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Nvidia graphics card desktop effects can not be enabled

Asked by Rick

I am running Hardy 8.04 and have an Asus N6200 GeForce 6200 video card. I used Envy to install the Nvidia drivers, but I can't get the desktop effects enabled. When I bring up the Nvidia X Xerver Settings tool everything seems to be OK, but if I click on the tab that says "OpenGL/GLX Information", the application closes. My Xorg.conf file contents are as follows:

# nvidia-xconfig: X configuration file generated by nvidia-xconfig
# nvidia-xconfig: version 1.0 (buildmeister@builder3) Thu Feb 14 18:20:37 PST 2008
# xorg.conf (X.Org 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 xorg.conf manual page.
# (Type "man 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 "Screen"
 Identifier "Default Screen"
 Device "Configured Video Device"
 Monitor "Configured Monitor"
 Option "NoLogo" "True"
 Option "AddARGBGLXVisuals" "True"
 SubSection "Display"
  Depth 24
  Modes "nvidia-auto-select"
 EndSubSection
 Defaultdepth 24
EndSection

Section "Device"
 Identifier "Configured Video Device"
 Driver "nvidia"
 Busid "PCI:1:0:0"
 Option "RenderAccel" "true"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
 Identifier "Generic Keyboard"
 Driver "kbd"
 Option "XkbRules" "xorg"
 Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
 Option "XkbLayout" "us"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
 Identifier "Configured Mouse"
 Driver "mouse"
 Option "CorePointer"
EndSection

Section "ServerLayout"
 Identifier "Default Layout"
  screen "Default Screen" 0 0
 Inputdevice "Generic Keyboard" "CoreKeyboard"
 Inputdevice "Configured Mouse"
EndSection

Section "Module"
 Load "glx"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
 Identifier "Configured Monitor"
EndSection

Section "Extensions"
 Option "Composite" "Enable"
EndSection

If I type GLXINFO the output is:

name of display: :0.0
Illegal instruction

I am fairly new to Ubuntu and Linux so please don't assume too much in your reply.

Thanks,

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Tony Mugan (tmugan) said : 		#1

Try installing nvidia-settings, I've found that to be useful for configuring nvidia cards

sudo apt-get install nvidia-settings
gksu nvidia-settings

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Rick (rgcrooks) said : 		#2

Thanks for the suggestion, but when I try this I get the following message:

nvidia-settings is already the newest version.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.

The nvidia-settings tool is the one that crashes when I try to use the "OpenGL/GLX Information" selection from the menu.

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Rui Araújo (rui-araujo) said : 		#3

What's the output of the console when the nvidia-settings crashes??

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Rick (rgcrooks) said : 		#4

I'm not sure what you mean by the output of the console. The nvidia settings screen just closes abruptly and I end up back at the desktop. If I try to run GLXGEARS nothing happens. I installed Celestia also and once the title screen comes up it quits.

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Tony Mugan (tmugan) said : 		#5

If you launch from a terminal window

sudo nvidia-settings

does anything else show in that window after the crash of that process?

Might be worth repeating the test with another terminal window running the follwoing command to watch the log file

tail -f /var/log/messages

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Rick (rgcrooks) said : 		#6

Thanks. I tried this suggestion and the window I launched nvidia-settings from shows only the following line after the crash:

Illegal instruction

I opened the second terminal window and repeated the test. The second window shows the following information:

May 31 22:04:05 Shuttle kernel: [ 61.356880] NET: Registered protocol family 17
May 31 22:04:06 Shuttle kernel: [ 61.935179] agpgart: Found an AGP 2.0 compliant device at 0000:00:00.0.
May 31 22:04:06 Shuttle kernel: [ 61.935202] agpgart: Putting AGP V2 device at 0000:00:00.0 into 2x mode
May 31 22:04:06 Shuttle kernel: [ 61.935330] agpgart: Putting AGP V2 device at 0000:01:00.0 into 2x mode
May 31 22:04:10 Shuttle dhcdbd: message_handler: message handler not found under /com/redhat/dhcp/eth0 for sub-path eth0.dbus.get.host_name
May 31 22:04:10 Shuttle dhcdbd: message_handler: message handler not found under /com/redhat/dhcp/eth0 for sub-path eth0.dbus.get.nis_domain
May 31 22:04:10 Shuttle dhcdbd: message_handler: message handler not found under /com/redhat/dhcp/eth0 for sub-path eth0.dbus.get.nis_servers
May 31 22:04:10 Shuttle dhcdbd: message_handler: message handler not found under /com/redhat/dhcp/eth0 for sub-path eth0.dbus.get.interface_mtu
May 31 22:04:11 Shuttle kernel: [ 67.672010] NET: Registered protocol family 10
May 31 22:04:11 Shuttle kernel: [ 67.672905] lo: Disabled Privacy Extensions

Hope this information helps. Let me know if I should try anything else.

