make_current_read, GLX_SGI_swap_control, GLX_SGIS_multisample, GLX_SGIX_fbconfig, GLX_SGIX_pbuffer, GLX_SGIX_visual_select_group client glx vendor string: Mesa Project and SGI client glx version string: 1.4 client glx extensions: GLX_ARB_get_proc_address, GLX_ARB_multisample, GLX_EXT_import_context, GLX_EXT_visual_info, GLX_EXT_visual_rating, GLX_MESA_allocate_memory, GLX_MESA_copy_sub_buffer, GLX_MESA_swap_control, GLX_MESA_swap_frame_usage, GLX_OML_swap_method, GLX_OML_sync_control, GLX_SGI_make_current_read, GLX_SGI_swap_control, GLX_SGI_video_sync, GLX_SGIS_multisample, GLX_SGIX_fbconfig, GLX_SGIX_pbuffer, GLX_SGIX_visual_select_group, GLX_EXT_texture_from_pixmap GLX version: 1.2 GLX extensions: >>>> So it seems that the glx client is version 1.2 but the server is 1.4. Do you get the same ? Cheers hg > > > -- > ubuntu-za mailing list > <A HREF="mailto:ubuntu-za@lists.ubuntu.com">ubuntu-za@lists.ubuntu.com</A> > <A HREF="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-za">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-za</A> > > -- Hilton Gibson Systems Administrator JSG Library Room 1025D Stellenbosch University Private Bag X5036 Stellenbosch 7599 South Africa Cell: +27 846 464 758 Email: hgibson__AT__sun.ac.za -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <A HREF="https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-za/attachments/20100506/9b5e13da/attachment-0001.htm">https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-za/attachments/20100506/9b5e13da/attachment-0001.htm</A> ------------------------------ Message: 3 Date: Thu, 6 May 2010 00:23:27 +0200 From: Hilton Gibson <<A HREF="mailto:hilton.gibson@gmail.com">hilton.gibson@gmail.com</A>> Subject: Re: [ubuntu-za] Nvidia Restrcited Driver Issue... Crash (NVIDIA 6500) To: <A HREF="mailto:coetzewc@telkomsa.net">coetzewc@telkomsa.net</A>, Ubuntu South African Local Community <<A HREF="mailto:ubuntu-za@lists.ubuntu.com">ubuntu-za@lists.ubuntu.com</A>> Message-ID: <<A HREF="mailto:z2kfae618891005051523id11d5400lb8eef36df4613226@mail.gmail.com">z2kfae618891005051523id11d5400lb8eef36df4613226@mail.gmail.com</A>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Sorry its the other way round. On 6 May 2010 00:22, Hilton Gibson <<A HREF="mailto:hilton.gibson@gmail.com">hilton.gibson@gmail.com</A>> wrote: > On 5 May 2010 20:52, christo <<A HREF="mailto:coetzewc@telkomsa.net">coetzewc@telkomsa.net</A>> wrote: > >> Hi guys some assistance or ideas? >> >> Installed a fresh copy of 10.04 32bit >> >> My Desktop with NVIDIA 6500 pci-e card crashes or X crashes after I >> installed the Nvidia Restrcited Driver from ubuntu repository. The mouse >> still moves around though but the machine is unresponsive to any clicking, >> the PC locks up with black screen only. Seems to also affect the >> Screen-saver. The NVIDIA drivers shows screensaver nicely but crashes my >> system. When I use the Plymouth driver my relolution sucks especially in >> browsing, text seems "jittery" for a lack of a better word. >> >> I* *Can't find anything related to this on the web so went on a mission >> and reported it to another thread on the ubuntu forum with similar issues. >> >> Oh and can't drop into terminal ALT F1 with NVIDIA drivers does not ask >> for password and prompts login again but with Plymouth drivers that works >> fine. >> This my initial issues and have had the following responce and did as >> explained. below: >> >> *From "dino99"* >> if you can open "synaptic" (system admin synaptic), tell me if, in the >> repo tab, you have some third party repo or ppa activated, in case uncheck >> them.