Nvidia GeForce 8800 graphics card

[geezer]

My 7 month old computer had the Nvidia GeForce 6800 card.

That computer developed power problems that they couldn't resolve.

They replaced with a new computer. The old computer model was replaced with a new model. The new model has the Nvidia GeForce 8800 graphics card installed. I had the Linux HDD swapped into the new computer, so that I haven't lost any of my Linux installation.

Of course, once I got the HDDs configured properly configured in the BIOS to boot properly, Lo and behold, the system boots, but I only got a blank screen. Guessed that the 6800 driver s/w doesn't work with the 8800 card. Booted into recovery mode and reconfigured X.

Now using a generic vesa configuration.

How do I find, download and install the 8800 driver for Kubuntu. I did a search on nvidia in synaptic, but that was less than helpful.

[geezer]

Re: Nvidia GeForce 8800 graphics card

Also, did a Google on Nvidia and looked at their web site and fouind my way to their Linux driver forums.

The thread on installing the drivers advises that the (K)Ubuntu user should go with the driver used by their distribution.

That is why I am asking here instead of downloading the driver from the Nvidia site.

If nobody here knows of a (K)Ubuntu adopted driver for the NVidia GeForce 8800 GT graphics card, then I will drop back to downloading and installing the driver directly from Nvidia.

[krazy]

Re: Nvidia GeForce 8800 graphics card

Have a look here:
http://albertomilone.com/nvidia_scripts1.html

This is a great little programme which will install the nvidia drivers automatically for you (if you're able to connect to the net). They're in Hardy's universe repository so all you need to do is type:

sudo apt-get install envyng-core

and then

sudo envyng -t

This will bring up a menu which will allow you to install the correct driver (from ubuntu's repositories) automatically.

I'm assuming you're on Hardy here..

[geezer]

Re: Nvidia GeForce 8800 graphics card

Yes - Using Hardy.

Tried the envyng.

Seemed to install fine.

On reboot, I again get nothing but a blank screen.

Had to reboot into recovery mode and fix X-org, which of course, put me right back to the generic vesa.

Thanks for the information on envyng.

[dibl]

Re: Nvidia GeForce 8800 graphics card

I relied on envyng until I installed Intrepid, for which there is not yet a release of envyng. So I had a helluva time getting my 8800GTS working, but by carefully using the downloaded driver I ended up with a working setup. Make sure you remove any other drivers including the "nv" and/or "nvidia-glx-xxx" packages.

By the way, once again trying to use Restricted Drivers Manager only made things worse -- I've never had that work correctly on my hardware.

http://kubuntuforums.net/forums/inde...2004#msg142004

[krazy]

Re: Nvidia GeForce 8800 graphics card

@ geezer:
Is there any way that you can backup any essential files from /home and reinstall? Sounds like that might be easiest..

[geezer]

Re: Nvidia GeForce 8800 graphics card

Re-installing is a definite and easy possibility since I moved /home to a separate partition when I installed hardy heron. Thus, an install wouldn't (theoretically) disturb my stuff. I would only have to save off the stuff I put under /usr/bin, /usr/local/bin and /usr/local/share - that would be extremely easy.

But then I would have to go through the list of installed apps and install those that aren't there by default with the install.

I know there are scripts for automating the process, but I find I don't like them. The last time I resorted to creating a list of everything installed, doing the install, creating a new list and running 'diff' and then going through the diff list manually and installing only that which I still deemed necessary. I can do the later mostly at my leisure, but still time consuming. Time consuming even with the automated scripts. I don't like the automated scripts since I tend to "try stuff" and then end up with a lot of stuff installed that I never use. I don't really want that unused stuff re-installed which the automated scripts will happily do.

Too questions:

• is there a way to run 'rpm's under aptitude. I think I read once of a way to do that. That keeps the stuff installed in the aptitude index
• I know there is a program which runs installation scripts, installs the app and builds a 'deb' file. I have run it previously with 'config' files to compile and install. That installs whatever is to be done and keeps the aptitude index up-to-date. I forget the name of the program to do that however. I know I have it installed, but no way of jogging my memory to get the name.

[dibl]

Re: Nvidia GeForce 8800 graphics card

[list][*]is there a way to run 'rpm's under aptitude.

No.

You can convert .rpm files to .deb format, using alien. But you gotta have a .deb package to install it to Kubuntu.