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Tony Mugan (tmugan) said : 		#7

Ok, the GL utilities failure proves you are not getting the card to run in 3D mode and the /var/log/messages confirms this

May 31 22:04:06 Shuttle kernel: [ 61.935179] agpgart: Found an AGP 2.0 compliant device at 0000:00:00.0.
May 31 22:04:06 Shuttle kernel: [ 61.935202] agpgart: Putting AGP V2 device at 0000:00:00.0 into 2x mode

As a matter of interest, is the card you have built-in to the motherboard or an additional PCI card?

Can you paste the results of an

lspci

The reason I ask is that the log file suggests an AGP card.
If there is an onboard video adapter, can you disable that in the bios as the machine restarts?

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Rick (rgcrooks) said : 		#8

Thanks for the reply. The graphics card I'm using is an Asus N6200 GeForce 6200 128MB AGP 4X card. The motherboard in my computer is a Shuttle AK31A which does not have a built-in video adapter.

Here is the result of the lspci:

00:00.0 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8366/A/7 [Apollo KT266/A/333]
00:01.0 PCI bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8366/A/7 [Apollo KT266/A/333 AGP]
00:09.0 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev 61)
00:09.1 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev 61)
00:09.2 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. USB 2.0 (rev 63)
00:0a.0 Multimedia audio controller: Creative Labs SB Live! EMU10k1 (rev 08)
00:0a.1 Input device controller: Creative Labs SB Live! Game Port (rev 08)
00:0c.0 Communication controller: Conexant Unknown device 2f14 (rev 01)
00:0e.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ (rev 10)
00:11.0 ISA bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8233 PCI to ISA Bridge
00:11.1 IDE interface: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C586A/B/VT82C686/A/B/VT823x/A/C PIPC Bus Master IDE (rev 06)
00:11.2 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev 1b)
00:11.3 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev 1b)
00:11.4 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev 1b)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV44A [GeForce 6200] (rev a1)

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Rui Araújo (rui-araujo) said : 		#9

Post the content of the xorg.0.log, plz

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Rick (rgcrooks) said : 		#10

Thank you very much for the reply. Here is the content of the xorg.0.log file. Hope it helps. I still can not get 3D mode to work.

This is a pre-release version of the X server from The X.Org Foundation.
It is not supported in any way.
Bugs may be filed in the bugzilla at http://bugs.freedesktop.org/.
Select the "xorg" product for bugs you find in this release.
Before reporting bugs in pre-release versions please check the
latest version in the X.Org Foundation git repository.
See http://wiki.x.org/wiki/GitPage for git access instructions.

X.Org X Server 1.4.0.90
Release Date: 5 September 2007
X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0
Build Operating System: Linux Ubuntu (xorg-server 2:1.4.1~git20080131-1ubuntu9)
Current Operating System: Linux Shuttle 2.6.24-17-generic #1 SMP Thu May 1 14:31:33 UTC 2008 i686
Build Date: 15 April 2008 05:26:17PM

 Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.x.org
 to make sure that you have the latest version.
Module Loader present
Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting,
 (++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational,
 (WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
(==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.0.log", Time: Tue Jun 10 21:32:39 2008
(==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf"
(==) ServerLayout "Default Layout"
(**) |-->Screen "Default Screen" (0)
(**) | |-->Monitor "Configured Monitor"
(**) | |-->Device "Configured Video Device"
(**) |-->Input Device "Generic Keyboard"
(**) |-->Input Device "Configured Mouse"
(==) Automatically adding devices
(==) Automatically enabling devices
(==) No FontPath specified. Using compiled-in default.
(WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/X11/cyrillic" does not exist.
 Entry deleted from font path.
(==) FontPath set to:
 /usr/share/fonts/X11/misc,
 /usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi/:unscaled,
 /usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi/:unscaled,
 /usr/share/fonts/X11/Type1,
 /usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi,
 /usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi,
 /var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/TrueType
(==) RgbPath set to "/etc/X11/rgb"
(==) ModulePath set to "/usr/lib/xorg/modules"
(**) Extension "Composite" is enabled
(II) Open ACPI successful (/var/run/acpid.socket)
(II) Loader magic: 0x81dc500
(II) Module ABI versions:
 X.Org ANSI C Emulation: 0.3
 X.Org Video Driver: 2.0
 X.Org XInput driver : 2.0
 X.Org Server Extension : 0.3
 X.Org Font Renderer : 0.5
(II) Loader running on linux
(II) LoadModule: "pcidata"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules//libpcidata.so
(II) Module pcidata: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
 compiled for 1.4.0.90, module version = 1.0.0
 ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 2.0
(++) using VT number 7

