Nvidia will still not install properly

[eddieg780]

I've been waiting a long time for someone to get this fixed or figure out whether it's nvidia or kubuntu. I installed Kubuntu 11.10, fresh and updated it completely even to kde 4.7.4. However, when I activated nvidia-current through "additional Drivers" my system booted to the screen where the 5 icons are and when it got to the "K" it frose the screen but still booted in the background. I heard the start-up sound and the wifi was working. I uninstalled Kubuntu, installed Ubuntu, updated it completely and did the "additional Drivers" install of "nvidia-current" and it worked fine. So it's not my video card. The problem has to be with kde. Please, someone must know what's wrong by now. I really need some help with this. Thank you.

[LinuxRocks]

Re: Nvidia will still not install properly

You could try the 173 driver instead, or an older 2xx driver.

However, if Ubuntu works, just apt-get install kubuntu-desktop and use KDE that way.

Hope this helps!
Joe

[eddieg780]

Re: Nvidia will still not install properly

This really won't solve my issue. I have 2 separate drives. One is my primary drive I have my working Kubuntu System on that I want to have the nvidia driver working on. The other drive is my experimental drive I use to test new drivers out on, nvidia is the prime example. Is this perhaps a Plymouth issue? If so, can plymouth be removed and the system still boot?

[LinuxRocks]

Re: Nvidia will still not install properly

I didn't read through the whole thread, but take a look at this:

http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=160115

Some of the early complaints describe what you are and state that other desktop environments work. Some say that the 290.10 driver fixes the issue.

You can have a look at the X-Swat PPA as they have a newer driver then what the repos provide.

Joe

[eddieg780]

Re: Nvidia will still not install properly

Thank you. I did the update to 290.10 and problem still exists. I can't believe this is still not fixed.

Update: I plugged my computer into my tv output and the desktop is going to the tv and works flawlessly. I went to nvidia settings and my laptop monitor is not listed at all. The only display is TV. I have a CRT/LCD button on the keyboard but when I push it all I get is a purple/pink solid screen on the laptop. I checked and did not have an Xorg.conf file. I ran nvidia-xconfig and it generated this xorg.conf file:


# nvidia-xconfig: X configuration file generated by nvidia-xconfig
# nvidia-xconfig: version 290.10 (buildmeister@swio-display-x86-rhel47-07.nvidia.com) Wed Nov 16 20:32:22 PST 2011

Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "Layout0"
Screen 0 "Screen0"
InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
EndSection

Section "Files"
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 28.0 - 33.0
VertRefresh 43.0 - 72.0
Option "DPMS"
EndSection

Section "Device"
Identifier "Device0"
Driver "nvidia"
VendorName "NVIDIA Corporation"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen0"
Device "Device0"
Monitor "Monitor0"
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
EndSubSection
EndSection

Does anybody see what might be wrong?

[eddieg780]

Re: Nvidia will still not install properly

Anybody!!!

There are some smart Linux guys on here and no one can answer my question?

[LinuxRocks]

Re: Nvidia will still not install properly

If you are using the nvidia driver you can try this...

backup your /etc/X11/xorg.conf file:

as root (sudo -i and then enter password):
cp /etc/X11/xorg.conf /root/xorg.conf

Then modify and delete the contents of the file (/etc/X11/xorg.conf) and put just this in:

Section "Device"
    Identifier   "Default Device"
    Option "NoLogo"    "True"
EndSection

Then, save the file and reboot

This is all I have in my xorg.conf file and mine works like a charm.

Make sure you back up the original, though. However, seeing as it doesn't work, might be a moot issue to back it up :-D.

Let me know how this works.

