Installed new graphics card and Ubuntu no longer works

Diss

Diss

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Hi

I have just replaced my old PCIe Nvidia 6600GT with a 7900GT however when i try and boot it doesn't and gives me messages about Xorg.

Am i right in thinking that Ubuntu doesn't auto detect new hardware - if so it seems odd as it detects stuff fine on an install.

I have had a quick look on the Ubuntu Forums and Google but didn't come with anything.

I am assuming that i need to replace some of my Xorg.conf with the new card details but a) where do i get them from and b) how do i change it

re b) - hmmm i have a live CD so can boot from that to make changes

many thanks

Diss


EDIT
Just wondering if its the new card or that i should have first installed new drivers as i don't have the latest Nvidia drivers that were released a week or so ago
 
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No it wont detect new hardware.. Post your /etc/X11/xorg.conf and also your /var/log/Xorg.0.log

If you dont fancy editing the config by hand, dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg (as root) should give you options.
 
Here's the /etc/X11/xorg.conf file :

Section "Files"
FontPath "unix/:7100" # local font server
# if the local font server has problems, we can fall back on these
FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/misc"
FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/cyrillic"
FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/Type1"
FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/CID"
FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi"
FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi"
# paths to defoma fonts
FontPath "/var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/TrueType"
FontPath "/var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/CID"
EndSection

Section "Module"
Load "bitmap"
Load "dbe"
Load "ddc"
Load "dri"
Load "extmod"
Load "freetype"
Load "glx"
Load "int10"
Load "record"
Load "type1"
Load "vbe"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Generic Keyboard"
Driver "keyboard"
Option "CoreKeyboard"
Option "XkbRules" "xorg"
Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
Option "XkbLayout" "gb"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Configured Mouse"
Driver "mouse"
Option "CorePointer"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
Option "Protocol" "ImPS/2"
Option "Emulate3Buttons" "true"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
EndSection

Section "Device"
Identifier "NVIDIA Corporation NV43 [GeForce 6600 GT]"
Driver "nv"
BusID "PCI:1:0:0"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
Identifier "DPro930SB"
Option "DPMS"
# Identifier "EV745TCO99"
# HorizSync 31-48
# VertRefresh 60
# Option "DPMS"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
Identifier "Default Screen"
Device "NVIDIA Corporation NV43 [GeForce 6600 GT]"
# Monitor "EV745TCO99"
Monitor "DPro930SB"
DefaultDepth 24
# SubSection "Display"
# Depth 1
# Modes "1024x768" "832x624" "800x600" "720x400" "640x480" "640x350"
SubSection "Display"
Depth 1
Modes "1600x1200" "1280x1024" "1280x960" "1152x864" "1024x768" "832x624" "800x600" "720x400" "640x480"
EndSubSection

SubSection "Display"
Depth 4
Modes "1600x1200" "1280x1024" "1280x960" "1152x864" "1024x768" "832x624" "800x600" "720x400" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 8
Modes "1600x1200" "1280x1024" "1280x960" "1152x864" "1024x768" "832x624" "800x600" "720x400" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 15
Modes "1600x1200" "1280x1024" "1280x960" "1152x864" "1024x768" "832x624" "800x600" "720x400" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 16
Modes "1600x1200" "1280x1024" "1280x960" "1152x864" "1024x768" "832x624" "800x600" "720x400" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1600x1200" "1280x1024" "1280x960" "1152x864" "1024x768" "832x624" "800x600" "720x400" "640x480"
EndSubSection
EndSection








#SubSection "Display"
# Depth 4
# Modes "1024x768" "832x624" "800x600" "720x400" "640x480" "640x350"
# EndSubSection
# SubSection "Display"
# Depth 8
# Modes "1024x768" "832x624" "800x600" "720x400" "640x480" "640x350"
# EndSubSection
# SubSection "Display"
# Depth 15
# Modes "1024x768" "832x624" "800x600" "720x400" "640x480" "640x350"
# EndSubSection
# SubSection "Display"
# Depth 16
# Modes "1024x768" "832x624" "800x600" "720x400" "640x480" "640x350"
# EndSubSection
# SubSection "Display"
# Depth 24
# Modes "1024x768" "832x624" "800x600" "720x400" "640x480" "640x350"
# EndSubSection
#EndSection

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

Section "DRI"
Mode 0666
EndSection
 
and the log file:

