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Re: Nvidia Graphics Drivers - Install Guide
Posted: Mon Mar 05, 2012 2:58 am
by Monsta
Chris621 wrote:I tried the method suggested by proxima-centauri to install a driver for my GE Force 9500 GT graphics card in Linux Mint 11
There must be a very good reason to completely ignore jockey-gtk tool and to use the tutorial for the wrong Mint edition...
Re: Nvidia Graphics Drivers - Install Guide
Posted: Wed Mar 14, 2012 6:52 pm
by mgh
I am also stuck at the command line.
I followed instructions in the 1st post of this discussion. When that bombed my system,
I did: sudo dpkg-reconfigure nvidia-kernel-dkms
and then did sudo nvidia-xconfig
That did me no good. I am still stuck at the command line.
What else can I try?
Thanks for any help.
PS. I have not tried removing nouveau
Re: Nvidia Graphics Drivers - Install Guide
Posted: Wed Mar 14, 2012 7:12 pm
by proxima_centauri
Assuming the steps or equivalent were followed to my second post in this topic.
Try removing nouveau
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apt remove --purge xserver-xorg-video-nouveau libdrm-nouveau1
Re: Nvidia Graphics Drivers - Install Guide
Posted: Wed Mar 14, 2012 7:57 pm
by mgh
Man! That did not do it either, still stuck at terminal.
Would it hurt to start all over? Follow all the steps again (of course this time I will be at command line, not in terminal)?
Any other ideas?
Thanks for the response.
Re: Nvidia Graphics Drivers - Install Guide
Posted: Wed Mar 14, 2012 10:39 pm
by Darcy
I have followed the instructions 3 times, yet I cannot get past the command line blinking cursor.
I found that that binutils file (2.21 installed) does meet Nvidias requirements (2.9.5) to install the 290.5 driver. How much difference would this make?
Re: Nvidia Graphics Drivers - Install Guide
Posted: Thu Mar 15, 2012 7:37 am
by GregE
A couple of suggestions
You could try the traditional Debian way in an LMDE install using module assistant
http://wiki.debian.org/NvidiaGraphicsDrivers
Plus many people are having NVidia issues with the latest 3.2 kernels, try booting from an older kernel then try and fix the nvidia driver.
Re: Nvidia Graphics Drivers - Install Guide
Posted: Wed Mar 21, 2012 10:02 pm
by lqua
Thanks, grraf, your procedure worked flawlessly on my freshly installed and fully updated 64-bit LMDE 12.
As a result, I now have Nvidia's 280.13 drivers installed. Good enough for something entirely pain-free!
Re: Nvidia Graphics Drivers - Install Guide
Posted: Wed Mar 21, 2012 11:22 pm
by mgh
I wish I could say the same! I do not know what I screwed up, but I was stuck at command line, and none of the solutions I tried from there did anything at all.
I finally gave up on Mint, and I have been using Mint since version 5. I installed Ubuntu, choose F6 when booting off of live CD, disable nomodeset, let Ubuntu do its thing, and I did not have to install any additional drivers after that, on first boot after install, I had my native display resolution.
I am glad others are finding the solution for NVIDIA drivers, and I appreciate the attempts here to help me out.
Re: Nvidia Graphics Drivers - Install Guide
Posted: Mon Apr 16, 2012 6:54 pm
by CapitalG
proxima_centauri wrote:TL:DR;
For the
newer nvidia cards listed in
http://us.download.nvidia.com/XFree86/L ... chips.html
install the following packages through Package Manager or terminal:
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apt install nvidia-kernel-dkms nvidia-glx build-essential nvidia-settings nvidia-xconfig
For
older cards listed in
http://us.download.nvidia.com/XFree86/L ... dix-a.html
install the following packages through Package Manager or terminal:
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apt install nvidia-kernel-legacy-173xx-dkms nvidia-glx-legacy-173xx build-essential
nvidia-settings nvidia-xconfig
For
ancient cards listed in
http://us.download.nvidia.com/XFree86/L ... dix-a.html
Install the following packages through Package Manager or terminal:
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apt install nvidia-kernel-legacy-96xx-dkms nvidia-glx-legacy-96xx build-essential
nvidia-settings nvidia-xconfig
When done, execute nvidia-xconfig in terminal. After a reboot, the driver is installed.
* Full credit to fnkbss; copied from http://community.linuxmint.com/tutorial/view/331
EDIT:
Suggested to remove or blacklist the default nouveau driver after nvidia driver installation.
(Thank you Elmacus for the recommendation)
Some users have reported trouble with removing the nouveau driver, and I recommend performing the blacklist only.
To blacklist:
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sudo echo blacklist nouveau > /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-nouveau.conf
Removal (in terminal):
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apt remove --purge xserver-xorg-video-nouveau libdrm-nouveau1a
worked perfectly
if there is a kernel upgrade though will it break it?
Re: Nvidia Graphics Drivers - Install Guide
Posted: Tue Apr 17, 2012 9:48 pm
by neon_overload
CapitalG wrote:
worked perfectly
if there is a kernel upgrade though will it break it?
The benefit of using the DKMS package (nvidia-kernel-dkms) is that when you upgrade your kernel, it should automatically trigger a re-compile of that DKMS module for the new kernel if necessary, just like it did when you installed nvidia-kernel-dkms for the first time.
So the system should keep ensuring that there's a module compiled for your installed kernels, all by itself. DKMS is cool that way.