Thanks!
Joe

[mfburgo]

Re: Nvidia will still not install properly

check lsmod and see if the default nouveau driver is still being loaded

if it is it is owning your display and that will stop it from working

you will need to black list the nouveau driver then try again

[eddieg780]

Re: Nvidia will still not install properly

I tried linuxrocks suggestion and when that didn't work I deleted the xorg.conf altogether and it made no difference. Here is the output of lsmod...


ed@ed-dell:~$ lsmod
Module Size Used by
rfcomm 38408 12
bnep 17923 2
parport_pc 32114 0
ppdev 12849 0
dm_crypt 22565 0
nvidia 10782577 44
arc4 12473 2
joydev 17393 0
dell_wmi 12601 0
sparse_keymap 13658 1 dell_wmi
dell_laptop 13519 0
dcdbas 14098 1 dell_laptop
snd_hda_codec_idt 60049 1
snd_hda_intel 24262 2
snd_hda_codec 91754 2 snd_hda_codec_idt,snd_hda_intel
snd_hwdep 13276 1 snd_hda_codec
snd_pcm 80435 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec
btusb 18160 2
bluetooth 148839 23 rfcomm,bnep,btusb
snd_seq_midi 13132 0
psmouse 73673 0
snd_rawmidi 25241 1 snd_seq_midi
r852 17901 0
sm_common 16737 1 r852
r592 17808 0
serio_raw 12990 0
nand 49706 2 r852,sm_common
nand_ids 8547 1 nand
nand_bch 13003 1 nand
bch 21757 1 nand_bch
nand_ecc 13070 1 nand
mtd 35852 2 sm_common,nand
memstick 15857 1 r592
snd_seq_midi_event 14475 1 snd_seq_midi
snd_seq 51567 2 snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_midi_event
iwl4965 121795 0
iwl_legacy 71499 1 iwl4965
snd_timer 28932 2 snd_pcm,snd_seq
mac80211 393459 2 iwl4965,iwl_legacy
snd_seq_device 14172 3 snd_seq_midi,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq
snd 55902 13 snd_hda_codec_idt,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_ hwdep,snd_pcm,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq,snd_timer,snd_se q_device
cfg80211 172392 3 iwl4965,iwl_legacy,mac80211
wmi 18744 1 dell_wmi
soundcore 12600 1 snd
snd_page_alloc 14115 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm
lp 17455 0
parport 40930 3 parport_pc,ppdev,lp
usbhid 41905 0
hid 77367 1 usbhid
vesafb 13489 1
usb_storage 44173 0
uas 17699 0
firewire_ohci 35854 0
b44 31443 0
ssb 50682 1 b44
sdhci_pci 13658 0
sdhci 27360 1 sdhci_pci
firewire_core 56937 1 firewire_ohci
crc_itu_t 12627 1 firewire_core
video 18908 0
ed@ed-dell:~$


There has to be an explanation for this. Why does it work on my TV out but not my lcd screen?

[eddieg780]

Re: Nvidia will still not install properly

Wow, 140 people read this and only two answer. I know I'm not the only one having this problem. It makes no sense that TV out works but not my LCD screen. I tried all suggestions and still have the same problem. What a shame.

Update: 280.13 from the repos worked in Ubuntu 11.10 but 290.10 caused the same exact reaction in both. Only TV out worked. So strange.

[Snowhog]

Re: Nvidia will still not install properly

The problem could still be the Nouveau drivers. The idea of blacklisting Nouveau is valid, but in order for it to work, you might have to "update the initramfs disk because it could be configured to load the modules at startup."

See How to remove or uninstall Nouveau drivers from Ubuntu

[eddieg780]

Re: Nvidia will still not install properly

Thank you for responding Snowhog. I tried everything in the link you sent but no go. After all that, I downgraded to 280.13 in the repos but I received the frozen K icon on the boot screen again. I checked Nvidia's site per Linuxrocks advise and it appears nvidia knows bout the problem with 290.10 and it's happening in some machines with geforce 6/7 series cards and nvidia was able to reproduce this on their own. However, I don't know if a fix to 290.10 will fix the 280.13 problem or not. I do know the 280.13 driver works on Ubuntu 11.10 with Unity so it must be a KDE problem. 290.10 has the same affect on both OS's, no LCD but has TV output. Looks like Nouveau may have 3D support before Nvidia gets their driver fixed..lol Who knows....