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by **Schoelje** on Tue Sep 18, 2012 1:06 pm

For anyone who's interested and wants to help improving these applications: I've just added the source to GitHub:

Schoelje/device-driver-manager
Device driver manager
https://github.com/Schoelje/device-driver-manager

Schoelje/welcome-screen
Welcome screen. Includes hardware detection for third party driver installation (device-driver-manager).
https://github.com/Schoelje/welcome-screen

by **GeneC** on Tue Sep 18, 2012 2:02 pm

Schoelje wrote:I've uploaded DDM with arjay's fix:
http://www.schoelje.nl/lmdekde/packages/device-driver-manager_0.1.0_all.deb
The process should be a lot quicker now, so let me know.

That fixed it... :mrgreen:

1. Installed NEW .deb
2. Used the new DDM to remove Nvidia
3. Rebooted into Mesa driver.
4. Used NEW DDM to install Nvidia.
Sucess. No halts, lockups. Worked perfectly, about 5 minutes..

Here is the ddm.log

Code: Select all: 18-09-2012 13:48:55 main INFO Write debug information to file: /home/gene/ddm.log 18-09-2012 13:48:55 main DEBUG Startup command: kdesudo -i /usr/share/linuxmint/logo.png -d --comment "<b>Please enter your password</b>" python /usr/lib/device-driver-manager/ddm.py :d :l /home/gene/ddm.log 18-09-2012 13:49:05 ddm.main INFO Checking your hardware... 18-09-2012 13:49:05 execcmd.run DEBUG Command to execute: cat /etc/*-release | grep DISTRIB_CODENAME 18-09-2012 13:49:05 execcmd.run DEBUG Command to execute: apt-cache policy nvidia-detect 18-09-2012 13:49:05 drivers.getPackageStatus DEBUG Package is installed: nvidia-detect 18-09-2012 13:49:05 execcmd.run DEBUG Command to execute: lspci | grep VGA 18-09-2012 13:49:05 nvidia.getNvidia INFO Get the appropriate Nvidia driver 18-09-2012 13:49:05 execcmd.run DEBUG Command to execute: nvidia-detect | grep nvidia- | tr -d ' ' 18-09-2012 13:49:05 execcmd.run INFO nvidia-glx 18-09-2012 13:49:05 nvidia.getNvidia INFO Nvidia driver to install: nvidia-glx 18-09-2012 13:49:05 nvidia.getNvidia INFO Get package status for driver: nvidia-glx 18-09-2012 13:49:05 execcmd.run DEBUG Command to execute: apt-cache policy nvidia-glx 18-09-2012 13:49:05 drivers.getPackageStatus DEBUG Package not installed: nvidia-glx 18-09-2012 13:49:05 nvidia.getNvidia DEBUG Package status: notinstalled 18-09-2012 13:49:05 execcmd.run DEBUG Command to execute: lspci | grep VGA 18-09-2012 13:49:05 execcmd.run INFO 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation GF104 [GeForce GTX 460] (rev a1) 18-09-2012 13:49:05 ati.getATI DEBUG No ATI card found 18-09-2012 13:49:05 execcmd.run DEBUG Command to execute: lspci -vnn -d 14e4: 18-09-2012 13:49:05 execcmd.run DEBUG Command to execute: cat /proc/cpuinfo | grep processor | wc -l 18-09-2012 13:49:05 execcmd.run DEBUG Command to execute: uname -r 18-09-2012 13:49:05 pae.getHardwareList DEBUG Nr. of cpus: 4 18-09-2012 13:49:05 pae.getHardwareList DEBUG Kernel release: 3.2.0-3-amd64 18-09-2012 13:49:05 functions.getImgsFromDir DEBUG Search for extensions: ['.png', '.jpg', '.jpeg', '.gif'] 18-09-2012 13:49:05 functions.getImgsFromDir DEBUG Image found: /usr/share/device-driver-manager/logo.png 18-09-2012 13:49:05 functions.getImgsFromDir DEBUG Image found: /usr/share/device-driver-manager/broadcom.png 18-09-2012 13:49:05 functions.getImgsFromDir DEBUG Image found: /usr/share/device-driver-manager/uninstallable.png 18-09-2012 13:49:05 functions.getImgsFromDir DEBUG Image found: /usr/share/device-driver-manager/installed.png 18-09-2012 13:49:05 functions.getImgsFromDir DEBUG Image found: /usr/share/device-driver-manager/pae.png 18-09-2012 13:49:05 functions.getImgsFromDir DEBUG Image found: /usr/share/device-driver-manager/nvidia.png 18-09-2012 13:49:05 functions.getImgsFromDir DEBUG Image found: /usr/share/device-driver-manager/ati.png 18-09-2012 13:49:05 functions.getImgsFromDir DEBUG Image found: /usr/share/device-driver-manager/empty.png 18-09-2012 13:49:05 functions.getImgsFromDir DEBUG Image found: /usr/share/device-driver-manager/notinstalled.png 18-09-2012 13:49:05 ddm.fillHardware INFO Hardware image found: /usr/share/device-driver-manager/nvidia.png 18-09-2012 13:49:05 ddm.fillHardware INFO Add item: NVIDIA Corporation GF104 [GeForce GTX 460] (rev a1) 18-09-2012 13:49:05 ddm.fillHardware DEBUG Preselect: True 18-09-2012 13:49:05 functions.fillTreeview DEBUG Create list store eval string: gtk.ListStore(bool, gtk.gdk.Pixbuf, gtk.gdk.Pixbuf, str, str, str, int) 18-09-2012 13:49:05 functions.fillTreeview DEBUG Create column names: ['Column 0', 'Column 1', 'Column 2', 'Column 3', 'Column 4', 'Column 5'] 18-09-2012 13:49:05 functions.fillTreeview DEBUG Add data to list store (single-column list): liststore.append( [True, gtk.gdk.pixbuf_new_from_file("/usr/share/device-driver-manager/notinstalled.png"), gtk.gdk.pixbuf_new_from_file("/usr/share/device-driver-manager/nvidia.png"), "NVIDIA Corporation GF104 [GeForce GTX 460] (rev a1)", "nvidia", "notinstalled", 400] ) 18-09-2012 