14.04 drivers for Nvidia GeForce GT 730 desktop board

[mdlueck]

Greetings,

It appears I may have selected too new of a video card to purchase for use with Xubuntu 14.04.1 x64. I speak of an EVGA brand Nvidia GeForce GT 730 with 2GB of DDR5. URL to board: http://www.evga.com/Products/Product...02G-P3-3733-KR

From the following posts, which have very similar steps, I understand I need a newer build of the Nvidia binary drivers than what are packaged currently for 14.04. Specifically: v331.89

http://www.sysads.co.uk/2014/07/inst...-ubuntu-14-04/
http://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/...-ubuntu-14-04/

The steps listed were nearly identical. The results will not work.

I allowed the Nvidia installer to build a xorg.conf file for me during the installation. The interesting part of that log is as follows:

[    12.313] Loading extension GLX
[    12.313] (II) LoadModule: "nvidia"
[    12.313] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/nvidia_drv.so
[    12.368] (II) Module nvidia: vendor="NVIDIA Corporation"
[    12.368] 	compiled for 4.0.2, module version = 1.0.0
[    12.368] 	Module class: X.Org Video Driver
[    12.373] (II) NVIDIA dlloader X Driver  331.89  Tue Jul  1 11:06:25 PDT 2014
[    12.373] (II) NVIDIA Unified Driver for all Supported NVIDIA GPUs
[    12.373] (++) using VT number 7

[    12.376] (II) Loading sub module "fb"
[    12.376] (II) LoadModule: "fb"
[    12.377] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/libfb.so
[    12.377] (II) Module fb: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[    12.377] 	compiled for 1.15.1, module version = 1.0.0
[    12.377] 	ABI class: X.Org ANSI C Emulation, version 0.4
[    12.377] (WW) Unresolved symbol: fbGetGCPrivateKey
[    12.377] (II) Loading sub module "wfb"
[    12.377] (II) LoadModule: "wfb"
[    12.377] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/libwfb.so
[    12.377] (II) Module wfb: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[    12.377] 	compiled for 1.15.1, module version = 1.0.0
[    12.377] 	ABI class: X.Org ANSI C Emulation, version 0.4
[    12.378] (II) Loading sub module "ramdac"
[    12.378] (II) LoadModule: "ramdac"
[    12.378] (II) Module "ramdac" already built-in
[    12.380] (**) NVIDIA(0): Depth 24, (--) framebuffer bpp 32
[    12.380] (==) NVIDIA(0): RGB weight 888
[    12.380] (==) NVIDIA(0): Default visual is TrueColor
[    12.380] (==) NVIDIA(0): Using gamma correction (1.0, 1.0, 1.0)
[    12.380] (**) NVIDIA(0): Enabling 2D acceleration
[    12.400] (EE) NVIDIA(0): Failed to initialize the NVIDIA kernel module. Please see the
[    12.400] (EE) NVIDIA(0):     system's kernel log for additional error messages and
[    12.400] (EE) NVIDIA(0):     consult the NVIDIA README for details.
[    12.400] (EE) NVIDIA(0):  *** Aborting ***
[    12.400] (EE) NVIDIA(0): Failing initialization of X screen 0
[    12.400] (II) UnloadModule: "nvidia"
[    12.400] (II) UnloadSubModule: "wfb"
[    12.400] (II) UnloadSubModule: "fb"
[    12.401] (EE) Screen(s) found, but none have a usable configuration.
[    12.401] (EE) 
Fatal server error:
[    12.401] (EE) no screens found(EE) 
[    12.401] (EE) 
Please consult the The X.Org Foundation support 
	 at http://wiki.x.org
 for help. 
[    12.401] (EE) Please also check the log file at "/var/log/Xorg.0.log" for additional information.
[    12.401] (EE) 
[    12.401] (EE) Server terminated with error (1). Closing log file.