X Window System Version 6.8.2 (Ubuntu 6.8.2-77 20051010174523 [email protected]dd)
Release Date: 9 February 2005
X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0, Release 6.8.2
Build Operating System: Linux 2.6.10 i686 [ELF]
Current Operating System: Linux ubuntu 2.6.12-10-386 #1 Sat Mar 11 16:13:17 UTC 2006 i686
Build Date: 10 October 2005
Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.X.Org
to make sure that you have the latest version.
Module Loader present
OS Kernel: Linux version 2.6.12-10-386 (buildd@terranova) (gcc version 3.4.5 20050809 (prerelease) (Ubuntu 3.4.4-6ubuntu8.1)) #1 Sat Mar 11 16:13:17 UTC 2006
Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting,
(++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational,
(WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
(==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.0.log", Time: Sun Apr 16 08:00:52 2006
(==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf"
(==) ServerLayout "Default Layout"
(**) |-->Screen "Default Screen" (0)
(**) | |-->Monitor "DPro930SB"
(**) | |-->Device "NVIDIA Corporation NV43 [GeForce 6600 GT]"
(**) |-->Input Device "Generic Keyboard"
(**) Option "XkbRules" "xorg"
(**) XKB: rules: "xorg"
(**) Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
(**) XKB: model: "pc105"
(**) Option "XkbLayout" "gb"
(**) XKB: layout: "gb"
(==) Keyboard: CustomKeycode disabled
(**) |-->Input Device "Configured Mouse"
(WW) The directory "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/cyrillic" does not exist.
Entry deleted from font path.
(WW) The directory "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/CID" does not exist.
Entry deleted from font path.
(WW) `fonts.dir' not found (or not valid) in "/var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/CID".
Entry deleted from font path.
(Run 'mkfontdir' on "/var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/CID").
(**) FontPath set to "unix/:7100,/usr/lib/X11/fonts/misc,/usr/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/:unscaled,/usr/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled,/usr/lib/X11/fonts/Type1,/usr/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi,/usr/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi,/var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/TrueType"
(==) RgbPath set to "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb"
(==) ModulePath set to "/usr/X11R6/lib/modules"
(WW) Open APM failed (/dev/apm_bios) (No such file or directory)
(II) Module ABI versions:
X.Org ANSI C Emulation: 0.2
X.Org Video Driver: 0.7
X.Org XInput driver : 0.4
X.Org Server Extension : 0.2
X.Org Font Renderer : 0.4
(II) Loader running on linux
(II) LoadModule: "bitmap"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/fonts/libbitmap.a
(II) Module bitmap: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
compiled for 6.8.2, module version = 1.0.0
Module class: X.Org Font Renderer
ABI class: X.Org Font Renderer, version 0.4
(II) Loading font Bitmap
(II) LoadModule: "pcidata"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libpcidata.a
(II) Module pcidata: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
compiled for 6.8.2, module version = 1.0.0
ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 0.7
(--) using VT number 7

