fiesty picasa

[ppberns]

Hi,
Just found something else I need to work besides gaim and doesn't. Picasa from google. I start it and it knocks me back to login screen. I was just wondering if anyone else has seen this.

[FyreBrand]

Re: fiesty picasa

How did you install it, via their repos or by using the bin file?

edit:
I decided to install it and check just to see. I figured it could save us some question asking.

I used the repository method to install it because I'm a big fan of package management. It works fine for me using this method.

Sooo here it is:
1. Backup your sources.list (this is where Adept and Apt look when they want to install packages) via the Konsole:

cp /etc/apt/sources.list ~/sources.list-backup

2. Add the Google Picasa repository to your sources list via the Konsole:

kdesu kwrite /etc/apt/sources.list

Add this to the bottom of your sources.list:

# Google Picasa for Linux repository
deb [url]http://dl.google.com/linux/deb/[/url] stable non-free

3. Now update and install via the Konsole:

sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install picasa

A menu entry for Picasa will be added to your Graphics section. Fire it up and it should work.

[ppberns]

Re: fiesty picasa

Hi,

Thanks for the info but I installed it via the package manager. I think that I have found the problem and it not picasa or feisty. It's the new nvidia driver V 1.0.9746. Seems everytime I click on the opengl info from within the nvidia gui it shoots me right back to the login screen. So any program that uses opengl get me kicked out. I tried it with serveral programs and al the same. I also noticed some X errors when installing packages.

[FyreBrand]

Re: fiesty picasa

That's good to know that Picasa is working okay, but a bummer that the newer driver isn't. Do you need the newer driver for your card to work? The Nvidia driver in the restricted repos is 9631 and seems to be really stable and work well. It's also easy to install. I use it because then I don't have to worry about kernel updates or updates to restricted modules breaking nvidia.

Give it a try if you think it will work.

[ppberns]

Re: fiesty picasa

Hi,

Well I went to the nv driver which is avaible in the repo which I believe is the one you have listed below. The one I tried was from nvidia and is 1.0.9746 and that one has "issues". thanks for your posts.

That's good to know that Picasa is working okay, but a bummer that the newer driver isn't. Do you need the newer driver for your card to work? The Nvidia driver in the restricted repos is 9631 and seems to be really stable and work well. It's also easy to install. I use it because then I don't have to worry about kernel updates or updates to restricted modules breaking nvidia.

Give it a try if you think it will work.

[FyreBrand]

Re: fiesty picasa

There is an nvidia restricted binary driver (proprietary) in the repositories in the restricted section. The "nv" driver is an open source driver that is usually enabled by default. The 9631 driver is still considered an "nvidia" driver and not an "nv" driver because it's written and compiled by nvidia. The 97xx drivers are newer and have support for some cards (and possibly features) that the 96xx drivers might not.

The 97xx drivers work just fine but you must reinstall them every time there is a kernel update or an update to the restricted kernel modules. This isn't a problem but occasionally there is a short delay before the driver is recompiled and updated in the 3rd party repo. I just use the restricted driver in the Ubuntu repos because they are closely sync'd with kernel updates. Whatever works for you is good.