[Clug-tech] X11 problem

[Gustin Johnson]

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Mitch Brown wrote:
> Thanks for the help guys. Upon messing around, I fixed it by
> 
> - "Activating" the 177.80 drivers (through the GUI)
> - Not rebooting yet
> 
The nVIdia release is at 180.22 now.  Works much better with a 2.6.28
kernel and plays nicer with KDE4.

> mitch at mitch:~$ sudo lspci | grep VGA
> [sudo] password for mitch: 
> 00:05.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation C51G [GeForce 6100] (rev a2)
> 
> mitch at mitch:~$ 
> 
> Then I took the bus number on the left, and stuck it manually into my xorg.
> 
> 
> Section "Device"
>         Identifier      "Default Device"
>         Driver  "nvidia"
> *       Busid "00:05:0"*
>         Option  "NoLogo"        "True"
> EndSection
> 
> Save. Reboot and it worked :)

- From the console all you needed to do (for future reference)

sudo modprobe nvidia
sudo /etc/init.d/gdm restart

Of course replace gdm with kdm if you are using that as your login
manager (Kubuntu does by default).

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