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rbrownclown

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Registered: 2006-12-29

Posts: 125

GDM/X Issue

AMD Athlon 64 3000+ (2 GHz)
768 MB RAM
nVidia GeForce 7600 GT (256 MB VRAM)
Arch 64 + NV Driver

I'm having a pretty major problem with my video card.  Since I upgraded to it, almost every distro I've tried has had a problem.  Ubuntu seems to handle this the best, but still doesn't detect what the card is specifically (beyond being an nVidia).

When I start GDM/Xorg, they seem to fire up.  Problem is, I can't see anything!  The screen is nothing but a distorted white.  This is when using the NV driver.  When I use nVidia, I can see everything; but the resolution is HUGE!  It's even lower then 800x600.  There are no options to change the resolution.

In both cases, I added "Modes "1028x768"" under the screen sub sections.  NV is the same, and nVidia does what NV is currently doing.

I would post xorg.conf, but I don't know how.  I don't have a GUI.  It's just the standard .conf generated with the modes section added.  Any help would be appreciated.

jimbo-62

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From: Utah

Registered: 2005-07-31

Posts: 72

Re: GDM/X Issue

I guess you boot to a command line. Then startx is bringing up the screens you describe?

Have you tried to execute xorgconfig to configure your X window? If not, that is what I recommend.

Good luck, jimbo

rbrownclown

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Registered: 2006-12-29

Posts: 125

Re: GDM/X Issue

I guess you boot to a command line. Then startx is bringing up the screens you describe?

Have you tried to execute xorgconfig to configure your X window? If not, that is what I recommend.

Good luck, jimbo

If you mean "Xorg -configure", yes.  I already did.

jimbo-62

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From: Utah

Registered: 2005-07-31

Posts: 72

Re: GDM/X Issue

I am not familiar with Xorg -configure. I mean at a command line prompt execute xorgconfig. Maybe it is the same thing. xorgconfig does a complete configuration including mouse protocol, KB options, Horizontal and vertical sync for your monitor, video card driver selection, video card memory, etc., etc.

Good luck, jimbo

rayjgu3

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From: Chicago IL usa

Registered: 2004-07-04

Posts: 695

Re: GDM/X Issue

you could try

nvidia-xconfig

or install hwd & run

hwd -x

to genrate xorg.conf.hwd
just rename it
see if either of these makes a difference

rbrownclown

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Registered: 2006-12-29

Posts: 125

Re: GDM/X Issue

I'm still having trouble.

Could it be the 64 bit version?  Think I should try the 32 bit?

joaospinto

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Registered: 2007-02-13

Posts: 40

Re: GDM/X Issue

which one do you guys recommend, for nvidia users... nvidia-xconfig, hwd -x or xorgconfig?

rayjgu3

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From: Chicago IL usa

Registered: 2004-07-04

Posts: 695

Re: GDM/X Issue

hwd -x
xorgconfig
will give you nv driver
easy enough to go into xorg.conf to change to nvidia

nvidia-xconfig
will write nvidia driver in xorg.conf

anyone of them is good but the one with probably the least amount of tweaking needed is
nvidia-xconfig
i could very well be wrong
but its what ive found in my experience

cschep

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Registered: 2006-12-02

Posts: 124

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Re: GDM/X Issue

have you installed the nvidia driver?

Here is the wiki entry on that part:
http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/How … DIA_driver

What driver are you currently running?

Are you seeing an nvidia splash screen? A mouse cursor?

I had weird issues with the nv driver on my 7800gt, but the proprietary driver works like a charm.

jimbo-62

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From: Utah

Registered: 2005-07-31

Posts: 72

Re: GDM/X Issue

which one do you guys recommend, for nvidia users... nvidia-xconfig, hwd -x or xorgconfig?

xorgconfig gives you a choice of two nvidia drivers. The first is number 17 or 18 in a long list of drivers. I think this is just a vanilla version. The one I use with an older GeForce4 card is number 349 in the list.

Good luck, jimbo

rbrownclown

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Registered: 2006-12-29

Posts: 125

Re: GDM/X Issue

I fixed my problem.  Found an old CRT in the closet.  Somehow, it worked with the outrageous resolution (while my LCD doesn't).  Maybe I just have a crappy LCD.