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  1. #131
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    Re: HOWTO: Latest NVIDIA drivers

    Quote Originally Posted by tseliot
    Old graphic cards are not supported any more by this driver
    Here's a list
    RIVA TNT 0x0020
    RIVA TNT2/TNT2 Pro 0x0028
    RIVA TNT2 Ultra 0x0029
    Vanta/Vanta LT 0x002C
    RIVA TNT2 Model 64/Model 64 Pro 0x002D
    Aladdin TNT2 0x00A0
    GeForce 256 0x0100
    GeForce DDR 0x0101
    Quadro 0x0103
    GeForce2 GTS/GeForce2 Pro 0x0150
    GeForce2 Ti 0x0151
    GeForce2 Ultra 0x0152
    Quadro2 Pro 0x0153
    My card is not in that list. It's a GeForce2 MX 100/200, which is supported. However, it doesn't matter, since every version I've used in the last six months has had this bug. I can't enable hardware rendering (RenderAccel) because if I do, Xorg freezes. I just want to know if there's a fix/workaround for it yet, or if nvidia is just sitting on their hands with the problem.

  2. #132
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    Re: HOWTO: Latest NVIDIA drivers

    Quote Originally Posted by arnoct
    My card is not in that list. It's a GeForce2 MX 100/200, which is supported. However, it doesn't matter, since every version I've used in the last six months has had this bug. I can't enable hardware rendering (RenderAccel) because if I do, Xorg freezes. I just want to know if there's a fix/workaround for it yet, or if nvidia is just sitting on their hands with the problem.
    Please consult the last paragraph of this page.

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    Re: HOWTO: Latest NVIDIA drivers

    Oke breezy just attracted me again.
    I'm having new errors :/
    nvidia-installer log file '/var/log/nvidia-installer.log'
    creation time: Sat Aug 27 20:05:51 2005

    option status:
    license pre-accepted : false
    update : false
    force update : false
    expert : false
    uninstall : false
    driver info : false
    no precompiled interface: false
    no ncurses color : false
    query latest driver ver : false
    OpenGL header files : true
    no questions : false
    silent : false
    no backup : false
    kernel module only : false
    sanity : false
    add this kernel : false
    no runlevel check : false
    no network : false
    no ABI note : false
    no RPMs : false
    force tls : (not specified)
    force compat32 tls : (not specified)
    X install prefix : /usr/X11R6
    OpenGL install prefix : /usr
    compat32 install prefix : /emul/ia32-linux
    installer install prefix: /usr
    utility install prefix : /usr
    kernel name : (not specified)
    kernel include path : (not specified)
    kernel source path : (not specified)
    kernel output path : (not specified)
    kernel install path : (not specified)
    proc mount point : /proc
    ui : (not specified)
    tmpdir : /tmp
    ftp mirror : ftp://download.nvidia.com
    RPM file list : (not specified)

    Using: nvidia-installer ncurses user interface
    -> License accepted.
    -> No precompiled kernel interface was found to match your kernel; would you li
    ke the installer to attempt to download a kernel interface for your kernel f
    rom the NVIDIA ftp site (ftp://download.nvidia.com)? (Answer: Yes)
    -> No matching precompiled kernel interface was found on the NVIDIA ftp site;
    this means that the installer will need to compile a kernel interface for
    your kernel.
    ERROR: Unable to find the development tool `make` in your path; please make
    sure that you have the package 'make' installed. If make is installed
    on your system, then please check that `make` is in your PATH.
    ERROR: Installation has failed. Please see the file
    '/var/log/nvidia-installer.log' for details. You may find suggestions
    on fixing installation problems in the README available on the Linux
    driver download page at www.nvidia.com.

  4. #134
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    Re: HOWTO: Latest NVIDIA drivers

    Quote Originally Posted by liquidfire
    Oke breezy just attracted me again.
    I'm having new errors :/
    Something is wrong with the forums

  5. #135
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    Re: HOWTO: Latest NVIDIA drivers

    How would you go about updating the drivers for a new kernel? Would it be as simple as using the nvidia installer with the --uninstall command, then logging in with the new kernel and following the above steps?

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    Re: HOWTO: Latest NVIDIA drivers

    Quote Originally Posted by PsychoTrauma
    How would you go about updating the drivers for a new kernel? Would it be as simple as using the nvidia installer with the --uninstall command, then logging in with the new kernel and following the above steps?
    Just follow the instructions from the beginning. As I wrote you have to set the driver to vesa or nv (if it worked for you) in xorg.

    Then you boot in the new kernel and repeat the installation process with the nvidia installer (which will ask you to overwrite the previous installation).

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    Re: HOWTO: Latest NVIDIA drivers

    Quote Originally Posted by liquidfire
    Oke breezy just attracted me again.
    I'm having new errors :/
    Open synaptic or kynaptic and make sure you have installed "make" and "makedev" packages.

    Then try again.

  8. #138
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    Re: HOWTO: Latest NVIDIA drivers

    Thank you, I took your advice as well as trying the way I described above and they both worked. I left the settings as "nvidia" though and just did the removal and reinstall after X couldn't start.

  9. #139
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    Re: HOWTO: Latest NVIDIA drivers

    Howdy. First off, I'm a complete linux noob, so apologies for asking what would appear to be dumb, basic questions. I've reviewed this and similar posts, and have tried some of the various offered solutions, but nothing seems to work yet. I apologize if the answer I need has already been posted, but so far, I'm still out in the NVIDIA cold, so to speak.

    Here's what I'm running: thanks to Tseliot's very helpful HOWTO, I compiled a brand spanking new emt64 smp kernel from 2.6.13 (it was the new release that inspired me to get around to checking out linux). I've got a pentium 830d on a p5wd2 (which is a problematic board, so far, if anyone's thinking of getting one), with a crappy-ass Asus en6200 TC. I compiled my kernel from the 'vanilla' 2.6.13.

    So far, trying to install NVIDIA's latest two drivers (7667 and 7676, doesn't matter, same effect), in a word, fails. I'm postulating that this might be because of smp, or the 2.6.13 (instead of .11 or .12), but my rather uneducated guesswork is worth the paper this is printed on. (nobody print this reply out)

    I can successfully compile the module, using either NVIDIA's run package, or doing it manually in terminal, but the results are the same: X-server fails to load the graphical environment.

    Before anyone asks, I've done all the cancelling out of "Load DRI" and added "nvidia" and the other steps in NVIDIA's readme. That is apparently successful in telling the system to load a driver which, alas, isn't. I'm not expecting wonderful things from my crapply little video card (that's what November is for), but I'd like to load the NVIDIA driver just to prevent the inevitable screen corruption yielded by the default nv driver. Having said that, who wouldn't want Opengl working? I've managed to get my girlfriend hooked on Baldur's Gate (I think that deserves a standing ovation, actually), so when BG2 time comes around, I'd like to have her play that in Ubuntu, rather than Winblows.

    Any and all help appreciated. You can even be nasty and derogatory while helping me, as long as you're funny, too.

  10. #140
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    Re: HOWTO: Latest NVIDIA drivers

    was reading the topic and saw the references to gcc 3.3 -> 3.4 and thought I'd add a tip:

    when updating symlinks, a simpler command is to use "ln -sf" instead of just "ln -s".

    eg.

    "ln -sf gcc-3.4 gcc"

    instead of

    "rm gcc"
    "ln -s gcc-3.4 gcc"

    it just avoids an "rm" and "f"orces the new symlink, and you don't have to worry if it already exists.

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