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Old 10-29-2010, 08:47 AM   #1
linus72
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Vector 7.0 alpha and trouble setting up nvidia driver -help please


OK
so I have been messing around with the new Vector 7.0 alpha and wanted to install the nvidia driver and see if it would work.
my video card and cpu are as follows
Code:
root:# lshw
PCI (sysfs)  
vector.linux.net          
    description: Desktop Computer
    width: 32 bits
    capabilities: smbios-2.2 dmi-2.2 smp
    configuration: boot=normal chassis=desktop uuid=00000000-0000-0000-0000-00508D633135
  *-core
       description: Motherboard
       product: NF7-S/NF7,NF7-V (nVidia-nForce2)
       vendor: http://www.abit.com.tw/
       physical id: 0
       version: 2.X,1.0
     *-firmware
          description: BIOS
          vendor: Phoenix Technologies, LTD
          physical id: 0
          version: 6.00 PG (07/06/2004)
          size: 128KiB
          capacity: 448KiB
          capabilities: isa pci pnp apm upgrade shadowing escd cdboot bootselect socketedrom edd int13floppy360 int13floppy1200 int13floppy720 int13floppy2880 int5printscreen int9keyboard int14serial int17printer int10video acpi usb agp ls120boot zipboot
     *-cpu
          description: CPU
          product: AMD Athlon(tm) XP 2400+
          vendor: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD]
          physical id: 4
          bus info: cpu@0
          version: 6.8.1
          slot: Socket A
          size: 1980MHz
          capacity: 3GHz
          width: 32 bits
          clock: 133MHz
          capabilities: fpu fpu_exception wp vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 mmx fxsr sse syscall mmxext 3dnowext 3dnow up cpufreq
        *-cache:0
             description: L1 cache
             physical id: 9
             slot: Internal Cache
             size: 128KiB
             capacity: 128KiB
             capabilities: synchronous internal write-back
        *-cache:1
             description: L2 cache
             physical id: a
             slot: External Cache
             size: 256KiB
             capacity: 256KiB
             capabilities: synchronous external write-back
     *-memory
          description: System Memory
          physical id: 1b
          slot: System board or motherboard
          size: 768MiB
          capacity: 1536MiB
        *-bank:0
             description: DIMM [empty]
             physical id: 0
             slot: A0
        *-bank:1
             description: DIMM
             physical id: 1
             slot: A1
             size: 512MiB
        *-bank:2
             description: DIMM
             physical id: 2
             slot: A2
             size: 256MiB
     *-pci
          description: Host bridge
          product: nForce2 AGP (different version?)
          vendor: nVidia Corporation
          physical id: 100
          bus info: pci@0000:00:00.0
          version: c1
          width: 32 bits
          clock: 66MHz
          configuration: driver=agpgart-nvidia
          resources: irq:0 memory:e8000000-ebffffff(prefetchable)
        *-memory:0 UNCLAIMED
             description: RAM memory
             product: nForce2 Memory Controller 1
             vendor: nVidia Corporation
             physical id: 0.1
             bus info: pci@0000:00:00.1
             version: c1
             width: 32 bits
             clock: 66MHz (15.2ns)
             configuration: latency=0
        *-memory:1 UNCLAIMED
             description: RAM memory
             product: nForce2 Memory Controller 4
             vendor: nVidia Corporation
             physical id: 0.2
             bus info: pci@0000:00:00.2
             version: c1
             width: 32 bits
             clock: 66MHz (15.2ns)
             configuration: latency=0
        *-memory:2 UNCLAIMED
             description: RAM memory
             product: nForce2 Memory Controller 3
             vendor: nVidia Corporation
             physical id: 0.3
             bus info: pci@0000:00:00.3
             version: c1
             width: 32 bits
             clock: 66MHz (15.2ns)
             configuration: latency=0
        *-memory:3 UNCLAIMED
             description: RAM memory
             product: nForce2 Memory Controller 2
             vendor: nVidia Corporation
             physical id: 0.4
             bus info: pci@0000:00:00.4
             version: c1
             width: 32 bits
             clock: 66MHz (15.2ns)
             configuration: latency=0
        *-memory:4 UNCLAIMED
             description: RAM memory
             product: nForce2 Memory Controller 5
             vendor: nVidia Corporation
             physical id: 0.5
             bus info: pci@0000:00:00.5
             version: c1
             width: 32 bits
             clock: 66MHz (15.2ns)
             configuration: latency=0
        *-isa
             description: ISA bridge
             product: nForce2 ISA Bridge
             vendor: nVidia Corporation
             physical id: 1
             bus info: pci@0000:00:01.0
             version: a4
             width: 32 bits
             clock: 66MHz
             capabilities: isa ht bus_master cap_list
             configuration: latency=0
        *-serial
             description: SMBus
             product: nForce2 SMBus (MCP)
             vendor: nVidia Corporation
             physical id: 1.1
             bus info: pci@0000:00:01.1
             version: a2
             width: 32 bits
             clock: 66MHz
             capabilities: pm cap_list
             configuration: driver=nForce2_smbus latency=0 maxlatency=1 mingnt=3
             resources: irq:11 ioport:e400(size=32)
        *-usb:0
             description: USB Controller
             product: nForce2 USB Controller
             vendor: nVidia Corporation
             physical id: 2
             bus info: pci@0000:00:02.0
             version: a4
             width: 32 bits
             clock: 66MHz
             capabilities: pm ohci bus_master cap_list
             configuration: driver=ohci_hcd latency=0 maxlatency=1 mingnt=3
             resources: irq:21 memory:ef003000-ef003fff
