HOWTO: Latest NVIDIA drivers on Ubuntu Breezy

**tseliot** · June 29th, 2006

Originally Posted by Random Roadkill

hey, great guide. Im going to try it tonight, but one question. I reinstalled Ubuntu (5.10) last night, after nackering my previous instillation lol. but it seems from reading some of the posts here that they seem to be able to see the graphical display without having the drivers installed, but when mine loads the login screen i am confronted with just a screen of yellow and blue lines running down the screen. I just wondered whether this should happen until i install the drivers. i can still acess the terminal by pressing CTRL+ALT+BKSPACE then ALT+F2.
EDIT: im using a GeForce 6600
thanks

It's likely that your card doesn't work with the "nv" driver (the open source driver which is used in Ubuntu by default).

There are 2 things you can do:
1) fix the problem temporarily in this way:
Press CTRL+ALT+F1

Code:

sudo dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg

and set the driver to "vesa" (press enter when you don't know the answer to the other questions)

then:

Code:

sudo /etc/init.d/gdm restart (or "kdm restart" if you use KDM)

2) OR just press CTRL+ALT+F1 and follow my Method 1

**Random Roadkill** · June 30th, 2006

thanks for the quick response! the 'tempory method' works...but can i ask how exactly this is 'tempory'?

also i tryed your 1st method but when i typed

Code:

sudo nvidia-xconfig

it said 'command not found'...
EDIT: i am as thick as a thick thing...i STUPIDLY printed method 1 from your Dapper version of the guide... oh well at least i can actually see the GUI...now to try the proper version...sigh

**Random Roadkill** · June 30th, 2006

Well i have just upgraded to Dapper Drake and can confirm that both Brezzy and Dapper methods work!

thanks for the help with my previous problem. Kepp up the good work

**enim** · July 1st, 2006

Im New to the forums, so hello all.

Also, im somewhat new to linux/ubuntu. I ahve some prior expierience, but, im not great.

So i tried to install the drivers, using method two in the wiki, seeing as i already had the drivers downloaded, and thought it would be nice and easy. I was wrong.

Now i just want to go back to how i was. How would i do this.

Sorry for the major inconvinience.
Thanks in advanced.

As of right now, i have tried using the Nvidia installer's uninstall function, and upon attempting to startx, i get:

Code:

(EE) Failed to load module "nvidia" (module does not exist, 0)
(EE) No drivers available.

**tseliot** · July 1st, 2006

Originally Posted by enim

Im New to the forums, so hello all.

Also, im somewhat new to linux/ubuntu. I ahve some prior expierience, but, im not great.

So i tried to install the drivers, using method two in the wiki, seeing as i already had the drivers downloaded, and thought it would be nice and easy. I was wrong.

Now i just want to go back to how i was. How would i do this.

Sorry for the major inconvinience.
Thanks in advanced.

As of right now, i have tried using the Nvidia installer's uninstall function, and upon attempting to startx, i get:

Code:

(EE) Failed to load module "nvidia" (module does not exist, 0)
(EE) No drivers available.

Try this command:

Code:

sudo dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg

and select the "vesa" (or "nv") driver. Press ENTER if you don't know the answer to the other questions

**geniusforlife** · July 2nd, 2006

I can't seem to get AGP enabled without it using AGPGART. I've tried blacklisting AGPGART, but that doesn't seem to stop it.

I have the 8752 Nvidia drivers installed.

Code:

chris@Calvin:~$ dmesg | grep NVAGP
[4294711.088000] NVRM: not using NVAGP, an AGPGART backend is loaded!
[4297619.187000] NVRM: not using NVAGP, an AGPGART backend is loaded!

Code:

chris@Calvin:~$ sudo lsmod | grep nvidia
Password:
nvidia               4550708  8
i2c_core               21328  3 i2c_acpi_ec,i2c_nforce2,nvidia
nvidia_agp              8412  1
agpgart                34888  2 nvidia,nvidia_agp

I edited my xorg settings, here it is if it's any help. If you have any suggestions, you may need to spell out the steps I need to take to fix it, being a newbie n'all.

