Unable to start X server in 173.xx.15 driver

[alienexplorers]

I tried the new 173.xx.15 driver and my system will only load in low graphics mode.

[alienexplorers]

My xorg.conf file:

# nvidia-settings: X configuration file generated by nvidia-settings
# nvidia-settings: version 1.0 (buildmeister@builder57) Mon Oct 27 14:38:08 PST 2008

Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Monitor0"
VendorName "Unknown"
ModelName "ViewSonic VA703 SERIES"
HorizSync 30.0 - 82.0
VertRefresh 50.0 - 85.0
ModeLine "1280x1024_60.00" 108.9 1280 1360 1496 1712 1024 1025 1028 1060 -hsync +vsync
Option "DPMS"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen0"
Device "Videocard0"
Monitor "Monitor0"
Option "NoLogo" "True"
Option "RenderAccel" "True"
Option "AllowIndirectPixmaps" "True"
DefaultDepth 24
Option "AddARGBGLXVisuals" "True"
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "Module"
Load "dbe"
Load "extmod"
Load "freetype"
Load "glx"
Disable "dri2"
EndSection

Section "DRI"
Mode 0666
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Mouse0"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "auto"
Option "Device" "/dev/psaux"
Option "Emulate3Buttons" "no"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Keyboard0"
Driver "kbd"
EndSection

Section "Extensions"
EndSection

Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "Layout0"
Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0
InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
EndSection

Section "Device"
Identifier "Videocard0"
VendorName "NVIDIA Corporation"
BoardName "GeForce FX 5200"
Driver "nvidia"
EndSection

Section "ServerFlags"
Option "Xinerama" "0"
EndSection

[AaronP]

Please run "nvidia-xconfig --no-logo" and try starting X again.

[alienexplorers]

If you look at my xorg.conf I already have NoLogo listed. Also what package should I be loading 0 or 1.

[alienexplorers]

Still having problems loading 173.14.15.... Not able to get it to load the normal xorg.conf.... It keeps defaulting to xorg.conf.failsafe..... I am running a GeForce FX5200 card.

[alienexplorers]

Tried loading package 1 and 0 and neither worked. Both said they could not access the xserver. Would really like to switch to these drivers so maybe I will not have the problem with the KDE program text rendering.

[alienexplorers]

BUMP

[Big P]

How did you install the driver? Via nvidia's provided .run file or via Ubuntu restricted drivers (or whatever its called, I've never used Ubuntu).

Your bugreport shows you using the VESA driver which is useless. You need to install the nvidia drivers, then make sure your xorg.conf has the line:

Driver "nvidia"

instead of:

Driver "vesa"

You can also use the command nvida-xconfig to create a new xorg.conf file.

Then `startx -- -logverbose 6` or restart GDM or whatever tickles your fancy and provide a bugreport. It sounds like Ubuntu's bulletproofx or whatever it's called is making it harder to debug the issue by forcing you to a failsafe vesa xorg config - try disable that if you can. We need your /var/log/Xorg.0.log[.old] files from when the nvidia driver was loaded, not vesa.

[alienexplorers]

Here's the files you asked for.