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| − | This guide is for installing the NVIDIA closed source binary drivers on a system running an NVIDIA graphics card. For other graphics cards refer to the [[UbuntuHelp:BinaryDriverHowto|BinaryDriverHowto]]. | + | This guide is for installing the NVIDIA closed source binary/restricted drivers on a system running an NVIDIA graphics card. For other graphics cards refer to the [[UbuntuHelp:BinaryDriverHowto|BinaryDriverHowto]]. |
== Prerequisites == | == Prerequisites == | ||
| − | * The command < | + | * You know you have an NVIDIA graphics card |
| + | * The command <code><nowiki>lspci | grep -i nvidia</nowiki></code> prints out a line of text | ||
* You want one or more of the following: hardware-accelerated 3D, TV-Out support, dual head support | * You want one or more of the following: hardware-accelerated 3D, TV-Out support, dual head support | ||
| − | == | + | == Driver Versions == |
| − | There | + | There are three versions of the restricted drivers available in the repositories for most supported versions of Ubuntu. There are the restricted driver versions available in each (as described in the repositories). |
| − | + | Packages from the repositories: | |
| + | * nvidia-glx-legacy | ||
| + | * nvidia-glx | ||
| + | * nvidia-glx-new | ||
| + | {|border="1" cellspacing="0" | ||
| + | | Ubuntu Release || nvidia-glx-new || nvidia-glx || nvidia-glx-legacy | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | | 8.04 Hardy Heron || 169.12 || 96.43.05 || 71.86.04 | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | | 7.10 Gutsy Gibbon || 100.14.19 || 1.0.9639 || 1.0.7185 | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | | 6.06 Dapper Drake || N/A || 1.0.8776 || 1.0.7174 | ||
| + | |} | ||
| + | Intrepid Ibex uses only <code><nowiki>nvidia-glx</nowiki></code> which is a [http://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-binary.html#s-virtual_pkg virtual package]. Dependent packages are as follows: | ||
| + | * [http://packages.ubuntu.com/intrepid/nvidia-glx-173 nvidia-glx-173] | ||
| + | * [http://packages.ubuntu.com/intrepid/nvidia-glx-177 nvidia-glx-177] | ||
| + | * [http://packages.ubuntu.com/intrepid/nvidia-glx-71 nvidia-glx-71] | ||
| + | * [http://packages.ubuntu.com/intrepid/nvidia-glx-96 nvidia-glx-96] | ||
== Installation == | == Installation == | ||
| − | === | + | === Ubuntu (Gnome) === |
| − | + | ==== Ubuntu 8.04 and Ubuntu 8.10 ==== | |
| − | + | Go to '''System->Administration->Hardware Drivers''' and check the box to enable the restricted drivers for your NVIDIA card if the option is provided. | |
| − | + | If the restricted driver remains unactivated after attempting to activate it in the Hardware Drivers dialog, you may not have the appropriate linux headers installed to compile the driver. Ensure that the linux-headers-XXX and linux-restricted-modules-XXX packages are installed, where XXX matches the version of the kernel you are using (linux-image-XXX). | |
| − | + | If the activation hangs on download/install dialog, you can install the driver using '''System->Administration->Synaptic Package Manager''', make sure you pick the latest driver version recommended by the "Hardware Drivers" tool and all its dependencies. Go to Hardware Drivers tool and activate the driver you just installed. | |
| − | + | The Hardware Drivers tool may not work properly on machines that have previously used third party tools like 'Envy' or manual installation to install previous drivers. You should remove those drivers before attempting to install using the built in tool. | |
| − | + | If your card does not appear in this [http://us.download.nvidia.com/XFree86/Linux-x86/169.12/README/appendix-a.html list of cards known by Ubuntu 8.04 NVIDIA binary drivers] (e.g. the 9600 GT) then there is no Ubuntu 8.04 provided binary driver. For unsupported workarounds try the links in [[UbuntuHelp:[seealso|See Also]]]. | |
| − | If your card does not appear in this [http://us.download.nvidia.com/XFree86/Linux-x86/ | + | ==== Ubuntu 7.10 ==== |
