NVIDIA gforce graphics driver install [solved]

bonebags · August 6, 2006

ive just installed my geforce 2mx drivers on my 2006 mandriva box now my screen is only small and the graphics too large

its like a verticle scroll screen as well as a horizontal scroll screen

any ideas

tyme · August 6, 2006

please post your /etc/X11/xorg.conf file

daniewicz · August 7, 2006

Make sure you have a refresh rate set > 60 Hz if you are using a CRT.

bonebags · August 7, 2006

okay will do later today

bonebags · August 7, 2006

please post your /etc/X11/xorg.conf file

[root@localhost ~]# etc/X11/xorg.conf

bash: etc/X11/xorg.conf: No such file or directory

Gul Dukat · August 7, 2006

please post your /etc/X11/xorg.conf file

[root@localhost ~]# etc/X11/xorg.conf

bash: etc/X11/xorg.conf: No such file or directory

You should open the file with "Kwrite" for instance, and the the directorie is /etc/X11/xorg.conf and not etc/X11/xorg.cong

bonebags · August 7, 2006

You should open the file with "Kwrite" for instance, and the the directorie is /etc/X11/xorg.conf and not etc/X11/xorg.cong

[root@localhost ~]# /etc/X11/xorg.conf

/etc/X11/xorg.conf: line 2: Section: command not found

/etc/X11/xorg.conf: line 3: Identifier: command not found

/etc/X11/xorg.conf: line 4: VendorName: command not found

/etc/X11/xorg.conf: line 5: ModelName: command not found

/etc/X11/xorg.conf: line 6: HorizSync: command not found

/etc/X11/xorg.conf: line 7: VertRefresh: command not found

/etc/X11/xorg.conf: line 8: ModeLine: command not found

/etc/X11/xorg.conf: line 9: ModeLine: command not found

/etc/X11/xorg.conf: line 10: EndSection: command not found

/etc/X11/xorg.conf: line 20: Section: command not found

/etc/X11/xorg.conf: line 21: Identifier: command not found

/etc/X11/xorg.conf: line 22: InputDevice: command not found

/etc/X11/xorg.conf: line 23: InputDevice: command not found

/etc/X11/xorg.conf: line 24: Screen: command not found

/etc/X11/xorg.conf: line 25: EndSection: command not found

/etc/X11/xorg.conf: line 27: Section: command not found

/etc/X11/xorg.conf: line 31: FontPath: command not found

/etc/X11/xorg.conf: line 32: EndSection: command not found

/etc/X11/xorg.conf: line 34: Section: command not found

/etc/X11/xorg.conf: line 35: Load: command not found

/etc/X11/xorg.conf: line 36: Load: command not found

/etc/X11/xorg.conf: line 37: Load: command not found

/etc/X11/xorg.conf: line 38: Load: command not found

/etc/X11/xorg.conf: line 39: Load: command not found

/etc/X11/xorg.conf: line 40: Load: command not found

/etc/X11/xorg.conf: line 41: EndSection: command not found

/etc/X11/xorg.conf: line 43: Section: command not found

/etc/X11/xorg.conf: line 48: Option: command not found

/etc/X11/xorg.conf: line 49: EndSection: command not found

/etc/X11/xorg.conf: line 51: Section: command not found

/etc/X11/xorg.conf: line 52: Identifier: command not found

/etc/X11/xorg.conf: line 53: Driver: command not found

/etc/X11/xorg.conf: line 54: Option: command not found

/etc/X11/xorg.conf: line 55: Option: command not found

/etc/X11/xorg.conf: line 56: Option: command not found

/etc/X11/xorg.conf: line 57: EndSection: command not found

/etc/X11/xorg.conf: line 59: Section: command not found

/etc/X11/xorg.conf: line 60: Identifier: command not found

/etc/X11/xorg.conf: line 61: Driver: command not found

/etc/X11/xorg.conf: line 62: Option: command not found

/etc/X11/xorg.conf: line 63: Option: command not found

/etc/X11/xorg.conf: line 64: Option: command not found

/etc/X11/xorg.conf: line 65: EndSection: command not found

/etc/X11/xorg.conf: line 67: Section: command not found

/etc/X11/xorg.conf: line 68: Identifier: command not found

/etc/X11/xorg.conf: line 69: VendorName: command not found

/etc/X11/xorg.conf: line 70: BoardName: command not found

/etc/X11/xorg.conf: line 71: Driver: command not found

/etc/X11/xorg.conf: line 72: EndSection: command not found

/etc/X11/xorg.conf: line 74: Section: command not found

/etc/X11/xorg.conf: line 75: Identifier: command not found

/etc/X11/xorg.conf: line 76: Device: command not found

/etc/X11/xorg.conf: line 77: Monitor: command not found

/etc/X11/xorg.conf: line 78: DefaultColorDepth: command not found

/etc/X11/xorg.conf: line 80: Subsection: command not found

/etc/X11/xorg.conf: line 81: Depth: command not found

/etc/X11/xorg.conf: line 82: Virtual: command not found

/etc/X11/xorg.conf: line 83: EndSubsection: command not found

/etc/X11/xorg.conf: line 85: Subsection: command not found

/etc/X11/xorg.conf: line 86: Depth: command not found

/etc/X11/xorg.conf: line 87: Virtual: command not found

/etc/X11/xorg.conf: line 88: EndSubsection: command not found

