Nvidia driver

[linux.convert]

Ok, so I fudged up...I downloaded a Nvidia driver, trying to get Starcraft 1 to work better. I think it somehow rebooted automatically and now I have 640x480 resolution, and when I go to change it, it no longer lists 800 and 1024 and the refresh rate is set at 59 fps. I uninstalled the driver and have absolutely no idea what to do.

Lubuntu 12.04*
Acer Aspire One
Intel Atom Processor
Integrated graphics

[Rex Bouwense]

You obviously know more than I do if you are playing around with Lubuntu 12.10 which is still in its development phase. That being said, after you uninstalled the driver are you back where you started from or is the video borked because you installed the wrong one and it replaced the correct one?

[linux.convert]

I'm using 12.04, I typed 12.10 originally in error...I think the new one replaced the old one, but its still working right now. The Additional drivers thing only shows a broadcom wireless driver, so that's no help. There doesn't seem to be a settings manager, by default, for graphics drivers where you can designate which driver to use.

*Synaptic shows that I have a bunch of Xserver-xorg video packages installed, so the problem may just be how to enable one...

[Redblade20XX]

I'm using 12.04, I typed 12.10 originally in error...I think the new one replaced the old one, but its still working right now. The Additional drivers thing only shows a broadcom wireless driver, so that's no help. There doesn't seem to be a settings manager, by default, for graphics drivers where you can designate which driver to use.

You tried installing via ppa:
https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat/+archive/x-updates

-Red

[linux.convert]

Ok I added that ppa to my list for synaptic, but I'm not 100% sure which driver to select. This is all pretty new territory for me.

[NikTh]

Hello ,
give the output of commands

lspci -nnk | grep -iA2 vga 
apt-cache policy nvidia-current

Thanks.

[linux.convert]

Totally unrelated, how do you show code in a reply?

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USER@USER-AOD###:~$ lspci -nnk | grep -iA2 vga
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Intel Corporation N10 Family Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:a011] (rev 02)
Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] Device [1025:0590]
Kernel driver in use: i915
USER@USER-AOD###:~$

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USER@USER-AOD###:~$ apt-cache policy nvidia-current
nvidia-current:
Installed: (none)
Candidate: 302.17-0ubuntu1~precise~xup1
Version table:
302.17-0ubuntu1~precise~xup1 0
500 http://ppa.launchpad.net/ubuntu-x-sw...pdates/ubuntu/ precise/main i386 Packages
295.40-0ubuntu1 0
500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise/restricted i386 Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
USER@USER-AOD###:~$

[Redblade20XX]

To have text wrapped as code you just use the # sign option when you are in the posting menu. Take a look at the attachment I have.

From your previous post, it looks as if there is no proprietary NVidia driver installed. So first you would want to:

sudo apt-get update

Then

sudo apt-get install nvidia-graphics-drivers

if that doesn't work, replace nvidia-graphics-drivers with nvidia-current.

This should download the driver and install it in your kernel automatically.

-Red

[linux.convert]

I early before your post, I went ahead and backed up my files and reinstalled. I'm not going to bother with it right now, not at least until I've researched it more.

Thank you guys alot for all the info.

[NikTh]

Hi.
Ok , here is the deal..
You have an Acer netbook with Intel integrated graphics. You do not have Nvidia .

USER@USER-AOD###:~$ lspci -nnk | grep -iA2 vga
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Intel Corporation N10 Family Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:a011] (rev 02)
Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] Device [1025:0590]
Kernel driver in use: i915

So you cannot install Nvidia's driver on a machine that has not Nvidia graphics card.
Intel has not closed source (restricted) driver . Intel's driver its open and its already installed on Ubuntu. You can see "Kernel driver in use:i915"
So don't spend your time for search or investigate anything about how to install Nvidia's driver at this netbook. You are Ok.
Thanks