(II) PCI: PCI scan (all values are in hex)
(II) PCI: 00:00:0: chip 10de,005e card 0000,0000 rev a3 class 05,80,00 hdr 00
(II) PCI: 00:01:0: chip 10de,0050 card 1043,815a rev a3 class 06,01,00 hdr 80
(II) PCI: 00:01:1: chip 10de,0052 card 1043,815a rev a2 class 0c,05,00 hdr 80
(II) PCI: 00:02:0: chip 10de,005a card 1043,815a rev a2 class 0c,03,10 hdr 80
(II) PCI: 00:02:1: chip 10de,005b card 1043,815a rev a3 class 0c,03,20 hdr 80
(II) PCI: 00:06:0: chip 10de,0053 card 1043,815a rev f2 class 01,01,8a hdr 00
(II) PCI: 00:07:0: chip 10de,0054 card 1043,815a rev f3 class 01,01,85 hdr 00
(II) PCI: 00:08:0: chip 10de,0055 card 1043,815a rev f3 class 01,01,85 hdr 00
(II) PCI: 00:09:0: chip 10de,005c card 0000,0000 rev a2 class 06,04,01 hdr 01
(II) PCI: 00:0a:0: chip 10de,0057 card 1043,8141 rev a3 class 06,80,00 hdr 00
(II) PCI: 00:0b:0: chip 10de,005d card 0000,0000 rev a3 class 06,04,00 hdr 01
(II) PCI: 00:0c:0: chip 10de,005d card 0000,0000 rev a3 class 06,04,00 hdr 01
(II) PCI: 00:0d:0: chip 10de,005d card 0000,0000 rev a3 class 06,04,00 hdr 01
(II) PCI: 00:0e:0: chip 10de,005d card 0000,0000 rev a3 class 06,04,00 hdr 01
(II) PCI: 00:18:0: chip 1022,1100 card 0000,0000 rev 00 class 06,00,00 hdr 80
(II) PCI: 00:18:1: chip 1022,1101 card 0000,0000 rev 00 class 06,00,00 hdr 80
(II) PCI: 00:18:2: chip 1022,1102 card 0000,0000 rev 00 class 06,00,00 hdr 80
(II) PCI: 00:18:3: chip 1022,1103 card 0000,0000 rev 00 class 06,00,00 hdr 80
(II) PCI: 01:00:0: chip 10de,0291 card 10de,0321 rev a1 class 03,00,00 hdr 00
(II) PCI: 05:06:0: chip 1102,0005 card 1102,0021 rev 00 class 04,01,00 hdr 00
(II) PCI: 05:07:0: chip 109e,036e card 0070,13eb rev 11 class 04,00,00 hdr 80
(II) PCI: 05:07:1: chip 109e,0878 card 0070,13eb rev 11 class 04,80,00 hdr 80
(II) PCI: End of PCI scan
(II) PCI-to-ISA bridge:
(II) Bus -1: bridge is at (0:1:0), (0,-1,-1), BCTRL: 0x0008 (VGA_EN is set)
(II) Subtractive PCI-to-PCI bridge:
(II) Bus 5: bridge is at (0:9:0), (0,5,5), BCTRL: 0x0202 (VGA_EN is cleared)
(II) Bus 5 I/O range:
[0] -1 0 0x0000a000 - 0x0000afff (0x1000) IX
(II) Bus 5 non-prefetchable memory range:
[0] -1 0 0xc0000000 - 0xc7ffffff (0x8000000) MX
(II) Bus 5 prefetchable memory range:
[0] -1 0 0xcb000000 - 0xcb0fffff (0x100000) MX
(II) PCI-to-PCI bridge:
(II) Bus 4: bridge is at (0:11:0), (0,4,4), BCTRL: 0x0002 (VGA_EN is cleared)
(II) PCI-to-PCI bridge:
(II) Bus 3: bridge is at (0:12:0), (0,3,3), BCTRL: 0x0002 (VGA_EN is cleared)
(II) PCI-to-PCI bridge:
(II) Bus 2: bridge is at (0:13:0), (0,2,2), BCTRL: 0x0002 (VGA_EN is cleared)
(II) PCI-to-PCI bridge:
(II) Bus 1: bridge is at (0:14:0), (0,1,1), BCTRL: 0x000a (VGA_EN is set)
(II) Bus 1 I/O range:
[0] -1 0 0x00009000 - 0x00009fff (0x1000) IX
(II) Bus 1 non-prefetchable memory range:
[0] -1 0 0xc8000000 - 0xcaffffff (0x3000000) MX
(II) Bus 1 prefetchable memory range:
[0] -1 0 0xb0000000 - 0xbfffffff (0x10000000) MX
(II) Host-to-PCI bridge:
(II) Bus 0: bridge is at (0:24:0), (0,0,5), BCTRL: 0x0008 (VGA_EN is set)
(II) Bus 0 I/O range:
[0] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x0000ffff (0x10000) IX
(II) Bus 0 non-prefetchable memory range:
[0] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0xffffffff (0x0) MX
(II) Bus 0 prefetchable memory range:
[0] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0xffffffff (0x0) MX
(II) Host-to-PCI bridge:
(II) Bus -1: bridge is at (0:24:1), (-1,-1,5), BCTRL: 0x0008 (VGA_EN is set)
(II) Bus -1 I/O range:
[0] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x0000ffff (0x10000) IX
(II) Bus -1 non-prefetchable memory range:
[0] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0xffffffff (0x0) MX
(II) Bus -1 prefetchable memory range:
[0] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0xffffffff (0x0) MX
(II) Host-to-PCI bridge:
(II) Bus -1: bridge is at (0:24:2), (-1,-1,5), BCTRL: 0x0008 (VGA_EN is set)
(II) Bus -1 I/O range:
[0] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x0000ffff (0x10000) IX
(II) Bus -1 non-prefetchable memory range:
[0] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0xffffffff (0x0) MX
(II) Bus -1 prefetchable memory range:
[0] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0xffffffff (0x0) MX
(II) Host-to-PCI bridge:
(II) Bus -1: bridge is at (0:24:3), (-1,-1,5), BCTRL: 0x0008 (VGA_EN is set)
(II) Bus -1 I/O range:
[0] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x0000ffff (0x10000) IX
(II) Bus -1 non-prefetchable memory range:
[0] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0xffffffff (0x0) MX
