Trying to install Nvidia driver 185.xxx on Ubuntu 9.04

wingman13 · 09-12-2009, 05:23 PM

Alright, I'm a total Linux noob and I've been trying to install the newest Nvidia driver for my Nvidia GeForce 7350 LE. I followed instructions here: http://forums.nvidia.com/index.php?showtopic=99513, letter for letter (except I inserted the proper download link for my specific driver). Now when I reboot, I get a page telling me that Ubuntu needs to boot in low-graphics mode due to some problem (I forget what the error message said exactly... I'll reboot and post it if needed). I ran "glxinfo" in terminal and got this:

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name of display: :1.0
Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":1.0".
Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":1.0".
Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":1.0".
Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":1.0".
Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":1.0".
Error: couldn't find RGB GLX visual or fbconfig

Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":1.0".
Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":1.0".
Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":1.0".
Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":1.0".
Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":1.0".
2 GLXFBConfigs:
visual x bf lv rg d st colorbuffer ax dp st accumbuffer ms cav
id dep cl sp sz l ci b ro r g b a bf th cl r g b a ns b eat
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Segmentation fault

I was also given the option to archive some logs after I rebooted, but I don't know which ones I should post. The file names for each are:

:O.log
:O.log.1
:O.log.2
lspci-vvnn.txt
Xorg.O.log
Xorg.O.log.old
xorg.conf
xrandr-verbose.txt

all of which are in the folder "FailsafeX-backup-090912144336.tar"

Well, that's all the info I can think of which might be useful in diagnosing my problem. Just ask if you need more.

10110111 · 09-12-2009, 06:37 PM

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Now when I reboot, I get a page telling me that Ubuntu needs to boot in low-graphics mode

Quote:

After boot up, go to terminal and:

$ sudo nvidia-xconfig
(I didn't need to do this, but this step is in the origial step-by-step)

Have you done this? It seems you didn't configure nvidia driver to be used by default.

wingman13 · 09-13-2009, 01:42 AM

Yup, I followed that step. I'll post what it says when I have time

wingman13 · 09-13-2009, 02:30 AM

here it is:

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Using X configuration file: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf".

WARNING: No Layout specified, constructing implicit layout section using screen
"Default Screen".

WARNING: Unable to find CorePointer in X configuration; attempting to add new
CorePointer section.

WARNING: The CorePointer device was not specified explicitly in the layout;
using the first mouse device.

WARNING: Unable to find CoreKeyboard in X configuration; attempting to add new
CoreKeyboard section.

WARNING: The CoreKeyboard device was not specified explicitly in the layout;
using the first keyboard device.

Backed up file '/etc/X11/xorg.conf' as '/etc/X11/xorg.conf.backup'
New X configuration file written to '/etc/X11/xorg.conf'

o.O

Also, here's what my xorg.conf file looks like now:

Quote:

# nvidia-xconfig: X configuration file generated by nvidia-xconfig
# nvidia-xconfig: version 1.0 (buildmeister@builder63) Mon Mar 23 15:33:27 PST 2009

# xorg.conf (X.Org X Window System server configuration file)
#
# This file was generated by dexconf, the Debian X Configuration tool, using
# values from the debconf database.
#
# Edit this file with caution, and see the xorg.conf manual page.
# (Type "man xorg.conf" at the shell prompt.)
#
# This file is automatically updated on xserver-xorg package upgrades *only*
# if it has not been modified since the last upgrade of the xserver-xorg
# package.
#
# Note that some configuration settings that could be done previously
# in this file, now are automatically configured by the server and settings
# here are ignored.
#
# If you have edited this file but would like it to be automatically updated
# again, run the following command:
# sudo dpkg-reconfigure -phigh xserver-xorg

Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "Default Layout"
Screen "Default Screen" 0 0
InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"

# generated from default
Identifier "Keyboard0"
Driver "keyboard"
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 "Monitor"
Identifier "Configured Monitor"
EndSection

Section "Device"
Identifier "Configured Video Device"
Driver "nvidia"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
Identifier "Default Screen"
Device "Configured Video Device"
Monitor "Configured Monitor"
SubSection "Display"
Modes "nvidia-auto-select"
EndSubSection
EndSection

10110111 · 09-13-2009, 06:05 AM

Post your /var/log/Xorg.0.log.
Use pastebin.com if it's too long.

wingman13 · 09-13-2009, 02:09 PM

ok, here it is.