| − | Restricted | + | For Ubuntu 7.10 the recommended way to install the binary drivers is to use '''System->Administration->Restricted Drivers Manager'''. This will try and automatically choose the correct driver version. |
| − | === Kubuntu | + | === Kubuntu (KDE) === |
| − | ==== | + | ==== Kubuntu 8.04 Hardy Heron ==== |
| − | + | Go to '''KMenu->System->Hardware Drivers Manager''' and check the box to enable the restricted drivers for your NVIDIA card if the option is provided. | |
| − | ==== | + | ==== Kubuntu 7.10 Gutsy Gibbon ==== |
| − | + | Go to '''KMenu->System Settings''', go to the '''Advanced''' tab and click '''Restricted Drivers'''. Then click the ''Administrator Mode'' button and check the box marked ''Enable'' to install the driver. This should install the right package for your card and set it up for you. | |
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=== Common Problems === | === Common Problems === | ||
==== Low Screen Resolutions ==== | ==== Low Screen Resolutions ==== | ||
| − | Often screen resolutions on offer are far lower than those offered with the open source driver. The NVIDIA binary driver seems to be very weak at reliably probing this information from the monitor and relies on additional information in xorg.conf | + | Often screen resolutions on offer are far lower than those offered with the open source driver. The NVIDIA binary driver seems to be very weak at reliably probing this information from the monitor and relies on additional information in xorg.conf. |
See this [https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-restricted-modules-2.6.20/+bug/91292 launchpad bug talking about lost resolutions when using the NVIDIA binary driver] along with [[UbuntuHelp:FixVideoResolutionHowto|FixVideoResolutionHowto]] for further details and potential workarounds. | See this [https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-restricted-modules-2.6.20/+bug/91292 launchpad bug talking about lost resolutions when using the NVIDIA binary driver] along with [[UbuntuHelp:FixVideoResolutionHowto|FixVideoResolutionHowto]] for further details and potential workarounds. | ||
==== Screen Blanks/Monitor Turns Off ==== | ==== Screen Blanks/Monitor Turns Off ==== | ||
| − | Using a laptop with a Ge``Force Go card, or connecting the sole display via DVI on a dual-head system sometimes results in the screen not | + | Using a laptop with a Ge``Force Go card, or connecting the sole display via DVI on a dual-head system sometimes results in the screen not receiving a picture. This is caused by the driver outputting video to the VGA port on the graphics card, instead of DVI. |
The usual hint that you have this problem is when you hear the startup sound but nothing appears on the screen. If you do not hear any sound, you are more than likely experiencing unrelated problems. | The usual hint that you have this problem is when you hear the startup sound but nothing appears on the screen. If you do not hear any sound, you are more than likely experiencing unrelated problems. | ||
| − | This is a [https://bugs.launchpad.net/ | + | This is a [https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/82312 launchpad bug about displays on digital outputs being blank when using NVIDIA binary driver], and can be resolved by editing your <code><nowiki>/etc/X11/xorg.conf</nowiki></code> file: |
| − | * Switch to the console (Try using < | + | * Switch to the console (Try using <code><nowiki>ctrl+alt+F1</nowiki></code>, or reboot and select recovery mode from the GRUB menu.) |
| − | * Use your text editor to open /etc/X11/xorg.conf. (try < | + | * Use your text editor to open /etc/X11/xorg.conf. (try <code><nowiki>sudo nano /etc/X11/xorg.conf</nowiki></code>) |
| − | * Find the line that says < | + | * Find the line that says <code><nowiki>Section "Screen"</nowiki></code> |
| − | * Insert a new line that says < | + | * Insert a new line that says <code><nowiki>Option "UseDisplayDevice" "DFP"</nowiki></code>. |
| − | * Save the file. If you had to restart into | + | * Save the file. If you had to restart into recovery mode, type <code><nowiki>reboot</nowiki></code>, otherwise restart your display using <code><nowiki>sudo /etc/init.d/gdm restart</nowiki></code>. |
