Installing Nvidia graphics card in kubuntu 11.04

[itbala]

Re: Installing Nvidia graphics card in kubuntu 11.04

I have tried in both ways from konsole with kdesudo prefix and without prefix ....I'm hitting the same issue...

Moreover when i invoked nvidia-settings with kdesudo the system displays the below msg before invoking nividia-settings manager wizard.

home@home-localdomain:~$ kdesudo nvidia-settings
QInotifyFileSystemWatcherEngine::addPaths: inotify_add_watch failed: No such file or directory
QFileSystemWatcher: failed to add paths: /home/home/.config/ibus/bus
sh: pkg-config: not found
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/share/screen-resolution-extra/nvidia-polkit.py", line 20, in <module>
import gtk, gobject, sys, dbus, logging, os, re
ImportError: No module named gtk

[realzippy]

Re: Installing Nvidia graphics card in kubuntu 11.04

But, to make changes in /etc/X11/xorg.conf, (by pushing the button in the lower right corner of the xserver settings page), it is necessary to run nvidia-settings with a "kdesudo" prefix, in order to give it the super user's ability to write to system files.

@dibi
...as I mentioned,this used to be.
Since 190.53 this has changed:
* debian/patches/05_polkit.patch:
- Add support for PolicyKit so that nvidia-settings doesn't require
that users call it with sudo to edit xorg.conf (LP: #200868)

..you can test this when running:

python /usr/share/screen-resolution-extra/nvidia-polkit.py -w test

But since OP seems to have a problem with nvidia-polkit.py (or polkit.py has problem with GTK) :

File "/usr/share/screen-resolution-extra/nvidia-polkit.py", line 20, in <module>
  import gtk, gobject, sys, dbus, logging, os, re

...this does not work on his setup.

@ itbala
A shot in the dark:

sudo apt-get install python-gtk2

[itbala]

Re: Installing Nvidia graphics card in kubuntu 11.04

I'm able to save the x-configuration from nvidia - settings manager after installing python gtk instructed by realzippy....

Thank you all for your support on this.


Thanks

[LinuxRocks]

Re: Installing Nvidia graphics card in kubuntu 11.04

As a side note, if you want to see your clock speeds and change them on your video card (Although, PLEASE be careful), you can simply add:

Option "Coolbits" "1"

to your Section "Device" in your xorg.conf file, restart X and launch nvidia-settings. you will have new options in the interface.

Hope this helps and be careful changing your settings cause you can over heat or break your card!

Thanks!
Joe