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X.Org X Server 1.6.0
Release Date: 2009-2-25
X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0
Build Operating System: Linux 2.6.24-23-server i686 Ubuntu
Current Operating System: Linux vincent-desktop 2.6.28-11-generic #42-Ubuntu SMP Fri Apr 17 01:57:59 UTC 2009 i686
Build Date: 09 April 2009 02:10:02AM
xorg-server 2:1.6.0-0ubuntu14 (buildd@rothera.buildd)
Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.x.org
to make sure that you have the latest version.
Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting,
(++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational,
(WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
(==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.0.log", Time: Sun Sep 13 12:05:10 2009
(==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf"
(==) ServerLayout "Default Layout"
(**) |-->Screen "Default Screen" (0)
(**) | |-->Monitor "Configured Monitor"
(**) | |-->Device "Configured Video Device"
(**) |-->Input Device "Keyboard0"
(**) |-->Input Device "Mouse0"
(==) Automatically adding devices
(==) Automatically enabling devices
(WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/X11/cyrillic" does not exist.
Entry deleted from font path.
(==) FontPath set to:
/usr/share/fonts/X11/misc,
/usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi/:unscaled,
/usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi/:unscaled,
/usr/share/fonts/X11/Type1,
/usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi,
/usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi,
/var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/TrueType,
built-ins
(==) ModulePath set to "/usr/lib/xorg/modules"
(WW) AllowEmptyInput is on, devices using drivers 'kbd', 'mouse' or 'vmmouse' will be disabled.
(WW) Disabling Keyboard0
(WW) Disabling Mouse0
(II) Loader magic: 0x3bc0
(II) Module ABI versions:
X.Org ANSI C Emulation: 0.4
X.Org Video Driver: 5.0
X.Org XInput driver : 4.0
X.Org Server Extension : 2.0
(II) Loader running on linux
(++) using VT number 7

(--) PCI:*(0@1:0:0) nVidia Corporation GeForce 7350 LE rev 161, Mem @ 0xfa000000/16777216, 0xd0000000/268435456, 0xfb000000/16777216, BIOS @ 0x????????/131072
(II) Open ACPI successful (/var/run/acpid.socket)
(II) System resource ranges:
[0] -1 0 0xffffffff - 0xffffffff (0x1) MX[B]
[1] -1 0 0x000f0000 - 0x000fffff (0x10000) MX[B]
[2] -1 0 0x000c0000 - 0x000effff (0x30000) MX[B]
[3] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x0009ffff (0xa0000) MX[B]
[4] -1 0 0x0000ffff - 0x0000ffff (0x1) IX[B]
[5] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x00000000 (0x1) IX[B]
(II) LoadModule: "extmod"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions//libextmod.so
(II) Module extmod: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
compiled for 1.6.0, module version = 1.0.0
Module class: X.Org Server Extension
ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 2.0
(II) Loading extension MIT-SCREEN-SAVER
(II) Loading extension XFree86-VidModeExtension
(II) Loading extension XFree86-DGA
(II) Loading extension DPMS
(II) Loading extension XVideo
(II) Loading extension XVideo-MotionCompensation
(II) Loading extension X-Resource
(II) LoadModule: "dbe"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions//libdbe.so
(II) Module dbe: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
compiled for 1.6.0, module version = 1.0.0
Module class: X.Org Server Extension
ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 2.0
(II) Loading extension DOUBLE-BUFFER
(II) LoadModule: "glx"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions//libglx.so
dlopen: /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions//libglx.so: undefined symbol: _nv000046gl
(EE) Failed to load /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions//libglx.so
(II) UnloadModule: "glx"
(EE) Failed to load module "glx" (loader failed, 7)
(II) LoadModule: "record"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions//librecord.so
(II) Module record: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
compiled for 1.6.0, module version = 1.13.0
Module class: X.Org Server Extension
ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 2.0
(II) Loading extension RECORD
(II) LoadModule: "dri"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions//libdri.so
(II) Module dri: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
compiled for 1.6.0, module version = 1.0.0
ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 2.0
(II) Loading extension XFree86-DRI
(II) LoadModule: "dri2"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions//libdri2.so
(II) Module dri2: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
compiled for 1.6.0, module version = 1.0.0
ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 2.0
(II) Loading extension DRI2
(II) LoadModule: "nvidia"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers//nvidia_drv.so
(II) Module nvidia: vendor="NVIDIA Corporation"
compiled for 4.0.2, module version = 1.0.0
Module class: X.Org Video Driver
(II) NVIDIA dlloader X Driver 180.44 Mon Mar 23 15:05:32 PST 2009
(II) NVIDIA Unified Driver for all Supported NVIDIA GPUs
(II) Primary Device is: PCI 01@00:00:0
(II) Loading sub module "fb"
(II) LoadModule: "fb"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules//libfb.so
(II) Module fb: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
compiled for 1.6.0, module version = 1.0.0
ABI class: X.Org ANSI C Emulation, version 0.4
(II) Loading sub module "wfb"
(II) LoadModule: "wfb"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules//libwfb.so
(II) Module wfb: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
compiled for 1.6.0, module version = 1.0.0
ABI class: X.Org ANSI C Emulation, version 0.4
(II) Loading sub module "ramdac"
(II) LoadModule: "ramdac"
(II) Module "ramdac" already built-in
(II) resource ranges after probing:
[0] -1 0 0xffffffff - 0xffffffff (0x1) MX[B]
[1] -1 0 0x000f0000 - 0x000fffff (0x10000) MX[B]
[2] -1 0 0x000c0000 - 0x000effff (0x30000) MX[B]
[3] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x0009ffff (0xa0000) MX[B]
[4] -1 0 0x0000ffff - 0x0000ffff (0x1) IX[B]
[5] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x00000000 (0x1) IX[B]
(==) NVIDIA(0): Depth 24, (==) framebuffer bpp 32
(==) NVIDIA(0): RGB weight 888
(==) NVIDIA(0): Default visual is TrueColor
(==) NVIDIA(0): Using gamma correction (1.0, 1.0, 1.0)
(**) NVIDIA(0): Enabling RENDER acceleration
(EE) NVIDIA(0): Failed to initialize the GLX module; please check in your X
(EE) NVIDIA(0): log file that the GLX module has been loaded in your X
(EE) NVIDIA(0): server, and that the module is the NVIDIA GLX module. If
(EE) NVIDIA(0): you continue to encounter problems, Please try
(EE) NVIDIA(0): reinstalling the NVIDIA driver.
(EE) NVIDIA(0): Failed to initialize the NVIDIA graphics device PCI:1:0:0.
(EE) NVIDIA(0): Please see the COMMON PROBLEMS section in the README for
(EE) NVIDIA(0): additional information.
(EE) NVIDIA(0): Failed to initialize the NVIDIA graphics device!
(II) UnloadModule: "nvidia"
(II) UnloadModule: "wfb"
(II) UnloadModule: "fb"
(EE) Screen(s) found, but none have a usable configuration.

