Video Card Upgrade (Fedora Core 3)

From: Jason L. Woodruff (nitrolinux_at_centurytel.net)
Date: 01/14/05 

Date: Thu, 13 Jan 2005 23:13:04 -0600

Hello guys.

I just upgraded a NVIDIA MX 440 64MB card with a 128MB one that I
acquired and I thought the upgrade would go smooth. Unfortuantly, it
didn't. I was under the impression the driver (module) by NVIDIA
(NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-6629) was supportive of all NVIDA GPUs. Especially
when it is the same one. The only difference is the amount of ram (form
64 to 128). To tell you what I'm experiencing, the NVIDIA splash screen
loads and sticks and the desktop and all objects such as icons are out
of focus; to sum it up, a screwed up desktop via KDE. I believe I messed
up with I let Kudzu reconfigure it. My /etc/X11/xorg.conf file was
changed from the original (backed up file). I re-edited entries to
reflect the old xorg.conf file, but does not help. Reverting back to the
"nv" module lets me enter back into the desktop correctly but not
accelreated (of course). I did try to reinstall the driver but that
doesn't help either. Here is my current xorg.conf file:

# Xorg configuration created by system-config-display

Section "ServerLayout"
         Identifier "Default Layout"
         Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0
         InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
         InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
EndSection

Section "Files"
# RgbPath is the location of the RGB database. Note, this is the name
of the
# file minus the extension (like ".txt" or ".db"). There is normally
# no need to change the default.

# Multiple FontPath entries are allowed (they are concatenated together)
# By default, Red Hat 6.0 and later now use a font server independent of
# the X server to render fonts.

         RgbPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb"
         FontPath "unix/:7100"
EndSection

Section "Module"
         Load "dbe"
         Load "extmod"
         Load "fbdevhw"
         Load "glx"
         Load "record"
         Load "freetype"
         Load "type1"
# Load "dri" ##REMOVED PER NVIDIA INSTRUCTIONS
EndSection

Section "ServerFlags"
         Option "AllowMouseOpenFail" "yes"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
# Specify which keyboard LEDs can be user-controlled (eg, with xset(1))
# Option "Xleds" "1 2 3"

# To disable the XKEYBOARD extension, uncomment XkbDisable.
# Option "XkbDisable"

# To customise the XKB settings to suit your keyboard, modify the
# lines below (which are the defaults). For example, for a non-U.S.
# keyboard, you will probably want to use:
# Option "XkbModel" "pc102"
# If you have a US Microsoft Natural keyboard, you can use:
# Option "XkbModel" "microsoft"
#
# Then to change the language, change the Layout setting.
# For example, a german layout can be obtained with:
# Option "XkbLayout" "de"
# or:
# Option "XkbLayout" "de"
# Option "XkbVariant" "nodeadkeys"
#
# If you'd like to switch the positions of your capslock and
# control keys, use:
# Option "XkbOptions" "ctrl:swapcaps"
# Or if you just want both to be control, use:
# Option "XkbOptions" "ctrl:nocaps"
#
         Identifier "Keyboard0"
         Driver "kbd"
         Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
         Option "XkbLayout" "us"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
         Identifier "Mouse0"
         Driver "mouse"
         Option "Protocol" "IMPS/2"
         Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
         Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
         Option "Emulate3Buttons" "no"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
         Identifier "Monitor0"
         VendorName "KDS"
         ModelName "XF 7B XFLAT"
         HorizSync 30.0 - 70.0
         VertRefresh 50.0 - 160.0
         Option "dpms"
EndSection

Section "Device"
         Identifier "Videocard0"
         Driver "nv"
         VendorName "XFX"
         BoardName "NVIDIA GeForce 4 MX (XFX)"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
         Identifier "Screen0"
         Device "Videocard0"
         Monitor "Monitor0"
         DefaultDepth 16
         SubSection "Display"
                 Viewport 0 0
                 Depth 16
                 Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
         EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "DRI"
         Group 0
         Mode 0666
EndSection

Any ideal would be appreciated. Thank you!

-Jason 

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Registered Linux user #339721
Visit me @ http://home.centurytel.net/jlw-tech

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