The 'hardware drivers' thing under /system/admin tells me that no propietary drivers are enabled and it suggests nvidia version 180 but it doesn't let me click anything to select the driver and if I click 'activate' nothing seems to change, until I reboot and then the system is broken, only way to fix it is to boot into safe mode and select 'fix graphics problems' which puts me back to the original setting. All I'm trying to do is run Second Life which used to run fine on my old computer with the ATI card, now all I get is 'window creation error'.

This is the output from the terminal, (I know it's long but I've no idea what's relevant):-


eric@eric-desktop:~/second_life/SecondLife-i686-1.23.5.136262$ ./secondlife
Running from /home/eric/second_life/SecondLife-i686-1.23.5.136262
2009-11-01T17:25:51Z INFO: (anonymous namespace)::LogControlFile::loadFile: logging reconfigured from /home/eric/second_life/SecondLife-i686-1.23.5.136262/app_settings/logcontrol.xml
2009-11-01T17:25:51Z INFO: initConfiguration: Loading settings file list/home/eric/second_life/SecondLife-i686-1.23.5.136262/app_settings/settings_files.xml
2009-11-01T17:25:51Z INFO: loadSettingsFromDirectory: Attempting to load settings for the group CrashSettings - from location Default
2009-11-01T17:25:51Z INFO: loadSettingsFromDirectory: Loaded settings file /home/eric/second_life/SecondLife-i686-1.23.5.136262/app_settings/settings_crash_behavior.xml
2009-11-01T17:25:51Z INFO: loadSettingsFromDirectory: Attempting to load settings for the group Global - from location Default
2009-11-01T17:25:51Z INFO: loadSettingsFromDirectory: Loaded settings file /home/eric/second_life/SecondLife-i686-1.23.5.136262/app_settings/settings.xml
2009-11-01T17:25:51Z INFO: loadSettingsFromDirectory: Attempting to load settings for the group PerAccount - from location Default
2009-11-01T17:25:51Z INFO: loadSettingsFromDirectory: Loaded settings file /home/eric/second_life/SecondLife-i686-1.23.5.136262/app_settings/settings_per_account.xml
2009-11-01T17:25:51Z INFO: initParseCommandLine: Language en
2009-11-01T17:25:51Z INFO: initParseCommandLine: Location GB
2009-11-01T17:25:51Z INFO: initParseCommandLine: Variant UTF-8
2009-11-01T17:25:51Z INFO: loadSettingsFromDirectory: Attempting to load settings for the group CrashSettings - from location User
2009-11-01T17:25:51Z WARNING: loadFromFile: Cannot find file /home/eric/.secondlife/user_settings/settings_crash_behavior.xml to load.
2009-11-01T17:25:51Z WARNING: loadSettingsFromDirectory: Cannot load /home/eric/.secondlife/user_settings/settings_crash_behavior.xml - No settings found.
2009-11-01T17:25:51Z INFO: loadSettingsFromDirectory: Attempting to load settings for the group Global - from location User
2009-11-01T17:25:51Z WARNING: loadFromFile: Cannot find file /home/eric/.secondlife/user_settings/settings.xml to load.
2009-11-01T17:25:51Z WARNING: loadSettingsFromDirectory: Cannot load /home/eric/.secondlife/user_settings/settings.xml - No settings found.
2009-11-01T17:25:51Z INFO: writeSystemInfo: Second Life version 1.23.5
2009-11-01T17:25:51Z INFO: writeSystemInfo: Local time: 2009-11-01T17:25:51 GMT
2009-11-01T17:25:51Z INFO: writeSystemInfo: CPU info:
processor : 0 vendor_id : AuthenticAMD cpu family : 15 model : 107 model name : AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 5000+ stepping : 2 cpu MHz : 2599.948 cache size : 512 KB physical id : 0 siblings : 2 core id : 0 cpu cores : 2 apicid : 0 initial apicid : 0 fdiv_bug : no hlt_bug : no f00f_bug : no coma_bug : no fpu : yes fpu_exception : yes cpuid level : 1 wp : yes flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush mmx fxsr sse sse2 ht syscall nx mmxext fxsr_opt rdtscp lm 3dnowext 3dnow pni cx16 lahf_lm cmp_legacy svm extapic cr8_legacy 3dnowprefetch bogomips : 5199.89 clflush size : 64 power management: ts fid vid ttp tm stc 100mhzsteps processor : 1 vendor_id : AuthenticAMD cpu family : 15 model : 107 model name : AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 5000+ stepping : 2 cpu MHz : 2599.948 cache size : 512 KB physical id : 0 siblings : 2 core id : 1 cpu cores : 2 apicid : 1 initial apicid : 1 fdiv_bug : no hlt_bug : no f00f_bug : no coma_bug : no fpu : yes fpu_exception : yes cpuid level : 1 wp : yes flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush mmx fxsr sse sse2 ht syscall nx mmxext fxsr_opt rdtscp lm 3dnowext 3dnow pni cx16 lahf_lm cmp_legacy svm extapic cr8_legacy 3dnowprefetch bogomips : 5199.98 clflush size : 64 power management: ts fid vid ttp tm stc 100mhzsteps
->mHasSSE: 1
->mHasSSE2: 1
->mHasAltivec: 0
->mCPUMhz: 2600
->mCPUString: AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 5000+

