matre
June 10th, 2008, 10:52 AM
Hi,
I have a fresh hardy x64 install which I have updated with the latest updates including kernel 2.6.24-18. I then installed the latest NVIDIA driver (I have a 9600GT so restricted driver manager is not a option). Steps I followed were
1. Installed build-essentials
2. Drop out to console using CTRL-ALT-F1
3. stop GDM with sudo /etc/init.d/gdm stop
4. sudo ./NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-173.14.05-pkg2.run
5. Followed all the prompts answering yes to everything.
6. Right at the end I get the warning "WARNING: Unable to perform the runtime configuration check for library 'libGL.so.1' ('/usr/lib32/libGL.so.173.14.05'); assuming successful installation.".
7. Doesnt seem to be a show stopper so restart X with sudo /etc/init.d/gdm start.
8. Starts fine and I then update sudo gedit /etc/default/linux-restricted-modules-common with DISABLED_MODULES="nv"
9. Restarted machine for good measure.
So things look good, NVIDIA screen flashes by, login fine and all looking good. But now certain apps are behaving strangely. Office writer locks up and then crashes. Office spreadsheet window goes grey and crashes. Some apps take ages to start such as Amorok...
I am making the uneducated guess that the NVIDIA driver is the cause as they were all fine before I installed the driver and nothing else has changed. Any thoughts?
Thanks in advance,
Matt
I have a fresh hardy x64 install which I have updated with the latest updates including kernel 2.6.24-18. I then installed the latest NVIDIA driver (I have a 9600GT so restricted driver manager is not a option). Steps I followed were
1. Installed build-essentials
2. Drop out to console using CTRL-ALT-F1
3. stop GDM with sudo /etc/init.d/gdm stop
4. sudo ./NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-173.14.05-pkg2.run
5. Followed all the prompts answering yes to everything.
6. Right at the end I get the warning "WARNING: Unable to perform the runtime configuration check for library 'libGL.so.1' ('/usr/lib32/libGL.so.173.14.05'); assuming successful installation.".
7. Doesnt seem to be a show stopper so restart X with sudo /etc/init.d/gdm start.
8. Starts fine and I then update sudo gedit /etc/default/linux-restricted-modules-common with DISABLED_MODULES="nv"
9. Restarted machine for good measure.
So things look good, NVIDIA screen flashes by, login fine and all looking good. But now certain apps are behaving strangely. Office writer locks up and then crashes. Office spreadsheet window goes grey and crashes. Some apps take ages to start such as Amorok...
I am making the uneducated guess that the NVIDIA driver is the cause as they were all fine before I installed the driver and nothing else has changed. Any thoughts?
Thanks in advance,
Matt