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  1. #61
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    Re: Nvidia Restricted drivers PROBLEM!!!!

    I tried envy. I can't remember exactly what it said, but it was something along the lines of not having any support for my system.

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    Re: Nvidia Restricted drivers PROBLEM!!!!

    Quote Originally Posted by amor0fati View Post
    I tried envy. I can't remember exactly what it said, but it was something along the lines of not having any support for my system.
    envy or envyng?
    http://albertomilone.com/nvidia_scripts1.html

    Which system?

    Legacy?

    http://albertomilone.com/envyfaq.html

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    Re: Nvidia Restricted drivers PROBLEM!!!!

    Must've done something wrong the last time, because I tried it again and got a different output...still problematic though:
    Code:
    ~$ sudo envyng -t
    
    
     +-------------------------------------------------+
     |                                                 |
     |             Welcome to EnvyNG                   |
     |    Developed by Alberto Milone (aka tseliot)    |
     |                                                 |
     +-------------------------------------------------+
    
    
     +-----------------------------------------------------------+
     |    EnvyNG Menu                                            |
     |                                                           |
     |    1 - Install the NVIDIA driver                          |
     |                                                           |
     |    2 - Uninstall the NVIDIA driver                        |
     |                                                           |
     |    3 - Install the ATI driver                             |
     |                                                           |
     |    4 - Uninstall the ATI driver                           |
     |                                                           |
     |    5 - Restart the Xserver                                |
     |                                                           |
     |    6 - Restart your computer                              |
     |                                                           |
     |    7 - Exit                                               |
     |                                                           |
     |    NOTE: IF THE SCREEN TURNS BLACK, PLEASE TYPE ALT+F1    |
     +-----------------------------------------------------------+
    Please select one of the activities displayed above and press ENTER:
    
    1
     +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
     | Number | Candidate Version  | Installed Version | Compatible | Recommended |
     |----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
     | 0      | 180.51-0ubuntu1    | -                 | +          | +           |
     |----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
     | 1      | 173.14.16-0ubuntu1 | -                 | +          | -           |
     |----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
     | 2      | 96.43.10-0ubuntu1  | -                 | -          | -           |
     |----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
     | 3      | 71.86.08-0ubuntu1  | -                 | -          | -           |
     +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
    Please select the number corresponding to the desired driver and press ENTER 
    (or type another number and press Enter to go back to the previous menu): 
    0
    False
    
    
     +--------------------------------------------------------+
     |    Error:                                              |
     |                                                        |
     |    EnvyNG has detected that the headers for            |
     |    your kernel are missing and cannot be installed     |
     |                                                        |
     +--------------------------------------------------------+

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    Re: Nvidia Restricted drivers PROBLEM!!!!

    Aha you have not downloaded the headers for your kernel.
    Find the headers in Synaptic that match your latest kernel and install them...

    Also check which driver your graphics card is supported by??

    http://us.download.nvidia.com/XFree8...ppendix-a.html

    Check which driver you should use .

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    Re: Nvidia Restricted drivers PROBLEM!!!!

    This is odd, in synaptic, I already have linux-headers-2.6.28-11, but should I have 12? Also, I've noticed that on bootup, my grub still seems to only have Intrepid 8.10 and no Jaunty. I'm assuming this is probably a big source of my problems.

    Just adding this:
    Code:
    title		Ubuntu 9.04, kernel 2.6.28-11-generic
    uuid		7bd72270-3f33-4a86-91e9-9d14fcc9258b
    kernel		/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.28-11-generic root=UUID=7bd72270-3f33-4a86-91e9-9d14fcc9258b ro quiet splash 
    initrd		/boot/initrd.img-2.6.28-11-generic
    quiet
    
    title		Ubuntu 9.04, kernel 2.6.28-11-generic (recovery mode)
    uuid		7bd72270-3f33-4a86-91e9-9d14fcc9258b
    kernel		/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.28-11-generic root=UUID=7bd72270-3f33-4a86-91e9-9d14fcc9258b ro  single
    initrd		/boot/initrd.img-2.6.28-11-generic
    to the top of menu.lst should do the trick?
    Last edited by amor0fati; May 5th, 2009 at 10:51 PM.

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    Re: Nvidia Restricted drivers PROBLEM!!!!

    So envyng worked after that and I installed 173, as 180 didn't seem to support my card.

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    Re: Nvidia Restricted drivers PROBLEM!!!!

    So, you were not actually booting Jaunty... and I guess then you had no headers for the kernel that you were booting into which stopped the Nvidia driver loading properly.... had you not discovered this you could have spent a long time bemoaning how Jaunty was no different to Hardy, maybe.....

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