[olug] Ubuntu 8.10 RC X.Org Resolution problems

T. J. Brumfield enderandrew at gmail.com
Thu Oct 30 03:54:12 UTC 2008 

Yep, SSE is under flags.  It supports SSE.  So never mind what I said
about not being able to use the proprietary driver.

-- T. J.

On Wed, Oct 29, 2008 at 10:51 PM, Amy Mason <amason80 at gmail.com> wrote:
> It looks like it supports SSE, to my eyes, but I may be misreading things.
> Also, I can send the insides of xorg.conf, ( it doesn't seem to have a
> driver section) but its pretty bare all things considered, getting ready to
> fiddle with envyNG now.
>
> amy at purr-box:~$ cat /proc/cpuinfo
> processor    : 0
> vendor_id    : AuthenticAMD
> cpu family    : 6
> model        : 6
> model name    : AMD Athlon(tm) XP 2100+
> stepping    : 2
> cpu MHz        : 1728.832
> cache size    : 256 KB
> fdiv_bug    : no
> hlt_bug        : no
> f00f_bug    : no
> coma_bug    : no
> fpu        : yes
> fpu_exception    : yes
> cpuid level    : 1
> wp        : yes
> flags        : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov
> pat pse36 mmx fxsr sse syscall mmxext 3dnowext 3dnow up
> bogomips    : 3457.66
> clflush size    : 32
> power management: ts
>
>
>
> On Wed, Oct 29, 2008 at 10:37 PM, T. J. Brumfield <enderandrew at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> cat /proc/cpuinfo will show you if your CPU supports SSE instructions.
>>
>> nano (or vi or whatever text editor you prefer) to open up
>> /etc/X11/xorg.conf
>>
>> Driver "nvidia" -> change to -> Driver "nv"
>>
>> I'm assuming the distro has the nv driver installed.
>>
>> -- T. J.
>>
>> On Wed, Oct 29, 2008 at 10:26 PM, Amy Mason <amason80 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> > You are probably right.. I honestly don't know, I am so new to all of
>> this.
>> > I will google that little tidbit and see what I find.  If that is the
>> case,
>> > do you know where I could get instructions on configuring X?  I am
>> willing
>> > to play, and even break things, I just am having a hell of a time finding
>> > what I need to fiddle with.
>> >
>> > Thanks,
>> >
>> > Amy
>> >
>> > On Wed, Oct 29, 2008 at 10:11 PM, T. J. Brumfield <enderandrew at gmail.com
>> >wrote:
>> >
>> >> 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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