HOWTO: Latest NVIDIA drivers on Ubuntu Breezy

[psylence]

n/m...

[tseliot]

What this command does exactly?

"sudo nvidia-glx-config-enable"

And why, when I do it, I always have this error?

"sudo: nvidia-glx-config-enable: command not found"

That command set the driver to "nvidia" instead of "nv" in your xorg.conf.

Do it manually

[tseliot]

Still a problem. I put the boot parameter in and then restarted after booting up, still black screen on shutdown.

I think another user had your problem. It might be related to your graphic card model.

You should ask on the Unofficial Nvidia forums (see the link in my guide)

[EZbrain]

Wow, I may G..This help alot thanks tseliot

[mcwtlg]

I have gotten the *newest* driver to work with my GeForce 5600 (AGP) card (256 megs RAM), but it was with a lot of trial and error. I had problems with the install (GCC versions) but I got sorted out. I had to fiddle with the options and turn *off* the ones that are supposed to be turned on when using the xcompmgr and transset (Poofyhairguy's threan on Vista effects...my goal). When I turned them on, I had a variety of problems ranging from a black screen (that may have eventually booted, but after 2 minutes, I did a hard reboot and logged in under recovery mode), a half black / half white screen (I let it set for 2 minutes and then hard rebooted into recovery mode), to X not booting at all. When I turned on some of the options, I had it all running but it was slooooow on my P4, 3 ghz processor, 512 RAM. Other combinations of options let me log in, get the desktop, but my menu/task bars were gone.

I finally turned off all the xcomposite features and X is running, but I dont think it looks any better / worse than it did with the repository drivers I had installed earlier.

When I get home I may post a pic of my screen and the xorg.conf that is failing and see if any of the guru's have any ideas. I checked out the documentation and see that xconfmgr is still experimental, but I read that most people are not having issues. Oddly enough, things seemed to work (with all the effects) with the drivers from the repositories, except X would hang during shutdown. TO MY KNOWLEDEGE, there were no changes to xorg.conf when I upgraded to the new Linux drivers. I conpared them and they were identical. I can not check now (to double check) for certain because I mistakenly deleted the backups. I am still new at Linux, but I like it a lot. I just got a bit frustrated with the driver install.

I was hoping to get all the bang I could out of my Nvidia Geforce 5600 LE (AGP card w/256 megs RAM). I think after I make a few small changes, I will be OK...I will just skip the composite stuff.

BtW, you tutorial was pretty darn good.

[tseliot]

I have gotten the *newest* driver to work with my GeForce 5600 (AGP) card (256 megs RAM), but it was with a lot of trial and error. I had problems with the install (GCC versions) but I got sorted out. I had to fiddle with the options and turn *off* the ones that are supposed to be turned on when using the xcompmgr and transset (Poofyhairguy's threan on Vista effects...my goal). When I turned them on, I had a variety of problems ranging from a black screen (that may have eventually booted, but after 2 minutes, I did a hard reboot and logged in under recovery mode), a half black / half white screen (I let it set for 2 minutes and then hard rebooted into recovery mode), to X not booting at all. When I turned on some of the options, I had it all running but it was slooooow on my P4, 3 ghz processor, 512 RAM. Other combinations of options let me log in, get the desktop, but my menu/task bars were gone.

I finally turned off all the xcomposite features and X is running, but I dont think it looks any better / worse than it did with the repository drivers I had installed earlier.

When I get home I may post a pic of my screen and the xorg.conf that is failing and see if any of the guru's have any ideas. I checked out the documentation and see that xconfmgr is still experimental, but I read that most people are not having issues. Oddly enough, things seemed to work (with all the effects) with the drivers from the repositories, except X would hang during shutdown. TO MY KNOWLEDEGE, there were no changes to xorg.conf when I upgraded to the new Linux drivers. I conpared them and they were identical. I can not check now (to double check) for certain because I mistakenly deleted the backups. I am still new at Linux, but I like it a lot. I just got a bit frustrated with the driver install.

Composite is still buggy if you use the xserver 6.8.2 (the default in Breezy)

In Ubuntu Dapper it should work fine as it uses xserver 7.0

And of course it depends also on the model of your graphic card.

