HOWTO: Latest NVIDIA drivers

[tht00]

yeah:

# /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 NV34 [GeForce FX 5200]"
#Driver "nvidia"
Driver "nv"
BusID "PCI:1:0:0"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
Identifier "HP v75"
Option "DPMS"
HorizSync 30-70
VertRefresh 50-160
EndSection

Section "Screen"
Identifier "Default Screen"
Device "NVIDIA Corporation NV34 [GeForce FX 5200]"
Monitor "HP v75"
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Depth 1
Modes "1152x864" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 4
Modes "1152x864" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 8
Modes "1152x864" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 15
Modes "1152x864" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 16
Modes "1152x864" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1152x864" "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

I commented out the line that caused the glitch and put in the original that at least boots.

[phlawed]

Everything worked great until this

NVIDIA Corporation NV40? [Unknown nVidia Card]

it wouldnt let me restart gdm with this as the the identifier

I am using a PNY GeForce 6200 Verto 128mb, why is ubuntu not recognizing my card?

[tseliot]

Everything worked great until this

NVIDIA Corporation NV40? [Unknown nVidia Card]

it wouldnt let me restart gdm with this as the the identifier

I am using a PNY GeForce 6200 Verto 128mb, why is ubuntu not recognizing my card?

sudo dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg

and select autodetect when it asks you about your graphic card (if it doesn't work select it manually)

Select the "advanced" when it asks you about the refresh rate (make sure you know the horizontal and vertical refresh rate supported by your monitor. OR you can make it autodetect.

It will ask you your desired resolutions, select the ones you need.

[tseliot]

I had previously installed the 7676 version, and it is doing the exact same now that I have uninstalled and reinstalled the 'correct' driver.

Did the driver installed without any error?

Reinstall the driver (make sure you follow EVERY step of my guide) then go to /var/log and post your nvidia log file (open it and paste it here)

Here is what it is doing:
When I do everything, including changing the xorg file, it boots up and displays a blank black page; as far as I can tell, gnome never loads, When I replaced the edited xorg config file with the backup, everything works again (as far as booting up, the 3d screen savers have since stopped working altogther). The problem only occurs when the 'Driver' section is changed to "nvidia"... not sure if this is significant, as it sounds like something just hasn't installed correctly.

Do you mean it displays the command line or it just boots to a blank page? Does xorg complain about anything?

[tht00]

Did the driver installed without any error?

Reinstall the driver (make sure you follow EVERY step of my guide) then go to /var/log and post your nvidia log file (open it and paste it here)

I did the uninstall/reinstall again last night... same thing... I'll try again and post the log file.

And as far as I know, there were no errors anywhere.

Do you mean it displays the command line or it just boots to a blank page? Does xorg complain about anything?

It boots up normal until it starts Gnome, then it goes blank.


Edit:

Here's the log; same results as before.

nvidia-installer log file '/var/log/nvidia-installer.log'
creation time: Wed Sep 28 09:22:49 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 : (not specified)
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.
-> Kernel source path: '/lib/modules/2.6.10-5-386/build'
-> Performing CC test with CC="cc".
-> Performing rivafb check.
-> Cleaning kernel module build directory.
executing: 'cd ./usr/src/nv; make clean'...
rm -f -f nv.o nv-vm.o os-agp.o os-interface.o os-registry.o nv.o nv-vm.o os-
agp.o os-interface.o os-registry.o nvidia.mod.o
rm -f -f build-in.o nv-linux.o *.d .*.{cmd,flags}
rm -f -f nvidia.{o,ko,mod.{o,c}} nv_compiler.h *~
rm -f -rf .tmp_versions
-> Building kernel module:
executing: 'cd ./usr/src/nv; make module SYSSRC=/lib/modules/2.6.10-5-386/bu
ild SYSOUT=/lib/modules/2.6.10-5-386/build'...

