Nvidia driver/xorg.conf

PClOStinspace · 12-31-2009, 10:42 AM

I have just installed a 'Zotac GeForce GT 240 card to replace my very sad on board radeon. I have used envyng to install the drivers and have a projector plugged into the DVI out and a 15 inch LCD plugged into the VGA out. I have tried to configure the xserver with nvidia-settings and also followed various bits of help from other threads both here and in the Ubuntu forums (I am running karmic on this box btw) and I am now stuck with no signal to my LCD and 640*480 res on my projector

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My xorg.conf looks like:-

Code:

# nvidia-xconfig: X configuration file generated by nvidia-xconfig
# nvidia-xconfig:  version 1.0  (buildmeister@builder58)  Fri Aug 14 18:33:37 PDT 2009

Section "ServerLayout"
    Identifier     "Layout0"
    Screen      0  "Screen0"
    InputDevice    "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
    InputDevice    "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
EndSection

Section "Files"
    FontPath        "unix/:7100"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
    # generated from default
    Identifier     "Mouse0"
    Driver         "mouse"
    Option         "Protocol" "auto"
    Option         "Device" "/dev/psaux"
    Option         "Emulate3Buttons" "no"
    Option         "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
    # generated from default
    Identifier     "Keyboard0"
    Driver         "kbd"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
    Identifier     "Monitor0"
    VendorName     "Unknown"
    ModelName      "Unknown"
    HorizSync       28.0 - 33.0
    VertRefresh     43.0 - 72.0
    Option         "DPMS"
EndSection

Section "Device"
    Identifier     "Device0"
    Driver         "nvidia"
    VendorName     "NVIDIA Corporation"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
    Identifier     "Screen0"
    Device         "Device0"
    Monitor        "Monitor0"
    DefaultDepth    24
    SubSection     "Display"
        Depth       24
    EndSubSection
EndSection

In the simplest way possible, can anyone help fix the mess I've made??

bigrigdriver · 12-31-2009, 11:28 AM

Try the instructions found here: http://www.earth-org.com/blogs/2009/...ettings-error/

PClOStinspace · 12-31-2009, 12:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bigrigdriver

Try the instructions found here: http://www.earth-org.com/blogs/2009/...ettings-error/

Sorry, this does not do anything at all!! I am left with everything re-written how it started and still unable to get higher than 640*480 on my projector and no signal to my LCD

worm5252 · 12-31-2009, 12:10 PM

looking at your xorg.conf I see you only have 1 monitor defined.

Quote:

Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Monitor0"
VendorName "Unknown"
ModelName "Unknown"
HorizSync 28.0 - 33.0
VertRefresh 43.0 - 72.0
Option "DPMS"
EndSection

Take a look at this tutorial. It explains a bit on how to modify your xorg.conf to fix this, http://linux2.arinet.org/index.php?o...ew&id=155&Item

PClOStinspace · 01-01-2010, 04:41 PM

I spent ages b#@*$&ing around to get things going!

The final thing that worked was:-

Remove the Nvidia drivers with envyng -g
Re-configure the displays under the mesa drivers
re-install the Nvidia driver with envyng -g
sudo chown -R username /etc/X11
sudo nvidia-xconfig
sudo nvidia-settings
Then do what is says on the tin!!

This results in an xorg.conf that looks like:-

Code:

# nvidia-settings: X configuration file generated by nvidia-settings
# nvidia-settings:  version 1.0  (buildd@crested)  Sun Feb  1 20:25:37 UTC 2009

Section "ServerLayout"
    Identifier     "Layout0"
    Screen      0  "Screen0" 0 0
    InputDevice    "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
    InputDevice    "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
EndSection

Section "Files"
    FontPath        "unix/:7100"
EndSection

Section "Module"
    Load           "dbe"
    Load           "extmod"
    Load           "type1"
    Load           "freetype"
    Load           "glx"
EndSection

Section "ServerFlags"
    Option         "Xinerama" "0"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
    # generated from default
    Identifier     "Mouse0"
    Driver         "mouse"
    Option         "Protocol" "auto"
    Option         "Device" "/dev/psaux"
    Option         "Emulate3Buttons" "no"
    Option         "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
    # generated from default
    Identifier     "Keyboard0"
    Driver         "kbd"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
    # HorizSync source: xconfig, VertRefresh source: xconfig
    Identifier     "Monitor0"
    VendorName     "Unknown"
    ModelName      "CRT-0"
    HorizSync       28.0 - 55.0
    VertRefresh     43.0 - 72.0
    Option         "DPMS"
EndSection

Section "Device"
    Identifier     "Device0"
    Driver         "nvidia"
    VendorName     "NVIDIA Corporation"
    BoardName      "GeForce GT 230"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
    Identifier     "Screen0"
    Device         "Device0"
    Monitor        "Monitor0"
    DefaultDepth    24
    Option         "TwinView" "1"
    Option         "TwinViewXineramaInfoOrder" "CRT-1"
    Option         "metamodes" "CRT-0: 1152x864 +1024+0, CRT-1: 1024x768 +0+0"
    SubSection     "Display"
        Depth       24
    EndSubSection
EndSection

I hope this helps someone else having the same woes!!

Happy new year all