Hello,
I am new to Linux today and have already hit a brick wall.
After updating my Nvidia drivers to the latest version which was recomended on CInammon 17 for my GT540m my computer kept freezing and required hard reboots.
So I looked around and I was told I should go back down the older 304 versions. This solved my problem for a few hours. But now I am stuck in fallback mode and I read that it is probably my Nvidia drivers that are causing this but I can not access anything that will let me rollback.
How can I fix my drivers? All I can open is fireffox and software manager through the Welcome screen and my computer through my desktop.
I can't open the driver settings menu
[Solved] Updated Nvidia drivers and now stuck in fallback
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[Solved] Updated Nvidia drivers and now stuck in fallback
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- Spearmint2
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Re: Updated Nvidia drivers and now stuck in fallback
have you tried ?
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nvidia-settings
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Re: Updated Nvidia drivers and now stuck in fallback
Can you open a terminal
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sudo driver-manager&
Re: Updated Nvidia drivers and now stuck in fallback
Nvidia settings didn't allow to roll back the drivers.Spearmint2 wrote:have you tried ?
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nvidia-settings
This worked. But I need to be sure that I selected the right driver.WharfRat wrote:Can you open a terminal
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sudo driver-manager&
I have a GT540m like the guy in this thread:
http://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=108782
However when I type inxi -Gx in terminal I get:
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Graphics: Card-1: Intel 2nd Generation Core Processor Family Integrated Graphics Controller bus-ID: 00:02.0
Card-2: NVIDIA GF108M [GeForce GT 540M] bus-ID: 01:00.0
X.Org: 1.15.1 driver: nvidia Resolution: 1366x768@60.0hz
GLX Renderer: GeForce GT 540M/PCIe/SSE2 GLX Version: 1.4 (2.1.2 NVIDIA 331.38) Direct Rendering: No
nvidia-331 freezes my display and nvidia-304 was giving me fallback problems.
I want to be sure I set up Mint properly before continuing.
Edit: I believe I am not using my i5 2410m's sandybridge graphics which would be better for my laptops battery life since I won't be needing my gt540m on linux, correct?
Re: Updated Nvidia drivers and now stuck in fallback
paperclip
Refer to this post to use setupyour intel graphics http://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?f=90&t=176270
In your case you will have to purge the nvidia graphics driver and remove /etc/X11/xorg.conf.
Also change the bus id and resolution appropriately in the block that creates 10-monitor.conf.
Refer to this post to use setupyour intel graphics http://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?f=90&t=176270
In your case you will have to purge the nvidia graphics driver and remove /etc/X11/xorg.conf.
Also change the bus id and resolution appropriately in the block that creates 10-monitor.conf.
- Spearmint2
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Re: Updated Nvidia drivers and now stuck in fallback
http://www.nvidia.com/content/DriverDow ... e=geforcem
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nvidia_Opt ... ux_support
You can try Bumblebee, but it's for latest devices. In the Package Manager.
http://www.nvidia.com/download/driverRe ... 7524/en-us
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nvidia_Opt ... ux_support
You can try Bumblebee, but it's for latest devices. In the Package Manager.
http://www.nvidia.com/download/driverRe ... 7524/en-us
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Re: Updated Nvidia drivers and now stuck in fallback
Thanks for your quick reply again.Spearmint2 wrote:http://www.nvidia.com/content/DriverDow ... e=geforcem
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nvidia_Opt ... ux_support
You can try Bumblebee, but it's for latest devices. In the Package Manager.
http://www.nvidia.com/download/driverRe ... 7524/en-us
I have run
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cat >> /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/10-monitor.conf << "EOF"
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Monitor0"
EndSection
Section "Device"
Identifier "Device0"
BusID "PCI:0:2:0"
Driver "intel"
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen0"
Device "Device0"
Monitor "Monitor0"
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1366x768_60.00"
EndSubSection
EndSection
EOF
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Graphics: Card-1: Intel 2nd Generation Core Processor Family Integrated Graphics Controller bus-ID: 00:02.0
Card-2: NVIDIA GF108M [GeForce GT 540M] bus-ID: 01:00.0
X.Org: 1.15.1 driver: intel Resolution: 1366x768@60.0hz
GLX Renderer: Mesa DRI Intel Sandybridge Mobile GLX Version: 3.0 Mesa 10.1.0 Direct Rendering: Yes
I am dual booting and when I am going to be gaming I will be switching to WIndows 7.
So does this mean the job is done now?
Re: Updated Nvidia drivers and now stuck in fallback
If it's working now I guess you're OK