[Jose Monteiro]

Sorry for being so insistent, but I have followed your guide using the option 2, nothing went wrong but when I run gdm I just got a black screen where I even can't type. I need to reboot, use recovery mode and change "nvidia" to "nv" on xorg.conf in order to get X. Please, see my post #1033 and post #1078. I have put there the result of the /var/log/Xorg.0.log.
Ubuntu 5.10 on a Intel 915 chipset with Gforce FX 5200

[tseliot]

Sorry for being so insistent, but I have followed your guide using the option 2, nothing went wrong but when I run gdm I just got a black screen where I even can't type. I need to reboot, use recovery mode and change "nvidia" to "nv" on xorg.conf in order to get X. Please, see my post #1033 and post #1078. I have put there the result of the /var/log/Xorg.0.log.
Ubuntu 5.10 on a Intel 915 chipset with Gforce FX 5200

Try this then:
Add the option in blue and in red to your xorg.conf and then restart the xserver (log out and press CTRL+ALT+Backspace or reboot)
NOTE: DON'T use the option in blue if you use a LCD display with a DVI cable

Section "Device"
	Identifier      "Device[0]"
	Driver		"nvidia"
	screen 0
	BusID		"PCI:1:0:0"
	VendorName   	"NVIDIA Corporation NV34" 
	BoardName   	"nVidia GeForce FX 5500"
	Option "NvAGP" "0"
          Option "IgnoreDisplayDevices" "DFP, TV"
EndSection

Tell me how it goes

EDIT: you're not the only one to have that problem with a Geforce 5200
http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/show...0+black+screen

[mcwtlg]

Here is my data .. glx was not working so I ran dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg and all is well.

Out put of my glxgears:

mark@HB-Linux:~$ glxgears -printfps
13183 frames in 5.0 seconds = 2636.572 FPS
13713 frames in 5.0 seconds = 2742.573 FPS
13748 frames in 5.0 seconds = 2749.510 FPS
13790 frames in 5.0 seconds = 2757.824 FPS
13796 frames in 5.0 seconds = 2759.052 FPS

my xorg.conf:

Section "Files"
FontPath "/usr/share/X11/fonts/misc"
FontPath "/usr/share/X11/fonts/cyrillic"
FontPath "/usr/share/X11/fonts/100dpi/:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/share/X11/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/share/X11/fonts/Type1"
FontPath "/usr/share/X11/fonts/CID"
FontPath "/usr/share/X11/fonts/100dpi"
FontPath "/usr/share/X11/fonts/75dpi"
# paths to defoma fonts
FontPath "/var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/TrueType"
FontPath "/var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/CID"
EndSection

Section "Module"
Load "bitmap"
Load "dbe"
Load "ddc"
Load "extmod"
Load "freetype"
Load "glx"
Load "int10"
Load "type1"
Load "vbe"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Generic Keyboard"
Driver "kbd"
Option "CoreKeyboard"
Option "XkbRules" "xorg"
Option "XkbModel" "pc104"
Option "XkbLayout" "us"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Configured Mouse"
Driver "mouse"
Option "CorePointer"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
Option "Protocol" "ImPS/2"
Option "Emulate3Buttons" "true"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
EndSection

Section "Device"
Identifier "NVIDIA Corporation NV31 [GeForce FX 5600]"
Driver "nvidia"
BusID "PCI:1:0:0"
VideoRam 256000
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Optiquest V95"
Option "DPMS"
HorizSync 30-65
VertRefresh 50-75
EndSection

Section "Screen"
Identifier "Default Screen"
Device "NVIDIA Corporation NV31 [GeForce FX 5600]"
Monitor "Optiquest V95"
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Depth 1
Modes "1280x1024" "1152x768" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 4
Modes "1280x1024" "1152x768" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 8
Modes "1280x1024" "1152x768" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 15
Modes "1280x1024" "1152x768" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 16
Modes "1280x1024" "1152x768" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1280x1024" "1152x768" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "Default Layout"
Screen "Default Screen"
InputDevice "Generic Keyboard"
InputDevice "Configured Mouse"
EndSection

Section "DRI"
Mode 0666
EndSection

GL screensavers look good. I have not tried the composite stuff yet...I might and if all goes to hades, I can switch to my saved good xorg.conf

Thanx for your input tseliot.

[tseliot]

Here is my data .. glx was not working so I ran dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg and all is well.

Out put of my glxgears:

mark@HB-Linux:~$ glxgears -printfps
13183 frames in 5.0 seconds = 2636.572 FPS
13713 frames in 5.0 seconds = 2742.573 FPS
13748 frames in 5.0 seconds = 2749.510 FPS
13790 frames in 5.0 seconds = 2757.824 FPS
13796 frames in 5.0 seconds = 2759.052 FPS

Everything seems ok

BTW If you want a more responsive desktop add the option in red (it can be buggy with some cards, I haven't had any problem though)

Section "Device"
	Identifier	"NVIDIA Corporation NV31 [GeForce FX 5600]"
	Driver		"nvidia"
	BusID		"PCI:1:0:0"
	VideoRam	256000
         Option   "RenderAccel"  "True"
EndSection