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  1. #141
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    Re: HOWTO: Latest NVIDIA drivers

    Quote Originally Posted by AntiKris
    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.
    Open either Terminal or Konsole and type:
    sudo gedit /etc/X11/xorg.conf (if you use GNOME)

    or

    sudo kate /etc/X11/xorg.conf (if you use KDE)

    and post the file, please.

    I have my last exam in 2 days (5 september) and I'm studying really hard. I'll have much more time to help you after the exam (if I pass it).

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    Re: HOWTO: Latest NVIDIA drivers

    My problem is i have a Sony tft monitor with dvi conection.I can not select resolution bigger of 1024 768 my conf file is
    # /etc/X11/xorg.conf (xorg X Window System server configuration file)
    #
    # This file was generated by dexconf, the Debian X Configuration tool, using
    # values from the debconf database.
    #
    # Edit this file with caution, and see the /etc/X11/xorg.conf manual page.
    # (Type "man /etc/X11/xorg.conf" at the shell prompt.)
    #
    # This file is automatically updated on xserver-xorg package upgrades *only*
    # if it has not been modified since the last upgrade of the xserver-xorg
    # package.
    #
    # If you have edited this file but would like it to be automatically updated
    # again, run the following commands:
    #
    # cp /etc/X11/xorg.conf /etc/X11/xorg.conf.custom
    # sudo sh -c 'md5sum /etc/X11/xorg.conf >/var/lib/xfree86/xorg.conf.md5sum'
    # sudo dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg

    Section "Files"
    FontPath "unix/:7100" # local font server
    # if the local font server has problems, we can fall back on these
    FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/misc"
    FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/cyrillic"
    FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/:unscaled"
    FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled"
    FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/Type1"
    FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/CID"
    FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi"
    FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi"
    # paths to defoma fonts
    FontPath "/var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/TrueType"
    FontPath "/var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/CID"
    EndSection

    Section "Module"
    Load "bitmap"
    Load "dbe"
    Load "ddc"
    Load "dri"
    Load "extmod"
    Load "freetype"
    Load "glx"
    Load "int10"
    Load "record"
    Load "type1"
    Load "vbe"
    EndSection

    Section "InputDevice"
    Identifier "Generic Keyboard"
    Driver "keyboard"
    Option "CoreKeyboard"
    Option "XkbRules" "xorg"
    Option "XkbModel" "pc104"
    Option "XkbLayout" "us"
    EndSection

    Section "InputDevice"
    Identifier "Configured Mouse"
    Driver "mouse"
    Option "CorePointer"
    Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
    Option "Protocol" "ImPS/2"
    Option "Emulate3Buttons" "true"
    Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
    EndSection

    Section "Device"
    Identifier "NVIDIA Corporation NV20 [GeForce3]"
    Driver "nvidia"
    BusID "PCI:1:0:0"
    EndSection

    Section "Monitor"
    Identifier "Generic Monitor"
    Option "DPMS"
    HorizSync 28-49
    VertRefresh 43-72
    EndSection

    Section "Screen"
    Identifier "Default Screen"
    Device "NVIDIA Corporation NV20 [GeForce3]"
    Monitor "Generic Monitor"
    DefaultDepth 24
    SubSection "Display"
    Depth 1
    Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
    EndSubSection
    SubSection "Display"
    Depth 4
    Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
    EndSubSection
    SubSection "Display"
    Depth 8
    Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
    EndSubSection
    SubSection "Display"
    Depth 15
    Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
    EndSubSection
    SubSection "Display"
    Depth 16
    Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
    EndSubSection
    SubSection "Display"
    Depth 24
    Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
    EndSubSection
    EndSection

    Section "ServerLayout"
    Identifier "Default Layout"
    Screen "Default Screen"
    InputDevice "Generic Keyboard"
    InputDevice "Configured Mouse"
    EndSection

    Section "DRI"
    Mode 0666
    EndSection

    the 1280x1024 was put by me ( aforum in Greece says so )

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    Re: HOWTO: Latest NVIDIA drivers