(II) PCI: PCI scan (all values are in hex)
(II) PCI: 00:00:0: chip 1106,3099 card 1106,3099 rev 00 class 06,00,00 hdr 00
(II) PCI: 00:01:0: chip 1106,b099 card 0000,0000 rev 00 class 06,04,00 hdr 01
(II) PCI: 00:09:0: chip 1106,3038 card 1106,3038 rev 61 class 0c,03,00 hdr 80
(II) PCI: 00:09:1: chip 1106,3038 card 1106,3038 rev 61 class 0c,03,00 hdr 80
(II) PCI: 00:09:2: chip 1106,3104 card 1106,3104 rev 63 class 0c,03,20 hdr 80
(II) PCI: 00:0a:0: chip 1102,0002 card 1102,8027 rev 08 class 04,01,00 hdr 80
(II) PCI: 00:0a:1: chip 1102,7002 card 1102,0020 rev 08 class 09,80,00 hdr 80
(II) PCI: 00:0c:0: chip 14f1,2f14 card 16ec,2013 rev 01 class 07,80,00 hdr 00
(II) PCI: 00:0e:0: chip 10ec,8139 card 1799,5000 rev 10 class 02,00,00 hdr 00
(II) PCI: 00:11:0: chip 1106,3074 card 1106,3074 rev 00 class 06,01,00 hdr 80
(II) PCI: 00:11:1: chip 1106,0571 card 1106,0571 rev 06 class 01,01,8a hdr 00
(II) PCI: 00:11:2: chip 1106,3038 card 0925,1234 rev 1b class 0c,03,00 hdr 00
(II) PCI: 00:11:3: chip 1106,3038 card 0925,1234 rev 1b class 0c,03,00 hdr 00
(II) PCI: 00:11:4: chip 1106,3038 card 0925,1234 rev 1b class 0c,03,00 hdr 00
(II) PCI: 01:00:0: chip 10de,0221 card 1043,820c rev a1 class 03,00,00 hdr 00
(II) PCI: End of PCI scan
(II) Host-to-PCI bridge:
(II) Bus 0: bridge is at (0:0:0), (0,0,1), BCTRL: 0x0008 (VGA_EN is set)
(II) Bus 0 I/O range:
 [0] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x0000ffff (0x10000) IX[B]
(II) Bus 0 non-prefetchable memory range:
 [0] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0xffffffff (0x0) MX[B]
(II) Bus 0 prefetchable memory range:
 [0] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0xffffffff (0x0) MX[B]
(II) PCI-to-PCI bridge:
(II) Bus 1: bridge is at (0:1:0), (0,1,1), BCTRL: 0x000c (VGA_EN is set)
(II) Bus 1 non-prefetchable memory range:
 [0] -1 0 0xe8000000 - 0xeaffffff (0x3000000) MX[B]
(II) Bus 1 prefetchable memory range:
 [0] -1 0 0xd0000000 - 0xdfffffff (0x10000000) MX[B]
(II) PCI-to-ISA bridge:
(II) Bus -1: bridge is at (0:17:0), (0,-1,-1), BCTRL: 0x0008 (VGA_EN is set)
(--) PCI:*(1:0:0) nVidia Corporation NV44A [GeForce 6200] rev 161, Mem @ 0xe8000000/24, 0xd0000000/28, 0xe9000000/24
(II) Addressable bus resource ranges are
 [0] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0xffffffff (0x0) MX[B]
 [1] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x0000ffff (0x10000) IX[B]
(II) OS-reported resource ranges:
 [0] -1 0 0x00100000 - 0x3fffffff (0x3ff00000) MX[B]E(B)
 [1] -1 0 0x000f0000 - 0x000fffff (0x10000) MX[B]
 [2] -1 0 0x000c0000 - 0x000effff (0x30000) MX[B]
 [3] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x0009ffff (0xa0000) MX[B]
 [4] -1 0 0x0000ffff - 0x0000ffff (0x1) IX[B]
 [5] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x000000ff (0x100) IX[B]
(II) PCI Memory resource overlap reduced 0xe0000000 from 0xe7ffffff to 0xdfffffff
(II) Active PCI resource ranges:
 [0] -1 0 0xec010000 - 0xec0100ff (0x100) MX[B]
 [1] -1 0 0xec000000 - 0xec00ffff (0x10000) MX[B]
 [2] -1 0 0xec011000 - 0xec0110ff (0x100) MX[B]
 [3] -1 0 0xe0000000 - 0xdfffffff (0x0) MX[B]O
 [4] -1 0 0xe9000000 - 0xe9ffffff (0x1000000) MX[B](B)
 [5] -1 0 0xd0000000 - 0xdfffffff (0x10000000) MX[B](B)
 [6] -1 0 0xe8000000 - 0xe8ffffff (0x1000000) MX[B](B)
 [7] -1 0 0x0000e400 - 0x0000e41f (0x20) IX[B]
 [8] -1 0 0x0000e000 - 0x0000e01f (0x20) IX[B]
 [9] -1 0 0x0000dc00 - 0x0000dc1f (0x20) IX[B]
 [10] -1 0 0x0000d800 - 0x0000d80f (0x10) IX[B]
 [11] -1 0 0x0000d400 - 0x0000d4ff (0x100) IX[B]
 [12] -1 0 0x0000d000 - 0x0000d007 (0x8) IX[B]
 [13] -1 0 0x0000cc00 - 0x0000cc07 (0x8) IX[B]
 [14] -1 0 0x0000c800 - 0x0000c81f (0x20) IX[B]
 [15] -1 0 0x0000c400 - 0x0000c41f (0x20) IX[B]
 [16] -1 0 0x0000c000 - 0x0000c01f (0x20) IX[B]
(II) Active PCI resource ranges after removing overlaps:
