Nvidia Driver

[pork]

What is the correct way to remove all traces of previously installed nvidia drivers?

I'm on Intrepid and was using 185.13 from "http://ppa.launchpad.net/thefirstm/ppa/ubuntu intrepid main" up until today, when update manager showed 185.19 was available. I let it upgrade and rebooted, after reboot it would only go into low graphics mode and not load the driver.

I was thinking I may have installed the driver before 185.13 incorrectly, as I run into this issue every time I upgrade my nvidia driver. I just want to start from scratch so hopefully I can install from the above repo and let update manager handle the updates from now on.

[Maxim]

Does envy work from command prompt? In my experience in ubuntu, envy is the best application to handle installing and removal of the nvidia driver. If you installed it using apt you can use apt-get purge to remove all the traces that apt put in your system.

[harryzimm]

Does envy work from command prompt?.

Yes it works fine.

sudo apt-get install envyng-core


Then

envyng -t

cheers

[tslayer]

I had problems with 185.19 drivers... I manually installed and used the NVIDIA-Linux-x86-185.19-pkg1.run. That proved to be bad. I also couldn't start X. In fact, it didn't even load in low graphics mode.

I repeated the uninstall back to 185.13 and that worked fine. I then thought it may have been a fluke and tried again. Same issue.

My xorg.0.log showed segfaults (so did dmesg).

So, I then decided to try the other package : NVIDIA-Linux-x86-185.19-pkg0.run (notice pkg0).

That worked :)

So, maybe the package manager installed the pkg1 which seems to have caused some issues.

Try manually installing the pkg0 one.

TS

[BLKMGK]

Has envy gotten caught up with the later NVIDIA drivers? Last I tried it they were woefully out of date and I followed directions here for installing it using the NVIDIA download. Ever since then I have been using various repos though for even less pain, I don't think I've gotten stuck in low rez mode. There's an nvidia command you can sudo run that will modify XORG, if you try to run nvidia-settings it will tell you what it is:blush:

[pork]

Thanks, envyng did it. I removed everything and installed 185.19 via envyng and no probs so far.

[soder]

Thanks, envyng did it. I removed everything and installed 185.19 via envyng and no probs so far.

Im having problem with the 185.19 drivers to. I switched from ATI to NVIDIA, and having big trouble getting picture on my TV that only can run 720p in 60 o 50 Hz and 1080p.

How do I reset and uninstall the drivers Ive tryed install now, and later try to do it with envy?

/Söder

[soder]

Thanks, envyng did it. I removed everything and installed 185.19 via envyng and no probs so far.

How do you install 185.19 from envyng?

I could only choose up to 180.someting...

/Söder

[Jaco2k]

How do you install 185.19 from envyng?

I could only choose up to 180.someting...

/Söder

You need to add the repository that is further up on this thread

[soder]

You need to add the repository that is further up on this thread

Thanks.

/Söder

[rockerduck]

I have problems with 185.19 too. My conf is with a 15" Samsung monitor @1024x768 and a 32" Samsung TV @ 1360x768. With 177.82 drivers no problems so far but I upgraded to 185.19 for vdpau support.
Now If my 32" tv is on there are no problems but if I change input from hdmi to TV or I switch off and then on again... my systems hangs and must reset.

Gone back to 177.82

[soder]

I have problems with 185.19 too. My conf is with a 15" Samsung monitor @1024x768 and a 32" Samsung TV @ 1360x768. With 177.82 drivers no problems so far but I upgraded to 185.19 for vdpau support.
Now If my 32" tv is on there are no problems but if I change input from hdmi to TV or I switch off and then on again... my systems hangs and must reset.

Gone back to 177.82

Well, I now dont have problem with the drivers anymore I think. evny worked nice.

My problem now is my Panasonic PX80 and the settings in xorg.conf.
Can't get it to work..

