Problems in Ubuntu 7.10


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I just set up a computer to run Ubuntu 7.10. It seems to be running well. Here are the specs...

Compaq Deskpro EN P550, Intel Pentium III 550 MHz, 512 MB PC100 Memory, 40 GB Seagate Hard Drive, 8 MB ATI Rage AGP 2x (disabled, OEM graphics card), 64 MB NVIDIA GeForce4 MX440 PCI, 16x48 LG DVD-ROM, 4x4x24x Matshita CD-RW, Intel PRO PCI Ethernet, Microsoft Comfort Curve 2000 USB Keyboard, Logitech Click! USB Optical Mouse, 17" NEC MultiSync LCD1760VM.

I am having some problems, though...

I tried to use the proprietary NVIDIA graphics driver using 64 MB GeForce4 MX440. It was working yesterday, when I was using the Restricted Drivers Manager in Ubuntu - then today it just exploded when I tried to use a GL screensaver (Atunnel). Then I restarted X (Ctrl-Alt-Backspace) and it went into "low graphics mode." It was trying to use the VESA driver - giving me a maximum resolution of 800x600 (I am using a 1280x1024 LCD). What can I do to enable basic 3D acceleration?

Adding to the aforementioned issue, when I tried to download the driver directly from NVIDIA, for whatever reason, the entire system froze up. At the time, I was running only Firefox. It seems like also when I try to use the scroll wheel, the entire system will freeze up again.

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Put the video driver back to "nv". You won't have any 3D acceleration, but at least you can troubleshoot the lockup/uptime issue.

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Put the video driver back to "nv". You won't have any 3D acceleration, but at least you can troubleshoot the lockup/uptime issue.

It was like that when I was using the "nv" driver.

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I've tried that. The system came back clean.

Have you check to see if the drivers were fully compatible with a vid card that old? I know that when Vista came out nVidia removed all support for cards older than the FX5500 (Which is why I went to an ATI x1650 Pro.) from their drivers.

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I gave up on Ubuntu. I tried reinstalling it, and just using the open-source nv driver, which failed. I am now trying Fedora.

Does anybody know how to switch the primary video card in X?

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Are you talking about selecting between two video cards installed in computer?

Or switching which driver is selected for the current (and only?) video card?

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There is one "on-board" ATI Mach64 Graphics Card in my system (which is in a proprietary AGP 2x-style port). It has been disabled in the BIOS - but it still seems to be recognized as the primary video card in every OS (Windows 2000, Windows XP, Fedora 7). My boot video card (and text mode) is the PCI NVIDIA card. How do you set that as primary.

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I've never had to deal with it, but X is perfectly capable of handling multiple video cards.

You could have two "Device" sections referring to each video card (or only one referring to the nVidia card), then the "Screen" section to connect the Device you want to your Display.

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I think I got it.

I went into the xorg.conf and changed any reference to "videocard0" to "videocard1" and changed the video driver to "nv."

EDIT - I am noticing that the "nv" driver makes the monitor flicker every once and a while.

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Was it this unstable after first install?

Only things I can think of are hardware problems, configuration problems, or somehow a bad install like a corrupted CD.

:unsure:

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Was it this unstable after first install?

Only things I can think of are hardware problems, configuration problems, or somehow a bad install like a corrupted CD.

:unsure:

Well, I am trying to install OpenOffice (Fedora 7 Live doesn't include OpenOffice) - and it seems fine. But when I install things from the command line, the entire system goes down.

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