 [0] -1 0 0xec010000 - 0xec0100ff (0x100) MX[B]
 [1] -1 0 0xec000000 - 0xec00ffff (0x10000) MX[B]
 [2] -1 0 0xec011000 - 0xec0110ff (0x100) MX[B]
 [3] -1 0 0xe0000000 - 0xdfffffff (0x0) MX[B]O
 [4] -1 0 0xe9000000 - 0xe9ffffff (0x1000000) MX[B](B)
 [5] -1 0 0xd0000000 - 0xdfffffff (0x10000000) MX[B](B)
 [6] -1 0 0xe8000000 - 0xe8ffffff (0x1000000) MX[B](B)
 [7] -1 0 0x0000e400 - 0x0000e41f (0x20) IX[B]
 [8] -1 0 0x0000e000 - 0x0000e01f (0x20) IX[B]
 [9] -1 0 0x0000dc00 - 0x0000dc1f (0x20) IX[B]
 [10] -1 0 0x0000d800 - 0x0000d80f (0x10) IX[B]
 [11] -1 0 0x0000d400 - 0x0000d4ff (0x100) IX[B]
 [12] -1 0 0x0000d000 - 0x0000d007 (0x8) IX[B]
 [13] -1 0 0x0000cc00 - 0x0000cc07 (0x8) IX[B]
 [14] -1 0 0x0000c800 - 0x0000c81f (0x20) IX[B]
 [15] -1 0 0x0000c400 - 0x0000c41f (0x20) IX[B]
 [16] -1 0 0x0000c000 - 0x0000c01f (0x20) IX[B]
(II) OS-reported resource ranges after removing overlaps with PCI:
 [0] -1 0 0x00100000 - 0x3fffffff (0x3ff00000) MX[B]E(B)
 [1] -1 0 0x000f0000 - 0x000fffff (0x10000) MX[B]
 [2] -1 0 0x000c0000 - 0x000effff (0x30000) MX[B]
 [3] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x0009ffff (0xa0000) MX[B]
 [4] -1 0 0x0000ffff - 0x0000ffff (0x1) IX[B]
 [5] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x000000ff (0x100) IX[B]
(II) All system resource ranges:
 [0] -1 0 0x00100000 - 0x3fffffff (0x3ff00000) MX[B]E(B)
 [1] -1 0 0x000f0000 - 0x000fffff (0x10000) MX[B]
 [2] -1 0 0x000c0000 - 0x000effff (0x30000) MX[B]
 [3] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x0009ffff (0xa0000) MX[B]
 [4] -1 0 0xec010000 - 0xec0100ff (0x100) MX[B]
 [5] -1 0 0xec000000 - 0xec00ffff (0x10000) MX[B]
 [6] -1 0 0xec011000 - 0xec0110ff (0x100) MX[B]
 [7] -1 0 0xe0000000 - 0xdfffffff (0x0) MX[B]O
 [8] -1 0 0xe9000000 - 0xe9ffffff (0x1000000) MX[B](B)
 [9] -1 0 0xd0000000 - 0xdfffffff (0x10000000) MX[B](B)
 [10] -1 0 0xe8000000 - 0xe8ffffff (0x1000000) MX[B](B)
 [11] -1 0 0x0000ffff - 0x0000ffff (0x1) IX[B]
 [12] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x000000ff (0x100) IX[B]
 [13] -1 0 0x0000e400 - 0x0000e41f (0x20) IX[B]
 [14] -1 0 0x0000e000 - 0x0000e01f (0x20) IX[B]
 [15] -1 0 0x0000dc00 - 0x0000dc1f (0x20) IX[B]
 [16] -1 0 0x0000d800 - 0x0000d80f (0x10) IX[B]
 [17] -1 0 0x0000d400 - 0x0000d4ff (0x100) IX[B]
 [18] -1 0 0x0000d000 - 0x0000d007 (0x8) IX[B]
 [19] -1 0 0x0000cc00 - 0x0000cc07 (0x8) IX[B]
 [20] -1 0 0x0000c800 - 0x0000c81f (0x20) IX[B]
 [21] -1 0 0x0000c400 - 0x0000c41f (0x20) IX[B]
 [22] -1 0 0x0000c000 - 0x0000c01f (0x20) IX[B]
(II) "extmod" will be loaded by default.
(II) "dbe" will be loaded by default.
(II) "glx" will be loaded. This was enabled by default and also specified in the config file.
(II) "freetype" will be loaded by default.
(II) "record" will be loaded by default.
(II) "dri" will be loaded by default.
(II) LoadModule: "glx"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions//libglx.so
(II) Module glx: vendor="NVIDIA Corporation"
 compiled for 4.0.2, module version = 1.0.0
 Module class: X.Org Server Extension
 ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 0.1
(II) NVIDIA GLX Module 169.12 Thu Feb 14 18:45:56 PST 2008
(II) Loading extension GLX
(II) LoadModule: "extmod"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions//libextmod.so
(II) Module extmod: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
 compiled for 1.4.0.90, module version = 1.0.0
 Module class: X.Org Server Extension
 ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 0.3
(II) Loading extension SHAPE
(II) Loading extension MIT-SUNDRY-NONSTANDARD
(II) Loading extension BIG-REQUESTS
(II) Loading extension SYNC
(II) Loading extension MIT-SCREEN-SAVER
(II) Loading extension XC-MISC
(II) Loading extension XFree86-VidModeExtension
(II) Loading extension XFree86-Misc
(II) Loading extension XFree86-DGA
