RE: Nvidia drivers problem Geforce 570

Well i have started from fresh again to attempt to get my resolution problem fixed with my Geforce 570 but it now seems that i have a misconfiguration in my xorg.conf

so this is exactly what i have done so far

# apt-get install module-assistant nvidia-kernel-common

# m-a auto-install nvidia-kernel${VERSION}-source

# apt-get install nvidia-glx${VERSION}

And then to configure X to use the nvidia driver there are 2 ways, manually creating xorg or modifying existing or to use
nvidia-xconfig. Due to a bug at the moment with nvidia-xconfig i tried it and failed so this time i decided to try the xorg.conf way

Since this is a fresh install i didnt have an existing xorg.conf i made one with the cut and paste config from wiki.debian.org

then i pasted in this

Section "Module"
    Load        "glx"
EndSection

Section "Device"
    Identifier  "Video Card"
    Driver              "nvidia"
EndSection

So by me saving this xorg.conf then running 

invoke-rc.d gdm3 restart

I get a screen with a white little flashing - up in top left

i can ctrl-alt F2 to another screen so i can fix it. It seems apparent to me that my xorg.conf is misconfigured but because
i dont have another .conf to compare it to i dont know what its missing.

when running glxinfo |grep rendering i get the following output 

Xlib:  extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0".
Xlib:  extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0".
Xlib:  extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0".
Xlib:  extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0".
Xlib:  extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0".
Error: couldn't find RGB GLX visual or fbconfig
Xlib:  extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0".
Xlib:  extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0".
Xlib:  extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0".
Xlib:  extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0".
Xlib:  extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0".


and then in the xorg.0.log i found

(EE) Failed to initialize GLX extension (Compatible NVIDIA X driver not found)
(--) VESA(0): Virtual size is 1600x1200 (pitch 1600)

They werent one line after another i just found them from the log and pasted them here like this.

The monitor i am using i want to run at 2560x1440 but is only currently using 1600x1200

Does anyone have a working xorg.conf with an nvidia card that i could test with please?

And also does anyone know if the xorg.conf is configured correctly to use the GLX driver then does Vesa get disabled
by default or do i have to explicitly define X not to use the drivers elsewhere?

Sorry that its quite a long post but appreciate any help in advance

Thanks,
Nathan

> Date: Fri, 8 Jun 2012 07:22:44 -0700
> Subject: Re: Nvidia drivers problem Geforce 570
> From: jerjoz.forums@gmail.com
> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
>
> On Thu, Jun 7, 2012 at 6:20 PM, jeremy jozwik <jerjoz.forums@gmail.com> wrote:
> > sorry for not being so clear. i dont have the machine in front of me
> > at the moment to type out the exact error but i installed the driver
> > ones. the install was building the man triggers and i tossed up an
> > error for the nvidia driver. since then EVERYTHING i install ones
> > complete APT tries to fix the nvidia install and that same error shows
> > up.
> >
> > i have just been ignoring it. everything works fine so im not very concerned.
>
> here you go, i just updated my system last night. after the openoffice
> install process apt tried to fix the nvidia install again:
>
> ....
> Setting up openoffice.org-emailmerge (1:3.2.1-11+squeeze6) ...
> Copying: mailmerge.py
> Enabling: mailmerge.py
>
> unopkg done.
> Processing triggers for libgl1-nvidia-alternatives ...
> update-alternatives: error: alternative path
> /usr/lib/nvidia/diversions/libGL.so.1 doesn't exist.
>
> dpkg: error processing libgl1-nvidia-alternatives (--configure):
> subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 2
> configured to not write apport reports
> Processing triggers for menu ...
> Errors were encountered while processing:
> libgl1-nvidia-alternatives
> E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
> #
>
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