LinuxQuestions.org - Installed nvidia 8800GTS (512MB) card but can't get it running

Hello folks,
I just installed my new 8800GTS card. It is the new one based on G92 core.

I had an ATi card before it and removed all ATi drivers first, turned the computer off. Installed nvidia card and booted up. I downloaded latest nvidia beta drivers "NVIDIA-Linux-x86-169.04-pkg1" and installed them. There was some talk about kernel modules and how the driver needed to install some stuff. At the end it said it installed everything correctly.

Anyway... I couldnt get driver to work. I only get vesa and low resolution. Than I tried and installed latest Envy but if I try auto install it says it cant recognize my card, if I try manual install I get new window that is gray and nothing happens.

I really have no idea on what to do next

This is my xorg file (I deleted it a few times trying to get stuff working)

Code:



# nvidia-xconfig: X configuration file generated by nvidia-xconfig

# nvidia-xconfig:  version 1.0  (buildmeister@builder3)  Wed Nov 14 17:10:54 PST 2007





Section "ServerLayout"

    Identifier    "Layout0"

    Screen      0  "Screen0" 0 0

    InputDevice    "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"

    InputDevice    "Mouse0" "CorePointer"

EndSection



Section "Files"

    RgbPath        "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb"

EndSection



Section "Module"

    Load          "dbe"

    Load          "extmod"

    Load          "type1"

    Load          "freetype"

    Load          "glx"

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

    EndSubSection

EndSection

dmesg | grep NVIDIA

returns

Code:

[    0.000000] ACPI: DSDT 7FEE3180, 602F (r1 NVIDIA AWRDACPI    1000 MSFT  100000E)

[  20.220000] nvidia: module license 'NVIDIA' taints kernel.

[  20.224000] NVRM: loading NVIDIA Linux x86 Kernel Module  1.0-7185  Mon Apr  2 18:29:54 PDT 2007

and
glxinfo | grep direct
returns

Code:

Xlib:  extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0".

Xlib:  extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0".

Xlib:  extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0".

Error: couldn't find RGB GLX visual

Xlib:  extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0".

Xlib:  extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0".

Xlib:  extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0".

Xlib:  extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0".

Thank you for your time!