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wishwish

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Registered: 2010-03-25

Posts: 68

Re: Howto: Nvidia in Statler / Squeeze

Silly me, it wasn't risky at all, worked great.

chillicampari

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Registered: 2009-10-09

Posts: 466

Re: Howto: Nvidia in Statler / Squeeze

Silly me, it wasn't risky at all, worked great.

Yay!!! Glad to hear it!

Eren

#! Die Hard

From: Black Mesa

Registered: 2009-07-27

Posts: 801

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Re: Howto: Nvidia in Statler / Squeeze

I tried this method but i think gcc version mixed things i believe. I want to install lib32 and get errors like

Depends: gcc-4.4-base (=4.4.2-9) but 4.4.3-5 is to be installed

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z3r0_k00l75

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Registered: 2009-10-08

Posts: 92

Re: Howto: Nvidia in Statler / Squeeze

Found this at a site while STILL trying to get my nvidia fx5200 to work and thought it was priceless. Whether this gets censored or not I really don't care but its too damn funny not to post..........

Linux fails
writen by: Linux is dumb. on 2008-05-06 00:28:24
How the fuck is a newbie linux user going to understand a single line of these dumb-fuck instructions? With windows, all you do is bloody double click the downloaded file, From Nvidia. But these instructions dont even tell how to do anything, they just tell you WHAT to do. Make sure that your pc has a nuclear alphamegatronitic reaction timer, or else it wont work. ALso, once you get that, you have to activate it by logging onto the 10th level of the matrix (watch out for the sentinals btw, they get pissy at level 10) >Activeate it, and then disable the newmatic time reflux, otherwize it will interfere when installing the nvidia driver and it wont work. 1. Press the magic invisible button thats imposible to find Because you`v never used linux before and you have no fucking idea where the fuck any of this mumbo jumbo shit is After you have done the first simple step, the second step gets tricky, That is asuming the sentinals didnt get you! 2. You must type out the whole alphebete into the orange box... (No im not going to tell you where the fuck to find the orange box! that would take all the fun out of it) 3. After you realize there IS no orange box, and its actualy a circle, you probly realized that once you typed in the alphebete, it takes you to some black screen, of which you have NO clue how to use. Its no fuckin WONDER that NO ONE uses linux... people say its great.. but whats realy great is > CHANGE. ANd linux is change, But in its self, linux fails.
RE: Linux fails written by Linux is dumb.:

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lnxr0x

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Registered: 2009-09-29

Posts: 11

Re: Howto: Nvidia in Statler / Squeeze

I tried the initial steps here and the install failed and borked the X server. So once I got X up and running again (just reinstalled #!) I did the following and Nvidia drivers working great !!

First off I have a FX5600 card so I had to download the 173.14.25 driver here: http://www.nvidia.com/object/linux_disp … 14.25.html

then ran the following:

sudo aptitude install build-essential module-assistant

sudo module-assistant prepare

after thats done I shutdown "X" ctrl+alt+F1, login to the shell then run:

sudo /etc/init.d/gdm stop

sudo sh NVIDIA-Linux-x86-173.14.25-pkg1.run

follow the instructions in the installer, if it asks you to build the kernel module select "yes" It gave me the error I was using gcc 4.4 and it wanted 4.3. I ignored it and continued with the install.

after the install finished just run:

sudo /etc/init.d/gdm start

you should now have full acceleration

hope this helps

scjet

Member

From: Canada

Registered: 2009-03-03

Posts: 46

Re: Howto: Nvidia in Statler / Squeeze

I tried the above mentioned:
"after editing /etc/apt/sources.list,...
apt-get update
apt-get -t unstable install nvidia-kernel-source
m-a a-i nvidia-kernel-source
apt-get -t unstable install nvidia-glx
apt-get install nvidia-xconfig nvidia-settings
after I ran nvidia-xconfig"  it complained about modifying a XFREE86config file ? wasn't that back in the voodoo 3dfx days ?

I still only ended up with a sort-of installed nvidia version 190.*-whatever. where is "glxgears",  gcc 4.4 what ?
afterwards /var/log/Xorg.log.* can't even see my Quadro FX1700 ?

I really wanted just the latest wanted  "NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-195.36.15"
I even tried getting kernel-headers, sources, ... but that didn't ssem to work either
It just ended up complaining about gcc4.4 NOT being gcc 4.3 , and then missing a path to the kernel source files,....     ???