2009-11-01T17:25:51Z INFO: writeSystemInfo: Memory info:
MemTotal: 2851952 kB MemFree: 2141452 kB Buffers: 54228 kB Cached: 357404 kB SwapCached: 0 kB Active: 419500 kB Inactive: 223636 kB HighTotal: 1965696 kB HighFree: 1367684 kB LowTotal: 886256 kB LowFree: 773768 kB SwapTotal: 4899784 kB SwapFree: 4899784 kB Dirty: 36 kB Writeback: 0 kB AnonPages: 231440 kB Mapped: 81608 kB Slab: 40076 kB SReclaimable: 25900 kB SUnreclaim: 14176 kB PageTables: 2708 kB NFS_Unstable: 0 kB Bounce: 0 kB WritebackTmp: 0 kB CommitLimit: 6325760 kB Committed_AS: 715512 kB VmallocTotal: 110584 kB VmallocUsed: 6828 kB VmallocChunk: 103424 kB HugePages_Total: 0 HugePages_Free: 0 HugePages_Rsvd: 0 HugePages_Surp: 0 Hugepagesize: 4096 kB DirectMap4k: 8192 kB DirectMap4M: 909312 kB
2009-11-01T17:25:51Z INFO: writeSystemInfo: OS: Linux 2.6
2009-11-01T17:25:51Z INFO: writeSystemInfo: OS info: Linux 2.6.27-7-generic #1 SMP Tue Nov 4 19:33:20 UTC 2008 i686
2009-11-01T17:25:51Z INFO: writeDebugInfo: Opening debug file /home/eric/.secondlife/logs/debug_info.log
2009-11-01T17:25:51Z INFO: init: J2C Engine is: KDU
2009-11-01T17:25:51Z INFO: init: libcurl version is: libcurl/7.16.4 OpenSSL/0.9.7c zlib/1.2.3.3 c-ares/1.4.0
2009-11-01T17:25:51Z WARNING: loadFromFile: Cannot find file /home/eric/.secondlife/user_settings/settings_crash_behavior.xml to load.
2009-11-01T17:25:51Z INFO: updateVectorize: Vectorization : DISABLED
2009-11-01T17:25:51Z INFO: updateVectorize: Vector Processor : COMPILER DEFAULT
2009-11-01T17:25:51Z INFO: updateVectorize: Vectorized Skinning : ENABLED
2009-11-01T17:25:51Z WARNING: isFeatureAvailable: Feature RenderCubeMap not on feature list!
2009-11-01T17:25:51Z INFO: updateVectorize: Vectorization : DISABLED
2009-11-01T17:25:51Z INFO: updateVectorize: Vector Processor : COMPILER DEFAULT
2009-11-01T17:25:51Z INFO: updateVectorize: Vectorized Skinning : ENABLED
2009-11-01T17:25:51Z INFO: updateVectorize: Vectorization : DISABLED
2009-11-01T17:25:51Z INFO: updateVectorize: Vector Processor : COMPILER DEFAULT
2009-11-01T17:25:51Z INFO: updateVectorize: Vectorized Skinning : DISABLED
2009-11-01T17:25:51Z INFO: grab_dbus_syms: Found DSO: libdbus-glib-1.so.2
2009-11-01T17:25:51Z INFO: purgeCache: Purging Cache and Texture Cache...
2009-11-01T17:25:51Z INFO: initCache: Headers: 139810 Textures size: 320 MB
2009-11-01T17:25:51Z INFO: initCache: VFS CACHE SIZE: 100 MB
2009-11-01T17:25:51Z WARNING: initCache: Bad or missing vfx index file /home/eric/.secondlife/cache/index.db2.x.1
2009-11-01T17:25:51Z WARNING: initCache: Removing old vfs data file /home/eric/.secondlife/cache/data.db2.x.1
