Installation/Nvidia Graphics Driver Query

[gismoid]

Guys, thanks again for responses.

It's still not working! I know people have got it working from forums around the net, but it's sure not working for me.

Last night i did a clean install which worked perfectly. Then i ran all the updates, restarted and logged in to the gnome environment. All is well.

Then i installed the NVIDIA drivers which say that they have installed successfully. I then restart x with commands and that is where i get the "unable to start x server"?

I've tried installing the drivers different ways but always get the same?

Oh, i can get back in to gnome when i restsrt and revert back.

I'm still searching ubuntu forums for the answers as well.

HELP!

[gismoid]

this is what i get when i run nvidia-xconfig -a

VALIDATION ERROR: Data incomplete in file /etc/X11/xorg.conf.
Device section "Configured Video Device" must have a Driver
line.

NVIDIA: could not open the device file /dev/nvidiactl (No such file or directory).

ERROR: Unable to determine number of GPUs in system; cannot honor
'--enable-all-gpus' option.


ERROR: Unable to write to directory '/etc/X11'.

This is what i get after have installed the drivers.

[siviog1]

This is what I did to get the drivers to install.
Fresh Install of UU 2.3 x64
Restart Pc
Open Terminal typed

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sudo apt-get update

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sudo apt-get upgrade

Then restarted pc
Open Firefox went to http://www.nvidia.com/object/linux_display_amd64_185.18.31.html to download my driver (it will download to desktop)
press Ctrl + Alt + F2
entered user ID and password
after that I input

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cd Desktop

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sudo killall gdm

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sudo sh NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-185.18.31-pkg2.run

Tip: If you input sudo sh N then press the tab key it will auto complete the rest of file name for you.
Follow the instructions I hit yes for everything. I did not get any errors at all. Once that was done.
I typed

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sudo /etc/init.d/gdm start

and I was back at the gui
then i went to System-Preferences-NVIDIA X SERVER Settings and drag to desktop right click on icon then goto Permissions and tick Allow executing file as program

[DarkChild]

This is what I did to get the drivers to install.
Fresh Install of UU 2.3 x64
Restart Pc
Open Terminal typed

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sudo apt-get update

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sudo apt-get upgrade

Then restarted pc
Open Firefox went to http://www.nvidia.com/object/linux_display_amd64_185.18.31.html to download my driver (it will download to desktop)
press Ctrl + Alt + F2
entered user ID and password
after that I input

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cd Desktop

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sudo killall gdm

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sudo sh NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-185.18.31-pkg2.run

Tip: If you input sudo sh N then press the tab key it will auto complete the rest of file name for you.
Follow the instructions I hit yes for everything. I did not get any errors at all. Once that was done.
I typed

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sudo /etc/init.d/gdm start

and I was back at the gui
then i went to System-Preferences-NVIDIA X SERVER Settings and drag to desktop right click on icon then goto Permissions and tick Allow executing file as program

siviog1, if you had look at my second post of the first page of this thread you would have seen that your installation method was not much different from mine. Oh well, i am very happy that you got this problem resolved

[siviog1]

This is what I did to get the drivers to install.
Fresh Install of UU 2.3 x64
Restart Pc
Open Terminal typed

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sudo apt-get update

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sudo apt-get upgrade

Then restarted pc
Open Firefox went to http://www.nvidia.com/object/linux_display_amd64_185.18.31.html to download my driver (it will download to desktop)
press Ctrl + Alt + F2
entered user ID and password
after that I input

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cd Desktop

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sudo killall gdm

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sudo sh NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-185.18.31-pkg2.run

Tip: If you input sudo sh N then press the tab key it will auto complete the rest of file name for you.
Follow the instructions I hit yes for everything. I did not get any errors at all. Once that was done.
I typed

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sudo /etc/init.d/gdm start

and I was back at the gui
then i went to System-Preferences-NVIDIA X SERVER Settings and drag to desktop right click on icon then goto Permissions and tick Allow executing file as program

siviog1, if you had look at my second post of the first page of this thread you would have seen that your installation method was not much different from mine. Oh well, i am very happy that you got this problem resolved

DarkChild I totally agree... I am not a linux guru like you I am a total noob when it comes to code and this environment. I posted this to show people step by step. I followed your tutorial and a tutorial from the linuxcrypt and after like 3 failures this is what worked for me.

[DarkChild]

Thanks siviog1, its all good over here brother. I was just highlighting that I've posted a guided tutorial that is almost identical to what you posted!!

[gismoid]

Here we go again!
I have tried all the above and numerous other ways, but still no joy.

I recently found out that it may be the BUSid, so i ran:

lspci | grep VGA
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 4 Series Chipset Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 07)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation GeForce 9600M GT (rev a1)

I then edited the xorg.conf file with:

Section "Device"
Identifier "Device0"
Driver "nvidia"
VendorName "NVIDIA Corporation"
BusID "01:00.0"


added the busid bit.

I saved the config file and restarted, but it still failed???

Am i ever going to use Ultimate Edition 2.3 in all it's glory? Just canae seem to solve this one.

[Admin-Amir]

Hello gismoid

from your output I can see that the section of the accelerate the 3D
is not properly FIX
If you look on my Guide for the Intel cards you will see that I have fix that part
anyway after the process you will have the 3 drivers update for
Intel,ATI,Nvidia

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