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What is the best driver for a GeForce 6100 in Ubuntu?

Will this driver work?
http://www.nvidia.com/object/linux_d..._1.0-8174.html

This is the mobo I am using:
http://www.abit-usa.com/products/mb/...es=1&model=332

I just installed a fresh install of Ubuntu 6.10 and none of the drivers seem to work... graphics, sound... I just need someone to tell me which drive would be best for the integrated graphics card on this motherboard.

Thru Synaptic, I installed the nvidia-glx driver and ran this command

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sudo aptitude install linux-restricted-modules-generic

then I ran

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sudo nvidia-glx-config enable

Each time I reboot, it comes up to a black screen after posting, when X should be loading.

So I thought I would try the driver listed above, from Nvidia's site. It doesn't want to install in RunLevel 1, and when I type "telinit 3" into a cmd line, it launches X.

???

The latest version of the NVIDIA driver for Linux is 9755. That is the one you want. 8174 is for cards that are no longer supported by NVIDIA; the 6100 is still being supported.

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Originally Posted by jiml8

The latest version of the NVIDIA driver for Linux is 9755. That is the one you want. 8174 is for cards that are no longer supported by NVIDIA; the 6100 is still being supported.

Ok, I am sure I can find that, but can you tell me how to install it? All attempts to install it with the instructions on Nvidia's site have failed. This is what they say...

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STEP 3: Install
Type "sh NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-8174-pkg1.run" to install the driver. NVIDIA now provides a utility to assist you with configuration of your X config file. Please see Chapter 3 of the README or run 'man nvidia-xconfig' for details on usage. Instructions for those wishing to edit their X config file by hand can also be found in the README.

you should shutdown X before installing the driver by typing
init 3
then when you are asked to download kernel sources from nvidia use the sources that comes with ubuntu it should be ok!!!!

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Originally Posted by evildarknight

you should shutdown X before installing the driver by typing
init 3
then when you are asked to download kernel sources from nvidia use the sources that comes with ubuntu it should be ok!!!!

typing init 3 in Terminal? Or shut down X with "sudo /etc/initd/gdm stop" and then init 3 ?

Why not use Synaptic to install package "nvidia-glx". No command line hell involved. If you can boot to X then boot the recovery version in grub. Then "sudo nano /etc/X11/xorg.conf" and edit the driver name to "nv" or "vesa". You can then boot to X and use the GUI as above in this message.

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Originally Posted by kc5hwb

typing init 3 in Terminal? Or shut down X with "sudo /etc/initd/gdm stop" and then init 3 ?

IT really doesn't matter. Just shut down X; either mechanism you propose here will do that.

Restarting X will be a bit easier if you just stop gdm; if you do an init 3, install the drivers, then follow with an init 5, it is possible that things will be a bit messed up because services will be restarting possibly in the wrong sequence.

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Originally Posted by fragos

Been down that road already, doesn't work.

The current driver that I have running is the VESA driver and it is what is making everything so choppy and low-res color. I have not tried the "nv" driver, but after installing the nvidia-glx driver thru Synaptic, I ran the reconfigure tool and it detected it as "nvidia" but upon re-launching GDM just a black screen comes up and it doesn't want to load X.

Ok, here are the latest results..... I got farther this time...

I exited GDM and ran init 3, then launched the .RUN file. It told me that it could not detect my Kernal source and wanted to attempt a download from ftp.nvidia.com. It tries this, but fails and asks if I want it to compile the Kernal. I tell it yes, but it fails because it says I do not have the Source Kernal package installed

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"unable to find the Kernal Source files for your currently running Kernal. Make sure you have installed the correct Kernal Source files"

Install package "linux-source" and you'll get the source code for the current kernel.

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Originally Posted by kc5hwb

That'll kill you every time. If you intend to compile...well...just about anything, you need to have the kernel source installed.

Frankly, I don't understand why most distros don't install it by default.

Make sure when you get it from your repository that you pick the source that exactly matches your running kernel.

And how do I know what Kernal I am running?

I rebooted and chose the GRUB menu and here is what is listed:

2.6.17-11-generic

2.6.17-10-386

2.6.17-10-generic

In that order. If I don't go into the GRUB menu when booting, which one does it choose by default? Seems like I should be running the 2.6.17-10-386 one, can someone confirm?

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Originally Posted by fragos

"uname -r"

This returns 2.6.17-10-386

When I do a search for 2.6.17-10-386 in Synaptic, it show these 4 files...

linux-headers-2.6.17-10-386 (not installed)
linux-image-2.6.17-10-386 (installed)
linux-image-debug-2.6.17-10-386 (not installed)
linux-restricted-modules-2.6.17-10-386 (installed)

I went ahead and installed the linux-headers and ran the install again and got farther this time...baby steps I guess.

The Kernal starts to build then errors out and says to see the nvidia-installer.log for details. I copied this log here...

