[QCLUG] Another video problem

[Christopher Kruse]

I'd make sure that the kernel is fully accepting the nvidia binary
blob; check dmesg and see if it has any module insertion errors.  If
not, run `lsmod | grep nvidia` to see if you have the kernel module
loaded.  It may be as simple as that.

Other culprits: check /var/log/Xorg.*.log to see what it's
specifically failing on.

Cheers,

Christopher



On Tue, Aug 25, 2009 at 5:23 PM, Jim Hall<volunteer.jim@gmail.com> wrote:
> I'm starting a new religion: "I Hate Video Drivers"
>
> I decided to "update" the video driver on my Debian Etch comp from the
> Debian nvidia one to the latest nvidia one for my card (185.18.36). Card =
is
> a 7600GS and is supported by this driver. Uninstalled current driver and
> installed new one. All went well until reboot. GDM crashed and burned. Be=
low
> is the "xorg.conf" file. Compared with a working one, but don't see anyth=
ing
> jump out. Does anyone else see anything?
>
> Jim
>
>
> # nvidia-xconfig: X configuration file generated by nvidia-xconfig
> # nvidia-xconfig:  version 1.0  (buildmeister@builder63)  Fri Aug 1=
4
> 17:54:58 PDT 2009
>
> # /etc/X11/xorg.conf (xorg X Window System server configuration file)
> #
> # This file was generated by dexconf, the Debian X Configuration tool, us=
ing
> # 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 *on=
ly*
> # 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 upda=
ted
> # again, run the following command:
> #   sudo dpkg-reconfigure -phigh xserver-xorg
>
> Section "ServerLayout"
>     Identifier     "Default Layout"
>     Screen         "Default Screen" 0 0
>     InputDevice    "Generic Keyboard"
>     InputDevice    "Configured Mouse"
> EndSection
>
> Section "Files"
>
>     # path to defoma fonts
>     FontPath        "/usr/share/fonts/X11/misc"
>     FontPath        "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc"
>     FontPath        "/usr/share/fonts/X11/cyrillic"
>     FontPath        "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/cyrilli=
c"
>     FontPath        "/usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi/:uns=
caled"
>     FontPath        "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/=
:unscaled"
>     FontPath        "/usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi/:unsc=
aled"
>     FontPath        "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/:=
unscaled"
>     FontPath        "/usr/share/fonts/X11/Type1"
>     FontPath        "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1"
>     FontPath        "/usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi"
>     FontPath        "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi"
>     FontPath        "/usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi"
>     FontPath        "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi"
>     FontPath        "/var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf=
.d/dirs/TrueType"
> EndSection
>
> Section "Module"
>     Load           "bitmap"
>     Load           "dbe"
>     Load           "ddc"
>     Load           "extmod"
>     Load           "freetype"
>     Load           "glx"
>     Load           "int10"
>     Load           "record"
>     Load           "v4l"
>     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"
> EndSection
>
> Section "Monitor"
>     Identifier     "Princeton Ultra95e"
>     HorizSync       28.0 - 49.0
>     VertRefresh     43.0 - 72.0
>     Option         "DPMS"
> EndSection
>
> Section "Device"
>     Identifier     "nVidia Corporation NV43 [GeForce 7600]"
>     Driver         "nvidia"
> EndSection
>
> Section "Screen"
>     Identifier     "Default Screen"
>     Device         "nVidia Corporation NV43 [GeForc=
e 7600]"
>     Monitor        "Princeton Ultra95e"
>     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
>