13:49:05 functions.fillTreeview DEBUG Last visible column nr: 4 18-09-2012 13:49:05 functions.fillTreeview DEBUG Create column: gtk.TreeViewColumn("Column 0", gtk.CellRendererToggle(), active=0) 18-09-2012 13:49:05 functions.fillTreeview DEBUG Check box found: add toggle function 18-09-2012 13:49:05 functions.fillTreeview DEBUG Column added: Column 0 18-09-2012 13:49:05 functions.fillTreeview DEBUG Create column: gtk.TreeViewColumn("Column 1", gtk.CellRendererPixbuf(), pixbuf=1) 18-09-2012 13:49:05 functions.fillTreeview DEBUG Column added: Column 1 18-09-2012 13:49:05 functions.fillTreeview DEBUG Create column: gtk.TreeViewColumn("Column 2", gtk.CellRendererPixbuf(), pixbuf=2) 18-09-2012 13:49:05 functions.fillTreeview DEBUG Column added: Column 2 18-09-2012 13:49:05 functions.fillTreeview DEBUG Create column: gtk.TreeViewColumn("Column 3", gtk.CellRendererText(), text=3, weight=6) 18-09-2012 13:49:05 functions.fillTreeview DEBUG Column added: Column 3 18-09-2012 13:49:05 functions.fillTreeview DEBUG Hide column nr: 4 18-09-2012 13:49:05 functions.fillTreeview DEBUG Hide column nr: 5 18-09-2012 13:49:05 functions.fillTreeview DEBUG Add Liststrore to Treeview 18-09-2012 13:49:05 functions.fillTreeview DEBUG Scrolled to selected row: 0 18-09-2012 13:49:16 ddm.handleHardware INFO install hardware code: nvidia 18-09-2012 13:49:16 ddm.handleHardware INFO Start driver install thread 18-09-2012 13:49:16 execcmd.run DEBUG Command to execute: cat /etc/*-release | grep DISTRIB_CODENAME 18-09-2012 13:49:16 ddm.installHardware DEBUG Check every 5 seconds if thread is still active 18-09-2012 13:49:16 execcmd.run DEBUG Command to execute: apt-cache policy nvidia-detect 18-09-2012 13:49:35 drivers.getPackageStatus DEBUG Package is installed: nvidia-detect 18-09-2012 13:49:35 nvidia.getNvidia INFO Get the appropriate Nvidia driver 18-09-2012 13:49:35 execcmd.run DEBUG Command to execute: nvidia-detect | grep nvidia- | tr -d ' ' 18-09-2012 13:49:39 execcmd.run INFO nvidia-glx 18-09-2012 13:49:39 nvidia.getNvidia INFO Nvidia driver to install: nvidia-glx 18-09-2012 13:49:39 nvidia.installNvidiaDriver DEBUG Is package installed: nvidia-kernel-dkms 18-09-2012 13:49:39 execcmd.run DEBUG Command to execute: apt search nvidia-kernel-dkms | grep ^i | wc -l 18-09-2012 13:49:42 nvidia.installNvidiaDriver DEBUG Is package installed: nvidia-glx 18-09-2012 13:49:42 execcmd.run DEBUG Command to execute: apt search nvidia-glx | grep ^i | wc -l 18-09-2012 13:50:43 execcmd.run DEBUG Command to execute: apt-get -y --force-yes install nvidia-support nvidia-installer-cleanup 18-09-2012 13:51:03 execcmd.run INFO Reading package lists... 18-09-2012 13:51:07 execcmd.run INFO Building dependency tree... 18-09-2012 13:51:07 execcmd.run INFO Reading state information... 18-09-2012 13:51:07 execcmd.run INFO The following NEW packages will be installed: 18-09-2012 13:51:07 execcmd.run INFO nvidia-installer-cleanup nvidia-support 18-09-2012 13:51:07 execcmd.run INFO 0 upgraded, 2 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. 18-09-2012 13:51:07 execcmd.run INFO Need to get 33.6 kB of archives. 18-09-2012 13:51:07 execcmd.run INFO After this operation, 64.5 kB of additional disk space will be used. 18-09-2012 13:51:13 execcmd.run INFO Get:1 http://debian.lth.se/lmde/incoming/ testing/contrib nvidia-installer-cleanup amd64 20120630+1 [17.7 kB] 18-09-2012 13:51:13 execcmd.run INFO Get:2 http://debian.lth.se/lmde/incoming/ testing/contrib nvidia-support amd64 20120630+1 [15.9 kB] 18-09-2012 13:51:13 execcmd.run INFO Preconfiguring packages ... 18-09-2012 13:51:13 execcmd.run INFO Fetched 33.6 kB in 6s (5,478 B/s) 18-09-2012 13:51:17 execcmd.run INFO Selecting previously unselected package nvidia-installer-cleanup. 18-09-2012 13:51:38 execcmd.run INFO (Reading database ... 140169 files and directories currently installed.) 18-09-2012 13:51:40 execcmd.run INFO Unpacking nvidia-installer-cleanup (from .../nvidia-installer-cleanup_20120630+1_amd64.deb) ... 18-09-2012 13:51:40 execcmd.run INFO Selecting previously unselected package nvidia-support. 18-09-2012 13:51:40 execcmd.run INFO Unpacking nvidia-support (from .../nvidia-support_20120630+1_amd64.deb) ... 18-09-2012 13:51:40 execcmd.run INFO Processing triggers for man-db ... 18-09-2012 13:51:40 execcmd.run INFO Setting up nvidia-installer-cleanup (20120630+1) ... 18-09-2012 13:51:40 execcmd.run INFO Setting up nvidia-support (20120630+1) ... 18-09-2012 13:51:40 nvidia.installNvidiaDriver DEBUG Install drivers: nvidia-kernel-dkms build-essential nvidia-xconfig nvidia-glx nvidia-settings 18-09-2012 13:51:40 execcmd.run DEBUG Command to execute: apt-get -y --force-yes install nvidia-kernel-dkms build-essential nvidia-xconfig nvidia-glx nvidia-settings 18-09-2012 13:51:55 execcmd.run INFO Reading package lists... 18-09-2012 13:51:55 execcmd.run INFO Building dependency tree... 18-09-2012 13:51:55 execcmd.run INFO Reading state information... 