(II) Loading extension DPMS
(II) Loading extension TOG-CUP
(II) Loading extension Extended-Visual-Information
(II) Loading extension XVideo
(II) Loading extension XVideo-MotionCompensation
(II) Loading extension X-Resource
(II) LoadModule: "dbe"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions//libdbe.so
(II) Module dbe: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
 compiled for 1.4.0.90, module version = 1.0.0
 Module class: X.Org Server Extension
 ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 0.3
(II) Loading extension DOUBLE-BUFFER
(II) LoadModule: "freetype"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules//fonts/libfreetype.so
(II) Module freetype: vendor="X.Org Foundation & the After X-TT Project"
 compiled for 1.4.0.90, module version = 2.1.0
 Module class: X.Org Font Renderer
 ABI class: X.Org Font Renderer, version 0.5
(II) Loading font FreeType
(II) LoadModule: "record"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions//librecord.so
(II) Module record: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
 compiled for 1.4.0.90, module version = 1.13.0
 Module class: X.Org Server Extension
 ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 0.3
(II) Loading extension RECORD
(II) LoadModule: "dri"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions//libdri.so
(II) Module dri: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
 compiled for 1.4.0.90, module version = 1.0.0
 ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 0.3
(II) Loading extension XFree86-DRI
(II) LoadModule: "nvidia"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers//nvidia_drv.so
(II) Module nvidia: vendor="NVIDIA Corporation"
 compiled for 4.0.2, module version = 1.0.0
 Module class: X.Org Video Driver
(II) LoadModule: "kbd"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/input//kbd_drv.so
(II) Module kbd: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
 compiled for 1.4.0, module version = 1.2.2
 Module class: X.Org XInput Driver
 ABI class: X.Org XInput driver, version 2.0
(II) LoadModule: "mouse"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/input//mouse_drv.so
(II) Module mouse: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
 compiled for 1.4.0, module version = 1.2.3
 Module class: X.Org XInput Driver
 ABI class: X.Org XInput driver, version 2.0
(II) NVIDIA dlloader X Driver 169.12 Thu Feb 14 17:55:38 PST 2008
(II) NVIDIA Unified Driver for all Supported NVIDIA GPUs
(II) Primary Device is: PCI 01:00:0
(--) Chipset NVIDIA GPU found
(II) Loading sub module "fb"
(II) LoadModule: "fb"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules//libfb.so
(II) Module fb: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
 compiled for 1.4.0.90, module version = 1.0.0
 ABI class: X.Org ANSI C Emulation, version 0.3
(II) Loading sub module "wfb"
(II) LoadModule: "wfb"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules//libwfb.so
(II) Module wfb: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
 compiled for 1.4.0.90, module version = 1.0.0
 ABI class: X.Org ANSI C Emulation, version 0.3
(II) Loading sub module "ramdac"
(II) LoadModule: "ramdac"(II) Module "ramdac" already built-in
(II) resource ranges after xf86ClaimFixedResources() call:
 [0] -1 0 0x00100000 - 0x3fffffff (0x3ff00000) MX[B]E(B)
 [1] -1 0 0x000f0000 - 0x000fffff (0x10000) MX[B]
 [2] -1 0 0x000c0000 - 0x000effff (0x30000) MX[B]
 [3] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x0009ffff (0xa0000) MX[B]
 [4] -1 0 0xec010000 - 0xec0100ff (0x100) MX[B]
 [5] -1 0 0xec000000 - 0xec00ffff (0x10000) MX[B]
 [6] -1 0 0xec011000 - 0xec0110ff (0x100) MX[B]
 [7] -1 0 0xe0000000 - 0xdfffffff (0x0) MX[B]O
 [8] -1 0 0xe9000000 - 0xe9ffffff (0x1000000) MX[B](B)
 [9] -1 0 0xd0000000 - 0xdfffffff (0x10000000) MX[B](B)
