Are the Nvidia Geforce 9600GT supported on Kubuntu 9.04?

[windows2003]

Re: Are the Nvidia Geforce 9600GT supported on Kubuntu 9.04?

Hi;

I think they support them:

Annyway I did go to Kmenu => Programme's =>System => Hardware Drivers

There I did let install a driver for mine graphic Nvidia Card. You will see wich one is recommended! I did install it and it works fine! (You can also see on the flower and the text below that screen of it is tested by the Ubuntu developpers or not!)

It's not a 9600GT but a 9800GTX, so if mine can work, yours also can work on Kubuntu 9.04

Below a print-out from mine log
Informatie NVIDIA(0): Support for GLX with the Damage and Composite X extensions is
Informatie NVIDIA(0): enabled.
Informatie NVIDIA(0): NVIDIA GPU GeForce 9800 GTX/9800 GTX+ (G92) at PCI:1:0:0
Informatie NVIDIA(0): (GPU-0)
Opgespoord NVIDIA(0): Memory: 524288 kBytes
Opgespoord NVIDIA(0): VideoBIOS: 62.92.56.00.03
Informatie NVIDIA(0): Detected PCI Express Link width: 16X
Opgespoord NVIDIA(0): Interlaced video modes are supported on this GPU
Opgespoord NVIDIA(0): Connected display device(s) on GeForce 9800 GTX/9800 GTX+ at
Opgespoord NVIDIA(0): PCI:1:0:0:
Opgespoord NVIDIA(0): Samsung SyncMaster (DFP-1)
Opgespoord NVIDIA(0): Samsung SyncMaster (DFP-1): 330.0 MHz maximum pixel clock
Opgespoord NVIDIA(0): Samsung SyncMaster (DFP-1): Internal Dual Link TMDS
Informatie NVIDIA(0): Assigned Display Device: DFP-1
Informatie NVIDIA(0): "nvidia-auto-select"
Informatie NVIDIA(0): Virtual screen size determined to be 1680 x 1050
Informatie NVIDIA(0): Initialized GPU GART.
Informatie NVIDIA(0): Setting mode "nvidia-auto-select"
Informatie Loading extension NV-GLX
Informatie NVIDIA(0): NVIDIA 3D Acceleration Architecture Initialized

Greetz 8)

p.s: I found a nice site for your question:
http://home.euphonynet.be/watislinux/aanpassen.html

It's written at ducht, I know.. :P but you can follow the nice screenshots

[samdotm]

Re: Are the Nvidia Geforce 9600GT supported on Kubuntu 9.04?

Alright, I am half way there. I installed the driver without any problems and I can see my desktop. What I did is remove one of my 2 graphic cards then install the driver. So there must be a problem with SLI config.
Now, because I didn't bought 2 graphic cards just to put one in my computer and one on the wall, how do I fully enable my SLI config??

Thanks everyone for your support.

Edit:
I forgot to say, after installation of the driver, when I put the second card back into the computer, I can't see the desktop again. So I suppose the problem is in my xorg.conf. What do you think?

# nvidia-xconfig: X configuration file generated by nvidia-xconfig
# nvidia-xconfig: version 1.0 (buildmeister@builder57) Thu Apr 16 17:18:41 PDT 2009

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

Section "Files"
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    28.0 - 33.0
  VertRefresh   43.0 - 72.0
  Option     "DPMS"
EndSection

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

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

[muzicman0]

Re: Are the Nvidia Geforce 9600GT supported on Kubuntu 9.04?

I found this...not sure if it will help or not.

[samdotm]

Re: Are the Nvidia Geforce 9600GT supported on Kubuntu 9.04?

YES! Thanks muzicman0, you gave me half of the solution. It's working now. I just needed to had the BusID is the xorg.conf of my graphic card that was linked to the monitor.

