new video card problems

[Ric Moore]

On 09/08/2012 12:52 AM, Doug wrote:
> 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

Oh yeah, if he has a built in video chipset that has to be disabled. The 
bios might have gone wonky with a new card installed and restored the 
factory setting. Good call, Doug. Ric



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