Comments on: Compiling Nvidia driver 96.43.09 on Intrepid 2.6.27-7

By: alexbard

alexbard — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 21:27:42 +0000

Many thanks for this article, but… As I tried to do as you described, I got no errors during process and after reboot… Ooops. Black screen of death… No responce to keyboard and I even can not switch to console via Alt+Ctrl+F2…
So I had to use Ubuntu native nv driver without 2d and 3d acceleration at all…
My video card is Nvidia GeForce2 MX400 with 32 MB RAM.
Can you help to manage this issue?

By: Nek

Nek — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 21:03:44 +0000

Thanks from me too, after a raft of research, the final addition was to get the spec of the refresh rates of the lcd monitor and update xorg.conf. cheers.

If anyone would like to see what it looks like now, using an old Geforce4 mx440 Inno3D card with LG M228WD at 1280 x 1024 (63 Hz), Ubuntu 8.10……..

# nvidia-xconfig: X configuration file generated by nvidia-xconfig
# nvidia-xconfig: version 1.0 (buildmeister@builder57) Mon Oct 27 14:37:20 PST 2008

Section “ServerLayout”
Identifier “Layout0″
Screen 0 “Screen0″
InputDevice “Keyboard0″ “CoreKeyboard”
InputDevice “Mouse0″ “CorePointer”
EndSection

Section “Files”
EndSection

Section “Module”
Load “dbe”
Load “extmod”
Load “type1″
Load “freetype”
Load “glx”
EndSection

Section “InputDevice”
# generated from default
Identifier “Mouse0″
Driver “mouse”
Option “Protocol” “auto”
Option “Device” “/dev/psaux”
Option “Emulate3Buttons” “no”
Option “ZAxisMapping” “4 5″
EndSection

Section “InputDevice”
# generated from default
Identifier “Keyboard0″
Driver “kbd”
EndSection

Section “Monitor”
Identifier “Monitor0″
VendorName “Unknown”
ModelName “Unknown”
HorizSync 30.0 – 83.0
VertRefresh 56.0 – 75.0
Option “DPMS”
EndSection

Section “Device”
Identifier “Device0″
Driver “nvidia”
VendorName “NVIDIA Corporation”
EndSection

Section “Screen”
Identifier “Screen0″
Device “Device0″
Monitor “Monitor0″
DefaultDepth 24
Option “NoLogo” “True”
Option “RenderAccel” “True”
Option “AllowGLXWithComposite” “True”
Option “AddARGBGLXVisuals” “True”
SubSection “Display”
Depth 24
Modes “1280×1024″ “1024×768″ “1680×1050″
EndSubSection
EndSection

Section “Extensions”
Option “Composite” “Enable”
EndSection

By: Skipdh

Skipdh — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 10:55:36 +0000

Many thanks. Worked for ubuntu 8.10. I had to the adjust the xorg.conf file to suit my monitor, vert and hort refresh and screen resolution. Then it worked perfectly. Thank you !!!

By: K.Mandla

K.Mandla — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 11:26:23 +0000

Yes, I did. And you can safely move from 8.04 to 8.10 if you installed the proprietary drivers in 8.04. You won’t lose anything.

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By: ian

ian — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 23:44:00 +0000

Did you have a go at the 8.04 to 8.1 jump with nvidia ?
I’m holding off the upgrade as I keep reading horror stories re lack of full support for Nvidia older (2004) cards and 3D
thanks
Ian

By: Lion

Lion — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 02:00:03 +0000

How do I get this working for a NVIDIA GeForce FX 5600. I’m having the same problem(s). If you konw of a link to a fix, I would appreciate it just as much.

The computer does not have internet access either and cannot be made to.

By: ian

ian — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 21:57:58 +0000

ok thanks
I’ll have a bash this weekend as I’m back home
I suppose I need to d/l the driver 1st then try the upgrade and ignore the message about drivers with 8.10 will not work
thanks
Ian

By: K.Mandla

K.Mandla — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 23:53:45 +0000

migsvill: If I recall correctly, the loss of the titlebars and handles means the window manager has stopped working, in which case you should restart Compiz. It’s also possible though that the high-end effects are too much at once for your graphics card. There’s an advanced effects manager that you could use to slowly bump up your graphic effects from the mid-range setting; aside from that I don’t have a lot of suggestions. I don’t generally work with Compiz et al.

Ian: I should have time this weekend to make a Gutsy-Hardy jump, but I have a feeling that the new modaliases package for the nvidia drivers is going to kick in on upgrade, which will probably nullify anything I might be able to help with. I just did another clean install from 8.10 and it went from the base nv driver to the restricted driver without a hitch. If you can, try updating and seeing if that helps.

By: Ian

Ian — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 12:57:05 +0000

Just what to you mean by …
“I think if you rip out the restricted modules as well as any versions of nvidia-glx you had installed in 8.04″
any chance you could try on an upgraded version?
Ubuntu formum is full of people who have this problem on upgrade and it just turns most “off” Ubuntu