2009-11-01T17:25:51Z INFO: presizeDataFile: Pre-sized VFS data file to 104857600 bytes
2009-11-01T17:25:51Z WARNING: LLVFS: Using index file /home/eric/.secondlife/cache/index.db2.x.1416920255
2009-11-01T17:25:51Z WARNING: LLVFS: Using data file /home/eric/.secondlife/cache/data.db2.x.1416920255
2009-11-01T17:25:51Z WARNING: LLVFS: Using index file /home/eric/second_life/SecondLife-i686-1.23.5.136262/app_settings/static_index.db2
2009-11-01T17:25:51Z WARNING: LLVFS: Using data file /home/eric/second_life/SecondLife-i686-1.23.5.136262/app_settings/static_data.db2
2009-11-01T17:25:51Z INFO: initWindow: Initializing window...
2009-11-01T17:25:51Z INFO: LLNotificationHistoryChannel::loadPersistentNotifications: Loading open notifications from /home/eric/.secondlife/user_settings/open_notifications.xml
2009-11-01T17:25:51Z WARNING: LLNotificationHistoryChannel::loadPersistentNotifications: Failed to open /home/eric/.secondlife/user_settings/open_notifications.xml
2009-11-01T17:25:51Z INFO: ll_try_gtk_init: Starting GTK Initialization.
2009-11-01T17:25:51Z INFO: ll_try_gtk_init: GTK Initialized.
2009-11-01T17:25:51Z INFO: ll_try_gtk_init: - Compiled against GTK version 2.4.14
2009-11-01T17:25:51Z INFO: ll_try_gtk_init: - Running against GTK version 2.16.1
2009-11-01T17:25:51Z INFO: ll_try_gtk_init: - GTK version is good.
2009-11-01T17:25:51Z INFO: createContext: createContext, fullscreen=0 size=1000x700
2009-11-01T17:25:51Z INFO: createContext: Compiled against SDL 1.2.5
2009-11-01T17:25:51Z INFO: createContext: Running against SDL 1.2.12
2009-11-01T17:25:51Z INFO: createContext: createContext: creating window 1000x700x32
2009-11-01T17:25:51Z WARNING: createContext: createContext: window creation failure. SDL: Couldn't find matching GLX visual
2009-11-01T17:25:51Z INFO: destroyContext: destroyContext begins
2009-11-01T17:25:51Z INFO: destroyContext: shutdownGL begins
2009-11-01T17:25:51Z INFO: destroyContext: SDL_QuitSS/VID begins
2009-11-01T17:25:51Z INFO: OSMessageBoxSDL: Creating a dialog because we're in windowed mode and GTK is happy.
2009-11-01T17:25:53Z INFO: quitCursors: Skipping quitCursors: mWindow already gone.
2009-11-01T17:25:53Z INFO: destroyContext: destroyContext begins
2009-11-01T17:25:53Z INFO: destroyContext: shutdownGL begins
2009-11-01T17:25:53Z INFO: destroyContext: SDL_QuitSS/VID begins
2009-11-01T17:25:53Z WARNING: createWindow: LLWindowManager::create() : Error creating window.
2009-11-01T17:25:53Z WARNING: LLViewerWindow: Unable to create window, be sure screen is set at 32-bit color and your graphics driver is configured correctly. See README-linux.txt or README-solaris.txt for further information.
*** Bad shutdown. ***