(II) Bus -1 prefetchable memory range:
[0] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0xffffffff (0x0) MX
(--) PCI:*(1:0:0) nVidia Corporation unknown chipset (0x0291) rev 161, Mem @ 0xc8000000/24, 0xb0000000/28, 0xc9000000/24, I/O @ 0x9000/7
(--) PCI: (5:7:0) Brooktree Corporation Bt878 Video Capture rev 17, Mem @ 0xcb000000/12
(II) Addressable bus resource ranges are
[0] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0xffffffff (0x0) MX
[1] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x0000ffff (0x10000) IX
(II) OS-reported resource ranges:
[0] -1 0 0xffe00000 - 0xffffffff (0x200000) MX(B)
[1] -1 0 0x00100000 - 0x3fffffff (0x3ff00000) MXE(B)
[2] -1 0 0x000f0000 - 0x000fffff (0x10000) MX
[3] -1 0 0x000c0000 - 0x000effff (0x30000) MX
[4] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x0009ffff (0xa0000) MX
[5] -1 0 0x0000ffff - 0x0000ffff (0x1) IX
[6] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x000000ff (0x100) IX
(II) Active PCI resource ranges:
[0] -1 0 0xcb001000 - 0xcb001fff (0x1000) MX
[1] -1 0 0xc0000000 - 0xc3ffffff (0x4000000) MX
[2] -1 0 0xc4000000 - 0xc41fffff (0x200000) MX
[3] -1 0 0xcb100000 - 0xcb100fff (0x1000) MX
[4] -1 0 0xcb101000 - 0xcb101fff (0x1000) MX
[5] -1 0 0xcb102000 - 0xcb102fff (0x1000) MX
[6] -1 0 0xfeb00000 - 0xfeb000ff (0x100) MX
[7] -1 0 0xcb103000 - 0xcb103fff (0x1000) MX
[8] -1 0 0xcb000000 - 0xcb000fff (0x1000) MX(B)
[9] -1 0 0xc9000000 - 0xc9ffffff (0x1000000) MX(B)
[10] -1 0 0xb0000000 - 0xbfffffff (0x10000000) MX(B)
[11] -1 0 0xc8000000 - 0xc8ffffff (0x1000000) MX(B)
[12] -1 0 0x0000a000 - 0x0000a01f (0x20) IX
[13] -1 0 0x0000b000 - 0x0000b007 (0x8) IX
[14] -1 0 0x0000c400 - 0x0000c40f (0x10) IX
[15] -1 0 0x00000b60 - 0x00000b63 (0x4) IX
[16] -1 0 0x00000960 - 0x00000967 (0x8) IX
[17] -1 0 0x00000be0 - 0x00000be3 (0x4) IX
[18] -1 0 0x000009e0 - 0x000009e7 (0x8) IX
[19] -1 0 0x0000d800 - 0x0000d80f (0x10) IX
[20] -1 0 0x00000b70 - 0x00000b73 (0x4) IX
[21] -1 0 0x00000970 - 0x00000977 (0x8) IX
[22] -1 0 0x00000bf0 - 0x00000bf3 (0x4) IX
[23] -1 0 0x000009f0 - 0x000009f7 (0x8) IX
[24] -1 0 0x0000f000 - 0x0000f00f (0x10) IX
[25] -1 0 0x00004c40 - 0x00004c7f (0x40) IX
[26] -1 0 0x00004c00 - 0x00004c3f (0x40) IX
[27] -1 0 0x0000dc00 - 0x0000dc1f (0x20) IX
[28] -1 0 0x00009000 - 0x0000907f (0x80) IX(B)
(II) Active PCI resource ranges after removing overlaps:
[0] -1 0 0xcb001000 - 0xcb001fff (0x1000) MX
[1] -1 0 0xc0000000 - 0xc3ffffff (0x4000000) MX
[2] -1 0 0xc4000000 - 0xc41fffff (0x200000) MX
[3] -1 0 0xcb100000 - 0xcb100fff (0x1000) MX
[4] -1 0 0xcb101000 - 0xcb101fff (0x1000) MX
[5] -1 0 0xcb102000 - 0xcb102fff (0x1000) MX
[6] -1 0 0xfeb00000 - 0xfeb000ff (0x100) MX
[7] -1 0 0xcb103000 - 0xcb103fff (0x1000) MX
[8] -1 0 0xcb000000 - 0xcb000fff (0x1000) MX(B)
[9] -1 0 0xc9000000 - 0xc9ffffff (0x1000000) MX(B)
[10] -1 0 0xb0000000 - 0xbfffffff (0x10000000) MX(B)
[11] -1 0 0xc8000000 - 0xc8ffffff (0x1000000) MX(B)
[12] -1 0 0x0000a000 - 0x0000a01f (0x20) IX
[13] -1 0 0x0000b000 - 0x0000b007 (0x8) IX
[14] -1 0 0x0000c400 - 0x0000c40f (0x10) IX
[15] -1 0 0x00000b60 - 0x00000b63 (0x4) IX
[16] -1 0 0x00000960 - 0x00000967 (0x8) IX
[17] -1 0 0x00000be0 - 0x00000be3 (0x4) IX
[18] -1 0 0x000009e0 - 0x000009e7 (0x8) IX
[19] -1 0 0x0000d800 - 0x0000d80f (0x10) IX
[20] -1 0 0x00000b70 - 0x00000b73 (0x4) IX
[21] -1 0 0x00000970 - 0x00000977 (0x8) IX
[22] -1 0 0x00000bf0 - 0x00000bf3 (0x4) IX
[23] -1 0 0x000009f0 - 0x000009f7 (0x8) IX
[24] -1 0 0x0000f000 - 0x0000f00f (0x10) IX
[25] -1 0 0x00004c40 - 0x00004c7f (0x40) IX
[26] -1 0 0x00004c00 - 0x00004c3f (0x40) IX
[27] -1 0 0x0000dc00 - 0x0000dc1f (0x20) IX
[28] -1 0 0x00009000 - 0x0000907f (0x80) IX(B)
(II) OS-reported resource ranges after removing overlaps with PCI:
[0] -1 0 0xffe00000 - 0xffffffff (0x200000) MX(B)
[1] -1 0 0x00100000 - 0x3fffffff (0x3ff00000) MXE(B)
[2] -1 0 0x000f0000 - 0x000fffff (0x10000) MX
[3] -1 0 0x000c0000 - 0x000effff (0x30000) MX
[4] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x0009ffff (0xa0000) MX
[5] -1 0 0x0000ffff - 0x0000ffff (0x1) IX
[6] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x000000ff (0x100) IX
(II) All system resource ranges:
[0] -1 0 0xffe00000 - 0xffffffff (0x200000) MX(B)
[1] -1 0 0x00100000 - 0x3fffffff (0x3ff00000) MXE(B)
[2] -1 0 0x000f0000 - 0x000fffff (0x10000) MX
[3] -1 0 0x000c0000 - 0x000effff (0x30000) MX
[4] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x0009ffff (0xa0000) MX