18-09-2012 13:51:55 execcmd.run INFO The following extra packages will be installed: 18-09-2012 13:51:56 execcmd.run INFO glx-alternative-mesa glx-alternative-nvidia glx-diversions 18-09-2012 13:51:56 execcmd.run INFO libgl1-nvidia-alternatives libgl1-nvidia-glx libglx-nvidia-alternatives 18-09-2012 13:51:56 execcmd.run INFO nvidia-alternative nvidia-vdpau-driver xserver-xorg-video-nvidia 18-09-2012 13:51:56 execcmd.run INFO Recommended packages: 18-09-2012 13:51:56 execcmd.run INFO nvidia-kernel-302.17 libgl1-nvidia-glx-any 18-09-2012 13:51:59 execcmd.run INFO The following NEW packages will be installed: 18-09-2012 13:52:28 execcmd.run INFO build-essential glx-alternative-mesa glx-alternative-nvidia glx-diversions 18-09-2012 13:52:36 execcmd.run INFO libgl1-nvidia-alternatives libgl1-nvidia-glx libglx-nvidia-alternatives 18-09-2012 13:52:39 execcmd.run INFO nvidia-alternative nvidia-glx nvidia-kernel-dkms nvidia-settings 18-09-2012 13:52:39 execcmd.run INFO nvidia-vdpau-driver nvidia-xconfig xserver-xorg-video-nvidia 18-09-2012 13:52:39 execcmd.run INFO 0 upgraded, 14 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. 18-09-2012 13:52:39 execcmd.run INFO Need to get 25.6 MB of archives. 18-09-2012 13:52:39 execcmd.run INFO After this operation, 84.4 MB of additional disk space will be used. 18-09-2012 13:52:39 execcmd.run INFO Get:1 http://debian.lth.se/lmde/incoming/ testing/contrib glx-diversions amd64 0.2.2 [9,474 B] 18-09-2012 13:52:39 execcmd.run INFO Get:2 http://debian.lth.se/lmde/incoming/ testing/contrib glx-alternative-mesa amd64 0.2.2 [2,906 B] 18-09-2012 13:52:39 execcmd.run INFO Get:3 http://debian.lth.se/lmde/incoming/ testing/contrib glx-alternative-nvidia amd64 0.2.2 [2,890 B] 18-09-2012 13:52:39 execcmd.run INFO Get:4 http://debian.lth.se/lmde/incoming/ testing/non-free libgl1-nvidia-alternatives amd64 302.17-3 [83.0 kB] 18-09-2012 13:52:39 execcmd.run INFO Get:5 http://debian.lth.se/lmde/incoming/ testing/non-free libglx-nvidia-alternatives amd64 302.17-3 [82.9 kB] 18-09-2012 13:52:50 execcmd.run INFO Get:6 http://debian.lth.se/lmde/incoming/ testing/non-free nvidia-alternative amd64 302.17-3 [83.8 kB] 18-09-2012 13:53:00 execcmd.run INFO Get:7 http://debian.lth.se/lmde/incoming/ testing/non-free libgl1-nvidia-glx amd64 302.17-3 [9,528 kB] 18-09-2012 13:53:05 execcmd.run INFO Get:8 http://debian.lth.se/lmde/incoming/ testing/non-free xserver-xorg-video-nvidia amd64 302.17-3 [4,494 kB] 18-09-2012 13:53:10 execcmd.run INFO Get:9 http://debian.lth.se/lmde/incoming/ testing/non-free nvidia-vdpau-driver amd64 302.17-3 [1,115 kB] 18-09-2012 13:53:21 execcmd.run INFO Get:10 http://debian.lth.se/lmde/incoming/ testing/non-free nvidia-kernel-dkms amd64 302.17-3 [8,934 kB] 18-09-2012 13:53:55 execcmd.run INFO Get:11 http://debian.lth.se/lmde/incoming/ testing/non-free nvidia-glx amd64 302.17-3 [362 kB] 18-09-2012 13:53:56 execcmd.run INFO Get:12 http://debian.lth.se/lmde/incoming/ testing/contrib nvidia-settings amd64 302.17-2 [830 kB] 18-09-2012 13:53:56 execcmd.run INFO Get:13 http://debian.lth.se/lmde/incoming/ testing/contrib nvidia-xconfig amd64 302.17-2 [86.1 kB] 18-09-2012 13:53:56 execcmd.run INFO Get:14 http://debian.lth.se/lmde/incoming/ testing/main build-essential amd64 11.5 [7,178 B] 18-09-2012 13:53:57 execcmd.run INFO Fetched 25.6 MB in 2min 12s (193 kB/s) 18-09-2012 13:54:06 execcmd.run INFO Selecting previously unselected package glx-diversions. 18-09-2012 13:54:07 execcmd.run INFO (Reading database ... 140183 files and directories currently installed.) 18-09-2012 13:54:07 execcmd.run INFO Unpacking glx-diversions (from .../glx-diversions_0.2.2_amd64.deb) ... 18-09-2012 13:54:07 execcmd.run INFO Selecting previously unselected package glx-alternative-mesa. 18-09-2012 13:54:07 execcmd.run INFO Unpacking glx-alternative-mesa (from .../glx-alternative-mesa_0.2.2_amd64.deb) ... 18-09-2012 13:54:07 execcmd.run INFO Selecting previously unselected package glx-alternative-nvidia. 18-09-2012 13:54:07 execcmd.run INFO Unpacking glx-alternative-nvidia (from .../glx-alternative-nvidia_0.2.2_amd64.deb) ... 18-09-2012 13:54:07 execcmd.run INFO Selecting previously unselected package libgl1-nvidia-alternatives. 18-09-2012 13:54:07 execcmd.run INFO Unpacking libgl1-nvidia-alternatives (from .../libgl1-nvidia-alternatives_302.17-3_amd64.deb) ... 18-09-2012 13:54:07 execcmd.run INFO Selecting previously unselected package libglx-nvidia-alternatives. 18-09-2012 13:54:07 execcmd.run INFO Unpacking libglx-nvidia-alternatives (from .../libglx-nvidia-alternatives_302.17-3_amd64.deb) ... 18-09-2012 13:54:07 execcmd.run INFO Selecting previously unselected package nvidia-alternative. 18-09-2012 13:54:07 execcmd.run INFO Unpacking nvidia-alternative (from .../nvidia-alternative_302.17-3_amd64.deb) ... 18-09-2012 13:54:07 execcmd.run INFO Selecting previously unselected package libgl1-nvidia-glx:amd64. 18-09-2012 13:54:07 execcmd.run INFO Unpacking libgl1-nvidia-glx:amd64 (from .../libgl1-nvidia-glx_302.17-3_amd64.deb) ... 