Installing Nvidia driver

[zolik]

Hi All,

Trying to install the nvidia driver for Kubuntu for my macbook pro 2.2ghz.
I have a nVidia 8600M GT and Kubuntu 8.10 with KDE 4.1
I think it is great so great in fact I would like to continue using it however would want to get the video driver working. Im very new to Linux and haven't used it in years and am not confident in attempting to download and install the driver from nVidia and corrupt my install.

When I go into hardware devices in the KDE menu I see 2 drivers 177 and 173, 177 has (recommended next to it), none of these are activated. I have an option to activate however when selecting activate a progress bar appears and just as quickly is gone. The driver is not active and I'm in the same position as prior.

Has anybody been in the same position?
I would like to pass this hurdle before delving deeper into installing software.

I appreciate the help.

Cheers
Z

[Guest]

Re: Installing Nvidia driver

The Driver Version 180.22 should be in the Pepository (restricted) and KDE4.2.1 is out too. This could maybe help...

[dibl]

Re: Installing Nvidia driver

Actually 180.29 is the latest Nvidia released driver for the 8000 series:

http://www.nvidia.com/object/unix.html

There is a pre-release (aka "Beta") driver 180.35, which I'm running on my GTX260 today:

http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=122606

I used the downloaded installer to install it. I would think the EnvyNG will install the 180.29 for you, if the "Hardware Drivers" thing isn't working.

You will need to run "nvidia-xconfig" after it is installed, and you might need to manually add some options, like Coolbits, if you need to adjust clock and memory settings or if you want to overclock it.

Here's an xorg.conf file that works on mine, and should work on an 8000 series (depending on your screen/display characteristics, of course, the "Monitor" section may need edited):

# nvidia-settings: X configuration file generated by nvidia-settings
# nvidia-settings: version 1.0 (buildmeister@builder58) Sat Nov 8 18:21:35 PST 2008

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 "ServerFlags"
Option "Xinerama" "0"
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 "Samsung SyncMaster"
HorizSync 30.0 - 130.0
VertRefresh 50.0 - 160.0
Option "DPMS"
EndSection

Section "Device"
Identifier "Device0"
Driver "nvidia"
VendorName "NVIDIA Corporation"
BoardName "GeForce 9600 GT"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen0"
Device "Device0"
Monitor "Monitor0"
DefaultDepth 24
Option "TwinView" "0"
Option "TwinViewXineramaInfoOrder" "CRT-0"
Option "metamodes" "1600x1200 +0+0"
Option "Coolbits" "1"
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
EndSubSection
EndSection

[zolik]

Re: Installing Nvidia driver

Managed to find my way to the Adept installer and download the required driver (173 + 177) I also installed the nvidia tool. I reactivated the driver in hardware devices and rebooted and it's all okay now.

Thanks for the responces