Problem:
When you install this card you may find that your system seems to freeze during the boot process. You may also have problems with Beryl not working correctly such as no title bars on any windows and the likes. These problems and others have been addressed by others before. I am simply going to go through a simple walk through(hopefully) that worked for me in getting this card working for me.
****Always make Backup copies of any file that you edit before you edit so you can restore them if things go wrong.****
Instructions:
**I may have forgotten a step and if you run into a problem let me know and I'll do my best to go back through the process to find it. But as far as I can remember this is it.
Before installing this card reboot your computer and enter the Bios setup(Press F2 during boot if you have the DG965RY motherboard) Consult your computer documentation for how to enter Bios Setup for your computer.
For now set your graphic adapter to use the on board adapter. Save the changes and exit the Bios setup and boot into Kubuntu as normal.
Once you have logged in open a terminal window.(K menu>System>Konsole)
Enter the following command and enter your password when prompted.
sudo kwrite /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist
This will open a file and you need to add the following two lines to the end of this file and then save.
blacklist agpgart
blacklist intel_agp
Save the file and close kwrite.
Now enter the following to install the drivers for your Nvidia card.
sudo apt-get install nvidia-kernel-commom
sudo apt-get install nvidia-glx-new
Now that the driver is install we need to modify the xorg.conf so that when we reboot X uses the nvidia card instead of the on board adapter.
To edit xorg.conf type the following into the console window.
sudo kwrite /etc/X11/xorg.conf
Kwrite will open again and we need to scroll down to: (or similar)
Section "Device"
Identifier "Intel Corporation 82G965 Integrated Graphics Controller"
Driver "i810"
BusID "PCI:0:2:0"
EndSection
For now we are just going to replace this with:
Section "Device"
Identifier "Nvidia 6200 OC PCI"
Driver "nvidia"
Option "NoDCC"
Option "UseInternalAGPGART" "no"
Option "RenderAccel" "true"
Option "AllowGLXWithComposite" "true"
Option "TripleBuffer" "true"
Option "AddARGBGLXVisuals" "True"
Option "backingstore" "true"
Option "DPMS" "TRUE"
EndSection
Next scroll down to:
Section "Screen"
Change:
Device "Intel Corporation 82G965 Integrated Graphics Controller"
to
Device "Nvidia 6200 OC PCI"
Next we need to add the following two lines under:
DefaultDepth 24
add these:
Option "HWcursor" "On"
Option "AddARGBGLXVisuals" "True"
Now save the file and close Kwrite.
Close your console window and shut down your computer.
Install your Nvidia Card in your computer now.
Turn your computer on and once again enter your Bios setup. Set your bios to use the Nvidia PCI card. Then Save changes and exit. Unplug your monitor from the on board adapter and plug it into your Nvidia adapter.
If all goes well you should now have your Nividia 6200 pci card working.
Articles used:
http://doc.gwos.org/index.php/Nvidia_Intel_Integrated
Nvidia appendix
And a few others that I can't remember.
When you install this card you may find that your system seems to freeze during the boot process. You may also have problems with Beryl not working correctly such as no title bars on any windows and the likes. These problems and others have been addressed by others before. I am simply going to go through a simple walk through(hopefully) that worked for me in getting this card working for me.
****Always make Backup copies of any file that you edit before you edit so you can restore them if things go wrong.****
Instructions:
**I may have forgotten a step and if you run into a problem let me know and I'll do my best to go back through the process to find it. But as far as I can remember this is it.
Before installing this card reboot your computer and enter the Bios setup(Press F2 during boot if you have the DG965RY motherboard) Consult your computer documentation for how to enter Bios Setup for your computer.
For now set your graphic adapter to use the on board adapter. Save the changes and exit the Bios setup and boot into Kubuntu as normal.
Once you have logged in open a terminal window.(K menu>System>Konsole)
Enter the following command and enter your password when prompted.
sudo kwrite /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist
This will open a file and you need to add the following two lines to the end of this file and then save.
blacklist agpgart
blacklist intel_agp
Save the file and close kwrite.
Now enter the following to install the drivers for your Nvidia card.
sudo apt-get install nvidia-kernel-commom
sudo apt-get install nvidia-glx-new
Now that the driver is install we need to modify the xorg.conf so that when we reboot X uses the nvidia card instead of the on board adapter.
To edit xorg.conf type the following into the console window.
sudo kwrite /etc/X11/xorg.conf
Kwrite will open again and we need to scroll down to: (or similar)
Section "Device"
Identifier "Intel Corporation 82G965 Integrated Graphics Controller"
Driver "i810"
BusID "PCI:0:2:0"
EndSection
For now we are just going to replace this with:
Section "Device"
Identifier "Nvidia 6200 OC PCI"
Driver "nvidia"
Option "NoDCC"
Option "UseInternalAGPGART" "no"
Option "RenderAccel" "true"
Option "AllowGLXWithComposite" "true"
Option "TripleBuffer" "true"
Option "AddARGBGLXVisuals" "True"
Option "backingstore" "true"
Option "DPMS" "TRUE"
EndSection
Next scroll down to:
Section "Screen"
Change:
Device "Intel Corporation 82G965 Integrated Graphics Controller"
to
Device "Nvidia 6200 OC PCI"
Next we need to add the following two lines under:
DefaultDepth 24
add these:
Option "HWcursor" "On"
Option "AddARGBGLXVisuals" "True"
Now save the file and close Kwrite.
Close your console window and shut down your computer.
Install your Nvidia Card in your computer now.
Turn your computer on and once again enter your Bios setup. Set your bios to use the Nvidia PCI card. Then Save changes and exit. Unplug your monitor from the on board adapter and plug it into your Nvidia adapter.
If all goes well you should now have your Nividia 6200 pci card working.
Articles used:
http://doc.gwos.org/index.php/Nvidia_Intel_Integrated
Nvidia appendix
And a few others that I can't remember.
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