           *-usbhost
                product: OHCI Host Controller
                vendor: Linux 2.6.33.4-smp ohci_hcd
                physical id: 1
                bus info: usb@2
                logical name: usb2
                version: 2.06
                capabilities: usb-1.10
                configuration: driver=hub slots=3 speed=12.0MB/s
        *-usb:1
             description: USB Controller
             product: nForce2 USB Controller
             vendor: nVidia Corporation
             physical id: 2.1
             bus info: pci@0000:00:02.1
             version: a4
             width: 32 bits
             clock: 66MHz
             capabilities: pm ohci bus_master cap_list
             configuration: driver=ohci_hcd latency=0 maxlatency=1 mingnt=3
             resources: irq:20 memory:ef004000-ef004fff
           *-usbhost
                product: OHCI Host Controller
                vendor: Linux 2.6.33.4-smp ohci_hcd
                physical id: 1
                bus info: usb@3
                logical name: usb3
                version: 2.06
                capabilities: usb-1.10
                configuration: driver=hub slots=3 speed=12.0MB/s
        *-usb:2
             description: USB Controller
             product: nForce2 USB Controller
             vendor: nVidia Corporation
             physical id: 2.2
             bus info: pci@0000:00:02.2
             version: a4
             width: 32 bits
             clock: 66MHz
             capabilities: debug pm ehci bus_master cap_list
             configuration: driver=ehci_hcd latency=0 maxlatency=1 mingnt=3
             resources: irq:22 memory:ef005000-ef0050ff
           *-usbhost
                product: EHCI Host Controller
                vendor: Linux 2.6.33.4-smp ehci_hcd
                physical id: 1
                bus info: usb@1
                logical name: usb1
                version: 2.06
                capabilities: usb-2.00
                configuration: driver=hub slots=6 speed=480.0MB/s
        *-network
             description: Ethernet interface
             product: nForce2 Ethernet Controller
             vendor: nVidia Corporation
             physical id: 4
             bus info: pci@0000:00:04.0
             logical name: eth0
             version: a1
             serial: 00:50:8d:63:31:35
             size: 100MB/s
             capacity: 100MB/s
             width: 32 bits
             clock: 66MHz
             capabilities: pm bus_master cap_list ethernet physical mii 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd autonegotiation
             configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=forcedeth driverversion=0.64 duplex=full ip=192.168.1.100 latency=0 link=yes maxlatency=20 mingnt=1 multicast=yes port=MII speed=100MB/s
             resources: irq:22 memory:ef000000-ef000fff ioport:d000(size=8)
        *-multimedia
             description: Multimedia audio controller
             product: nForce2 AC97 Audio Controler (MCP)
             vendor: nVidia Corporation
             physical id: 6
             bus info: pci@0000:00:06.0
             version: a1
             width: 32 bits
             clock: 66MHz
             capabilities: pm bus_master cap_list
             configuration: driver=Intel ICH latency=0 maxlatency=5 mingnt=2
             resources: irq:21 ioport:d400(size=256) ioport:d800(size=128) memory:ef001000-ef001fff
        *-pci:0
             description: PCI bridge
             product: nForce2 External PCI Bridge
             vendor: nVidia Corporation
             physical id: 8
             bus info: pci@0000:00:08.0
             version: a3
             width: 32 bits
             clock: 66MHz
             capabilities: pci normal_decode bus_master
             resources: ioport:c000(size=4096) memory:ee000000-eeffffff
           *-communication UNCLAIMED
                description: Communication controller
                product: HCF 56k Data/Fax Modem
                vendor: Rockwell International
                physical id: 7
                bus info: pci@0000:01:07.0
                version: 01
                width: 32 bits
                clock: 33MHz
                capabilities: pm bus_master cap_list
                configuration: latency=32
                resources: memory:ee000000-ee00ffff ioport:c000(size=8)
        *-ide
             description: IDE interface
             product: nForce2 IDE
             vendor: nVidia Corporation
             physical id: 9
             bus info: pci@0000:00:09.0
             logical name: scsi2
             logical name: scsi3
             version: a2
             width: 32 bits
             clock: 66MHz
             capabilities: ide pm bus_master cap_list emulated
             configuration: driver=pata_amd latency=0 maxlatency=1 mingnt=3
             resources: irq:0 ioport:1f0(size=8) ioport:3f6 ioport:170(size=8) ioport:376 ioport:f000(size=16)
        *-pci:1
             description: PCI bridge
             product: nForce2 AGP
             vendor: nVidia Corporation
             physical id: 1e
             bus info: pci@0000:00:1e.0
             version: c1
             width: 32 bits
             clock: 66MHz
             capabilities: pci normal_decode bus_master
             resources: memory:ec000000-edffffff memory:e0000000-e7ffffff(prefetchable)
           *-display
                description: VGA compatible controller
                product: NV18 [GeForce4 MX 4000 AGP 8x]
                vendor: nVidia Corporation
                physical id: 0
                bus info: pci@0000:02:00.0
                version: c1
                width: 32 bits
                clock: 66MHz
                capabilities: pm agp agp-3.0 vga bus_master cap_list rom
                configuration: driver=nvidia latency=32 maxlatency=1 mingnt=5
                resources: irq:19 memory:ec000000-ecffffff memory:e0000000-e7ffffff(prefetchable) memory:ed000000-ed01ffff(prefetchable)
the driver I downloaded is
NVIDIA-Linux-x86-96.43.18-pkg1.run
I used the parameter ./NVIDIA-Linux-x86-96.43.18-pkg1.run --no-cc-version-check
because it said something about gcc 4.3 and 4.4