Fatal server error:
no screens found

Please consult the The X.Org Foundation support
at http://wiki.x.org
for help.
Please also check the log file at "/var/log/Xorg.0.log" for additional information.

ddxSigGiveUp: Closing log

wingman13 · 09-13-2009, 02:29 PM

Huh, this part of the README file caught my attention:

Quote:

4C. INSTALLING THE KERNEL INTERFACE

The NVIDIA kernel module has a kernel interface layer that must be compiled
specifically for each kernel. NVIDIA distributes the source code to this
kernel interface layer, as well as precompiled versions for many of the
kernels provided by popular Linux distributions.

When the installer is run, it will determine if it has a precompiled kernel
interface for the kernel you are running. If it does not have one, it will
check if there is one on the NVIDIA FTP site (assuming you have an Internet
connection), and download it. If one cannot be downloaded, either because the
FTP site cannot be reached or because one is not provided, the installer will
check your system for the required kernel sources and compile the interface
for you. You must have the source code for your kernel installed for
compilation to work. On most systems, this means that you will need to locate
and install the correct kernel-source, kernel-headers, or kernel-devel
package; on some distributions, no additional packages are required (e.g.
Fedora Core 3, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4).

After the correct kernel interface has been identified (either included in the
'.run' file, downloaded, or compiled from source code), the kernel interface
will be linked with the closed-source portion of the NVIDIA kernel module.
This requires that you have a linker installed on your system. The linker,
usually '/usr/bin/ld', is part of the binutils package. You must have a linker
installed prior to installing the NVIDIA driver.

Since, during the install, it asked me whether I wanted it to create a kernel (I clicked yes). Was I supposed to install something prior to installing the NVIDIA driver?

Quakeboy02 · 09-13-2009, 03:19 PM

Could you post the output of the following command so I can see what libglx.so thinks it is and what else is in there?

Code:

ls -l /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions

wingman13 · 09-13-2009, 04:19 PM

Here you go:

Quote:

libdbe.so
libdri2.so
libdri.so
libextmod.so
libglx.so
libglx.so.185.18.36
librecord.so

Quakeboy02 · 09-13-2009, 04:22 PM

No, I need the output of "ls -l", not just "ls".

wingman13 · 09-13-2009, 04:47 PM

oh, sorry.

Quote:

total 1440
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 17860 2009-04-08 19:14 libdbe.so
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 9628 2009-04-08 19:14 libdri2.so
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 34428 2009-04-08 19:14 libdri.so
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 92276 2009-04-08 19:14 libextmod.so
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 19 2009-09-13 13:50 libglx.so -> libglx.so.185.18.36
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 1272112 2009-09-13 13:50 libglx.so.185.18.36
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 26096 2009-04-08 19:14 librecord.so

Quakeboy02 · 09-13-2009, 05:17 PM

Well, my idea didn't pan out. It looks like libglx.so is linked properly. I don't have any other ideas. Sorry.

10110111 · 09-14-2009, 01:01 PM

It's strange. libglx.so.185.18.36 shouldn't have _nv000046gl symbol (my working setup of it doesn't). Post the output of command

Code:

grep _nv000046gl /usr/lib -r

(it may take some time to complete).

P.S. Do you really need to install the latest driver? Maybe you just want to have some nvidia binary driver, not necessary latest? In this case it would be just "sudo apt-get install nvidia-glx-180".

Quakeboy02 · 09-14-2009, 02:46 PM

I vaguely remember a thread where if you used apt (apt-get, synaptic, m-a, etc) to install the nvidia driver, then you must use the same method to remove it before installing an nvidia sourced driver. Unfortunately, I haven't been able to find the thread, but I think it was related to a glx problem. The memory does go when you get old.

Here is a link that might provide some help, but I haven't looked through it for specifics to this problem:
http://wiki.debian.org/NvidiaGraphicsDrivers