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    Re: HOWTO: Latest NVIDIA drivers

    Quote Originally Posted by kwid21
    I think I got it now. It said that the driver install was successful, then I edited my xorg.conf and restarted X. The Nvidia logo splash screen went up, and brought me to the desktop. Is there a way to test if it is installed correctly?
    I completely understand you. I've tried many distros. And, well after the 20th reinstallation I've lost the count...

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    Talking Re: HOWTO: Latest NVIDIA drivers

    robby@ubuntu:~$ glxgears
    44947 frames in 5.0 seconds = 8989.400 FPS
    50780 frames in 5.0 seconds = 10156.000 FPS
    50633 frames in 5.0 seconds = 10126.600 FPS
    50533 frames in 5.0 seconds = 10106.600 FPS
    65570 frames in 5.0 seconds = 13114.000 FPS
    70335 frames in 5.0 seconds = 14067.000 FPS
    69883 frames in 5.0 seconds = 13976.600 FPS
    59932 frames in 5.0 seconds = 11986.400 FPS
    59815 frames in 5.0 seconds = 11963.000 FPS
    65689 frames in 5.0 seconds = 13137.800 FPS
    69870 frames in 5.0 seconds = 13974.000 FPS
    69982 frames in 5.0 seconds = 13996.400 FPS
    70386 frames in 5.0 seconds = 14077.200 FPS
    62468 frames in 5.0 seconds = 12493.600 FPS
    X connection to :0.0 broken (explicit kill or server shutdown).
    robby@ubuntu:~$


    BTW Thanks for helping guys! I been wrestling with this for 2 weeks, and thanks to you guys I FINALLY got it working!
    Last edited by kwid21; August 20th, 2005 at 08:38 PM.

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    Re: HOWTO: Latest NVIDIA drivers

    I'm very happy for you!

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    Re: HOWTO: Latest NVIDIA drivers

    Quote Originally Posted by kwid21
    Had to format and reinstall because I could not get back to the desktop. I guess I start from scratch AGAIN (this is like my 6th install of Ubuntu in 2 days trying to just update my video drivers) and I have been trying to update my video drivers for 2 weeks trying 6 different distros in the process.

    When the driver install failed, did it boot to Terminal (i.e. text mode)? ?

    Because that would've given you a chance to recover the original xorg.conf which in theory should take you back to the way it was before you attempted the driver install.

    Assuming that you backed up xorg.conf to begin with and that the default ubuntu installation did get you to X...

    Edit: Glad it all worked out for you in the end Kwid21

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    Re: HOWTO: Latest NVIDIA drivers

    Quote Originally Posted by tseliot
    sudo nano /etc/X11/xorg.conf
    scroll the file down until you find the line with “Modules” and either remove the first 2 lines in red and add Load "glx" or just make it look like this:


    Section "Module"
    Load "bitmap"
    Load "dbe"
    Load "ddc"
    #Load "dri"
    #Load “GLcore”
    Load "extmod"
    Load "freetype"
    Load "glx"
    Load "int10"
    Load "record"
    Load "type1"
    Load "vbe"
    Its very important that u comment out the "Load "dri"" lineby placing a "#" before it. if u dont do that, xserver will crash when u try to restart it.
    Thanks for the HOWTO though.

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    Re: HOWTO: Latest NVIDIA drivers

    Quote Originally Posted by arnieboy
    Its very important that u comment out the "Load "dri"" lineby placing a "#" before it. if u dont do that, xserver will crash when u try to restart it.
    Thanks for the HOWTO though.
    Thanks for the correction, I'll fix it.

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    Re: HOWTO: Latest NVIDIA drivers

    I had made a mess with the colours (which I forgot to use in that case) but now it's fixed. Sorry for the mess, guys.

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    Re: HOWTO: Latest NVIDIA drivers

    Hi guys, I've just noticed my HOWTO has only 1 vote and it's a bad rating.

    This guide has worked for a few people so could I know the reason for such a LOW rate?

    I would like an answer, some constructive criticism will be accepted. And in conclusion if you are having a problems using my guide, please tell me. We can make it better together!

    And if you like it as it is, PLEASE VOTE.

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    Question Re: HOWTO: Latest NVIDIA drivers

    I upgraded my kernel to 2.6.10-5-686 and can't install these nvidia drivers.
    Code:
    sudo sh NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-7676-pkg1.run
    says that there are no kernel sources although i aot-geted linux-headers-2.6.10-5-686 and linux-headers-2.6.10-5.
    Thanks for your help.
    Last edited by izmaelis; August 22nd, 2005 at 06:05 PM.

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    Re: HOWTO: Latest NVIDIA drivers

    Quote Originally Posted by izmaelis
    I upgraded my kernel to 2.6.10-5-686 and can't install these nvidia drivers.
    Code:
    sudo sh NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-7676-pkg1.run
    says that there are no kernel sources although i aot-geted linux-headers-2.6.10-5-686 and linux-headers-2.6.10-5.
    Thanks for your help.
    Does it also complain about GCC and kernel modules?

    EDIT: can you post the output of the error (look at /ver/log you will find a nvidia log file)

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