I use nVidia cards also, but this is a weird one for me as well. Others may be able to help out.
On Mon, Aug 2, 2010 at 10:51 PM, Scott Vargovich <[email protected]>wrote: > My Mint 9 box runs all the time. We just shut the monitor off and walk > away. Each time it's given a chance to sit and not be used, it goes to > low-graphics mode when we go to use it again. My video card is a NVidia > Geforce FX 5200 and I'm running the NVIDIA-Linux-x86-173.14.25- > pkg1.run > driver that I downloaded from NVidia's site. Here is a snippet of the > Xorg.0.log file: > > (II) NVIDIA(0): Support for GLX with the Damage and Composite X extensions > is > (II) NVIDIA(0): enabled. > (EE) NVIDIA(0): Failed to initialize the NVIDIA kernel module! Please > ensure > (EE) NVIDIA(0): that there is a supported NVIDIA GPU in this system, > and > (EE) NVIDIA(0): that the NVIDIA device files have been created > properly. > > (EE) NVIDIA(0): Please consult the NVIDIA README for details. > (EE) NVIDIA(0): *** Aborting *** > (II) UnloadModule: "nvidia" > (II) UnloadModule: "wfb" > (II) UnloadModule: "fb" > (EE) Screen(s) found, but none have a usable configuration. > > If I kill gdm and re-install that same driver, the kernel module is > recreated and it works after that until the next time it's left alone. In > all my years of Linux, I've never seen anything like this. Questions, > comments, and insults are all appreciated. Any assistance is greatly > appreciated. > > Thanks in advance, > > > ------------------------------------------------------------ > <>< Scott Vargovich <>< > ------------------------------------------------------------ > ~~~OpenPGP Key ID: F8F5DC7E~~~ > ------------------------------------------------------------ > > ><((((º>`·.¸¸.·´¯`·.¸.·´¯`·...¸><((((º>¸. > > ·´¯`·.¸. , . .·´¯`·.. ><((((º>`·.¸¸.·´¯`·.¸.·´¯`·...¸><((((º> > > Chat Google Talk: [email protected] Y! messenger: airpath_scottv MSN: > [email protected] AIM: Airpath ScottV > Contact Me [image: > Facebook]<http://www.facebook.com/tonyaw?v=wall&story_fbid=113208095380521#%21/?ref=home>[image: > Twitter] <http://twitter.com/bluesfreak72> > > --- @ WiseStamp > Signature<http://my.wisestamp.com/link?u=y9hmyrgkp2n9b94h&site=www.wisestamp.com/email-install>. > Get it > now<http://my.wisestamp.com/link?u=y9hmyrgkp2n9b94h&site=www.wisestamp.com/email-install> > > > -- > <>< Scott Vargovich <>< > ------------------------------------------ > OpenPGP Key ID: F8F5DC7E > ------------------------------------------ > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Linux Users > Group. > To post a message, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe, send email to [email protected] > For more options, visit our group at > http://groups.google.com/group/linuxusersgroup -- ------------------------------------------------------------- "Penguin, penguin, and more penguin !" www.madforubuntu.com baudizm.blogsome.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Linux Users Group. To post a message, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit our group at http://groups.google.com/group/linuxusersgroup
