Nvidia GT440 - Cpanel problems.
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- raymerjacque
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Nvidia GT440 - Cpanel problems.
I am a long time ATI fan, however someone sold his GT440 nvidia card to me for dirt cheap so i bought it, it was brand new in box sealed.
I have installed the drivers via software sources, the 310 drivers experimental. I have also tried the propriety drivers....
The problem i have is that the drivers show installed, but i cant find a nvidia Cpanel in my menu at all, the only thing i find is a nvidia X server settings which is completely useless ...
Can some please advise me what exactly to do or which driver to install to get a working cpanel please ?
see pic below :
I have installed the drivers via software sources, the 310 drivers experimental. I have also tried the propriety drivers....
The problem i have is that the drivers show installed, but i cant find a nvidia Cpanel in my menu at all, the only thing i find is a nvidia X server settings which is completely useless ...
Can some please advise me what exactly to do or which driver to install to get a working cpanel please ?
see pic below :
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Re: Nvidia GT440 - Cpanel problems.
What do you mean by a Cpanel? The NVIDIA X Server Settings program is the only control panel that NVIDIA on Linux has. What do you need to set in the configuration?
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Re: Nvidia GT440 - Cpanel problems.
seriously that is the only panel ?
With ATI i could set everything, balance, colour, monitors, mipmap, 3D settings, vsync, anti aliasing, clock speeds, power management, resolution etc etc ...
All the nvidia panel shows is a few check boxes linking to files, nothing else, no settings nothing ...
Starting to feel like i got robbed and should have stayed with ATI.
With ATI i could set everything, balance, colour, monitors, mipmap, 3D settings, vsync, anti aliasing, clock speeds, power management, resolution etc etc ...
All the nvidia panel shows is a few check boxes linking to files, nothing else, no settings nothing ...
Starting to feel like i got robbed and should have stayed with ATI.
Re: Nvidia GT440 - Cpanel problems.
It surely shouldn't show only a few checkboxes. I can also control many of the settings you mention. You can click some items in the left panel usually.
Maybe the driver is not working OK if you only get a few checkboxes. Please try running sudo nvidia-xconfig in terminal.
Maybe the driver is not working OK if you only get a few checkboxes. Please try running sudo nvidia-xconfig in terminal.
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Re: Nvidia GT440 - Cpanel problems.
this is all i see. Check screenshot :
and terminal command doesnt work i just get :
and terminal command doesnt work i just get :
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jacque@xxxxxxx ~ $ nvidia-xconfig
WARNING: Unable to locate/open X configuration file.
ERROR: Unable to write to directory '/etc/X11'.
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Re: Nvidia GT440 - Cpanel problems.
Screw this, im gonna reinstall ( another whole day wasted ... ) . Everyone all over these forums recommend Nvidia over ATI, yet i never had this crap with ATI, it always worked out the box....
I should have listened to my gutt and stayed with ATI.
I should have listened to my gutt and stayed with ATI.
Re: Nvidia GT440 - Cpanel problems.
You need to run sudo nvidia-xconfig sometimes with NVIDIA (you just did it without sudo which indeed does not work), after doing that this should all be sorted.
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Re: Nvidia GT440 - Cpanel problems.
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jacque@xxxxxxx ~ $ sudo nvidia-xconfig
WARNING: Unable to locate/open X configuration file.
New X configuration file written to '/etc/X11/xorg.conf'
Re: Nvidia GT440 - Cpanel problems.
That unable to open message is not a problem. And you need to reboot or logout for this to take effect.
If it still does not work then the driver is probably not properly installed. Please run inxi -Gx in terminal then and post the output.
If it still does not work then the driver is probably not properly installed. Please run inxi -Gx in terminal then and post the output.
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Re: Nvidia GT440 - Cpanel problems.
its fine, i reinstalled and all is working as it should be, i think my onboard intel driver was conflicting with the nvidia driver.
Re: Nvidia GT440 - Cpanel problems.
Actually AMD is having more problems with half-disabled onboard Intel graphics usually. NVIDIA normally ignores Intel GPUs, AMD on the contrary tries to activate PowerXpress. Which works on a laptop but not on a desktop motherboard with onboard Intel graphics.
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Re: Nvidia GT440 - Cpanel problems.
no, i meant i was using a PC without a dedicated GPU ( so onboard intel GPU that comes with Core I CPU, then went and bought a GPU and tried to install driver and that is when all hell broke loose. I think for some reason it wouldnt recognise new GPU and probly a driver issues between what was installed and what i was telling it is now installed. ). but reinstalled the Os and its working fine now. thnx for advise.