NVIDIA: calling KBUILD...
make CC=cc KBUILD_VERBOSE=1 -C /lib/modules/2.6.10-5-386/build SUBDIRS=/tmp
/selfgz8122/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-7667-pkg1/usr/src/nv modules
mkdir -p /tmp/selfgz8122/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-7667-pkg1/usr/src/nv/.tmp_vers
ions
make -f scripts/Makefile.build obj=/tmp/selfgz8122/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-7667
-pkg1/usr/src/nv
echo \#define NV_COMPILER \"`cc -v 2>&1 | tail -n 1`\" > /tmp/selfgz8122/NVI
DIA-Linux-x86-1.0-7667-pkg1/usr/src/nv/nv_compiler.h
cc -Wp,-MD,/tmp/selfgz8122/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-7667-pkg1/usr/src/nv/.nv.o
.d -nostdinc -iwithprefix include -D__KERNEL__ -Iinclude -Wall -Wstrict-pro
totypes -Wno-trigraphs -fno-strict-aliasing -fno-common -Os -fomit-frame
-pointer -pipe -msoft-float -mpreferred-stack-boundary=2 -march=i386 -Iincl
ude/asm-i386/mach-default -I/tmp/selfgz8122/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-7667-pkg1/
usr/src/nv -Wall -Wimplicit -Wreturn-type -Wswitch -Wformat -Wchar-subscript
s -Wparentheses -Wpointer-arith -Wno-multichar -Werror -O -fno-common -MD
-Wsign-compare -Wno-c
ast-qual -Wno-error -D_LOOSE_KERNEL_NAMES -D__KERNEL__ -DMODULE -DNTRM -D_G
NU_SOURCE -D_LOOSE_KERNEL_NAMES -D__KERNEL__ -DMODULE -DNV_MAJOR_VERSION=1
-DNV_MINOR_VERSION=0 -DNV_PATCHLEVEL=7667 -UDEBUG -U_DEBUG -DNDEBUG -DNV_SI
GNAL_STRUCT_RLIM -DNV_REMAP_PFN_RANGE_PRESENT -DNV_CHANGE_PAGE_ATTR_PRESENT
-DNV_PCI_DISABLE_DEVICE_PRESENT -DNV_PCI_GET_CLASS_PRESENT -DNV_VMAP_4_PRESE
NT -DMODULE -DKBUILD_BASENAME=nv -DKBUILD_MODNAME=nvidia -c -o /tmp/selfgz8
122/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-7667-pkg1/usr/src/nv/.tmp_nv.o /tmp/selfgz8122/NVID
IA-Linux-x86-1.0-7667-pkg1/usr/src/nv/nv.c
In file included from include/linux/list.h:7,
from include/linux/wait.h:23,
from include/asm/semaphore.h:41,
from include/linux/sched.h:18,
from include/linux/module.h:10,
from /tmp/selfgz8122/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-7667-pkg1/usr/src
/nv/nv-linux.h:46,
from /tmp/selfgz8122/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-7667-pkg1/usr/src
/nv/nv.c:14:
include/linux/prefetch.h: In function `prefetch_range':
include/linux/prefetch.h:62: warning: pointer of type `void *' used in arith
metic
In file included from include/linux/dmapool.h:14,
from include/linux/pci.h:837,
from /tmp/selfgz8122/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-7667-pkg1/usr/src
/nv/nv-linux.h:69,
from /tmp/selfgz8122/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-7667-pkg1/usr/src
/nv/nv.c:14:
include/asm/io.h: In function `check_signature':
include/asm/io.h:242: warning: wrong type argument to increment
cc -Wp,-MD,/tmp/selfgz8122/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-7667-pkg1/usr/src/nv/.nv-v
m.o.d -nostdinc -iwithprefix include -D__KERNEL__ -Iinclude -Wall -Wstrict-
prototypes -Wno-trigraphs -fno-strict-aliasing -fno-common -Os -fomit-fr
ame-pointer -pipe -msoft-float -mpreferred-stack-boundary=2 -march=i386 -Ii
nclude/asm-i386/mach-default -I/tmp/selfgz8122/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-7667-pk
g1/usr/src/nv -Wall -Wimplicit -Wreturn-type -Wswitch -Wformat -Wchar-subscr
ipts -Wparentheses -Wpointer-arith -Wno-multichar -Werror -
O -fno-common -MD -Wsign-compare -Wno-cast-qual -Wno-error -D_LOOSE_KERNEL
_NAMES -D__KERNEL__ -DMODULE -DNTRM -D_GNU_SOURCE -D_LOOSE_KERNEL_NAMES -D_
_KERNEL__ -DMODULE -DNV_MAJOR_VERSION=1 -DNV_MINOR_VERSION=0 -DNV_PATCHLEVE
L=7667 -UDEBUG -U_DEBUG -DNDEBUG -DNV_SIGNAL_STRUCT_RLIM -DNV_REMAP_PFN_RAN
GE_PRESENT -DNV_CHANGE_PAGE_ATTR_PRESENT -DNV_PCI_DISABLE_DEVICE_PRESENT -DN
