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Thread ID: 101195 2009-07-04 22:10:00 Screen resolution in Ubuntu 8.0.4 chiefnz (545) Press F1
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788980 2009-07-05 06:38:00 Just a note here: when I clicked "save to X configuration file", the nVIDIA X Server Settings said something like "not enough privilege" or something along the line. So what I did is that I copied everything in there, opened the file using
sudo gedit /file/path/cant/remember/somefile.conf and overwrote the texts inside it.

You know, just to let you know. 		LynX (14542)
788981 2009-07-12 03:09:00 Ok, I've managed to install the nVidia driver using...

sudo apt-get install envyng-qt

this seemed to work fine, nVidia logo appears on startup etc.

A few issues...

1) Cannot set visual effects to "extra" and gives me the following message

the composite extension is not available
I have enabled the nVidia accelerated graphics driver (legacy cards) but still no joy.

2) when I run the nVidia X Server Settings from System---Administration I get the following error message

You do not appear to be running the nVidia X driver.
Please edit your X configuration file.
(just run nvidia-xconfig as root and restart the x server

this is what my xorg.conf file looks like


# 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"
Monitor "Configured Monitor"
Device "Configured Video Device"
Defaultdepth 24
EndSection
Section "Device"
Identifier "Configured Video Device"
Driver "nvidia"
Option "NoLogo" "True"
Option "UseEdidFreqs" "True"
Option "AllowGLXWithComposite" "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"
EndSection
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Configured Monitor"
EndSection
Section "Extensions"
Option "Composite" "Disable"
EndSection
Section "Module"
Load "glx"
EndSection


any ideas ?

Thanks in advance 		chiefnz (545)
788982 2009-07-12 03:17:00 This may help (ubuntuforums.org). The 2nd to last post

Maybe i'm just too simple. But you may want to try and change:

Section "Extensions"
Option "Composite" "0"
EndSection

to

Section "Extensions"
Option "Composite" "1"
EndSection

Looks like yours is disabled. And this (ubuntuforums.org) for the other error 		Speedy Gonzales (78)
788983 2009-07-12 06:06:00 Well still now joy, despite going through those pages you recommended Speedy...

I don't suppose there's a distro which support nVidia cards out of the box by any chance?

Cheers, 		chiefnz (545)
788984 2009-07-12 06:29:00 Hmm might be the version of the kernel youre using. This site (answers.launchpad.net) thats what happened it worked fine until the kernel was updated.

Maybe an update to 9.04 would help? Or as it says above you may have multiple kernels loading 		Speedy Gonzales (78)
788985 2009-07-12 06:59:00 ChiefNZ
As an alternative - newbie friendly distros with pretty good forums:
Mepis - Debian base
Linux Mint - Ubuntu base
PCLinuxOS - Mandriva base

I use Mepis - KDE instead of Gnome. All of above come with liveCD. They don't do the drivers out of the box - but very easy to install. Worth trying as alternatives to "U".

Their forums are very good - really helpful - esp for beginners. 		Brooko (8444)
788986 2009-07-12 10:23:00 I am using Ubuntu 9.04 64 bit and I just went to the main panel:System,Administration,Hardware Drivers and then installed the drivers from their.:thumbs:

Then I went to Appearance Preferences and enabled the Extra effects.:cool:

And then you go to System,Administration and their you will find the Nvidia settings applet for control of your graphic card settings.

Everything is working sweet as!!!:D:thumbs: 		memphis (2869)
788987 2009-07-12 22:42:00 Thanks Memphis, downloading 9.0.4 now

I'll let you know how I get on.

do you suggest a system update before installing the nVidia driver... I think that's maybe where I went wrong.

cheers, 		chiefnz (545)
788988 2009-07-13 00:48:00 success I think...

installed 9.04 and my screen res is up to 1280 x 1024. didn't install the nVidia drivers and still can't activate the "extra" desktop effects.

I'm doing a system update now.

Also tried installing additional drivers byt system says there are no additional drivers to install.

cheers, 		chiefnz (545)
788989 2009-07-13 01:10:00 Ok, back to where I started...

I've completed a system update and now my screen resolution is back to 800x600 and I cannot change it.

Still unable to add the nVida driver as previously stated by memphis.

This is weird...

should I try the Envy install again? 		chiefnz (545)
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