In the terminal

lspci

I got

00:00.0 Host bridge: nVidia Corporation C55 Host Bridge (rev a2)
00:00.1 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation C55 Memory Controller (rev a1)
00:00.2 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation C55 Memory Controller (rev a1)
00:00.3 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation C55 Memory Controller (rev a1)
00:00.4 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation C55 Memory Controller (rev a1)
00:00.5 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation C55 Memory Controller (rev a2)
00:00.6 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation C55 Memory Controller (rev a1)
00:00.7 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation C55 Memory Controller (rev a1)
00:01.0 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation C55 Memory Controller (rev a1)
00:01.1 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation C55 Memory Controller (rev a1)
00:01.2 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation C55 Memory Controller (rev a1)
00:01.3 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation C55 Memory Controller (rev a1)
00:01.4 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation C55 Memory Controller (rev a1)
00:01.5 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation C55 Memory Controller (rev a1)
00:01.6 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation C55 Memory Controller (rev a1)
00:02.0 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation C55 Memory Controller (rev a1)
00:02.1 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation C55 Memory Controller (rev a1)
00:02.2 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation C55 Memory Controller (rev a1)
00:03.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation C55 PCI Express bridge (rev a1)
00:09.0 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation MCP55 Memory Controller (rev a2)
00:0a.0 ISA bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP55 LPC Bridge (rev a3)
00:0a.1 SMBus: nVidia Corporation MCP55 SMBus (rev a3)
00:0b.0 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation MCP55 USB Controller (rev a1)
00:0b.1 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation MCP55 USB Controller (rev a2)
00:0d.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation MCP55 IDE (rev a1)
00:0e.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation MCP55 SATA Controller (rev a3)
00:0e.1 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation MCP55 SATA Controller (rev a3)
00:0e.2 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation MCP55 SATA Controller (rev a3)
00:0f.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP55 PCI bridge (rev a2)
00:0f.1 Audio device: nVidia Corporation MCP55 High Definition Audio (rev a2)
00:11.0 Bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP55 Ethernet (rev a3)
00:16.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP55 PCI Express bridge (rev a3)
01:00.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation Device 05b1 (rev a2)
02:00.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation Device 05b1 (rev a2)
02:02.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation Device 05b1 (rev a2)
03:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation G94 [GeForce 9600 GT] (rev a1)
04:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation G94 [GeForce 9600 GT] (rev a1)
05:06.0 Ethernet controller: Marvell Technology Group Ltd. 88W8361 [TopDog] 802.11n Wireless (rev 03)
05:0b.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): VIA Technologies, Inc. VT6306 Fire II IEEE 1394 OHCI Link Layer Controller (rev c0)
06:00.0 IDE interface: Marvell Technology Group Ltd. 88SE6121 SATA II Controller (rev b2)
samuel@samuel-desktop:~$ lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: nVidia Corporation C55 Host Bridge (rev a2)
00:00.1 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation C55 Memory Controller (rev a1)
00:00.2 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation C55 Memory Controller (rev a1)
00:00.3 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation C55 Memory Controller (rev a1)
00:00.4 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation C55 Memory Controller (rev a1)
00:00.5 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation C55 Memory Controller (rev a2)
00:00.6 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation C55 Memory Controller (rev a1)
00:00.7 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation C55 Memory Controller (rev a1)
00:01.0 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation C55 Memory Controller (rev a1)
00:01.1 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation C55 Memory Controller (rev a1)
00:01.2 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation C55 Memory Controller (rev a1)
00:01.3 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation C55 Memory Controller (rev a1)
00:01.4 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation C55 Memory Controller (rev a1)
00:01.5 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation C55 Memory Controller (rev a1)
00:01.6 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation C55 Memory Controller (rev a1)
00:02.0 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation C55 Memory Controller (rev a1)
00:02.1 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation C55 Memory Controller (rev a1)
00:02.2 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation C55 Memory Controller (rev a1)
00:03.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation C55 PCI Express bridge (rev a1)
00:09.0 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation MCP55 Memory Controller (rev a2)
00:0a.0 ISA bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP55 LPC Bridge (rev a3)
00:0a.1 SMBus: nVidia Corporation MCP55 SMBus (rev a3)
00:0b.0 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation MCP55 USB Controller (rev a1)
00:0b.1 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation MCP55 USB Controller (rev a2)
00:0d.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation MCP55 IDE (rev a1)
00:0e.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation MCP55 SATA Controller (rev a3)
00:0e.1 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation MCP55 SATA Controller (rev a3)
00:0e.2 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation MCP55 SATA Controller (rev a3)
00:0f.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP55 PCI bridge (rev a2)
00:0f.1 Audio device: nVidia Corporation MCP55 High Definition Audio (rev a2)
00:11.0 Bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP55 Ethernet (rev a3)
00:16.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP55 PCI Express bridge (rev a3)
01:00.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation Device 05b1 (rev a2)
02:00.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation Device 05b1 (rev a2)
02:02.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation Device 05b1 (rev a2)
03:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation G94 [GeForce 9600 GT] (rev a1)
04:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation G94 [GeForce 9600 GT] (rev a1)
05:06.0 Ethernet controller: Marvell Technology Group Ltd. 88W8361 [TopDog] 802.11n Wireless (rev 03)
05:0b.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): VIA Technologies, Inc. VT6306 Fire II IEEE 1394 OHCI Link Layer Controller (rev c0)
06:00.0 IDE interface: Marvell Technology Group Ltd. 88SE6121 SATA II Controller (rev b2)

04:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation G94 [GeForce 9600 GT] (rev a1)
This is the graphic card linked to the screen. Here is the bus id 04:00

Then in the xorg.conf

# nvidia-xconfig: X configuration file generated by nvidia-xconfig
# nvidia-xconfig:  version 1.0  (buildmeister@builder57)  Thu Apr 16 17:18:41 PDT 2009


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

Section "Files"
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      28.0 - 33.0
    VertRefresh    43.0 - 72.0
    Option        "DPMS"
EndSection

Section "Device"
    Identifier    "Device0"
    Driver          "nvidia"
    BusID	      "4:0:0"
    BoardName      "GeForce 9600 GT"
    VendorName    "NVIDIA Corporation"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
    Identifier    "Screen0"
    Device        "Device0"
    Monitor        "Monitor0"
    DefaultDepth    24
    Option        "AddARGBGLXVisuals" "True"
    Option        "SLI" "on"
    SubSection    "Display"
        Depth      24
    EndSubSection
EndSection

And that's it. Now it's working very well.