V_PCI_GET_CLASS_PRESENT -DNV_VMAP_4_PRESENT -DMODULE -DKBUILD_BASENAME=nv_v
m -DKBUILD_MODNAME=nvidia -c -o /tmp/selfgz8122/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-7667-pk
g1/usr/src/nv/.tmp_nv-vm.o /tmp/selfgz8122/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-7667-pkg1/us
r/src/nv/nv-vm.c
In file included from include/linux/list.h:7,
from include/linux/wait.h:23,
from include/asm/semaphore.h:41,
from include/linux/sched.h:18,
from include/linux/module.h:10,
from /tmp/selfgz8122/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-7667-pkg1/usr/src
/nv/nv-linux.h:46,
from /tmp/selfgz8122/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-7667-pkg1/usr/src
/nv/nv-vm.c:14:
include/linux/prefetch.h: In function `prefetch_range':
include/linux/prefetch.h:62: warning: pointer of type `void *' used in arith
metic
In file included from include/linux/dmapool.h:14,
from include/linux/pci.h:837,
from /tmp/selfgz8122/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-7667-pkg1/usr/src
/nv/nv-linux.h:69,
from /tmp/selfgz8122/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-7667-pkg1/usr/src
/nv/nv-vm.c:14:
include/asm/io.h: In function `check_signature':
include/asm/io.h:242: warning: wrong type argument to increment
cc -Wp,-MD,/tmp/selfgz8122/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-7667-pkg1/usr/src/nv/.os-a
gp.o.d -nostdinc -iwithprefix include -D__KERNEL__ -Iinclude -Wall -Wstrict
-prototypes -Wno-trigraphs -fno-strict-aliasing -fno-common -Os -fomit-f
rame-pointer -pipe -msoft-float -mpreferred-stack-boundary=2 -march=i386 -I
include/asm-i386/mach-default -I/tmp/selfgz8122/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-7667-p
kg1/usr/src/nv -Wall -Wimplicit -Wreturn-type -Wswitch -Wformat -Wchar-subsc
ripts
-Wparentheses -Wpointer-arith -Wno-multichar -Werror -O -fno-common -MD
-Wsign-compare -Wno-cast-qual -Wno-error -D_LOOSE_KERNEL_NAMES -D__KERNEL__
-DMODULE -DNTRM -D_GNU_SOURCE -D_LOOSE_KERNEL_NAMES -D__KERNEL__ -DMODULE
-DNV_MAJOR_VERSION=1 -DNV_MINOR_VERSION=0 -DNV_PATCHLEVEL=7667 -UDEBUG -U_D
EBUG -DNDEBUG -DNV_SIGNAL_STRUCT_RLIM -DNV_REMAP_PFN_RANGE_PRESENT -DNV_CHAN
GE_PAGE_ATTR_PRESENT -DNV_PCI_DISABLE_DEVICE_PRESENT -DNV_PCI_GET_CLASS_PRES
ENT -DNV_VMAP_4_PRESENT -DMODULE -DKBUILD_BASENAME=os_agp -DKBUILD_MODNAME=
nvidia -c -o /tmp/selfgz8122/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-7667-pkg1/usr/src/nv/.tmp_
os-agp.o /tmp/selfgz8122/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-7667-pkg1/usr/src/nv/os-agp.c
In file included from include/linux/list.h:7,
from include/linux/wait.h:23,
from include/asm/semaphore.h:41,
from include/linux/sched.h:18,
from include/linux/module.h:10,
from /tmp/selfgz8122/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-7667-pkg1/usr/src
/nv/nv-linux.h:46,
from /tmp/selfgz8122/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-7667-pkg1/usr/src
/nv/os-agp.c:24:
include/linux/prefetch.h: In function `prefetch_range':
include/linux/prefetch.h:62: warning: pointer of type `void *' used in arith
metic
In file included from include/linux/dmapool.h:14,
from include/linux/pci.h:837,
from /tmp/selfgz8122/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-7667-pkg1/usr/src
/nv/nv-linux.h:69,
from /tmp/selfgz8122/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-7667-pkg1/usr/src
/nv/os-agp.c:24:
include/asm/io.h: In function `check_signature':
include/asm/io.h:242: warning: wrong type argument to increment
cc -Wp,-MD,/tmp/selfgz8122/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-7667-pkg1/usr/src/nv/.os-i
nterface.o.d -nostdinc -iwithprefix include -D__KERNEL__ -Iinclude -Wall -W