I have a Quadro FX1700 which the latest nvidia drivers install wonderfully, and stabely,  on ANY *ix out there.

whatever happened to (after you get your kernel-headers/kernel-sources) you just run
"sh ./NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-195.36.15-pkg2.run"
and boom(reboot) its all done. ?

In other words, why is the "base" install of "Statler" compirsed of an ANCIENT nividia-173* Driver ???

I guess thats why they call it ALPHA. -ouch.

Last edited by scjet (2010-04-01 18:39:29)

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z3r0_k00l75

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Registered: 2009-10-08

Posts: 92

Re: Howto: Nvidia in Statler / Squeeze

I tried the initial steps here and the install failed and borked the X server. So once I got X up and running again (just reinstalled #!) I did the following and Nvidia drivers working great !!

First off I have a FX5600 card so I had to download the 173.14.25 driver here: http://www.nvidia.com/object/linux_disp … 14.25.html

then ran the following:

sudo aptitude install build-essential module-assistant

sudo module-assistant prepare

after thats done I shutdown "X" ctrl+alt+F1, login to the shell then run:

sudo /etc/init.d/gdm stop

sudo sh NVIDIA-Linux-x86-173.14.25-pkg1.run

follow the instructions in the installer, if it asks you to build the kernel module select "yes" It gave me the error I was using gcc 4.4 and it wanted 4.3. I ignored it and continued with the install.

after the install finished just run:

sudo /etc/init.d/gdm start

you should now have full acceleration

hope this helps

  Thanks lnxr0x, that was more to what I was looking for. Nice, simple and to the point. Will give this a go as soon as I back up my latest e17 build.(I've become obsessed with getting e17 to actually work on something other than elive)

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scjet

Member

From: Canada

Registered: 2009-03-03

Posts: 46

Re: Howto: Nvidia in Statler / Squeeze

ya I know, so once again, what about "NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-195.36.15" ???

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kodx

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From: Russia

Registered: 2010-03-26

Posts: 24

Re: Howto: Nvidia in Statler / Squeeze

Thanks for this howto.

I have some fixes, for older cards. I have Nvidia GeForce 5200. New drivers doesn't support my card and i must install older drivers from 173xx series.

What you need to do:
change

apt-get -t unstable install nvidia-kernel-source -> apt-get -t unstable nvidia-kernel-legacy-173xx-source
m-a a-i nvidia-kernel-source -> m-a a-i nvidia-kernel-legacy-173xx-source
apt-get -t unstable install nvidia-glx - > apt-get -t unstable install -t unstable nvidia-glx-legacy-173xx nvidia-xconfig

nvidia-settings from repo is not suitable for my card, i downloaded this package from lenny

wget -c http://ftp.ru.debian.org/debian/pool/contrib/n/nvidia-settings/nvidia-settings_173.14.09-1_i386.deb

then install

dpkg -i nvidia-settings_173.14.09-1_i386.deb

here is my full script for squeeze(WARNING: it's not suitable for statler!):

sudo echo "deb http://ftp.ru.debian.org/debian unstable main non-free contrib" >> /etc/apt/sources.list
sudo echo 'APT::Default-Release "testing";' >/etc/apt/apt.conf.d/00defaultrelease
sudo aptitude update
sudo aptitude install module-assistant nvidia-kernel-common build-essential
sudo m-a clean nvidia-kernel-source
sudo m-a purge nvidia-kernel-source
sudo m-a prepare
sudo aptitude install nvidia-kernel-legacy-173xx-source/unstable
sudo m-a a-i nvidia-kernel-legacy-173xx-source
sudo aptitude install -t unstable nvidia-glx-legacy-173xx nvidia-xconfig
wget -c http://ftp.ru.debian.org/debian/pool/contrib/n/nvidia-settings/nvidia-settings_173.14.09-1_i386.deb
sudo dpkg -i nvidia-settings/nvidia-settings_173.14.09-1_i386.deb

Some offtop: why do you use apt-get? IMHO aptitude more powerfull and easy to use than apt-get.

rich

#! Junkie

From: barcelona

Registered: 2009-01-26

Posts: 413

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Re: Howto: Nvidia in Statler / Squeeze

I think you should either ask a Moderator to split that post, or repost it as a separate guide. There are many users with older cards (I also have an Nvidia Geforce fx 5200) who would benefit from your guide.