/etc/X11/xorg.conf: line 90: Subsection: command not found

/etc/X11/xorg.conf: line 91: Depth: command not found

/etc/X11/xorg.conf: line 92: Virtual: command not found

/etc/X11/xorg.conf: line 93: EndSubsection: command not found

/etc/X11/xorg.conf: line 95: Subsection: command not found

/etc/X11/xorg.conf: line 96: Depth: command not found

/etc/X11/xorg.conf: line 97: Virtual: command not found

/etc/X11/xorg.conf: line 98: EndSubsection: command not found

/etc/X11/xorg.conf: line 99: Option: command not found

/etc/X11/xorg.conf: line 100: EndSection: command not found

Gul Dukat · August 7, 2006

I think there's communication-error, but what I meant was:

kwrite /etc/X11/xorg.conf

And "Copy and Paste" the outcome here....

bonebags · August 7, 2006

I think there's communication-error, but what I meant was:
kwrite /etc/X11/xorg.conf
And "Copy and Paste" the outcome here....

when i type in the kwrite command i get command not found

tyme · August 7, 2006

cat /etc/X11/xorg.conf

it'll be long, but it will give the information we need if you can copy and paste all of it.

scarecrow · August 7, 2006

A couple of GeForce2 MX cards will work only with the older "legacy" 7174 nvidia driver- not the new ones.

Which exact model do you have?

bonebags · August 7, 2006

cat /etc/X11/xorg.conf
it'll be long, but it will give the information we need if you can copy and paste all of it.

[root@localhost ~]# cat /etc/X11/xorg.conf

Section "Monitor"
Identifier "monitor1"
VendorName "Generic"
ModelName "1024x768 @ 60 Hz"
HorizSync 31.5-48.5
VertRefresh 50-70
ModeLine "768x576" 50.0 768 832 846 1000 576 590 595 630
ModeLine "768x576" 63.1 768 800 960 1024 576 578 590 616
EndSection
# nvidia-xconfig: X configuration file generated by nvidia-xconfig
# nvidia-xconfig:  version 1.0  (buildmeister@builder3)  Mon May 15 13:23:42 PDT 2006

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

Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "layout1"
InputDevice "Keyboard1" "CoreKeyboard"
InputDevice "Mouse1" "CorePointer"
Screen "screen1" 0 0
EndSection

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

Section "ServerFlags"
#DontZap # disable <Crtl><Alt><BS> (server abort)

# allows the server to start up even if the mouse does not work
#DontZoom # disable <Crtl><Alt><KP_+>/<KP_-> (resolution switching)
Option "allowmouseopenfail"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Keyboard1"
Driver "keyboard"
Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
Option "XkbLayout" "gb"
Option "XkbOptions" "compose:rwin"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Mouse1"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "ExplorerPS/2"
Option "Device" "/dev/mouse"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
EndSection

Section "Device"
Identifier "device1"
VendorName "nVidia Corp."
BoardName "NVIDIA GeForce2 DDR (generic)"
Driver "nvidia"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
Identifier "screen1"
Device "device1"
Monitor "monitor1"
DefaultColorDepth 24

Subsection "Display"
	Depth 8
	Virtual 800 600
EndSubsection

Subsection "Display"
	Depth 15
	Virtual 800 600
EndSubsection

Subsection "Display"
	Depth 16
	Virtual 800 600
EndSubsection

Subsection "Display"
	Depth 24
	Virtual 800 600
EndSubsection
Option "DPMS"
EndSection
[root@localhost ~]#

A couple of GeForce2 MX cards will work only with the older "legacy" 7174 nvidia driver- not the new ones.
Which exact model do you have?

its a NVIDIA geforce 2mx

bonebags · August 7, 2006

can anyone tell me how to uninstall my dodgy driver as the graphics are terrible. its a NVIDIA geforce 2 mx running on mandriva 2006

scarecrow · August 7, 2006

Simplest thing is just changing "nvidia" to "nv" in /etx/X11/xorg.conf and restarting the x-server... and if that does not work trying "vesa" instead of "nv".

You could also try the legacy driver (7174), I know that some GF2 MX-200 series cards work better with that one (or not at all with the newer driver), while GF2 MX 400/440 cards work OK with both drivers.

EDIT: Just saw that nvidia recently issued a newer legacy driver, namely 7182:

http://www.nvidia.com/object/linux_display...2_1.0-7182.html

You may give that one a spin... after uninstalling the old one. Did you install it from RPM, or from the nvidia installer?

Edited August 7, 2006 by scarecrow

speedball2 · August 7, 2006

Where it says "Virtual 800 600" in the screens section you could try changing it to something like:

Modes "1024x768_85" "800x600"

That may help. Let us know :)

(that's without uninstalling the drivers) :)

Edited August 7, 2006 by speedball2

NVIDIA gforce graphics driver install [solved]

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