Nvidia Driver 295.33 or 295.40 install

[hape]

hi @all
i have the Linux Mint Debian MATE/Cinnamon. Now i want to install the Nvidia Driver. Does anyone know a installation guide or can tell exactly each step to succesfuff install it?. I have tried several approaches an installed the LMD a third time. So i hope to get help of somebody who knows what he is talking about.
Ihave done this http://www.linuxmintusers.de/index.php? ... stallieren
and this http://linuxmint-debian.de/viewtopic.php?f=41&t=60
with no success
tia
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[melbo]

It's a lazy way to do things but I use SMXI/SGFXI for kernels and nvidia drivers.

Read the site and then try it by going the installing the scripts section: http://smxi.org/

[zerozero]

So i hope to get help of somebody who knows what he is talking about.

not me then that's why i think you should see this topic, (but very carefully)
but before you start better make sure that kernel and headers are properly installed and match

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dpkg --list | egrep '(linux-image*)|(linux-headers*)'

[hape]

It's a lazy way to do things but I use SMXI/SGFXI for kernels and nvidia drivers.

Read the site and then try it by going the installing the scripts section: http://smxi.org/

ok tested this also destroys my distro

so i would say nothing works

but thx at all

hape

[hape]

hi

one more try:

did have someone the Asus K93SM (i thought the double graphic cards are the problem) and have succesfully installed the LMD and the Nvidia drivers?
And this person could be so kind to explain step by step what he/she has done?
tia
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[xenopeek]

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[melbo]

It's a lazy way to do things but I use SMXI/SGFXI for kernels and nvidia drivers.

Read the site and then try it by going the installing the scripts section: http://smxi.org/

ok tested this also destroys my distro

so i would say nothing works

but thx at all

hape

What do you mean by destroys your distro? There are many things I do which end up giving me a text based log in on reboot and it's usually a simple matter of repairing grub or otherwise. My newer Dell required Optimus to be turned off in the bios before the nvidia would function correctly. Can you be a little more specific about what happened?

I run smxi and in about 60 seconds, have a brand new kernel and the latest nvidia beta drivers.

[hape]

It's a lazy way to do things but I use SMXI/SGFXI for kernels and nvidia drivers.

Read the site and then try it by going the installing the scripts section: http://smxi.org/

ok tested this also destroys my distro

so i would say nothing works

but thx at all

hape

What do you mean by destroys your distro? There are many things I do which end up giving me a text based log in on reboot and it's usually a simple matter of repairing grub or otherwise. My newer Dell required Optimus to be turned off in the bios before the nvidia would function correctly. Can you be a little more specific about what happened?

I run smxi and in about 60 seconds, have a brand new kernel and the latest nvidia beta drivers.

hi
i also run it and had a new kernel in seconds and the nouveau driver blacklisted and than i end up in the terminal box with the login and the error ist that the driver found no screen. The graphic card is correctly detected GT630M. So it ends up every time i try with the exact same error.
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[rhodry]

My experience on ALL Asus laptops that I have installed LMDE to is that "sgfxi" must be run TWICE to work.

The first run through simply downloads the nvidia driver, removes the nouveau module and blacklists it. On reboot, it then returns to cli (no X, but no broken system). You simply login again and run "sgfxi" again. This time it detects the driver, builds & loads the module, sets xorg.conf and offers to 1. Start Desktop or 2. Quit at the end. No need to reboot this time, just start the desktop. This has worked without fail on every install and is the ONLY way I install kernel/video drivers on Debian based OS's; and, it has never 'broken' a system yet.

In addition, I use "smxi" to remove all 'meta' packages dealing with either kernel or video drivers. This way I control these changes on my system. Once you have a kernel/driver combination that works for your hardware, why would you want to change it if the hardware does not change? The only time I have ever been forced to change the kernel/graphics driver options is when Xorg got updated in Sid/Unstable to a version that no longer worked with the old stuff. Updates with Smxi simply brought it all up to date.

cheers,
rhodry.

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My experience on ALL Asus laptops that I have installed LMDE to is that "sgfxi" must be run TWICE to work.

The first run through simply downloads the nvidia driver, removes the nouveau module and blacklists it. On reboot, it then returns to cli (no X, but no broken system). You simply login again and run "sgfxi" again. This time it detects the driver, builds & loads the module, sets xorg.conf and offers to 1. Start Desktop or 2. Quit at the end. No need to reboot this time, just start the desktop. This has worked without fail on every install and is the ONLY way I install kernel/video drivers on Debian based OS's; and, it has never 'broken' a system yet.

