Ubuntu 12.10 nvidia

[waspinator]

Hi,

I installed the 64bit-PC daily image from 2012-10-11 (release candidate according to the release schedule) and I can't get my graphics to work properly.

Computer Specification:
Motherboard: Gigabyte X58A-UD3R rev1
Graphics: nVIDIA GeForce GTX560 (GF114)
Screen: Samsung BX2431 (1920x1080)

During installation, and when I first boot up, my screen is stuck at 1366x768 resolution. I thought I would try to install proprietary drivers to fix this. After installing them though, I am stuck at 1280x1024 and unity no longer starts. I can right click and make a new folder, or change my background, but none of the windows have any borders.

Under System Overview my graphics are listed as:
VESA: GF104B Board - 10410050

It was working fine on ubuntu 12.04.

Any ideas on what I can do? Is nVIDIA still supported in ubuntu?

Thanks.

[pqwoerituytrueiwoq]

gtk-window-decorator

that should get the borders back

sudo nvidia-xconfig;sudo reboot

should get the driver working
i am using xubuntu 12.10 with nvidia and so is my mom

[waspinator]

gtk-window-decorator

that should get the borders back

sudo nvidia-xconfig;sudo reboot

should get the driver working
i am using xubuntu 12.10 with nvidia and so is my mom

Hmm. gtk-window-decorator says it's already running. Using the --replace option causes it to crash.

I tried the nvidia-xconfig, and reboot, but now it's stuck at 640x480 and gives me an error:

Could not apply the stored configuration for monitors
none of the selected modes were compatible with the possible modes.

I'm going to try ubuntu 12.10 beta 2 32bit and see if that helps.


edit: even worse

beta 2 32bit won't even boot into live mode. It just gives black/white horizontal stripes.

edit2: I can boot using the nomodset option. (should be labeled "Safe Graphics Mode" or something)

Trying to install again.

[pqwoerituytrueiwoq]

sudo apt-get purge nvidia-current;sudo apt-get install nvidia-current-updates

[waspinator]

ok, solved. After installing ubuntu 12.10 beta 2 32bit and using the nomodeset option (hold shift to show grub, press e on ubuntu, and add nomodeset before quite boot) I got it to install. After booting the first time I went into software source, and installed the nvidia driver. After another reboot I got full resolution.

Thanks.

[KAding]

In my case installing the nvidia-current driver in the end failed because it couldn´t compile the module.

So the problem was solved by installing the kernel headers and then reinstalling the driver:
sudo apt-get install linux-headers-3.5.0-17-generic
sudo apt-get remove nvidia-current
sudo apt-get install nvidia-current

[grahammechanical]

It is not a case of Ubuntu supporting Nvidia but of Nvidia supporting Linux with drivers that are not buggy.

I stopped using Nvidia drivers a few weeks ago then things seemed to be fixed so I went back to it. Then this happened

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2067033

I am using the Nouveau driver. I do not know if this issue has been fixed.

If you go to System Settings>Software Sources you will see a tab for Additional Drivers. It will let you activate another version of the Nvidia driver or the Nouveau driver.

Regards.