driver installed correctly, etc and I did nvidia-xconfig
which made this xorg.conf

Code:
# nvidia-xconfig: X configuration file generated by nvidia-xconfig
# nvidia-xconfig:  version 1.0  (buildmeister@builder63)  Tue Jul 13 13:31:50 PDT 2010

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

Section "Files"
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       30.0 - 110.0
    VertRefresh     50.0 - 150.0
    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
        Modes      "1600x1200" "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
    EndSubSection
EndSection
after rebooting, etc X would not load, heres xorg.log

Code:
X.Org X Server 1.7.7
Release Date: 2010-05-04
X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0
Build Operating System: Slackware 13.1 Slackware Linux Project
Current Operating System: Linux vector.Linux.net 2.6.33.4-smp #2 SMP Tue Jul 20 18:52:39 PDT 2010 i686
Kernel command line: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.33.4 root=/dev/sda7 ro vga=791 splash=verbose 3
Build Date: 27 May 2010  11:49:33PM
 
Current version of pixman: 0.16.6
	Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.x.org
	to make sure that you have the latest version.
Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting,
	(++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational,
	(WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
(==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.0.log", Time: Fri Oct 29 13:51:05 2010
(==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf"
(==) ServerLayout "X.org Configured"
(**) |-->Screen "Screen0" (0)
(**) |   |-->Monitor "Monitor0"
(**) |   |-->Device "Card0"
(**) |-->Input Device "Mouse0"
(**) |-->Input Device "Keyboard0"
(==) Automatically adding devices
(==) Automatically enabling devices
(WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/local" does not exist.
	Entry deleted from font path.
(WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/OTF" does not exist.
	Entry deleted from font path.
(WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/CID" does not exist.
	Entry deleted from font path.
(WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/local" does not exist.
	Entry deleted from font path.
(WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/OTF" does not exist.
	Entry deleted from font path.
(WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/CID" does not exist.
	Entry deleted from font path.
(**) FontPath set to:
	/usr/share/fonts/TTF,
	/usr/share/fonts/Type1,
	/usr/share/fonts/misc,
	/usr/share/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled,
	/usr/share/fonts/100dpi/:unscaled,
	/usr/share/fonts/75dpi,
	/usr/share/fonts/100dpi,
	/usr/share/fonts/cyrillic,
	/usr/share/fonts/TTF,
	/usr/share/fonts/Type1,
	/usr/share/fonts/misc,
	/usr/share/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled,
	/usr/share/fonts/100dpi/:unscaled,
	/usr/share/fonts/75dpi,
	/usr/share/fonts/100dpi,
	/usr/share/fonts/cyrillic
(**) ModulePath set to "/usr/lib/xorg/modules"
(WW) AllowEmptyInput is on, devices using drivers 'kbd', 'mouse' or 'vmmouse' will be disabled.
(WW) Disabling Mouse0
(WW) Disabling Keyboard0
(II) Loader magic: 0x823bf20
(II) Module ABI versions:
	X.Org ANSI C Emulation: 0.4
	X.Org Video Driver: 6.0
	X.Org XInput driver : 7.0
	X.Org Server Extension : 2.0
(--) using VT number 7

