[Ubuntu-PH] Re: ubuntu-ph Digest, Vol 8, Issue 9
david t. asuncion, jr.
daveasuncion at gmail.com
Thu Nov 24 05:39:30 UTC 2005
Thank you, thank you very much.
Both of you are correct and I was lucky to figure it out myself out of
searching for the word nvidia at synaptic.
Thank you!
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> Date: Wed, 23 Nov 2005 09:21:43 +0800
> From: "david t. asuncion, jr." <daveasuncion at gmail.com>
> Subject: [Ubuntu-PH] Help on X-Server
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> I recently tried to install the linux-image-686 on my Ubuntu box but
> there seems to be a problem starting the Xserver although it did say
> so what's the exact error.
>
> Hereunder is my xorg.conf:
>
> # /etc/X11/xorg.conf (xorg 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 /etc/X11/xorg.conf manual page.
> # (Type "man /etc/X11/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.
> #
> # 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 "Files"
> FontPath "/usr/share/X11/fonts/misc"
> FontPath "/usr/share/X11/fonts/cyrillic"
> FontPath "/usr/share/X11/fonts/100dpi/:unscaled"
> FontPath "/usr/share/X11/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled"
> FontPath "/usr/share/X11/fonts/Type1"
> FontPath "/usr/share/X11/fonts/CID"
> FontPath "/usr/share/X11/fonts/100dpi"
> FontPath "/usr/share/X11/fonts/75dpi"
> # paths to defoma fonts
> FontPath "/var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/TrueType"
> FontPath "/var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/CID"
> EndSection
>
> Section "Module"
> Load "GLcore"
> Load "i2c"
> Load "bitmap"
> Load "ddc"
> Load "dri"
> Load "extmod"
> Load "freetype"
> Load "glx"
> Load "int10"
> Load "type1"
> Load "vbe"
> EndSection
>
> Section "InputDevice"
> Identifier "Generic Keyboard"
> Driver "kbd"
> Option "CoreKeyboard"
> Option "XkbRules" "xorg"
> Option "XkbModel" "pc104"
> Option "XkbLayout" "us"
> EndSection
>
> Section "InputDevice"
> Identifier "Configured Mouse"
> Driver "mouse"
> Option "CorePointer"
> Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
> Option "Protocol" "ImPS/2"
> Option "Emulate3Buttons" "true"
> Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
> EndSection
>
> Section "Device"
> Identifier "NVIDIA Corporation NV11 [GeForce2 MX/MX 400]"
> Driver "nvidia"
> BusID "PCI:1:0:0"
> EndSection
>
> Section "Monitor"
> Identifier "7Vlr"
> Option "DPMS"
> EndSection
>
> Section "Screen"
> Identifier "Default Screen"
> Device "NVIDIA Corporation NV11 [GeForce2 MX/MX 400]"
> Monitor "7Vlr"
> DefaultDepth 24
> SubSection "Display"
> Depth 1
> Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
> EndSubSection
> SubSection "Display"
> Depth 4
> Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
> EndSubSection
> SubSection "Display"
> Depth 8
> Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
> EndSubSection
> SubSection "Display"
> Depth 15
> Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
> EndSubSection
> SubSection "Display"
> Depth 16
> Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
> EndSubSection
> SubSection "Display"
> Depth 24
> Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
> EndSubSection
> EndSection
>
> Section "ServerLayout"
> Identifier "Default Layout"
> Screen "Default Screen"
> InputDevice "Generic Keyboard"
> InputDevice "Configured Mouse"
> EndSection
>
> Section "DRI"
> Mode 0666
> EndSection
>
> So now, what's wrong with this picture. BTW, I simply booted with the
> i386 kernel and it just works. :) My PC is a P4 1.7 Ghz....
>
> --
> David Tacasa Asuncion, Jr.
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> Message: 2
> Date: Wed, 23 Nov 2005 09:40:18 +0800
> From: eric pareja <xenos at upm.edu.ph>
> Subject: Re: [Ubuntu-PH] Help on X-Server
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> Noong Miy, Nob 23, 2005 ng 09:21:43AM +0800, sinabi ni david t. asuncion, jr.:
> > I recently tried to install the linux-image-686 on my Ubuntu box but
> > there seems to be a problem starting the Xserver although it did say
> > so what's the exact error.
>
> Can you post what is in /var/log/Xorg.0.log?
>
> Can you also test what would happen if you changed:
>
> Driver "nvidia"
>
> in the Device section of /etc/X11/xorg.conf to:
>
> Driver "nv"
>
> then try to restart gdm:
>
> sudo /etc/init.d/gdm restart
>
> I suspect that your 686 kernel doesn't have the nvidia kernel module
> included. I'm making a guess based on my experience with nvidia cards
> and new kernels in Debian since I currently don't run Ubuntu on the x86
> platform.
>
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> Date: Wed, 23 Nov 2005 04:22:15 -0800
> From: Irvin Piraman <ippiraman at gmail.com>
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> Did you also install the linux-restricted-modules for the -686 kernel image?
> I had the same problem when I upgraded to -686 from -386.
>
> sudo apt-search cache linux-restricted-module
>
> to find the appropriate package. I believe it is
> linux-restricted-modules-2.6.12-10-686 and
> linux-restricted-modules-2.6.12-10-686-nvidia-legacy (feel free to correct
> me.)
>
> You can also try running nvidia-glx-config enable again.
>
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> HTH
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