Do you have any reason not to use the restricted nvidia drivers? nv is the open source offering, and is waaaay inferior to nvidia.
I think you just need to install linux-restricted-modules via apt-get... I must admit to downloading the latest version from nvidia.com and manually installing them. Steve On Sat, 04 Oct 2008 10:00:39 +1300 Roger Searle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, with a fresh installation of kubuntu 8.04.1, 2.6.24-19-generic kernel, > lspci says VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation GeForce 7100 GS > (rev a1). I have NVIDIA accelerated graphics driver (latest cards) > selected in Hardware Drivers Manager. > > Screen resolution starts off at a maximum of 1024x768. Adept shows that > nvidia-glx-new and nvidia-kernel-common are installed. In System > Settings, Monitor & Display, the card and driver are both set to > nvidia. As soon as I make any configuration change here, such as > selecting the GeForce 7 series card, the driver option is forced to be > "nv", it is greyed out and I can not select between standard and > proprietary driver options. > > I have logged out to restart X server when prompted (or just to see if > it helps at times!). The best resolution I can obtain is 640 x 480. > > Below are relevant sections from xorg.conf which is clearly screwed up > and lacking appropriate modelines and appears to not be consistent with > the drivers it refers to. I'm hoping for some guidance from the list on > ensuring the right drivers are installed and the right options to > configure xorg.conf? > > Cheers, > Roger > > Section "Device" > Identifier "Configured Video Device" > Boardname "NVIDIA GeForce 7 Series" > Busid "PCI:5:0:0" > Driver "nv" > Screen 0 > Vendorname "NVIDIA" > EndSection > > Section "Monitor" > Identifier "Configured Monitor" > Vendorname "Plug 'n' Play" > Modelname "Plug 'n' Play" > modeline "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" 25.2 640 656 752 800 480 490 492 525 -vsync > -hsync > Gamma 1.0 > EndSection > > Section "Screen" > Identifier "Default Screen" > Monitor "Configured Monitor" > Device "Configured Video Device" > Defaultdepth 24 > SubSection "Display" > Depth 24 > Virtual 640 480 > Modes "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" > EndSubSection > EndSection > > Section "ServerLayout" > Identifier "Default Layout" > screen 0 "Default Screen" 0 0 > EndSection > Section "Module" > Load "glx" > Load "GLcore" > Load "v4l" > EndSection > Section "device" # > Identifier "device1" > Boardname "NVIDIA GeForce 7 Series" > Busid "PCI:5:0:0" > Driver "nv" > Screen 1 > Vendorname "NVIDIA" > EndSection > Section "screen" # > Identifier "screen1" > Device "device1" > Defaultdepth 24 > Monitor "monitor1" > SubSection "Display" > Depth 24 > Modes "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" > EndSubSection > EndSection > Section "monitor" # > Identifier "monitor1" > Vendorname "Plug 'n' Play" > Modelname "Plug 'n' Play" > modeline "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" 25.2 640 656 752 800 480 490 492 525 -vsync > -hsync > Gamma 1.0 > EndSection > -- Steve Holdoway <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
