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#1 2005-01-12 00:43:03
- ChrisX
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Nvidia driver trouble :: RESOLVED ::
Hello all, I have just installed ArchLinux on a new Dell computer of mine. It has a GeForce FX 5200 video with 128 MB of ram. Arch installed and boots wonderfully, but the nvidia driver is giving me trouble. My initial setup of xorg was wonderful. I used Xorg -configure to have a xorg.conf file generated. The only thing it couldn't detect was the mouse, which I took care of. This config file used the "nv" driver which works well. I then went further and installed the current nvidia driver package with pacman -Sy nvidia and it installed perfectly. The module loads at boot time with no warnings or errors, and immediately after the module is loaded 2 nvidia nodes are created in the /dev directory ( I use udev ). After I installed the nvidia driver I did used the command Xorg -configure to create another xorg.conf file and the new one was more advanced/complex and added the "nvidia" driver option as the driver automatically. The problem I have is that when the xserver starts, the image quality is poor. It appears as if I am running at 4 bit color ( 16 colors ). Everything is grainy and poor quality, but the window managers and desktop environments load quickly and work flawlessly. Also, it appears that 3D accleration/OpenGL is not working, because when try to run glxgears I get the error message
glxgears: Error: couldn't get an RGB, Double-buffered visual.
Any help is greatly appreciated.
-Chris
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#2 2005-01-12 01:10:31
- phrakture
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Re: Nvidia driver trouble :: RESOLVED ::
Post the entire contents of your xorg.conf file (preferrably in a code or quote block to make it easier to read in the forums) and we can take a look at it and fix it up. It's probably a small problem.
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#3 2005-01-12 01:10:56
- ChrisX
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Re: Nvidia driver trouble :: RESOLVED ::
Never mind. I just hacked the hell out of the xorg.conf and finally got it to work. Thank you all any way.
-Chris
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#4 2005-01-12 01:37:12
- phrakture
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Re: Nvidia driver trouble :: RESOLVED ::
Never mind. I just hacked the hell out of the xorg.conf and finally got it to work. Thank you all any way.
-Chris
I would assume it had to do with some missing modules... dbe and glx
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