Installation of the nvidia drivers

**Ripose** · February 11th, 2009

I highly suggest you read THIS too.

**Zuajiu** · February 11th, 2009

oh ok, well actually in the x11 file I only have one xorg.conf, no other one...
I had one with a numeric ending before the reinstallation, but as i remember they were exactly the same as the original.
I had managed to install the nvidia 180 driver, the xorg.conf file did have information, but i still had the no screen error, that's when i gave up and reinstalled because if it wasn't the xorg file then I had no idea what it could be.

**Zuajiu** · February 11th, 2009

hey deanjm1963, are you sure that is the right package to install?
I try it on the CL, and it sais that it can't find that package.

**deanjm1963** · February 11th, 2009

Originally Posted by Zuajiu

hey deanjm1963, are you sure that is the right package to install?
I try it on the CL, and it sais that it can't find that package.

Yes, those packages are in the repositories - but they're only for intrepid.

I just checked and I made a typo ... I was missing a " - "

again

sudo apt-get install nvidia-180-modaliases
sudo apt-get install nvidia-glx-180

**Zuajiu** · February 12th, 2009

Thanks, I'll try that as soon as I have the time(have to make time for the case where i have to install again...).
Thanks anyways for you help.

**Aflack** · February 17th, 2009

i may try this also, im having the same problem with dual nvidia cards and driver 177.

EDIT: does anyone know for sure if it works?

**Zuajiu** · February 21st, 2009

Well I tried the install once again, with the 180 drivers, didn't work, x server had the same error,
I managed to fix it by booting into restricted mode, and just repairing the xserver through that, which strangely enough hadn't worked after the other tries.
Well anyway, I think I'm going to give up on installing that driver for now, maybe when a new one comes out.

**Zuajiu** · February 24th, 2009

Finally I managed to make it work, thanks to all the help i got.
So to resume everything that one must to make the nvidia drivers work for Linux 8.10 on a Studio XPS 13:

1.Exit the GUI, type: "Ctrl+Alt+F1"
( to return press Ctrl+Alt+F7)

2. $ sudo killall gdm
(to stop the GUI)

3. $ sudo apt-get install nvidia-180 modaliases
(this will download the driver from internet, and since I'm not sure how to connect with wifi, use ethernet)

4. $ sudo apt-get install nvidia-glx-180
(this will install the driver, just enter y when it is asked)

5. When the install is finished:
$ sudo nvidia-xconfig
(there will be an error, doesn't matter)
Type in the same command again
(this time it will work)

6. $ sudo reboot
(restarts the computer)

7.At this point it will give the error, 'no screens'
enter your username and password then:

$ sudo nano /etc/X11/xorg.conf
(this will edit the xserver configuration page)

8.Go down to "Section Device"
And add a the very end the line:
BusID "PCI:03:00:0"
(remember this is for the studio xps 13)

9.Quit the editor with:
Ctrl+X <Enter>
then:
Y <Enter>
then:
<Enter>

10. reboot the computer once more and tadaaa, it works

I spent such a time to make this work, I was very happy when it finally worked, thanks alot for the help from everybody.

P.S If this doesn't work just reboot the computer choose the restricted partition, and just do do "Repair X"