nVidia GeForce 310M support

[s_f_z]

Hi
I am new member and also new to ubuntu.
I have an laptop with Nvidia Gforce 310 m and install Ubuntu 9.04 .
I want to install it as you wrote but I can't find nvidia-glx-185 in my synaptic or add/remove .whate shoud i do?

thank already.

[MJalbert]

Hi, I have a Vaio VGN-Z520N with the dual video card. My Linux is using my NVIDIA card (9300M GS). When I install Ubuntu 10.04 32bits everything works perfectly (using a generic video driver) but when I use the "suggested driver" from the "Hardware Driver" component (NVIDIA driver version 173), my screen goes black and I have to enter using the "nomodeset" in the GRUB script.

I've also downloaded the NVIDIA driver suggested by the NVIDIA website (version 195.36.24), same result: black screen.

Anyone with a VAIO Z-series has been able to install Ubuntu with the NVIDIA drivers?

Also, I would like to know if there is any way that I could use the "Stamina/Speed" feature?

Thanks a lot,

[MJalbert]

Update: I've found a website that might be the solution for the Z-series: http://global-social.net/sony-VGN-Zseries

I will try that tonight and see if it solve the problem!

[davoudi]

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1470822

[Aloon]

Can anyone help me with a Sony Vaio VPCF111FD , 310M 64 bit Nvidia ?

I've tried just about everything listed and have only ended up with the split-screen. At this point xorg.conf is empty after having tried a few things with /proc EDID etc. An update that came today seemed to change things for me.

Before the xorg-server-core update , when I went to the moniter section it said unknown and I only had a few options. Now I it says "laptop" and I have dozens of choices including my preferred 1600 X 900 setting.

So I'm getting close now. All I need to do is get the Nvidia card accelerated.

Any help would be greatly appreciated. I'm 90 % there.

[Aloon]

Re: Nvidia 310M on a Vaio VPCF111FD - Driver won't work.
It's solved !

Anyone with a Sony Vaio F11 series can use these two links to get harware acceleratioin from their 310M Nvidia card.

Step 1:

http://code.google.com/p/vaio-f11-li...ki/NVIDIASetup

Step 2:

http://idyllictux.wordpress.com/2010...ricted-driver/

[FariAzz]

This is how I got my NVIDIA drivers working flawlessly

1. let's get that problematic NVIDIA card working. Go to the NVIDIA web-site and download the latest driver. If you have installed the 64-bit (AMD64) variant of Karmic, use the first link - otherwise use the second:
   64-bit Ubuntu: http://www.nvidia.com/object/linux_d...195.36.15.html
   32-bit Ubuntu: http://www.nvidia.com/object/linux_d...195.36.15.html
2. I'm going to assume that this file is downloaded into the "/home/someuser/Downloads" directory.Restart your machine. When the GRUB menu appears, select the recovery mode for the most recent Kernel version installed (second option from the top, typically). The machine boots and eventually brings up a menu. Select the top menu option (resume). This will bring you to a console login - log in.
3. When you get to a command prompt, issue the following command to install the NVIDIA drivers:
   64-bit Ubuntu:

sudo /home/someuser/Downloads/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-195.36.15-pkg2.run

32-bit Ubuntu:

sudo /home/someuser/Downloads/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-195.36.15-pkg1.run

Check the version numbers to ensure they match the version you downloaded. Also don't forget to replace "someuser" with your user name.
Thanks to Simulator from another post for these directions

I can't follow these instructions in my Asus K42J (GeForce 310M) because when I enter recovery mode .. I also get a blank screen!! even when the Nvidia proprietary drivers are not active.

[UPDATE] I was able to carry out this instructions from the Live CD, so I installed the NVidia driver from the NVidia website (GeForce 310 for linux 64), but I'm still getting the blank screen......

[saeed_s58]

I can't follow these instructions in my Asus K42J (GeForce 310M) because when I enter recovery mode .. I also get a blank screen!! even when the Nvidia proprietary drivers are not active.

[UPDATE] I was able to carry out this instructions from the Live CD, so I installed the NVidia driver from the NVidia website (GeForce 310 for linux 64), but I'm still getting the blank screen......

I've posted a report of my experience about the similar problem on http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.p...06#post9804606. I hope that it can be helpful for you.

[FariAzz]

I've posted a report of my experience about the similar problem on http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.p...06#post9804606. I hope that it can be helpful for you.

Thanks saeed_s58, but the NVidia OPTIMUS technology that my laptop uses is not supported by Ubuntu as it is mostly software based:

http://forum.notebookreview.com/linu...mus-linux.html

http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/show...=144750&page=2

This means that my laptop won't be as efficient and powerful as it should in Ubuntu, so gotta stay in Windows 7 for the moment.

[saeed_s58]

Thanks saeed_s58, but the NVidia OPTIMUS technology that my laptop uses is not supported by Ubuntu as it is mostly software based:

http://forum.notebookreview.com/linu...mus-linux.html

http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/show...=144750&page=2

This means that my laptop won't be as efficient and powerful as it should in Ubuntu, so gotta stay in Windows 7 for the moment.

Yes, of course. But I prefer to stay in touch with ubuntu rather than windows. My problem was really that I have no active screen there and just a blank screen and a system which was not responding to any action and which could not come up in recovery mode and I try to do the repair using an ssh connection trick.