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[Avery Ceo]

The specific reason you are getting the error message is here:

Section "Device"
Identifier "nVidia Corporation NV41 [GeForce 6800 GS]"
Driver "nv"
BusID "PCI:1:0:0"
EndSection

Your config is using the open source "nv" driver instead of the nVidia
proprietary "nvidia" driver.  If you change the line to:

Driver "nvidia"

the error message may go away.  Of course, so might X.  It is,
however, a place to start.

Avery

On 3/26/10, Richard Faulkner <rfaulkner at 34thprs.org> wrote:
> Trying to get dual-monitors running...that would make sense.  My 6800
> GS's are dual-head.  Perhaps I should try swapping-out the GPU's for a
> single-head PCI card to see what happens.  (Another project for the
> weekend).
>
>
> On Fri, 2010-03-26 at 00:11 -0400, Damon L. Chesser wrote:
>> On Fri, 26 Mar 2010 00:04:58 -0400
>> Brian Pitts <brian at polibyte.com> wrote:
>>
>> > On 03/25/2010 11:34 PM, Rich Faulkner wrote:
>> > > Yeah...I could do that but that's not really the point.  I'm
>> > > ditching the Windows world for Linux and am starting at home.  I'm
>> > > getting ready to start Linux certs and recant from my MCSE way of
>> > > life.
>> > >
>> > > At one time I had tried hacking the randr entries but all that did
>> > > was get 1680x1050 listed in the drop-down for resolution selections
>> > > but was not recognized as a valid resolution on selection.  Very
>> > > curious...
>> > >
>> > > Since I've gotten over that hump and found that a simple config file
>> > > will do the trick I'm looking elsewhere as the culprit that's
>> > > causing this video failure.  NV indicates it as an X issue and in
>> > > looking at the boot sequence I'm driven to suspect it as an X issue
>> > > as well.  But then again I am a noob to Ubuntu as having been away
>> > > from Unix/Linux for 10-years on any consistent basis.  Getting
>> > > ready to start on certs for Linux and turn from the "darkside".
>> >
>> > My thought is that if you use the proprietary, binary-only nvidia
>> > driver you're throwing away all the work you did getting a working
>> > xorg.conf with the free, open source nv driver.
>> >
>> > Whatever it is that you want to do with the nvidia graphics tools,
>> > perhaps there is another way of doing it that does not depend on
>> > proprietary software.
>> >
>> > It might also be worth booting the Ubuntu 10.04 beta live cd, which
>> > replaces the nv driver with the noveau driver, to see how well it
>> > works.
>> >
>> > http://www.ubuntu.com/testing/lucid/beta1
>> >
>>
>> IIRC the OP is trying to get dual monitors working.
>>
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