18-09-2012 13:54:07 execcmd.run INFO Selecting previously unselected package xserver-xorg-video-nvidia. 18-09-2012 13:54:07 execcmd.run INFO Unpacking xserver-xorg-video-nvidia (from .../xserver-xorg-video-nvidia_302.17-3_amd64.deb) ... 18-09-2012 13:54:07 execcmd.run INFO Selecting previously unselected package nvidia-vdpau-driver:amd64. 18-09-2012 13:54:07 execcmd.run INFO Unpacking nvidia-vdpau-driver:amd64 (from .../nvidia-vdpau-driver_302.17-3_amd64.deb) ... 18-09-2012 13:54:07 execcmd.run INFO Selecting previously unselected package nvidia-kernel-dkms. 18-09-2012 13:54:07 execcmd.run INFO Unpacking nvidia-kernel-dkms (from .../nvidia-kernel-dkms_302.17-3_amd64.deb) ... 18-09-2012 13:54:07 execcmd.run INFO Selecting previously unselected package nvidia-glx. 18-09-2012 13:54:07 execcmd.run INFO Unpacking nvidia-glx (from .../nvidia-glx_302.17-3_amd64.deb) ... 18-09-2012 13:54:07 execcmd.run INFO Selecting previously unselected package nvidia-settings. 18-09-2012 13:54:07 execcmd.run INFO Unpacking nvidia-settings (from .../nvidia-settings_302.17-2_amd64.deb) ... 18-09-2012 13:54:07 execcmd.run INFO Selecting previously unselected package nvidia-xconfig. 18-09-2012 13:54:07 execcmd.run INFO Unpacking nvidia-xconfig (from .../nvidia-xconfig_302.17-2_amd64.deb) ... 18-09-2012 13:54:07 execcmd.run INFO Selecting previously unselected package build-essential. 18-09-2012 13:54:07 execcmd.run INFO Unpacking build-essential (from .../build-essential_11.5_amd64.deb) ... 18-09-2012 13:54:07 execcmd.run INFO Processing triggers for menu ... 18-09-2012 13:54:07 execcmd.run INFO Processing triggers for man-db ... 18-09-2012 13:54:08 execcmd.run INFO Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils ... 18-09-2012 13:54:14 execcmd.run INFO Setting up glx-diversions (0.2.2) ... 18-09-2012 13:54:19 execcmd.run INFO No diversion 'diversion of /usr/lib/debug/usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libglx.so to /usr/lib/mesa-diverted/libglx.so.dbg by glx-diversions', none removed. 18-09-2012 13:54:21 execcmd.run INFO No diversion 'diversion of /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libglx.so to /usr/lib/mesa-diverted/libglx.so by glx-diversions', none removed. 18-09-2012 13:54:21 execcmd.run INFO Adding 'diversion of /usr/lib/libGL.so to /usr/lib/mesa-diverted/libGL.so by glx-diversions' 18-09-2012 13:54:21 execcmd.run INFO Adding 'diversion of /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libGL.so to /usr/lib/mesa-diverted/i386-linux-gnu/libGL.so by glx-diversions' 18-09-2012 13:54:21 execcmd.run INFO Adding 'diversion of /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libGL.so to /usr/lib/mesa-diverted/x86_64-linux-gnu/libGL.so by glx-diversions' 18-09-2012 13:54:21 execcmd.run INFO Adding 'diversion of /usr/lib/libGL.so.1 to /usr/lib/mesa-diverted/libGL.so.1 by glx-diversions' 18-09-2012 13:54:21 execcmd.run INFO Adding 'diversion of /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libGL.so.1 to /usr/lib/mesa-diverted/i386-linux-gnu/libGL.so.1 by glx-diversions' 18-09-2012 13:54:21 execcmd.run INFO Adding 'diversion of /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libGL.so.1 to /usr/lib/mesa-diverted/x86_64-linux-gnu/libGL.so.1 by glx-diversions' 18-09-2012 13:54:21 execcmd.run INFO Adding 'diversion of /usr/lib/libGL.so.1.2 to /usr/lib/mesa-diverted/libGL.so.1.2 by glx-diversions' 18-09-2012 13:54:21 execcmd.run INFO Adding 'diversion of /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libGL.so.1.2 to /usr/lib/mesa-diverted/i386-linux-gnu/libGL.so.1.2 by glx-diversions' 18-09-2012 13:54:21 execcmd.run INFO Adding 'diversion of /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libGL.so.1.2 to /usr/lib/mesa-diverted/x86_64-linux-gnu/libGL.so.1.2 by glx-diversions' 18-09-2012 13:54:21 execcmd.run INFO Setting up glx-alternative-mesa (0.2.2) ... 18-09-2012 13:54:21 execcmd.run INFO update-alternatives: using /usr/lib/mesa-diverted to provide /usr/lib/glx (glx) in auto mode. 18-09-2012 13:54:21 execcmd.run INFO update-alternatives: using /usr/lib/mesa-diverted to provide /usr/lib/mesa-diverted/libGL.so-master (libGL.so-master) in auto mode. 18-09-2012 13:54:21 execcmd.run INFO Setting up glx-alternative-nvidia (0.2.2) ... 18-09-2012 13:54:21 execcmd.run INFO Setting up libgl1-nvidia-alternatives (302.17-3) ... 18-09-2012 13:54:21 execcmd.run INFO Setting up libglx-nvidia-alternatives (302.17-3) ... 18-09-2012 13:54:21 execcmd.run INFO Setting up nvidia-alternative (302.17-3) ... 18-09-2012 13:54:21 execcmd.run INFO Setting up nvidia-vdpau-driver:amd64 (302.17-3) ... 18-09-2012 13:54:21 execcmd.run INFO Setting up nvidia-kernel-dkms (302.17-3) ... 18-09-2012 13:54:21 execcmd.run INFO Loading new nvidia-302.17 DKMS files... 18-09-2012 13:54:21 execcmd.run INFO First Installation: checking all kernels... 