Re: Nvidia Graphics Drivers - Install Guide
Posted: Tue Apr 17, 2012 9:58 pm
by joebobwilson
grraf's suggestion together with removing neavou worked perfectly for me. Simple and painless. Thanks!
Re: Nvidia Graphics Drivers - Install Guide
Posted: Wed Apr 18, 2012 6:25 pm
by Adelante
Doing this made all the difference for me. In great shape now. Thank you.
proxima_centauri wrote:Assuming the steps or equivalent were followed to my second post in this topic.
Try removing nouveau
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apt remove --purge xserver-xorg-video-nouveau libdrm-nouveau1
Re: Nvidia Graphics Drivers - Install Guide
Posted: Thu Apr 26, 2012 8:10 pm
by LMNewb
proxima_centauri wrote:TL:DR;
For the
newer nvidia cards listed in
http://us.download.nvidia.com/XFree86/L ... chips.html
install the following packages through Package Manager or terminal:
Code: Select all
apt install nvidia-kernel-dkms nvidia-glx build-essential nvidia-settings nvidia-xconfig
For
older cards listed in
http://us.download.nvidia.com/XFree86/L ... dix-a.html
install the following packages through Package Manager or terminal:
Code: Select all
apt install nvidia-kernel-legacy-173xx-dkms nvidia-glx-legacy-173xx build-essential
nvidia-settings nvidia-xconfig
For
ancient cards listed in
http://us.download.nvidia.com/XFree86/L ... dix-a.html
Install the following packages through Package Manager or terminal:
Code: Select all
apt install nvidia-kernel-legacy-96xx-dkms nvidia-glx-legacy-96xx build-essential
nvidia-settings nvidia-xconfig
When done, execute nvidia-xconfig in terminal. After a reboot, the driver is installed.
* Full credit to fnkbss; copied from http://community.linuxmint.com/tutorial/view/331
EDIT:
Suggested to remove or blacklist the default nouveau driver after nvidia driver installation.
(Thank you Elmacus for the recommendation)
Some users have reported trouble with removing the nouveau driver, and I recommend performing the blacklist only.
To blacklist:
Code: Select all
sudo echo blacklist nouveau > /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-nouveau.conf
Removal (in terminal):
Code: Select all
apt remove --purge xserver-xorg-video-nouveau libdrm-nouveau1a
I followed this. However, it now takes several minutes for my computer to boot. I keep getting a error message:
"ata3: COMRESET failed (errno=-16)"
This times out after over a minute or two, and the boot proceeds normally. Can this be fixed? If not, is there a way to revert the install of the nvidia binaries? Thanks!
Re: Nvidia Graphics Drivers - Install Guide
Posted: Fri Apr 27, 2012 7:23 pm
by toomuchcoffee
Hmm...
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troll@lair ~ $ inxi -G
Graphics: Card nVidia GF104 [GeForce GTX 460] X.Org 1.11.4 Res: 1680x1050@60.0hz
GLX Renderer Gallium 0.4 on NVC4 GLX Version 2.1 Mesa 7.11.2
I don't know what the F is that (Gallium??), all I know is that I have some screen corruption.. and I thought LMDE shipped with the latest Nvidia drivers? Hmm...
edit:
Never mind, steps on the first page worked, no longer have screen corruption, pheww
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Re: Nvidia Graphics Drivers - Install Guide
Posted: Sat Apr 28, 2012 10:52 am
by zerozero
LMNewb wrote:
I followed this. However, it now takes several minutes for my computer to boot. I keep getting a error message:
"ata3: COMRESET failed (errno=-16)"
all the hits i can find in google point to something else but this nvidia drivers install (the fact that you see it at the same time might be a coincidence)
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+sour ... bug/256637
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+sour ... bug/668392
https://www.centos.org/modules/newbb/vi ... c_id=26379
http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions ... ap-825331/
Re: Nvidia Graphics Drivers - Install Guide
Posted: Sat Apr 28, 2012 4:15 pm
by craigevil
Debian User Forums • View topic - Nvidia driver - Debian way, custom (or not) kernel. -
http://forums.debian.net/viewtopic.php?f=16&t=10812
Or just be lazy and use smxi to install Nvidia.
Re: Nvidia Graphics Drivers - Install Guide
Posted: Thu May 03, 2012 4:03 am
by powerhouse
@proximacentauri:
Thanks for providing this simple, concise tutorial for installing the proprietary nvidia driver. After some unsuccessful attempts trying different tutorials, this one worked right away, with only one modification:
Instead of apt install ... I had to use apt-get install ...
Reference: LMDE 12 Cinnamon/Mate, April 2012 release using the 290... Nvidia driver for a PNY Quadro 600 card.
Important: I think that in my previous attempts the nouveau driver messed up the Nvidia proprietary driver install. In the end I was left with a text only environment, but your tutorial and the blacklisting of the nouveau driver worked out of the box and fixed the problem.
Re: Nvidia Graphics Drivers - Install Guide
Posted: Thu May 03, 2012 10:37 pm
by gychang
thank you so much, my desktop is just beautiful. Running debian-xfce.
gychang
Re: Nvidia Graphics Drivers - Install Guide
Posted: Fri May 11, 2012 12:32 pm
by merc1973
Quick question, should I Blacklist as soon as the nVidia driver is installed or wait after reboot?
Re: Nvidia Graphics Drivers - Install Guide
Posted: Fri May 11, 2012 1:45 pm
by proxima_centauri
merc1973 wrote:Quick question, should I Blacklist as soon as the nVidia driver is installed or wait after reboot?
Right after installation.