And that xorg.conf file is as follows:

# nvidia-xconfig: X configuration file generated by nvidia-xconfig
# nvidia-xconfig:  version 331.89  (buildmeister@swio-display-x64-rhel04-18)  Tue Jul  1 12:08:19 PDT 2014

Section "ServerLayout"
    Identifier     "Layout0"
    Screen      0  "Screen0"
    InputDevice    "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
    InputDevice    "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
EndSection

Section "Files"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
    # generated from default
    Identifier     "Mouse0"
    Driver         "mouse"
    Option         "Protocol" "auto"
    Option         "Device" "/dev/psaux"
    Option         "Emulate3Buttons" "no"
    Option         "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
EndSection

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

So I went off to search for a default generic xorg.conf file which was suppose to work with Nvidia drivers. I found one here:
http://wiki.xbmc.org/?title=Minimal_NVidia_xorg.conf

Which that produces the following log file output:

[    12.068] Loading extension GLX
[    12.068] (II) LoadModule: "nvidia"
[    12.068] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/nvidia_drv.so
[    12.123] (II) Module nvidia: vendor="NVIDIA Corporation"
[    12.123] 	compiled for 4.0.2, module version = 1.0.0
[    12.123] 	Module class: X.Org Video Driver
[    12.127] (II) NVIDIA dlloader X Driver  331.89  Tue Jul  1 11:06:25 PDT 2014
[    12.127] (II) NVIDIA Unified Driver for all Supported NVIDIA GPUs
[    12.128] (++) using VT number 7

[    12.130] (II) Loading sub module "fb"
[    12.130] (II) LoadModule: "fb"
[    12.130] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/libfb.so
[    12.130] (II) Module fb: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[    12.130] 	compiled for 1.15.1, module version = 1.0.0
[    12.130] 	ABI class: X.Org ANSI C Emulation, version 0.4
[    12.130] (WW) Unresolved symbol: fbGetGCPrivateKey
[    12.130] (II) Loading sub module "wfb"
[    12.130] (II) LoadModule: "wfb"
[    12.131] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/libwfb.so
[    12.131] (II) Module wfb: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[    12.131] 	compiled for 1.15.1, module version = 1.0.0
[    12.131] 	ABI class: X.Org ANSI C Emulation, version 0.4
[    12.131] (II) Loading sub module "ramdac"
[    12.131] (II) LoadModule: "ramdac"
[    12.131] (II) Module "ramdac" already built-in
[    12.134] (**) NVIDIA(0): Depth 24, (--) framebuffer bpp 32
[    12.134] (==) NVIDIA(0): RGB weight 888
[    12.134] (==) NVIDIA(0): Default visual is TrueColor
[    12.134] (==) NVIDIA(0): Using gamma correction (1.0, 1.0, 1.0)
[    12.135] (**) NVIDIA(0): Option "NoLogo" "True"
[    12.135] (**) NVIDIA(0): Option "SWcursor" "on"
[    12.135] (**) NVIDIA(0): Option "HWcursor" "off"
[    12.135] (**) NVIDIA(0): Enabling 2D acceleration
[    12.155] (EE) NVIDIA(0): Failed to initialize the NVIDIA kernel module. Please see the
[    12.155] (EE) NVIDIA(0):     system's kernel log for additional error messages and
[    12.155] (EE) NVIDIA(0):     consult the NVIDIA README for details.
[    12.155] (EE) NVIDIA(0):  *** Aborting ***
[    12.155] (EE) NVIDIA(0): Failing initialization of X screen 0
[    12.155] (II) UnloadModule: "nvidia"
[    12.155] (II) UnloadSubModule: "wfb"
[    12.155] (II) UnloadSubModule: "fb"
[    12.155] (EE) Screen(s) found, but none have a usable configuration.
[    12.155] (EE) 
Fatal server error:
[    12.155] (EE) no screens found(EE) 
[    12.155] (EE) 
Please consult the The X.Org Foundation support 
	 at http://wiki.x.org
 for help. 
[    12.155] (EE) Please also check the log file at "/var/log/Xorg.0.log" for additional information.
[    12.155] (EE) 
[    12.156] (EE) Server terminated with error (1). Closing log file.

I have the LCD screen attached to the 15 pin D-SUB VGA connector.

Suggestions of how to properly configure these drivers for the GeForce GT 730 board?

I am thankful,

[oldfred]

One the same page you linked to.

http://www.sysads.co.uk/2014/07/inst...-ubuntu-14-04/

That installs the ppa with the pre-compiled version, so you install with apt-get.
Be sure to completely purge your current nVidia driver. Otherwise you get conflicts.

I have an older nVidia card and the current version in the repository works for me.

[mdlueck]

Thank you very much, oldfred. I got the drivers you pointed me towards working perfectly with this Nvidia GeForce GT 730 desktop board. And I will note, per usual with Ubuntu / Xubuntu, no /etc/X11/xorg.conf file is required to get the drivers to talk to a simple single-head non-KVM switch configuration.

I am thankful,