NVidia driver problem

[James Takac]

Hi

On Wednesday 22 October 2008 10:21:24 Dodge wrote:
> G'day All, I recently upgraded to Hardy Heron, and all appeared to go
> as expected.
>
> I uninstalled the video driver (NVIDIA binary X.org) and installed
> what seemed to be a more appropriate driver, NVIDIA binary X.org (new
> driver).
>
> When I tried to boot Ubuntu later on, the program stalls at the
> loading of the video driver.
>
> Can I change the driver back somehow so I can access the 8.04.1
> installation.
>
> Many thanks


At the very least you should be able to use the CTRL ALT F1 combination to 
access a console screen to do command line stuff so you can 
edit /etc/X11/xorg.conf and change the driver to either nv or vesa. vesa will 
work regardless though at reduced resolution and nv should enable the 2d 
accelleration but not 3d and might give you at least a working desktop. If 
you can't get to the console then boot the live cd (assuming that's what you 
have) and open a terminal and type

sudo nano /etc/X11/xorg.conf

and look for something like the following

Section "Device"
	Identifier	"Generic Video Card"
	Driver		"nv"
	Busid		"PCI:1:0:0"
	Option		"AddARGBVisuals"	"True"
	Option		"AddARGBGLXVisuals"	"True"
	Option		"NoLogo"	"True"
EndSection

Where mine has "nv" your's likely reads nvidia. Also you might find the envy 
script for installing the nvidia drivers more reliable as it attempts to 
detect which card you have and install the appropriate one. There is the odd 
card it doesn't seem to work for like this legacy one sadly

the script can be found at

http://albertomilone.com/nvidia_scripts1.html

James
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