 [10] -1 0 0xe8000000 - 0xe8ffffff (0x1000000) MX[B](B)
 [11] -1 0 0x0000ffff - 0x0000ffff (0x1) IX[B]
 [12] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x000000ff (0x100) IX[B]
 [13] -1 0 0x0000e400 - 0x0000e41f (0x20) IX[B]
 [14] -1 0 0x0000e000 - 0x0000e01f (0x20) IX[B]
 [15] -1 0 0x0000dc00 - 0x0000dc1f (0x20) IX[B]
 [16] -1 0 0x0000d800 - 0x0000d80f (0x10) IX[B]
 [17] -1 0 0x0000d400 - 0x0000d4ff (0x100) IX[B]
 [18] -1 0 0x0000d000 - 0x0000d007 (0x8) IX[B]
 [19] -1 0 0x0000cc00 - 0x0000cc07 (0x8) IX[B]
 [20] -1 0 0x0000c800 - 0x0000c81f (0x20) IX[B]
 [21] -1 0 0x0000c400 - 0x0000c41f (0x20) IX[B]
 [22] -1 0 0x0000c000 - 0x0000c01f (0x20) IX[B]
(II) resource ranges after probing:
 [0] -1 0 0x00100000 - 0x3fffffff (0x3ff00000) MX[B]E(B)
 [1] -1 0 0x000f0000 - 0x000fffff (0x10000) MX[B]
 [2] -1 0 0x000c0000 - 0x000effff (0x30000) MX[B]
 [3] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x0009ffff (0xa0000) MX[B]
 [4] -1 0 0xec010000 - 0xec0100ff (0x100) MX[B]
 [5] -1 0 0xec000000 - 0xec00ffff (0x10000) MX[B]
 [6] -1 0 0xec011000 - 0xec0110ff (0x100) MX[B]
 [7] -1 0 0xe0000000 - 0xdfffffff (0x0) MX[B]O
 [8] -1 0 0xe9000000 - 0xe9ffffff (0x1000000) MX[B](B)
 [9] -1 0 0xd0000000 - 0xdfffffff (0x10000000) MX[B](B)
 [10] -1 0 0xe8000000 - 0xe8ffffff (0x1000000) MX[B](B)
 [11] 0 0 0x000a0000 - 0x000affff (0x10000) MS[B]
 [12] 0 0 0x000b0000 - 0x000b7fff (0x8000) MS[B]
 [13] 0 0 0x000b8000 - 0x000bffff (0x8000) MS[B]
 [14] -1 0 0x0000ffff - 0x0000ffff (0x1) IX[B]
 [15] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x000000ff (0x100) IX[B]
 [16] -1 0 0x0000e400 - 0x0000e41f (0x20) IX[B]
 [17] -1 0 0x0000e000 - 0x0000e01f (0x20) IX[B]
 [18] -1 0 0x0000dc00 - 0x0000dc1f (0x20) IX[B]
 [19] -1 0 0x0000d800 - 0x0000d80f (0x10) IX[B]
 [20] -1 0 0x0000d400 - 0x0000d4ff (0x100) IX[B]
 [21] -1 0 0x0000d000 - 0x0000d007 (0x8) IX[B]
 [22] -1 0 0x0000cc00 - 0x0000cc07 (0x8) IX[B]
 [23] -1 0 0x0000c800 - 0x0000c81f (0x20) IX[B]
 [24] -1 0 0x0000c400 - 0x0000c41f (0x20) IX[B]
 [25] -1 0 0x0000c000 - 0x0000c01f (0x20) IX[B]
 [26] 0 0 0x000003b0 - 0x000003bb (0xc) IS[B]
 [27] 0 0 0x000003c0 - 0x000003df (0x20) IS[B]
(II) Setting vga for screen 0.
(**) NVIDIA(0): Depth 24, (--) framebuffer bpp 32
(==) NVIDIA(0): RGB weight 888
(==) NVIDIA(0): Default visual is TrueColor
(==) NVIDIA(0): Using gamma correction (1.0, 1.0, 1.0)
(**) NVIDIA(0): Option "NoLogo" "True"
(**) NVIDIA(0): Option "RenderAccel" "true"
(**) NVIDIA(0): Option "AddARGBGLXVisuals" "True"
(**) NVIDIA(0): Enabling RENDER acceleration
(II) NVIDIA(0): Support for GLX with the Damage and Composite X extensions is
(II) NVIDIA(0): enabled.
(II) NVIDIA(0): NVIDIA GPU GeForce 6200 (NV44) at PCI:1:0:0 (GPU-0)
(--) NVIDIA(0): Memory: 131072 kBytes
(--) NVIDIA(0): VideoBIOS: 05.44.a2.03.00
(II) NVIDIA(0): Detected AGP rate: 4X
(--) NVIDIA(0): Interlaced video modes are supported on this GPU
(--) NVIDIA(0): Connected display device(s) on GeForce 6200 at PCI:1:0:0:
(--) NVIDIA(0): LG L196WTQ (DFP-0)
(--) NVIDIA(0): LG L196WTQ (DFP-0): 155.0 MHz maximum pixel clock
(--) NVIDIA(0): LG L196WTQ (DFP-0): Internal Single Link TMDS
(II) NVIDIA(0): Assigned Display Device: DFP-0
(II) NVIDIA(0): Validated modes:
(II) NVIDIA(0): "nvidia-auto-select"
(II) NVIDIA(0): Virtual screen size determined to be 1440 x 900
(--) NVIDIA(0): DPI set to (89, 87); computed from "UseEdidDpi" X config
(--) NVIDIA(0): option
(**) NVIDIA(0): Enabling 32-bit ARGB GLX visuals.
(--) Depth 24 pixmap format is 32 bpp
(II) do I need RAC? No, I don't.
(II) resource ranges after preInit:
 [0] -1 0 0x00100000 - 0x3fffffff (0x3ff00000) MX[B]E(B)
 [1] -1 0 0x000f0000 - 0x000fffff (0x10000) MX[B]
 [2] -1 0 0x000c0000 - 0x000effff (0x30000) MX[B]
 [3] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x0009ffff (0xa0000) MX[B]
