Can't get the nvidia driver working! [SOLVED]

[mintlars]

This is a new post generated from another post I made in hardware support (http://kubuntuforums.net/forums/inde...opic=3095411.0). The problem is that I can't get my hardy install to work with the nvidia driver. I've installed them using the built-in restricted driver manager, EnvyNG and with nvidias own configurator, but still I can't get it working.

Now when installing using nvidia-xconfig (and the nvidia-glx-new package) I get this error on boot:

kinit: name_to_dev_t(/dev/disk/by-uuid/ceaaff7e-17ca-4f0e-b139-2c9bd81258b9) = sda1(8,1)
kinit: trying to resume from /dev/disk/by-uuid/ceaaff7e-17ca-4f0e-b139-2c9bd81258b9
kinit: no resume image, doing normal boot

Note that sda1 is the swap partition on my computer. When this happens, the screen starts to flicker until I log in (text mode). From here, if I edit xorg.conf to use the vesa driver instead (nv won't work either) I can do a full boot and even with the correct resolution (as opposed to before I let nvidia-xconfig generate xorg.conf). Now I really want to use the nvidia driver to get tv-out working (a must-have) and I'm also eager to learn using Blender, but I can't use it without the nvidia-driver. So really need some help with this.

My system is:
Mainboard: MSI 945GCM5
Graphics: Gainward GeForce 8500 GT, 256Mb DDR3

My xorg.conf file:

# nvidia-xconfig: X configuration file generated by nvidia-xconfig
# nvidia-xconfig: version 1.0 (buildmeister@builder3) Thu Feb 14 18:20:37 PST 2008


Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "Layout0"
Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0
InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
EndSection

Section "Files"
RgbPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb"
EndSection

Section "Module"
Load "dbe"
Load "extmod"
Load "type1"
Load "freetype"
Load "glx"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"

# generated from default
Identifier "Mouse0"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "auto"
Option "Device" "/dev/psaux"
Option "Emulate3Buttons" "no"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"

# generated from default
Identifier "Keyboard0"
Driver "kbd"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Monitor0"
VendorName "Unknown"
ModelName "Unknown"
HorizSync 30.0 - 110.0
VertRefresh 50.0 - 150.0
Option "DPMS"
EndSection

Section "Device"
Identifier "Device0"
Driver "vesa" "nvidia"
VendorName "NVIDIA Corporation"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen0"
Device "Device0"
Monitor "Monitor0"
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
EndSubSection
EndSection

I've added the difference between the working config and the non-working one. The non-working one is highlighted in red. This seems more like a problem with the driver than hardware. Is the driver broken or is there something missing which I should install to make it work? Thanks.

[gnowak]

Re: Can't get the nvidia driver working!

Hmm I am not sure what the problem is..

I have installed multiple drivers for multiple Nvidia cards 7xGT and 8xGT and it worked smoothly.

How to:
google "nvidia driver download" -> nvidia (first hit at the time) -> search for your driver -> download the driver -> quit x -> run the install script (as root "can't remember if necessary") -> start x -> enable the proprietary driver -> Your done.

[dibl]

Re: Can't get the nvidia driver working!

Try inserting a "vga=" cheatcode in the kernel bootline. Try vga=791, and if that doesn't work, try vga=785. The newer Nvidia cards don't like the splash screens in their default settings.

[mintlars]

Re: Can't get the nvidia driver working!

Try inserting a "vga=" cheatcode in the kernel bootline. Try vga=791, and if that doesn't work, try vga=785. The newer Nvidia cards don't like the splash screens in their default settings.

How do I do this? Never edited a kernel bootline before so I am not sure where to do the editing.

Edit: Nevermind. I just installed the latest driver on the nvidia-site rather than using the nvidia-glx-new package, and now it works like a charm. Thanks for all the tips.