18-09-2012 13:54:21 execcmd.run INFO Building only for 3.2.0-3-amd64 18-09-2012 13:54:21 execcmd.run INFO Building initial module for 3.2.0-3-amd64 18-09-2012 13:54:35 execcmd.run INFO Done. 18-09-2012 13:54:38 execcmd.run INFO nvidia: 18-09-2012 13:54:41 execcmd.run INFO Running module version sanity check. 18-09-2012 13:54:43 execcmd.run INFO - Original module 18-09-2012 13:55:07 execcmd.run INFO - No original module exists within this kernel 18-09-2012 13:55:14 execcmd.run INFO - Installation 18-09-2012 13:55:18 execcmd.run INFO - Installing to /lib/modules/3.2.0-3-amd64/updates/dkms/ 18-09-2012 13:55:27 nvidia.installNvidia DEBUG Configure Nvidia... 18-09-2012 13:55:27 execcmd.run DEBUG Command to execute: nvidia-xconfig 18-09-2012 13:55:57 nvidia.installNvidia DEBUG Blacklist Nouveau: /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-nouveau.conf 18-09-2012 13:56:11 execcmd.run DEBUG Command to execute: cat /etc/*-release | grep DISTRIB_CODENAME 18-09-2012 13:56:11 execcmd.run DEBUG Command to execute: apt-cache policy nvidia-detect 18-09-2012 13:56:11 drivers.getPackageStatus DEBUG Package is installed: nvidia-detect 18-09-2012 13:56:11 nvidia.getNvidia INFO Get the appropriate Nvidia driver 18-09-2012 13:56:11 execcmd.run DEBUG Command to execute: nvidia-detect | grep nvidia- | tr -d ' ' 18-09-2012 13:56:11 execcmd.run INFO nvidia-glx 18-09-2012 13:56:11 nvidia.getNvidia INFO Nvidia driver to install: nvidia-glx 18-09-2012 13:56:11 nvidia.getNvidia INFO Get package status for driver: nvidia-glx 18-09-2012 13:56:11 execcmd.run DEBUG Command to execute: apt-cache policy nvidia-glx 18-09-2012 13:56:11 drivers.getPackageStatus DEBUG Package is installed: nvidia-glx 18-09-2012 13:56:11 nvidia.getNvidia DEBUG Package status: installed 18-09-2012 13:56:11 execcmd.run DEBUG Command to execute: lspci | grep VGA 18-09-2012 13:56:11 execcmd.run INFO 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation GF104 [GeForce GTX 460] (rev a1) 18-09-2012 13:56:11 ati.getATI DEBUG No ATI card found 18-09-2012 13:56:11 execcmd.run DEBUG Command to execute: lspci -vnn -d 14e4: 18-09-2012 13:56:11 execcmd.run DEBUG Command to execute: cat /proc/cpuinfo | grep processor | wc -l 18-09-2012 13:56:11 execcmd.run DEBUG Command to execute: uname -r 18-09-2012 13:56:11 pae.getHardwareList DEBUG Nr. of cpus: 4 18-09-2012 13:56:11 pae.getHardwareList DEBUG Kernel release: 3.2.0-3-amd64 18-09-2012 13:56:11 functions.getImgsFromDir DEBUG Search for extensions: ['.png', '.jpg', '.jpeg', '.gif'] 18-09-2012 13:56:11 functions.getImgsFromDir DEBUG Image found: /usr/share/device-driver-manager/logo.png 18-09-2012 13:56:11 functions.getImgsFromDir DEBUG Image found: /usr/share/device-driver-manager/broadcom.png 18-09-2012 13:56:11 functions.getImgsFromDir DEBUG Image found: /usr/share/device-driver-manager/uninstallable.png 18-09-2012 13:56:11 functions.getImgsFromDir DEBUG Image found: /usr/share/device-driver-manager/installed.png 18-09-2012 13:56:11 functions.getImgsFromDir DEBUG Image found: /usr/share/device-driver-manager/pae.png 18-09-2012 13:56:11 functions.getImgsFromDir DEBUG Image found: /usr/share/device-driver-manager/nvidia.png 18-09-2012 13:56:11 functions.getImgsFromDir DEBUG Image found: /usr/share/device-driver-manager/ati.png 18-09-2012 13:56:11 functions.getImgsFromDir DEBUG Image found: /usr/share/device-driver-manager/empty.png 18-09-2012 13:56:11 functions.getImgsFromDir DEBUG Image found: /usr/share/device-driver-manager/notinstalled.png 18-09-2012 13:56:11 ddm.fillHardware INFO Hardware image found: /usr/share/device-driver-manager/nvidia.png 18-09-2012 13:56:11 ddm.fillHardware INFO Add item: NVIDIA Corporation GF104 [GeForce GTX 460] (rev a1) 18-09-2012 13:56:11 ddm.fillHardware DEBUG Preselect: False 18-09-2012 13:56:11 functions.fillTreeview DEBUG Clear existing list store 18-09-2012 13:56:11 functions.fillTreeview DEBUG Create column names: ['Column 0', 'Column 1', 'Column 2', 'Column 3', 'Column 4', 'Column 5'] 18-09-2012 13:56:11 functions.fillTreeview DEBUG Add data to list store (single-column list): liststore.append( [False, gtk.gdk.pixbuf_new_from_file("/usr/share/device-driver-manager/installed.png"), gtk.gdk.pixbuf_new_from_file("/usr/share/device-driver-manager/nvidia.png"), "NVIDIA Corporation GF104 [GeForce GTX 460] (rev a1)", "nvidia", "installed", 400] ) 18-09-2012 13:56:11 functions.fillTreeview DEBUG Last visible column nr: 4 18-09-2012 13:56:11 functions.fillTreeview DEBUG Column already exists: Column 0 18-09-2012 13:56:11 functions.fillTreeview DEBUG Column already exists: Column 1 18-09-2012 13:56:11 functions.fillTreeview DEBUG Column already exists: Column 2 18-09-2012 13:56:11 functions.fillTreeview DEBUG Column already exists: Column 3 18-09-2012 13:56:11 functions.fillTreeview DEBUG Hide column nr: 4 18-09-2012 13:56:11 functions.fillTreeview DEBUG Hide column nr: 5 18-09-2012 13:56:11 functions.fillTreeview DEBUG Add Liststrore to Treeview 18-09-2012 13:56:11 functions.fillTreeview DEBUG Scrolled to selected row: 0 18-09-2012 13:56:11 ddm.checkThread INFO Done installing drivers