 [4] -1 0 0xec010000 - 0xec0100ff (0x100) MX[B]
 [5] -1 0 0xec000000 - 0xec00ffff (0x10000) MX[B]
 [6] -1 0 0xec011000 - 0xec0110ff (0x100) MX[B]
 [7] -1 0 0xe0000000 - 0xdfffffff (0x0) MX[B]O
 [8] -1 0 0xe9000000 - 0xe9ffffff (0x1000000) MX[B](B)
 [9] -1 0 0xd0000000 - 0xdfffffff (0x10000000) MX[B](B)
 [10] -1 0 0xe8000000 - 0xe8ffffff (0x1000000) MX[B](B)
 [11] 0 0 0x000a0000 - 0x000affff (0x10000) MS[B]
 [12] 0 0 0x000b0000 - 0x000b7fff (0x8000) MS[B]
 [13] 0 0 0x000b8000 - 0x000bffff (0x8000) MS[B]
 [14] -1 0 0x0000ffff - 0x0000ffff (0x1) IX[B]
 [15] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x000000ff (0x100) IX[B]
 [16] -1 0 0x0000e400 - 0x0000e41f (0x20) IX[B]
 [17] -1 0 0x0000e000 - 0x0000e01f (0x20) IX[B]
 [18] -1 0 0x0000dc00 - 0x0000dc1f (0x20) IX[B]
 [19] -1 0 0x0000d800 - 0x0000d80f (0x10) IX[B]
 [20] -1 0 0x0000d400 - 0x0000d4ff (0x100) IX[B]
 [21] -1 0 0x0000d000 - 0x0000d007 (0x8) IX[B]
 [22] -1 0 0x0000cc00 - 0x0000cc07 (0x8) IX[B]
 [23] -1 0 0x0000c800 - 0x0000c81f (0x20) IX[B]
 [24] -1 0 0x0000c400 - 0x0000c41f (0x20) IX[B]
 [25] -1 0 0x0000c000 - 0x0000c01f (0x20) IX[B]
 [26] 0 0 0x000003b0 - 0x000003bb (0xc) IS[B]
 [27] 0 0 0x000003c0 - 0x000003df (0x20) IS[B]
(II) NVIDIA(0): Initialized AGP GART.
(II) NVIDIA(0): Setting mode "nvidia-auto-select"
(II) Loading extension NV-GLX
(II) NVIDIA(0): NVIDIA 3D Acceleration Architecture Initialized
(II) NVIDIA(0): Using the NVIDIA 2D acceleration architecture
(==) NVIDIA(0): Backing store disabled
(==) NVIDIA(0): Silken mouse enabled
(II) NVIDIA(0): DPMS enabled
(II) Loading extension NV-CONTROL
(==) RandR enabled
(II) Setting vga for screen 0.
(II) Initializing built-in extension MIT-SHM
(II) Initializing built-in extension XInputExtension
(II) Initializing built-in extension XTEST
(II) Initializing built-in extension XKEYBOARD
(II) Initializing built-in extension XC-APPGROUP
(II) Initializing built-in extension XAccessControlExtension
(II) Initializing built-in extension SECURITY
(II) Initializing built-in extension XINERAMA
(II) Initializing built-in extension XFIXES
(II) Initializing built-in extension XFree86-Bigfont
(II) Initializing built-in extension RENDER
(II) Initializing built-in extension RANDR
(II) Initializing built-in extension COMPOSITE
(II) Initializing built-in extension DAMAGE
(II) Initializing built-in extension XEVIE
(II) Initializing extension GLX
(**) Option "CoreKeyboard"
(**) Generic Keyboard: always reports core events
(**) Option "Protocol" "standard"
(**) Generic Keyboard: Protocol: standard
(**) Option "AutoRepeat" "500 30"
(**) Option "XkbRules" "xorg"
(**) Generic Keyboard: XkbRules: "xorg"
(**) Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
(**) Generic Keyboard: XkbModel: "pc105"
(**) Option "XkbLayout" "us"
(**) Generic Keyboard: XkbLayout: "us"
(**) Option "CustomKeycodes" "off"
(**) Generic Keyboard: CustomKeycodes disabled
(WW) Configured Mouse: No Device specified, looking for one...
(II) Configured Mouse: Setting Device option to "/dev/input/mice"
(--) Configured Mouse: Device: "/dev/input/mice"
(==) Configured Mouse: Protocol: "Auto"
(**) Configured Mouse: always reports core events
(**) Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
(==) Configured Mouse: Emulate3Buttons, Emulate3Timeout: 50
(**) Configured Mouse: ZAxisMapping: buttons 4 and 5
(**) Configured Mouse: Buttons: 9
(**) Configured Mouse: Sensitivity: 1
(II) evaluating device (Configured Mouse)
(II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "Configured Mouse" (type: MOUSE)
(II) evaluating device (Generic Keyboard)
(II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "Generic Keyboard" (type: KEYBOARD)
(--) Configured Mouse: PnP-detected protocol: "ExplorerPS/2"
(II) Configured Mouse: ps2EnableDataReporting: succeeded