[5] -1 0 0xcb001000 - 0xcb001fff (0x1000) MX
[6] -1 0 0xc0000000 - 0xc3ffffff (0x4000000) MX
[7] -1 0 0xc4000000 - 0xc41fffff (0x200000) MX
[8] -1 0 0xcb100000 - 0xcb100fff (0x1000) MX
[9] -1 0 0xcb101000 - 0xcb101fff (0x1000) MX
[10] -1 0 0xcb102000 - 0xcb102fff (0x1000) MX
[11] -1 0 0xfeb00000 - 0xfeb000ff (0x100) MX
[12] -1 0 0xcb103000 - 0xcb103fff (0x1000) MX
[13] -1 0 0xcb000000 - 0xcb000fff (0x1000) MX(B)
[14] -1 0 0xc9000000 - 0xc9ffffff (0x1000000) MX(B)
[15] -1 0 0xb0000000 - 0xbfffffff (0x10000000) MX(B)
[16] -1 0 0xc8000000 - 0xc8ffffff (0x1000000) MX(B)
[17] -1 0 0x0000ffff - 0x0000ffff (0x1) IX
[18] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x000000ff (0x100) IX
[19] -1 0 0x0000a000 - 0x0000a01f (0x20) IX
[20] -1 0 0x0000b000 - 0x0000b007 (0x8) IX
[21] -1 0 0x0000c400 - 0x0000c40f (0x10) IX
[22] -1 0 0x00000b60 - 0x00000b63 (0x4) IX
[23] -1 0 0x00000960 - 0x00000967 (0x8) IX
[24] -1 0 0x00000be0 - 0x00000be3 (0x4) IX
[25] -1 0 0x000009e0 - 0x000009e7 (0x8) IX
[26] -1 0 0x0000d800 - 0x0000d80f (0x10) IX
[27] -1 0 0x00000b70 - 0x00000b73 (0x4) IX
[28] -1 0 0x00000970 - 0x00000977 (0x8) IX
[29] -1 0 0x00000bf0 - 0x00000bf3 (0x4) IX
[30] -1 0 0x000009f0 - 0x000009f7 (0x8) IX
[31] -1 0 0x0000f000 - 0x0000f00f (0x10) IX
[32] -1 0 0x00004c40 - 0x00004c7f (0x40) IX
[33] -1 0 0x00004c00 - 0x00004c3f (0x40) IX
[34] -1 0 0x0000dc00 - 0x0000dc1f (0x20) IX
[35] -1 0 0x00009000 - 0x0000907f (0x80) IX(B)
(II) LoadModule: "bitmap"
(II) Reloading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/fonts/libbitmap.a
(II) Loading font Bitmap
(II) LoadModule: "dbe"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions/libdbe.a
(II) Module dbe: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
compiled for 6.8.2, module version = 1.0.0
Module class: X.Org Server Extension
ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 0.2
(II) Loading extension DOUBLE-BUFFER
(II) LoadModule: "ddc"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libddc.a
(II) Module ddc: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
compiled for 6.8.2, module version = 1.0.0
ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 0.7
(II) LoadModule: "dri"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions/libdri.a
(II) Module dri: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
compiled for 6.8.2, module version = 1.0.0
ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 0.2
(II) Loading sub module "drm"
(II) LoadModule: "drm"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/linux/libdrm.a
(II) Module drm: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
compiled for 6.8.2, module version = 1.0.0
ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 0.2
(II) Loading extension XFree86-DRI
(II) LoadModule: "extmod"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions/libextmod.a
(II) Module extmod: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
compiled for 6.8.2, module version = 1.0.0
Module class: X.Org Server Extension
ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 0.2
(II) Loading extension SHAPE
(II) Loading extension MIT-SUNDRY-NONSTANDARD
(II) Loading extension BIG-REQUESTS
(II) Loading extension SYNC
(II) Loading extension MIT-SCREEN-SAVER
(II) Loading extension XC-MISC
(II) Loading extension XFree86-VidModeExtension
(II) Loading extension XFree86-Misc
(II) Loading extension XFree86-DGA
(II) Loading extension DPMS
(II) Loading extension TOG-CUP
(II) Loading extension Extended-Visual-Information
(II) Loading extension XVideo
(II) Loading extension XVideo-MotionCompensation
(II) Loading extension X-Resource
(II) LoadModule: "freetype"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/fonts/libfreetype.a
(II) Module freetype: vendor="X.Org Foundation & the After X-TT Project"
compiled for 6.8.2, module version = 2.1.0
Module class: X.Org Font Renderer
ABI class: X.Org Font Renderer, version 0.4
(II) Loading font FreeType
(II) LoadModule: "glx"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions/libglx.so
(II) Module glx: vendor="NVIDIA Corporation"
compiled for 4.0.2, module version = 1.0.7667
Module class: XFree86 Server Extension
ABI class: XFree86 Server Extension, version 0.1
(II) Loading extension GLX
(II) LoadModule: "int10"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/linux/libint10.a
(II) Module int10: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
compiled for 6.8.2, module version = 1.0.0
ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 0.7