strict-prototypes -Wno-trigraphs -fno-strict-aliasing -fno-common -Os -f
omit-frame-pointer -pipe -msoft-float -mpreferred-stack-boundary=2 -march=i
386 -Iinclude/asm-i386/mach-default -I/tmp/selfgz8122/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-
7667-pkg1/usr/src/n
v -Wall -Wimplicit -Wreturn-type -Wswitch -Wformat -Wchar-subscripts -Wparen
theses -Wpointer-arith -Wno-multichar -Werror -O -fno-common -MD -Wsign-
compare -Wno-cast-qual -Wno-error -D_LOOSE_KERNEL_NAMES -D__KERNEL__ -DMODUL
E -DNTRM -D_GNU_SOURCE -D_LOOSE_KERNEL_NAMES -D__KERNEL__ -DMODULE -DNV_MA
JOR_VERSION=1 -DNV_MINOR_VERSION=0 -DNV_PATCHLEVEL=7667 -UDEBUG -U_DEBUG -D
NDEBUG -DNV_SIGNAL_STRUCT_RLIM -DNV_REMAP_PFN_RANGE_PRESENT -DNV_CHANGE_PAGE
_ATTR_PRESENT -DNV_PCI_DISABLE_DEVICE_PRESENT -DNV_PCI_GET_CLASS_PRESENT -DN
V_VMAP_4_PRESENT -DMODULE -DKBUILD_BASENAME=os_interface -DKBUILD_MODNAME=n
vidia -c -o /tmp/selfgz8122/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-7667-pkg1/usr/src/nv/.tmp_o
s-interface.o /tmp/selfgz8122/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-7667-pkg1/usr/src/nv/os-i
nterface.c
In file included from include/linux/list.h:7,
from include/linux/wait.h:23,
from include/asm/semaphore.h:41,
from include/linux/sched.h:18,
from include/linux/module.h:10,
from /tmp/selfgz8122/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-7667-pkg1/usr/src
/nv/nv-linux.h:46,
from /tmp/selfgz8122/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-7667-pkg1/usr/src
/nv/os-interface.c:26:
include/linux/prefetch.h: In function `prefetch_range':
include/linux/prefetch.h:62: warning: pointer of type `void *' used in arith
metic
In file included from include/linux/dmapool.h:14,
from include/linux/pci.h:837,
from /tmp/selfgz8122/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-7667-pkg1/usr/src
/nv/nv-linux.h:69,
from /tmp/selfgz8122/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-7667-pkg1/usr/src
/nv/os-interface.c:26:
include/asm/io.h: In function `check_signature':
include/asm/io.h:242: warning: wrong type argument to increment
cc -Wp,-MD,/tmp/selfgz8122/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-7667-pkg1/usr/src/nv/.os-r
egistry.o.d -nostdinc -iwithprefix include -D__KERNEL__ -Iinclude -Wall -Ws
trict-prototypes -Wno-trigraphs -fno-strict-aliasing -fno-common -Os -fo
mit-frame-pointer -pipe -msoft-float -mpreferred-stack-boundary=2 -march
=i386 -Iinclude/asm-i386/mach-default -I/tmp/selfgz8122/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.
0-7667-pkg1/usr/src/nv -Wall -Wimplicit -Wreturn-type -Wswitch -Wformat -Wch
ar-subscripts -Wparentheses -Wpointer-arith -Wno-multichar -Werror -O -fno
-common -MD -Wsign-compare -Wno-cast-qual -Wno-error -D_LOOSE_KERNEL_NAMES
-D__KERNEL__ -DMODULE -DNTRM -D_GNU_SOURCE -D_LOOSE_KERNEL_NAMES -D__KERNEL
__ -DMODULE -DNV_MAJOR_VERSION=1 -DNV_MINOR_VERSION=0 -DNV_PATCHLEVEL=7667
-UDEBUG -U_DEBUG -DNDEBUG -DNV_SIGNAL_STRUCT_RLIM -DNV_REMAP_PFN_RANGE_PRESE
NT -DNV_CHANGE_PAGE_ATTR_PRESENT -DNV_PCI_DISABLE_DEVICE_PRESENT -DNV_PCI_GE
T_CLASS_PRESENT -DNV_VMAP_4_PRESENT -DMODULE -DKBUILD_BASENAME=os_registry
-DKBUILD_MODNAME=nvidia -c -o /tmp/selfgz8122/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-7667-pkg1
/usr/src/nv/.tmp_os-registry.o /tmp/selfgz8122/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-7667-pkg
1/usr/src/nv/os-registry.c
In file included from include/linux/list.h:7,
from include/linux/wait.h:23,
from include/asm/semaphore.h:41,
from include/linux/sched.h:18,
from include/linux/module.h:10,
from /tmp/selfgz8122/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-7667-pkg1/usr/src
