Kev, Thanks for your xorg file. I noticed it uses the 'nv' driver and I am trying to get the version 96 driver going but it will give me a guide.
I noticed some other posts about this card on this list so I will let you all know how I get on. Thanks again, Steve On Fri, 2009-01-30 at 21:23 +0000, piskie wrote: > xorg attached I hope - if not I'll post it > > it's the one I was using when I had the card - pretty sure that when I > had the card I was caught up in all that Michael alludes to - I know I > had to use proposed at the time to get it. > > I looked at my nvidia thread - I think that in the end I did a clean > install and it worked for me, > > this was the issue I had with it to start with - but that was when the > driver was beta still > > http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=1827368&postcount=1 > > Kev > > Steve Baugh wrote: > > Michael, Kev, > > > > Thanks for your comments and pointing me to the bug report. > > > > I am using Intrepid 32 bit. The bug report mentions a number of > > xorg.conf tweaks so that could be it. I would be interested to see your > > xorg.conf, Kev. The following comes up a lot: > > > > Option "AddARGBGLXVisuals" "True" > > > > There was a warning about a missing section in xorg.conf when I > > activated the driver so that may be it. > > > > Thanks again (I do miss compiz!), > > > > Steve > > > > On Fri, 2009-01-30 at 18:40 +0000, Michael Wood wrote: > >> Yes I have, > >> > >> What version of Ubuntu are you running on the second PC ? > >> > >> There were problems with Intrepid because of the new Xorg server and > >> nvidia not having released a driver that was compatiable with it, > >> though this is mostly resolved now: > >> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nvidia-graphics-drivers-96/+bug/251107 > >> > >> > >> > >> 2009/1/30 Steve Baugh <stephen.bau...@ntlworld.com> > >> I have two Ubuntu systems, this one using an Nvidia 8400 quite > >> successfully and anther one which is only used for my Amateur > >> Radio > >> activities. > >> > >> The second PC has an Nvidia MX440 in an AGP slot. The 2D nv > >> driver works > >> OK but I would like to be able to run programs using OpenGL. > >> To this end > >> I downloaded the version 96 driver from the repository and > >> activated it. > >> I then found that the programs I run under Wine had their menu > >> text > >> scrambled and when I enabled desktop effects pop-up windows > >> and > >> Screenlets were blank. I have now deactivated it. > >> > >> Has anybody managed to get 3D working with this card? > >> > >> Steve, Bracknell > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> -- > >> ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com > >> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk > >> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ > >> > > > > > plain text document attachment (xorg) > Section "Monitor" > Identifier "Monitor0" > VendorName "Unknown" > ModelName "COMPAQ S710" > HorizSync 30.0 - 70.0 > VertRefresh 50.0 - 160.0 > Option "DPMS" > EndSection > > Section "Monitor" > Identifier "Monitor1" > VendorName "Unknown" > ModelName "TV-0" > HorizSync 28.0 - 33.0 > VertRefresh 43.0 - 72.0 > Option "DPMS" > EndSection > > Section "Screen" > Identifier "Screen0" > Device "Videocard0" > Monitor "Monitor0" > DefaultDepth 24 > Option "metamodes" "CRT: 1280x1024 +0+0; CRT: 1024x768 +0+0; > CRT: 800x600 +0+0; CRT: 640x480 +0+0" > SubSection "Display" > Depth 24 > Modes "1600x1200" "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" > "640x480" > EndSubSection > EndSection > > Section "Screen" > Identifier "Screen1" > Device "Videocard1" > Monitor "Monitor1" > DefaultDepth 24 > Option "metamodes" "TV: nvidia-auto-select +0+0" > SubSection "Display" > Depth 24 > Modes "1600x1200" "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" > "640x480" > EndSubSection > EndSection > > Section "Module" > Load "dbe" > Load "extmod" > Load "type1" > Load "freetype" > Load "dri" > Load "GLcore" > EndSection > > Section "InputDevice" > Identifier "Mouse0" > Driver "mouse" > Option "Protocol" "auto" > Option "Device" "/dev/psaux" > Option "Emulate3Buttons" "no" > Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5" > EndSection > > Section "InputDevice" > Identifier "Keyboard0" > Driver "kbd" > EndSection > > Section "ServerLayout" > Identifier "Layout0" > Screen 0 "Screen0" Below "Screen1" > Screen 1 "Screen1" 0 0 > InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard" > InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer" > EndSection > > Section "Device" > Identifier "Videocard0" > VendorName "NVIDIA Corporation" > BoardName "GeForce4 MX 440 with AGP8X" > BusID "PCI:1:0:0" > Screen 0 > Driver "nv" > EndSection > > Section "Device" > Identifier "Videocard1" > VendorName "NVIDIA Corporation" > BoardName "GeForce4 MX 440 with AGP8X" > BusID "PCI:1:0:0" > Screen 1 > Driver "nv" > EndSection > > Section "ServerFlags" > Option "Xinerama" "0" > EndSection > > ke...@kevin-desktop:/etc/X11$ > > -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