| − | ==== | + | ==== Incorrect Refresh Rate Reported ==== |
| − | If | + | If you are using nvidia-glx/nvidia-glx-new and the refresh rate appears wrong (or different to that actually '''reported by your monitor''') in gnome-display-properties/xrandr, you are probably seeing the effects of the Dynamic``Twin``View feature. See this [https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-restricted-modules-2.6.20/+bug/92599 launchpad bug about being unable to "set" a proper screen refresh rate] for details of this behaviour. |
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== Troubleshooting == | == Troubleshooting == | ||
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* It seems that a reboot is sometimes necessary for these changes to take effect. If 3D acceleration isn't working, try this first. | * It seems that a reboot is sometimes necessary for these changes to take effect. If 3D acceleration isn't working, try this first. | ||
* If 3D acceleration still isn't working, be sure that you have the right version of linux-restricted-modules installed. It ''must'' match the version of the running kernel. | * If 3D acceleration still isn't working, be sure that you have the right version of linux-restricted-modules installed. It ''must'' match the version of the running kernel. | ||
| − | * If you have the right version of linux-restricted-modules installed and 3D acceleration still isn't working, open your < | + | * If you have the right version of linux-restricted-modules installed and 3D acceleration still isn't working, open your <code><nowiki>/etc/X11/xorg.conf</nowiki></code> file for editing with <code><nowiki>gksudo gedit /etc/X11/xorg.conf</nowiki></code> or <code><nowiki>kdesu kate /etc/X11/xorg.conf</nowiki></code> if using Kubuntu. Be sure that the <code><nowiki>Driver</nowiki></code> entry under <code><nowiki>Section "Device"</nowiki></code> is set to <code><nowiki>"nvidia"</nowiki></code> (Gutsy and older). |
| − | * If suspend no longer works | + | * If suspend/hibernation no longer works see [[UbuntuHelp:NvidiaLaptopBinaryDriverSuspend|NvidiaLaptopBinaryDriverSuspend]] (this applies to desktops too). |
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* If you get an error while loading NVIDIA module try to rebuild module dependencies by running depmod: | * If you get an error while loading NVIDIA module try to rebuild module dependencies by running depmod: | ||
<pre><nowiki> | <pre><nowiki> | ||
sudo depmod | sudo depmod | ||
</nowiki></pre> | </nowiki></pre> | ||
| − | * If you're feeling frisky and decide to fiddle around with the X Server '''Option'''s for your '''Device''' in < | + | * If you're feeling frisky and decide to fiddle around with the X Server '''Option'''s for your '''Device''' in <code><nowiki>/etc/X11/xorg.conf</nowiki></code> and Firefox refuses to load (returns <code><nowiki>segmentation fault</nowiki></code> when launched from a terminal), this line may be the culprit: |
<pre><nowiki> | <pre><nowiki> | ||
Option "NoRenderExtension" "On" | Option "NoRenderExtension" "On" | ||
</nowiki></pre> Either comment it out (using a # at the beginning the line) or set it to '''Off'''. | </nowiki></pre> Either comment it out (using a # at the beginning the line) or set it to '''Off'''. | ||
| − | * If you have problems with video playback, e.g. in mplayer, gxine, or mythtv frontend with a legacy card, it may be due to too high a color depth (e.g. using NT6 Vanta/Vanta LT "nvidia" driver, I experienced flickering vertical bars & blue screen flashing). To fix this, manually edit < | + | * If you have problems with video playback, e.g. in mplayer, gxine, or mythtv frontend with a legacy card, it may be due to too high a color depth (e.g. using NT6 Vanta/Vanta LT "nvidia" driver, I experienced flickering vertical bars & blue screen flashing). To fix this, manually edit <code><nowiki>/etc/X11/xorg.conf</nowiki></code> and change <code><nowiki>DefaultDepth</nowiki></code> to <code><nowiki>16</nowiki></code>. |