Nice job.... :wink:

by **zerozero** on Tue Sep 18, 2012 2:49 pm

tried the latest deb in my dell (works

)
uninstalling broadcom drivers (previously installed with ddm also)
http://pastebin.com/ynMtqYis
installing again
http://pastebin.com/3BXsHvsf

by **Schoelje** on Tue Sep 18, 2012 2:54 pm

Nvidia: check
Broadcom: check
Now ATI and PAE and I will be a very happy camper

by **zerozero** on Tue Sep 18, 2012 3:05 pm

Schoelje,
i was thinking about this PAE thing lately: in lmde we already saw that the i486 kernel won't ever acknowledges more than one core (i have still to test in the other side of mint :lol:

because as far as i know Clem used a straight 32bit kernel to circumvent the PAE option ubuntu took and assure maximum hardware compatibility)
this way i think the only workable option is to detect the use of the i486 kernel and give the users a one-button-easy-to-install-the-PAE-kernel

by **Schoelje** on Tue Sep 18, 2012 4:02 pm

Currently this is DDM's logic to detect a multi-core 32-bit system:

Get the number of cpu's:
Code: Select all
cat /proc/cpuinfo | grep processor | wc -l
Get the kernel release:
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uname -r
If #cpus is more than 1 and kernel release is 486...
You can install PAE

I suppose that should do the trick?

by **zerozero** on Tue Sep 18, 2012 4:09 pm

but and this viewtopic.php?f=61&t=106426&start=320#p626247 it will recognize more than 1 core if we are running i486. so it will never prompt to install PAE

by **Schoelje** on Tue Sep 18, 2012 4:28 pm

I must be getting old...
Well, maybe we should use dmesg to tell us whether or not pae is possible:

Code: Select all: dmesg | grep CPU

[ 0.000000] ACPI: NR_CPUS/possible_cpus limit of 1 reached. Processor 1/0x1 ignored.

The last part is a tell-tale that there's another CPU that could be used...

by **zerozero** on Tue Sep 18, 2012 6:34 pm

Schoelje wrote:The last part is a tell-tale that there's another CPU that could be used...

ok

and when can i break something using that code? :lol:

by **BostonPeng** on Wed Sep 19, 2012 8:47 am

Schoelje wrote:I must be getting old...
Well, maybe we should use dmesg to tell us whether or not pae is possible:
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dmesg | grep CPU

[ 0.000000] ACPI: NR_CPUS/possible_cpus limit of 1 reached. Processor 1/0x1 ignored.

The last part is a tell-tale that there's another CPU that could be used...

I'm seeing the same thing. I thought it was looking like only one CPU was being used. (I have an Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU T9300 @ 2.50GHz.) Should I be concerned about that?

by **zerozero** on Wed Sep 19, 2012 8:53 am

G'morning BostonPeng :wink:

very concerned i would say :lol:

better have 2 of those (one for you and one for me) :mrgreen:

nahh, if you are using the alleged 32bit kernel (that actually is a 486) that's normal; check these 2 posts http://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?f=61&t=106426&start=320#p626257

by **BostonPeng** on Wed Sep 19, 2012 9:03 am

Morning ZZ. Damn, I had seen those posts but completely glossed over them without realizing what they were saying. No wonder my laptop seems a tad slower the last several months. I haven't had much coffee yet this am so I'm going to ask what's probably a stupid question: Should I simply go into Synaptic and install the 686-pae kernel? This is what I'm showing form dmesg:

Code: Select all: $ dmesg | grep CPU [ 0.000000] ACPI: NR_CPUS/possible_cpus limit of 1 reached. Processor 1/0x1 ignored. [ 0.000000] Initializing CPU#0 [ 0.000000] CPU 0 irqstacks, hard=f4808000 soft=f480a000 [ 0.004168] CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU T9300 @ 2.50GHz stepping 06

by **zerozero** on Wed Sep 19, 2012 9:18 am

yep, with that processor i would install PAE (image+headers)
that's what Schoelje is trying to automate in ddm.

by **BostonPeng** on Wed Sep 19, 2012 9:41 am

On my way to install them now.

