Low Nvidia Graphics

bigngamer92 · Post by **bigngamer92** » Wed Jun 09, 2010 8:47 pm

Okay, so I installed the proprietary drivers that were found automatically by Linux Mint 9 and installed it. Without them, my computer would regularly have flashes of static. However after installing them, I now am automatically boot into "Low-Graphics Mode" which I suppose disables all of my 3D apps, since those no longer run. I ran the command "sudo nvidia-xconfig" as specified by the Nvidia X Server app in the Administrator menu. This did not work. I tried using the Vesa drivers, no luck.

My current Xorg.conf:

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# nvidia-xconfig: X configuration file generated by nvidia-xconfig
# nvidia-xconfig:  version 1.0  (buildmeister@builder58)  Fri Mar 12 02:12:40 PST 2010


Section "ServerLayout"
    Identifier     "Layout0"
    Screen      0  "Screen0" 0 0
    InputDevice    "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
    InputDevice    "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
EndSection

Section "Files"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"

    # generated from default
    Identifier     "Mouse0"
    Driver         "mouse"
    Option         "Protocol" "auto"
    Option         "Device" "/dev/psaux"
    Option         "Emulate3Buttons" "no"
    Option         "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"

    # generated from default
    Identifier     "Keyboard0"
    Driver         "kbd"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
    Identifier     "Monitor0"
    VendorName     "Unknown"
    ModelName      "Unknown"
    HorizSync       28.0 - 33.0
    VertRefresh     43.0 - 72.0
    Option         "DPMS"
EndSection

Section "Device"
    Identifier     "Device0"
    Driver         "nvidia"
    VendorName     "NVIDIA Corporation"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
    Identifier     "Screen0"
    Device         "Device0"
    Monitor        "Monitor0"
    DefaultDepth    24
    SubSection     "Display"
        Depth       24
    EndSubSection
EndSection

And a picture of my Nvidia settings:

I have an Asus laptop dual booting Windows 7 that has a switchable Nvidia G210M and an Intel integrated card.

vincent · Post by **vincent** » Wed Jun 09, 2010 9:20 pm

Paste the output of the following commands from a terminal:

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inxi -F
lspci -v
lsmod

Specifically, I want to know exactly what kernel module is being used for your graphics card at the moment. We may need to blacklist nouveau if there are conflicts or anything like that...

bigngamer92 · Post by **bigngamer92** » Sat Jun 19, 2010 7:36 am

inxi -F

System: Host patrick-laptop Kernel 2.6.32-21-generic x86_64 (64 bit) Distro Linux Mint 9 Isadora
CPU: Dual core Intel U7300 (SMP) cache 3072 KB flags (sse3 nx lm vmx) bmips 6934.5
Clock Speeds: (1) 800.00 MHz (2) 800.00 MHz
Graphics: Card-1 Intel Mobile 4 Series Chipset Integrated Graphics Controller Card-2 nVidia GT218 [GeForce G210M] X.Org 1.7.6 Res: 1366x768@0.0hz
GLX Renderer N/A GLX Version N/A Direct Rendering N/A
Audio: Card-1 nVidia High Definition Audio Controller driver HDA Intel
Card-2 Intel 82801I (ICH9 Family) HD Audio Controllerdriver HDA Intel
Sound: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Version 1.0.21
Network: Card-1 Atheros AR8131 Gigabit Ethernet driver atl1c v: 1.0.0.1-NAPI at port ec00
Card-2 Atheros AR9285 Wireless Network Adapter (PCI-Express) driver ath9k
Disks: HDD Total Size: 321.1GB (2.0% used) 1: /dev/sda ST9320325AS 320.1GB
2: USB /dev/sdb Card Reader 1.0GB
Partition: ID:/ size: 40G used: 5.9G (16%) fs: ext4 ID:swap-1 size: 4.21GB used: 0.00GB (0%) fs: swap
Sensors: System Temperatures: cpu: 45.0C mobo: N/A
Fan Speeds (in rpm): cpu: N/A
Info: Processes 194 Uptime 3 min Memory 583.8/3930.8MB Client Shell inxi 1.

