OpenGL

[David Hopkins]

Ok, first off guys thats for helping me get this far. I apt-got the
nvidia drivers
sudo apt-get install nvidia-glx
and now my desktop is running super smoothly and I have Vista-ish
Effects and OSX shadows and everything! I guess there must have just
been a problem with the nvidia installer.

The last hurdle now is the resolution. My monitor is a bit of an
akward beast in that it is a Dell LCD W2600 who's native resolution is
1280x768 (widescreen). When I was using the generic linux nvidia
driver beforehand my desktop was a lot slower but it did offer me this
resolution. Now I can only have 1024x768 (bit too low) or 1280x1024
(much too high). Im using 1024x768 and its definately usable but I'd
love to get the old 1280x768 native one back.

There is no 1280x768 entry in my xorg.conf file but the really weird
thing is I looked at the xorg.conf backup I made before my pre-nvidia
update and it does not contain on either?


Section "Screen"
    Identifier     "Default Screen"
    Device         "NVIDIA Corporation NV11 [GeForce2 MX/MX 400]"
    Monitor        "W2600 LCD TV"
    DefaultDepth    24
    SubSection     "Display"
        Depth       1
        Modes      "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "720x400" "640x480"
    EndSubSection
    SubSection     "Display"
        Depth       4
        Modes      "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "720x400" "640x480"
    EndSubSection
    SubSection     "Display"
        Depth       8
        Modes      "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "720x400" "640x480"
    EndSubSection
    SubSection     "Display"
        Depth       15
        Modes      "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "720x400" "640x480"
    EndSubSection
    SubSection     "Display"
        Depth       16
        Modes      "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "720x400" "640x480"
    EndSubSection
    SubSection     "Display"
        Depth       24
        Modes      "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "720x400" "640x480"
    EndSubSection
EndSection


On 11/05/06, Vayu <vayu at sklinks.com> wrote:
> On Thursday 11 May 2006 10:28, David Hopkins wrote:
> > > You might need to apt-get it first.
> > >
> > > You will also need to add a line in the device section of your xorg.conf
> to
> > > enable hardware 3d:
> >
> > I downloaded to nvidia installer and which builds the driver from
> > source so I dont think I need to apt get it.
> >
> > > > Change
> > > > Driver  "nv"
> > > > to
> > > > Driver  "nvidia"
> >
> > This simply stops the X server from starting at all, so I think I'll
> > stick with "nv".
> >
> >
>
> Well something didn't go right with the nvidia installer.  I would recommend
> using the nvidia drivers from apt-get.  You will not get hardware opengl with
> the nv driver, you need to have the nvidia driver.
>
>
>
>
>
> > (EE) Failed to load module "nvidia" (module does not exist, 0)
> > (EE) No drivers available.
> >
> > Fatal server error:
> > no screens found
> >
> >
> >
> > But I think I might have found the problem, from looking in my xserver.log
> file:
> >
> > (II) LoadModule: "glx"
> > (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libglx.so
> > (II) Module glx: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
> >       compiled for 7.0.0, module version = 1.0.0
> >       ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 0.2
> > (II) Loading sub module "GLcore"
> > (II) LoadModule: "GLcore"
> > (WW) Warning, couldn't open module GLcore
> > (II) UnloadModule: "GLcore"
> > (II) UnloadModule: "glx"
> > (II) Unloading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libglx.so
> > (EE) Failed to load module "glx" (a required submodule could not be loaded,
> 0)
> >
> >
> >
> > Do you agree this might be the problem? If so any tips on how to fix?
> > Thanks again!!!!
> >
> >
> >
> > On 11/05/06, Vayu <vayu at sklinks.com> wrote:
> > > On Wednesday 10 May 2006 17:20, John L Fjellstad wrote:
> > > > "David Hopkins" <hopkins81 at gmail.com> writes:
> > > >
> > > > You're still using the open source nvidia driver.  If you want to use
> > > > the Nvidia closed-source driver, you need to change this section:
> > > >
> > > > > Section "Device"
> > > > >    Identifier     "NVIDIA Corporation NV11 [GeForce2 MX/MX 400]"
> > > > >    Driver         "nv"
> > > > > EndSection
> > > >
> > > > Change
> > > > Driver  "nv"
> > > > to
> > > > Driver  "nvidia"
> > > >
> > > > When X starts up, you should see a white screen with the Nvidia logo.
> > > >
> > > > --
> > >
> > > You might need to apt-get it first.
> > >
> > > You will also need to add a line in the device section of your xorg.conf
> to
> > > enable hardware 3d:
> > >
> > >         Option  "RenderAccel" "True"
> > >
> > > To get rid of the big nVidia logo mentioned above, add:
> > >
> > >         Option "NoLogo"
> > >
> > > to the same device section of xorg.conf
> > >
> > >
> >
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