edgy - nvidia-glx install causes x to fail

I am answering my own question it appears that edgy does not require the command:

Code:

sudo nvidia-glx-config enable

Simply install the nvidia-glx library also make sure nvidia-kernel-common is installed. After installation simply change the xorg.conf file device section and change it to nvidia.

Restart xserver

Code:

ctrl + delete + backspace

Thats it although I had the driver working I was stuck at 75Hz which also occurred in Dapper, a fault of the newer Nvidia Drivers I believe. To get round this issue I simply added _60 to the Screen Section. For Example:

I am displaying my resolution at 1280 x 1024 so i change the modes for that line.

Code:

Modes "1280x1024_60"

Add the _60 to every depth, and restart xserver.

do you have linux-restricted-modules-generic installed?

sorry, I misread your description..

I confirm this bug in nvidia-glx 1.0.8776+2.6.17.6-1 provided in Edgy final release.

When using 'Add/Remove Applications' to install 'NVidia binary X.Org driver', the description suggests "to enable the driver, run sudo nvidia-glx-config enable".

---8<---
# sudo nvidia-glx-config enable
Error: unable to load nvidia kernel driver! Be sure to have installed
the nvidia driver for your running kernel.
--->8---

Note that both 'linux-restricted-modules-common' and 'linux-restricted-modules-generic' are installed.

After manually switching the driver from 'nv' to 'nvidia' in /etc/X11/xorg.conf and restarting X, my BenQ FP731 LCD shows "Out of range" and nothing comes up. What the video driver fails to display is the LCD's native 1280x1024. In Dapper I was able to do CTRL+Alt+KP_+/- and switch to other resolutions as a temporary workaround.

I have 2 solutions to this problem, both involving modification of xorg.conf:

1. Force a specific refresh rate for the problematic resolution at given color depth ("1280x1024_75").

---8<---
Section "Screen"
        Identifier "Default Screen"
        Device "NVIDIA Corporation NV43 [GeForce 6200]"
        Monitor "BenQ FP731"
        DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
                Depth 24
                Modes "1280x1024_75" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
        EndSubSection
EndSection
--->8---

2. Disable nVIDIA's handling of frequency ranges.

"By default, the NVIDIA X driver makes use of a display device's EDID, when available, during construction of its mode pool. The EDID is used as a source for possible modes, for valid frequency ranges, and for collecting data on the physical dimensions of the display device for computing the DPI."
<http://download.nvidia.com/XFree86/Linux-x86_64/1.0-8756/README/appendix-d.html>

---8<---
Section "Device"
        Identifier "NVIDIA Corporation NV43 [GeForce 6200]"
        Driver "nvidia"
        BusID "PCI:1:0:0"
        Option "UseEDID" "False"
EndSection
--->8---

Thanks for your comments. This does not appear to be a bug report as such. We appreciate the difficulties you are facing, but it would make more sense to raise your question at http://launchpad.net/support.