In addition, I use "smxi" to remove all 'meta' packages dealing with either kernel or video drivers. This way I control these changes on my system. Once you have a kernel/driver combination that works for your hardware, why would you want to change it if the hardware does not change? The only time I have ever been forced to change the kernel/graphics driver options is when Xorg got updated in Sid/Unstable to a version that no longer worked with the old stuff. Updates with Smxi simply brought it all up to date.

cheers,
rhodry.

hi
okay this sounds possible for me and i give it a try. I use on my desktop another distribution which i roll forward with smxi. So the tool is not new but on that distro everything works with only one try. For the deinstall of kernels i use the tool kernel-remover. So i try it and the result i will write here.
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[hape]

ok i tried it and the result after two time sgfxi is : no XServer anymore and here the log (and i have changed the command line also to start without "nouveau.modeset=0"):

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[    31.272]
X.Org X Server 1.11.4
Release Date: 2012-01-27
[    31.272] X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0
[    31.272] Build Operating System: Linux 3.2.0-1-amd64 x86_64 Debian
[    31.272] Current Operating System: Linux hape_lap_mint 3.2.0-2-amd64 #1 SMP Sun Mar 4 22:48:17 UTC 2012 x86_64
[    31.272] Kernel command line: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.2.0-2-amd64 root=UUID=a24c9fa7-7922-40f0-b518-6da719a080cd ro quiet nouveau.modeset=0
[    31.272] Build Date: 04 March 2012  11:42:13PM
[    31.272] xorg-server 2:1.11.4-1 (Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org>)
[    31.272] Current version of pixman: 0.24.4
[    31.272]    Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.x.org
   to make sure that you have the latest version.
[    31.272] Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting,
   (++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational,
   (WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
[    31.272] (==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.0.log", Time: Mon May  7 18:28:15 2012
[    31.273] (==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf"
[    31.273] (==) Using system config directory "/usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d"
[    31.273] (==) ServerLayout "X.org Configured"
[    31.274] (**) |-->Screen "Screen0" (0)
[    31.274] (**) |   |-->Monitor "Monitor0"
[    31.274] (**) |   |-->Device "Card0"
[    31.274] (**) |-->Screen "Screen1" (1)
[    31.274] (**) |   |-->Monitor "Monitor1"
[    31.274] (**) |   |-->Device "Card1"
[    31.274] (**) |-->Screen "Screen2" (2)
[    31.274] (**) |   |-->Monitor "Monitor2"
[    31.275] (**) |   |-->Device "Card2"
[    31.275] (**) |-->Screen "Screen3" (3)
[    31.275] (**) |   |-->Monitor "Monitor3"
[    31.275] (**) |   |-->Device "Card3"
[    31.275] (**) |-->Screen "Screen4" (4)
[    31.275] (**) |   |-->Monitor "Monitor4"
[    31.276] (**) |   |-->Device "Card4"
[    31.276] (**) |-->Screen "Screen5" (5)
[    31.276] (**) |   |-->Monitor "Monitor5"
[    31.276] (**) |   |-->Device "Card5"
[    31.276] (**) |-->Input Device "Mouse0"
[    31.276] (**) |-->Input Device "Keyboard0"
[    31.276] (==) Automatically adding devices
[    31.276] (==) Automatically enabling devices
[    31.276] (WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/X11/cyrillic" does not exist.
[    31.276]    Entry deleted from font path.
[    31.276] (WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi/" does not exist.
[    31.276]    Entry deleted from font path.
[    31.276] (WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi/" does not exist.
[    31.276]    Entry deleted from font path.
[    31.276] (WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi" does not exist.
[    31.276]    Entry deleted from font path.
[    31.276] (WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi" does not exist.
[    31.276]    Entry deleted from font path.
[    31.276] (WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/X11/cyrillic" does not exist.
[    31.276]    Entry deleted from font path.
[    31.277] (WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi/" does not exist.
[    31.277]    Entry deleted from font path.
[    31.277] (WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi/" does not exist.
[    31.277]    Entry deleted from font path.
[    31.277] (WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi" does not exist.
[    31.277]    Entry deleted from font path.
[    31.277] (WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi" does not exist.
[    31.277]    Entry deleted from font path.
[    31.277] (**) FontPath set to:
   /usr/share/fonts/X11/misc,
   /usr/share/fonts/X11/Type1,
   /var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/TrueType,