(II) LoadModule: "record"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions/librecord.a
(II) Module record: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
compiled for 6.8.2, module version = 1.13.0
Module class: X.Org Server Extension
ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 0.2
(II) Loading extension RECORD
(II) LoadModule: "type1"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/fonts/libtype1.a
(II) Module type1: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
compiled for 6.8.2, module version = 1.0.2
Module class: X.Org Font Renderer
ABI class: X.Org Font Renderer, version 0.4
(II) Loading font Type1
(II) Loading font CID
(II) LoadModule: "vbe"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libvbe.a
(II) Module vbe: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
compiled for 6.8.2, module version = 1.1.0
ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 0.7
(II) LoadModule: "nv"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/drivers/nv_drv.o
(II) Module nv: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
compiled for 6.8.2, module version = 1.0.1
Module class: X.Org Video Driver
ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 0.7
(II) LoadModule: "keyboard"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/input/keyboard_drv.o
(II) Module keyboard: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
compiled for 6.8.2, module version = 1.0.0
Module class: X.Org XInput Driver
ABI class: X.Org XInput driver, version 0.4
(II) LoadModule: "mouse"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/input/mouse_drv.o
(II) Module mouse: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
compiled for 6.8.2, module version = 1.0.0
Module class: X.Org XInput Driver
ABI class: X.Org XInput driver, version 0.4
(II) NV: driver for NVIDIA chipsets: RIVA 128, RIVA TNT, RIVA TNT2,
Unknown TNT2, Vanta, RIVA TNT2 Ultra, RIVA TNT2 Model 64,
Aladdin TNT2, GeForce 256, GeForce DDR, Quadro, GeForce2 MX/MX 400,
GeForce2 MX 100/200, GeForce2 Go, Quadro2 MXR/EX/Go,
GeForce2 Integrated GPU, GeForce2 GTS, GeForce2 Ti, GeForce2 Ultra,
Quadro2 Pro, GeForce4 MX 460, GeForce4 MX 440, GeForce4 MX 420,
GeForce4 MX 440-SE, GeForce4 440 Go, GeForce4 420 Go,
GeForce4 420 Go 32M, GeForce4 460 Go, Quadro4 550 XGL,
GeForce4 440 Go 64M, Quadro4 NVS, Quadro4 500 GoGL,
GeForce4 410 Go 16M, GeForce4 MX 440 with AGP8X,
GeForce4 MX 440SE with AGP8X, GeForce4 MX 420 with AGP8X,
GeForce4 MX 4000, GeForce4 448 Go, GeForce4 488 Go, Quadro4 580 XGL,
Quadro4 280 NVS, Quadro4 380 XGL, Quadro NVS 50 PCI, GeForce4 448 Go,
GeForce4 MX Integrated GPU, GeForce3, GeForce3 Ti 200,
GeForce3 Ti 500, Quadro DCC, GeForce4 Ti 4600, GeForce4 Ti 4400,
0x0252, GeForce4 Ti 4200, Quadro4 900 XGL, Quadro4 750 XGL,
Quadro4 700 XGL, GeForce4 Ti 4800, GeForce4 Ti 4200 with AGP8X,
GeForce4 Ti 4800 SE, GeForce4 4200 Go, Quadro4 700 GoGL,
Quadro4 980 XGL, Quadro4 780 XGL, GeForce FX 5800 Ultra,
GeForce FX 5800, Quadro FX 2000, Quadro FX 1000,
GeForce FX 5600 Ultra, GeForce FX 5600, 0x0313, GeForce FX 5600SE,
0x0316, 0x0317, GeForce FX Go5600, GeForce FX Go5650,
Quadro FX Go700, 0x031D, 0x031E, 0x031F, GeForce FX 5200,
GeForce FX 5200 Ultra, GeForce FX 5200, GeForce FX 5200SE,
GeForce FX Go5200, GeForce FX Go5250, GeForce FX 5500,
GeForce FX 5100, GeForce FX Go5200 32M/64M, 0x0329,
Quadro NVS 280 PCI, Quadro FX 500/600 PCI, GeForce FX Go53xx Series,
GeForce FX Go5100, 0x032F, GeForce FX 5900 Ultra, GeForce FX 5900,
GeForce FX 5900XT, GeForce FX 5950 Ultra, Quadro FX 700,
GeForce FX 5900ZT, Quadro FX 3000, GeForce FX 5700 Ultra,
GeForce FX 5700, GeForce FX 5700LE, GeForce FX 5700VE, 0x0345,
GeForce FX Go5700, GeForce FX Go5700, 0x0349, 0x034B,
Quadro FX Go1000, Quadro FX 1100, 0x034F, GeForce 6800 Ultra,
GeForce 6800, GeForce 6800 LE, 0x0043, GeForce 6800 GT, 0x0049,
Quadro FX 4000, 0x00C0, GeForce 6800, GeForce 6800 LE,
GeForce Go 6800, GeForce Go 6800 Ultra, Quadro FX Go1400, 0x00CD,
Quadro FX 1400, GeForce 6600 GT, GeForce 6600, 0x0142, 0x0143,
GeForce Go 6600, GeForce 6610 XL, GeForce Go 6600 TE/6200 TE, 0x0147,
GeForce Go 6600, 0x0149, 0x014B, 0x014C, 0x014D, Quadro FX 540,
GeForce 6200, 0x0160, GeForce 6200 TurboCache(TM), 0x0162, 0x0163,
GeForce Go 6200, 0x0163, GeForce Go 6250, GeForce Go 6200,
GeForce Go 6250, 0x0169, 0x016B, 0x016C, 0x016D, 0x016E, 0x0210,
GeForce 6800, GeForce 6800 LE, GeForce 6800 GT, 0x0220, 0x0221,
0x0222, 0x0228
(II) Primary Device is: PCI 01:00:0
(EE) No devices detected.

