[Help] graphics problem


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I have the drivers for my nvidia installed correctly and the settings for it installed as well in System tools.

I never got this in windows so i know my hardware ain't bunk.

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What card do you have?

How is it configured (in particular, I am thinking incorrect RAM size specified)?

Did this do this with the generic nv drivers, or just when you installed the official nVidia driver?

Can you post your /etc/X11/xorg.conf file for us to look at?

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I had a similar problem w/ these drivers. Having a look at your xorg.conf would help. The thing that fixed it for me was making sure you have a DefaultDepth set in the Screen section.

Section "Screen"
    Identifier  "Screen 1"
    Device      "nvidia6600gt"
    Monitor     "sonylcd"
    DefaultDepth 24

    Subsection "Display"
        Depth       24
        Modes       "1280x1024"
        ViewPort    0 0
    EndSubsection
EndSection

Here is my Device section for refrence:

Section "Device"
    Option      "NoLogo" "true"             # [<bool>]
    Option      "HWcursor" "true"           # [<bool>]
    Option      "RenderAccel" "true"        # [<bool>]
    Identifier  "nvidia6600gt"
    Driver      "nvidia"
EndSection

Under modules make sure you comment out dri and enable glx:

Section "Module"
    Load        "dbe"   # Double buffer extension
    SubSection  "extmod"
      Option    "omit xfree86-dga"   # don't initialise the DGA extension
    EndSubSection
    Load        "type1"
    Load        "record"
    Load        "xtrap"
    Load        "freetype"
    Load        "glx"
#  Load        "dri"
EndSection

My full xorg.conf can be found here.

I am using a 6600GT PCI-E card. You may need to set the NvAGP option correctly in Devices.

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Always provide the /etc/x11/xorg.conf file when you got issues with X Window because at least half of the time, the problem can be solved by a simple change.

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Is this problem fixed? If not, post your xorg.conf

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