Typical question, I updated my video card, and even though it's an
Nvidia like the previous one, it doesn't seem to be compatible,
driver-wise. Now X Windows is screwed up, and I chose the wrong option
when it asked me to update the xorg.conf. How do I reset the xorg.conf
from the command-line?

Yousuf Khan

On Tue, 06 May 2008 14:12:20 -0400, Yousuf Khan wrote:

> How do I reset the xorg.conf
> from the command-line?
>
> Yousuf Khan

I am relatively new to Ubuntu but you might want to look into the
following command :

dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg

Curt

On 2008-05-06, curt hit the keyboard and wrote:
> On Tue, 06 May 2008 14:12:20 -0400, Yousuf Khan wrote:
>
>> How do I reset the xorg.conf
>> from the command-line?
>>
>> Yousuf Khan
>
> I am relatively new to Ubuntu but you might want to look into the
> following command :
>
> dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg

This is only valid if one uses *Ubuntu versions up to 7.10.
Now with HH (8.04) it starts not with a option to select a
graphic-card. I tried it with -phigh -plow as well all with
the same result.

Maybe there is instead a x-tool, I'm running still the "nv"
driver for the GEForce 5500 I'm using.




>
> Curt



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Yousuf Khan illuminated alt.os.linux.ubuntu by typing:
> Typical question, I updated my video card, and even though it's an
> Nvidia like the previous one, it doesn't seem to be compatible,
> driver-wise. Now X Windows is screwed up, and I chose the wrong option
> when it asked me to update the xorg.conf. How do I reset the xorg.conf
> from the command-line?
>
> Yousuf Khan

Full reconfiguration
$ sudo dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg

Part for graphics side
$ sudo dpkg-reconfigure -phigh xserver-xorg

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Dragomir Kollaric illuminated alt.os.linux.ubuntu by typing:
> On 2008-05-06, curt hit the keyboard and wrote:
>> On Tue, 06 May 2008 14:12:20 -0400, Yousuf Khan wrote:
>>
>>> How do I reset the xorg.conf
>>> from the command-line?
>>>
>>> Yousuf Khan
>>
>> I am relatively new to Ubuntu but you might want to look into the
>> following command :
>>
>> dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg
>
> This is only valid if one uses *Ubuntu versions up to 7.10.
> Now with HH (8.04) it starts not with a option to select a
> graphic-card. I tried it with -phigh -plow as well all with
> the same result.
>
> Maybe there is instead a x-tool, I'm running still the "nv"
> driver for the GEForce 5500 I'm using.

Really?

That's a new one on me.

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Dragomir Kollaric illuminated alt.os.linux.ubuntu by typing:
> On 2008-05-06, curt hit the keyboard and wrote:
>> On Tue, 06 May 2008 14:12:20 -0400, Yousuf Khan wrote:
>>
>>> How do I reset the xorg.conf
>>> from the command-line?
>>>
>>> Yousuf Khan
>>
>> I am relatively new to Ubuntu but you might want to look into the
>> following command :
>>
>> dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg
>
> This is only valid if one uses *Ubuntu versions up to 7.10.
> Now with HH (8.04) it starts not with a option to select a
> graphic-card. I tried it with -phigh -plow as well all with
> the same result.

I've just tried it and -phigh did as expected and fully reset the
xorg.conf to "standard".

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pounds a week who reckoned he should have had a throw in"

On 2008-05-06, Moog hit the keyboard and wrote:
> Dragomir Kollaric illuminated alt.os.linux.ubuntu by typing:
>> On 2008-05-06, curt hit the keyboard and wrote:
>>> On Tue, 06 May 2008 14:12:20 -0400, Yousuf Khan wrote:
>>>
>>>> How do I reset the xorg.conf
>>>> from the command-line?
>>>>
>>>> Yousuf Khan
>>>
>>> I am relatively new to Ubuntu but you might want to look into the
>>> following command :
>>>
>>> dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg
>>
>> This is only valid if one uses *Ubuntu versions up to 7.10.
>> Now with HH (8.04) it starts not with a option to select a
>> graphic-card. I tried it with -phigh -plow as well all with
>> the same result.

I tried it again no such luck, it will start at the section
if one wants to use the "frame-buffer device", and from
there its the usual thing. It gives no options to select
*any* video-card.

Hm, I'm running Studio 8.04, upgraded from 7.10, don't know
if this is the reason.


>>
>> Maybe there is instead a x-tool, I'm running still the "nv"
>> driver for the GEForce 5500 I'm using.
>
> Really?

Yes until now it was so. "nvidia-settings" didn't come up
when I used the "nv" driver. Of course it can't.


