new video card problems

[Doug]

On 09/08/2012 12:34 AM, Ric Moore wrote:
> On 09/07/2012 02:06 PM, Bill Stanley wrote:
>> On 09/07/2012 11:36 AM, Basil Chupin wrote:
>>
>> < snip >
>>
>>> You'll find the driver(s) here:
>>>
>>> http://www.geforce.com/drivers
>>>
>>> but with Ubuntu you need to go thru hoops in order to get a driver from
>>> nVidia to work.
>>>
>>> Why? Because to compile it yourself you need to have a few files
>>> installed which are not easy to do in Ubuntu because Ubuntu doesn't 
>>> like
>>> you messing around and doing things for yourself. So, stick with the
>>> driver you find in the Additional Drivers menu you see in Ubuntu. It is
>>> the one shown there as 'recommended, or some such, and you are asked if
>>> you want to Activate it. Activate it and the default nouveau driver 
>>> will
>>> be replaced.
>>>
>>> However, if you really and truly want to compile your own and be
>>> up-to-date then look here:
>>>
>>> http://www.google.com/cse?cx=004599128559784038176%3Avj_p0xo-nng&ie=UTF-8&q=compiling+nvidia+driver&sa=Search#gsc.tab=0&gsc.q=compiling%20nvidia%20driver&gsc.page=1 
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> BC
>>
>>
>> I tried "Additional drivers" and I got some nonsense. It said...
>>
>> *****
>> Downloading package indexes failed, please check your network status.
>> Most drivers will not be available.
>> *****
>>
>> The nonsense is that my network is running just fine!   What's that all
>> about?  By the way, it proceeded to do a search (presumably of the
>> network) and found nothing.  It looks like I might have to install those
>> drivers manually.  Before I try to do so, is there anything else I can
>> try?  It's funny that Doug said he had the same video card and it worked
>> just fine.  Was Doug's video card in his computer at install time? Maybe
>> the difference is that I am trying to install new video card drivers.
>
> Maybe it's in a jam since you have an old /etc/X11/xorg.conf file? You 
> might try renaming it to xorg.conf.orig and then reboot. Without an 
> xorg.conf file, it should go into rescue mode, since there is no other 
> video setup or wrong nvidia driver running and from there jockey might 
> actually do it's job. It has pretty much always worked for me. Others 
> will have similar ideas so before you pull the plug, see what comes up 
> before the end of the weekend. Ric
>
>
>
I had mentioned before that I have the card and it works.  I remember 
that I had to set the BIOS so that the memory could be used.  I don't 
remember just what I did, and I
don't know if this has any effect on what your problem is, but check out 
the BIOS and see if there's anything there that you might need to 
modify.  --doug

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