Ubuntu Dapper, nvidia driver, NV18 MX4000

Asked by soldierblade

I have a geforce mx4000 pci and want opengl support so I installed the closed nvidia-glx drivers through synaptic and edited my xorg.conf with nano to use the driver. It works fine for usually about a minute or two and then everything freezes except the mouse. I have also tried the legacy-glx driver but it did the same. What changes can you suggest I make to the xorg.conf to fix this problem? Thanks in advance. If we can get this working, I would also like to enable the TV output, but one thing at a time.

P.S. Here is my xorg.conf

# /etc/X11/xorg.conf (xorg X Window System server configuration file)
#
# This file was generated by dexconf, the Debian X Configuration tool, using
# values from the debconf database.
#
# Edit this file with caution, and see the /etc/X11/xorg.conf manual page.
# (Type "man /etc/X11/xorg.conf" at the shell prompt.)
#
# This file is automatically updated on xserver-xorg package upgrades *only*
# if it has not been modified since the last upgrade of the xserver-xorg
# package.
#
# If you have edited this file but would like it to be automatically updated
# again, run the following command:
# sudo dpkg-reconfigure -phigh xserver-xorg

Section "Files"
 # path to defoma fonts
    FontPath "/usr/share/X11/fonts/misc"
    FontPath "/usr/share/X11/fonts/100dpi:unscaled"
    FontPath "/usr/share/X11/fonts/75dpi:unscaled"
    FontPath "/usr/share/X11/fonts/Type1"
    FontPath "/var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/TrueType"
    FontPath "/usr/local/share/fonts"
EndSection

Section "Module"
 Load "i2c"
 Load "bitmap"
 Load "ddc"
 Load "dri"
 Load "extmod"
 Load "freetype"
 Load "glx"
 Load "int10"
 Load "type1"
 Load "vbe"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
 Identifier "Generic Keyboard"
 Driver "kbd"
 Option "CoreKeyboard"
 Option "XkbRules" "xorg"
 Option "XkbModel" "pc104"
 Option "XkbLayout" "us"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
 Identifier "Configured Mouse"
 Driver "mouse"
 Option "CorePointer"
 Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
 Option "Protocol" "ExplorerPS/2"
 Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
 Option "Emulate3Buttons" "true"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
  Driver "wacom"
  Identifier "stylus"
  Option "Device" "/dev/wacom" # Change to
                                                      # /dev/input/event
                                                      # for USB
  Option "Type" "stylus"
  Option "ForceDevice" "ISDV4" # Tablet PC ONLY
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
  Driver "wacom"
  Identifier "eraser"
  Option "Device" "/dev/wacom" # Change to
                                                      # /dev/input/event
                                                      # for USB
  Option "Type" "eraser"
  Option "ForceDevice" "ISDV4" # Tablet PC ONLY
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
  Driver "wacom"
  Identifier "cursor"
  Option "Device" "/dev/wacom" # Change to
                                                      # /dev/input/event
                                                      # for USB
  Option "Type" "cursor"
  Option "ForceDevice" "ISDV4" # Tablet PC ONLY
EndSection

Section "Device"
 Identifier "NVIDIA Corporation NV18 [GeForce4 MX 4000 AGP 8x]"
 Driver "nvidia"
 BusID "PCI:0:8:0"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
 Identifier "eView 17s"
 Option "DPMS"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
 Identifier "Default Screen"
 Device "NVIDIA Corporation NV18 [GeForce4 MX 4000 AGP 8x]"
 Monitor "eView 17s"
 DefaultDepth 24
 SubSection "Display"
  Depth 1
  Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
 EndSubSection
 SubSection "Display"
  Depth 4
  Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
 EndSubSection
 SubSection "Display"
  Depth 8
  Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
 EndSubSection
 SubSection "Display"
  Depth 15
  Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
 EndSubSection
 SubSection "Display"
  Depth 16
  Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
 EndSubSection
 SubSection "Display"
  Depth 24
  Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
 EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "ServerLayout"
 Identifier "Default Layout"
 Screen "Default Screen"
 InputDevice "Generic Keyboard"
 InputDevice "Configured Mouse"
 InputDevice "stylus" "SendCoreEvents"
 InputDevice "cursor" "SendCoreEvents"
 InputDevice "eraser" "SendCoreEvents"
EndSection

Section "DRI"
 Mode 0666
EndSection

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ahuma (ahumasalas) said :
#1

i have use ubuntu and it is very good and i will like to get more copies like 1000 copies to share to people arond me who wants to use the product.

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Wim van der Meer (wim-zaf) said :
#2

Hi soldierblade,

I believe you have to remove the line that says:
Load "dri"

from the modules section. Let me know if that solves your problem.

++Wim

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soldierblade (soldierblade) said :
#3

I should update this...sorry for my delay.

Since my initial post I have made major changes to my Ubuntu installation (particularly a fresh install of Edgy and the latest Nvidia BETA driver 96.25) and have also upgraded to a much better card. I am currently using an 8x AGP GeForce 6200 128 MB. Hardware acceleration for openGL applications works extremely well, and I am currently focused on enabling TV output. Thanks for the suggestion, but in a round-about way, the problem I originally had is now solved. :) I may make a new support request for TV output with my new card and the 9625 driver if I cant get it sorted on my own. Thanks!