@Schoelje:
I remembered I still had the debs for the ddm and welcome screen on my drive so I installed them to get a screenie of the original report it gave me.

: LMDE Welcome screen on initial LMDE reinstal.png (76.41 KiB) Viewed 526 times

I'm noticing this version of the welcome screen shows the Mint KDE logo while the debs I downloaded Monday show the green Mint logo.

: LMDE Welcome screen with newer debs.png (63.57 KiB) Viewed 526 times

Would it break things if I used debian-welcome rather than welcome-screen? I really like having the blue logo since I'm running the KDE version of LMDE.

by **BostonPeng** on Wed Sep 19, 2012 12:18 pm

I managed to get the PAE kernel image and headers installed but saw errors about the dkms.config file.

Code: Select all: Examining /etc/kernel/postinst.d. run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postinst.d/dkms 3.2.0-3-686-pae /boot/vmlinuz-3.2.0-3-686-pae dkms.conf: Error! No 'BUILT_MODULE_NAME' directive specified for record #0. Error! Bad conf file. File: does not represent a valid dkms.conf file.

Silly me forgot to run sudo nvidia-xconfig before I rebooted and got dumped to a terminal login prompt upon reboot. I did some digging and saw that both cores were being recognized and used and found instructions to remove and reinstall nvidia-kernel-dkms nvidia-glx from the terminal (with a reboot between the steps). I'm back up and running KDE and dmesg shows a much different response than it did earlier this am.

Code: Select all: $ dmesg | grep CPU [ 0.000000] SMP: Allowing 2 CPUs, 0 hotplug CPUs [ 0.000000] setup_percpu: NR_CPUS:32 nr_cpumask_bits:32 nr_cpu_ids:2 nr_node_ids:1 [ 0.000000] PERCPU: Embedded 14 pages/cpu @f79cf000 s33280 r0 d24064 u57344 [ 0.000000] Initializing CPU#0 [ 0.000000] CPU 0 irqstacks, hard=f7406000 soft=f7408000 [ 0.004216] CPU: Physical Processor ID: 0 [ 0.004218] CPU: Processor Core ID: 0 [ 0.004221] mce: CPU supports 6 MCE banks [ 0.004228] CPU0: Thermal monitoring enabled (TM2) [ 0.053094] CPU0: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU T9300 @ 2.50GHz stepping 06 [ 0.056003] CPU 1 irqstacks, hard=f74d2000 soft=f74d4000 [ 0.008000] Initializing CPU#1 [ 0.144008] TSC synchronization [CPU#0 -> CPU#1]: [ 0.144008] Measured 413700 cycles TSC warp between CPUs, turning off TSC clock. [ 0.144070] Brought up 2 CPUs

ddm still doens't seem to recognize that I'm on a dual core machine but I am using both cores again. Thanks for the assist ZZ. I'm writing an article for my site showing how to ID the issue and resolve it, complete with getting the Nvidia drivers working again.

by **Schoelje** on Wed Sep 19, 2012 1:23 pm

I've changed DDM to install the pae kernel:
http://www.schoelje.nl/lmdekde/packages/device-driver-manager_0.1.0_all.deb

It does not deal with BostonPeng's findings.
What would be a sound solution?

Move /etc/X11/xorg.conf when it exists
Is there a way to install the dkms for a new kernel (so, not the one you're using now)?

I think the first option is the safest bet: even though you have both i486 and i686 installed on your laptop (well, I have), the system always boots with the i686 kernel, even if you grub select i486

@BostonPeng
You can use welcome-screen and mintwelcome together, they don't interfere.
The logo is found here: /usr/share/linuxmint/common/artwork/logos/scalable.svg
The KDE logo is installed by mint-artwork-lmdekde and yours is probably mint-artwork-lmdekde
You can check that with:

Code: Select all: dpkg -S /usr/share/linuxmint/common/artwork/logos/scalable.svg

by **GeneC** on Wed Sep 19, 2012 1:33 pm

Good Afternoon, Schoelje...

This is not a real priority issue as you previously mentioned. Probably not even as issue at all..... :lol:

Just thought to mention it, as 'Boston Peng' did, and I confirm.
Its just an appearance thing. The Welcome Screen and DDM work well.... :wink:

The text does not fit well in the Welcome GUI.
You mentioned it would be hard to fix. So no problem.
Probably dependent on the font we use.
I am using. DejaVu Sans 10

by **BostonPeng** on Wed Sep 19, 2012 2:01 pm

Schoelje wrote:I've changed DDM to install the pae kernel:
http://www.schoelje.nl/lmdekde/packages/device-driver-manager_0.1.0_all.deb

Damn, I forgot I had a newer version in my Downloads section. I have the older versions in Installers and completely forgot to install the updated version. D'oh! It didn't matter though because even with that package installed and running kbuildsycoca4 ddm doesn't see I can run PAE, unless the fact that I'm already running PAE confuses it (or maybe I need to reboot before testing again).

Schoelje wrote:It does not deal with BostonPeng's findings.
What would be a sound solution?
Move /etc/X11/xorg.conf when it exists
Is there a way to install the dkms for a new kernel (so, not the one you're using now)?

