Kev,
Thanks for your xorg file. I noticed it uses the 'nv' driver and I am
trying to get the version 96 driver going but it will give me a guide.
I noticed some other posts about this card on this list so I will let
you all know how I get on.
Thanks again,
Steve
On Fri, 2009-01-30 at 21:23 +, piskie wrote:
> xorg attached I hope - if not I'll post it
>
> it's the one I was using when I had the card - pretty sure that when I
> had the card I was caught up in all that Michael alludes to - I know I
> had to use proposed at the time to get it.
>
> I looked at my nvidia thread - I think that in the end I did a clean
> install and it worked for me,
>
> this was the issue I had with it to start with - but that was when the
> driver was beta still
>
> http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=1827368&postcount=1
>
> Kev
>
> Steve Baugh wrote:
> > Michael, Kev,
> >
> > Thanks for your comments and pointing me to the bug report.
> >
> > I am using Intrepid 32 bit. The bug report mentions a number of
> > xorg.conf tweaks so that could be it. I would be interested to see your
> > xorg.conf, Kev. The following comes up a lot:
> >
> > Option "AddARGBGLXVisuals" "True"
> >
> > There was a warning about a missing section in xorg.conf when I
> > activated the driver so that may be it.
> >
> > Thanks again (I do miss compiz!),
> >
> > Steve
> >
> > On Fri, 2009-01-30 at 18:40 +, Michael Wood wrote:
> >> Yes I have,
> >>
> >> What version of Ubuntu are you running on the second PC ?
> >>
> >> There were problems with Intrepid because of the new Xorg server and
> >> nvidia not having released a driver that was compatiable with it,
> >> though this is mostly resolved now:
> >> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nvidia-graphics-drivers-96/+bug/251107
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> 2009/1/30 Steve Baugh
> >> I have two Ubuntu systems, this one using an Nvidia 8400 quite
> >> successfully and anther one which is only used for my Amateur
> >> Radio
> >> activities.
> >>
> >> The second PC has an Nvidia MX440 in an AGP slot. The 2D nv
> >> driver works
> >> OK but I would like to be able to run programs using OpenGL.
> >> To this end
> >> I downloaded the version 96 driver from the repository and
> >> activated it.
> >> I then found that the programs I run under Wine had their menu
> >> text
> >> scrambled and when I enabled desktop effects pop-up windows
> >> and
> >> Screenlets were blank. I have now deactivated it.
> >>
> >> Has anybody managed to get 3D working with this card?
> >>
> >> Steve, Bracknell
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> --
> >> ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com
> >> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk
> >> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
> >>
> >
> >
> plain text document attachment (xorg)
> Section "Monitor"
> Identifier "Monitor0"
> VendorName "Unknown"
> ModelName "COMPAQ S710"
> HorizSync 30.0 - 70.0
> VertRefresh 50.0 - 160.0
> Option "DPMS"
> EndSection
>
> Section "Monitor"
> Identifier "Monitor1"
> VendorName "Unknown"
> ModelName "TV-0"
> HorizSync 28.0 - 33.0
> VertRefresh 43.0 - 72.0
> Option "DPMS"
> EndSection
>
> Section "Screen"
> Identifier "Screen0"
> Device "Videocard0"
> Monitor"Monitor0"
> DefaultDepth24
> Option "metamodes" "CRT: 1280x1024 +0+0; CRT: 1024x768 +0+0;
> CRT: 800x600 +0+0; CRT: 640x480 +0+0"
> SubSection "Display"
> Depth 24
> Modes "1600x1200" "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600"
> "640x480"
> EndSubSection
> EndSection
>
> Section "Screen"
> Identifier "Screen1"
> Device "Videocard1"
> Monitor"Monit