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Rui Araújo (rui-araujo) said : 		#11

post the output of glxinfo as I don't see any problem with xorg

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Rick (rgcrooks) said : 		#12

OK. Here is the rather short output of glxinfo:

name of display: :0.0
Illegal instruction

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Rui Araújo (rui-araujo) said : 		#13

That doesn't look good.

I guess my only advice is to completely remove the drivers and then reinstalling them..

Sorry...

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Simon Gordon (linux-sgordon) said : 		#14

Seems a few people are having similar issues, including myself with my Xfx 5200 nvidia card!

In my case, no openGL-based apps work, 3d or not. Torcs, OpenMovieEditor, lots. I've only tried the restricted drivers, not Envy. The open drivers work, but of course far too slow for 3d stuff.

A thread here: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=780425
suggests using EnvyNG, but doing some extra steps (see post #11 in the thread).

Perhaps could try that? I will try to also when I get home.

  Si

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Rick (rgcrooks) said : 		#15

Thanks very much for the reply and the suggestion. I had just about given up on solving this issue, but the solution in post #11 of the thread you attached worked. Desktop effects are not working as are GLXGEARS and other programs. It appears that the latest version of the Nvidia driver in Hardy just does not work correctly with the GeForce 6200 card. Hopefully this gets fixed in future updates.

Thanks again for the help and sticking with this problem until a solution was found.