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-> No precompiled kernel interface was found to match your kernel; would you li

  ke the installer to attempt to download a kernel interface for your kernel f

  rom the NVIDIA ftp site (ftp://download.nvidia.com)? (Answer: Yes)

-> No matching precompiled kernel interface was found on the NVIDIA ftp site;

  this means that the installer will need to compile a kernel interface for

  your kernel.

-> Performing CC test with CC="cc".

-> Kernel source path: '/lib/modules/2.6.17-10-386/build'

-> Kernel output path: '/lib/modules/2.6.17-10-386/build'

-> Performing rivafb check.

-> Performing nvidiafb check.

-> Cleaning kernel module build directory.

  executing: 'cd ./usr/src/nv; make clean'...

  rm -f -f nv.o nv-vm.o os-agp.o os-interface.o os-registry.o nv-i2c.o nv.o nv

  -vm.o os-agp.o os-interface.o os-registry.o nv-i2c.o nvidia.mod.o

  rm -f -f build-in.o nv-linux.o *.d .*.{cmd,flags}

  rm -f -f nvidia.{o,ko,mod.{o,c}} nv_compiler.h *~

  rm -f -f stprof stprof.o symtab.h

  rm -f -rf .tmp_versions

-> Building kernel module:

  executing: 'cd ./usr/src/nv; make module SYSSRC=/lib/modules/2.6.17-10-386/b

  uild SYSOUT=/lib/modules/2.6.17-10-386/build'...

  

  NVIDIA: calling KBUILD...

  make CC=cc  KBUILD_VERBOSE=1 -C /lib/modules/2.6.17-10-386/build SUBDIRS=/tm

  p/selfgz8429/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-8756-pkg1/usr/src/nv modules

  mkdir -p /tmp/selfgz8429/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-8756-pkg1/usr/src/nv/.tmp_vers

  ions

  rm -f /tmp/selfgz8429/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-8756-pkg1/usr/src/nv/.tmp_version

  s/*

  make -f scripts/Makefile.build obj=/tmp/selfgz8429/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-8756

  -pkg1/usr/src/nv

  echo \#define NV_COMPILER \"`cc -v 2>&1 | tail -n 1`\" > /tmp/selfgz8429/NVI

  DIA-Linux-x86-1.0-8756-pkg1/usr/src/nv/nv_compiler.h

    cc -Wp,-MD,/tmp/selfgz8429/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-8756-pkg1/usr/src/nv/.nv.o

  .d  -nostdinc -isystem /usr/lib/gcc/i486-linux-gnu/4.1.2/include -D__KERNEL_

  _ -Iinclude  -include include/linux/autoconf.h -Wall -Wundef -Wstrict-protot

  ypes -Wno-trigraphs -fno-strict-aliasing -fno-common -fno-stack-protector -O

  2 -fomit-frame-pointer -fasynchronous-unwind-tables -pipe -msoft-float -mpre

  ferred-stack-boundary=2  -march=i486 -mtune=generic -mregparm=3 -ffreestandi

  ng -Iinclude/asm-i

  386/mach-default -Wdeclaration-after-statement -Wno-pointer-sign -I/tmp/self

  gz8429/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-8756-pkg1/usr/src/nv -Wall -Wimplicit -Wreturn-t

  ype -Wswitch -Wformat -Wchar-subscripts -Wparentheses -Wpointer-arith  -Wno-

  multichar  -Werror -O -fno-common -MD  -Wsign-compare -Wno-cast-qual -Wno-e

  rror -D_LOOSE_KERNEL_NAMES -D__KERNEL__ -DMODULE  -DNTRM -DNVRM -DDYNAMIC_SL

  I  -DNV_MAJOR_VERSION=1 -DNV_MINOR_VERSION=0 -DNV_PATCHLEVEL=8756  -UDEBUG -

  U_DEBUG -DNDEBUG -DNV_MULTIPLE_BRIDGE_AGPGART_PRESENT -DNV_PCI_GET_CLASS_PRE

  SENT -DNV_PCI_CHOOSE_STATE_PRESENT -DNV_VM_INSERT_PAGE_PRESENT -DNV_REMAP_PF

  N_RANGE_PRESENT -DNV_CHANGE_PAGE_ATTR_PRESENT  -DMODULE -D"KBUILD_STR(s)=#s"

  -D"KBUILD_BASENAME=KBUILD_STR(nv)"  -D"KBUILD_MODNAME=KBUILD_STR(nvidia)" -c

  -o /tmp/selfgz8429/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-8756-pkg1/usr/src/nv/.tmp_nv.o /tmp/

  selfgz8429/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-8756-pkg1/usr/src/nv/nv.c

  In file included from include/linux/list.h:7,

                    from include/linux/wait.h:22,

                    from include/asm/semaphore.h:41,

                    from include/linux/sched.h:57,

                    from include/linux/module.h:9,

                    from /tmp/selfgz8429/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-8756-pkg1/usr/src

  /nv/nv-linux.h:51,

                    from /tmp/selfgz8429/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-8756-pkg1/usr/src