(of course, all the repo need to be with the same distro and release) >> You should only have: nvidia-current, nvidia-current-modaliases, >> nvidia-common and nvidia-settings installed. >> >> now into console: >> >> sudo apt-get update >> sudo apt-get install -f >> sudo dpkg --configure -a >> sudo dpkg-reconfigure gdm >> sudo dpkg-reconfigure plymouth >> sudo update-initramfs -u >> sudo grub-mkconfig && update-grub >> so with synaptic: first remove/purge the nvidia packages installed (right >> click) then install the ones i've given in the previous post >> >> *From me:* >> My settings in Synaptic was / is: >> enabled Canonical-supported OSS (main) >> enabled Community-maintained OS (universe) >> enabled Proprietary drivers for devices (restricted) >> enamled SW restricted blah blah (multiverse) >> >> under Other Software >> enabled only <A HREF="Http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu">Http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu</A> lucid partner >> >> Updates >> enabled (lucid-security) >> enabled (lucid-updates) >> >> Nothing else. >> >> On my quest >> removed all nvidia stuff with synaptic and installed >> nvidia-current >> nvidia-settings >> have to install nvidia-173-modaliases >> have to install nvidia-96-modaliases >> nvidia-common then >> >> Did the console commands, and rebuilt. >> Then used System Administration hardware to enable NVIDIA driver again. >> That is the correct wat to enable it, yes?? >> >> So I Started a FTP download from local repositry (<A HREF="ftp://ftp.saix.net10.04">ftp://ftp.saix.net10.04</A> server 32) and X crashed after some screensaver activity, I'm sure. I >> was able to get into console ALT F1 this time but it seems if my path was >> "environmental variable's" was lost, had to cd into filesystem to see what I >> could run. I could not execute "top" to check what's holding up the >> processor but it seems as if the cpu was working overtime 100% utilisation >> because I could see after hard reset over heating / high heat from the bios >> sensor. This usually, tells me cpu worked to hard a minute before my hard >> reset. This is more or less what my inital symptoms were and still is. >> >> As I said with the Kernel (plymouth) driver, all seems stable but >> resolution is crap when browsing and screensaver is very slow. >> >> Can GLX have something to do with this I red somewhere to revert to glx >> 1.2, current version is 1.4??? does this make sense or ring any bells? I >> don't know how to down grade this but could find out I'm sure. I'm trying my >> best to understand all this and I'm not a programmer so stabbing in the dark >> here? >> >> Any ideas? >> Christo >> > This is what I get with an intel video card after running glxinfo. > >>>> > hilton@oogway:~$ glxinfo > name of display: :0.0 > display: :0 screen: 0 > direct rendering: Yes > server glx vendor string: SGI > server glx version string: 1.2 > server glx extensions: > GLX_ARB_multisample, GLX_EXT_import_context, > GLX_EXT_texture_from_pixmap, > GLX_EXT_visual_info, GLX_EXT_visual_rating, GLX_MESA_copy_sub_buffer, > GLX_OML_swap_method, GLX_SGI_make_current_read, GLX_SGI_swap_control, > GLX_SGIS_multisample, GLX_SGIX_fbconfig, GLX_SGIX_pbuffer, > GLX_SGIX_visual_select_group > client glx vendor string: Mesa Project and SGI > client glx version string: 1.4 > client glx extensions: > GLX_ARB_get_proc_address, GLX_ARB_multisample, GLX_EXT_import_context, > GLX_EXT_visual_info, GLX_EXT_visual_rating, GLX_MESA_allocate_memory, > GLX_MESA_copy_sub_buffer, GLX_MESA_swap_control, > GLX_MESA_swap_frame_usage, GLX_OML_swap_method, GLX_OML_sync_control, > GLX_SGI_make_current_read, GLX_SGI_swap_control, GLX_SGI_video_sync, > GLX_SGIS_multisample, GLX_SGIX_fbconfig, GLX_SGIX_pbuffer, > GLX_SGIX_visual_select_group, GLX_EXT_texture_from_pixmap > GLX version: 1.2 > GLX extensions: > >>>> > So it seems that the glx client is version 1.2 but the server is 1.4. > Do you get the same ? > > Cheers > > hg > >> >> >> -- >> ubuntu-za mailing list >> <A HREF="mailto:ubuntu-za@lists.ubuntu.com">ubuntu-za@lists.ubuntu.com</A> >> <A HREF="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-za">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-za</A> >> >> > > > -- > Hilton Gibson > Systems Administrator > JSG Library Room 1025D > Stellenbosch University > Private Bag X5036 > Stellenbosch > 7599 > South Africa > > Cell: +27 846 464 758 > Email: hgibson__AT__sun.ac.za > -- Hilton Gibson Systems Administrator JSG Library Room 1025D Stellenbosch University Private Bag X5036 Stellenbosch 7599 South Africa Cell: +27 846 464 758 Email: hgibson__AT__sun.ac.za -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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