How to install Nvidia drivers? for 7800GT

[Kdar]

I have GeForce 7800GT

How do I install video drivers for it?

[SheeEttin]

Re: How to install Nvidia drivers? for 7800GT

Quickest and easiest method is Envy.

[MepisReign]

Re: How to install Nvidia drivers? for 7800GT

On Feisty just open a konsole and type

sudo apt-get install nvidia-glx-new
It will ask for your password type it

There u go

[dibl]

Re: How to install Nvidia drivers? for 7800GT

Probably better precede the command MepisReign gave you with a

sudo apt-get install linux-restricted-modules-`uname -r`

if you haven't already got that package installed.

Good luck!

[Kdar]

Re: How to install Nvidia drivers? for 7800GT

Hmm.. Ok..
I tried to install that Envy thing first..
I restarted computer.. All of the saden my desktop is at resolution 640 X 480. (it was before 1280 X 1024)

Then I tried the code that MepisReign posted...

Restarted.. Still same thing.. 640 X 480 rez...

What can I do?

[dibl]

Re: How to install Nvidia drivers? for 7800GT

Did you see the Nvidia driver splash screen before the GUI login came up? If so, open a console window and type

sudo nvidia-settings

, and then in the Nvidia utility, go to the second menu from the top, "Xserver Display Configuration", and open it, and in the lower right of that panel, set your display resolution and refresh rate, and click "apply". If you like the result, then again in the lower right of the panel, click "Save to X configuration" button, and then in the little window click "OK" or "save" or whatever it says will save it.

Then, hold your breath, say a prayer, and do Ctrl-Alt-Backspace and log in again. See what you get.

[Kdar]

Re: How to install Nvidia drivers? for 7800GT

hmm.. Ok I entered NVIDIA Server Setting..

There is not menu at all.

All I see is (selections with X):

Enable ToolTips
Display Status Bar
Slider Text Entries
Include X Display Names in the Config File
Show Really Quit?" Dialog
----
Thats all.

Also in Monitor System Settings..
Graphic Card is set as Vesa..... How do I change it to nvidia.. it probably the main problem..

[dibl]

Re: How to install Nvidia drivers? for 7800GT

Ahhhhhhhhhhhhh

OK, you don't actually have the Nvidia driver installed at all -- that is the beginning of a solution!

I would recommend that you follow the procedure that I wrote here:

http://kubuntuforums.net/forums/inde...opic=3081783.0

[Kdar]

Re: How to install Nvidia drivers? for 7800GT

Ok .
Everything is cool now .. I think.

I reinstalled Nvidia drivers.. And then typed this

sudo dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg

Also.. Just to make sure..
In Adept there two kind of nvidia drivers..
"nvidia-glx
and
nvidia-glx-new (which I have intalled)
What the difference?
-----------

Also..my Nvidia-settings works now.. So
I could do all my monitor setting in there? right? not in the system settings one?

[Kdar]

Re: How to install Nvidia drivers? for 7800GT

Just to make sure....

I have installed

nvidia-xgl-new drivers

Some when I do

sudo dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg

Do I set it to "nv" or "nvidia" ?

[vilanye]

Re: How to install Nvidia drivers? for 7800GT

nvidia

[falcon240sx]

Re: How to install Nvidia drivers? for 7800GT

sorry for the bump but

after installing the driver and getting the settings panel to work, my settings don't stick when i restart. i go through the save process and my settings work until i restart, then they go back to default

when i sudo nvidia-settings i get this error message in terminal:

ERROR: Cannot open display 'acfalconhawk-desktop:0.0'.


ERROR: Unable to assign attribute DigitalVibrance specified on line 19 of
configuration file '/home/acfalconhawk/.nvidia-settings-rc' (no Display
connection).


ERROR: Unable to assign attribute ImageSharpening specified on line 20 of
configuration file '/home/acfalconhawk/.nvidia-settings-rc' (no Display
connection).


ERROR: Unable to assign attribute SyncToVBlank specified on line 21 of
configuration file '/home/acfalconhawk/.nvidia-settings-rc' (no Display
connection).


ERROR: Unable to assign attribute AllowFlipping specified on line 22 of
configuration file '/home/acfalconhawk/.nvidia-settings-rc' (no Display
connection).


ERROR: Unable to assign attribute LogAniso specified on line 23 of
configuration file '/home/acfalconhawk/.nvidia-settings-rc' (no Display
connection).


ERROR: Unable to assign attribute FSAA specified on line 24 of configuration
file '/home/acfalconhawk/.nvidia-settings-rc' (no Display connection).


ERROR: Unable to assign attribute TextureSharpen specified on line 25 of
configuration file '/home/acfalconhawk/.nvidia-settings-rc' (no Display
connection).


