Nvidia settings empty

[joneall]

Normally with the recommended driver from kubuntu or Ubuntu uses a program called dkms which automatically rebuilds the driver when a new kernel is installed.

I am still puzzled as tp how I got into this in the first place. Usually, the device manager installs the driver perfectly correctly. This time it did not.

Thanks for your comments and advice!

[anika200]

If you do it the manual way
you'll have to redo it anytime the kernel changes.

I have not found this to be the case here on this box. I installed Nvidia newest driver from their website and I have DKMS installed and it seems to take care of everything. Maybe I am missing something or just lucky but I have been through several kernel versions now without issue.

[oshunluvr]

the latest driver for your card is 340.46 -- But it's not available in Kubuntu yet. You would have to download it from Nvidia Here:
http://www.geforce.com/drivers
and do a manual install
instructions here:

http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2010/02/h...ally-in-ubuntu

or you can try getting a newer one from the xorg edgers ppa here:

http://www.binarytides.com/install-n...-ubuntu-14-04/

Good Luck

I would not recommend this unless you know what you are doing and are willing to re-install the drivers from scratch at every kernel update and driver change. Unless you have a functional need for the newest driver, you're much better off using the Ubuntu packaged drivers for simplicity's sake and convenience.

joneall: To use the nvidia driver you have to have the kernel headers for every kernel you intend on using. It's the only way the drivers will install to each kernel.

[oshunluvr]

I have not found this to be the case here on this box. I installed Nvidia newest driver from their website and I have DKMS installed and it seems to take care of everything. Maybe I am missing something or just lucky but I have been through several kernel versions now without issue.

If the binary packaged drivers from the nVidia website support dkms installation, that would indeed be a new feature.

EDIT: The nvidia site suggests using the drivers packaged for your distro if they are available and I can't find any reference to dkms functioning with the binary drivers.

anika200: I'd like to see your printout from dkms status and cat /var/log/Xorg.0.log |grep dlloader

[anika200]

Here you go, does it look normal? Sorry it took so long, I did not see the post.

lee@lee-asrock:~$ dkms status
nvidia, 340.58, 3.13.0-39-generic, x86_64: installed
virtualbox, 4.3.10, 3.13.0-37-generic, x86_64: installed
virtualbox, 4.3.10, 3.13.0-39-generic, x86_64: installed
virtualbox-guest, 4.3.10, 3.13.0-37-generic, x86_64: installed
virtualbox-guest, 4.3.10, 3.13.0-39-generic, x86_64: installed

lee@lee-asrock:~$ cat /var/log/Xorg.0.log |grep dlloader
[    16.317] (II) NVIDIA dlloader X Driver  340.58  Fri Oct 31 16:27:22 PDT 2014
lee@lee-asrock:~$

[joneall]

The only drivers I can find for GEForce on the nvidia site are for 32 bits. I am in 64. Will that work?

[joneall]

sorry 'bout that

[anika200]

The only drivers I can find for GEForce on the nvidia site are for 32 bits. I am in 64. Will that work?

Did you enter 64 bit in the web form? http://www.nvidia.com/Download/index.aspx?lang=en-us