How-to: Demystifying the Nvidia Driver - Page 2 - Overclock.net

wierdo124 · 05-25-09

I'll have to try this. Love your guides Caedis, keep up teh g00d work!

btreichel · 06-16-09

Hey all, tried doing as instructed and got forced in lo-res mode. Got hi-res, but it was unstable. Forced back into 180 driver.

FYI,

xfx geforce 260 216 core
phenom II X2 550 BE tweaked to all 4 cores
OCZ 4 gig dual channel ddr3 1600
gigabyte ma790xt-ud40

ubuntu 9.04

clues?

XFreeRollerX · 06-17-09

i decided to try my desktop and when using the latest driver, my system won't boot into a GUI.. I installed the driver, rebooted, and now my GUI is dead - won't start

**gonX** · 06-23-09

Quote:

Originally Posted by gonX

If you get the low-graphics mode error, try running "nvidia-xconfig" in a terminal as root.

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Quote:

Originally Posted by btreichel

Hey all, tried doing as instructed and got forced in lo-res mode. Got hi-res, but it was unstable. Forced back into 180 driver.

FYI,

xfx geforce 260 216 core
phenom II X2 550 BE tweaked to all 4 cores
OCZ 4 gig dual channel ddr3 1600
gigabyte ma790xt-ud40

ubuntu 9.04

clues?

Quote:

Originally Posted by XFreeRollerX

i decided to try my desktop and when using the latest driver, my system won't boot into a GUI.. I installed the driver, rebooted, and now my GUI is dead - won't start

Did you guys try this?

btreichel · 06-23-09

yes, tried that multiple times.

XFreeRollerX · 06-27-09

No not yet, I haven't booted to the linux partition in a week or so because of that issue.. never had enough time to bother with it yet. I might try it tomorrow afternoon

pronto · 06-28-09

Don't do killall gdm
a better solution would be to do
sudo /etc/init.d/gdm stop
then install the drivers
then
sudo /etc/init.d/gdm start

on my ubuntu 8.10 with the 8800gt this works flawless everytime

you can monitor board temp with nvclock -T
(this might be included in driver, or you can get it from apt-get)
and change fan speed with nvclick -fF 1-100
(the F means force, so you break it dont come crying to me :P)
works great here
and nvclock -i gives a buch of info such as clock speeds, voltages, fan speed,

thers options to change gpu and mem clock with it, but thats never worked here

also, I've heard it also breaks things on Sabayon(gentoo based)

for the people that broke the GUI , uninstall the driver(i think the installer has that option)
then you're gonna have to edit /etc/X11/xorg.conf
the Device driver to something else
not 100% what
google it some

my sig rig thats using onborad graphics has it as "fglrx"

sig rig , on borad ati

Section "Device"

Identifier "SabayonVga0"
Driver "fglrx"

EndSection

8800gt with the nvidia drivers
Section "Device"
Identifier "Device0"
Driver "nvidia"
VendorName "NVIDIA Corporation"
EndSection

(use vim, nano, or emacs to edit)

XFreeRollerX · 06-28-09

Ill give it another go after I rebuild my RAID array. I had to remove the linux partition cus I needed the extra 200gb to back up stuff

Lord Xeb · 06-29-09

Quote:

Originally Posted by Caedis

One of the most mysterious things people coming into Linux find is that Linux graphics card drivers can be a chore to properly install. Up until recently this process has been almost a circus act with how many hoops one had to jump through in order to properly utilize a modern GPU. Installing GPU drivers has become a process so simple it's merely procedural. The following guide documents this process.

The process below is described for Ubuntu and other Debian-like Linux Distributions

Go to the Nvidia driver download web page and fill in all the appropriate fields with your relevant setup. [Link]

Download the .run file (In my case NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-180.51-pkg2.run) to your home folder

This next part you will want to print out or write down as proceeding from here will kill your desktop and browser. (But thats what we want)

Press [Ctrl] + [Alt] + [F5] to drop to a TTY command prompt(This sometimes takes pressing the key sequence 2-3 times before it switches)
Login with your user name and pass
Type the following:

Code:

sudo killall gdm
sudo sh NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-180.51-pkg2.run

Hit enter on all the [OK] prompts
Say [Yes] to the 32-bit compatibility drivers
Say [Yes] to Updating your X configuration
When it finishes it will return you to the command prompt, type:

Code:

sudo gdm

Done!

You'll notice your Nvidia X Configuration App in System > Preferences > NVIDIA X Server Settings
If you want to Overclock, see my post on Nvidia Overclocking

This was from my blog at Caedis.net

1 issue... you update 9.04 with a GTX260 and your display stops working. then you reinstall them (unintsalling the the previous drivers of course) and the damn thing will not work in compiz cube when it worked before

spacycar · 09-30-09

Caedis,

Thanks for the tutorial, worked fabulously. I've been bouncing around the 'net' for days now; racking my brain on how to get this beast loaded. I am no programmer, hacker, etc. (I do good to get it booted) - I just want to say how much this kind of help is appreciated by people like me. Again thanks.

S.

06-16-09	#12 (permalink)
btreichel New to Overclock.net Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 11 Rep: 1 Unique Rep: 1 Trader Rating: 0	New 185.18.14 driver fails on install Hey all, tried doing as instructed and got forced in lo-res mode. Got hi-res, but it was unstable. Forced back into 180 driver. FYI, xfx geforce 260 216 core phenom II X2 550 BE tweaked to all 4 cores OCZ 4 gig dual channel ddr3 1600 gigabyte ma790xt-ud40 ubuntu 9.04 clues?

09-30-09	#20 (permalink)
spacycar New to Overclock.net Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 1 Rep: 0 Unique Rep: 0 Trader Rating: 0	. . . and demystify it did! Caedis, Thanks for the tutorial, worked fabulously. I've been bouncing around the 'net' for days now; racking my brain on how to get this beast loaded. I am no programmer, hacker, etc. (I do good to get it booted) - I just want to say how much this kind of help is appreciated by people like me. Again thanks. S.

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How-to: Demystifying the Nvidia Driver

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btreichel New to Overclock.net Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 11 Rep: 1 Unique Rep: 1 Trader Rating: 0	yes, tried that multiple times.

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