[SOLVED] Nvidia FX5200 proprietary 173 driver issues

[dibl]

Re: Nvidia FX5200 proprietary 173 driver issues

Thanks skunk. Yes,

sudo apt-get install nano

to install nano, then you can use it to edit text files, in "sudo" mode if needed for system files.

[rfakhrai]

Re: Nvidia FX5200 proprietary 173 driver issues

done. results posted above.

[dibl]

Re: Nvidia FX5200 proprietary 173 driver issues

After both of the installations and before starting of the kdm service, lsmod was executed and the nvidia module was not in use. Nvidia's xorg.conf file looks just fine, though. . . .

It seems the module is not being loaded, which is odd since it does not throw an error while building. Maybe you could get it to give you error message with

sudo modprobe nvidia

Do that in tty terminal after

sudo service kdm stop

and after running the driver installer. No need to write a new xorg.conf file -- the one you have looks fine, assuming 1440 x 900 is the right screen size.

Post back if you get an error message.

[rfakhrai]

Re: Nvidia FX5200 proprietary 173 driver issues

Thanks for hanging in there with me, dibl. I'll walk you through the updates.

ran

sudo modprobe nvidia

after running the nvidia installation for 173. Results:

WARNING: All config files need .conf: /etc/modprobe.d/black-list-modem, it will be ignored.
WARNING: All config files need .conf: /etc/modprobe.d/lrm-video, it will be ignored.
WARNING: All config files need .conf: /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base, it will be ignored...

And maybe more relevantly:

...sh: /sbin/lrm-video: not found.
FATAL: Error running install command for nvidia.

So I've been searching on the 'net for this /sbin/lrm-video: not found error and it's a reported bug in ubuntu code. I'll post this now and update when I find anything conclusive.

[rfakhrai]

Re: Nvidia FX5200 proprietary 173 driver issues

Here's my /etc/modprobe.d/lrm-video:

#Make nvidia/nvidia_legacy and fglrx use /sbin/lrm-video to load
install fglrx /sbin/lrm-video fglrx $CMDLINE_OPTS
install nvidia /sbin/lrm-video nvidia $CMDLINE_OPTS
install nvidia_legacy /sbin/lrm-video nvidia_legacy $CMDLINE_OPTS
install nvidia_new /sbin/lrm-video nvidia_new $CMDLINE_OPTS

and my /sbin/lrm-video is completely empty. I tried

sudo touch /sbin/lrm-video

and now

sudo modprobe nvidia

says:

sh: /sbin/lrm-video: permission denied

instead of 'not found'.

From research, I can see that the /sbin/lrm-video is part of the linux-restricted-modules-common. My /etc/default/linux-restricted-modules-common has the "nv" module disabled. I'm wondering if deleting that will take the "nvidia" driver off the blacklist.

[rfakhrai]

Re: Nvidia FX5200 proprietary 173 driver issues

IT'S FIXED! Looked around on launchpad and discovered that /sbin/lrm-video and /etc/modprobe.d/lrm-video should've been deprecated in the newer kernels. Apparently, this problem affects Hardy----->Karmic upgrades (like me). So,

sudo rm /etc/modprobe.d/lrm-video

and

sudo rm /sbin/lrm-video

took care of the issue.

This has been an interesting trip and thanks a lot, dibl, for teaching me the steps.

[dibl]

Re: [SOLVED] Nvidia FX5200 proprietary 173 driver issues

Good -- I'm glad you got it working.

Although you often hear how long Linux systems can be upgraded without reinstalling, this situation illustrates the downside -- eventually the development of the OS causes deprecated bits and pieces that become a problem. This problem will not happen to a person installing a new Kubuntu system.

I'm glad it works now.

[rfakhrai]

Re: [SOLVED] Nvidia FX5200 proprietary 173 driver issues

Yes, apparently. My plan is to effortlessly upgrade to 9.10 and learn what should be learned about KDE4. Then, when Lucid Lynx is released, I will do a clean install and start anew.