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xserver-xorg-video-nv package

Have installed driver, however in proprietary drivers, it still says it is not activated

Asked by samuel

This is not a serious problem(I think), just a little thing thats bothering me, I was forced to use the root prompt in recovery mode to install the nvidia propietry driver, as after removing it, i had no graphical output from my computer. However, when i start propietry drivers, the nvidia current version driver does not have a green circle next to it, as it should, the pc is behaving as if the driver is installed, and the progam nvidia x server settings is available, as I said it's not serious but is there any way I can get propietry drivers to understand that it is installed.

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#1

Can you give the output of:

sudo lshw -C display; lsb_release -a; uname -a; dpkg -l | grep nvidia

The drivers you need are in the repos, or if you have a VERY new nvidia chip there is a 3rd party source. You don't need the driver from nvidia, nor to venture into root recovery mode to install them.

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samuel (samuel-h) said : 		#2

*-display
       description: VGA compatible controller
       product: C61 [GeForce 6150SE nForce 430]
       vendor: nVidia Corporation
       physical id: d
       bus info: pci@0000:00:0d.0
       version: a2
       width: 64 bits
       clock: 66MHz
       capabilities: vga_controller bus_master cap_list rom
       configuration: driver=nvidia latency=0
       resources: irq:21 memory:fa000000-faffffff memory:e0000000-efffffff memory:f9000000-f9ffffff memory:fbec0000-fbedffff
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 11.10
Release: 11.10
Codename: oneiric
rc nvidia-173 173.14.30-0ubuntu8 NVIDIA binary Xorg driver, kernel module and VDPAU library
ii nvidia-common 1:0.2.35 Find obsolete NVIDIA drivers
ii nvidia-current 290.10-0ubuntu1~oneiric~xup1 NVIDIA binary Xorg driver, kernel module and VDPAU library
ii nvidia-settings 290.10-0ubuntu1~oneiric~xup1 Tool of configuring the NVIDIA graphics driver

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Best actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#3

ok run:

sudo dpkg -P nvidia-173; sudo apt-get --purge remove nvidia-current nvidia-settings

Then reboot to then be using the open driver and run:

sudo add-repository ppa:ubuntu-x-swat/x-updates; sudo apt-get update; sudo apt-get install nvidia-current

Then reboot

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samuel (samuel-h) said : 		#4

Thanks actionparsnip, that solved my question.