In any case in the mean time I installed NVIDIA driver.

using sh NVIDIA-Linux-x86-169.07-pkg1.run against it's
recommendation I run it in init 1 (instead of init 3) and for
the first time in about a month it installed the driver. Now
at the login I see shortly the "NVIDIA" logo.

As I guessed (but didn't mention here) I had a misconfigured
xorg.conf file, which didn't give me the option to drop to a
root shell (Ctrl+Alt+F*).


>
> That's a new one on me.
>


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Dragomir Kollaric illuminated alt.os.linux.ubuntu by typing:
> On 2008-05-06, Moog hit the keyboard and wrote:
>> Dragomir Kollaric illuminated alt.os.linux.ubuntu by typing:
>>> On 2008-05-06, curt hit the keyboard and wrote:
>>>> On Tue, 06 May 2008 14:12:20 -0400, Yousuf Khan wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> How do I reset the xorg.conf
>>>>> from the command-line?
>>>>>
>>>>> Yousuf Khan
>>>>
>>>> I am relatively new to Ubuntu but you might want to look into the
>>>> following command :
>>>>
>>>> dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg
>>>
>>> This is only valid if one uses *Ubuntu versions up to 7.10.
>>> Now with HH (8.04) it starts not with a option to select a
>>> graphic-card. I tried it with -phigh -plow as well all with
>>> the same result.
>
> I tried it again no such luck, it will start at the section
> if one wants to use the "frame-buffer device", and from
> there its the usual thing. It gives no options to select
> *any* video-card.
>
> Hm, I'm running Studio 8.04, upgraded from 7.10, don't know
> if this is the reason.

Have you tried booting into the GUI and enabling the restricted
drivers through
System -> Administration -> Hardware Drivers

If that's possible?

>>> Maybe there is instead a x-tool, I'm running still the "nv"
>>> driver for the GEForce 5500 I'm using.
>>
>> Really?
>
> Yes until now it was so. "nvidia-settings" didn't come up
> when I used the "nv" driver. Of course it can't.
>
>
> In any case in the mean time I installed NVIDIA driver.
>
> using sh NVIDIA-Linux-x86-169.07-pkg1.run against it's
> recommendation I run it in init 1 (instead of init 3) and for
> the first time in about a month it installed the driver. Now
> at the login I see shortly the "NVIDIA" logo.
>
> As I guessed (but didn't mention here) I had a misconfigured
> xorg.conf file, which didn't give me the option to drop to a
> root shell (Ctrl+Alt+F*).

Aaah. OK.

I do suggest using the restricted drivers if at all possible. They are
tested with the kernel and work with the current module headers.

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pounds a week who reckoned he should have had a throw in"

Moog wrote:
> Yousuf Khan illuminated alt.os.linux.ubuntu by typing:
>> Typical question, I updated my video card, and even though it's an
>> Nvidia like the previous one, it doesn't seem to be compatible,
>> driver-wise. Now X Windows is screwed up, and I chose the wrong option
>> when it asked me to update the xorg.conf. How do I reset the xorg.conf
>> from the command-line?
>>
>> Yousuf Khan
>
> Full reconfiguration
> $ sudo dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg
>
> Part for graphics side
> $ sudo dpkg-reconfigure -phigh xserver-xorg


Actually, I may have forgotten to mention that it's still Ubuntu 7.10
that I'm using. Does the "-phigh" parameter work on that?

Yousuf Khan

On Tuesday 06 May 2008 22:27 Moog licked a pencil and jotted:

snip

>
> I do suggest using the restricted drivers if at all possible. They are
> tested with the kernel and work with the current module headers.
>

I recently tried using the restricted drivers again for my nVidia Geforce
MX440. I never had much joy before, I would get a hang whenever I tried
anything even moderately graphics intensive.

That was using 7.04 and 7.10 on my Athlon XP1700 main box. After the mobo
died I used a p4 mobo in a new case and just dropped in the drives - of
course it all fired up perfectly :)

Figured it would be worth trying the restricted drivers again in case the
flakey old mobo caused the problems, but I get the same problem. Within
seconds of even just playing a video file I have to do a hard reset of the
PC. Can't restart X, can't switch to a terminal login - absolutely
dead-stick. The rough and ready test shows total hang (numlock light
non-responsive), but the sound from the video will be going like a stuck
CD, so something must still be alive.

Restart and switch to nv driver and all is good again.

Of course I can't use Compiz (no great loss on this PC) and Google Earth is
a little slower than it should be, but it's not a real problem. Everything
else is hunky dory, it is odd though. Still using 7.10 BTW.

David

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