On Friday 28 October 2005 03:12, sean wrote:
> I followed the instructions to get the nvidia driver working on my
> system here, but obviously since I am writing, it is giving me problems.
> Information below, and thanks in advance for the help.
> Sean
read the README!
you obviously did not read it!
>
> Section "Module"
> Load "extmod"
> Load "dri"
remove dri - it is in the readme, so remove it.
> Load "dbe"
> Load "record"
> Load "xtrap"
are you sure you need xtrap and record? If not you can safely remove them.
> Load "glx"
> Load "type1"
> Load "freetype"
> EndSection
you could also load 'ddc' which will make modelines superflous.
>
> Section "Device"
> ### Available Driver options are:-
> ### Values: <i>: integer, <f>: float, <bool>: "True"/"False",
> ### <string>: "String", <freq>: "<f> Hz/kHz/MHz"
> ### [arg]: arg optional
> #Option "SWcursor" # [<bool>]
> #Option "HWcursor" # [<bool>]
> #Option "NoAccel" # [<bool>]
> #Option "ShadowFB" # [<bool>]
> #Option "UseFBDev" # [<bool>]
> #Option "Rotate" # [<str>]
> #Option "VideoKey" # <i>
> #Option "FlatPanel" # [<bool>]
> #Option "FPDither" # [<bool>]
> #Option "CrtcNumber" # <i>
> #Option "FPScale" # [<bool>]
> #Option "FPTweak" # <i>
> Identifier "Card 0"
> # Driver "nvidia"
> Driver "nv"
remove the 'nv' that is plainly wrong - and also explained in the README,
several Desktop and nvidia guides, howtos and wikis. Which you all did not
read.
> VendorName "nVidia Corporation"
> BoardName "Unknown Board"
> BusID "PCI:5:0:0"
this is not needed, remove&retry - it may hurt you
> VideoRam 256000
this is absolutly not needed.
> Option "NvAGP" "1" # use nvidias agp - 1 , agpgart -2,
> agpgart,nvagp -3
I really hope, that this newline came from the mail-application we are using.
After you made the changes.
/etc/init.d/xdm zap
rmmod nvidia
/etc/init.d/xdm start
does it complain?
if yes:
/etc/init.d/xdm zap
modprobe nvidia
/etc/init.d/xdm start
add nvidia to autoload.
oh, and here is my very working xorg.conf:
cat /etc/X11/xorg.conf
#
Section "Module"
# This loads the DBE extension module.
Load "dbe" # Double buffer extension
Load "extmod"
Load "type1"
Load "speedo"
Load "freetype"
# Load "xtt"
Load "glx"
Load "v4l"
Load "ddc"
EndSection
Section "Extensions"
Option "Composite" "Enable"
EndSection
# **********************************************************************
# Files section. This allows default font and rgb paths to be set
# **********************************************************************
Section "Files"
RgbPath "/usr/lib/X11/rgb"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/misc/"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/TTF/"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/Type1/"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi/"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/100dpi/"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/local/"
# FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/Speedo/"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/TrueType/"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/freefont/"
ModulePath "/usr/lib/modules"
EndSection
# **********************************************************************
# Server flags section.
# **********************************************************************
Section "ServerFlags"
EndSection
# **********************************************************************
# Input devices
# **********************************************************************
# **********************************************************************
# Core keyboard's InputDevice section
# **********************************************************************
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Keyboard1"
Driver "kbd"
Option "AutoRepeat" "500 30"
Option "XkbRules" "xorg"
Option "XkbModel" "pc102"
Option "XkbLayout" "de"
EndSection
# **********************************************************************
# Core Pointer's InputDevice section
# **********************************************************************
Section "InputDevice"
# Identifier and driver
Identifier "Mouse1"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "IMPS/2"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
EndSection
# **********************************************************************
# Monitor section
# **********************************************************************
# Any number of monitor sections may be present
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "ibm"
HorizSync 31.5-96
VertRefresh 50-85
Option "dpms"
EndSection
# **********************************************************************
# Graphics device section
# **********************************************************************
Section "Device"
Identifier "5200"
Driver "nvidia"
#VideoRam 131072
# Insert Clocks lines here if appropriate
Option "RenderAccel" "true"
Option "AllowGLXWithComposite" "true"
Option "backingstore" "true"
# Option "XaaNoOffscreenPixmaps" "true"
EndSection
# **********************************************************************
# Screen sections
# **********************************************************************
# Any number of screen sections may be present. Each describes
# the configuration of a single screen. A single specific screen section
# may be specified from the X server command line with the "-screen"
# option.
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen 1"
Device "5200"
Monitor "ibm"
DefaultDepth 24
Subsection "Display"
Depth 8
Modes "1280x960" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
ViewPort 0 0
EndSubsection
Subsection "Display"
Depth 16
Modes "1280x960" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
ViewPort 0 0
EndSubsection
Subsection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1280x960" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" "640x400"
ViewPort 0 0
EndSubsection
EndSection
Section "ServerLayout"
# The Identifier line must be present
Identifier "Simple Layout"
Screen "Screen 1"
InputDevice "Mouse1" "CorePointer"
InputDevice "Keyboard1" "CoreKeyboard"
EndSection
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