ERROR: Unable to assign attribute ForceGenericCpu specified on line 26 of
configuration file '/home/acfalconhawk/.nvidia-settings-rc' (no Display
connection).


ERROR: Unable to assign attribute CursorShadow specified on line 27 of
configuration file '/home/acfalconhawk/.nvidia-settings-rc' (no Display
connection).


ERROR: Unable to assign attribute CursorShadowXOffset specified on line 28 of
configuration file '/home/acfalconhawk/.nvidia-settings-rc' (no Display
connection).


ERROR: Unable to assign attribute CursorShadowYOffset specified on line 29 of
configuration file '/home/acfalconhawk/.nvidia-settings-rc' (no Display
connection).


ERROR: Unable to assign attribute CursorShadowAlpha specified on line 30 of
configuration file '/home/acfalconhawk/.nvidia-settings-rc' (no Display
connection).


ERROR: Unable to assign attribute CursorShadowRed specified on line 31 of
configuration file '/home/acfalconhawk/.nvidia-settings-rc' (no Display
connection).


ERROR: Unable to assign attribute CursorShadowGreen specified on line 32 of
configuration file '/home/acfalconhawk/.nvidia-settings-rc' (no Display
connection).


ERROR: Unable to assign attribute CursorShadowBlue specified on line 33 of
configuration file '/home/acfalconhawk/.nvidia-settings-rc' (no Display
connection).


ERROR: Unable to assign attribute FSAAAppControlled specified on line 34 of
configuration file '/home/acfalconhawk/.nvidia-settings-rc' (no Display
connection).


ERROR: Unable to assign attribute LogAnisoAppControlled specified on line 35 of
configuration file '/home/acfalconhawk/.nvidia-settings-rc' (no Display
connection).


ERROR: Unable to assign attribute RedBrightness specified on line 36 of
configuration file '/home/acfalconhawk/.nvidia-settings-rc' (no Display
connection).


ERROR: Unable to assign attribute GreenBrightness specified on line 37 of
configuration file '/home/acfalconhawk/.nvidia-settings-rc' (no Display
connection).


ERROR: Unable to assign attribute BlueBrightness specified on line 38 of
configuration file '/home/acfalconhawk/.nvidia-settings-rc' (no Display
connection).


ERROR: Unable to assign attribute RedContrast specified on line 39 of
configuration file '/home/acfalconhawk/.nvidia-settings-rc' (no Display
connection).


ERROR: Unable to assign attribute GreenContrast specified on line 40 of
configuration file '/home/acfalconhawk/.nvidia-settings-rc' (no Display
connection).


ERROR: Unable to assign attribute BlueContrast specified on line 41 of
configuration file '/home/acfalconhawk/.nvidia-settings-rc' (no Display
connection).


ERROR: Unable to assign attribute RedGamma specified on line 42 of
configuration file '/home/acfalconhawk/.nvidia-settings-rc' (no Display
connection).


ERROR: Unable to assign attribute GreenGamma specified on line 43 of
configuration file '/home/acfalconhawk/.nvidia-settings-rc' (no Display
connection).


ERROR: Unable to assign attribute BlueGamma specified on line 44 of
configuration file '/home/acfalconhawk/.nvidia-settings-rc' (no Display
connection).


ERROR: Unable to assign attribute OpenGLImageSettings specified on line 45 of
configuration file '/home/acfalconhawk/.nvidia-settings-rc' (no Display
connection).


ERROR: Unable to assign attribute XVideoTextureSyncToVBlank specified on line
46 of configuration file '/home/acfalconhawk/.nvidia-settings-rc' (no
Display connection).


ERROR: Unable to assign attribute XVideoBlitterSyncToVBlank specified on line
47 of configuration file '/home/acfalconhawk/.nvidia-settings-rc' (no
Display connection).


ERROR: Unable to assign attribute XVideoSyncToDisplay specified on line 48 of
configuration file '/home/acfalconhawk/.nvidia-settings-rc' (no Display
connection).


after i hit save to X configuration file, i get:

sh: pkg-config: not found
sh: pkg-config: not found

did i not do something right?

[SheeEttin]

Re: How to install Nvidia drivers? for 7800GT

You ran it through sudo? Huh. That usually takes care of those things.
Anyway, can you run it as yourself? That might fix it.

There's a pkg-config in the repositories, make sure you have it installed. (I myself have a pkg-config in /usr/bin.)

[falcon240sx]

Re: How to install Nvidia drivers? for 7800GT

i don't have the pkg-config. how do i install it?

[SheeEttin]

Re: How to install Nvidia drivers? for 7800GT

Either through your preferred package manager (e.g. Adept) or through a console (i.e. "sudo apt-get install pkg-config").