12.04 nvidia drivers? Compiz test failed.

[Tanker Bob]

If you go with the nVidia drivers, you cannot use the one under Hardware Additional Driver as I believe those are still the back 295.40 version. Since you can always fall back to the nouveau drivers, it wouldn't hurt to manually install the nVidia 295.49 ones from their website and see what happens.

[Gstrazds]

I must be unclear... "nouveau" installed now... using additional drivers icon; install the nvidia 173 or later driver then;

sudo stop lightdm = stop the X-server
ctrl - alt f1 or f2 through f6 to start a terminal

sudo sh NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-295.49.run

my understanding would be that it bypasses the blacklisting process for the "nouveau" driver.

I also seem to have spoken to soon: found the same behavior in the newly installed Cairo dock logins as with Nvidia I think with Genome...

the mouse also does the same behavior with both nvidia and "nouveau" drivers in one or more of the genome sessions.. Well now I can note which one or group is doing it...

The big balloons that open up with the file system resources in Cairo don't properly expand with the nouveau driver; works better with the Nvidia drivers..

Glenn

Just starting Cairo in a unity session seemed to work ok

[Gstrazds]

Hi folks

I observed that the 295.49 Nvidia driver is available through proprietary drivers icon in system settings... (newest version)

the mouse issues amongst others, appear to be resolved..

Glenn

[Tanker Bob]

Thanks for the heads up!

[Gstrazds]

Hi folks

I appear to do this talking to soon thing..

I'm experiencing as an example; in Spider solitaire - add a new layer of cards - it does not refresh the display, until I go full screen or back to window..

In the upgrade version; original Ubuntu install; This program would ?re-set when when a completed column of cards was moved uptop..

It true that may of the mouse problems are gone and it's generally better but with some ways to go..

I pulled out by doing sudu lightdm stop ... reinstalling the original 295.49 Nvidia driver to watch the backup ...backup the 295.49 Nvidia files

Oh well

Glenn

[ahso4271]

I had problems with the latest nvidia driver... libGL not found or alike on 12.04 64bit. Did a fresh and default install of 12.04 from CD. So how to get compiz from here without risk? Thanks

[Tanker Bob]

I had problems with the latest nvidia driver... libGL not found or alike on 12.04 64bit. Did a fresh and default install of 12.04 from CD. So how to get compiz from here without risk? Thanks

You need to uninstall the default drivers and install the 295.49 nVidia manually in a text environment. Please search this forum for the instructions, or read the README on the nVidia site.

[ahso4271]

So compiz should work. Thanks I wasn't aware of --update:

http://us.download.nvidia.com/XFree8...alldriver.html

[Gstrazds]

Well something happened from the beta driver to the 295.49 where other non video updates have trashed the 3d compiz

2d works ok...

Mouse problems are back like the whole thing is back to un solved...

I would do what I suggested in the thread - sudo lightdm stop

above in the thread

good luck

maybe send Nvidia a bunch of this is not working e-mails would help also Ubuntu

Glenn

[ahso4271]

did uninstall the latest driver. Seems a f* mess at least on 64bit. Does Nvidia have a bug report page? And with default I cannot get compiz working