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Windows no longer obstructs my view.
Using Kubuntu Linux since March 23, 2007.
"It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data." - Sherlock Holmes
Yes I did. I printed them out and I did the 1st part and it seemed to install fine. But after the restart it would not start. I'm on the newly fresh install of 10.04 now. Did exactly as described above and it went fine. I will try the 2nd install of the nvidia driver and see what happens. Heck, I've got nothing to lose now....
Oneiric 11.10 KDE Version 4.7.4<br />Duo core 1.8 Intel<br />4 gig ram<br />Nvidia Go 7300 Graphics<br />Dell E1505 Laptop<br /><br />I'm a happy pappy with Linux on my lappy!!!
Ok. I completely reinstalled 10.04 from scratch. Followed dibl's instructions exactly and it still will not install the nvidia driver. A pop-up comes up during boot and says it was unable to start the nvidia module. I checked the log and this was the only thing I can see wrong...
NVIDIA: calling KBUILD...
test -e include/linux/autoconf.h -a -e include/config/auto.conf || ( \
echo; \
echo " ERROR: Kernel configuration is invalid."; \
echo " include/linux/autoconf.h or include/config/auto.conf are mis
sing."; \
echo " Run 'make oldconfig && make prepare' on kernel src to fix it
."; \
echo; \
/bin/false)
Could this be the drivers fault? Maybe nvidia has to change something in the installer?
Oneiric 11.10 KDE Version 4.7.4<br />Duo core 1.8 Intel<br />4 gig ram<br />Nvidia Go 7300 Graphics<br />Dell E1505 Laptop<br /><br />I'm a happy pappy with Linux on my lappy!!!
Which nvidia driver and version are you trying to use?
Windows no longer obstructs my view.
Using Kubuntu Linux since March 23, 2007.
"It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data." - Sherlock Holmes
I was installing 195.36.15. I looked at the error in my previous post and searched in synaptic for kbuild, it was not installed so I installed it, then did a search for autoconf.h and it came up with "pmk" which was not installed and installed it. Went back and followed dibl's install instructions and it installed!!! I suppose "pmk" and "kbuild" must have to be installed. Are these installed on your system Snowhog?
Oneiric 11.10 KDE Version 4.7.4<br />Duo core 1.8 Intel<br />4 gig ram<br />Nvidia Go 7300 Graphics<br />Dell E1505 Laptop<br /><br />I'm a happy pappy with Linux on my lappy!!!
I suppose "pmk" and "kbuild" must have to be installed. Are these installed on your system Snowhog?
Neither package is installed here. But, I don't have an Nvidia GPU.
Windows no longer obstructs my view.
Using Kubuntu Linux since March 23, 2007.
"It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data." - Sherlock Holmes
Oneiric 11.10 KDE Version 4.7.4<br />Duo core 1.8 Intel<br />4 gig ram<br />Nvidia Go 7300 Graphics<br />Dell E1505 Laptop<br /><br />I'm a happy pappy with Linux on my lappy!!!
In the mean time, does this mean that you've resolved your problem?
Windows no longer obstructs my view.
Using Kubuntu Linux since March 23, 2007.
"It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data." - Sherlock Holmes
It seems so. I was thinking of trying 195.36.24 but there doesn't seem to be a big difference between them. Thanks for all your help everyone.
Oneiric 11.10 KDE Version 4.7.4<br />Duo core 1.8 Intel<br />4 gig ram<br />Nvidia Go 7300 Graphics<br />Dell E1505 Laptop<br /><br />I'm a happy pappy with Linux on my lappy!!!
Ok, upon upgrading to 4.4.3 my nvidia install was screwed up again. It seems to have reverted back to the previous problem with saying the nvidia driver will not start. I Ctrl-Alt-F1 and had to install the driver again. Here is what the installer log says...
Validating previous installation:
-> Unable to access previously installed file
'/usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/nvidia_drv.so' (No such file or directory).
-> The previously installed file '/usr/bin/nvidia-xconfig' has a different
checksum (527679039) than when it was installed (189243778).
/usr/bin/nvidia-xconfig will not be uninstalled.
-> The previously installed file '/usr/bin/nvidia-smi' has a different checksum
(2724539725) than when it was installed (1796387019). /usr/bin/nvidia-smi
will not be uninstalled.
-> Unable to access previously installed symlink '/usr/lib/libvdpau_nvidia.so'
(No such file or directory).
-> Unable to access previously installed symlink
'/usr/lib/vdpau/libvdpau_nvidia.so.1' (No such file or directory).
-> done.
WARNING: Your driver installation has been altered since it was initially
installed; this may happen, for example, if you have since installed
the NVIDIA driver through a mechanism other than nvidia-installer
(such as your distribution's native package management system).
nvidia-installer will attempt to uninstall as best it can. Please see
the file '/var/log/nvidia-installer.log' for details.
-> Uninstalling NVIDIA Accelerated Graphics Driver for Linux-x86 (1.0-1953615
(195.36.15)):
-> Unable to restore symbolic link /usr/lib/mesa/libGL.so.1 -> libGL.so.1.2
(File exists).
-> Unable to restore symbolic link /usr/bin/nvidia-xconfig ->
/etc/alternatives/nvidia_xconfig (File exists).
-> Unable to restore symbolic link /usr/bin/nvidia-smi ->
/etc/alternatives/nvidia_smi (File exists).
-> done.
-> Uninstallation of existing driver: NVIDIA Accelerated Graphics Driver for
Linux-x86 (195.36.15) is complete.
Now does this mean that everytime I upgrade KDE I'm going to have to reinstall my nvidia driver? What is KDE installing that is causing this?
Oneiric 11.10 KDE Version 4.7.4<br />Duo core 1.8 Intel<br />4 gig ram<br />Nvidia Go 7300 Graphics<br />Dell E1505 Laptop<br /><br />I'm a happy pappy with Linux on my lappy!!!
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