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daemon3
April 29th, 2008, 09:28 PM
Video (NVidia Geforce driver) worked just fine in Gutsy Gibbon. I had nice 3D effects and 3D games without much problem. However, with the recent Hardy Heron upgrade, I don't have my 3D support. What went wrong? I tried to reinstall the NVidia new drivers with aptitude, but it didn't help. :(
Hardy's great, but I'm starting to regret my upgrade.
Thanks in advance.
Pumalite
April 29th, 2008, 09:37 PM
What are you confronted with? A blank screen? Bad graphics?
daemon3
April 29th, 2008, 09:53 PM
The desktop can function just fine, but Compiz can't be enabled, and cool 3D games are out of the question.
Pumalite
April 29th, 2008, 10:00 PM
System>Preferences>Appearance>Visual Effects>Enable
daemon3
April 29th, 2008, 10:29 PM
That's the problem. I already tried doing that, but Compiz CANNOT be enabled. It's a problem with the video driver.
Pumalite
April 29th, 2008, 10:31 PM
What driver did you install and how did you install it?
daemon3
April 29th, 2008, 10:33 PM
nvidia-xgl-new. I used aptitude in order to install it. I think I see where this is going...I may have to configure the X server, right? :(
Shazzner
April 29th, 2008, 10:35 PM
Welcome to Linux Video Driver Hell!
chek2fire
April 29th, 2008, 10:37 PM
Download envyng from synaptic and try to install the drivers with this programme.
Pumalite
April 29th, 2008, 10:40 PM
Post:
cat /etc/X11/xorg.conf
daemon3
April 29th, 2008, 11:27 PM
How do I find out the exact make and model of my video card? I need it for envyng
daemon3
April 29th, 2008, 11:33 PM
How do I find out my video driver make and model? I need it for envyng. I tried lspci, but that didn't work.
daemon3
May 2nd, 2008, 04:24 PM
Never mind. My problem was that I didn't let the upgrade finish. Now it works fine.