lspci -F

00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile 4 Series Chipset Memory Controller Hub (rev 07)
Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 1e77
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: agpgart-intel
Kernel modules: intel-agp

00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile 4 Series Chipset PCI Express Graphics Port (rev 07)
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
Bus: primary=00, secondary=01, subordinate=01, sec-latency=0
I/O behind bridge: 0000d000-0000dfff
Memory behind bridge: fd000000-fe9fffff
Prefetchable memory behind bridge: 00000000e0000000-00000000fbffffff
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: pcieport
Kernel modules: shpchp

00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 4 Series Chipset Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 07)
Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 1bc2
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 29
Memory at fcc00000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable)
Memory at d0000000 (64-bit, prefetchable)
I/O ports at cc00
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: i915

00:1a.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #4 (rev 03)
Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 1e77
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 16
I/O ports at c880
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd

00:1a.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #5 (rev 03)
Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 1e77
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 21
I/O ports at c800
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd

00:1a.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #6 (rev 03)
Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 1e77
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 19
I/O ports at c480
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd

00:1a.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #2 (rev 03) (prog-if 20)
Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 1e77
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 18
Memory at fcbfbc00 (32-bit, non-prefetchable)
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: ehci_hcd

00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) HD Audio Controller (rev 03)
Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 1483
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 22
Memory at fcbf4000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable)
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: HDA Intel
Kernel modules: snd-hda-intel

00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 1 (rev 03)
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
Bus: primary=00, secondary=02, subordinate=02, sec-latency=0
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: pcieport
Kernel modules: shpchp

00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 2 (rev 03)
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
Bus: primary=00, secondary=03, subordinate=03, sec-latency=0
Memory behind bridge: fea00000-feafffff
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: pcieport
Kernel modules: shpchp

00:1c.5 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 6 (rev 03)
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
Bus: primary=00, secondary=04, subordinate=04, sec-latency=0
I/O behind bridge: 0000e000-0000efff
Memory behind bridge: feb00000-febfffff
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: pcieport
Kernel modules: shpchp

00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #1 (rev 03)
Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 1e77
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 23
I/O ports at c400
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd

00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #2 (rev 03)
Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 1e77
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 19
I/O ports at c080
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd

00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #3 (rev 03)
Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 1e77
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 18
I/O ports at c000 [size=32]
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd

00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #1 (rev 03) (prog-if 20)
Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 1e77
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 23
Memory at fcbfb800 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=1K]
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: ehci_hcd

00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev 93) (prog-if 01)
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
Bus: primary=00, secondary=05, subordinate=05, sec-latency=32
Capabilities: <access denied>

00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation ICH9M-E LPC Interface Controller (rev 03)
Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 1e77
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel modules: iTCO_wdt

00:1f.2 SATA controller: Intel Corporation ICH9M/M-E SATA AHCI Controller (rev 03) (prog-if 01)
Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 1e77
Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 28
I/O ports at bc00 [size=8]
I/O ports at b880 [size=4]
I/O ports at b800 [size=8]
I/O ports at b480 [size=4]
I/O ports at b400 [size=32]
Memory at fcbfb000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=2K]
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: ahci
Kernel modules: ahci

01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation GT218 [GeForce G210M] (rev a2)
Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 1bc2
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 16
Memory at fd000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16M]
Memory at e0000000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=256M]
Memory at fa000000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=32M]
I/O ports at dc00 [disabled] [size=128]
Expansion ROM at fe980000 [disabled] [size=512K]
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: nvidia
Kernel modules: nvidia-current, nvidiafb, nouveau

01:00.1 Audio device: nVidia Corporation High Definition Audio Controller (rev a1)
Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 1bc2
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 16
Memory at fe97c000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K]
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: HDA Intel
Kernel modules: snd-hda-intel

