HOWTO: Latest NVIDIA drivers

[linuxwannaB]

Hi there, good guide. I have installed 7676 drivers on hoary with out problem, I am now on breeze and I get the following error. I type this first /etc/init.d/gdm stop and it says it stoped.


nvidia-installer log file '/var/log/nvidia-installer.log'
creation time: Fri Sep 30 14:45:35 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 : /emul/ia32-linux
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
-> The file '/tmp/.X0-lock' exists... an X server appears to be running
ERROR: You appear to be running an X server; please exit X before installing.
For further details, please see the section INSTALLING THE NVIDIA DRIVER
in the README available on the Linux driver download page at
www.nvidia.com.
ERROR: Installation has failed. Please see the file
'/var/log/nvidia-installer.log' for details. You may find suggestions
on fixing installation problems in the README available on the Linux
driver download page at www.nvidia.com.

[rjwood]

luxixwannaB,

unfortunatly now you will have to remove the 7676 driver and install nvidia glx

sudo apt-get install nvidia-glx.

if you dont remove the 7676driver---it wont work

[linuxwannaB]

thx will give it a try figured out how to get around that hit ctrl+alt+backspace then it whent inot the installer but said no kernel match tried to download new header with synaptic but says unresolved dependencies will not install.

[tseliot]

thx will give it a try figured out how to get around that hit ctrl+alt+backspace then it whent inot the installer but said no kernel match tried to download new header with synaptic but says unresolved dependencies will not install.

Try to install kernel sources and headers according to your kernel version.

P.S. What's your kernel version? Did you compile it yourself or are you using Breezy?

[linuxwannaB]

Using breezy 2.6.11 generic x86_64 wont let me install newer one says unresolved dependencies. I did however got 7667 driver to install just fine.

[tseliot]

Using breezy 2.6.11 generic x86_64 wont let me install newer one says unresolved dependencies. I did however got 7667 driver to install just fine.

If you did manage to install 7667 stick with it (7676 can give you some problems)

[coz]

Hello,
I have been reading about the nvidia drivers install and honestly it is all goop to me!. I am a noob with linux . I have an Nvidia fx 5200 PCI, not agp, card.
I cannot get it to run. Of course if I activate the defualt nvidia agp drivers in Ubuntu Breezy I can't get into the system. i need someone who is willing to give me a blow by blow of installing drivers, and running the PCI (pci) nvidia fx 5200 card!
thanks
Coz

[tseliot]

Hello,
I have been reading about the nvidia drivers install and honestly it is all goop to me!. I am a noob with linux . I have an Nvidia fx 5200 PCI, not agp, card.
I cannot get it to run. Of course if I activate the defualt nvidia agp drivers in Ubuntu Breezy I can't get into the system. i need someone who is willing to give me a blow by blow of installing drivers, and running the PCI (pci) nvidia fx 5200 card!
thanks
Coz

The driver is the same for both PCI and AGP cards. If you need any explanation just ask me. You can quote every single passage which is not clear for you and I will explain it better.

[coz]

Hello,
Thanks for reply.
Well , let me tell you what I have done first.
I downloaded the latest Nvidia Linux drivers from their site. I put it both on the desktop and in the root of c.
I went to the terminal typed "init 1"
from there I did # cd /home
from there I typed the sh NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-767-pkg1.run which was the name of the driver I downloaded. However, it always reports that there is no such file or directory.
Now I did what you said to find out what device it sees. Right now it sees intel graphics onboard video. No mention of the Nvidia fx 5200 PCI card at all.
Where do I go from here?

[tseliot]

Hello,
Thanks for reply.
Well , let me tell you what I have done first.
I downloaded the latest Nvidia Linux drivers from their site. I put it both on the desktop and in the root of c.
I went to the terminal typed "init 1"
from there I did # cd /home
from there I typed the sh NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-767-pkg1.run which was the name of the driver I downloaded. However, it always reports that there is no such file or directory.
Now I did what you said to find out what device it sees. Right now it sees intel graphics onboard video. No mention of the Nvidia fx 5200 PCI card at all.
Where do I go from here?

you should do:

cd /home/your_username

and the right command is sudo sh NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-7667-pkg1.run

(if you want to see its name type "ls" in the directory in which you put the file)

P.S. why did you do init1?