    My problem is i have a Sony tft monitor with dvi conection.I can not select resolution bigger of 1024 768 my conf file is
    # /etc/X11/xorg.conf (xorg X Window System server configuration file)
    #
    # This file was generated by dexconf, the Debian X Configuration tool, using
    # values from the debconf database.
    #
    # Edit this file with caution, and see the /etc/X11/xorg.conf manual page.
    # (Type "man /etc/X11/xorg.conf" at the shell prompt.)
    #
    # This file is automatically updated on xserver-xorg package upgrades *only*
    # if it has not been modified since the last upgrade of the xserver-xorg
    # package.
    #
    # If you have edited this file but would like it to be automatically updated
    # again, run the following commands:
    #
    # cp /etc/X11/xorg.conf /etc/X11/xorg.conf.custom
    # sudo sh -c 'md5sum /etc/X11/xorg.conf >/var/lib/xfree86/xorg.conf.md5sum'
    # sudo dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg

    Section "Files"
    FontPath "unix/:7100" # local font server
    # if the local font server has problems, we can fall back on these
    FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/misc"
    FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/cyrillic"
    FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/:unscaled"
    FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled"
    FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/Type1"
    FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/CID"
    FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi"
    FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi"
    # paths to defoma fonts
    FontPath "/var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/TrueType"
    FontPath "/var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/CID"
    EndSection

    Section "Module"
    Load "bitmap"
    Load "dbe"
    Load "ddc"
    Load "dri"
    Load "extmod"
    Load "freetype"
    Load "glx"
    Load "int10"
    Load "record"
    Load "type1"
    Load "vbe"
    EndSection

    Section "InputDevice"
    Identifier "Generic Keyboard"
    Driver "keyboard"
    Option "CoreKeyboard"
    Option "XkbRules" "xorg"
    Option "XkbModel" "pc104"
    Option "XkbLayout" "us"
    EndSection

    Section "InputDevice"
    Identifier "Configured Mouse"
    Driver "mouse"
    Option "CorePointer"
    Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
    Option "Protocol" "ImPS/2"
    Option "Emulate3Buttons" "true"
    Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
    EndSection

    Section "Device"
    Identifier "NVIDIA Corporation NV20 [GeForce3]"
    Driver "nvidia"
    BusID "PCI:1:0:0"
    EndSection

    Section "Monitor"
    Identifier "Generic Monitor"
    Option "DPMS"
    HorizSync 28-49
    VertRefresh 43-72
    EndSection

    Section "Screen"
    Identifier "Default Screen"
    Device "NVIDIA Corporation NV20 [GeForce3]"
    Monitor "Generic Monitor"
    DefaultDepth 24
    SubSection "Display"
    Depth 1
    Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
    EndSubSection
    SubSection "Display"
    Depth 4
    Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
    EndSubSection
    SubSection "Display"
    Depth 8
    Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
    EndSubSection
    SubSection "Display"
    Depth 15
    Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
    EndSubSection
    SubSection "Display"
    Depth 16
    Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
    EndSubSection
    SubSection "Display"
    Depth 24
    Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
    EndSubSection
    EndSection

    Section "ServerLayout"
    Identifier "Default Layout"
    Screen "Default Screen"
    InputDevice "Generic Keyboard"
    InputDevice "Configured Mouse"
    EndSection

    Section "DRI"
    Mode 0666
    EndSection

    the 1280x1024 was put by me ( aforum in Greece says so )

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    Re: HOWTO: Latest NVIDIA drivers

    Quote Originally Posted by TakisX
    Section "Module"
    Load "bitmap"
    Load "dbe"
    Load "ddc"
    #Load "dri"
    Load "extmod"
    Load "freetype"
    Load "glx"
    Load "int10"
    Load "record"
    Load "type1"
    Load "vbe"
    EndSection
    First of all look at the red line and set it as in the example

    And about the resolution issue:

    Find the supported refresh rates (Horizontal and Vertical refresh) in the manual of your monitor. Or find it in google.

    and put the rates in these lines in red

    Quote Originally Posted by TakisX
    Section "Monitor"
    Identifier "Generic Monitor"
    Option "DPMS"
    HorizSync 28-49
    VertRefresh 43-72
    EndSection

    Then log out and log in.

    Try to select the resolution you want

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    Re: HOWTO: Latest NVIDIA drivers

    It's also possible to have X automatically detect your monitor's supported refresh rates, although this doesn't always work. Just comment out the two refresh rate lines above (put a "#" in front of the lines), and restart the computer (just to be sure). If this doesn't work, you can try entering the refresh rate values manually.

