Looking for nvidia-xconfig: Kubuntu 9.04

JosephS · 08-02-2009, 05:08 PM

Using Kubuntu 9.04

I'm trying to get my nvidia graphics card working properly:
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV6 [Vanta/Vanta LT] (rev 15)
according to Nvidia's website I need the nvidia-glx-71driver and I installed this
from the Ubuntu repository. My card is not configured properly. I tried to use
nvidia-settings, but it told me to configure with nvidia-xconfig.

I can't find the package nvidia-xconfig to install.
I have my repository on synaptic set to:
http://mirrors.cat.pdx.edu/ubuntu
I reloaded package information

I went to that website:
http://mirrors.cat.pdx.edu/ubuntu/po...vidia-xconfig/
and I found packages for nvidia-xconfig.
However I can't find the package when I search for it with Synaptic.
What is the pool directory?
Is nvidia-xconfig not included in Kubuntu 9.04?
If there is no nvidia-config for this distribution what would I use to
configure the nvidia card?

Thanks.

GlennsPref · 08-02-2009, 08:51 PM

Hi, both the applications you mention are installed with the driver.

They are accessed via the command line (cli) interface as root for the whole system.

nvidia-settings may adjust the settings per user as user.

If the driver is not loading, check /etc/X11/xorg.conf

look for these lines....yours may be different, but similar....

Code:

Section "Device"
    Identifier     "Device0"
    VendorName     "GigaByte"
    BoardName      "GigaByte GeForce 9800gt (GTX+)"
    Driver         "nvidia"
    Option 	   "DPMS"
    VideoRam	    524288
    #Option 	   "RenderAccel" "True"
    
EndSection

the entry may be vesa, vga, nv or similar,

to use the installed nVidia driver module change the line to read....

Code:

Driver         "nvidia"

You need admin access(root) to save changes to this file.

Restart x to see the changes.

Now you may be able to use the apps that come with the driver to configure your graphics card.

Note! It is generally accepted to comment(#) unwanted lines so they are not read.

Inserting new lines makes it easier to quickly edit files in cli mode, like with vi.

Hope this helps.

Regards Glenn

knudfl · 08-03-2009, 04:12 AM

/usr/bin/nvidia-xconfig

is provided by the packages nvidia-glx-173,
nvidia-glx-180, nvidia-glx-96.

No 'nvidia-xconfig' is available, when using
nvidia-glx-71 , sorry.

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