Can't install nvidia-319

[cariboo]

If you use:

sudo apt-get purge nvidia-304

that should remove the driver without installing another driver, unless you removed nouveau too.

[ajmcello]

I purged nvidia-304. Can't purge 304-updates. Still can't install nvidia-319 no matter what, says it has a conflict with the xorg driver binary

aptitude search '~i?provides(xorg-driver-binary)'
i A nvidia-304-updates - NVIDIA binary Xorg driver, kernel module a

apt-get purge nvidia-304-updates

Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following package was automatically installed and is no longer required:
linux-image-extra-3.9.0-4-generic
Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove it.
The following extra packages will be installed:
nvidia-304 nvidia-current nvidia-settings-304
The following packages will be REMOVED:
nvidia-304-updates* nvidia-current-updates* nvidia-settings-319*
The following NEW packages will be installed:
nvidia-304 nvidia-current nvidia-settings-304
0 upgraded, 3 newly installed, 3 to remove and 3 not upgraded.
Need to get 1,823 kB/69.9 MB of archives.
After this operation, 325 kB disk space will be freed.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]? n
Abort.

[pqwoerituytrueiwoq]

Installed it on a clean install made with the June 15th daily disk image of xubuntu

has anyone tried deleting /etc/X11/xorg.conf?

[xeizo]

There is an updated version of 319.23 in the repos now, which installs against kernel 3.10. No need for xorg-edgers anymore if running the latest kernel. Sadly, moving from Gallium to Nvidia under Kernel 3.10 killed Unity and Gnome Classic, but strange enough so does Gnome-Shell work fine. One wouldn't think of Gnome-Shell as a fallback desktop, but in this case it is ... important to keep Nautilus 3.6.3 though as the desktop itself is destroyed when using a newer Nautilus. Gallium works fine with all of the above, but it can't run games properly, using the Linux-port of Portal as a test. Changing to Nvidia, while breaking a lot of the desktop stuff except Gnome-Shell, indeed makes it possible to run Portal properly! Ubuntu 13.10 is in a VERY buggy state right now, I don't think 13.04 ever was this buggy during it's release-cycle, but it's still Alpha so things will/must improve a lot Btw, running yesterdays build of Ubuntu fully updated and extended with ubuntu-gnome-desktop, yesterdays build of Ubuntu Gnome was too buggy to use but the normal Ubuntu was usable enough to have as a base install.

[dino99]

nothing buggy here on i386, even with nautilus 3.9.0

[xeizo]

nothing buggy here on i386, even with nautilus 3.9.0

Well, I run 64-bit and it seems rather common for things to be fixed later in 64-bit which is strange since all desktop/laptop-processors have been 64-bit for nearly ten years ... Otherwise, the Nautilus-problem seems like a known bug, you can't have normal desktop-functionality in Gnome-Shell with anything later than 3.6.3. Usually it manifests itself in a pure white desktop. Of course one can turn the functionality off and have all the screen estate being filled with just a pretty wallpaper, much like in KDE, in that case later Nautilus-versions will do. Anyway, Linux is in much need of a SOLID desktop, which seems just like a wish at the moment. Even Microsoft is struggling GUI-wise with its Windows 8-debacle ....

[QDR06VV9]

Anyway, Linux is in much need of a SOLID desktop, which seems just like a wish at the moment. Even Microsoft is struggling GUI-wise with its Windows 8-debacle ....[/QUOTE]
+1
But keep in mind saucy is in Development..

[ajmcello]

There is an updated version of 319.23 in the repos now, which installs against kernel 3.10. No need for xorg-edgers anymore if running the latest kernel. Sadly, moving from Gallium to Nvidia under Kernel 3.10 killed Unity and Gnome Classic, but strange enough so does Gnome-Shell work fine. One wouldn't think of Gnome-Shell as a fallback desktop, but in this case it is ... important to keep Nautilus 3.6.3 though as the desktop itself is destroyed when using a newer Nautilus. Gallium works fine with all of the above, but it can't run games properly, using the Linux-port of Portal as a test. Changing to Nvidia, while breaking a lot of the desktop stuff except Gnome-Shell, indeed makes it possible to run Portal properly! Ubuntu 13.10 is in a VERY buggy state right now, I don't think 13.04 ever was this buggy during it's release-cycle, but it's still Alpha so things will/must improve a lot Btw, running yesterdays build of Ubuntu fully updated and extended with ubuntu-gnome-desktop, yesterdays build of Ubuntu Gnome was too buggy to use but the normal Ubuntu was usable enough to have as a base install.

What repo do I need for 3.10?

I am completely current as of this post with saucy sisters.

uname -a
Linux db1 3.9.0-6-generic #13-Ubuntu SMP Fri Jun 14 15:47:09 UTC 2013 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

[xeizo]

What repo do I need for 3.10? I am completely current as of this post with saucy sisters. uname -a Linux db1 3.9.0-6-generic #13-Ubuntu SMP Fri Jun 14 15:47:09 UTC 2013 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

There's no PPA for 3.10, but it can be downloaded manually here: http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa...daily/current/ It will install against the latest Nvidia-blob which IS in the normal repos, install it so: Download headers, headers-all and the kernel, put them in a directory and issue the following on the command-line when standing in the same directory: sudo dpkg -i linux*.deb

[ajmcello]

Thanks, I finally got 319 installed. I had to break the system (interupt apt-get remove after it removed nvidia-310 or 304), and install 319 manually by downloading the package.

During the process, the following held me back, so I removed them:

libcublas5.0
libcudart5.0
libcufft5.0
libcuinj64-5.0
libcupti5.0
libcupti-dev
libcurand5.0
libcusparse5.0
libnpp5.0
libnvtoolsext5.0
libthrust-dev
libvdpau-dev
nvidia-cuda-dev
nvidia-cuda-toolkit
nvidia-opencl-dev
nvidia-profiler
nvidia-visual-profiler
opencl-headers

Good to go with nvidia-319 and nvidia-319-dev and kernel 3.10

There's no PPA for 3.10, but it can be downloaded manually here: http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa...daily/current/ It will install against the latest Nvidia-blob which IS in the normal repos, install it so: Download headers, headers-all and the kernel, put them in a directory and issue the following on the command-line when standing in the same directory: sudo dpkg -i linux*.deb