Hi.
Thanks for your answer.
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Originally Posted by tommcd
I always do clean installs of Ubuntu. It is the best way to avoid problems with upgrading. I never do dist-upgrades.
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I can't do that anymore :-(
Remember my first post?
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PS. No fresh install please. My CD doesn't work since Karmic updates. :-( and my old machine does not want to boot from a live usb stick
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I did not know this when I first installed Ubuntu. Now I think it's late. :-(
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Originally Posted by tommcd
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I've done that before. This is my blacklist last lines
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# to install nVIDIA drivers manually by Vkthor
blacklist vga16fb
blacklist nouveau
blacklist lbm-nouveau
blacklist nvidia-173
blacklist nvidia-256
blacklist rivafb
blacklist nvidiafb
blacklist rivatv
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But I've just done this again:
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3) Uninstall any previously installed Nvidia drivers:
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sudo apt-get --purge remove nvidia-*
(done)
4) Reboot your computer (done)
5) When an error message pops up saying that Ubuntu cannot load Nvidia drivers, choose Exit to terminal (Exit to console) (No pop up here. Just tty1) :-)
6) Login and cd to the directory where you saved your file (done)
7)Install drivers
Code:
sudo sh NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-195.36.24-pkg2.run
(not this one but mine NVIDIA-Linux-x86-96.43.19-pkg1.run) (done)
8)Start GDM
Code:
sudo service gdm start
(done)
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(ops!... the gdm was already running. What to do now? startx... yes! my *old* desktop appeared) :-)
but... nothing changed. Could not apply any visual effects. What does this mean? WAR I thought :-)
I went to Synaptic and searched for all nvidia listed there. I completely removed
- xserver-xorg-video-nv
- smartdimmer
- jockey-common
- jockey-gtk
and leaved only libvdpau1. It seemed too strange to me :-)
Apply, reboot... and my heart stopped. A black screen nothing more... Worst than the windows blue screen... no keyboard, no mouse, no monitor, no ideas... well unpower the pc tower and see what can happen. LOL
I now have a new strange thing. At startup there is a power on error. The BIOS setup has an error. Could not find anything strange, reverted to last saved options, but did not work. Maybe [F1] to bypass... and Yes! Everything is back. (No, not everything...)
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Originally Posted by tommcd
The: System > Administration > Additional Drivers app only keeps track of drivers installed from the Ubuntu repos. So if you install the nvidia driver manually it won't be listed there.
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Well, now I don't have any proprietary drivers installed, nor the menu Additional drivers... it disappeared. And I still can't have visual effects.
New idea. Add the
http://packages.ubuntu.com/maverick/nvidia-96 to repositories. No way. It does not beguin with deb. :-( Where does this link move me? Mmmm... a i386 download link. Try it... bla bla bla... read this:
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If you are running Ubuntu, it is strongly suggested to use a package manager like aptitude or synaptic to download and install packages, instead of doing so manually via this website.
You should be able to use any of the listed mirrors by adding a line to your /etc/apt/sources.list like this:
deb http://ubuntu.mirror.cambrium.nl/ubuntu/ maverick main restricted
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changed the ubuntu.mirrorcambrium... to one server here in Portugal and updated again by the synaptic. Installed the jockey, the additional drivers menu returned, I'm happy, I thought. The nVidia proprietary driver is installed, activated and (it says) working but there is no way to have visual effects. None. :-)
In the meanwhile I checked the bios setup again and found that the a legacy 720Mb floppy driver was the first in the boot sequence. This needs a LOL :-D
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Originally Posted by tommcd
To see if you have direct rendering enabled run in the terminal: glxinfo | grep -i render
You should get an output similar to what I posted. The key info there is "direct rendering: yes", and it should list your video card on the "OpenGL renderer string" line.
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This was what I've got:
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vkthor@myPC:~$ glxinfo | grep -i render
direct rendering: Yes
OpenGL renderer string: GeForce4 MX 440 with AGP8X/AGP/SSE2
vkthor@myPC:~$
I think maybe the Compiz is not working now, or not something :-D I don't like to give up but I've rebooted this computer so many times today that I'm looking back to my laptop with Vista LOL
Tanks for your help again
Regards.
V.