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How do I get a driver for NVIDIA NV5?
I got another tower yesterday -- my other one died. System>Admin>Hardware Drivers says I have no proprietary drivers. Normally (for me, in the past), it would give me the option to install a NVIDIA accelerated graphics driver version 96; but not now. I'm running K/Ubuntu 9.04 and Firefox 3.0; 3.5.3. Here are my specs (sorry they're so long, but this is how it came out, and this is "lshw | less"):
randall-desktop description: Computer width: 32 bits *-core description: Motherboard physical id: 0 *-memory description: System memory physical id: 0 size: 511MiB *-cpu:0 product: Pentium III (Coppermine) vendor: Intel Corp. physical id: 1 bus info: cpu@0 version: 6.8.6 size: 1GHz width: 32 bits capabilities: fpu fpu_exception wp vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 mmx fxsr sse *-cache:0 description: L1 cache physical id: 0 : size: 32KiB *-cache:1 description: L2 cache physical id: 1 size: 256KiB *-cpu:1 product: Pentium III (Coppermine) vendor: Intel Corp. physical id: 2 bus info: cpu@1 version: 6.8.6 size: 1GHz width: 32 bits capabilities: fpu fpu_exception wp vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 mmx fxsr sse *-cache:0 description: L1 cache physical id: 0 size: 32KiB *-cache:1 description: L2 cache : physical id: 1 size: 256KiB *-pci description: Host bridge product: 82840 840 [Carmel] Chipset Host Bridge (Hub A) vendor: Intel Corporation physical id: 100 bus info: pci@0000:00:00.0 version: 01 width: 32 bits clock: 33MHz configuration: driver=agpgart-intel module=intel_agp *-pci:0 description: PCI bridge product: 82840 840 [Carmel] Chipset AGP Bridge vendor: Intel Corporation physical id: 1 bus info: pci@0000:00:01.0 version: 01 width: 32 bits clock: 66MHz : capabilities: pci bus_master *-display UNCLAIMED description: VGA compatible controller product: NV5 [RIVA TNT2/TNT2 Pro] vendor: nVidia Corporation physical id: 0 bus info: pci@0000:01:00.0 version: 11 width: 32 bits clock: 66MHz capabilities: bus_master cap_list configuration: latency=64 maxlatency=1 mingnt=5 *-pci:1 description: PCI bridge product: 82801AA PCI Bridge vendor: Intel Corporation physical id: 1e bus info: pci@0000:00:1e.0 version: 02 width: 32 bits clock: 33MHz : capabilities: pci bus_master *-network:0 description: Ethernet interface product: 82557/8/9/0/1 Ethernet Pro 100 vendor: Intel Corporation physical id: 2 bus info: pci@0000:02:02.0 logical name: eth2 version: 08 serial: 00:02:a5:37:53:a2 width: 32 bits clock: 33MHz capabilities: bus_master cap_list ethernet physical configuration: broadcast=yes driver=e100 driverversion=3.5.23-k6-NAPI firmware=N/A ip=98.28.109.233 latency=66 maxlatency=56 mingnt=8 module=e100 multicast=yes *-scsi description: SCSI storage controller product: AIC-7892P U160/m vendor: Adaptec physical id: 7 : bus info: pci@0000:02:07.0 logical name: scsi2 version: 02 width: 64 bits clock: 66MHz capabilities: scsi bus_master cap_list scsi-host configuration: driver=aic7xxx latency=64 maxlatency=25 mingnt=40 module=aic7xxx *-network:1 description: Ethernet interface product: 3c905C-TX/TX-M [Tornado] vendor: 3Com Corporation physical id: 9 bus info: pci@0000:02:09.0 logical name: eth3 version: 30 serial: 00:01:03:e0:66:80 width: 32 bits clock: 33MHz capabilities: bus_master cap_list ethernet physical configuration: broadcast=yes driver=3c59x latency=64 maxlatency=: 10 mingnt=10 module=3c59x multicast=yes *-isa description: ISA bridge product: 82801AA ISA Bridge (LPC) vendor: Intel Corporation physical id: 1f bus info: pci@0000:00:1f.0 version: 02 width: 32 bits clock: 33MHz capabilities: isa bus_master configuration: latency=0 *-ide description: IDE interface product: 82801AA IDE Controller vendor: Intel Corporation physical id: 1f.1 bus info: pci@0000:00:1f.1 logical name: scsi0 version: 02 width: 32 bits : clock: 33MHz capabilities: ide bus_master emulated configuration: driver=ata_piix latency=0 *-cdrom description: SCSI CD-ROM physical id: 0.0.0 bus info: scsi@0:0.0.0 logical name: /dev/cdrom2 logical name: /dev/scd0 logical name: /dev/sr0 capabilities: audio configuration: status=nodisc *-usb description: USB Controller product: 82801AA USB Controller vendor: Intel Corporation physical id: 1f.2 bus info: pci@0000:00:1f.2 version: 02 width: 32 bits clock: 33MHz : capabilities: bus_master configuration: driver=uhci_hcd latency=0 module=uhci_hcd *-serial UNCLAIMED description: SMBus product: 82801AA SMBus Controller vendor: Intel Corporation physical id: 1f.3 bus info: pci@0000:00:1f.3 version: 02 width: 32 bits clock: 33MHz configuration: latency=0 *-multimedia description: Multimedia audio controller product: 82801AA AC'97 Audio Controller vendor: Intel Corporation physical id: 1f.5 bus info: pci@0000:00:1f.5 version: 02 width: 32 bits clock: 33MHz : capabilities: bus_master configuration: driver=Intel ICH latency=0 module=snd_intel8x0 *-network DISABLED description: Ethernet interface physical id: 1 logical name: pan0 serial: 72:73:fd:a1:4e:a8 capabilities: ethernet physical configuration: broadcast=yes driver=bridge driverversion=2.3 firmware=N/A multicast=yes (END) When I ran the following, here's what I got: randall@randall-desktop:~$ sudo nvidia-xconfig [sudo] password for randall: Using X configuration file: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf". VALIDATION ERROR: Data incomplete in file /etc/X11/xorg.conf. Device section "Configured Video Device" must have a Driver line. Backed up file '/etc/X11/xorg.conf' as '/etc/X11/xorg.conf.backup' New X configuration file written to '/etc/X11/xorg.conf' randall@randall-desktop:~$ What do I need to do to fix that? I'm still a newbie; please assume that I know nothing. Any valid advice give me will be much appreciated. Randall |
I have not got the patience at the moment to slog thru that long file.