/nv/nv-linux.h:46,
from /tmp/selfgz8122/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-7667-pkg1/usr/src
/nv/os-registry.c:14:
include/linux/prefetch.h: In function `prefetch_range':
include/linux/prefetch.h:62: warning: pointer of type `void *' used in arith
metic
In file included from include/linux/dmapool.h:14,
from include/linux/pci.h:837,
from /tmp/selfgz8122/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-7667-pkg1/usr/src
/nv/nv-linux.h:69,
from /tmp/selfgz8122/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-7667-pkg1/usr/src
/nv/os-registry.c:14:
include/asm/io.h: In function `check_signature':
include/asm/io.h:242: warning: wrong type argument to increment
ld -m elf_i386 -r -o /tmp/selfgz8122/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-7667-pkg1/usr/s
rc/nv/nvidia.o /tmp/selfgz8122/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-7667-pkg1/usr/src/nv/nv-
kernel.o /tmp/selfgz8122/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-7667-pkg1/usr/src/nv/nv.o /tmp
/selfgz8122/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-7667-pkg1/usr/src/nv/nv-vm.o /tmp/selfgz812
2/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-7667-pkg1/usr/src/nv/os-agp.o /tmp/selfgz8122/NVIDIA-
Linux-x86-1.0-7667-pkg1/usr/src/nv/os-interface.o /tmp/selfgz8122/NVIDIA-Lin
ux-x86-1.0-7667-pkg1/usr/src/nv/os-registry.o
Building modules, stage 2.
make -rR -f /usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.10-5-386/scripts/Makefile.modpost
scripts/mod/modpost -m -a -i /usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.10-5-386/Module.sy
mvers /tmp/selfgz8122/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-7667-pkg1/usr/src/nv/nvidia.o
Warning: could not find /tmp/selfgz8122/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-7667-pkg1/usr/s
rc/nv/.nv-kernel.o.cmd for /tmp/selfgz8122/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-7667-pkg1/us
r/src/nv/nv-kernel.o
cc -Wp,-MD,/tmp/selfgz8122/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-7667-pkg1/usr/src/nv/.nvid
ia.mod.o.d -nostdinc -iwithprefix include -D__KERNEL__ -Iinclude -Wall -Wst
rict-prototypes -Wno-trigraphs -fno-strict-aliasing -fno-common -Os -fom
it-frame-pointer -pipe -msoft-float -mpreferred-stack-boundary=2 -march=i38
6 -
Iinclude/asm-i386/mach-default -DKBUILD_BASENAME=nvidia -DKBUILD_MODNAME
=nvidia -DMODULE -c -o /tmp/selfgz8122/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-7667-pkg1/usr/sr
c/nv/nvidia.mod.o /tmp/selfgz8122/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-7667-pkg1/usr/src/nv/
nvidia.mod.c
ld -m elf_i386 -r -o /tmp/selfgz8122/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-7667-pkg1/usr/sr
c/nv/nvidia.ko /tmp/selfgz8122/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-7667-pkg1/usr/src/nv/nvi
dia.o /tmp/selfgz8122/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-7667-pkg1/usr/src/nv/nvidia.mod.o
NVIDIA: left KBUILD.
-> done.
-> Kernel module compilation complete.
-> Installing both new and classic TLS OpenGL libraries.
-> Installing 'NVIDIA Accelerated Graphics Driver for Linux-x86' (1.0-7667):
executing: '/sbin/ldconfig'...
executing: '/sbin/depmod -aq'...
-> done.
-> Driver file installation is complete.
-> Running post-install sanity check:
-> done.
-> Post-install sanity check passed.
-> Shared memory test passed.
-> Running runtime sanity check:
-> done.
-> Runtime sanity check passed.
-> Installation of the NVIDIA Accelerated Graphics Driver for Linux-x86
(version: 1.0-7667) is now complete. Please update your XF86Config or
xorg.conf file as appropriate; see the file
/usr/share/doc/NVIDIA_GLX-1.0/README.txt for details.