Thanks alot everyone!!!! So like some people said before, it was something to do with the xorg.conf, not the driver. 

Now I don't know how to make that post as Solved ...

[muzicman0]

Re: Are the Nvidia Geforce 9600GT supported on Kubuntu 9.04?

Glad it's working...can't take credit though...just a quick google search...I missed in this thread that it was SLI, so when I saw that, I figured I would look again.

mm0

[Onitora]

Re: Are the Nvidia Geforce 9600GT supported on Kubuntu 9.04?

Hello all,

I feel like a bit of a dummy after reading through all the posts on this topic and still posting / re-opening it, but hopefully some Kubuntu guru will take pity on an unworthy n00b such as myself and help potential Linux convert navigate this problem...

So, I've installed Jaunty. The initial reboot after install was fine, (aside from all the text being absolutely tiny for some reason... having to stand inches away from a 55" LCD to read the text is RIDICULOUS BTW; but I digress as that's an issue for another time...) and I get back to the desktop and update my graphics card driver. Upon rebooting I see the splash screen; the bar fills and then I'm taken to a black screen which begins to fill with white text that tells me several checks are being conducted. After the checks list stops and all the results return [OK] : Nothing happens... The screen just hangs.

I Ctrl+Alt+Del to reboot. Boot up in Recovery. Attempt to auto-fix graphics = No go. Same as above on reboot. Attempt to fix broken packages = No go. Same as above on reboot. Run system check = No go. Same as above on reboot.

Now, after reading through the prior posts on this subject, I find that the OP is a MUCH more advanced user than I am and so, try as I might, I got very lost in my attempt to decipher what was going on and how the fix was finally arrived at....

If anyone can help me fix this issue I would be very grateful.
If anyone can point me to any sites that might help me alleviate my Kubuntu n00b-ish-ness, I would also be very grateful.

Thanks in advance for your assistance.

[muzicman0]

Re: Are the Nvidia Geforce 9600GT supported on Kubuntu 9.04?

when you get to the black screen, try pressing ctrl-alt-f1...see if it will let you log in. If so, try entering the command (after login)

startx

see wha the error msg is. My guess is that you don't have the drivers installed correctly...but maybe...are you also running SLI, or just one card? If just one, what kind...I assume nVidia 9400, but not sure.

mm0

[dibl]

Re: Are the Nvidia Geforce 9600GT supported on Kubuntu 9.04?

@Onitora, if you posted on this thread because of the 9600GT, then the answer is "YES".

Do as muzicman0 says, so we can see what the problem is. You should be using the 185.18.14 nVidia proprietary driver, assuming you want 3D and eye candy and such.

[Onitora]

Re: Are the Nvidia Geforce 9600GT supported on Kubuntu 9.04?

when you get to the black screen, try pressing ctrl-alt-f1...see if it will let you log in. If so, try entering the command (after login)

startx

see wha the error msg is. My guess is that you don't have the drivers installed correctly...but maybe...are you also running SLI, or just one card? If just one, what kind...I assume nVidia 9400, but not sure.

mm0

Alright. Here's what I jotted down:

Primary Device is not PCI
(EE) No devices detected

Fatal Server Error:
No Screens found

ddxSigGiveUp: Closing Log
Giving up

xinit: No such file or directory (errno 2): Unable to connect to xserver

xinit: No such process (errno3): Server Error


And to answer the questions in the replies - The cards are SLI-linked and both are 9600GTs.

[dibl]

Re: Are the Nvidia Geforce 9600GT supported on Kubuntu 9.04?

Primary Device is not PCI
(EE) No devices detected

I do not remember ever seeing this problem posted. There's no use worrying about the driver if the computer can't find any nVidia cards!



How can you have an SLI configuration on anything other than the PCI bus?



There's something fundamentally wrong here -- either with the computer platform, or the information. Is there an onboard video chip on the motherboard, that is still enabled in BIOS, or something like that?

If that computer ever finds the cards on the PCI bus, then you'll need to note their individual PCI bus addresses, and make two separate "Device" stanzas in the /etc/X11/xorg.conf file, one for each address, as show here:

http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php...26&postcount=2

[Onitora]

Re: Are the Nvidia Geforce 9600GT supported on Kubuntu 9.04?

Heheh. Well, THAT'S interesting... Can you help me understand why I was able to see everything just fine during installation, (albeit the fonts were unreasonably tiny,) graphics, menus, etc. Even after the 1st reboot after install, everything was displaying fine. The cards were at least initially detected, because the system recommended the nVidia drivers be installed, (right?) How did they just disappear?

I'll have to look into BIOS to see about the on-board video...