| − | + | * There is a [http://us.download.nvidia.com/XFree86/Linux-x86/173.14.12/README/appendix-a.html list of cards supported by the latest NVIDIA binary drivers] (which are not necessarily shipped in a particular Ubuntu version) in the release notes of the latest driver (173.14.12 at the time of writing). A link to the latest stable driver can usually be found on the [http://www.nvidia.com/object/unix.html NVIDIA Unix portal page]. Links to beta drivers sometimes appear on the [http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/forumdisplay.php?f=14 NVIDIA Linux web forum]. Also see the following point. | |
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| − | * There is a [http://us.download.nvidia.com/XFree86/Linux-x86/ | + | |
* Information (and common problems encountered) related to '''manual''' installation of the NVIDIA binary driver (using the .pkg from the NVIDIA website) can be read on the [[UbuntuHelp:NvidiaManual|NvidiaManual]] page. | * Information (and common problems encountered) related to '''manual''' installation of the NVIDIA binary driver (using the .pkg from the NVIDIA website) can be read on the [[UbuntuHelp:NvidiaManual|NvidiaManual]] page. | ||
* List of [https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bugs?field.searchtext=restricted+nvidia-glx&orderby=datecreated currently open NVIDIA binary driver bugs in launchpad]. | * List of [https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bugs?field.searchtext=restricted+nvidia-glx&orderby=datecreated currently open NVIDIA binary driver bugs in launchpad]. | ||
| − | * If < | + | * If <code><nowiki>dmesg | grep -i nv</nowiki></code> mentions <code><nowiki>NVRM: Xid</nowiki></code> your best bet is to [http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=46678 follow these instructions and then contact NVIDIA] as only NVIDIA have the source to decipher these error codes. Xid errors are caused for variety of reasons (interrupt issues, hardware conflicts/bugs, BIOS bugs, kernel bugs, driver bugs...) and [http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=1284698&postcount=23 receiving the same Xid code as someone else does not mean your problems are related]. |
| + | * If you have a problem where, after enabling the nvidia drivers via the Resricted Drivers Manager, X will no longer start, a possible workaround may be to remove and reinsert the nvidia kernel module by <code><nowiki>rmmod nvidia && modprobe nvidia</nowiki></code>. Symptoms include: | ||
| + | syslog contains entries like the following: | ||
| + | <pre><nowiki> | ||
| + | NVRM: RM/client version mismatch!! | ||
| + | NVRM: aborting to avoid catastrophe!</nowiki></pre> | ||
| + | Xorg.0.log contains entries like the following: | ||
| + | <pre><nowiki> | ||
| + | (EE) NVIDIA(0): Failed to initialize the NVIDIA kernel module!</nowiki></pre> | ||
| + | <code><nowiki>lsmod | grep nvidia</nowiki></code> reports that the nvidia kernel module is loaded. | ||
| + | If removing and reinserting the nvidia kernel module allows X to go ahead and start, it is possible to accomplish this at system start by making this the first command under the start) case in the gdm (or other display manager) init script, like so: | ||
| + | <pre><nowiki> | ||
| + | case "$1" in | ||
| + | start) | ||
| + | ##hack to deal with broken nvidia km not loading right### | ||
| + | rmmod nvidia && modprobe nvidia</nowiki></pre> | ||
| + | Another way of fixing this is to add | ||
| + | <pre><nowiki> | ||
| + | RUN+="/sbin/modprobe nvidia"</nowiki></pre> | ||
| + | to /etc/udev/rules.d/90-modprobe.rules | ||
| + | * If you have a problem where after installation and reboot you end up at a console prompt, it is possible that you have multiple display cards and X is not able to pick the primary card. | ||
| + | /var/log/Xorg.0.log contains entries like the following: | ||
| + | <pre><nowiki> | ||
| + | (EE) No devices detected.</nowiki></pre> | ||
| + | The following command provides information on hardware installed on your system: | ||
| + | <pre><nowiki> | ||
| + | sudo lshw -businfo | grep -i display</nowiki></pre> | ||