[tseliot]

I did the uninstall/reinstall again last night... same thing... I'll try again and post the log file.

And as far as I know, there were no errors anywhere.




It boots up normal until it starts Gnome, then it goes blank.

Nothing useful comes to my mind. Perhaps it's because I passed my last exam last monday and my head is literally burning. I think you should try asking at nvidia forum as suggested in my guide. Sorry

[DancingSun]

Yes, it's better if nVidia knows about these problems, so that they can get their Linux drivers to the quality of their windows counterparts.

[tht00]

Nothing useful comes to my mind. Perhaps it's because I passed my last exam last monday and my head is literally burning. I think you should try asking at nvidia forum as suggested in my guide. Sorry

Alright; will do. Thanks for the help!

I'll let you know what I find out.

[strawberry]

Hi Everybody,
I would like to know what is the difference between the built in 'nv' driver and the compiled/installed 'nvidia' driver?
Sorry if it seems little off but I thought the experts here could give the proper answer.
Thanks.

[tseliot]

Hi Everybody,
I would like to know what is the difference between the built in 'nv' driver and the compiled/installed 'nvidia' driver?
Sorry if it seems little off but I thought the experts here could give the proper answer.
Thanks.

"nv" driver is the open source one and it doesn't enable 3d acceleration. "nvidia" driver is the proprietary one which enables 3d acceleration and (I think, because it does on my computer) should slightly improve the video decoding (=playing) (but I'm not 100% sure about the latter thing)