Nvidia drivers installed but not working?

Dj_Jestar said:
Try this:

Code: 
Section "Device"
 Identifier "NVIDIA Corporation NVIDIA Default Card"
 Driver "nv"
 Option "Composite" "Disable"
 EndSection
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If he does that he won't get proper 3d hardware acceleration for sure, since it should be Driver "nvidia".
You can try disabling composite since it is enabled by default on edgy, that might help.

That log looks fine and all the correct modules are loading, weird.
 
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Aye, forgot to edit to nvidia.

The only module not loading is GLX.

A google for that exact line (GLX not loaded ... ) returned someone else experiencing the same issue and fixed via disabling composite :)
 
Ah yes as it says in the xorg log,
(EE) GLX is not supported with the Composite extension
 
So what should I do, fellas?

Should I throw in:
Section "Device"
Identifier "NVIDIA Corporation NVIDIA Default Card"
Driver "nvidia"
Option "Composite" "Disable"
EndSection
 
Ok, it crashed the X server when I put in
Section "Device"
Identifier "NVIDIA Corporation NVIDIA Default Card"
Driver "nvidia"
Option "Composite" "Disable"
EndSection
becasue none of the other references in the file said anything about "NVIDIA Corporation NVIDIA Default Card"

So I changed it to read
Section "Device"
Identifier "NVIDIA Corporation NV5 [RIVA TNT2/TNT2 Pro]"
Driver "nvidia"
Option "Composite" "Disable"
EndSection

It worked in this state, showing the nVidia splash screen. However, glxgears still gives the same ol' error.

Should I go through and change everything to read "NVIDIA Corporation NVIDIA Default Card"?
 
Crashola. It did't like the "Disable" as valid option. It read:
Code: 
Section "Device"
    Identifier     "NVIDIA Corporation NV5 [RIVA TNT2/TNT2 Pro]"
    Driver         "nvidia"
EndSection

Option "Composite" "Disable"
 
glxgearswd7.png

Huzzah! :D

I broke it a few more times trying to insert the "Disable" option. Eventually I found a posting on SuSE forum that mentioned putting it in a separate section called "Extensions." I tried it and it works now.

Thanks for all your help guys. :)
 
No problem at all, Dj. Without the assistance of helpful guys like you, Hate, and Una in this thread it would still be broken. :)

Now I'd like to know what exactly is "composite" and what do I lose by disabling it.
 
Basically applications can render sub-windows in a seporate buffer, can take control of that buffer and do what they like with it. This buffer then can be merged into the parent window for cool effects. You need it if you wish to use a composite manager for xgl/aiglx etc...
 
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