HowTo: NViDIA 185.18 Drivers in Ubuntu

[Kenny301]

here is the error: ERROR: You appear to be running an X server; please exit X before
installing. For further details, please see the section INSTALLING
THE NVIDIA DRIVER in the README available on the Linux driver
download page at www.nvidia.com.

hmmm

[Kenny301]

ERROR: You appear to be running an X server; please exit X before
installing. For further details, please see the section INSTALLING
THE NVIDIA DRIVER in the README available on the Linux driver
download page at www.nvidia.com.


and this. ERROR: Installation has failed. Please see the file
'/var/log/nvidia-installer.log' for details. You may find
suggestions on fixing installation problems in the README available
on the Linux driver download page at www.nvidia.com.

i brought up the log and this is the details.

nvidia-installer log file '/var/log/nvidia-installer.log'
creation time: Sun Aug 16 00:36:43 2009
installer version: 1.0.7

option status:
license pre-accepted : false
update : false
force update : false
expert : false
uninstall : false
driver info : false
precompiled interfaces : true
no ncurses color : false
query latest version : false
OpenGL header files : true
no questions : false
silent : false
no recursion : false
no backup : false
kernel module only : false
sanity : false
add this kernel : false
no runlevel check : false
no network : false
no ABI note : false
no RPMs : false
no kernel module : false
force SELinux : default
no X server check : false
no cc version check : false
force tls : (not specified)
X install prefix : (not specified)
X library install path : (not specified)
X module install path : (not specified)
OpenGL install prefix : (not specified)
OpenGL install libdir : (not specified)
utility install prefix : (not specified)
utility install libdir : (not specified)
doc install prefix : (not specified)
kernel name : (not specified)
kernel include path : (not specified)
kernel source path : (not specified)
kernel output path : (not specified)
kernel install path : (not specified)
proc mount point : /proc
ui : (not specified)
tmpdir : /tmp
ftp mirror : ftp://download.nvidia.com
RPM file list : (not specified)

Using: nvidia-installer ncurses user interface
-> The file '/tmp/.X0-lock' exists and appears to contain the process ID '3226'
of a runnning X server.
ERROR: You appear to be running an X server; please exit X before installing.
For further details, please see the section INSTALLING THE NVIDIA DRIVER
in the README available on the Linux driver download page at
www.nvidia.com.

is there a fix to this?

[ibuclaw]

here is the error: ERROR: You appear to be running an X server; please exit X before
installing. For further details, please see the section INSTALLING
THE NVIDIA DRIVER in the README available on the Linux driver
download page at www.nvidia.com.

hmmm

You appear to be running an X server.
You must stop X before continuing.

sudo /etc/init.d/gdm stop

If you still get the message after that

sudo killall Xorg

Then install the drivers as normal, then start X again.

sudo /etc/init.d/gdm start

Regards
Iain

[rayj]

Hello!

I followed the procedure you have outlined here, several times. No luck.

When perusing the logs, I noticed that there are entries for the 190.xxx beta driver (I tried the stable 180.xxx first...then the 190.xxx...then the 180.xxx again a few times). I don't see them now, though, and I'm having the same problems.

Here's the syslog output:

dayray@home:~$ grep -i "nvidia\|NVRM" /var/log/syslog
Aug 18 07:50:42 home kernel: [ 0.000000] ACPI: RSDP 000F7CC0, 0024 (r2 Nvidia)
Aug 18 07:50:42 home kernel: [ 0.000000] ACPI: XSDT DFEE3100, 0044 (r1 Nvidia ASUSACPI 42302E31 AWRD 0)
Aug 18 07:50:42 home kernel: [ 0.000000] ACPI: FACP DFEEB080, 00F4 (r3 Nvidia ASUSACPI 42302E31 AWRD 0)
Aug 18 07:50:42 home kernel: [ 0.000000] ACPI: DSDT DFEE3280, 7DA7 (r1 NVIDIA AWRDACPI 1000 MSFT 3000000)
Aug 18 07:50:42 home kernel: [ 0.000000] ACPI: HPET DFEEB2C0, 0038 (r1 Nvidia ASUSACPI 42302E31 AWRD 98)
Aug 18 07:50:42 home kernel: [ 0.000000] ACPI: MCFG DFEEB340, 003C (r1 Nvidia ASUSACPI 42302E31 AWRD 0)
Aug 18 07:50:42 home kernel: [ 0.000000] ACPI: APIC DFEEB1C0, 0098 (r1 Nvidia ASUSACPI 42302E31 AWRD 0)


I'm currently running the stock drivers. After purging nvidia-xxx, I don't even have the jockey GUI installer...