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=7040859#post7040859

/Söder

[harryzimm]

@soder

Have you tried the xorg.conf from the wiki guide?

sudo cp /etc/X11/xorg.conf /etc/X11/xorg.conf.backup

sudo wget http://217.20.138.65/xbmc/xorg.conf -O /etc/X11/xorg.conf


cheers

[soder]

@soder

Have you tried the xorg.conf from the wiki guide?



cheers

I tried them just, and they didnt work either.

The red dazzle is there during boot, but then only black.
X starts up in 720p, cause I can login with VNC.

I guess this is where it goes wrong.

(**) NVIDIA(0): Depth 24, (--) framebuffer bpp 32
(==) NVIDIA(0): RGB weight 888
(==) NVIDIA(0): Default visual is TrueColor
(==) NVIDIA(0): Using gamma correction (1.0, 1.0, 1.0)
(**) NVIDIA(0): Option "NoLogo"
(**) NVIDIA(0): Option "ExactModeTimingsDVI" "True"
(**) NVIDIA(0): Option "AddARGBGLXVisuals" "True"
(**) NVIDIA(0): Option "FlatPanelProperties" "Scaling = Native"
(**) NVIDIA(0): Option "DynamicTwinView" "false"
(**) NVIDIA(0): Enabling RENDER acceleration
(II) NVIDIA(0): Support for GLX with the Damage and Composite X extensions is
(II) NVIDIA(0): enabled.
(II) NVIDIA(0): NVIDIA GPU GeForce 9400 GT (G96) at PCI:1:0:0 (GPU-0)
(--) NVIDIA(0): Memory: 1048576 kBytes
(--) NVIDIA(0): VideoBIOS: 62.94.4b.00.00
(II) NVIDIA(0): Detected PCI Express Link width: 16X
(--) NVIDIA(0): Interlaced video modes are supported on this GPU
(--) NVIDIA(0): Connected display device(s) on GeForce 9400 GT at PCI:1:0:0:
(--) NVIDIA(0): Panasonic-TV (DFP-0)
(--) NVIDIA(0): Panasonic-TV (DFP-0): 330.0 MHz maximum pixel clock
(--) NVIDIA(0): Panasonic-TV (DFP-0): Internal Dual Link TMDS
(II) NVIDIA(0): Assigned Display Device: DFP-0
(==) NVIDIA(0):
(==) NVIDIA(0): No modes were requested; the default mode "nvidia-auto-select"
(==) NVIDIA(0): will be used as the requested mode.
(==) NVIDIA(0):
(II) NVIDIA(0): Validated modes:
(II) NVIDIA(0): "nvidia-auto-select"
(II) NVIDIA(0): Virtual screen size determined to be 1280 x 720
(WW) NVIDIA(0): Panasonic-TV (DFP-0)'s EDID does not contain a maximum image
(WW) NVIDIA(0): size; cannot compute DPI from Panasonic-TV (DFP-0)'s
(WW) NVIDIA(0): EDID.
(==) NVIDIA(0): DPI set to (75, 75); computed from built-in default
(**) NVIDIA(0): Enabling 32-bit ARGB GLX visuals.
(--) Depth 24 pixmap format is 32 bpp
(II) do I need RAC? No, I don't.

This is my info from edid:

Monitor
Model name............... Panasonic-TV
Manufacturer............. Panasonic
Plug and Play ID......... MEIA081
Serial number............ n/a
Manufacture date......... 2008, ISO week 0
-------------------------
EDID revision............ 1.3
Input signal type........ Digital
Color bit depth.......... Undefined
Display type............. RGB color
Screen size.............. Undefined or variable
Power management......... Not supported
Extension blocs.......... 1 (CEA-EXT)
-------------------------
DDC/CI................... n/a

Color characteristics
Default color space...... Non-sRGB
Display gamma............ 2,20
Red chromaticity......... Rx 0,640 - Ry 0,345
Green chromaticity....... Gx 0,291 - Gy 0,635
Blue chromaticity........ Bx 0,163 - By 0,093
White point (default).... Wx 0,288 - Wy 0,296
Additional descriptors... None

