[SOLVED] Nvidia X Server Settings error message, how to fix?

[OmagicQ]

HI,

I am fairly new to PCLOS and I was looking through all the settings when I noticed an error message in the Nvidia X Server Settings.
its says "Error while loading X Server Display Configuration:" What can I try to fix the error message?

I'm using the Nvidia 96xx drivers that were added to the kernel when I first rebooted after installing. I'm not sure if its working like it should. I don't have any 3d effects enabled.

I just want to be sure I'm getting the best graphics performance my hardware will allow.

Thanks

Edit: not sure if you might need the xorg.conf file but here it is:

# File generated by XFdrake (rev )

# **********************************************************************
# Refer to the xorg.conf man page for details about the format of
# this file.
# **********************************************************************

Section "ServerFlags"
    Option "DontZap" "False" # disable <Ctrl><Alt><BS> (server abort)
    #DontZoom # disable <Ctrl><Alt><KP_+>/<KP_-> (resolution switching)
    AllowMouseOpenFail # allows the server to start up even if the mouse does not work
EndSection

Section "Module"
    Disable "dri"
    Load "dbe" # Double-Buffering Extension
    Load "v4l" # Video for Linux
    Load "extmod"
    Load "glx" # 3D layer
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
    Identifier "monitor1"
    VendorName "Generic"
    ModelName "Flat Panel 1360x768"
    HorizSync 31.5-48.0
    VertRefresh 56.0-65.0
    
    # TV fullscreen mode or DVD fullscreen output.
    # 768x576 @ 79 Hz, 50 kHz hsync
    ModeLine "768x576"     50.00  768  832  846 1000   576  590  595  630
    
    # 768x576 @ 100 Hz, 61.6 kHz hsync
    ModeLine "768x576"     63.07  768  800  960 1024   576  578  590  616
EndSection

Section "Device"
    Identifier "device1"
    BoardName "NVIDIA GeForce 2 MX to GeForce 4"
    Driver "nvidia"
    Option "DPMS"
    Option "DynamicTwinView" "false"
    Option "IgnoreEDID" "1"
    Option "AddARGBGLXVisuals"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
    Identifier "screen1"
    Device "device1"
    Monitor "monitor1"
    DefaultColorDepth 24
EndSection

Section "ServerLayout"
    Identifier "layout1"
    Screen "screen1"
EndSection

[muungwana]

i am getting the same error too. The section seem  to deal with configuring more than one monitor. I think the section is relevant to those who want to set up more than one monitor and it shouldnt affect anything if you only have one monitor

[everge48]

nVidia's tool seems to do a better job making xorg.conf than XFdrake does these days for people with nVidia cards.
Open Konsole with root privledges and type:

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nvidia-xconfigThen do a complete reboot. The error should now be gone.

[OmagicQ]

nVidia's tool seems to do a better job making xorg.conf than XFdrake does these days for people with nVidia cards.
Open Konsole with root privledges and type:

Code: [Select]

nvidia-xconfigThen do a complete reboot. The error should now be gone.

I tried it and its still showing the error message. It doesn't seem to be breaking anything at the moment so I'll try to ignore it.

Thanks anyway.

[everge48]

You got it.
I've found 'KSystemLog' really useful in helping to see clearly what is what, then being able to search around the internet including this forum with the datails provided.
For example on my system Xorg.log keeps popping up an information message:
"FreeType: couldn't find encoding 'iso8859-14' for '/usr/share/fonts/drakfont/ttf/LiberationMono-Regular.ttf'"
I've tried everything I can think of to fix it. Apparently, it's a bug inherited from Mandriva. Perhaps a future update will take care of it.
I haven't noticed any hit to system performance so I try to ignore it as well and not to let it get to me. Although... I could after all the time I've spent trying to make it go away.  

[OmagicQ]

I finally figured out how to fix this error. This is how I did it (as root):

1) Erased all the existing copies of xorg.conf found in /etc/X11/
2) Ran nividia-xconfig to write a completely new one
3) Reboot

Up to this point, it worked but the resolution was wrong so then I did the following:

4) Used "Set up the graphical server" in the "Configure Your Computer" to configure the right settings and saved
5) Reboot

Once it booted into the desktop I was able to check the Nvidia Display Settings under the System/Administration menu and it worked.
The error message was gone.