HOWTO: Latest NVIDIA drivers

[TakisX]

This driver is mystery to me.
I downloaded installed with your how to.If i put nvidia and not nv in xorg.conf the system dont reboot .If iput nv ok .I recompiled the original kernel , the new kernel 2.6.13 , i tried everything.

I read this forum the nvidia forum nothing works .
Why ?

[tseliot]

This driver is mystery to me.
I downloaded installed with your how to.If i put nvidia and not nv in xorg.conf the system dont reboot .If iput nv ok .I recompiled the original kernel , the new kernel 2.6.13 , i tried everything.

I read this forum the nvidia forum nothing works .
Why ?

Try to add the red lines to your xorg.conf:

Section "Device"
Identifier "NVIDIA Corporation NV40 [GeForce 6200 TurboCache]"
Driver "nvidia"
BusID "PCI:1:0:0"
Option "NvAGP" "0"
Option "RenderAccel" "Off"
Option "IgnoreDisplayDevices" "DFP,TV"
Option "NoRenderExtension" "Off"
Option "AllowGLXWithComposite" “Off”

Log oout and login

[busboy.ca]

Thanks Alberto. Molto bene bello.

[tseliot]

Thanks Alberto. Molto bene bello.

Grazie a te

[TakisX]

If i put the lines you say freezes even i put nv in xorg.conf
At the other forum a lot of people ungry with nvidia because the drivers dont work
The last driver they say is 6629 that worked ok

Why a big firm like nvidia does not fix it ?

[tseliot]

If i put the lines you say freezes even i put nv in xorg.conf
At the other forum a lot of people ungry with nvidia because the drivers dont work
The last driver they say is 6629 that worked ok

Why a big firm like nvidia does not fix it ?

Because they focus more on Windows drivers than on Linux ones. And Games are developed for Windows.

By the way you could give Breezy (stable) a shot (13th october) as it has 7667 nvidia driver modules available in the repositories. Please try to be patient until then (I understand your frustration though).

[TheTK421]

Well add me to the list of failures when trying to install these drivers. Right after I installed them I rebooted X, got the Nvidia screen, then it dumped me out to command line. I was able to uninstall the "glx" package, then restore from a copy of xorg.conf I kept for situations like this. It will only boot into GDM if I am root, and even then it I have about a 1-in-a-hundred chance of it working, or it will just boot to the gray screen with the "x" for the mouse pointer until I restart the computer. Recently I have been getting a blue screen with an error box asking me if I wish to look at the Xorg.0.log file to see if I can fix the problem, but it looks fine. I haven't had the courage to reboot my system for a few days now and I don't plan on ever rebooting it.
Is there anyway to fix this? I finally went through the horrible process of getting KDE installed, just so I could never use it. I can post a copy of my xorg.conf and the backup I have used if it would help.

I have searched the nVidia forums to no avail. I would love to keep using Ubuntu, but I never had these problems with SuSE or any other distro I have used.

[tseliot]

I can post a copy of my xorg.conf and the backup I have used if it would help.

Please post them.

And did the driver compile?

[muzzie]

Hey Tseilot,

You might remember a couple pages back I was having trouble with OpenGL. glxgears was getting 14fps and my games weren't rendering properly at all.
You suggested I downgrade from 7676 to 7667 and I have just now finnaly got around to doing that, and, voila! It works great now. Glxgears is giving 12,000+ and I am getting a solid 90fps (locked there) in Enemy Territory with all details at max @ 1024x768.

I thought the process was going to be a pain, but I simply just downloaded the 7667 drivers, stopped X and did a sh "NVIDA-blablablaDrivers" and the whole process was automated. Uninstalled 7676 and put 7667 in. I don't know if that's the safest way to go about it, but no problems so far!

Thanks!

[tseliot]

Hey Tseilot,

You might remember a couple pages back I was having trouble with OpenGL. glxgears was getting 14fps and my games weren't rendering properly at all.
You suggested I downgrade from 7676 to 7667 and I have just now finnaly got around to doing that, and, voila! It works great now. Glxgears is giving 12,000+ and I am getting a solid 90fps (locked there) in Enemy Territory with all details at max @ 1024x768.

I thought the process was going to be a pain, but I simply just downloaded the 7667 drivers, stopped X and did a sh "NVIDA-blablablaDrivers" and the whole process was automated. Uninstalled 7676 and put 7667 in. I don't know if that's the safest way to go about it, but no problems so far!

Thanks!

Of course I remember of you . Well, let's say there's a reason if I discourage users from installing 7676. The way you installed the new driver is right (so don't you worry).

I'm very happy for you!