Thanks 43moon for the howto, and meekatron for mentioning the special port.
As meekatron said, if you use giganews, you need to set the connect to :
news.giganews.com:563
-darc
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Thanks 43moon for the howto, and meekatron for mentioning the special port.
As meekatron said, if you use giganews, you need to set the connect to :
news.giganews.com:563
-darc
Good to hear, the linux-restricted-modules package is probably what did it... I did so much crap to get mine going I've forgotten parts of it : P
I've added your tip to the guide on the first page...
If you're getting that error ("You do not appear to be using the NVIDIA X driver. Please edit your X configuration file (just run `nvidia-xconfig` as root), and restart the X server.") from...
Did you log in (in low rez) and see if nvidia-settings gave you an error or not?
That's a key piece in knowing whether the driver is installed/working and if we just need to tweak your xorg.conf....
Yes, you'll have to be doing it as root (which the 'sudo' will accomplish).
When you log in (in low res mode) can you launch the 'nvidia-settings' program? You can run it manually or find it in...
8600GT (512MB dual head), x64 system.
Works well after tweaking (about 5hrs).
I briefly tried Compiz, with failed results, but my dual monitor (TwinView) setup is working and I'm getting...
1) Doing the chmod won't matter, assuming it let you execute the binary driver installer (you would've gotten 'permission denied' if not).
2) It looks like your xorg.conf isn't set up for the...
3 Inches of Blood - Demon's Blade
In short, happy music : )
-darc
Check here : /home/user/.local/share/Trash
I don't have access to my system at the moment to verify, but culled this from another thread.
-darc
EDIT: Note that by "user" I mean your...
Yeah, if you've got the know-how or the time to figure it out, I'd highly suggest you keep your "system" (root) on one partition and your /home on another. That way if you ever need to do...
Yeah, I like SCREEM, but I'm experienced and only write code ~ none of that WYSIWYG stuff for me : )
For a frame of reference, I used VIM for 3yrs before finally starting to use SCREEM on...
If you're extra super sure you want to delete the folder, and everything in it, try this command (delete recursively and force it):
sudo rm -rf folder_name
Work?
If not, try this command to...
Shouldn't be able to, assuming you don't reinstall GRUB and lose your boot manager. An online upgrade shouldn't touch your partitions at all, and it doesn't touch your boot loader (except for...
I got the "official" nVIDIA binary from their website. Look here :
http://www.nvidia.com/Download/index.aspx?lang=en-us
You just drop down the boxes to fill in the correct information and go from...
Yes, I tried to install nvidia-glx-new, but apparently I typo'd it. And, since I was running in single user mode on a terminal, I didn't feel like popping back up to X to look it up, so I took a...
Here's what I did to fix the "reinstall nvidia drivers after every reboot" problem:
Stop GDM:
sudo /etc/init.d/gdm stop
Remove all things nVIDIA:
sudo apt-get remove nvidia*
I wooted too soon. The driver didn't survive a reboot.
I opened the nVIDIA Config program and got the "no nVIDIA driver" error again. However, the Ubuntu Hard Driver's program says that it's...
JOY!
After all that, I checked the nVIDIA settings manager and it didn't error saying the driver wasn't installed. So, I played with the settings and none really worked.
But, since it says the...
Driver still shows as enabled and in use, but still not working.
I tried to install again with Envy, no joy, still low graphics mode.
So, I tried to install manually again from the nVIDIA...
That didn't work either. I ran nvidia-xconfig on a whim, no joy there.
However, when I restarted X this time, I was able to select the 'nvidia' driver in the "low graphics mode" dialog box. ...
Update:
I just checked the "Hardware Drivers" program again (jockey-gtk is the program name I believe) and the proprietary driver now shows there... but I haven't changed anything (that I know of)....
I'm having the same issue with the same card (8600GT).
I did the fix in recovery mode to get a workable display, however, this does not use the proprietary driver (as you mentioned, and I need it)...
I had to register just to say thanks.
The script was painless and worked great. I can't run my 64bit and 32bit versions of Firefox at the same time, but that's of little consequence (except when...