| + | If you see multiple display cards listed, you need to explicitly add the PCI bus ID to your <code><nowiki>/etc/X11/xorg.conf</nowiki></code> file: | ||
| + | * Use your text editor to open /etc/X11/xorg.conf. (try <code><nowiki>sudo vi /etc/X11/xorg.conf</nowiki></code>) | ||
| + | * Find the line that says <code><nowiki>Section "Device"</nowiki></code> | ||
| + | * Insert a new line that says <code><nowiki>BusID "PCI:x:x:x"</nowiki></code>, where x:x:x is the PCI address displayed by lshw command. For example: "pci@0000:01:00.0" would be "PCI:1:0:0" | ||
| + | * Save the file. If you had to restart into recovery mode, type <code><nowiki>reboot</nowiki></code>, otherwise restart your display using <code><nowiki>sudo /etc/init.d/gdm restart</nowiki></code>. | ||
| + | == Nvidia driver installed but nvidia X server settings says you don't appear to be using the nvidia driver (on 8.10) == | ||
| + | drives you crazy doesn't it | ||
| + | try | ||
| + | apt-cache policy xserver-xgl | ||
| + | that will let you know if your running it then | ||
| + | sudo apt-get remove --purge xserver-xgl | ||
| + | then Ctrl alt backspace to restart X log back in and try to enable desktop effects it worked for me with a geforce 6200 | ||
| + | and now nvidea settings should work, also | ||
| + | glxinfo | grep direct | ||
| + | returns something like | ||
| + | direct rendering: Yes | ||
| + | GL_EXT_direct_state_access, GL_EXT_draw_range_elements, GL_EXT_fog_coord, | ||
| + | It might be that you need to run nvidia-xconfig as well but chances are you have several times be aware it's not friendly to custom settings | ||
| + | It wiped out the fix for my wireless keyboard. | ||
| + | The driver used was the Nvidia Accelerated Proprietary driver (version 180). | ||
| + | === Can't Save Settings === | ||
| + | Nvidia-settings can=t write to Xorg.conf if it hasn't been started with sudo | ||
| + | The Screen resolution isn't being saved between reboots although can be set with nvdia-settings. | ||
| + | choose preferences -> display and choose no when it says it can't work with your graphics driver and would you like to use the vendors tool. | ||
| + | set the screen resolution with this tool and your screen resolution should persist. (applies to karmic alpha if not other versions). | ||
* For other problems, please visit the forums at http://www.ubuntuforums.org/ . | * For other problems, please visit the forums at http://www.ubuntuforums.org/ . | ||
| − | [[Anchor(seealso) | + | == Free alternative == |
| + | There is '''Nouveau''': an open source 3D acceleration for NVIDIA cards. Currently (2008), there is only 2D-support, and a very limited 3D support for extremely lucky developers. See http://nouveau.freedesktop.org/wiki/. | ||
| + | The users that have installed the proprietary driver can help the development of Nouveau, by sending information about their cards, see http://nouveau.freedesktop.org/wiki/REnouveauDumps. | ||
| + | see [[UbuntuHelp:BinaryDriverHowto/Nvidia/Nouveau|BinaryDriverHowto/Nvidia/Nouveau]] on how to install it | ||
| + | <<Anchor(seealso)>> | ||
== See Also == | == See Also == | ||
| − | [[UbuntuHelp:NvidiaManual|NvidiaManual]] - Guide to installing the official NVIDIA driver | + | * [[UbuntuHelp:NvidiaManual|NvidiaManual]] - Guide to installing the official NVIDIA driver from the NVIDIA website on Ubuntu. Explains the drawbacks and benefits of manual installation and how to safely avoid conflicts with the Ubuntu provided NVIDIA binary drivers. |
| − | [[UbuntuHelp:NvidiaMultiMonitors|NvidiaMultiMonitors]] | + | * [[UbuntuHelp:NvidiaMultiMonitors|NvidiaMultiMonitors]] |
| − | [[ | + | * [http://ubuntuforums.org/ The Ubuntu Forums] |
| + | * [[UbuntuHelp:NvidiaOnSonyLaptop|NvidiaOnSonyLaptop]] | ||
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| + | [[category:CategoryHardware]] [[category:CategoryX]] | ||
[[category:UbuntuHelp]] | [[category:UbuntuHelp]] | ||
2010年5月19日 (三) 21:42的最新版本
This guide is for installing the NVIDIA closed source binary/restricted drivers on a system running an NVIDIA graphics card. For other graphics cards refer to the BinaryDriverHowto.