   built-ins,
   /usr/share/fonts/X11/misc,
   /usr/share/fonts/X11/Type1,
   /var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/TrueType,
   built-ins
[    31.277] (**) ModulePath set to "/usr/lib/xorg/modules"
[    31.277] (**) Extension "Composite" is enabled
[    31.277] (WW) Hotplugging is on, devices using drivers 'kbd', 'mouse' or 'vmmouse' will be disabled.
[    31.277] (WW) Disabling Mouse0
[    31.277] (WW) Disabling Keyboard0
[    31.277] (II) Loader magic: 0x7f9d3b9adae0
[    31.277] (II) Module ABI versions:
[    31.277]    X.Org ANSI C Emulation: 0.4
[    31.277]    X.Org Video Driver: 11.0
[    31.277]    X.Org XInput driver : 13.0
[    31.277]    X.Org Server Extension : 6.0
[    31.278] (--) PCI:*(0:0:2:0) 8086:0116:1043:105c rev 9, Mem @ 0xf7400000/4194304, 0xd0000000/268435456, I/O @ 0x0000f000/64
[    31.278] (--) PCI: (0:1:0:0) 10de:0de9:1043:2128 rev 161, Mem @ 0xf6000000/16777216, 0xe0000000/268435456, 0xf0000000/33554432, I/O @ 0x0000e000/128, BIOS @ 0x????????/524288
[    31.279] (II) Open ACPI successful (/var/run/acpid.socket)
[    31.279] (II) "extmod" will be loaded. This was enabled by default and also specified in the config file.
[    31.279] (II) "dbe" will be loaded. This was enabled by default and also specified in the config file.
[    31.279] (II) "glx" will be loaded. This was enabled by default and also specified in the config file.
[    31.279] (II) "record" will be loaded. This was enabled by default and also specified in the config file.
[    31.279] (II) "dri" will be loaded by default.
[    31.279] (II) "dri2" will be loaded. This was enabled by default and also specified in the config file.
[    31.279] (II) LoadModule: "record"
[    31.279] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/librecord.so
[    31.279] (II) Module record: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[    31.279]    compiled for 1.11.4, module version = 1.13.0
[    31.279]    Module class: X.Org Server Extension
[    31.279]    ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 6.0
[    31.279] (II) Loading extension RECORD
[    31.279] (II) LoadModule: "dbe"
[    31.280] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libdbe.so
[    31.280] (II) Module dbe: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[    31.280]    compiled for 1.11.4, module version = 1.0.0
[    31.280]    Module class: X.Org Server Extension
[    31.280]    ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 6.0
[    31.280] (II) Loading extension DOUBLE-BUFFER
[    31.280] (II) LoadModule: "dri2"
[    31.280] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libdri2.so
[    31.280] (II) Module dri2: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[    31.280]    compiled for 1.11.4, module version = 1.2.0
[    31.280]    ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 6.0
[    31.280] (II) Loading extension DRI2
[    31.280] (II) LoadModule: "extmod"
[    31.280] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libextmod.so
[    31.280] (II) Module extmod: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[    31.280]    compiled for 1.11.4, module version = 1.0.0
[    31.280]    Module class: X.Org Server Extension
[    31.280]    ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 6.0
[    31.280] (II) Loading extension SELinux
[    31.280] (II) Loading extension MIT-SCREEN-SAVER
[    31.280] (II) Loading extension XFree86-VidModeExtension
[    31.280] (II) Loading extension XFree86-DGA
[    31.280] (II) Loading extension DPMS
[    31.280] (II) Loading extension XVideo
[    31.280] (II) Loading extension XVideo-MotionCompensation
[    31.280] (II) Loading extension X-Resource
[    31.280] (II) LoadModule: "glx"
[    31.280] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libglx.so
[    31.287] (II) Module glx: vendor="NVIDIA Corporation"
[    31.287]    compiled for 4.0.2, module version = 1.0.0
[    31.287]    Module class: X.Org Server Extension
[    31.287] (II) NVIDIA GLX Module  295.49  Tue May  1 00:09:10 PDT 2012
[    31.287] (II) Loading extension GLX
[    31.287] (II) LoadModule: "dri"
[    31.287] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libdri.so
[    31.287] (II) Module dri: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[    31.287]    compiled for 1.11.4, module version = 1.0.0
[    31.287]    ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 6.0
[    31.287] (II) Loading extension XFree86-DRI
[    31.287] (II) LoadModule: "nvidia"
[    31.287] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/nvidia_drv.so
[    31.287] (II) Module nvidia: vendor="NVIDIA Corporation"
[    31.287]    compiled for 4.0.2, module version = 1.0.0
[    31.287]    Module class: X.Org Video Driver
[    31.287] (II) NVIDIA dlloader X Driver  295.49  Mon Apr 30 23:48:24 PDT 2012
[    31.287] (II) NVIDIA Unified Driver for all Supported NVIDIA GPUs
[    31.287] (++) using VT number 7

