I had upgraded to kernel 2.6.30 from Ubuntu Kernel ppa and then installed the nvidia 185.18.14, initially it would give you a gcc mismatch complaint during install but just ignore it and it works fine.
I had upgraded to kernel 2.6.30 from Ubuntu Kernel ppa and then installed the nvidia 185.18.14, initially it would give you a gcc mismatch complaint during install but just ignore it and it works fine.
Thanks a lot. The instructions worked perfectly on a:
Nvidia Geforce Go 7400
Jaunty 32-bit.
And they should also on a new laptop I'm planning to get with a 9600M GS. Now I'll see if I can compile the new kernel without dkms errors as happened previously before I found this thread. The symlink and script should enable a successful build and install this time. Thanks again.
Iain,
I have tried everything but I still cannot make this work on Jaunty. It worked on Intrepid, though...
I am attaching my bug report. Please help!
Thanks!
wolfie
I'm having my some troubles.
I followed the HowTo and installed the latest drivers available while running Intrepid, error free. A few hours after installing used the Update Manager to upgrade to Jaunty. According to Nvidia X Server settings and Xorg.conf, the Nvidia driver I installed is being used and working fine. I just can't enable any desktop effects. Resolution, etc, is fine. The desktop effects is, as far as I know, the only visible error with the driver.
kane@kane-desktop:~$ grep "^(EE)" /var/log/Xorg.
Xorg.0.log Xorg.20.log Xorg.failsafe.log.old
Xorg.0.log.old Xorg.failsafe.log
kane@kane-desktop:~$ grep "^(EE)" /var/log/Xorg.0.log
(EE) NVIDIA(0): Failed to initialize the GLX module; please check in your X
(EE) NVIDIA(0): log file that the GLX module has been loaded in your X
(EE) NVIDIA(0): server, and that the module is the NVIDIA GLX module. If
(EE) NVIDIA(0): you continue to encounter problems, Please try
(EE) NVIDIA(0): reinstalling the NVIDIA driver.kane@kane-desktop:~$ grep -i "nvidia\|NVRM" /var/log/syslog
Jun 18 10:49:23 kane-desktop kernel: [ 12.830793] nvidia: module license 'NVIDIA' taints kernel.
Jun 18 10:49:23 kane-desktop kernel: [ 13.083058] nvidia 0000:01:00.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 18 (level, low) -> IRQ 18
Jun 18 10:49:23 kane-desktop kernel: [ 13.083065] nvidia 0000:01:00.0: setting latency timer to 64
Jun 18 10:49:23 kane-desktop kernel: [ 13.083285] NVRM: loading NVIDIA UNIX x86_64 Kernel Module 185.18.14 Wed May 27 01:23:47 PDT 2009If you need any more information, lemme know. Running x64 with a 8600GT, by the way.kane@kane-desktop:~$ cat /etc/X11/xorg.conf
# nvidia-xconfig: X configuration file generated by nvidia-xconfig
# nvidia-xconfig: version 1.0 (buildmeister@builder62) Wed May 27 01:58:49 PDT 2009
Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "Layout0"
Screen 0 "Screen0"
# commented out by update-manager, HAL is now used
# InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
# commented out by update-manager, HAL is now used
# InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
EndSection
Section "Files"
EndSection
# commented out by update-manager, HAL is now used
#Section "InputDevice"
# # generated from default
# Identifier "Mouse0"
# Driver "mouse"
# Option "Protocol" "auto"
# Option "Device" "/dev/psaux"
# Option "Emulate3Buttons" "no"
# Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
#EndSection
# commented out by update-manager, HAL is now used
#Section "InputDevice"
# # generated from default
# Identifier "Keyboard0"
# Driver "kbd"
#EndSection
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Monitor0"
VendorName "Unknown"
ModelName "Unknown"
HorizSync 28.0 - 33.0
VertRefresh 43.0 - 72.0
Option "DPMS"
EndSection
Section "Device"
Identifier "Device0"
Driver "nvidia"
VendorName "NVIDIA Corporation"
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen0"
Device "Device0"
Monitor "Monitor0"
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
EndSubSection
EndSection
EDIT:
kane@kane-desktop:~$ echo `uname -r`
2.6.28-11-generic
Last edited by tehkane; June 18th, 2009 at 05:22 AM.
What is the output of
But before you do, it looks like you need to run the installer for your new kernel.Code:find /lib/modules/ -name nvidia.ko
Stop gdm
and run nvidia-uninstallCode:sudo /etc/init.d/gdm stop
thenCode:sudo nvidia-uninstall
And start the gdm service again.Code:sudo sh /usr/src/nvidia-driver
If you've implemented sdennie's update script, you should bare in mind that it only works if you get an update of a kernel, not a version change.
Regards
Iain
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