Hi all
im in need of desperate help, I am a complete ubuntu noob I dont know what anything means or does. I have been following this guide from blademaster:
NVIDIA Drivers
1) For the following graphics cards:
GTX 660 Ti
GTX 670
GTX 680
GTX 690
GTX 760
GTX 770
Install ForceWare 319.76 -- later drivers have performance issues with GK104 when folding (last updated 6/8/2014)
For other graphics cards download the latest stable drivers ForceWare 340.24 (last updated 6/8/2014)
2) Disable the GUI of your operating system with the following command
sudo service gdm stop
3) Press CTRL + F1 to get a prompt to insert your Ubuntu username and password and log in
4) Run the following command
cd Downloads; chmod +x NVIDIA*; sudo sh NVIDIA*
It will most likely complain about nouveau (the open source nVidia drivers) being installed and therefore fail to install. Answer "yes" to all the prompts
5) Run the following command
sudo apt-get remove --purge nvidia*; sudo reboot
6) When it finishes rebooting, disable the GUI once again
sudo service gdm stop
7) login and enter this command
cd Downloads; sudo sh NVIDIA*
8) Answer "yes" to all of the questions
9) When it finishes installing, run the following command to reactivate your GUI
sudo service gdm start
Now your graphics card(s) should be ready to fold.
I run into problems once I attempt to complete step 4, I get the error message "unable to load the kernal module 'nvidia.ko'. This happens most frequently when the kernal module was built against the wrong or improperly configured kernal sources....etc etc".
I can get around this problem by typing -k $ (uname) at the end of the code, this allows me to install the driver, but then when I continue after step 4 I get the error message "You are trying to install on X server" or something similar. Again, I managed to somehow get around this by frankly googling X server and trying loads of different commands until it works...
But finally another problem surfaces, I manage to get the driver installed but my ubuntu just loads to a black screen, all I can do is ctrl+alt+f1/f2/f3 to type more commands in. I think its something to do with lightdm service but im not sure.
Could someone help please?
thank you
im in need of desperate help, I am a complete ubuntu noob I dont know what anything means or does. I have been following this guide from blademaster:
NVIDIA Drivers
1) For the following graphics cards:
GTX 660 Ti
GTX 670
GTX 680
GTX 690
GTX 760
GTX 770
Install ForceWare 319.76 -- later drivers have performance issues with GK104 when folding (last updated 6/8/2014)
For other graphics cards download the latest stable drivers ForceWare 340.24 (last updated 6/8/2014)
2) Disable the GUI of your operating system with the following command
sudo service gdm stop
3) Press CTRL + F1 to get a prompt to insert your Ubuntu username and password and log in
4) Run the following command
cd Downloads; chmod +x NVIDIA*; sudo sh NVIDIA*
It will most likely complain about nouveau (the open source nVidia drivers) being installed and therefore fail to install. Answer "yes" to all the prompts
5) Run the following command
sudo apt-get remove --purge nvidia*; sudo reboot
6) When it finishes rebooting, disable the GUI once again
sudo service gdm stop
7) login and enter this command
cd Downloads; sudo sh NVIDIA*
8) Answer "yes" to all of the questions
9) When it finishes installing, run the following command to reactivate your GUI
sudo service gdm start
Now your graphics card(s) should be ready to fold.
I run into problems once I attempt to complete step 4, I get the error message "unable to load the kernal module 'nvidia.ko'. This happens most frequently when the kernal module was built against the wrong or improperly configured kernal sources....etc etc".
I can get around this problem by typing -k $ (uname) at the end of the code, this allows me to install the driver, but then when I continue after step 4 I get the error message "You are trying to install on X server" or something similar. Again, I managed to somehow get around this by frankly googling X server and trying loads of different commands until it works...
But finally another problem surfaces, I manage to get the driver installed but my ubuntu just loads to a black screen, all I can do is ctrl+alt+f1/f2/f3 to type more commands in. I think its something to do with lightdm service but im not sure.
Could someone help please?
thank you