03:00.0 Network controller: Atheros Communications Inc. AR9285 Wireless Network Adapter (PCI-Express) (rev 01)
Subsystem: Device 1a3b:1089
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 17
Memory at feaf0000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=64K]
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: ath9k
Kernel modules: ath9k

04:00.0 Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications AR8131 Gigabit Ethernet (rev c0)
Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 1820
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 30
Memory at febc0000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256K]
I/O ports at ec00 [size=128]
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: atl1c
Kernel modules: atl1c

lsmod

Module Size Used by
usbhid 40988 0
hid 83376 1 usbhid
nls_iso8859_1 4633 1
nls_cp437 6351 1
vfat 10802 1
fat 55350 1 vfat
dm_crypt 13043 0
binfmt_misc 7960 1
ppdev 6375 0
snd_hda_codec_realtek 278890 1
snd_hda_intel 25645 2
snd_hda_codec 85727 2 snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hda_intel
snd_hwdep 6924 1 snd_hda_codec
snd_pcm_oss 41394 0
snd_mixer_oss 16299 1 snd_pcm_oss
snd_pcm 87850 3 snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_pcm_oss
snd_seq_dummy 1782 0
snd_seq_oss 31219 0
snd_seq_midi 5829 0
snd_rawmidi 23388 1 snd_seq_midi
snd_seq_midi_event 7267 2 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi
snd_seq 57417 6 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_midi_event
snd_timer 23553 2 snd_pcm,snd_seq
snd_seq_device 6824 5 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq
uvcvideo 62403 0
videodev 40486 1 uvcvideo
v4l1_compat 15495 2 uvcvideo,videodev
v4l2_compat_ioctl32 12020 1 videodev
arc4 1473 2
ath9k 328829 0
mac80211 238128 1 ath9k
ath 9723 1 ath9k
atl1c 32975 0
psmouse 64608 0
serio_raw 4918 0
snd 70978 16 snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_hwdep,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_seq_oss,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq,snd_timer,snd_seq_device
cfg80211 148386 3 ath9k,mac80211,ath
nvidia 10799466 0
vga16fb 12757 0
vgastate 9857 1 vga16fb
asus_laptop 20584 0
soundcore 8052 1 snd
snd_page_alloc 8500 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm
led_class 3732 2 ath9k,asus_laptop
lp 9336 0
parport 37160 2 ppdev,lp
dm_raid45 75436 0
xor 4685 1 dm_raid45
vesafb 4442 0
fbcon 39270 73
tileblit 2487 1 fbcon
font 8053 1 fbcon
bitblit 5811 1 fbcon
softcursor 1565 1 bitblit
usb_storage 49833 1
i915 317872 3
drm_kms_helper 30742 1 i915
ahci 37646 2
drm 198770 2 i915,drm_kms_helper
i2c_algo_bit 6024 1 i915
intel_agp 29225 2 i915
video 20623 1 i915
output 2503 1 video

It looks like I'm using the nvidia driver. Although I still can't use the Nvidia-X server settings.

jobcol · Post by **jobcol** » Sat Jun 19, 2010 4:42 pm

hi there
try this

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gksudo gedit /etc/default/grub

on line 9 add this 'vmalloc=256M' right after 'quiet splash' so it looks like this:

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GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash vmalloc=256M"

then save & reboot.

bigngamer92 · Post by **bigngamer92** » Wed Jun 23, 2010 8:49 am

Didn't work, but here's my Grub file if you care to see it. I'm going to try running update-grub like the file recommends.

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GRUB_DEFAULT=5
GRUB_HIDDEN_TIMEOUT=0
GRUB_HIDDEN_TIMEOUT_QUIET=true
GRUB_TIMEOUT=10
GRUB_DISTRIBUTOR=`lsb_release -i -s 2> /dev/null || echo Debian`
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash vmalloc=256M"
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX=" vga=775"

bigngamer92 · Post by **bigngamer92** » Wed Jun 23, 2010 8:52 am

AND sudo update-grub didn't help.

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