[SOLVED] need help with Nvidia GPU

[Skooter]

So I just installed the new 185.18.14 driver for my 9600GT. Trouble is, I'm having problems with my xorg.conf file. See below:

[ubuntu] Installin 9600 GT? - Ubuntu Forums

I'm at a loss here, and wanted more input. Lspci lists my card properly, but I can't fix my xorg.conf. I tried sudo dpkg-reconfigure -phigh xserver-xorg, but that didn't help at all

I tried two other things to test my xorg, but I can't post the output right now- not at my own comp. I did see something about being unable to write to /X11/xorg.conf and that Xserver-xorg or something was not installed.

Help, please? I'm so close to getting this working right, its given me hell for several days now.

[devils casper]

What problems are you facing? Could you post the contents of xorg.conf file here?

[Skooter]

My xorg.conf is blank as far as I can tell. Ran x-fix today, didn't help. How do I restore it? Or perhaps I'm not looking correctly? I hope that's the case... The driver is definitely installed though, as I got the Nvidia X server settings under Preferences. Here's some outputs for you:

$ grep -n "^(EE)" /var/log/Xorg.*.log

380:(EE) Failed to initialize GLX extension (Compatible NVIDIA X driver not found)

$ grep -i "nvidia\|NVRM" /var/log/syslog

Jul  9 17:18:49 Lillith kernel: [11737.499220] nvidia 0000:01:00.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 16 (level, low) -> IRQ 16
Jul  9 17:18:49 Lillith kernel: [11737.499232] nvidia 0000:01:00.0: setting latency timer to 64
Jul  9 17:18:49 Lillith kernel: [11737.499791] NVRM: loading NVIDIA UNIX x86 Kernel Module  185.18.14  Wed May 27 02:23:13 PDT 2009
Jul  9 17:24:24 Lillith kernel: [    8.489459] nvidia: module license 'NVIDIA' taints kernel.
Jul  9 17:24:24 Lillith kernel: [    8.771127] nvidia 0000:01:00.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 16 (level, low) -> IRQ 16
Jul  9 17:24:24 Lillith kernel: [    8.771140] nvidia 0000:01:00.0: setting latency timer to 64
Jul  9 17:24:24 Lillith kernel: [    8.771946] NVRM: loading NVIDIA UNIX x86 Kernel Module  185.18.14  Wed May 27 02:23:13 PDT 2009
Jul 10 11:48:25 Lillith kernel: [    8.505249] nvidia: module license 'NVIDIA' taints kernel.
Jul 10 11:48:25 Lillith kernel: [    8.773535] nvidia 0000:01:00.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 16 (level, low) -> IRQ 16
Jul 10 11:48:25 Lillith kernel: [    8.773615] nvidia 0000:01:00.0: setting latency timer to 64
Jul 10 11:48:25 Lillith kernel: [    8.774532] NVRM: loading NVIDIA UNIX x86 Kernel Module  185.18.14  Wed May 27 02:23:13 PDT 2009
Jul 10 12:46:35 Lillith kernel: [    8.825022] nvidia: module license 'NVIDIA' taints kernel.
Jul 10 12:46:35 Lillith kernel: [    9.084300] nvidia 0000:01:00.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 16 (level, low) -> IRQ 16
Jul 10 12:46:35 Lillith kernel: [    9.084312] nvidia 0000:01:00.0: setting latency timer to 64
Jul 10 12:46:35 Lillith kernel: [    9.086667] NVRM: loading NVIDIA UNIX x86 Kernel Module  185.18.14  Wed May 27 02:23:13 PDT 2009

Also see attachment for Nvidia bug report. Hope that helps.

[devils casper]

Add these contents in xorg.conf file and reboot machine :

Section "Device"
	Identifier	"Configured Video Device"
	Driver		"nvidia"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
	Identifier	"Generic Monitor"
	HorizSync	30-71
	VertRefresh	50-160
EndSection

Section "Screen"
	Identifier	"Default Screen"
	Device		"Configured Video Device"
	Monitor		"Generic Monitor"
	DefaultDepth	24
	SubSection "Display"
		Depth		24
		Modes		"1280x1024" "1024x768" 
	EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "ServerLayout"
	Identifier	        "Default Layout"
	Screen		"Default Screen"
	InputDevice	"Generic Keyboard"
EndSection

Section "DRI"
	Mode	0666
EndSection

[Skooter]

Oops... I thought I posted this several days ago...

Anyway, I got it working... the problem was that I had "nv" in the restricted_modules list. When I removed that, I was able to restore xorg, which allowed me to run nvidia-xconfig and set up my card properly. Sorry for leaving you hanging... and thanks for the help!