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Hiz

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Registered: 2008-11-04

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my Nvidia FX 5200 was defeated by X.Org 7.4

My Nvidia FX 5200 was working so great untill I upgraded to X.Org 7.4   about  2weeks ago.
Since then, my ArchLinux freeze every10 min specially I open Flash site with Firefox.  and Pidgin drops connection every 5-10 min.
At first i thought it is because of Adobe Flash 10 is not good or Firefox addon is something goes wrong.
so  I checked many file, Install program and reinstall, delete setting and set default. change DM. try Opera. everything i did i can imagine.  also i did reinstall ArchLinux (even this is rolling upgrade system....)
Finally, I start to suspect my favorite Nvidia FX 5600 card. and I changed 100 ways of xorg.conf and driver, but it never became stable.

so, I installed my ATI Radeon 5600 card to my system, then it back to perfect my Linux within a 5 min setup...:rolleyes:
Now I just wnna know If anybody can manage Nvidia FX 5200 card with X.Org 7.4?

If you did it, please tell me your Nvidia-xxxx driver or whatever and xorg.conf
ty!

Last edited by Hiz (2008-12-09 22:06:44)

fwojciec

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Registered: 2007-05-20

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Re: my Nvidia FX 5200 was defeated by X.Org 7.4

My laptop has nvidia FX5200Go (I think that's what it's called).  I've had no problems with the latest xorg-server, but I am using the latest beta driver (173.14.15).  I never tried the latest xorg-server with the 173.14.12 driver so I'm not sure if it is supposed to work correctly or not.

Last edited by fwojciec (2008-12-09 22:05:10)

Hiz

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Re: my Nvidia FX 5200 was defeated by X.Org 7.4

My laptop has nvidia FX5200Go (I think that's what it's called).  I've had no problems with the latest xorg-server, but I am using the latest beta driver (173.14.15).  I never tried the latest xorg-server with the 173.14.12 driver so I'm not sure if it is supposed to work correctly or not.

thank you for reply,
can you tell me specific setting of your xorg.conf?

fwojciec

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Re: my Nvidia FX 5200 was defeated by X.Org 7.4

xorg.conf
http://rafb.net/p/x2G7Ew21.html

ninian

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Registered: 2008-02-24

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Re: my Nvidia FX 5200 was defeated by X.Org 7.4

Am using successfully the latest X.Org with a GeForce FX 5200 adapter:
# pacman -S nvidia-173xx nvidia-173xx-utils
and xorg.conf:

Section "Device"
    Identifier        "Device0"
    Driver        "nvidia"
    VendorName    "NVIDIA Corporation"
EndSection

That is all ...

Added later: Yes, I'm using an AGP version of the card too

Last edited by ninian (2008-12-09 23:27:58)

Hiz

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Registered: 2008-11-04

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Re: my Nvidia FX 5200 was defeated by X.Org 7.4

xorg.conf
http://rafb.net/p/x2G7Ew21.html

FontPath        "/usr/share/fonts/artwiz-fonts"   
Option         "DPI" "96x96"      :):)
Option         "NvAGP" "0"   :cool::cool::cool::cool:

thank for show me your setting^^
now i am so tired to set back my Nvidia card again and try your setting, so i am just looking at  your conf and web.
but this last option is interesting that i haven't  tryed yet

I just found article that says

If you are using an AGP graphics card, please test setting NvAGP to 0 in xorg.conf. If this eliminates the instability, then you are experiencing a problem outside of the NVIDIA X driver, either in the motherboard BIOS, kernel, kernel AGP driver, or possibly in the motherboard itself.

FROM: If you have a stability problem, PLEASE read this first
http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/showthr … 9e&t=58498

BTW, my FX5200 is AGP and CPU is Athlon+2400(single core)

Hiz

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Registered: 2008-11-04

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Re: my Nvidia FX 5200 was defeated by X.Org 7.4

Am using successfully the latest X.Org with a GeForce FX 5200 adapter:
# pacman -S nvidia-173xx nvidia-173xx-utils
and xorg.conf:

Section "Device"
    Identifier        "Device0"
    Driver        "nvidia"
    VendorName    "NVIDIA Corporation"
EndSection

That is all ...

NOOOO"!!!:D yOU CANT BE ....LOL  OMG
I am so sure i did this setting too. if your are right(I dont doubt you) and I am wrong, i must suspect if my FX 5200 is phisically broken ::(
anyway  thank you very much for your info your info will help other FX 5200 user:)

Last edited by Hiz (2008-12-09 23:07:20)

ninian

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Re: my Nvidia FX 5200 was defeated by X.Org 7.4

... i must suspect if my FX 5200 is phisically broken ::(

I wonder if this might be an overheating problem? Maybe the new X.Org is causing the card to work just that little bit harder and causing it to overheat? (My FX 5200 is an AGP version and it has no fan.) I am running it on a Compaq Pentium 4 machine @ 1.7GHz with 512MB RAM.

Hiz

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Re: my Nvidia FX 5200 was defeated by X.Org 7.4

... i must suspect if my FX 5200 is phisically broken ::(

I wonder if this might be an overheating problem? Maybe the new X.Org is causing the card to work just that little bit harder and causing it to overheat? (My FX 5200 is an AGP version and it has no fan.) I am running it on a Compaq Pentium 4 machine @ 1.7GHz with 512MB RAM.

I added fan at last summer and till 2 weeks ago it was working almost perfect. so I dont think this is over heat problem.
Is your FX5200 working on latest xorg-server?