  /nv/nv.c:14:

  include/linux/prefetch.h: In function ‘prefetch_range’:

  include/linux/prefetch.h:62: warning: pointer of type ‘void *’ used in a

  rithmetic

  In file included from include/linux/dmapool.h:14,

                    from include/linux/pci.h:559,

                    from /tmp/selfgz8429/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-8756-pkg1/usr/src

  /nv/nv-linux.h:76,

                    from /tmp/selfgz8429/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-8756-pkg1/usr/src

  /nv/nv.c:14:

  include/asm/io.h: In function ‘check_signature’:

  include/asm/io.h:245: warning: wrong type argument to increment

  In file included from /tmp/selfgz8429/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-8756-pkg1/usr/src

  /nv/nv.c:14:

  /tmp/selfgz8429/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-8756-pkg1/usr/src/nv/nv-linux.h: At top

  level:

  /tmp/selfgz8429/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-8756-pkg1/usr/src/nv/nv-linux.h:711: er

  ror: conflicting types for ‘pm_message_t’

  include/linux/pm.h:142: error: previous declaration of ‘pm_message_t’ wa

  s here

  /tmp/selfgz8429/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-8756-pkg1/usr/src/nv/nv.c:307: warning:

  initialization from incompatible pointer type

  make[3]: *** [/tmp/selfgz8429/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-8756-pkg1/usr/src/nv/nv.o

  ] Error 1

  make[2]: *** [_module_/tmp/selfgz8429/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-8756-pkg1/usr/src

  /nv] Error 2

  NVIDIA: left KBUILD.

  nvidia.ko failed to build!

  make[1]: *** [mdl] Error 1

  make: *** [module] Error 2

-> Error.

ERROR: Unable to build the NVIDIA kernel module.

ERROR: Installation has failed.  Please see the file

      '/var/log/nvidia-installer.log' for details.  You may find suggestions

      on fixing installation problems in the README available on the Linux

      driver download page at www.nvidia.com.

I talked to a guy on the nvidia Linux forum and he told me to use the 1.0-9755 driver. I tried that AND IT WORKS!!!!!

For anyone asking, the correct driver is this one for the GeForce 6100
http://www.nvidia.com/object/linux_d..._1.0-9755.html

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Originally Posted by kc5hwb

I talked to a guy on the nvidia Linux forum and he told me to use the 1.0-9755 driver. I tried that AND IT WORKS!!!!!

I told you that a couple of days ago.

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Originally Posted by jiml8

I told you that a couple of days ago.

I know...but several others have said other drivers, so I had no idea which one was right.

I'm always right! Why, one time I thought I was wrong, but I turned out to be mistaken. ;)

In any event, you're up and running now and that is what really matters.

The 1.0-9755 driver is now included as nvidia-glx-new. nvidia-glx and nvidia-glx-legacy remain as before 9755 came out.

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Originally Posted by fragos

The 1.0-9755 driver is now included as nvidia-glx-new. nvidia-glx and nvidia-glx-legacy remain as before 9755 came out.

Not according to Nvidia...they say to make sure the nvidia-glx package has been uninstalled with the --purge option and the file /etc/init.d/nvidia-glx does not exist.

http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=72490

Once you've installed the binary driver from the nvidia site you broken the package manager's awareness of what's installed. That is why you have to perform steps manually. nvidia-glx-new is included in the latest update of Ubuntu 7.04 Feisty. I may not be found in the 6.10 your member panel identifies.

Yes I am running 6.10 Edgy. 7.04 is still in Beta, is it not?

Hi,
I just wanted to know what fps u get with ur 6100 GPU when you run glxgears ?
Thanx

With the default window size I got about 1,350 fps with an FX5200. However this is very dependent on the size of the window. By making the window about 1x1 inch on a 1440x900 19" wise screen my number jumped to 8,500 fps. Maximizing the screen it dropped to 120 fps. At default window size covered by another window it went up to 3,850 fps.

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Originally Posted by fragos

Thankyou Fragos , but I was wondering abt kc5hwb. Anyway isnt the FX5200 an older model than the 6100 ? If that's the case then something wierd is going on because I'm only getting half your FPS - about 720. This is despite having direct rendering and stuff.

Is this FPS normal on my card? I am using FC6 on an AMD 3600+, with Nvidia 6100 integrated GPU.

Thanx

glxgears isn't a scientific measurement. As you can see from what I provided there's a lot of variability on a single system. I see your video is on the mobo. 1st the memory used by the video is shared with the AMD. A BIOS parameter is available to change the amount allocated. Default may be less than the 128MB on my card. My card is 8X AGP which is faster than PCI which may be how your video chipset is interfaced. What else is running on the machine will also slow down the reported frame rate. For example if I watch TV in a window using my tuner card the frame rate will also slow down. I'm running 24 bit color depth, 32 would slow things down. Your CPU is faster than mine, a Sempron +2800. Don't let the frame rate set your performance expectations. If you're a gamer and the game performance lags you can always buy an add-on video card but be sure it matches the video slot your mobo requires, probably PCI-Express but perhaps AGP.