HOWTO: Latest NVIDIA drivers on Ubuntu Breezy

**Owdy** · October 21st, 2005

Okay, now im going to cry. Why this is so darn hard

Code:

Failed tio initialize the NVIDIA kernel module!

Screen found, but none have a usable configuration

Fatal server error: no screens found

And x failed again...

If i change back to 'nv' in xorg.conf, gnome works. What is wrong in my system?
tryed:

- reinstall xserver
- reinstall 3 differend nvidia drivers
- reconfigure xserver 100 times.

Im lost here

**tseliot** · October 21st, 2005

Originally Posted by Owdy

Okay, now im going to cry. Why this is so darn hard

Code:

Failed tio initialize the NVIDIA kernel module!

Screen found, but none have a usable configuration

Fatal server error: no screens found

And x failed again...

If i change back to 'nv' in xorg.conf, gnome works. What is wrong in my system?
tryed:

- reinstall xserver
- reinstall 3 differend nvidia drivers
- reconfigure xserver 100 times.

Im lost here

You said that 7667 worked. What's happened? Did you do anything?

**Owdy** · October 21st, 2005

It worked one boot. After reboot, back to same.

**tseliot** · October 21st, 2005

Originally Posted by Owdy

It worked one boot. After reboot, back to same.

Set the driver to "nvidia" and make the error happen again. Then post your /var/log/Xorg.0.log

**nal** · October 22nd, 2005

Can you help me? I did step by step what you said to do in your guide, I even tried installing the nivida stuff from synaptic once every time i install it no matter what way I do it this is what happens. The install seems to go with out a hitch, I edit the files the right way. Then when I try to start gdm again all I get is a Black screen with a little white _ in the uper left hand corner of the screen and it never goes back to gnome. I tried rebooting and it does the same thing. Every time i try to install the nivida drivers i have to reinstall ubuntu to get back into gnome. please help. I am using breezy with a bfg nvidia gforce fx 5500 256 mb agp card. I am trying to use the 7667 as you recomneded in the guide, I tried the newer one too but still nothing.I really need this working so i can install cedega and get games working. Hope you can help thanks.

**comradevik** · October 22nd, 2005

Originally Posted by tseliot

BTW what's your graphic card model?

nvidia GeForce 6200
AGP
8x

**comradevik** · October 22nd, 2005

victor@ubuntu:~$ glxgears -printfps
6828 frames in 5.0 seconds = 1365.462 FPS
7238 frames in 5.0 seconds = 1447.545 FPS
7242 frames in 5.0 seconds = 1448.395 FPS
7237 frames in 5.0 seconds = 1447.314 FPS
7240 frames in 5.0 seconds = 1447.983 FPS
6679 frames in 5.1 seconds = 1311.500 FPS
7157 frames in 5.0 seconds = 1431.382 FPS
7239 frames in 5.0 seconds = 1447.786 FPS
7240 frames in 5.0 seconds = 1447.919 FPS
7238 frames in 5.0 seconds = 1447.404 FPS
7240 frames in 5.0 seconds = 1447.888 FPS
7232 frames in 5.0 seconds = 1446.294 FPS
X connection to :0.0 broken (explicit kill or server shutdown).

is this bad? for my nvidia geforce 6200 256 mb

**nrayever** · October 22nd, 2005

nice!!! now i have nvidia-drivers in my box!! but i would like to know why glxgears r so slow and don't give me any fps result. gaming is ok!!

ups!! i got why glxgears didn't ahow any result!! hehehehe, missing a parameter for the program:

nrayever@NFORCE:~$ glxgears -printfps
5527 frames in 5.0 seconds = 1105.366 FPS
5453 frames in 5.0 seconds = 1090.414 FPS
5441 frames in 5.0 seconds = 1088.153 FPS
5504 frames in 5.0 seconds = 1100.767 FPS
5396 frames in 5.0 seconds = 1079.061 FPS
5519 frames in 5.0 seconds = 1103.691 FPS
nrayever@NFORCE:~$

is that ok??

sincerly nrayever

**comradevik** · October 22nd, 2005

sorry to post so much, but there it happened again. i restarted the computer and all it says is that x server cannot be loaded and i have to change nvidia back to nv in order to load gnome, and glxinfo says segmentation fault