Fatal server error:
no screens found

Please consult the The X.Org Foundation support
at http://wiki.X.Org
for help.
Please also check the log file at "/var/log/Xorg.0.log" for additional information.
 
thanks for the help on correcting this

i would also be interested in anything i should have done to make this work before i installed the new card - for example if i had installed the newest drivers which have specific 7900 support would all have been ok?

much appreciated

Diss

EDIT - the Ubuntu Live CD did not work - it said xorg not setup properly or something - however my Knoppix live CD did boot - which is what i am using now - very impressive
 
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thanks Una

i need to get to GUI as i' don't know how to do satuff the other way

however i have a problem in that when i start knoppix and open kwrite it won't let me save the file

knoppix@0[X11]$ su
root@0[X11]# kwrite xorg.conf
mkdir: Owner of /tmp/.ICE-unix should be set to root
/usr/X11R6/bin/iceauth: creating new authority file /root/.ICEauthority
DCOPClient::attachInternal. Attach failed Authentication Rejected, reason : None of the authentication protocols specified are supported and host-based authentication failed
ICE Connection rejected!
DCOPClient::attachInternal. Attach failed Authentication Rejected, reason : None of the authentication protocols specified are supported and host-based authentication failed
DCOPServer self-test failed.
ICE Connection rejected!