Code:

# nvidia-xconfig: X configuration file generated by nvidia-xconfig
# nvidia-xconfig:  version 1.0  (buildmeister@builder3)  Mon May 15 13:23:42 PDT 2006

# /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 command:
#   sudo dpkg-reconfigure -phigh xserver-xorg

Section "ServerLayout"
    Identifier     "Default Layout"
    Screen         "Default Screen" 0 0
    InputDevice    "Generic Keyboard"
    InputDevice    "Configured Mouse"
EndSection

Section "Files"

        # paths to defoma fonts
    FontPath        "/usr/share/X11/fonts/misc"
    FontPath        "/usr/share/X11/fonts/cyrillic"
    FontPath        "/usr/share/X11/fonts/100dpi/:unscaled"
    FontPath        "/usr/share/X11/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled"
    FontPath        "/usr/share/X11/fonts/Type1"
    FontPath        "/usr/share/X11/fonts/CID"
    FontPath        "/usr/share/X11/fonts/100dpi"
    FontPath        "/usr/share/X11/fonts/75dpi"
    FontPath        "/var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/TrueType"
    FontPath        "/var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/CID"
EndSection

Section "Module"

	#Load	"GLcore"
    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         "kbd"
    Option         "CoreKeyboard"
    Option         "XkbRules" "xorg"
    Option         "XkbModel" "pc105"
    Option         "XkbLayout" "gb"
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 "Monitor"
    Identifier     "AOC A770"
    Option         "DPMS"
EndSection

Section "Device"
    Identifier     "NVIDIA Corporation NV18 [GeForce4 MX 440 AGP 8x]"
    Driver         "nvidia"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
    Identifier     "Default Screen"
    Device         "NVIDIA Corporation NV18 [GeForce4 MX 440 AGP 8x]"
    Monitor        "AOC A770"
    DefaultDepth    24
    Option         "NoLogo" "true"	# Disables nVidia's logo on start-up
    Option         "NvAgp" "1"
   #Option         "LoadKernelModule" "Off"
    Option         "RenderAccel" "true" # Duh :)
    Option         "ExactModeTimingsDVI" "True"
    Option         "ModeValidation" "DFP-0: NoEdidDFPMaxSizeCheck, NoVesaModes"
    SubSection     "Display"
        Depth       1
        Modes      "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
    EndSubSection
    SubSection     "Display"
        Depth       4
        Modes      "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
    EndSubSection
    SubSection     "Display"
        Depth       8
        Modes      "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
    EndSubSection
    SubSection     "Display"
        Depth       15
        Modes      "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
    EndSubSection
    SubSection     "Display"
        Depth       16
        Modes      "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
    EndSubSection
    SubSection     "Display"
        Depth       24
        Modes      "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
    EndSubSection
EndSection

**tseliot** · July 2nd, 2006

Originally Posted by geniusforlife

I can't seem to get AGP enabled without it using AGPGART. I've tried blacklisting AGPGART, but that doesn't seem to stop it.

I have the 8752 Nvidia drivers installed.

Code:

chris@Calvin:~$ dmesg | grep NVAGP
[4294711.088000] NVRM: not using NVAGP, an AGPGART backend is loaded!
[4297619.187000] NVRM: not using NVAGP, an AGPGART backend is loaded!

Code:

chris@Calvin:~$ sudo lsmod | grep nvidia
Password:
nvidia               4550708  8
i2c_core               21328  3 i2c_acpi_ec,i2c_nforce2,nvidia
nvidia_agp              8412  1
agpgart                34888  2 nvidia,nvidia_agp

I edited my xorg settings, here it is if it's any help. If you have any suggestions, you may need to spell out the steps I need to take to fix it, being a newbie n'all.