I think the first option is the safest bet: even though you have both i486 and i686 installed on your laptop (well, I have), the system always boots with the i686 kernel, even if you grub select i486

I used Startup-Manager to disable the PAE kernel while I was fixing my issue and once the new kernel was playing nicely with others I used SUM to use it as the default. I also have the delay set to 2 seconds so I don't have to wait so long on boot.

Schoelje wrote:@BostonPeng
You can use welcome-screen and mintwelcome together, they don't interfere.
The logo is found here: /usr/share/linuxmint/common/artwork/logos/scalable.svg
The KDE logo is installed by mint-artwork-lmdekde and yours is probably mint-artwork-lmdekde
You can check that with:
Code: Select all
dpkg -S /usr/share/linuxmint/common/artwork/logos/scalable.svg

Ooh, so if I can get the KDE Mint svg big enough I can just replace the icon itself. Sweetness! The hunt is afoot!

by **zerozero** on Wed Sep 19, 2012 2:48 pm

Schoelje
tried the latest ddm

Code: Select all: zerozero@lmdekde32 ~ $ device-driver-manager -d INFO Write debug information to file: /home/zerozero/ddm.log (ddm.py:3769): Gtk-WARNING **: Unknown property: GtkVBox.vexpand (ddm.py:3769): Gtk-WARNING **: Unknown property: GtkLabel.vexpand INFO Checking your hardware... INFO 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 4 Series Chipset Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 07) INFO 0c:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Broadcom Corporation BCM4312 802.11b/g LP-PHY [14e4:4315] (rev 01) INFO Subsystem: Dell Wireless 1397 WLAN Mini-Card [1028:000c] INFO Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 17 INFO Memory at f69fc000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K] INFO Capabilities: [40] Power Management version 3 INFO Capabilities: [58] Vendor Specific Information: Len=78 <?> INFO Capabilities: [e8] MSI: Enable- Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit+ INFO Capabilities: [d0] Express Endpoint, MSI 00 INFO Capabilities: [100] Advanced Error Reporting INFO Capabilities: [13c] Virtual Channel INFO Capabilities: [160] Device Serial Number ab-f4-5f-ff-ff-68-00-22 INFO Capabilities: [16c] Power Budgeting <?> INFO Kernel driver in use: wl INFO Broadcom found: Broadcom Corporation BCM4312 802.11b/g LP-PHY [14e4:4315] (rev 01) INFO Broadcom chip serie found: 4315 INFO Multi-core already installed INFO Hardware image found: /usr/share/device-driver-manager/broadcom.png INFO Add item: Broadcom Corporation BCM4312 802.11b/g LP-PHY [14e4:4315] (rev 01) zerozero@lmdekde32 ~ $ uname -a Linux lmdekde32 3.2.0-3-486 #1 Thu Jun 28 08:08:24 UTC 2012 i686 GNU/Linux zerozero@lmdekde32 ~ $ uname -r 3.2.0-3-486 zerozero@lmdekde32 ~ $ dmesg | grep CPU [ 0.000000] ACPI: NR_CPUS/possible_cpus limit of 1 reached. Processor 1/0x1 ignored. [ 0.000000] Initializing CPU#0 [ 0.000000] CPU 0 irqstacks, hard=f4808000 soft=f480a000 [ 0.004197] CPU: Intel(R) Pentium(R) Dual CPU T3400 @ 2.16GHz stepping 0d [ 0.012047] PEBS disabled due to CPU errata. [ 9.427375] ACPI Warning: For \_PR_.CPU0._PSS: SubPackage[1,2] - suspicious power dissipation values (20110623/nsrepair2-588) zerozero@lmdekde32

ddm.log >> http://pastebin.com/uPgrvmRa

by **BostonPeng** on Wed Sep 19, 2012 3:01 pm

I didn't even think about running that with the -d flag. Something else I probably saw and forgot all about.

Code: Select all: $ device-driver-manager -d INFO Write debug information to file: /home/bpeng/ddm.log INFO Checking your hardware... INFO Get the appropriate Nvidia driver INFO nvidia-glx INFO Nvidia driver to install: nvidia-glx INFO Get package status for driver: nvidia-glx INFO 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation G86 [Quadro NVS 140M] (rev a1) INFO Multi-core already installed INFO Hardware image found: /usr/share/device-driver-manager/nvidia.png INFO Add item: NVIDIA Corporation G86 [Quadro NVS 140M] (rev a1) $ uname -a Linux katia 3.2.0-3-686-pae #1 SMP Thu Jun 28 08:56:46 UTC 2012 i686 GNU/Linux $ uname -r 3.2.0-3-686-pae $ dmesg | grep CPU [ 0.000000] SMP: Allowing 2 CPUs, 0 hotplug CPUs [ 0.000000] setup_percpu: NR_CPUS:32 nr_cpumask_bits:32 nr_cpu_ids:2 nr_node_ids:1 [ 0.000000] PERCPU: Embedded 14 pages/cpu @f79cf000 s33280 r0 d24064 u57344 [ 0.000000] Initializing CPU#0 [ 0.000000] CPU 0 irqstacks, hard=f7406000 soft=f7408000 [ 0.004216] CPU: Physical Processor ID: 0 [ 0.004218] CPU: Processor Core ID: 0 [ 0.004221] mce: CPU supports 6 MCE banks [ 0.004228] CPU0: Thermal monitoring enabled (TM2) [ 0.053094] CPU0: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU T9300 @ 2.50GHz stepping 06 [ 0.056003] CPU 1 irqstacks, hard=f74d2000 soft=f74d4000 [ 0.008000] Initializing CPU#1 [ 0.144008] TSC synchronization [CPU#0 -> CPU#1]: [ 0.144008] Measured 413700 cycles TSC warp between CPUs, turning off TSC clock. [ 0.144070] Brought up 2 CPUs

When the window opened it didn't say anything about the PAE kernel. Should it have even though it's installed and running?

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