SOLVED Kubuntu 10.04, : X server aborting

[sandro54]

Hi everybody,

to resolve my login problem on kubuntu 10.04 (login loop) I try to install the driver NVIDIA 173.14.28 after downloaded from nvidia site .When I perform the following:

sh NVIDIA-Linux-x86-173.......etc to install the driver 173 I get the message below

ERROR: Unable to find the system utility "ld"; pleasemake sure you have the pakage "binutilis". If you have binutilis installed , then please check that "ld" is in your PATH.

I already have the utility required (binutilis) but how I check the "ld" on my PATH ??

could you give me an example to check "ld" on my PATH ??

thanks in advance.
Sandro

[Detonate]

Re: NVIDIA installer for Unix/linux

Don't even try to install the driver from source. At a command prompt:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntu-x-swat/x-updates
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install nvidia-common nvidia-settings

This will install the latest nvidia driver on your system.

If you are working from the root prompt you can leave out the sudo part of the commands.

[rfakhrai]

Re: NVIDIA installer for Unix/linux

Without derailing the thread, I was hoping you could answer a question for me, Detonate. If I upgrade my video card, will this method automatically update my driver when I run apt-get install etc.?

[Detonate]

Re: NVIDIA installer for Unix/linux

The latest nvidia driver supports just about every nvidia card on the market. Stay away from the series 8XXX cards which have been problematic for some.

http://www.nvidia.com/object/linux-d...29-driver.html

[ardvark71]

Re: NVIDIA installer for Unix/linux

Stay away from the series 8XXX cards which have been problematic for some.

Hi...

Interesting. What have been the complaints? My onboard 8600M GS has worked beautifully.

Regards...

[Detonate]

Re: NVIDIA installer for Unix/linux

Search the forum for 8xxx and read away.

[ardvark71]

Re: NVIDIA installer for Unix/linux

Search the forum for 8xxx and read away.

Ah, you might be referring to the defective chipsets that Nvidia was accused of knowingly shipping between 2007-2008. I've been blessed not to have had any of these issues but considering the problems and limitations I've heard with ATI's Linux drivers, I'm not sure if they're the best choice either. Any thoughts?

Regards...

[sandro54]

Re: NVIDIA installer for Unix/linux

Hi Detonate,

thanks for the suggestions, I tried as the following:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntu-x-swat/x-updates

but I get an error type ."..specify a repository ..."
please could you suggest me the path/name of the repository to insert ??

so I tried anyway the following

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install nvidia-common nvidia-settings

and after the system asked me to perform also -->apt-get install nvidia-current.

so the system displayed some words....etc..etc and the string ----> nvidia-setting(195.36.08-0ubuntu2) . is this (195.36.08) the old driver ?? why not the new 260.etc.etc ??

any way after all I rebooted the pc but I get the login black screen .


I found the following error in the log "Xorg.0.log"

etc.etc.....(all ok)
(II) Initializing extension GLX
Backtrace:
0: /usr/bin/X (xorg_backtrace........etc...)
1: /usr/bin/X  (0x8048000+.....etc)
2: /(vdso)  (__kernel_rt_sigreturn+0x0) [0x65c410]
Segmentation fault at address 0x1140584

Caught signal 11 (segmentation fault). Server aboring
Please conslt the X.org Foundation support at [url]http://wiki.x.org[/url]
please also check the log Xorg.0.log ......etc

what does the above X server error mean ??

please could you help me ??

thank you very much
sandro

[sandro54]

Re: Kubuntu 10.04, : X server aborting

please any suggestion ??


thanks in advance.

[sandro54]

Re: Kubuntu 10.04, : X server aborting

Hi everybody

I SOLVED the problem . it was related to video driver that in 10.04 doesn't work , I installed the last driver version 260.19.29 and all is ok finally . to do this I performed in order the following step :

sudo apt-get  --purge  remove xserver-xorg-video-nouveau

sudo apt-get add-apt-repository  ppa:ubuntu-x-swat/x-updates
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install nvidia-common nvidia-settings  nvidia-current
sudo update-alternatives  --config  gl_conf
sudo ldconfig
sudo nvidia-xconfig

therefore I reboot the system and all was gone well

thanks everybody for your support.
sandro