It said it was not possible to write to file:///mnt/sdb4/etc/x11/xorg.conf

what do i need to be able to do to write to this file?

many thanks

Diss
 
No idea realy never used knoppix. Could be that it is mounting the filesystem as read only? Someone else might know.

I would just boot into your ubuntu install and edit it using sudo nano /etc/X11/xorg.conf its pretty self expanitory :)

Now's as good time as any to start learning how to use the console, you cant realy avoid it (and rightly so).

EDIT: Could be something to do with Kwrite not wanting to be ran as root :-)
 
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thanks again Una - but still have problems

i managed to change the file using the consle as you have suggested so can boot my normal GUI Ubuntu

now i need to install the Nvidia drivers - however when i try and do this it says it can't do it with X running - how do i shutdown X (and then restart it?)

presumably if i shut X i will be at a console?

many thanks

Diss


EDIT
OK - i found ctrl-alt-backspace kills the x server - but it just puts me back to the GUI login screen - how do i get to a terminal without X running?

thanks again

Diss
 
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open up a terminal (e.g xterm) log in as root and stop xdm.

Code: 
su
Code: 
Password: <enter root password>

Code: 
/etc/init.d/xdm stop

If you want to get back into the gui, either restart or type as root

Code: 
/etc/init.d/xdm start
 
hmmm - i don't appear to have an xdm file in that dirctory

when you say 'xterm' is that just a root terminal or something different?

root@ubuntu:/etc/init.d # ls
xorg-common
xprint


Might it be somewhere else?

Thanks

Diss

EDIT - is it possible to jusat get a console instead of the GUI when you boot by holding a key down or something?
 
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Depending if your using KDE or gnome.

killall -9 kdm
sudo kdm to start it again

Replace kdm for gdm for gnome.

ctrl-alt-f1 to ctrl-alt-f6 are consoles as well. ctrl-alt-f7 back to your GUI if its running.

You can boot straight into a console.. however I cant remember which init it is for ubuntu off the top of my head atm :). Your best off just doing ctrl-alt-f1 after you startup to get a console. Then ctrl-alt-f7 to get back to your gui.
 
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Sorry Una - i am not having much luck with this

root@ubuntu:/home/diss # killall -9 gdm
gdm: no process killed

nothing happened


Diss
 
thanks Una - i really do appreciate the time and effort you have given me

the new link is much more comprehensive - i think i need Method 2?

however it seems ridiculous to have to do all that just to install a set of drivers - i hope Linux starts to make what should be easy actually easy - it would make things a LOT easier for us to migrate from Windows to Linux - everytime i try it something like this happens and i just go back to windows :(

will give it a go sometime and report back

thanks again

Diss
 
Yeah there's a lot of fiddling about to get stuff to work right if you have good hardware.. The development version of ubuntu (Dapper) is a big improvement. However with 3rd party drivers like this they cant be included in the distro because of licencing restrictions. Most this stuff is documented realy well, if you can use a web browser and google you can usualy solve most problems. Linux has come a long way in the last few years but I agree it still needs a few changes to make it easier for users to migrate from windows. I enjoy playing about with software/hardware so this dosnt realy bother me :-)

The X server is probably not running like I say.

ps aux|grep gdm

Should show you if its running or not.
 
i am confused between GDm and X

i did in the end do the ctrl-alt-F1 and stop GDM
and then tried installing the drivers
but i still got a message that X is running

whats X and whats GDM?

is there another way to shut down the X server?

thanks

Diss

PS - there is a lot of stuff on google but if you are new to Linux it is VERY confusing - like that link you posted - it was posted in Oct 2005 - so half the stuff there is probably wrong (out of date) but i wouldn't know


i feel like i am so close to installing these drivers and just need to run Ubuntu without the X server

Diss
 
Ah right.. X is the xserver (xorg in this case).. GDM is the display manager..

If you kill gdm you dont kill X, you need to do ctrl-alt-backspace or something.

So how I do it is, ctrl-alt-f1.. log in.. killall -9 gdm.. then ctrl-alt-f7, ctrl-alt-backspace.. then back to my console again ctrl-alt-f1.

To restart it all again you just run gdm.

The nvidia drivers in the repositories are the free ones.. The ones with correct accelleration you need to get from nvidia. (Its all licencing stuff they cant include non-free drivers in the repositories).

EDIT: Ah right nvidia drivers are in Universe repository (Community Maintained) you can install them from apt-get.. its all in that guide anyhow.
You might want to look at installing dapper now, its going to coming out of testing pretty soon, so is quite stable. Worth trying a livecd with it on anyhow.
 
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