[EN] Geforce GT 630 [solved]

[jackyohh]

Hi,

i bought a new Zotac Geforce GT 630 (passiv), because i had some issues with my old Geforce 8400 GS.

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$ lspci | grep VGA
02:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation GK208 [GeForce GT 630 Rev. 2] (rev a1)

I thought it would only take 5 min to replace it and everything would be fine. Instead i could not load nvidia module.

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$ sudo modprobe nvidia
[sudo] password for user:
ERROR: could not insert 'nvidia_current': No such device


If i delete xorg.conf and execute startx, my new grapiccard is working with some standard X driver, but without nvida driver.
If i replace my new card with my older Geforce 8400 gs everything is fine too. Nvidia driver works.

What is going on here? Are there any issues with this low-budget card with prop. nvidia driver?


installed nvidia stuff ...

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$ dpkg -l | grep nvidia
ii  glx-alternative-nvidia                                  0.3.0                                      amd64        allows the selection of NVIDIA as GLX provider
ii  libgl1-nvidia-glx:amd64                                 304.88-7                                   amd64        NVIDIA binary OpenGL libraries
ii  libxvmcnvidia1:amd64                                    304.88-7                                   amd64        NVIDIA binary XvMC library
ii  nvidia-alternative                                      304.88-7                                   amd64        allows the selection of NVIDIA as GLX provider
ii  nvidia-driver                                           304.88-7                                   amd64        NVIDIA metapackage
ii  nvidia-glx                                              304.88-7                                   amd64        transition to nvidia-driver
ii  nvidia-installer-cleanup                                20130803+1                                 amd64        cleanup after driver installation with the nvidia-installer
ii  nvidia-kernel-3.10-4.towo-siduction-amd64               304.88-7+3.10-4                            amd64        NVIDIA binary kernel module for Linux 3.10-4.towo-siduction-amd64
ii  nvidia-kernel-common                                    20130803+1                                 amd64        NVIDIA binary kernel module support files
ii  nvidia-kernel-dkms                                      304.88-7                                   amd64        NVIDIA binary kernel module DKMS source
ii  nvidia-kernel-source                                    304.88-7                                   amd64        NVIDIA binary kernel module source
ii  nvidia-settings                                         304.108-1                                  amd64        tool for configuring the NVIDIA graphics driver
ii  nvidia-support                                          20130803+1                                 amd64        NVIDIA binary graphics driver support files
ii  nvidia-vdpau-driver:amd64                               304.88-7                                   amd64        NVIDIA vdpau driver
ii  nvidia-xconfig                                          304.108-1                                  amd64        X configuration tool for non-free NVIDIA drivers
ii  xserver-xorg-video-nvidia                               304.88-7                                   amd64        NVIDIA binary Xorg driver


i got 2 xorg.conf's because i use a 2-headed X-server, to have 2 separated screens (1 for desktop screen, 1 for mediacenter)

here is the second one, for my new/older graphic card.

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$ cat /etc/X11/xorg_seat2.conf
# /etc/X11/xorg.conf (Xorg X Window System server configuration file)

Section "InputClass"
        Identifier      "ignore_other_seats"
        Option          "Ignore"        "yes"
EndSection

Section "InputClass"
        Identifier      "input_second"
        MatchTag        "input_second"
        Option          "Ignore"        "no"
EndSection


Section "Device"
        Identifier      "GeForce GT 630"
        Driver          "nvidia"
        Option          "Coolbits"      "1"
        Option          "NoLogo"                "true"
        Option          "DPI"                   "96x96"
        BusID           "PCI:02:00:0"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
        Identifier      "LG"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
        Identifier      "Screen 1"
        Device          "GeForce GT 630"
        Monitor         "LG"
        SubSection "Display"
               Depth     24
                Modes    "1920x1080_60"
        EndSubSection

EndSection


[timc]

All I can say is, I used to have a GT430 and it worked great in every Linux I tried it with. But that was quite some time ago. The card is in my wife's Win 7 system, now.

Good luck,
Tim

PS - Sorry, I see that you said GT630, anyway.

[jackyohh]

solved

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cat /var/log/dmesg
...
NVRM: installed in this system is not supported by the 304.88
...


nvidia-driver 325.15-1 from experimental fixed my problem.