[SOLVED] Problems after installing NVIDIA restricted drivers

[mikedoc]

After many efforts I managed to install the latest restricted 64bit drivers from the nvidia.com site for my 8600M GT. Since then many problems have appeared. The logo bootsplash of the kubuntu doesn't appear (usually refered I think as a distorted plymouth image), instead of this a black screen is visible with some blue green pixels in the top of the screen. After 1-2 seconds this disappears, I can see the huge NVIDIA logo and then I normally log into X Windows. While shuting down, this black screen with bizard pixels again appears instead of the plymouth image. Then my laptop shutdowns normally. Nevertheless, every 8-9 restarts, the system hangs up while booting exactly in this black screen with the green blue lines in the top of the screen. Then I have nothing to do,but violently press for a long time the power button and shut it down like this. upon next boot, I have no problems and I logon normally in X Windows. And that keeps on happening. I need your help masters

[dibl]

Re: Problems after installing NVIDIA restricted drivers

I recommend:

1. Use

sudo hwinfo --framebuffer

to learn the supported framebuffers for your card. Also review this and see if you need to use uvesafb: http://idyllictux.wordpress.com/

2. Turn off splash. Here's my /etc/default/grub file, which has been working fine since the 10.04 Alpha days:

# If you change this file, run 'update-grub' afterwards to update
# /boot/grub/grub.cfg.

GRUB_DEFAULT=0
GRUB_HIDDEN_TIMEOUT=0
GRUB_HIDDEN_TIMEOUT_QUIET=true
GRUB_TIMEOUT=10
GRUB_DISTRIBUTOR=`lsb_release -i -s 2> /dev/null || echo Debian`
# GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash"
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet"
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX=""

# Uncomment to disable graphical terminal (grub-pc only)
#GRUB_TERMINAL=console

# The resolution used on graphical terminal
# note that you can use only modes which your graphic card supports via VBE
# you can see them in real GRUB with the command `vbeinfo'
#GRUB_GFXMODE=640x480

# Uncomment if you don't want GRUB to pass "root=UUID=xxx" parameter to Linux
#GRUB_DISABLE_LINUX_UUID=true

# Uncomment to disable generation of recovery mode menu entries
#GRUB_DISABLE_LINUX_RECOVERY="true"

# Uncomment to get a beep at grub start
#GRUB_INIT_TUNE="480 440 1"

Don't forget to

sudo update-grub

after you make any changes in /etc/default/grub or /etc/grub.d/ files.

[mikedoc]

Re: Problems after installing NVIDIA restricted drivers

thank you, I follower your instructions and I soloved it

[kiraitachi]

Re: [SOLVED] Problems after installing NVIDIA restricted drivers

yeah its pretty weird that happens only when u install the nvidia drivers, cause it's the same to me....when i didnt install the nvidia driver yet i could see the splash screen perfectly and neat. But now that is installed my splash screen just apperas to be resized or just with messed up....like i can still see the image perfectly but not with the same quality that it had when the nvidia driver was off...i think they got to fix that in kubuntu...dunno if its a prob of nvidia (then kubuntu cant do anything about it) or its the OS.

:P