HOWTO: Latest NVIDIA drivers

[tseliot]

hell, i tried with a fresh install of Breezy, and it W O R K S !

everyone having trouble with 2.6.1x kernels: if all fails, try Breezy, or get the 2.6.12-8 kernel and follow tseliot's other guide for setting the drivers for use with the Breezy kernel.

2d performance is remarkably better than the vesa driver, and when it comes to 3d all i can say is that glxgears shows 4000-something fps. can you suggest a more reliable way to make sure 3d acceleration is working?

I'm happy for you and I really don't know why it works. I'm happy to be wrong though

[tseliot]

for TakisX:

It's not a problem related to the driver this time. What kernel is yours? Did you compile it?

The kernel has the nvidia Framebuffer module enabled and this won't make the driver work. You have to compile a new one (with that module disabled) OR You can try a Breezy kernel if you need kernel 2.6.12. It should work (install kernel image, source and headers) and Look at the problems section as the installer will complain about GCC.

[linkunderscore]

Follow my guide again and reinstall the drivers, it will work (probably the update upgraded your kernel)

It did. I love you :heart:

[TakisX]

It drives me crazy. I installed Ubuntu 5.10 .In synartic i see i have installed 7667 driver but it does not work .Why ?its so crazy. If i put nvidia or nv in xorg file it crushes.

What to do ? I want to have 1280x1024 and i have only 1024x768

If i put glxgears

takisx@nisaki:~$ glxgears
Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0".
Error: couldn't get an RGB, Double-buffered visual
takisx@nisaki:~$
what is the problem ? the kernel is the original

Please help

[TakisX]

Here is my xorg.conf file

Section "Module"
Load "GLcore"
Load "i2c"
Load "bitmap"
Load "ddc"
# Load "dri"
Load "extmod"
Load "freetype"
Load "glx"
Load "int10"
Load "type1"
Load "vbe"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Generic Keyboard"
Driver "kbd"
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 "vesa"
BusID "PCI:1:0:0"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Generic Monitor"
Option "DPMS"
HorizSync 28-64
VertRefresh 60
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 "2048x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "2048x1024" "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

[tseliot]

It drives me crazy. I installed Ubuntu 5.10 .In synartic i see i have installed 7667 driver but it does not work .Why ?its so crazy. If i put nvidia or nv in xorg file it crushes.

What to do ? I want to have 1280x1024 and i have only 1024x768

If i put glxgears

takisx@nisaki:~$ glxgears
Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0".
Error: couldn't get an RGB, Double-buffered visual
takisx@nisaki:~$
what is the problem ? the kernel is the original

Please help

I understand your frustration. Uninstall nvidia drivers from synaptic and follow my guide again (every step).
Then if the installer complains about gcc, please see the problem section of my guide. If the installer doesn't work, please post the nvidia log file under /var/log/

[TakisX]

I updated drivers with synaptic and reboot and crashes .I cant get xserver start even if i put vesa or nv or nvidia in xorg file.
Format and new of instalation of 5.04
So bad expirience with linux .i cant even my desktop look ok , and i have so typical ,comon hardware .

[tseliot]

I updated drivers with synaptic and reboot and crashes .I cant get xserver start even if i put vesa or nv or nvidia in xorg file.
Format and new of instalation of 5.04
So bad expirience with linux .i cant even my desktop look ok , and i have so typical ,comon hardware .

Maybe I asked you before but I don't remember (I'm studying too hard and my brain is not ok) what is your graphic card model.

[merlyn]

Could someone explain what the following line from the device section, actually does.

Option NvAGP "1"

I always have mine set at 1, as this value was suggested in another howto.

Having read through this forum, some posts made reccomendations to set this at 0 to resolve particular problems.

Recently in another forum I noticed that this was set to 3 in another persons conf file.

Does, this affect the AGP rate, my card is an 8?

Also is there any value in setting this to a higher value.

Cheers.

[tseliot]

Could someone explain what the following line from the device section, actually does.

Option NvAGP "1"

I always have mine set at 1, as this value was suggested in another howto.

Having read through this forum, some posts made reccomendations to set this at 0 to resolve particular problems.

Recently in another forum I noticed that this was set to 3 in another persons conf file.

Does, this affect the AGP rate, my card is an 8?

Also is there any value in setting this to a higher value.

Cheers.

No, don't you worry it doesn't have anything to do with the AGP rate. It only tells xorg which module it has to load (nvAGP). You have to change it only if nvidia drivers don't work for you.

I think AGP rate can be changed in the bios.