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Old 04-10-2007, 09:21 PM   #1
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Nvidia Driver Question


After a long and futile effort to get the nvidia drivers installed on Ubuntu 6.06 and now 6.10 (same machine), I have figured out what the problem is but I don't know the solution.

The issue is that at boot, X complains about the old version of the kernel modules and quits. I have the latest kernel headers and sources, and I have reinstalled the driver multiple times. Now, I can run:
/etc/init.d/gdm stop
rmmod nvidia && modprobe nvidia
/etc/init.d/gdm start
and X/Gnome start fine, along with the driver chugging along happily.
This is where I got the solution from but the problem occurs after every reboot and I want to make X start ok without the need for this...

http://wiki.beryl-project.org/wiki/I..._package_occur

Thanks in advance
-anubis26
 
Old 04-11-2007, 02:18 PM   #2
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Just a question: Is there any reason why you are not installing nvidia drivers from Ubuntu repositories?

Code:
sudo apt-get install nvidia-glx nvidia-kernel-common
sudo nvidia-xconfig
That worked everytime for me. Check Ubuntu guide if you need to add extra repositories. It also has a very detailed section explaining how to get beryl working.

I understand that you may want to install the latest drivers, but they not always are stable nor it means you will get faster FPS with them. Now if you have a better reason to not install the drivers from the repositories I promise to shut up
 
Old 04-11-2007, 02:43 PM   #3
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http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...d.php?t=532063 has instructions on using Envy - while not Beryl it will download and setup the correct drivers for your system. Or at least should do.
 
Old 04-11-2007, 05:02 PM   #4
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Mega Man X
Just a question: Is there any reason why you are not installing nvidia drivers from Ubuntu repositories?

Code:
sudo apt-get install nvidia-glx nvidia-kernel-common
sudo nvidia-xconfig
That worked everytime for me. Check Ubuntu guide if you need to add extra repositories. It also has a very detailed section explaining how to get beryl working.

I understand that you may want to install the latest drivers, but they not always are stable nor it means you will get faster FPS with them. Now if you have a better reason to not install the drivers from the repositories I promise to shut up
Well, I tried uninstalling the previous drivers and installing them through apt-get like you suggested. I ran nvidia-xconfig afterwards, but there was an issue with no nVidia kernel module. X can't find it, neither can modprobe. So I uninstalled the nvidia-glx (the kernel-common was installed when i apt-get'ed them so that stays) and reinstalled it the old way to the same result.

And when it comes down to fps's, this pentium 3 256mb of ram machine would need a lot of upgrades for decent gaming

Last edited by anubis26; 04-11-2007 at 05:06 PM.
 
Old 04-11-2007, 05:33 PM   #5
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Sorry for the double-post but I've managed to resolve the issue.

Envy installed the driver and it works great, thanks for the help and fast replies!

-anubis26
 
  


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