Another problem in nvidia installation

[Guest undergn0me]

Hello everyone, I am having a really weird problem with the nVidia drivers installation. I tried installing the 1.0-6629 driver on a Mandrake 10.1 install with the stock 2.6.8.1-10mdk kernel, and when I startx it seems like the nVidia logo gets frozen in the background and only new characters get printed on top of it. Unfortunately, I can't get a screenshot because the desktop is really inoperable. The funny thing is, I have tried to install the drivers on an Ubuntu 4.10 install (through some repository, not the official drivers) and it worked.

 

Here is the xorg.conf I was using:

# File generated by XFdrake.

# **********************************************************************
# Refer to the XF86Config man page for details about the format of
# this file.
# **********************************************************************

Section "Files"
   # Multiple FontPath entries are allowed (they are concatenated together)
   # By default, Mandrake 6.0 and later now use a font server independent of
   # the X server to render fonts.
   FontPath "unix/:-1"
EndSection

Section "ServerFlags"
   #DontZap # disable <Crtl><Alt><BS> (server abort)
   #DontZoom # disable <Crtl><Alt><KP_+>/<KP_-> (resolution switching)
   AllowMouseOpenFail # allows the server to start up even if the mouse doesn't work
EndSection

Section "Module"
   Load "dbe" # Double-Buffering Extension
   Load "v4l" # Video for Linux
   Load "extmod"
   Load "type1"
   Load "freetype"
   Load "glx" # 3D layer
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
   Identifier "Keyboard1"
   Driver "Keyboard"
   Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
   Option "XkbLayout" "en_US"
   Option "XkbOptions" ""
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
   Identifier "Mouse1"
   Driver "mouse"
   Option "Protocol" "ExplorerPS/2"
   Option "Device" "/dev/mouse"
   Option "ZAxisMapping" "6 7"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
   Identifier "monitor1"
   VendorName "AOC"
   ModelName "AOC SPECTRUM 7Glr & 7GlrA"
   HorizSync 30.0-95.0
   VertRefresh 50.0-160.0
   
   # Sony Vaio C1(X,XS,VE,VN)?
   # 1024x480 @ 85.6 Hz, 48 kHz hsync
   ModeLine "1024x480"    65.00 1024 1032 1176 1344   480  488  494  563 -hsync -vsync
   
   # Dell D800 and few Inspiron (16/10) 1280x800
   ModeLine "1280x800"  147.89  1280 1376 1512 1744  800 801 804 848
   
   # Dell D800 and few Inspiron (16/10) 1680x1050
   ModeLine "1680x1050"  214.51  1680 1800 1984 2288  1050 1051 1054 1103
   
   # Dell D800 and few Inspiron (16/10) 1920x1200
   ModeLine "1920x1200" 230 1920 1936 2096 2528 1200 1201 1204 1250 +HSync +VSync
   
   # TV fullscreen mode or DVD fullscreen output.
   # 768x576 @ 79 Hz, 50 kHz hsync
   ModeLine "768x576"     50.00  768  832  846 1000   576  590  595  630
   
   # 768x576 @ 100 Hz, 61.6 kHz hsync
   ModeLine "768x576"     63.07  768  800  960 1024   576  578  590  616
EndSection

Section "Device"
   Identifier "device1"
   VendorName "nVidia Corp."
   BoardName "NVIDIA GeForce4 (generic)"
   Driver "nvidia"
   Option "NvAGP" "3"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
   Identifier "screen1"
   Device "device1"
   Monitor "monitor1"
   DefaultColorDepth 24
   
   Subsection "Display"
       Depth 8
       Virtual 1280 1024
   EndSubsection
   
   Subsection "Display"
       Depth 15
       Virtual 1280 1024
   EndSubsection
   
   Subsection "Display"
       Depth 16
       Virtual 1280 1024
   EndSubsection
   
   Subsection "Display"
       Depth 24
       Virtual 1280 1024
   EndSubsection
EndSection

Section "ServerLayout"
   Identifier "layout1"
   InputDevice "Keyboard1" "CoreKeyboard"
   InputDevice "Mouse1" "CorePointer"
   Screen "screen1"
EndSection

 

The computer I am having problem with is an Athlon XP 2000+, 512MB RAM, with a GeForce4 MX (on AGP 8x).

 

I really can't understand what's going on... Any suggestions would be helpful.

 

Thank you in advance.

[daniewicz]

Have you tried Option "NvAGP" "1"

 

This would use NVIDIA internal AGP support if possible

[Guest undergn0me]

I have tried all the NvAGP options and they all gave the same (bad) result. Only NvAGP 0 gave a tolerable result, so I could get a screenshot (attached).