Broke my NVIDIA setup on Ubuntu machine

[kmc77]

Ok, maybe this should have been put under "hardware", but since it's on my Ubuntu machine, I put it here.

 

Up untill yesterday, I had my NVIDIA card (5500) working fine. Then I read the thread about getting more out of your card. I had never "tested" the FPS and realized I was only averaging about 1050 fps. So I decided to do a little "tweaking". First thing I did, was download the latest official driver. The run file installed without a problem, but, now I can't start X. Of course, if I change "nvidia" to "nv" in my XF86Config-4, I can get the limited X, but then I'm back to square one.

 

Here's some info.

(relevant bits from XF86Config-4)

Section "Module"

Load    "bitmap"

Load    "dbe"

Load    "ddc"

Load    "extmod"

Load    "freetype"

Load    "glx"

Load    "int10"

Load    "record"

Load    "speedo"

Load    "type1"

Load    "v41"

Load    "vbe"

Load    "xtt"

and

Section "Device"

Identifier    "Nvidia Geforce 5500"

Driver        "nvidia"

BusID        "PCI:1:0:0"

Option        "RenderAccel" "on"

Option        "NvAGP" "1"

 

Modprobe returns blank.

 

I've tried running kernels 2.6.8.1-5-386 , 2.6.8.1-4-386 and 2.6.8.1-3-386 with no luck.

 

ls /lib/modules/2.6.8.1-3-386/kernel/drivers/video shows nvidia.ko

 

 

I'm not sure what else to check. Does anyone have any trouble shooting tips, or maybe another resource that might help?

 

[marked as unresolved as there was no "real" fix - arctic]

Edited August 21, 2005 by kmc77

[daniewicz]

Option "NvAGP" "integer"

Configure AGP support. Integer argument can be one of:

0 : disable agp

1 : use NVIDIA's internal AGP support, if possible

2 : use AGPGART, if possible

3 : use any agp support (try AGPGART, then NVIDIA's AGP)

Please note that NVIDIA's internal AGP support cannot

work if AGPGART is either statically compiled into your

kernel or is built as a module, but loaded into your

kernel (some distributions load AGPGART into the kernel

at boot up). Default: 3 (the default was 1 until after

1.0-1251).

 

 

Try setting NvAGP to 3

[kmc77]

Sorry, I should have included that in the original post. I have already tried 1-3 with no luck.

 

Here's a change - Messed with the comp again this morning, and now "nv" has no effect in any kernel. Can't get into X at all now.

 

Any other Ideas?

[bvc]

Uninstall the official and only use ubuntu nvidia pkgs. To do anything else is asking for trouble.

[kmc77]

I'll try that, but I had to do the exact oposite the first time I set it up.

[kmc77]

Ok, I'm back at my Ubuntu computer. This may sound like a stupid question, but how exactly do I uninstall the official drivers? They were originaly installed as a run file.

 

Second question. Since I'm doing all this from the command line, what is the Ubuntu Nvidia package name? Apt-get install nvidia is not coming back with anything.

[bvc]

uninstall the official the same as installing but add;

--uninstall

 

nvidia-settings

nvidia-kernel-common

nvidia-glx

[kmc77]

The following packages have unmet dependencies:

nvidia-glx: Depends: nvidia-kernel-1.0.7174

                Depends: libc6 (>= 2.3.2.ds1-21) but 2.3.2.ds1-13ubuntu2.2 is to be installed

E: Broken packages

 

Any suggestions?

[kmc77]

Ok, all installed. No luck. X still broken unless I specify "nv" as the driver, but then I have no gfx acc. Don't know what else to do.

[bvc]

now you see why I haven't updated the last 2 kernels

debian+nvidia=sucks

I've actually installed other distros over debian and stopped using it because of the nvidia crap. Last time I did a dist-upgrade the same thing happened again and I had to manually download and install about 20 pkgs from cli. Next time... another distro

Edited August 20, 2005 by bvc

[kmc77]

Decided to do a clean install of Hoary - everything fixed now.