Repositories
Andrew Mathenge
mathenge at gmail.com
Tue Jun 10 02:15:14 UTC 2008
Envy is a tool that automates the installation of nvidia drivers.
Check out: http://albertomilone.com/nvidia_scripts1.html
Andrew
On Mon, Jun 9, 2008 at 10:09 PM, Alfred <alfred.s at nexicom.net> wrote:
> Hi
>
>>>>Have you tried envyng? It will install nvidia drivers for most
> cards
> and works like a charm for me.
>
> I'm using something called Ubuntu Ultimate Gamers Edition. It is 7.10
> with all kinds of Linux Games on it. I'm putting it on another persons
> machine, dual Boot with Windows 98SE. I need to include the Nvidia
> Drivers for a 6200. This person likes playing all the old Games that M$
> made obsolete when Win 2K came around. What is envyng? How does it
> install the Nvidia Drivers? Taking the Linux Drivers that Nvidia
> provides is a daunting task. So if there is an easier way of doing it.
> Lets hear about it?
>
>
>
> I tried to do all this today, but accidentally formatted the wrong
> drive, after setting up Windows. So now on some other day, I'll have to
> do it all again.
>
> Alfred!
> -----Original Message-----
> From: volksman <v0lksman69 at gmail.com>
> Reply-To: The Canadian Ubuntu Users Community
> <ubuntu-ca at lists.ubuntu.com>
> To: doxland at shaw.ca, The Canadian Ubuntu Users Community
> <ubuntu-ca at lists.ubuntu.com>
> Subject: Re: Repositories
> Date: Mon, 09 Jun 2008 21:30:48 -0400
>
> Have you tried envyng? It will install nvidia drivers for most cards
> and works like a charm for me.
>
> David Oxland wrote:
>> Hello Alfred and Laurie
>>
>> I'm also faced with the huge log in screen problem on a laptop and
>> desktop. (not synched in any way)
>> Did some editing and managed to break gdm so removed and reinstalled it.
>> Lost the good nvidia driver and haven't got it back yet.
>> My stuff from /etc/X11/xorg.conf reads
>>
>> Section "Device"
>> Identifier "Failsafe Device"
>> Boardname "vesa"
>> Busid "PCI:1:0:0"
>> Driver "nvidia"
>> Screen 0
>> Option "AddARGBVisuals" "True"
>> Option "AddARGBGLXVisuals" "True"
>> Option "NoLogo" "True"
>> EndSection
>>
>> Section "Monitor"
>> Identifier "Failsafe Monitor"
>> Vendorname "Dell"
>> Modelname "Dell 1400x1050 Laptop Display Panel"
>> Horizsync 31.5-90.0
>> Vertrefresh 59.0-75.0
>> modeline "640x480 at 60" 25.2 640 656 752 800 480 490 492 525 -vsync
>> -hsync
>> modeline "640x480 at 72" 31.5 640 664 704 832 480 489 491 520 -vsync
>> -hsync
>> modeline "640x480 at 75" 31.5 640 656 720 840 480 481 484 500 -vsync
>> -hsync
>> modeline "800x600 at 72" 50.0 800 856 976 1040 600 637 643 666 +hsync
>> +vsync
>> modeline "800x600 at 75" 49.5 800 816 896 1056 600 601 604 625 +hsync
>> +vsync
>> modeline "800x600 at 60" 40.0 800 840 968 1056 600 601 605 628 +hsync
>> +vsync
>> modeline "832x624 at 75" 57.284 832 864 928 1152 624 625 628 667
>> -vsync -hsync
>> modeline "1024x768 at 75" 78.8 1024 1040 1136 1312 768 769 772 800
>> +hsync +vsync
>> modeline "1024x768 at 70" 75.0 1024 1048 1184 1328 768 771 777 806
>> -vsync -hsync
>> modeline "1024x768 at 60" 65.0 1024 1048 1184 1344 768 771 777 806
>> -vsync -hsync
>> modeline "1152x864 at 75" 108.0 1152 1216 1344 1600 864 865 868 900
>> +hsync +vsync
>> modeline "1280x1024 at 75" 135.0 1280 1296 1440 1688 1024 1025 1028
>> 1066 +hsync +vsync
>> modeline "1280x960 at 60" 102.1 1280 1360 1496 1712 960 961 964 994
>> -hsync +vsync
>> modeline "1280x1024 at 60" 108.0 1280 1328 1440 1688 1024 1025 1028