    Also, according to the xorg.conf you posted, it seems like you have to have 24-bit color enabled to be able to get 1280x1024. And that resolution is the highest it can go.
    Last edited by DancingSun; September 3rd, 2005 at 11:32 PM.

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    Re: HOWTO: Latest NVIDIA drivers

    Thanks it worked the trick with # in xorg.conf but the disaster came.
    I tried ti install the new drivers and
    1 unistalled nvidia-glx
    2 clt-alt -f1
    3 stoped gdm
    4 gave sudo sh nvidia-linux-x86-1.0-7667-pkg1.run and gave an error message about some module in kernel
    5 gave /etc/init.d/gdm start and Failed Gnome does not start
    reboot xserver does not load
    gave sudo xorgconfig followed the steps the same failed
    Disaster
    Please help
    gave sudo apt-get install nvidia-glx to install the old drivers but i cant get Gnome

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    Re: HOWTO: Latest NVIDIA drivers

    Quote Originally Posted by TakisX
    Thanks it worked the trick with # in xorg.conf but the disaster came.
    I tried ti install the new drivers and
    1 unistalled nvidia-glx
    2 clt-alt -f1
    3 stoped gdm
    4 gave sudo sh nvidia-linux-x86-1.0-7667-pkg1.run and gave an error message about some module in kernel
    5 gave /etc/init.d/gdm start and Failed Gnome does not start
    reboot xserver does not load
    gave sudo xorgconfig followed the steps the same failed
    Disaster
    Please help
    gave sudo apt-get install nvidia-glx to install the old drivers but i cant get Gnome
    It will boot in the command line.

    sudo nano /etc/X11/xorg.conf

    and set "nvidia" back to either "nv" or "vesa"

    save and exit. Reboot.

    If this works (it should) please post the nvidia log file (you can find it under /var/log)

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    Re: HOWTO: Latest NVIDIA drivers

    Nothing worked . I installed Ubuntu again .
    What can i do with that error message for kernel ? Recompile the kernel ?

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    Re: HOWTO: Latest NVIDIA drivers

    Quote Originally Posted by TakisX
    Nothing worked . I installed Ubuntu again .
    What can i do with that error message for kernel ? Recompile the kernel ?
    1) which kernel are you using?
    if you don't know: open Terminal or Konsole and type "uname -r"

    2) try to run the nvidia installer WITHOUT following ANY OTHER thing in my guide:
    i.e. Just follow (ONLY) the instructions below


    QUOTE:
    ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    uname -r (this will tell you the name and version of the kernel you are using)

    Open either Synaptic or Kynaptic

    press the "Search" button and put "header" in the search field

    you will see a list of files, find "linux-headers-the name you got from uname -r"

    for example if your kernel is "2.6.10-5-386", the headers will be "linux-headers-2.6.10-5-386"

    click on the files and select "Mark for installation"

    Press the "Apply" button.

    You can close Synaptic (or Kynaptic) after it has finished installing the headers.


    1) uninstall nvidia-glx (if you don't have it just go to step 2)

    2) remove the file manually:
    sudo rm /etc/init.d/nvidia-glx

    3) sudo apt-get install gcc (just in case)

    ctl-alt-f1 (so as to get to the command line)

    login with your username and password (if required)

    sudo /etc/init.d/gdm stop (or "kdm stop" if you use KDE)

    cd “directory where you have the nvidia installer”

    If you have Ubuntu 64bit type: **
    sudo sh NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-1.0-7667-pkg2.run

    Otherwise if you have Ubuntu 32 bit type:
    sudo sh NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-7667-pkg2.run


    sudo /etc/init.d/gdm start
    --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    3) get to /var/log/ and look for "nvidia-installer.log" and post the content of the file.

    In this way I will see the complete error output.

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    Re: HOWTO: Latest NVIDIA drivers

    Hey,

    I'm running Hoary, and tried to install the newest drivers. I was able to install without a problem, but upon startup, X crashes. I checked the X log, and it stated that it couldn't load the Nvidia kernel modules. The strange part is, according to dmesg, the modules -did- load.

    I cannot post dmesg, X log, or the install log at the moment, as I'm posting this via Links. If it's possible to copy/paste the text into here, though, I'll see what I can do about posting those.

    Thanks in advance!

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