目录
Prerequisites
- You know you have an NVIDIA graphics card
- The command
lspci | grep -i nvidiaprints out a line of text - You want one or more of the following: hardware-accelerated 3D, TV-Out support, dual head support
Driver Versions
There are three versions of the restricted drivers available in the repositories for most supported versions of Ubuntu. There are the restricted driver versions available in each (as described in the repositories). Packages from the repositories:
- nvidia-glx-legacy
- nvidia-glx
- nvidia-glx-new
| Ubuntu Release | nvidia-glx-new | nvidia-glx | nvidia-glx-legacy |
| 8.04 Hardy Heron | 169.12 | 96.43.05 | 71.86.04 |
| 7.10 Gutsy Gibbon | 100.14.19 | 1.0.9639 | 1.0.7185 |
| 6.06 Dapper Drake | N/A | 1.0.8776 | 1.0.7174 |
Intrepid Ibex uses only nvidia-glx which is a virtual package. Dependent packages are as follows:
Installation
Ubuntu (Gnome)
Ubuntu 8.04 and Ubuntu 8.10
Go to System->Administration->Hardware Drivers and check the box to enable the restricted drivers for your NVIDIA card if the option is provided. If the restricted driver remains unactivated after attempting to activate it in the Hardware Drivers dialog, you may not have the appropriate linux headers installed to compile the driver. Ensure that the linux-headers-XXX and linux-restricted-modules-XXX packages are installed, where XXX matches the version of the kernel you are using (linux-image-XXX). If the activation hangs on download/install dialog, you can install the driver using System->Administration->Synaptic Package Manager, make sure you pick the latest driver version recommended by the "Hardware Drivers" tool and all its dependencies. Go to Hardware Drivers tool and activate the driver you just installed. The Hardware Drivers tool may not work properly on machines that have previously used third party tools like 'Envy' or manual installation to install previous drivers. You should remove those drivers before attempting to install using the built in tool. If your card does not appear in this list of cards known by Ubuntu 8.04 NVIDIA binary drivers (e.g. the 9600 GT) then there is no Ubuntu 8.04 provided binary driver. For unsupported workarounds try the links in [[UbuntuHelp:[seealso|See Also]]].
Ubuntu 7.10
For Ubuntu 7.10 the recommended way to install the binary drivers is to use System->Administration->Restricted Drivers Manager. This will try and automatically choose the correct driver version.
Kubuntu (KDE)
Kubuntu 8.04 Hardy Heron
Go to KMenu->System->Hardware Drivers Manager and check the box to enable the restricted drivers for your NVIDIA card if the option is provided.
Kubuntu 7.10 Gutsy Gibbon
Go to KMenu->System Settings, go to the Advanced tab and click Restricted Drivers. Then click the Administrator Mode button and check the box marked Enable to install the driver. This should install the right package for your card and set it up for you.
Common Problems
Low Screen Resolutions
Often screen resolutions on offer are far lower than those offered with the open source driver. The NVIDIA binary driver seems to be very weak at reliably probing this information from the monitor and relies on additional information in xorg.conf. See this launchpad bug talking about lost resolutions when using the NVIDIA binary driver along with FixVideoResolutionHowto for further details and potential workarounds.
