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The guide was updated.

If you don't have time to play with the compilation of the latest open source 3d driver, you can just install an older version from ubuntu software repository. The package is called...

No, instead of upgrading kernel just try replacing the autogen line in the tutorial with the one suggested by slaykristian:

./autogen.sh --with-dri-drivers= --with-gallium-drivers=swrast,nouveau...

The makefile says it needs 3.1:

VERSION = 3
PATCHLEVEL = 1
I have included in the tutorial a link to a site where you can get the deb packages of the latest kernel.


Yeah, slaykristian...

Just a guess: old kernel version? What kernel are you using?

Yeah, I guess so.
BTW, if you are using gnome 2.32 or older version, you can still enable compositing built-in in gnome default window manager called metacity. For more info, see instructions here.

Compiz doesn't work with nouveau, so you can't have all the fancy effects with nouveau. To test 3d you can just run glxgears or some 3d game. Also you can take a look at /var/log/Xorg.0.log to see if...

Use synaptic package manager or run the following command:

sudo apt-get install libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental

Also you'll need to install xserver-xorg-video-nouveau for 2D and uninstall official...

Nouveau supports pretty well 6800, but don't expect good performance. Also, if you don't need the latest 3d drivers, you could just libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental package from ubuntu repository which...

Drivers in ubuntu repository are outdated. The guide is for those who need the latest version.




Don't know.

Maybe the configuration scripts changed since the time I updated the guide. I will try it myself again and see if I can reproduce the problem you had.


Anyway, glad the guide was helpful to you :)

The log is saying that there is something wrong with your /etc/X11/xorg.conf. Maybe some typos or made some mistakes while copying some text?

[ 754.511] Parse error on line 41 of section Monitor...

After you get "Fatal server error: no screens found" error, copy /var/log/Xorg.0.log somewhere else (so it wouldn't be overwritten) and then show it here. Ie:

cp /var/log/Xorg.0.log...

At least in ubuntu 10.10 and older it install just fine. If you are afraid that the deb package might break something, you can install it manually by just downloading the archive attached to this...

Yay! It seems I didn't write it for nothing after all :D

You can check the origin of the packages you have installed with synaptic package manager. Just click on "Origin" button in the lower left corner.

You could also try compiling kernel modules with...

According to this bug report last year there were some problems with ubuntu packages. If you are using only ubuntu packages and have completely removed nvidia proprietary driver, maybe you should...

Nouveau troubleshooting guide says it might be because of incompatible libdrm version. Did you compile and install libdrm yourself or only used libdrm provided in ubuntu repositories?

After the flashing, copy /var/log/Xorg.0.log somewhere else (so it wouldn't be overwritten) and then show it here.

BTW, ubuntu-desktop is just a meta-package. It only depends on all the ubuntu...

If you actually left xorg.conf blank, you should just delete it.
The reason for getting low resolution, most probably is that you are using vesa instead of nouveau drivers (2D nouveau drivers should...

Yes, it was tested for 11.04. The error might be due to nvidia proprietary drivers. After running the command, is "xorg.conf.new"
file created? If it's created, could you upload it somewhere? Do you...

Updated the script.

The guide has been updated. Have fun everyone :)

Guide finally updated.
Please test and report any issues.

Your graphic adapter is NV10 family (NV17 card to be more precise) and many things are still "Work In Progress". Don't expect things to work flawlesly. See Feature matrix for more details.

As I...