Timing characteristics
Horizontal scan range.... 15-68kHz
Vertical scan range...... 23-61Hz
Video bandwidth.......... 150MHz
CVT standard............. Not supported
GTF standard............. Not supported
Additional descriptors... None
Preferred timing......... Yes
Native/preferred timing.. 1280x720p at 50Hz (16:9)
Modeline............... "1280x720" 74,250 1280 1720 1760 1980 720 741 746 750 +hsync +vsync
Detailed timing #1....... 1280x720p at 60Hz (16:9)
Modeline............... "1280x720" 74,250 1280 1390 1430 1650 720 725 730 750 +hsync +vsync

Standard timings supported

EIA/CEA-861 Information
Revision number.......... 3
DTV underscan............ Not supported
Basic audio.............. Supported
YCbCr 4:4:4.............. Supported
YCbCr 4:2:2.............. Supported
Native formats........... 2
Detailed timing #1....... 1920x1080p at 50Hz (16:9)
Modeline............... "1920x1080" 148,500 1920 2448 2492 2640 1080 1116 1121 1125 +hsync +vsync
Detailed timing #2....... 1920x1080i at 50Hz (16:9)
Modeline............... "1920x1080" 74,250 1920 2448 2492 2640 1080 1148 1158 1124 interlace +hsync +vsync
Detailed timing #3....... 720x576p at 50Hz (16:9)
Modeline............... "720x576" 27,000 720 732 796 864 576 581 586 625 -hsync -vsync
Detailed timing #4....... 1920x1080i at 60Hz (16:9)
Modeline............... "1920x1080" 74,250 1920 2008 2052 2200 1080 1084 1094 1124 interlace +hsync +vsync
Detailed timing #5....... 720x480p at 60Hz (16:9)
Modeline............... "720x480" 27,000 720 736 798 858 480 489 495 525 -hsync -vsync

CE video data (timings supported)
1280 x 720p at 50Hz - HDTV (16:9, 1:1) [Native]
1280 x 720p at 60Hz - HDTV (16:9, 1:1) [Native]
1920 x 1080p at 50Hz - HDTV (16:9, 1:1)
1920 x 1080p at 60Hz - HDTV (16:9, 1:1)
1920 x 1080i at 50Hz - HDTV (16:9, 1:1)
1920 x 1080i at 60Hz - HDTV (16:9, 1:1)
1920 x 1080p at 24Hz - HDTV (16:9, 1:1)
720 x 576p at 50Hz - EDTV (16:9, 64:45)
720 x 480p at 60Hz - EDTV (16:9, 32:27)
720 x 576p at 50Hz - EDTV (4:3, 16:15)
720 x 480p at 60Hz - EDTV (4:3, 8:9)
720 x 576i at 50Hz - Doublescan (16:9, 64:45)
720 x 480i at 60Hz - Doublescan (16:9, 32:27)
720 x 576i at 50Hz - Doublescan (4:3, 16:15)
720 x 480i at 60Hz - Doublescan (4:3, 8:9)
640 x 480p at 60Hz - Default (4:3, 1:1)
NB: NTSC refresh rate = (Hz*1000)/1001

CE audio data (formats supported)
LPCM 2-channel, 16-bit at 32/44/48 kHz

CE vendor specific data (VSDB)
IEEE registration number. 0x000C03
CEC physical address..... 0.1.0.0
Supports AI (ACP, ISRC).. Yes
Supports 48bpp........... No
Supports 36bpp........... Yes
Supports 30bpp........... Yes
Supports YCbCr 4:4:4..... Yes
Supports dual-link DVI... No
Maximum TMDS clock....... 190MHz

Report information
Date generated........... 2009-04-08
Software revision........ 2.30.0.797
Operating system......... 6.1.7057.2

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/Söder

[soder]

MY problem is solved. Broken cable.

Thanks.

/Söder

[rockerduck]

This topic's problem is solved. I'll post a new thread fot trying to solve mine.