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Choppy rendering nvidia geforce6150 driver problem

Asked by hangin-chad

This is my first post. I've been inspired by the enthusiasm of the community. I'm new to linux but I'm having fun with it.

I am running Ubuntu Hardy 8.04 (2.6.24-19) 64 bit and I just installed my GeForce 6150 integrated video card to run my dual monitors (diff size). This was difficult in itself, but they work now. Except now my rending (word choice?) is very choppy. It boots, I login, everything is fine. The desktop appears but when I try to open something (anything) the text is smeared and the buttons are blurred unless I mouse over, or resize, minimize and maximize, scroll - then it clears up the current window. Sometimes both monitors both turn off for a few seconds. Sometimes I get booted back to the login page. I am posting my xorg.conf and Xorg.0.log files.

Do you have any ideas about what could cause this or fix this?

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Section "ServerLayout"
    Identifier "Default Layout"
    Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0
EndSection

Section "Module"
    Load "glx"
EndSection

Section "ServerFlags"
    Option "Xinerama" "0"
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 "Monitor"
    Identifier "Configured Monitor"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
    Identifier "Monitor0"
    VendorName "Unknown"
    ModelName "HSD JW199D"
    HorizSync 30.0 - 83.0
    VertRefresh 50.0 - 76.0
EndSection

Section "Device"
    Identifier "Configured Video Device"
    Driver "nvidia"
    Option "NoLogo" "True"
EndSection

Section "Device"
    Identifier "Videocard0"
    Driver "nvidia"
    VendorName "NVIDIA Corporation"
    BoardName "GeForce 6150"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
    Identifier "Default Screen"
    Device "Configured Video Device"
    Monitor "Configured Monitor"
    DefaultDepth 24
    Option "RenderAccel" "true"
EndSection

Section "Screen"

# Removed Option "metamodes" "CRT: 1024x768 +1024+0, DFP: 1024x768 +0+0"
# Removed Option "metamodes" "CRT: 1280x800 +1152+0, DFP: 1152x864 +0+0"
    Identifier "Screen0"
    Device "Videocard0"
    Monitor "Monitor0"
    DefaultDepth 24
    Option "TwinView" "1"
    Option "TwinViewXineramaInfoOrder" "DFP-0"
    Option "metamodes" "CRT: nvidia-auto-select +1280+0, DFP: nvidia-auto-select +0+0"
EndSection

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II) NVIDIA(0): Initialized GPU GART.
(II) NVIDIA(0): Setting mode
(II) NVIDIA(0): "CRT-0:nvidia-auto-select@1440x900+1280+0,DFP-0:nvidia-auto-select@1280x1024+0+0"
(EE) NVIDIA(0): Error recovery failed.
(EE) NVIDIA(0): *** Aborting ***
(II) NVIDIA(0): Initialized GPU GART.
(II) NVIDIA(0): Setting mode
(II) NVIDIA(0): "CRT-0:nvidia-auto-select@1440x900+1280+0,DFP-0:nvidia-auto-select@1280x1024+0+0"
(II) NVIDIA(0): Initialized GPU GART.
(II) NVIDIA(0): Setting mode
(II) NVIDIA(0): "CRT-0:nvidia-auto-select@1440x900+1280+0,DFP-0:nvidia-auto-select@1280x1024+0+0"
(II) NVIDIA(0): Initialized GPU GART.
(II) NVIDIA(0): Setting mode
(II) NVIDIA(0): "CRT-0:nvidia-auto-select@1440x900+1280+0,DFP-0:nvidia-auto-select@1280x1024+0+0"
(II) NVIDIA(0): Initialized GPU GART.
(II) NVIDIA(0): Setting mode
(II) NVIDIA(0): "CRT-0:nvidia-auto-select@1440x900+1280+0,DFP-0:nvidia-auto-select@1280x1024+0+0"
(II) NVIDIA(0): Initialized GPU GART.
(II) NVIDIA(0): Setting mode
(II) NVIDIA(0): "CRT-0:nvidia-auto-select@1440x900+1280+0,DFP-0:nvidia-auto-select@1280x1024+0+0"
(II) NVIDIA(0): Initialized GPU GART.
(II) NVIDIA(0): Setting mode
(II) NVIDIA(0): "CRT-0:nvidia-auto-select@1440x900+1280+0,DFP-0:nvidia-auto-select@1280x1024+0+0"
SetGrabKeysState - disabled
SetGrabKeysState - enabled

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Andre Mangan (kyphi) said : 		#1

"I just installed my GeForce 6150 integrated video card".

As you said, the GeForce 6150 is an integrated device, i.e. it is built into your motherboard. It is not a graphics card but a graphics chip.

I suspect that it would not have enough power to drive the video output of two monitors. The fact that sometimes both monitors fail supports that.

To run two monitors and have fast frame rates you could install a graphics card with two DVI outputs and its own power supply (in the 6000 series, for example, the 6900 would do the job).

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Andre Mangan (kyphi) said : 		#2

Addendum

Your graphics chip uses shared memory, a separate graphics card has its own memory - 128, 256 or 512 MB. More is better.

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hangin-chad (kwphysics) said : 		#3

I'll look into this idea. However, the same chip run the same monitors fine in Windows XP. This is why I suspect a driver problem.

Additional info: Dual output 1VGA and 1DVI

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Andre Mangan (kyphi) said : 		#4

That is possible too. Which nvidia driver are you using?

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hangin-chad (kwphysics) said : 		#5

I'm not sure which command to use to use to make that information appear but synaptic shows I have nvidia-glx-new installed. So this is probably my drive. It was automatically installed by the hardware manager.

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Andre Mangan (kyphi) said : 		#6

The nvidia-glx-new driver is number 169.12. A new driver is still being tested and has not been released into the general repository although accessible by activating pre-release updates via System, Administration, Software sources. The newer nvidia driver is 173.14. You can also access this driver via envyng which you will find in the repository.

There is no guarantee that the newer driver will work better than your present one.

If you have compiz-fusion activated, you could try turning it off as well as turning off the special desktop effects (System, Preferences, Appearance). These might be overtaxing your system.

You can check your frame-rates by typing "glxgears" into a terminal screen.

Check in System, Administration, Hardware Drivers that your nvidia driver is enabled.

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hangin-chad (kwphysics) said : 		#7

I'll try this and check back with you. BTW thanks for the glxgears command/package.

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) said : 		#8

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hangin-chad (kwphysics) said : 		#9

This turned out to be a hardware problem. It looks like either my power supply was burning out or my graphics chip was dying. The PC is replaced and I'm starting over. Thanks for the help!

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hangin-chad (kwphysics) said : 		#10

BAM!