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xserver-xorg-video-nv package

640x480 on nVidia 7600 Ocelot

Asked by Guy Boisvert

I just finished installing Oneiric Ocelot (10.10) on my PC. I have an nVidia 7600 on my system (Phenom X6 1075T, 4 Gigs RAM, Asus M4A79 Deluxe). All i have after booting the system is 640x480 and in "system settings | displays" i have "unknown". I cannot resize systems settings so i can't see the bottom of that panel (for me, this is a bug...).

Right now, the system has configured itself with "nvidia accelerated graphics driver (version 173)". How can i revert back to "generic" drivers? I know Unity need accelerated drivers but i don't want to use Unity anyway.

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Carnalbeast (carnalbeast) said : 		#1

Why you dont download the driver from nvidia.com and install it to your system ??
You need to remove the nouveou driver or any nvidia driver. And kill the lightdm when you start the installation.

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Eliah Kagan (degeneracypressure) said : 		#2

Carnalbeast's answer tells you how to install the proprietary NVidia driver obtained from the NVidia website. If you want to install the proprietary NVidia driver, it is generally preferable to do it by installing the package called nvidia-current instead, unless you have specific information indicating that the driver package on the NVidia website is preferable for your machine or for your specific needs. Installing nvidia-current is the recommended way to install NVidia's proprietary drivers on Ubuntu.

To answer your original question, you may be able to remove the driver you do not want in Additional Drivers. If not, then please provide us some additional information by opening a Terminal window (Ctrl+Alt+T) and running this command:

lsb_release -a; uname -a; apt-cache policy ^nvidia; sudo lshw -C video

You may be asked for your password. As you enter it, you won't see any placeholder characters (like *). That's OK--just type it in and press enter.

After that command runs, please select all the text in the Terminal (Edit > Select All), copy it to the clipboard (Edit > Copy), and paste it here.

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Eliah Kagan (degeneracypressure) said : 		#3

(By the way, if that command is split into multiple lines in your email, copy it from here instead: https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xserver-xorg-video-nv/+question/174958)

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