can't open nvidia-settings

Rita G. · 09-21-2013, 06:54 PM

Slackware 14 x64 KDE (kernel 3.10.12)

Nvidia driver 319.49

I can't seem to get nvidia-settings control panel to open. have tried to open it from menu, from icon & from terminal.

Does anyone know how to fix this?

guanx · 09-21-2013, 10:05 PM

Are there any error messages when you start nvidia-settings from the terminal? Dose it halt there and show no GUI window, or does it exit silently?

Rita G. · 09-22-2013, 07:55 AM

thank you guanx.

no error message from any attempts at launching it. the only sign of life is after clicking nvidia icon (either from desktop or panel or menu>settings>nvidia x server settings), i get the little bouncing icon that follows the mouse pointer around for about 30 seconds or so.

Didier Spaier · 09-22-2013, 08:28 AM

Please launch it in a terminal this way:

Code:

nvidia-settings 2>errors.txt

Post content of file errors.txt after that or tell us if it's an empty file.

Rita G. · 09-22-2013, 09:19 AM

thanks Didier Spaier

the 1st time i entered nvidia-settings 2>errors.txt as root, the GUI appeared! (in a different window, of course)

but after that, nothing. entering nvidia-settings 2>errors.txt as root# or as user$ does nothing; no GUI, no text, nothing.

Beelzebud · 09-22-2013, 12:02 PM

Make sure your hostname is listed in /etc/hosts. Should be something like: 127.0.0.1 myhostname

For me nvidia-settings would take literally 5 minutes or more to start, until I corrected my /etc/hosts file.

Rita G. · 09-22-2013, 03:19 PM

thanks Beelzebud,

but that doesn't do it either.

guanx · 09-22-2013, 03:42 PM

So, can you please take a look at the previous posts in this thread --

Quote:

Originally Posted by guanx

Are there any error messages when you start nvidia-settings from the terminal?

Quote:

Originally Posted by guanx

Dose it halt there and show no GUI window, or does it exit silently?

Quote:

Originally Posted by Didier Spaier

Please launch it in a terminal this way:

Code:

nvidia-settings 2>errors.txt

Post content of file errors.txt after that

Rita G. · 09-22-2013, 03:54 PM

1. no error messages

2. it halts there and shows no GUI window

3. it halts there . . and file errors.txt is empty