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#1 2010-02-07 08:26:05
- jeff story
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New Nvidia Card Install Prob's
I installed a new GT220 based (Gigabyte GV-N220OC-1G1) for my new ventures into HTPC. My Arch 64bit system was originally configured with the on board Radeon 3100 graphics. I installed the Nvidia (190.53-3) driver and nvidia-utils (190.53-1) prior to installing the GT220 in the PCIE16 slot.
All my computers have used ATI graphics and I usually used the fglrx drivers until recently with Arch and the hdradeon driver. No experience so far with Nvidia till now.
After installing the card and rebooting, I didn't have a GUI, After a bit of trial and error..... I executed a
sudo pacman -S nvidia nvidia-utilscommand (even though they had been previously installed) followed by a
sudo nvidia-xconfigAfter a reboot, I now have a GUI. However, my xorg.conf file has some obvious problems.
# nvidia-xconfig: X configuration file generated by nvidia-xconfig
# nvidia-xconfig: version 1.0 (buildmeister@builder58) Wed Dec 9 16:34:26 PST 2009
Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "X.org Configured"
Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0
InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
EndSection
Section "Files"
ModulePath "/usr/lib/xorg/modules"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/misc"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/100dpi:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/TTF"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/Type1"
EndSection
Section "Module"
Load "record"
Load "extmod"
Load "dbe"
Load "glx"
Load "dri2"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Keyboard0"
Driver "kbd"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Mouse0"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "auto"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5 6 7"
Option "Emulate3Buttons" "yes"
EndSection
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Monitor0"
VendorName "Monitor Vendor"
ModelName "Monitor Model"
EndSection
Section "Device"
### Available Driver options are:-
### Values: <i>: integer, <f>: float, <bool>: "True"/"False",
### <string>: "String", <freq>: "<f> Hz/kHz/MHz"
### [arg]: arg optional
#Option "NoAccel" # [<bool>]
#Option "AccelMethod" # [<str>]
#Option "offscreensize" # [<str>]
#Option "SWcursor" # [<bool>]
#Option "ignoreconnector" # [<str>]
#Option "forcereduced" # [<bool>]
#Option "forcedpi" # <i>
#Option "useconfiguredmonitor" [<bool>]
#Option "HPD" # <str>
#Option "NoRandr" # [<bool>]
#Option "RROutputOrder" # [<str>]
#Option "DRI" # [<bool>]
#Option "TVMode" # [<str>]
#Option "ScaleType" # [<str>]
#Option "UseAtomBIOS" # [<bool>]
#Option "AtomBIOS" # [<str>]
#Option "UnverifiedFeatures" # [<bool>]
#Option "Audio" # [<bool>]
#Option "HDMI" # [<str>]
#Option "COHERENT" # [<str>]
Identifier "Card0"
Driver "nvidia"
VendorName "ATI Technologies Inc"
BoardName "Radeon 3100 Graphics"
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen0"
Device "Card0"
Monitor "Monitor0"
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 24
Modes "1680x1050" "1440x900"
EndSubSection
EndSectionSo why the Radeon info still in my xorg.conf and how to properly update it. Is the Nvidia (190.53-3) closed source driver actually being utilized?
The "NVIDIA X Server Settings" app indicates the NVIDIA Driver Version: 190.53. Why is this not reflected in the xorg.conf? How to differentiate it the xorg.conf the open -vs- closed source driver being utilized?
I chose this card for some of it's HTPC related features. I've not previously had any need to mess around much with the xorg.conf files other than adding resolution settings. I have a feeling that venturing into HTPC will change all that, and I have a lot to learn........
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#2 2010-02-07 08:40:48
- flamelab
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Re: New Nvidia Card Install Prob's
Delete your xorg.conf and rerun nvidia-xconfig. Or do this: http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Nvi … figuration
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#3 2010-02-07 10:53:07
- fgr
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Re: New Nvidia Card Install Prob's
I've got an nvidia card too. Here's my «/etc/X11/xorg.conf»:
Section "Device"
Identifier "Device0"
Driver "nvidia"
VendorName "NVIDIA Corporation"
Option "NoLogo" "true"
Option "TripleBuffer" "true" # combined with "Sync to VBlank". You may enable "sync to vblank" in nvidia-settings
#Option "DynamicTwinView" "false"
Option "DPI" "96 x 96"
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#4 2010-02-08 00:01:26
- jeff story
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Re: New Nvidia Card Install Prob's
OK,
I deleted the xorg.conf and ran the following command again:
sudo nvidia-xconfigThat updated my xorg.conf.
I don't see any obvious errors this time.
It seems to lack detail for options now though.
# nvidia-xconfig: X configuration file generated by nvidia-xconfig
# nvidia-xconfig: version 1.0 (buildmeister@builder58) Wed Dec 9 16:34:26 PST 2009
Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "Layout0"
Screen 0 "Screen0"
InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
EndSection
Section "Files"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
# generated from default
Identifier "Mouse0"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "auto"
Option "Device" "/dev/psaux"
Option "Emulate3Buttons" "no"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
# generated from default
Identifier "Keyboard0"
Driver "kbd"
EndSection
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Monitor0"
VendorName "Unknown"
ModelName "Unknown"
HorizSync 28.0 - 33.0
VertRefresh 43.0 - 72.0
Option "DPMS"
EndSection
Section "Device"
Identifier "Device0"
Driver "nvidia"
VendorName "NVIDIA Corporation"
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen0"
Device "Device0"
Monitor "Monitor0"
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1680x1050" "1440x900"
EndSubSection
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