Desktop is fudged after installing nvidia driver + modifying xorg.conf
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Nvidia GeForce4MX 420 32M GO and 15.4" WXGA 1280x800 widescreen (also in my signature).
I followed the instructions(first post) here, edited my xorg.conf as shown below and when i do "startx" my desktop (hard to describe) has no icons/wallpaper and all i see is a grey quadrant in the upper left corner, a black taskbar-like-border on the right and a white bar on the bottom. When I move my mouse all I see is a vertical line scan the screen as I move it left and right.
I've tried this site's xorg.conf as well, the same thing happens.
btw this happens in KDE and GNOME. The only way to fix it is by restoring my original xorg.conf. I have no idea what's going on - help please.
The only difference between my original xorg.conf(works) and the one posted here is that I commented out the Load "dri" and I changed "nv" to "nvidia" under Section "device"
Code:
# XFree86 4 configuration created by pyxf86config
Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "Default Layout"
Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0
InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
EndSection
Section "Files"
RgbPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb"
FontPath "unix/:7100"
EndSection
Section "Module"
Load "dbe"
Load "extmod"
Load "fbdevhw"
Load "glx"
Load "record"
Load "freetype"
Load "type1"
#Load "dri"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Keyboard0"
Driver "kbd"
Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
Option "XkbLayout" "us"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Mouse0"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "IMPS/2"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
Option "Emulate3Buttons" "yes"
EndSection
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Monitor0"
VendorName "Monitor Vendor"
ModelName "LCD Panel 1024x768"
HorizSync 31.5 - 48.5
VertRefresh 40.0 - 70.0
Option "dpms"
EndSection
Section "Device"
Identifier "Videocard0"
Driver "nvidia"
VendorName "Videocard vendor"
BoardName "NVIDIA GeForce 4 (generic)"
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen0"
Device "Videocard0"
Monitor "Monitor0"
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 16
Modes "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 24
Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
EndSection
Section "DRI"
Group 0
Mode 0666
EndSection
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