Please help!!!

I have had great success using drivers from nvidia-vdpau ppa. Go here for info on setting up repository. I would suggest removing any other drivers using synaptic and rebooting before actual installation. Reboot after install and right-click desktop, select "change desktop background" and on "visual effects" tab select "extra" and allow jockey to do it's thing.

I'm currently using 185.xx but now 190.xx are out of beta.

BTW, the main packages i have installed are:

Hi, thanks for the response. I've done as you suggest, I've now got Nvidia 180 and 185 available under /admin/hardware drivers but neither will activate! if I click the button to the left nothing happens (I thought it would tick or something), and clicking activate does nothing either, I haven't rebooted yet but I bet I'll need to fix graphics from safe mode again.

It was all going so well too!

If I run the Nvidia X server settings tool I get:-

You do not appear to be using the NVIDIA X driver. Please edit your X configuration file (just run `nvidia-xconfig` as root), and restart the X server.

Tried doing what it said but no luck.

I was right, I had to boot into recovery mode again.

Can you post content of your xorg.conf file? (/etc/X11/xorg.conf) Here is the pertinent section of mine:

Check in synaptic for any other installed drivers and uninstall them. What happens when you select extra on the video effects tab? Did you reboot between steps?

All I have is:-

# xorg.conf (X.Org X Window System server configuration file)
#
# This file was generated by dexconf, the Debian X Configuration tool, using
# values from the debconf database.
#
# Edit this file with caution, and see the xorg.conf manual page.
# (Type "man xorg.conf" at the shell prompt.)
#
# This file is automatically updated on xserver-xorg package upgrades *only*
# if it has not been modified since the last upgrade of the xserver-xorg
# package.
#
# Note that some configuration settings that could be done previously
# in this file, now are automatically configured by the server and settings
# here are ignored.
#
# If you have edited this file but would like it to be automatically updated
# again, run the following command:
# sudo dpkg-reconfigure -phigh xserver-xorg

Section "Device"
Identifier "Configured Video Device"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Configured Monitor"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
Identifier "Default Screen"
Monitor "Configured Monitor"
Device "Configured Video Device"
EndSection

Try replacing in your xorg.conf this section:
with this:
just above that add:
command:Make a backup copy first! Make sure you have the packages referenced above installed.

Hi Lidex

No luck I'm afraid. I have libgl1-mesa-glx installed and the kernel source for Nvidia-180 which I'm guessing is the packages you're referring to, I've tried the source for 185 as well. The change to xorg generates the same issue as before. When it drops to the shell on bootup I notice it says something like 'no screens found' and 'cannot start xserver', hopefully this means more to you than it does to me!

Alright, do me a favor and make sure in synaptic these packages are installed:
(enter nvidia into quick search box) and if not, install them.

In terminal:
Find your xorg.conf file and rename xorg.old. Close everything out and reboot.

Open jockey(Hardware Drivers) and click on entry for version 180 in upper section.Click on the line of text that reads "NVIDIA accelerated graphics driver (version 180)" and jockey should initiate it for you. Reboot.

Hi Lidex

Everything was installed, I also added Nvidia-kernel-common and even Nvidia-glx-dev for good luck but no change! I Really am confused by this, I've attached a s/shot of 'hardware drivers', does this look right? If I click the driver line the button to the left doesn't tick or anything like that, and clicking activate just asks for admin' password then seems to download a bit of something but still stays at 'driver not activated'. But then on reboot my system has to have graphics fixed from recovery mode so something has happened.

I do appreciate your help on this, I just wish the damn thing would work!

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OK, try this then. Re-install these packages:
Now right-click on your desktop, select "change desktop background" and on the "visual effects" tab select the radio buton for "extra". If that doesn't work go back to jockey and try to activate the recommended driver again.
This has worked flawlessly for me in jaunty - thought about upgrading?

Seems to be a widespread issue in intrepid. Some info here:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1087574
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=966682
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1053441

I am using Jaunty!

I've done as you suggest but enabling 'extras' just gets me 'Desktop Effects could not be Enabled', no change when I try jockey.

I'm getting to the stage where I'm thinking of a fresh install, when is the next version out?

Thanks again