Code:

# nvidia-xconfig: X configuration file generated by nvidia-xconfig
# nvidia-xconfig:  version 1.0  (buildmeister@builder3)  Mon May 15 13:23:42 PDT 2006

# /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 command:
#   sudo dpkg-reconfigure -phigh xserver-xorg

Section "ServerLayout"
    Identifier     "Default Layout"
    Screen         "Default Screen" 0 0
    InputDevice    "Generic Keyboard"
    InputDevice    "Configured Mouse"
EndSection

Section "Files"

        # paths to defoma fonts
    FontPath        "/usr/share/X11/fonts/misc"
    FontPath        "/usr/share/X11/fonts/cyrillic"
    FontPath        "/usr/share/X11/fonts/100dpi/:unscaled"
    FontPath        "/usr/share/X11/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled"
    FontPath        "/usr/share/X11/fonts/Type1"
    FontPath        "/usr/share/X11/fonts/CID"
    FontPath        "/usr/share/X11/fonts/100dpi"
    FontPath        "/usr/share/X11/fonts/75dpi"
    FontPath        "/var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/TrueType"
    FontPath        "/var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/CID"
EndSection

Section "Module"

	#Load	"GLcore"
    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         "kbd"
    Option         "CoreKeyboard"
    Option         "XkbRules" "xorg"
    Option         "XkbModel" "pc105"
    Option         "XkbLayout" "gb"
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 "Monitor"
    Identifier     "AOC A770"
    Option         "DPMS"
EndSection

Section "Device"
    Identifier     "NVIDIA Corporation NV18 [GeForce4 MX 440 AGP 8x]"
    Driver         "nvidia"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
    Identifier     "Default Screen"
    Device         "NVIDIA Corporation NV18 [GeForce4 MX 440 AGP 8x]"
    Monitor        "AOC A770"
    DefaultDepth    24
    Option         "NoLogo" "true"	# Disables nVidia's logo on start-up
    Option         "NvAgp" "1"
   #Option         "LoadKernelModule" "Off"
    Option         "RenderAccel" "true" # Duh :)
    Option         "ExactModeTimingsDVI" "True"
    Option         "ModeValidation" "DFP-0: NoEdidDFPMaxSizeCheck, NoVesaModes"
    SubSection     "Display"
        Depth       1
        Modes      "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
    EndSubSection
    SubSection     "Display"
        Depth       4
        Modes      "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
    EndSubSection
    SubSection     "Display"
        Depth       8
        Modes      "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
    EndSubSection
    SubSection     "Display"
        Depth       15
        Modes      "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
    EndSubSection
    SubSection     "Display"
        Depth       16
        Modes      "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
    EndSubSection
    SubSection     "Display"
        Depth       24
        Modes      "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
    EndSubSection
EndSection

I never managed to blacklist agpgart. Why do you want to blacklist it?

**geniusforlife** · July 2nd, 2006

I wanted to blacklist it because I wanted to run NvAGP rather than AGPGART, to get better game performance in Guild Wars.
http://download.nvidia.com/freebsd/1...ppendix-h.html

Either way, I'm stuck now, because I can't figure out how to get AGP support at all.

Any ideas?

**citizenr** · July 2nd, 2006

sudo gedit /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist

append at the end of a file

blacklist agpgart

blacklist via_agp

or nvidia_agp instead of via_agp

**Jimmzone** · July 4th, 2006

Hello tseliot

Please help me

My machine:
Motherboard: MSI K8T Neo-V
Processor: AMD64 754 3000+
VideoCart: NVIDIA Geforce 6600 PCI Express
Monitor: Samsung SyncMaster 550s (CRT)
refresh horiz: 30-61
refresh verti: 50-120

My kernel : 2.6.12-9-amd64-generic
2.6.12-10-amd64-generic

I tried
sudo dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg
and I selected the "vesa"
Then
sudo /etc/init.d/gdm start
Screen of the X was striped but my machine wasn't freezy.

I tried again previous command and I selected "vga".
Then
sudo /etc/init.d/gdm start
I catch message "Starting GNOME Display Manager....[fail]"

I tried
startx
For a while it worked,I saw Ubuntu logo, after the X server shut down automaticaly, so i didn't login .

thanks advices
sorry for my english

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