Screen Blanks/Monitor Turns Off
Using a laptop with a Ge``Force Go card, or connecting the sole display via DVI on a dual-head system sometimes results in the screen not receiving a picture. This is caused by the driver outputting video to the VGA port on the graphics card, instead of DVI.
The usual hint that you have this problem is when you hear the startup sound but nothing appears on the screen. If you do not hear any sound, you are more than likely experiencing unrelated problems.
This is a launchpad bug about displays on digital outputs being blank when using NVIDIA binary driver, and can be resolved by editing your /etc/X11/xorg.conf file:
- Switch to the console (Try using
ctrl+alt+F1, or reboot and select recovery mode from the GRUB menu.) - Use your text editor to open /etc/X11/xorg.conf. (try
sudo nano /etc/X11/xorg.conf) - Find the line that says
Section "Screen" - Insert a new line that says
Option "UseDisplayDevice" "DFP". - Save the file. If you had to restart into recovery mode, type
reboot, otherwise restart your display usingsudo /etc/init.d/gdm restart.
Incorrect Refresh Rate Reported
If you are using nvidia-glx/nvidia-glx-new and the refresh rate appears wrong (or different to that actually reported by your monitor) in gnome-display-properties/xrandr, you are probably seeing the effects of the Dynamic``Twin``View feature. See this launchpad bug about being unable to "set" a proper screen refresh rate for details of this behaviour.
Troubleshooting
- It seems that a reboot is sometimes necessary for these changes to take effect. If 3D acceleration isn't working, try this first.
- If 3D acceleration still isn't working, be sure that you have the right version of linux-restricted-modules installed. It must match the version of the running kernel.
- If you have the right version of linux-restricted-modules installed and 3D acceleration still isn't working, open your
/etc/X11/xorg.conffile for editing withgksudo gedit /etc/X11/xorg.conforkdesu kate /etc/X11/xorg.confif using Kubuntu. Be sure that theDriverentry underSection "Device"is set to"nvidia"(Gutsy and older). - If suspend/hibernation no longer works see NvidiaLaptopBinaryDriverSuspend (this applies to desktops too).
- If you get an error while loading NVIDIA module try to rebuild module dependencies by running depmod:
sudo depmod
- If you're feeling frisky and decide to fiddle around with the X Server Options for your Device in
/etc/X11/xorg.confand Firefox refuses to load (returnssegmentation faultwhen launched from a terminal), this line may be the culprit:
Option "NoRenderExtension" "On"Either comment it out (using a # at the beginning the line) or set it to Off.
- If you have problems with video playback, e.g. in mplayer, gxine, or mythtv frontend with a legacy card, it may be due to too high a color depth (e.g. using NT6 Vanta/Vanta LT "nvidia" driver, I experienced flickering vertical bars & blue screen flashing). To fix this, manually edit
/etc/X11/xorg.confand changeDefaultDepthto16. - There is a list of cards supported by the latest NVIDIA binary drivers (which are not necessarily shipped in a particular Ubuntu version) in the release notes of the latest driver (173.14.12 at the time of writing). A link to the latest stable driver can usually be found on the NVIDIA Unix portal page. Links to beta drivers sometimes appear on the NVIDIA Linux web forum. Also see the following point.
- Information (and common problems encountered) related to manual installation of the NVIDIA binary driver (using the .pkg from the NVIDIA website) can be read on the NvidiaManual page.
- List of currently open NVIDIA binary driver bugs in launchpad.
- If
dmesg | grep -i nvmentionsNVRM: Xidyour best bet is to follow these instructions and then contact NVIDIA as only NVIDIA have the source to decipher these error codes. Xid errors are caused for variety of reasons (interrupt issues, hardware conflicts/bugs, BIOS bugs, kernel bugs, driver bugs...) and receiving the same Xid code as someone else does not mean your problems are related. - If you have a problem where, after enabling the nvidia drivers via the Resricted Drivers Manager, X will no longer start, a possible workaround may be to remove and reinsert the nvidia kernel module by
rmmod nvidia && modprobe nvidia. Symptoms include:
syslog contains entries like the following:
NVRM: RM/client version mismatch!! NVRM: aborting to avoid catastrophe!