>> 1066 +hsync +vsync
>> modeline "1280x960 at 75" 129.86 1280 1368 1504 1728 960 961 964 1002
>> -hsync +vsync
>> modeline "1400x1050 at 60" 122.61 1400 1488 1640 1880 1050 1051 1054
>> 1087 -hsync +vsync
>> modeline "1400x1050 at 75" 155.85 1400 1496 1648 1896 1050 1051 1054
>> 1096 -hsync +vsync
>> modeline "1600x1200 at 65" 175.5 1600 1664 1856 2160 1200 1201 1204
>> 1250 +hsync +vsync
>> modeline "1600x1200 at 60" 162.0 1600 1664 1856 2160 1200 1201 1204
>> 1250 +hsync +vsync
>> modeline "1600x1200 at 70" 189.0 1600 1664 1856 2160 1200 1201 1204
>> 1250 +hsync +vsync
>> modeline "1792x1344 at 60" 204.8 1792 1920 2120 2448 1344 1345 1348
>> 1394 -hsync +vsync
>> modeline "1856x1392 at 60" 218.3 1856 1952 2176 2528 1392 1393 1396
>> 1439 -hsync +vsync
>> modeline "1920x1440 at 60" 234.0 1920 2048 2256 2600 1440 1441 1444
>> 1500 -hsync +vsync
>> Gamma 1.0
>> EndSection
>>
>> Section "Screen"
>> Identifier "Default Screen"
>> Device "Failsafe Device"
>> Monitor "Failsafe Monitor"
>> Defaultdepth 24
>> SubSection "Display"
>> Depth 24
>> Virtual 1920 1440
>> Modes "800x600 at 72" "800x600 at 75" "640x480 at 75"
>> "800x600 at 60" "640x480 at 72" "832x624 at 75" "640x480 at 60"
>> "1024x768 at 75" "1024x768 at 70" "1024x768 at 60" "1152x864 at 75"
>> "1280x1024 at 75" "1280x960 at 60" "1280x1024 at 60" "1280x960 at 75"
>> "1400x1050 at 60" "1400x1050 at 75" "1600x1200 at 65" "1600x1200 at 60"
>> "1600x1200 at 70" "1792x1344 at 60" "1856x1392 at 60" "1920x1440 at 60"
>> EndSubSection
>> EndSection
>>
>>
>> I don't really know what all the above means. all these modes don't
>> appear in the screen resolutions options but certainly enough for this
>> laptop.
>> I'll be watching to see where this goes.
>> David
>>
>>
>>
>> Andrew Mathenge wrote:
>>> Hi Laurie,
>>>
>>> Have you taken a look inside your /etc/X11/xorg.conf file? I believe
>>> that gdm takes it's resolution from there and it may be using a
>>> resolution that's not appropriate. Editing this file to remove
>>> (comment out) the erroneous resolution might help.
>>>
>>> Everything I've looked at about the GDM login screen resolution seems
>>> to point to that file.
>>>
>>> Andrew.
>>>
>>> On Sat, Jun 7, 2008 at 7:34 PM, Alfred <alfred.s at nexicom.net> wrote:
>>>> Hi Laurie:
>>>>
>>>> 8.04 is still a bit Experimental with me. I use 7.10 all the time. I
>>>> was
>>>> going through the Configurations, and noticed that there are several
>>>> log
>>>> in screens in 7.10, and that you can even apply them randomly each time
>>>> you log-in. I'm using an Acer LCD Screen now, which takes whatever
>>>> screen Resolution, and then converts it automatically to it's Screen
>>>> format, filling up the whole screen when the input is either lower or
>>>> higher resolution. I have not found the resolution format setting of
>>>> the
>>>> Log-in screen yet.
>>>>
>>>> Alfred!
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: Laurie Bell <lveeb at yahoo.com>
>>>> Reply-To: The Canadian Ubuntu Users Community
>>>> <ubuntu-ca at lists.ubuntu.com>
>>>> To: The Canadian Ubuntu Users Community <ubuntu-ca at lists.ubuntu.com>
>>>> Subject: Re: Repositories
>>>> Date: Sat, 7 Jun 2008 15:18:46 -0700 (PDT)
>>>>
>>>> Hi Alfred,
>>>> Synaptic went when I was getting source list for medibuntu. That error
>>>> was resolved with a couple of commands supplied by good people on
>>>> ubuntu
>>>> list.
