Google Earth NVIDIA FX 5200...

[harecanada]

Re: Google Earth NVIDIA FX 5200...

I get confused when I go to Adept/Synaptic. There are a lot of choices and I don't know which ones I need and which ones are going to cause a problem.
harecanada

[harecanada]

Re: Google Earth NVIDIA FX 5200...

Here's an example of what Adept says I have installed when I do a search using "nvidia":
envyng-core
envyng-qt
nvidia-glx
nvidia-new-kernel-source
nvidia-settings

What else do I need?
harecanada

[harecanada]

Re: Google Earth NVIDIA FX 5200...

Should have said this in the last post.
When I do a search for "nvidia" in Synaptic I get:
envyng-core
envyng-qt
jockey-common
jockey-kde
nvidia-glx
nvidia-new-kernel-source-envy
nvidia-settings
smart-dimmer
xserver-xorg-video-nv

What the hell all this stuff is...I don't know.

harecanada

[toad]

Re: Google Earth NVIDIA FX 5200...

Install envy-qt first, then run it. The rest should sort of happen automatically (I hope).

[dibl]

Re: Google Earth NVIDIA FX 5200...

Install envy-qt first, then run it. The rest should sort of happen automatically (I hope).

Ooops, I'd say envyng-core would be the better choice -- it will pull in whatever else it needs.



Then, when envyng is installed, get out of the GUI altogether, with Ctrl-Alt-F1. Log in to the console with your user name and password. Stop the X server with

sudo /etc/init.d/kdm stop

Then run

sudo envyng -t

to run envyng in text mode. When it is finished, you can follow the menu to restart the X server, or else simply restart your system by exiting envyng and issuing

sudo shutdown now -r

HTH.

[toad]

Re: Google Earth NVIDIA FX 5200...

And I should have said envyng-qt

Good to have somebody who knows what they are talking about. Morning, dibl

[dibl]

Re: Google Earth NVIDIA FX 5200...

Good to have somebody who knows what they are talking about.

I'm not sure I'd make such a radical claim.

Morning, dibl

And top o' the morning to you, Mr. Toad.

[claydoh]

Re: Google Earth NVIDIA FX 5200...

y
My first thought is to uninstall the drivers installed via Envy, use Adept to install the package 'nvidia-glx-new', use the Hardware Drivers Manager to make sure the 'enabled' box is checked, and reboot your machine.

I still think this way is sooo much easier, just a couple of clicks and its done, especially for a new user. The *only* reason I don't suggest using the Hardware manager *first* is it wants to install the slightly older 'nvidia-glx' package, and the 'nvidia-glx-new' *does* offer useful improvements in performance on this particular card.

[dibl]

Re: Google Earth NVIDIA FX 5200...

I still think this way is sooo much easier, just a couple of clicks and its done, especially for a new user.

I don't disagree, claydoh. If a new user can get it working that way, then that's best, to get started.

But, if someone's in trouble and has a mess to sort out anyway, might as well go for the gold.

It's kind of unsettling that the Restricted Driver Manager produces so many reports of messed up drivers -- it hasn't worked very well on my system either, to the point that I don't even try it anymore. Too bad.

[klerfayt]

Re: Google Earth NVIDIA FX 5200...

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Generic Keyboard"
Driver "kbd"
[ Read 48 lines ]


Identifier "Generic Keyboard"
Driver "kbd"
Option "XkbRules" "xorg"
Option "XkbModel" "pc104"
Option "XkbLayout" "us"
EndSection

sorry but wth is this? (bold text)

#edit: f word is too strong

[dibl]

Re: Google Earth NVIDIA FX 5200...

Whatever it was, it is (presumably) now found only in the backed up version of his xorg.conf.

I hope ...

[klerfayt]

Re: Google Earth NVIDIA FX 5200...

/var/log/Xorg.0.log file may give hints why envy didn't install nvidia drivers (1st post)

[harecanada]

Re: Google Earth NVIDIA FX 5200...

Ok toad and dibl this it what Synaptic says is already installed on my system:
envyng-core
envyng-qt
jockey-common
jockey-kde
nvidia-glx
nvidia-new-kernel-source-envy
nvidia-settings
smart-dimmer
xserver-xorg-video-nv

and this is what happens when input "/var/log/Xorg.0.log"
darrell@harecanada-desktop:~$ /var/log/Xorg.0.log
bash: /var/log/Xorg.0.log: Permission denied
darrell@harecanada-desktop:~$ sudo /var/log/Xorg.0.log
[sudo] password for darrell:
sudo: /var/log/Xorg.0.log: command not found
darrell@harecanada-desktop:~$

What should I do next?
harecanada

[toad]

Re: Google Earth NVIDIA FX 5200...

On the command line, type

envyng-qt

You will be asked for your password and a pretty window will come up which purports to install the NVIDIA driver.

I've never used envy, so good luck

[dibl]

Re: Google Earth NVIDIA FX 5200...

Try my #19 prescription above. As it says, you've got to uninstall first, then install the proprietary driver. Envyng will deal with the nuances, or it should.

As toad says, the envyng-qt will run a graphical front end. But, if you get out of the X server altogether, as I wrote it, then that won't work. So only

sudo envyng -t

will run in the console, after you have shut down the X server.