Xorg.0.log contains entries like the following:
(EE) NVIDIA(0): Failed to initialize the NVIDIA kernel module!
lsmod | grep nvidia reports that the nvidia kernel module is loaded.
If removing and reinserting the nvidia kernel module allows X to go ahead and start, it is possible to accomplish this at system start by making this the first command under the start) case in the gdm (or other display manager) init script, like so:
case "$1" in
start)
##hack to deal with broken nvidia km not loading right###
rmmod nvidia && modprobe nvidia
Another way of fixing this is to add
RUN+="/sbin/modprobe nvidia"
to /etc/udev/rules.d/90-modprobe.rules
- If you have a problem where after installation and reboot you end up at a console prompt, it is possible that you have multiple display cards and X is not able to pick the primary card.
/var/log/Xorg.0.log contains entries like the following:
(EE) No devices detected.
The following command provides information on hardware installed on your system:
sudo lshw -businfo | grep -i display
If you see multiple display cards listed, you need to explicitly add the PCI bus ID to your /etc/X11/xorg.conf file:
- Use your text editor to open /etc/X11/xorg.conf. (try
sudo vi /etc/X11/xorg.conf) - Find the line that says
Section "Device" - Insert a new line that says
BusID "PCI:x:x:x", where x:x:x is the PCI address displayed by lshw command. For example: "pci@0000:01:00.0" would be "PCI:1:0:0" - Save the file. If you had to restart into recovery mode, type
reboot, otherwise restart your display usingsudo /etc/init.d/gdm restart.
Nvidia driver installed but nvidia X server settings says you don't appear to be using the nvidia driver (on 8.10)
drives you crazy doesn't it try apt-cache policy xserver-xgl that will let you know if your running it then sudo apt-get remove --purge xserver-xgl then Ctrl alt backspace to restart X log back in and try to enable desktop effects it worked for me with a geforce 6200 and now nvidea settings should work, also glxinfo | grep direct returns something like direct rendering: Yes GL_EXT_direct_state_access, GL_EXT_draw_range_elements, GL_EXT_fog_coord, It might be that you need to run nvidia-xconfig as well but chances are you have several times be aware it's not friendly to custom settings It wiped out the fix for my wireless keyboard. The driver used was the Nvidia Accelerated Proprietary driver (version 180).
Can't Save Settings
Nvidia-settings can=t write to Xorg.conf if it hasn't been started with sudo The Screen resolution isn't being saved between reboots although can be set with nvdia-settings. choose preferences -> display and choose no when it says it can't work with your graphics driver and would you like to use the vendors tool. set the screen resolution with this tool and your screen resolution should persist. (applies to karmic alpha if not other versions).
- For other problems, please visit the forums at http://www.ubuntuforums.org/ .
Free alternative
There is Nouveau: an open source 3D acceleration for NVIDIA cards. Currently (2008), there is only 2D-support, and a very limited 3D support for extremely lucky developers. See http://nouveau.freedesktop.org/wiki/. The users that have installed the proprietary driver can help the development of Nouveau, by sending information about their cards, see http://nouveau.freedesktop.org/wiki/REnouveauDumps. see BinaryDriverHowto/Nvidia/Nouveau on how to install it <<Anchor(seealso)>>
See Also
- NvidiaManual - Guide to installing the official NVIDIA driver from the NVIDIA website on Ubuntu. Explains the drawbacks and benefits of manual installation and how to safely avoid conflicts with the Ubuntu provided NVIDIA binary drivers.
- NvidiaMultiMonitors
- The Ubuntu Forums
- NvidiaOnSonyLaptop
