[olug] Ubuntu 8.10 RC X.Org Resolution problems

[T. J. Brumfield]

I though the proprietary Nvidia drivers won't work with the older
Athlon XP processors (including the legacy drivers) because the driver
required SSE.

Does the XP 2100 support SSE?  I can't remember.  If it doesn't, you
need to change /etc/X11/xorg.conf to use the nv driver.

-- T. J.

On Wed, Oct 29, 2008 at 10:02 PM, Amy Mason <amason80 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hey,
>
>  I have an X.Org issue.  I can't get the resolution to offer better than
> 800x600 no matter what I try.  Here are the stats of the box in question:
>
> Compaq Presario 6029
>
> AMD Athlon XP 2100 (1.73GHz)
> 512MB RAM (pc2100)
> DVD -RW Drive
> 48x CD Drive
> Nvidia GeForce2 (integrated)
> 56k Modem
> NIC
> Dell 19 inch widescreen monitor running through a Trendnet KVM swith.
>
> X.Org is 7.4, I believe in this distro, and I read that the Legacy NVidia
> drivers are not compatible with this version of X.
>
> Yes, I know I shouldn't be playing with a RC version of anything until I
> know more, but Ubuntu 8.04, and 7.10 did the same damn thing, and Mandriva
> One 2009 won't even boot the LiveCD on this system. (I know my Mandriva disk
> is fine, it works great on my other box.)  Any time I installed the legacy
> drivers in the other distros X would crash and I would have to restore
> xorg.conf from backup, or fix it using the tool in recovery mode. (Ubuntu
> 7.10, and 8.04, which was a network upgrade.)
>
> When I installed 8.10, it appeared to use the NV driver on install and first
> boot, but the proof of that seems to have disappeared on subsequent boots,
> and I still can't get a decent resolution.  Any thoughts?
>
> I would appreciate advice for either fixing this problem or finding a
> differnt distro that meets a few criteria.
>
> A. Works with this Video card
> B. Fairly newb friendly. (I am happy to go to the terminal, but I tend to
> still need step by step instructions, and will probably ask a lot about what
> I am doing.)
> C. Needs to run with gnome as the GUI (it has the accessibility framework I
> need).
> D. Prefer Debian based, though my attempts with Mandriva should say how
> important this actually is.
>
> Honestly, I am comfortable with either option. I would minimally prefer to
> fix this install, but I don't mind distro-hopping either.
>
> Thank you so much for taking the time to look at this, and help me. I have
> spent hours on the Ubuntu forums and Google, and my twitter is littered with
> comments on my failed attempts to fix the issue.
>
> Also, let me know if there is any more information you need.
>
> Amy
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