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Asked by mpolizz

Hello,
Earlier this week, I installed ubuntu 8.10 on my home computer. I then attempted to activate drivers for my nVidia GeForce 6600GT graphics card. Everything appeared normal until I was prompted to restart my computer. Once restarted, ubuntu's graphical user interface failed to load. Instead, I was greeted with a black screen with a command-line login prompt. Before writing this request for help, I searched the web and the ubuntu forums for a solution. I found similar situations but none that matched my exact problem or a solution that worked. Also, my lack of experience on a linux machine does not help the situation. Any help is very appreciated. To install my driver, I took the following steps:

1. System > Administration > Hardware Drivers.
2. A "Hardware Drivers" window pops-up, which states that, "No proprietary drivers are in use on this system."
3. The "Hardware Drivers" window lists three possible options to select from:
a] NVIDIA accelerated graphics driver (version 173)
b] NVIDIA accelerated graphics driver (version 96)
c] NVIDIA accelerated graphics driver (version 177)[Recommended]
4. I have tested each option and clicked the activate button.
5. The selected driver installs and ubuntu tells me to restart.
6. Upon restart, the GUI fails to load and I am given a command-line login prompt.

My system consists of the following (self-built machine):
AMD Athlon 64 (ASUS Motherboard: A8N-SLI Deluxe)
250G Hard Drive
nVidia GeForce 6600 GT Graphics Card.

I downloaded the 32bit iso file for ubuntu 8.10. So far all past advice has failed. Can anyone confirm that nVidia GeForce 6600GT graphics card will work with ubuntu 8.10? Can anyone point me toward a solution? Should I install a different version of ubuntu or use a different graphics card?

Thanks again for any help.

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Rumbleaxe (johnlaz2) said : 		#1

You probably caused a conflict by activating all of the drivers.
Try this in command line

dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg

and input the available info.
At driver selection use "vesa"

type startx to reinitiate xserver

go to administration -> hardware drivers and enable the 177version.I use that driver with my 7200 card.
Hope it helps.

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mpolizz (mjpolizz) said : 		#2

Thank you for the quick response. Forgive me since I am somewhat new to linux I am not sure how to execute some of your instructions. For instance, how do I "... input the available info...At driver selection use "vesa"...type startx to reinitiate xserver." Can you use a little more detail in your description? Again, I apologize since I am new to linux and the command line.

Your help is greatly appreciated.

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Johannes Pilkahn (j-pilkahn) said : 		#3

"dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg" needs to be run from a terminal emulator (Terminal in gnome, Konsole in KDE). It also needs to be run as root (i.e. with "sudo").
You'd be asked several questions. Answer to the best of your knowledge.

Alternatively you can let the system do it for you, which I'd recommend. Run "sudo dpkg-reconfigure -phigh xserver-xorg" instead. Reboot.

Now you should be set for daily work, however you do need the restricted driver for 3D acceleration.

Your card does work with GNU/Linux, including Ubuntu, very well.
The 6600 GT is included in the 177 driver as well as all three legacy drivers currently supplied by nvidia.

Run "sudo apt-get install nvidia-glx-177" to set it up.

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mpolizz (mjpolizz) said : 		#4

Thank you for the advice and the confirmation that my Graphics card does work with ubuntu 8.10. I ran sudo dpkg-reconfigure -phigh xserver-xorg and then I rebooted. Unfortunately, I received the same problem. I am taken to a DOS-like screen that prompts me to log in. It appears that the display manager fails to load the GUI. The DOS-like screen also prints out the following message: kinit: No resume image, doing normal boot...

I should also mention that my motherboard supports the use of two graphics cards. I have installed two nvidia GeForce 6600 GT cards. When I ran windows had both cards linked, however, since attempting to switch to ubuntu I un-linked the two cards and configured the motherboard to run only one of the graphics cards (setup worked in windows) although both cards remain attached to the motherboard. Could my setup cause any conflicts?

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Tiefflieger (tiefflieger) said : 		#5

Hi mpolizz,

I think I have the same motherboard and graphic card, and I somehow remember that the k8n board does not support 2 Graphic cards operating on their own, i.e. not connected via SLI. But I'm not sure of that.

additionally, you could login, execute the command
sudo bash
from now on, all commands will be executed as superuser.
From here, you can run the command
aptitude
which will give you a powerfull graphic-like package manager.

I had a similar problem which was caused by the driver I downloaded from nvidia-hp before. Here are the steps I tried, maybe they can help you:
(all commands were run as superuser)

apt-get install gdm #to make sure your gnome display-manager is installed

then try the following commands:
apt-get install -f # any errors reported here?
apt-get remove --purge nvidia-glx-177
apt-get remove --purge nvidia-glx-173
apt-get remove --purge nvidia-glx-96
apt-get update
apt-get upgrade
apt-get autoclean
apt-get autoremove
apt-get install --reinstall xserver-xorg-core
apt-get install --reinstall libgl1-mesa-glx
apt-get install nvidia-glx-177

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