(--) PCI:*(0:2:0:0) 10de:0185:3842:a093 nVidia Corporation NV18 [GeForce4 MX 4000 AGP 8x] rev 193, Mem @ 0xec000000/16777216, 0xe0000000/134217728, BIOS @ 0x????????/131072
(II) Open ACPI successful (/var/run/acpid.socket)
(II) "extmod" will be loaded. This was enabled by default and also specified in the config file.
(II) "dbe" will be loaded. This was enabled by default and also specified in the config file.
(II) "glx" will be loaded. This was enabled by default and also specified in the config file.
(II) "dri" will be loaded by default.
(II) "dri2" will be loaded. This was enabled by default and also specified in the config file.
(II) LoadModule: "dbe"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libdbe.so
(II) Module dbe: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
	compiled for 1.7.7, module version = 1.0.0
	Module class: X.Org Server Extension
	ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 2.0
(II) Loading extension DOUBLE-BUFFER
(II) LoadModule: "extmod"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libextmod.so
(II) Module extmod: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
	compiled for 1.7.7, module version = 1.0.0
	Module class: X.Org Server Extension
	ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 2.0
(II) Loading extension MIT-SCREEN-SAVER
(II) Loading extension XFree86-VidModeExtension
(II) Loading extension XFree86-DGA
(II) Loading extension DPMS
(II) Loading extension XVideo
(II) Loading extension XVideo-MotionCompensation
(II) Loading extension X-Resource
(II) LoadModule: "glx"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libglx.so
(II) Module glx: vendor="NVIDIA Corporation"
	compiled for 4.0.2, module version = 1.0.0
	Module class: X.Org Server Extension
(II) NVIDIA GLX Module  96.43.18  Tue Jul 13 13:31:40 PDT 2010
(II) Loading extension GLX
(II) LoadModule: "dri2"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libdri2.so
(II) Module dri2: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
	compiled for 1.7.7, module version = 1.1.0
	ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 2.0
(II) Loading extension DRI2
(II) LoadModule: "dri"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libdri.so
(II) Module dri: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
	compiled for 1.7.7, module version = 1.0.0
	ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 2.0
(II) Loading extension XFree86-DRI
(II) LoadModule: "nvidia"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/nvidia_drv.so
(II) Module nvidia: vendor="NVIDIA Corporation"
	compiled for 4.0.2, module version = 1.0.0
	Module class: X.Org Video Driver
(II) NVIDIA dlloader X Driver  96.43.18  Tue Jul 13 13:20:14 PDT 2010
(II) NVIDIA Unified Driver for all Supported NVIDIA GPUs
(II) Primary Device is: PCI 02@00:00:0
(II) Loading sub module "fb"
(II) LoadModule: "fb"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/libfb.so
(II) Module fb: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
	compiled for 1.7.7, module version = 1.0.0
	ABI class: X.Org ANSI C Emulation, version 0.4
(II) Loading sub module "ramdac"
(II) LoadModule: "ramdac"
(II) Module "ramdac" already built-in
(==) NVIDIA(0): Depth 24, (==) framebuffer bpp 32
(==) NVIDIA(0): RGB weight 888
(==) NVIDIA(0): Default visual is TrueColor
(==) NVIDIA(0): Using gamma correction (1.0, 1.0, 1.0)
(**) NVIDIA(0): Enabling RENDER acceleration
(II) NVIDIA(0): Support for GLX with the Damage and Composite X extensions is
(II) NVIDIA(0):     enabled.
(II) NVIDIA(0): NVIDIA GPU GeForce4 MX 4000 at PCI:2:0:0 (GPU-0)
(--) NVIDIA(0): Memory: 65536 kBytes
(--) NVIDIA(0): VideoBIOS: 04.18.20.39.02
(II) NVIDIA(0): Detected AGP rate: 8X
(--) NVIDIA(0): Interlaced video modes are supported on this GPU
(--) NVIDIA(0): Connected display device(s) on GeForce4 MX 4000 at PCI:2:0:0:
(--) NVIDIA(0):     DCLCD  DCL9C (CRT-0)
(--) NVIDIA(0): DCLCD  DCL9C (CRT-0): 350.0 MHz maximum pixel clock
(II) NVIDIA(0): Assigned Display Device: CRT-0
(WW) NVIDIA(0): 
(WW) NVIDIA(0): No modes were requested; the default mode "nvidia-auto-select"
(WW) NVIDIA(0):     will be used as the requested mode.
(WW) NVIDIA(0): 
(II) NVIDIA(0): Validated modes:
(II) NVIDIA(0):     "nvidia-auto-select"
(II) NVIDIA(0): Virtual screen size determined to be 1280 x 1024
(--) NVIDIA(0): DPI set to (90, 89); computed from "UseEdidDpi" X config
(--) NVIDIA(0):     option
(--) Depth 24 pixmap format is 32 bpp
(II) NVIDIA(0): Initialized GART.
(EE) NVIDIA(0): Failed to allocate/map the primary surface!

