[olug] Ubuntu 8.10 RC X.Org Resolution problems

[T. J. Brumfield]

I just did an openSUSE install on an older PC for a friend and the
legacy nvidia drivers wouldn't load because he had an older Athlon.
It said the proc needed SSE instructions.  Some of the later Athlons
had SSE instructions.

Also, it is possible that the older Nvidia legacy drivers didn't
require SSE, so if you installed them way back, you wouldn't run into
any problems.

-- T. J.

On Wed, Oct 29, 2008 at 10:29 PM, Carl Lundstedt
<clundst at unlserve.unl.edu> wrote:
> Really?  I know I had the proprietary nvidia drivers working on my older
> Athlon XP.  I don't recall the model or clock, but I'll fire it up
> tomorrow  and post model and driver version.
>
> (I used this machine to run some 3D physics analysis code.)
>
> Carl
>> 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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>>
>>
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