Graphic driver install prob
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Hi,
I have failed to install the Ubuntu recommended driver many times. It's been pointed out that i have a build error in my make.log, (See att) but i don't know what the implications are? Can you advise please. |
I had lots of problems installing/upgrading my NVIDIA drivers too. This post http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...eforce-822680/ really helped me.
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first why are you tiring to install the very old 195 driver???
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also WHAT IS your nvidia card??? if it is very old ( Gforce 4 or older there is no xorg 1.8 support ) if it is a new card use the 256.44 driver. |
Thanks for your interest Double V.
I have freshly installed Ubuntu 9.10 and now 10.04 several times. Each time the driver recommended by Ubuntu, Nvidia-173, has failed to install. I simply followed instructions not really understanding them yet. I take it my graphics card is : 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV34 [GeForce FX 5500] (rev a1) Which is quite new i believe. How should i go ahead and use the 256.44 driver.eve ? |
1) Download Newest Nvidia drivers from here http://www.nvidia.com/Download/index.aspx?lang=en-us
2) Open module blacklist as admin gksudo gedit /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf Add these lines and save: blacklist vga16fb blacklist nouveau blacklist rivafb blacklist nvidiafb blacklist rivatv 3) Uninstall any previously installed Nvidia drivers: sudo apt-get --purge remove nvidia-* 4) Reboot your computer 5) When an error message pops up saying that Ubuntu cannot load Nvidia drivers, choose Exit to terminal (Exit to console) 6) Login and cd to the directory where you saved your file 7)Install drivers sudo sh NVIDIA-Linux- your arch 256.44-pkg2.run 8)Start GDM sudo service gdm start next time google how to install nvidia on 10.04 Ubuntu |
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Thanks for your assistance. I found the pge you quoted from and it seemed to refer to some other specific prob. However i tried to follow it upto the install command; which returned a failure and suggested i look at NVidia-install.log. I att it hoping you can make sense of it.
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for this card
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PS the gf5 cards are on life support and will soon be not supported ( like the gf 2 card i have in this old computer) the 173 is this one http://www.nvidia.com/object/linux-d...27-driver.html the 256 WILL NOT WORK ON YOUR OLD CARD as stated above you need to REMOVE all the others you have installed ( the incompatibilities will cause problems ) for any of the ubuntu packages " sudo apt-get --purge remove nvidia-* " then for ALL of the different nvidia.run's in text mod rerun the installer BUT VERY IMPORTANT with the -uninstall option Code:
sh ./NV...( the full name) -uninstall then install the 173 .run - as you normally would |
I have tried many times with fresh installs of Ubuntu 9.10 and now 10.04 to install the recommended and pointed out, driver Nvidia 173. Every time it has failed. You are the 1st person to say my card is old. Am i to take it that a new card will soon be necessary anyway?
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new card and computer
the gf 5 series is and has been on the legacy list for about 1 to 2 years the older gf 4 and older cards are already unsupported for the new xorg 1.8 i do think ubuntu (like fedora,Arch,Cent) use a 173 in the driver name in the repos search for it the standard nvidia driver is incompatible with the gforce5 the make.log you posted is with the wrong 195 driver ? a question ? you are installing the "/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-173.14.27-pkg1.run" in TEXT only mode and x11 is OFF NO GUI - no Gnome or KDE running AND have the kernel headers installed AND gcc installed but you should be able to install the nvidia,173.xxx package from the ubuntu repo see the install README http://us.download.nvidia.com/XFree8...DME/index.html |
Thanks for your help.
I figured out how to shutdown the xsever and follow the steps from the consul. but it still failed. I'm going to buy a new pc. |
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make sure you did this also sudo apt-get install build-essentials . That said hey different systems I keep it simple KISS. Ubuntu is good for a million questions. |
the 173 and 96 have been on my mind recently
see the hardware in my sig. before i change it for the new computer |
before build the nvidia driver in ubuntu 10.04 you must
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BinaryDriverHowto/Nvidia - Community Ubuntu Documentation : https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Bi...erHowto/Nvidia
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