Fatal server error:
AddScreen/ScreenInit failed for driver 0
(EE) NVIDIA(0): Failed to allocate/map the primary surface!
thats only error I really see but what does that mean??

heres the xorg.conf generated by "X -configure"
Code:
Section "ServerLayout"
	Identifier     "X.org Configured"
	Screen      0  "Screen0" 0 0
	InputDevice    "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
	InputDevice    "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
EndSection

Section "Files"
	ModulePath   "/usr/lib/xorg/modules"
	FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/local"
	FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/TTF"
	FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/OTF"
	FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/Type1"
	FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/misc"
	FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/CID"
	FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled"
	FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/100dpi/:unscaled"
	FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi"
	FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/100dpi"
	FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/cyrillic"
EndSection

Section "Module"
	Load  "dri"
	Load  "dbe"
	Load  "extmod"
	Load  "glx"
	Load  "dri2"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
	Identifier  "Keyboard0"
	Driver      "kbd"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
	Identifier  "Mouse0"
	Driver      "mouse"
	Option	    "Protocol" "auto"
	Option	    "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
	Option	    "ZAxisMapping" "4 5 6 7"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
	#DisplaySize	  360   290	# mm
	Identifier   "Monitor0"
	VendorName   "DCL"
	ModelName    "DCLCD  DCL9C"
	HorizSync    30.0 - 81.0
	VertRefresh  40.0 - 76.0
	Option	    "DPMS"
EndSection

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>
        #Option     "DualHead"           	# [<bool>]
	Identifier  "Card0"
	Driver      "nv"
	VendorName  "nVidia Corporation"
	BoardName   "NV18 [GeForce4 MX 4000 AGP 8x]"
	BusID       "PCI:2:0:0"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
	Identifier "Screen0"
	Device     "Card0"
	Monitor    "Monitor0"
	SubSection "Display"
		Viewport   0 0
		Depth     1
	EndSubSection
	SubSection "Display"
		Viewport   0 0
		Depth     4
	EndSubSection
	SubSection "Display"
		Viewport   0 0
		Depth     8
	EndSubSection
	SubSection "Display"
		Viewport   0 0
		Depth     15
	EndSubSection
	SubSection "Display"
		Viewport   0 0
		Depth     16
	EndSubSection
	SubSection "Display"
		Viewport   0 0
		Depth     24
	EndSubSection
EndSection
the only real differences I see in the two xorg.confs is
nvidia-xconfig= Driver "nvidia"
X -configure= Driver "nv"

any help appreciated!!
thanks

Last edited by linus72; 10-29-2010 at 09:02 AM.
 
Old 10-29-2010, 12:38 PM   #2
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because it said something about gcc 4.3 and 4.4

You are ahead of me in this field so I cant be of much help but I have seen the line above before and it usually means that the Nvidia driver has been compiled with a different version of gcc to that of the kernel,they have to be both compiled with the same version...perhaps a different driver will work... just a guess
 
  


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