>>>> With login screen I went on ubuntu forums for a solution and found
>>>> quite a few people had the same problem.Tried one of the
>>>> solutions,which
>>>> led to a config setup.Used this as best I could,and ended up with 4
>>>> screens on main screen,but it fixed the login.However to get back
>>>> normal
>>>> screen started 8.04 in recovery mode--repair packages.That gave me my
>>>> screen back,but the login screen was back to being 800X600.My main
>>>> screen is 1024X768.
>>>> Laurie
>>>>
>>>> UBUNTU - I am what I am because of who we all are.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> ----- Original Message ----
>>>> From: Alfred <alfred.s at nexicom.net>
>>>> To: The Canadian Ubuntu Users Community <ubuntu-ca at lists.ubuntu.com>
>>>> Sent: Saturday, June 7, 2008 9:40:18 AM
>>>> Subject: Re: Repositories
>>>>
>>>> Hi Laurie:
>>>>
>>>> It sort of sounds like you have a little Gremlin living there, that has
>>>> access to your Computer, and makes changes to your account. If you are
>>>> on the Internet, then you need a Virus Checker like Clam - AV, and a
>>>> Firewall like Firestarter. That way Little Gremlins on the Internet
>>>> can't do this sort of thing. Loosing Synaptic, might have been
>>>> caused by
>>>> someone deleting a Part of your Linux File System. So in this case you
>>>> might want that "other Person" to have their own account, with their
>>>> Own
>>>> Password, and you change your ID and Password, so they can no longer
>>>> access your Account. Then in System Tools you set permissions on files
>>>> so that They can't change your setting, and can't edit your Files, or
>>>> change your Preferences.
>>>>
>>>> If you are using 7.10 you might want to turn Comp Wiz off, because that
>>>> might be the Cause of your not being able to see Log in text. The
>>>> Password is usually not seen, it just shows up as Astrixs or you can
>>>> make it look like dots. This is so that someone else watching the
>>>> screen
>>>> can't see your Password. This is Normal!
>>>>
>>>> You may have the Screen Resolution set too high, this makes the font
>>>> size look very small. On one of your Panels, you can Right click on it,
>>>> and then select ADD look for a screen resolution setting Icon, and just
>>>> put that in the panel. A lower resolution will make things look bigger
>>>> on the screen. In add remove you can download some of these Extra
>>>> things. In Synaptic look for those same Files and see if there are
>>>> additional files that can be added, to give you some more options with
>>>> them. One might be in System tools, Configuration Editor. Here you can
>>>> set things like System Font Size. You can also do these things in the
>>>> Preferences of Applications, so that Font Size and Default Font can be
>>>> chosen, for an application.
>>>>
>>>> This is kind of general, but might help you, until i know some more of
>>>> your System Details.
>>>>
>>>> Alfred!
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: Laurie Bell <lveeb at yahoo.com>
>>>> Reply-To: The Canadian Ubuntu Users Community
>>>> <ubuntu-ca at lists.ubuntu.com>
>>>> To: The Canadian Ubuntu Users Community <ubuntu-ca at lists.ubuntu.com>
>>>> Subject: Re: Repositories
>>>> Date: Thu, 5 Jun 2008 17:31:40 -0700 (PDT)
>>>>
>>>> Hi Alfred,
>>>> Thanks,any help would be appreciated.
>>>> Laurie
>>>>
>>>> UBUNTU - I am what I am because of who we all are.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> ----- Original Message ----
>>>> From: Alfred <alfred.s at nexicom.net>
>>>> To: The Canadian Ubuntu Users Community <ubuntu-ca at lists.ubuntu.com>
>>>> Sent: Thursday, June 5, 2008 6:40:40 AM
>>>> Subject: Re: Repositories
>>>>
>>>> Hi Laurie:
>>>>
>>>>>>> Still can't change the resolution on login screen.Just type in user
>>>> and password,but can't see it or the options on login.
>>>>
>>>> I'll try to look into this, it probably has something to do with
>>>> setting
>>>> up the default Font, and setting up the Splash Screen or Login
>>>> Screen. I
>>>> didn't run into this problem yet, but I'll experiment with it, a bit.
>>>>
>>>> Alfred!
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: Laurie Bell <lveeb at yahoo.com>
>>>> Reply-To: The Canadian Ubuntu Users Community
>>>> <ubuntu-ca at lists.ubuntu.com>
>>>> To: The Canadian Ubuntu Users Community <ubuntu-ca at lists.ubuntu.com>
>>>> Subject: Re: Repositories
>>>> Date: Wed, 4 Jun 2008 19:38:39 -0700 (PDT)
>>>>
>>>> Still can't change the resolution on login screen.Just type in user and
>>>> password,but can't see it or the options on login.
>>>>
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