Damn not working

[zoon64]

I just got a new Chaintech Nforce2 Mobo with a Geforce 4 Ti4200 and have never been abled to load any Nvidia drivers.

Tried ReHat,Mandrake9,9.1, Yoper but no Luck. The previos drivers gave a error loaded with warnings and the kernel may be tainted but with the new ones there is no errors. But X still does not work and there is no output errors in the Log.

Also tried the twinview option but no luck built from RPM SOURCE or tar files no luck.

Could somebody please post a XF86Config-4 that works so I could compare it with mine.

[zoon64]

Im gonna try Mandrake 9.1 for the last time and build the drivers from source and if it does not work then I will either give up on Linux or sell the Damn Nvidia products.

Maybe Nvidia should release there own linux distro made only for Nvidia products that shoul solve some problems and could be fun if it lives up to the standards of there Hardware.

[Andy Mecham]

If it doesn't work, please post your XF86Config and /var/log/XFree86.0.log files. I'd also be interested in your PNP settings in your SBIOS.

--andy

[zoon64]

Thanks for the reply here is my info

Nforce2 chipset motherboard
Geforce 4 Ti4200
Mandrake 9.1


# File generated by XFdrake.

# ************************************************** ********************
# Refer to the XF86Config man page for details about the format of
# this file.
# ************************************************** ********************

Section "Files"
# Multiple FontPath entries are allowed (they are concatenated together)
# By default, Mandrake 6.0 and later now use a font server independent of
# the X server to render fonts.
FontPath "unix/:-1"
EndSection

Section "ServerFlags"
#DontZap # disable <Crtl><Alt><BS> (server abort)
#DontZoom # disable <Crtl><Alt><KP_+>/<KP_-> (resolution switching)
AllowMouseOpenFail # allows the server to start up even if the mouse doesn't work
EndSection

Section "Module"
Load "dbe" # Double-Buffering Extension
Load "v4l" # Video for Linux
Load "extmod"
Load "type1"
Load "freetype"
Load "glx" # 3D layer
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Keyboard1"
Driver "Keyboard"
Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
Option "XkbLayout" "us"
Option "XkbCompat" ""
Option "XkbOptions" ""
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Mouse1"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "ExplorerPS/2"
Option "Device" "/dev/usbmouse"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "6 7"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
Identifier "monitor1"
VendorName "Generic"
ModelName "1280x1024 @ 60 Hz"
HorizSync 31.5-94
VertRefresh 50-85

# Sony Vaio C1(X,XS,VE,VN)?
# 1024x480 @ 85.6 Hz, 48 kHz hsync
ModeLine "1024x480" 65.00 1024 1032 1176 1344 480 488 494 563 -hsync -vsync

# TV fullscreen mode or DVD fullscreen output.
# 768x576 @ 79 Hz, 50 kHz hsync
ModeLine "768x576" 50.00 768 832 846 1000 576 590 595 630

# 768x576 @ 100 Hz, 61.6 kHz hsync
ModeLine "768x576" 63.07 768 800 960 1024 576 578 590 616
EndSection

Section "Device"
Identifier "device1"
VendorName "NVidia"
BoardName "NVIDIA GeForce4 (generic)"
Driver "nvidia"
Option "DPMS"
# BusID "PCI:02:00:0"
# Option "MetaModes" "1152x864,1152x864; 1152x864,1152x864"
# Option "SecondMonitorVertRefresh" "75"
# Option "ConnectedMonitor" "crt,crt"
# Option "TwinViewOrientation" "RightOf"
# Option "TwinView"
# Option "SecondMonitorHorizSync" "31-94"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
Identifier "screen1"
Device "device1"
Monitor "monitor1"
DefaultColorDepth 24

Subsection "Display"
Depth 8
Modes "1152x864" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubsection

Subsection "Display"
Depth 15
Modes "1152x864" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubsection

Subsection "Display"
Depth 16
Modes "1152x864" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubsection

Subsection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubsection
EndSection

Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "layout1"
InputDevice "Keyboard1" "CoreKeyboard"
InputDevice "Mouse1" "CorePointer"
Screen "screen1"
EndSection

[zoon64]

Sorry wanted to say as you can see I have played arround with setting a bit and from the log file you can see that it is the monitor that is out of range, which is strange as it does not display it on the monitor itself. Normally it will flash orange.

Also the hor. and vert. range has been changed a few times to what notmally worked on other distros.

[Andy Mecham]

Which specific motherboard? There were some reports that an sbios update might solve a problem similar to this one.

--andy

[zoon64]

7NJL1 AP0GEE with the latest bios update I could fine on there web site.

I have also loaded the failsafe and optimized settings for the Bios.