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Upgrading Ubuntu from Hardy to Intrepid completely broke my X config with my nVidia GeForce FX 5500
I think all that was really necessary was: aptitude install xserver-xorg-video-nv
su
cd /etc/X11
mv xorg.conf xorg.conf.bak # note that's a "mv", not a cp.
aptitude install xserver-xorg-video-nv # the free, non-proprietary drivers
dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg # accept defaults
Then I added the following lines to the xorg.conf:
In the "Device" Section:
Driver "nv"
Option "rotate" "CCW"
In the "Screen" Section:
SubSection "Display"
Modes "1920x1200" "1680x1680" "1600x1200" "1280x1024" "1152x864" "1024x768" "800x600" "720x400" "640x480"
EndSubSection
You probably don't want the "rotate" option (widescreen 24" monitor rotated 90° = awesome for programming). You also are likely to not need the Display Modes.
Before the upgrade, in Hardy, I was using the free "nv" driver, instead of the proprietary "nvidia" driver, because that was the only way I found to rotate the display. I think.
The upgrade not only made X not start at all, with a "Fatal server error: no screens found.", it also made the System / Preferences / Screen Resolution thing stop working with both types of drivers.
And the proprietary drivers are really buggy, the screen keeps winking off, etc..
If you want the proprietary, 3D accelerated hardware drivers, just do System / Administration / Hardware drivers, and let the magic do its thing.
Update 8/12/09: This video card really sucks with rotation. glxgears -fullscreen (1200x1920) is about 4 frames per second with any of the three available drivers, opensource nv, or closed source nvidia v 173 or 96.
$ lspci | grep -i vga
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV34 [GeForce FX 5500] (rev a1)
su
cd /etc/X11
mv xorg.conf xorg.conf.bak # note that's a "mv", not a cp.
aptitude install xserver-xorg-video-nv # the free, non-proprietary drivers
dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg # accept defaults
Then I added the following lines to the xorg.conf:
In the "Device" Section:
Driver "nv"
Option "rotate" "CCW"
In the "Screen" Section:
SubSection "Display"
Modes "1920x1200" "1680x1680" "1600x1200" "1280x1024" "1152x864" "1024x768" "800x600" "720x400" "640x480"
EndSubSection
You probably don't want the "rotate" option (widescreen 24" monitor rotated 90° = awesome for programming). You also are likely to not need the Display Modes.
Before the upgrade, in Hardy, I was using the free "nv" driver, instead of the proprietary "nvidia" driver, because that was the only way I found to rotate the display. I think.
The upgrade not only made X not start at all, with a "Fatal server error: no screens found.", it also made the System / Preferences / Screen Resolution thing stop working with both types of drivers.
And the proprietary drivers are really buggy, the screen keeps winking off, etc..
If you want the proprietary, 3D accelerated hardware drivers, just do System / Administration / Hardware drivers, and let the magic do its thing.
Update 8/12/09: This video card really sucks with rotation. glxgears -fullscreen (1200x1920) is about 4 frames per second with any of the three available drivers, opensource nv, or closed source nvidia v 173 or 96.
$ lspci | grep -i vga
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV34 [GeForce FX 5500] (rev a1)
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I fixed mine in a similar way. After backing up my xorg.conf, I changed the "nvidia" driver to the "nv" driver and then used the tool to switch back to the other driver once I could start X.
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