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Re: Nvidia, apt-get & Synaptic



On Tue,28.Oct.08, 15:48:41, MLewis wrote:

>> modprobe -v nvidia
>
> modprobe -v nvidia
> [nothing returned]

Ok

>> lsmod | grep nvidia
>
> lsmod | grep nvidia
> nvidia               7086148  24
> agpgart                28776  1 nvidia
> i2c_core               19828  2 nvidia,i2c_nforce2

Ok

>> If that is OK, (re)start X and run
>>
>> grep /drivers/ /var/log/Xorg.0.log
>
> grep /drivers/ /var/log/Xorg.0.log
> (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers//nvidia_drv.so

Ok

>> to find out which driver is used. If you see the Xorg nvidia module is
>> loaded, check "glxinfo | grep direct" and "glxgears" (package
>> mesa-utils) to see if direct rendering is working.
>
> glxinfo & glxgears were not found.

They are in the package mesa-utils

>> If your Xorg keeps using the "nv" driver even though nvidia is
>> available, put
>>
>> Driver    "nvidia"
>>
> > into the (otherwise pretty empty) "Device" section of your
> > /etc/X11/xorg.conf and restart X.
> >
>
> Did this. Still 600x480 and no choices to change resolutions.

Could it be that your monitor is old enough to not be automatically
recognized?

Regards,
Andrei
-- 
If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough.
(Albert Einstein)

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