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    Re: HowTo: NViDIA 185.19 Beta Drivers in Ubuntu

    Quote Originally Posted by anonymous_user View Post
    I find an easier way to install the drivers is to use a PPA such as:

    https://launchpad.net/~rvm/+archive/libs

    And then install "nvidia-180-modaliases". Now the drivers will be available in jockey (Restricted Drivers Manager).
    Please follow this method instead of the OP's method .. installing from a ppa/deb file will always work with dkms which is needed if there are any kernel updates. Plus its easier to remove and change to another driver version if you need to.

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    Re: HowTo: NViDIA 185.19 Beta Drivers in Ubuntu

    Quote Originally Posted by el-mar01 View Post
    Please follow this method instead of the OP's method .. installing from a ppa/deb file will always work with dkms which is needed if there are any kernel updates. Plus its easier to remove and change to another driver version if you need to.
    I'm actually very heavily against DKMS, but that is just for my own personal reasons.
    Infact, I'll just quote what has already been said by an affiliate several months ago.
    I admit that I am biased because I think DKMS is completely pointless. I'm happy to point people at very simple ways to keep nvidia, vbox, ALSA, v4l, etc. up to date on kernel updates. They all consist of 10-20 line scripts that are readable, understandable, and work without any "magic". It's quite obvious what they are trying to do and many hundreds (thousands (no, millions)) of kernels have been installed using these methods. The link I've pointed to twice us literally the method in which grub updates itself. Kernel updates for proprietary drivers have never been broken. DKMS tries to fix something that was never a problem in the first place.
    The automatic upgrading of the NViDIA drivers is included in this HowTO, in the form of a small script that is kept in /etc/kernel/postinst.d
    IMO, I prefer to have a collect of my own small scripts, as it is my own warranty that they won't break on me.

    Regards
    Iain
    Last edited by ibuclaw; April 22nd, 2009 at 01:11 PM.

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    Re: HowTo: NViDIA 185.19 Beta Drivers in Ubuntu

    Does anyone know if this driver is compatible with kernel 2.6.30-rc3?

    Great guide btw

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    Re: HowTo: NViDIA 185.19 Beta Drivers in Ubuntu

    Thanks!

    Working great on my Dell d620
    Just keep on moving
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    Re: HowTo: NViDIA 185.19 Beta Drivers in Ubuntu

    Quote Originally Posted by KhaaL View Post
    Does anyone know if this driver is compatible with kernel 2.6.30-rc3?

    Great guide btw
    2.6.30 is out already??

    Oh man, I'm so behind the times.

    I will pull the git and test it out for you tonight.

    Regards
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    Re: HowTo: NViDIA 185.19 Beta Drivers in Ubuntu

    Quote Originally Posted by tinivole View Post
    2.6.30 is out already??

    Oh man, I'm so behind the times.

    I will pull the git and test it out for you tonight.

    Regards
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    Much appriciated! If you're lazy like me, there are .debs here.

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    Re: HowTo: NViDIA 185.19 Beta Drivers in Ubuntu

    Quote Originally Posted by KhaaL View Post
    Much appriciated! If you're lazy like me, there are .debs here.
    Nah ... I don't trust them

    Anyway, I have some good news and some bad news.

    Good News:
    W00t!!! It works!!!

    Bad News:
    It won't compile *as is*.

    After a review of the error output after the first time I tried, and a comparison between the 2.6.28 and 2.6.29/30 kernel sources, I found that they had infact removed an element from the struct proc_dir_entry that NViDIA uses (yet another coincidence?).

    Although, it is nothing to worry about, I created a patch to supplement the change.

    [SNIP]
    After finding out about/reviewing the new beta, it appears that the nv-devs are aware of this breakage and have already fixed it in their own way.

    I'll update the HowTO to cover this later this today.


    [UPDATE]
    Changed! Included the download links to the newest beta drivers - which are compatible with the 2.6.29 and .30 kernels - in the original post.

    Although, may I point out that although I've split the '185.19' and the '185.18.04' downloads between the pre-2.6.28 and the post-2.6.29 kernels, the newest driver (185.18.04) from what I've reviewed is just a minor upgrade to fix the compatibility issues with newer kernels, and should work just fine on the earlier versions too.

    In due time I may update this, but I will have to test it first though.

    Regards
    Iain
    Last edited by ibuclaw; April 26th, 2009 at 12:21 AM.

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    Re: HowTo: NViDIA 185.19 Beta Drivers in Ubuntu

    When I do Ctrl+Alt+F1 the screen just goes blank and I have to reboot.

    Im running ubuntu studio 9.04 fresh install.

    Also I tried the other way adding the repositories, but can someone explain the last bit "Now the drivers will be available in jockey (Restricted Drivers Manager)."

    How do I do that?

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    Re: HowTo: NViDIA 185.19 Beta Drivers in Ubuntu

    Quote Originally Posted by aquanuke View Post
    When I do Ctrl+Alt+F1 the screen just goes blank and I have to reboot.

    Im running ubuntu studio 9.04 fresh install.
    Did you try any of the other tty terminals?
    Ctrl+Alt+F2 through to Ctrl+Alt+F6 ?

    Your GUI workspace is on Ctrl+Alt+F7, just so you know in the future... there is no need to reboot.

    Also I tried the other way adding the repositories, but can someone explain the last bit "Now the drivers will be available in jockey (Restricted Drivers Manager)."

    How do I do that?
    I think he means System->Administration->Hardware Drivers

    Regards
    Iain

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    Re: HowTo: NViDIA 185.19 Beta Drivers in Ubuntu

    Thanks Ive kind of got around that now X is dead. But problem now is I get kernel error when compiling the nvidia driver due to ubuntu-studio using the low latency kernel.

    Anyone know what I need to do to get around that?

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