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NVDIA and Intrepid

Asked by akrogames

Hello,

Since the update Hardy => Intrepid there are problem with NVIDIA Driver :

Ubuntu is running in low-graphics mode

(EE) NVIDIA(0) Failed to initialize the NVIDIA kernel module ! please ensure
(EE) NVIDIA(0) that there is a supported NVIDIA GPU in this system and
(EE) NVIDIA(0) that the NVIDIA device files have been created properly
Please consult the README NVIDIA

NVIDIA X SERVER SETTING say :

    You do not appear to be using the NVIDIA X driver. Please edit your X configuration file (just run `nvidia-xconfig` as root), and restart the X server.

I am not the only one who have the problem in France.
Can you help us?

Thank you very much

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This question was originally filed as bug #337819.

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Michael McKinley (m-mckinley) said : 		#1

Under System -> Administration -> Hardware Drivers, does it say that restricted/proprietary drivers are enabled?

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Alex Rybicki (alex-rybicki) said : 		#2

I have this problem every time theres a new kernel build.
what you need to do is deactivate the nivdia driver via the System>Administration>hardware profiles menu. restart.
(assuming youve downloaded the latest version of the nvidia driver)
hit Ctrl+alt+f1
login with your user credentials.
$sudo /etc/init.d/gdm stop
$chmod +x (insert the driver name, for example, mine is NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-180.29-pkg2)
$./NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-180.29-pkg2 (or whatever the driver name is)
follow the prompts. this will build the kernel modules for the new kernel. more than likely it will fail to fetch a pre-compiled kernel module, this is ok
$sudo /etc/init.d/gdm start
it should boot fine, with the current driver enabled.
if not, make sure its re-selected in your system>admin>hardware profiles menu

good luck
i hope this helps you.

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akrogames (akrogames-deactivatedaccount) said : 		#3

Hello

I try to install the driver (NVIDIA-Linux-x86-180.29-pkg1.run) but it tells me that the kernel is not good then it does not install it ...

Can you help me?

Otherwise how to use the old kernel?

Thank you

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akrogames (akrogames-deactivatedaccount) said : 		#4

hi,

I try to install nvidia-glx 180 via synaptic but I get an error:

(Lecture de la base de données... 107368 fichiers et répertoires déjà installés.)
Suppression de nvidia-glx-173 ...
Suppression de nvidia-173-kernel-source ...
Removing all DKMS Modules
Done.
Traitement des « déclenchements (triggers) » pour « man-db »...
Traitement des « déclenchements (triggers) » pour « libc6 »...
ldconfig deferred processing now taking place
Sélection du paquet nvidia-180-kernel-source précédemment désélectionné.
(Lecture de la base de données... 107287 fichiers et répertoires déjà installés.)
Dépaquetage de nvidia-180-kernel-source (à partir de .../nvidia-180-kernel-source_180.11-0ubuntu1~intrepid1_i386.deb) ...
Sélection du paquet nvidia-glx-180 précédemment désélectionné.
Dépaquetage de nvidia-glx-180 (à partir de .../nvidia-glx-180_180.11-0ubuntu1~intrepid1_i386.deb) ...
Traitement des « déclenchements (triggers) » pour « man-db »...
Paramétrage de nvidia-180-kernel-source (180.11-0ubuntu1~intrepid1) ...
Removing all DKMS Modules
Done.
Adding Module to DKMS build system
driver version= 180.11
Doing initial module build

Error! Your kernel source for kernel 2.6.24-23-generic cannot be found at
/lib/modules/2.6.24-23-generic/build or /lib/modules/2.6.24-23-generic/source.
Installing initial module

Error! Could not locate nvidia.ko for module nvidia in the DKMS tree.
You must run a dkms build for kernel 2.6.24-23-generic (i686) first.
Done.

Paramétrage de nvidia-glx-180 (180.11-0ubuntu1~intrepid1) ...

Traitement des « déclenchements (triggers) » pour « libc6 »...
ldconfig deferred processing now taking place

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Michael McKinley (m-mckinley) said : 		#5

The best way to enable the nvidia driver now is to enable it via System -> Administration -> Hardware Drivers. Select the driver and press "Activate".

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