GDM no longer working after Intrepid upgrade (Nvidia card)

I deleted xorg.conf and it booted into Gnome, but I don't think it's using Nvidia drivers.

Hi

The new Xorg uses auto detection, so i think its probably trying to use the "nv" opensource driver which might not work for your card. You can try add the config to xorg.conf manually:

I have got and GeForce 6800, so the xorg.conf should be the same: Alternatively you can try use "vesa" as the driver instead. I have pasted the xorg.conf at the end.

Hope this helps.
Cheers,
thedarkwinter

#
# (some general writing here you can ignore)
#

Section "Monitor"
        Identifier "Configured Monitor"
EndSection

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

Section "Module"
        Load "glx"
        Disable "dri2"
EndSection

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

The xorg.conf.failsafe file has "vesa"

The file "xorg.conf.dist-upgrade-200810301901" says this:

Section "Device"
 Identifier "NVIDIA Corporation NV34M [GeForce FX Go5200]"
 Driver "nvidia"
 Option "AddARGBVisuals" "True"
 Option "AddARGBGLXVisuals" "True"
 Option "NoLogo" "True"

The new xorg.conf written by update-manager (which doesn't seem to work) contains this:

Section "Device"
 Identifier "NVIDIA Corporation NV34M [GeForce FX Go5200]"
 Option "AddARGBVisuals" "True"
 Option "AddARGBGLXVisuals" "True"
 Option "DamageEvents" "True" #(Jupiter's suggestion really helps a lot. Doesn't work on SLI)
 Option "UseEvents" "False" #(Finetunes OpenGL renderer)
 Option "TripleBuffer" "True" #(Improves quality. Use with Sync2VBlank Enabled at nvidia-settings for OpenGL and Xv)
 Driver "nvidia"
 Option "NoLogo" "True"
EndSection

Open a terminal, then type
sudo aptitude install nvidia-glx-71

This should install the proprietary drivers for your nVidia card. I hope I got the model right.

> Open a terminal, then type
> sudo aptitude install nvidia-glx-71

nvidia-glx-173 is already installed, which lists "GeForce FX Go5200 32M/64M".

Try this guide, it may help

http://www.ubuntugeek.com/common-problems-and-solutions-for-nvidia-restricted-drivers-after-ubuntu-810-intrepid-ibex-upgrade.html

To reiterate what I said in the bug report, I do the following:

1. Open Hardware Drivers window
2. It lists "NVIDIA accelerated graphics driver (version 173) [Recommended]" and "NVIDIA accelerated graphics driver (version 96)" with gray lights next to them, and an "Activate" button with a green light. Clicking on either driver shows "This driver is not activated" at the bottom with another gray light.
3. I select either of the drivers and click the Activate button.
4. Asks for password
5. An "Untitled window" dialog pops up that says "Downloading and installing driver", with an indeterminate-progress indicator.
6. After a long wait, the progress bar starts to fills up, and it acts as though it is installing, though it provides no feedback after it's done; it just disappears
7. The "Activate" button is still lit green, and the lights next to the drivers are still grey.

After a reboot it ends up in low-graphics mode because it's not configured correctly.

I attached a jockey log to the bug http://launchpadlibrarian.net/19458794/jockey.log

I got it working with EnvyNG instead of Jockey, thanks to Joe Giampaoli's advice. Not what I was expecting, but at least it works now.