[    31.293] (II) Loading sub module "fb"
[    31.293] (II) LoadModule: "fb"
[    31.293] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/libfb.so
[    31.294] (II) Module fb: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[    31.294]    compiled for 1.11.4, module version = 1.0.0
[    31.294]    ABI class: X.Org ANSI C Emulation, version 0.4
[    31.294] (II) Loading sub module "wfb"
[    31.294] (II) LoadModule: "wfb"
[    31.294] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/libwfb.so
[    31.294] (II) Module wfb: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[    31.294]    compiled for 1.11.4, module version = 1.0.0
[    31.294]    ABI class: X.Org ANSI C Emulation, version 0.4
[    31.294] (II) Loading sub module "ramdac"
[    31.294] (II) LoadModule: "ramdac"
[    31.294] (II) Module "ramdac" already built-in
[    31.294] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/nvidia_drv.so
[    31.294] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/libwfb.so
[    31.294] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/libfb.so
[    31.295] (==) NVIDIA(0): Depth 24, (==) framebuffer bpp 32
[    31.295] (==) NVIDIA(0): RGB weight 888
[    31.295] (==) NVIDIA(0): Default visual is TrueColor
[    31.295] (==) NVIDIA(0): Using gamma correction (1.0, 1.0, 1.0)
[    31.295] (**) NVIDIA(0): Option "Coolbits" "1"
[    31.295] (**) NVIDIA(0): Option "TripleBuffer" "false"
[    31.295] (**) NVIDIA(0): Option "AddARGBGLXVisuals" "true"
[    31.295] (**) NVIDIA(0): Enabling 2D acceleration
[    31.742] (II) NVIDIA(0): NVIDIA GPU GeForce GT 630M (GF108) at PCI:1:0:0 (GPU-0)
[    31.742] (--) NVIDIA(0): Memory: 1048576 kBytes
[    31.742] (--) NVIDIA(0): VideoBIOS: 70.08.5e.00.06
[    31.742] (II) NVIDIA(0): Detected PCI Express Link width: 16X
[    31.742] (--) NVIDIA(0): Interlaced video modes are supported on this GPU
[    31.744] (--) NVIDIA(0): Connected display device(s) on GeForce GT 630M at PCI:1:0:0
[    31.744] (--) NVIDIA(0):     none
[    31.744] (EE) NVIDIA(0): No display devices found for this X screen.
[    31.761] (II) UnloadModule: "nvidia"
[    31.761] (II) Unloading nvidia
[    31.761] (II) UnloadModule: "wfb"
[    31.761] (II) Unloading wfb
[    31.761] (II) UnloadModule: "fb"
[    31.761] (II) Unloading fb
[    31.761] (EE) Screen(s) found, but none have a usable configuration.
[    31.761]
Fatal server error:
[    31.761] no screens found
[    31.761]
Please consult the The X.Org Foundation support
    at http://wiki.x.org
 for help.
[    31.761] Please also check the log file at "/var/log/Xorg.0.log" for additional information.
[    31.761]
[    31.772] Server terminated with error (1). Closing log file.

[zerozero]

hape, if you don't know it yet you have an hybrid graphics card
http://www.nvidia.in/object/geforce-gt-630m-in.html
the situation of those hybrid cards in linux is not famous (at the moment at least)
you could ask nvidia why Optimus is not linux-compatible http://forums.nvidia.com/index.php?showtopic=188184 or look around here (for example) http://linux-hybrid-graphics.blogspot.co.uk/

[hape]

hape, if you don't know it yet you have an hybrid graphics card
http://www.nvidia.in/object/geforce-gt-630m-in.html
the situation of those hybrid cards in linux is not famous (at the moment at least)
you could ask nvidia why Optimus is not linux-compatible http://forums.nvidia.com/index.php?showtopic=188184 or look around here (for example) http://linux-hybrid-graphics.blogspot.co.uk/

hi
ok means to me i'm correct Nvidia drivers doesn't work (for now) on my Laptop LMD? But inside it works with the nouveau drivers (which mean that this driver only uses the Intel Graphic card?)
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[zerozero]

not in an easy way, no. and you can blame nvidia for that: they broke linux compatibility with this new technology and have no plans to support it http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/showpos ... ostcount=2

there is however (at least that i know) the bumblebee project http://bumblebee-project.org/ that is trying to bring that compatibility back (note that this project still has some issues and the implementation is not perfect, far from that)

read also:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nvidia_Optimus
http://www.webupd8.org/2012/01/bumblebe ... timus.html

the good news: this technology is coming into the linux kernel (not yet though)
http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=n ... px=MTA0MjY

[hape]

hi zerozero
i think i understood this completely. So thanks to all of you helping me.
hape