Have you checked the NVidia website and/or have you tried the official NVidia driver? |
How do I get a driver for NVIDIA NV5?
Intel Corp. Pentium III (Coppermine)
processor : 0 stepping : 6 cpu MHz : 996.908 cache size : 256 KB bogomips : 1993.81 clflush size : 32 processor : 1 stepping : 6 cpu MHz : 996.908 cache size : 256 KB bogomips : 1993.79 clflush size : 32 I went to synaptic package manager and installed libglitz-glx1-dev (0.5.6-1), libglitz1-dev (0.5.6-1), and nvidia-glx-96-dev (96.43.10-0ubuntu1). I don't know what to select for NVIDIA NV5 [RIVA TNT2/TNT2 Pro]. Then I ran (and got): randall@randall-desktop:~$ sudo nvidia-xconfig [sudo] password for randall: Using X configuration file: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf". VALIDATION ERROR: Data incomplete in file /etc/X11/xorg.conf. Device section "Configured Video Device" must have a Driver line. Backed up file '/etc/X11/xorg.conf' as '/etc/X11/xorg.conf.backup' New X configuration file written to '/etc/X11/xorg.conf' randall@randall-desktop:~$ In the meantime, I had to shut my computer down and reboot. When I rebooted, there was no screen. So I rebooted in recovery mode, selected try to autofix graphics problems, then selected repair broken packages. My computer then did some stuff that it said would take several hours (but only took about 20 minutes -- some removals and upgrades and two installations that I did see between a coffee break and bathroom break), and, then, viola!, it did a normal boot [There's nothing like Ubuntu!]. At Ubuntu's behest, I restarted it. However, I still have no driver that will enable desktop effects. Hardware Drivers says there are no proprietary drivers nor does it give me the option to ennable one. What is the official NVIDIA driver? |
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1 #lspci (relevant part) #/etc/X11/xorg.conf driver line can be Driver nv or Driver nouveau |
I went to the Nvidia website -- just now. The website seems to know nothing about my graphics card! And it doesn't give me any response to "official driver." I'm not being facetious but I can show you:
Download Drivers Download Drivers NVIDIA Widgets NVIDIA Software Cool Stuff Shop Products High Performance Computing Business Home Desktop Workstation Notebook Server Mobile Netbook GeForce Quadro Tesla Tegra ION 3D Vision Technologies CUDA ESA Hybrid SLI PhysX PowerMizer PureVideo HD SLI DirectCompute MXM OpenCL Windows 7 Windows Vista Communities Speak Visual nZone SLI Zone CUDA Zone Developer Zone PartnerForce GPU Venture Zone Gelato Zone Support * Share this page FacebookRedditMySpaceTwitThis Del.icio.usFurlStumble It!Digg * * * * * Your search - NVIDIA NV5 [RIVA TNT2/TNT2 Pro] - did not match any documents. Suggestions: Make sure all words are spelled correctly. Try different keywords. Try more general keywords. Try fewer keywords. |
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Hi -
NVidia indeed supports your card: http://www.nvidia.com/object/IO_32667.html As you can see from the link, you want the "1.0-71xx driver". It's available for your CPU/platform here: http://www.nvidia.com/object/unix.html 'Hope that helps .. PSM |
Sorry; I don't know enough to know what part is relevant and which isn't – hopefully, I'm working up to that. Well, okay, I'll give it shot:
randall@randall-desktop:~$ #lspci randall@randall-desktop:~$ lspci 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV5 [RIVA TNT2/TNT2 Pro] (rev 11) randall@randall-desktop:~$ /etc/X11/xorg.conf bash: /etc/X11/xorg.conf: Permission denied randall@randall-desktop:~$ sudo /etc/X11/xorg.conf [sudo] password for randall: sudo: /etc/X11/xorg.conf: command not found randall@randall-desktop:~$ sudo apt-get /etc/X11/xorg.conf E: Invalid operation /etc/X11/xorg.conf randall@randall-desktop:~$ sudo aptitude /etc/X11/xorg.conf Unknown command "/etc/X11/xorg.conf" aptitude 0.4.11.11 Usage: aptitude [-S fname] [-u|-i] aptitude [options] <action> ... Actions (if none is specified, aptitude will enter interactive mode): |
Okay; Thank you very much, PaulsM4; much appreciated.
I see it listed at the first site you gave me; but couldn't find it in the downloads site. So I got it at http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?0jayjiqjwyq. So, now it's sitting on my desktop; I haven't figured out how to install it yet, but I'm sure I'll get under the hood eventually. |
If it is what I am used to, the NVidia driver comes as a script---just run it, but without X running. Your system will have to be setup for compiling SW--eg that kernel headers must be installed.
The NVidia site has instructions..... |
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