A further possible complication is that I'm running with Ubuntu Studio 8.04. That doesn't seem like a popular version amongst those posting to this thread.

I did muck about in the config files a little...removed the 'type1' line, forbade the nvidia modules from loading, etc. This is probably where my problem took a turn for the worse.

If anyone has any suggestions on how to diagnose this issue, I'd greatly appreciate it. I'm about to wipe the OS and just reinstall it, but would like to avoid that if possible.

Thanks in advance...

[ibuclaw]

Hello!

I followed the procedure you have outlined here, several times. No luck.

When perusing the logs, I noticed that there are entries for the 190.xxx beta driver (I tried the stable 180.xxx first...then the 190.xxx...then the 180.xxx again a few times). I don't see them now, though, and I'm having the same problems.

Here's the syslog output:

dayray@home:~$ grep -i "nvidia\|NVRM" /var/log/syslog
Aug 18 07:50:42 home kernel: [ 0.000000] ACPI: RSDP 000F7CC0, 0024 (r2 Nvidia)
Aug 18 07:50:42 home kernel: [ 0.000000] ACPI: XSDT DFEE3100, 0044 (r1 Nvidia ASUSACPI 42302E31 AWRD 0)
Aug 18 07:50:42 home kernel: [ 0.000000] ACPI: FACP DFEEB080, 00F4 (r3 Nvidia ASUSACPI 42302E31 AWRD 0)
Aug 18 07:50:42 home kernel: [ 0.000000] ACPI: DSDT DFEE3280, 7DA7 (r1 NVIDIA AWRDACPI 1000 MSFT 3000000)
Aug 18 07:50:42 home kernel: [ 0.000000] ACPI: HPET DFEEB2C0, 0038 (r1 Nvidia ASUSACPI 42302E31 AWRD 98)
Aug 18 07:50:42 home kernel: [ 0.000000] ACPI: MCFG DFEEB340, 003C (r1 Nvidia ASUSACPI 42302E31 AWRD 0)
Aug 18 07:50:42 home kernel: [ 0.000000] ACPI: APIC DFEEB1C0, 0098 (r1 Nvidia ASUSACPI 42302E31 AWRD 0)


I'm currently running the stock drivers. After purging nvidia-xxx, I don't even have the jockey GUI installer...

A further possible complication is that I'm running with Ubuntu Studio 8.04. That doesn't seem like a popular version amongst those posting to this thread.

I did muck about in the config files a little...removed the 'type1' line, forbade the nvidia modules from loading, etc. This is probably where my problem took a turn for the worse.

If anyone has any suggestions on how to diagnose this issue, I'd greatly appreciate it. I'm about to wipe the OS and just reinstall it, but would like to avoid that if possible.

Thanks in advance...

At what stage are you having the issue?

run:

sudo nvidia-bug-report.sh

and post the nvidia-bug-report.log.gz file in your next post.

Regards
Iain

[rayj]

The bug report script isn't in my system...


I'll go through it again, but the fact that I've disabled some modules/etc might be part of the issue, no?

Here goes...

[rayj]

Here's my log file. There might be...some problem related to the auto.conf file thing in my kernel? Damned if I know.

Thanks for helping me on this. It's driving me a bit batty.

[ibuclaw]

Here's my log file. There might be...some problem related to the auto.conf file thing in my kernel? Damned if I know.

Thanks for helping me on this. It's driving me a bit batty.

There is nothing wrong with the installation of nvidia, it went through successfully...

Do you have the bug report file? Running the application I specified above will get you that.

edit:
If you are having difficulty trying to run it, use the TAB key bring up a list of applications.

Type in:

nvidia

and hit the TAB key two or three times to bring up a list of applications that begin with the word "nvidia".
Just to ensure that the application is on your system...

[rayj]

...many pardons...I had nvidia* purged at the time. Here's the bug report.

[realzippy]

forbade the nvidia modules from loading ??????

using the realtime-kernel ?