Threads like these gradually get longer, and it might get buried, so individual howto's are easier to find

Nice work!

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scjet

Member

From: Canada

Registered: 2009-03-03

Posts: 46

Re: Howto: Nvidia in Statler / Squeeze

ya, so once again, whats wrong with being ABLE to install "NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-195.36.15" and newer "tomorrow" drivers' ???
I plan to have much "newer" nvidia/ATI cards. I hope that will be easier in #!-10--STABLE right ?
get it !?

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rich

#! Junkie

From: barcelona

Registered: 2009-01-26

Posts: 413

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Re: Howto: Nvidia in Statler / Squeeze

ya, so once again, whats wrong with being ABLE to install "NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-195.36.15" and newer "tomorrow" drivers' ???
I plan to have much "newer" nvidia/ATI cards. I hope that will be easier in #!-10--STABLE right ?
get it !?

Try emailing Nvidia and Ati and ask them why they won't provide the latest Linux native drivers. Drivers are manufacturer problems, not Linux problems.

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gsmanners

Member

Registered: 2010-03-29

Posts: 39

Re: Howto: Nvidia in Statler / Squeeze

Rather than email, you can always nag them on their forums:

http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/forumdi … forumid=14

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Jdemnahouby

#! CrunchBanger

From: France, but living in Prague

Registered: 2009-04-13

Posts: 222

Re: Howto: Nvidia in Statler / Squeeze

ya, so once again, whats wrong with being ABLE to install "NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-195.36.15" and newer "tomorrow" drivers' ???
I plan to have much "newer" nvidia/ATI cards. I hope that will be easier in #!-10--STABLE right ?
get it !?

Scjet,

I have also Nvidia card: GeForce7000m it was very problematic to find the driver which is the most appropriate because in Ubuntu even with 173 version or 180, freeze ever appeared... then with 190 version nothing happened.
So I decided to install same version on my debian squeeze I m currently using.
I faced same question about GCC 4.4, and solved it by upgrading GCC via synaptic to the adequate version then tried installation of Nvidia driver once more (via console) and everything works perfect!
Then when everything was stable I downgraded GCC to previous version and from this time no pb....

Just note that I modified my grub and use at the end:  noapictimer acpi=noirq  and from this time, freeze completely disappeared :-)

Hope this can help you!

Last edited by Jdemnahouby (2010-04-02 19:05:04)

skinnypup

New Member

Registered: 2010-04-05

Posts: 4

Re: Howto: Nvidia in Statler / Squeeze

No need to chunk gcc4.4 to install the drivers off the nvidia site.
Making it more complicated than it is
Just the CC environment variable needs to be set before running the NVIDIA<your driver version here> script.
ctrl+alt+f1
login
sudo /etc/init.d/gdm stop <this stops the x server running on ctrl alt f7>
cd to where you extracted the files from the nvidia tar, or extract them with tar -xjvf filenamehere
chmod +x ./NVIDIA<your version number>
sudo export CC=/usr/bin/gcc-4.3
sudo ./NVI<hit tab here to autocomplete out your version number of the nvidia install script>
if all completed well
sudo /etc/init.d/gdm start

export CC again to 4.4 if you so choose afterwards

Nvidia driver from site worked way better than the one from repo for my mx200 in my laptop and includes a dual monitor wizzard that will let you dual monitor with the external plug,  turning off the main display works well though it does allow for dual desktops oriented any L/R up/down you choose.

Just did this today on statler with Nvidia 7600 works gr8.
P.S. Congrats on the Debian path.

rich

#! Junkie

From: barcelona

Registered: 2009-01-26

Posts: 413

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Re: Howto: Nvidia in Statler / Squeeze

Just posted an Nvidia legacy guide for older cards:
http://crunchbanglinux.org/forums/topic … e-fx-5200/

Ammended it to the first post as well.

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LaneLester

Member

From: Rural Georgia, NA

Registered: 2010-03-22

Posts: 30

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Re: Howto: Nvidia in Statler / Squeeze

Try emailing Nvidia and Ati and ask them why they won't provide the latest Linux native drivers. Drivers are manufacturer problems, not Linux problems.

As you know, Rich, your post is the standard Linux response whenever there is a problem with some kind of hardware. There's no doubt that it's true, but it's also true that the developers of some distros do whatever can be done to make it easier for users to use their hardware.

In one of the distros I use, the first boot after installation, a prompt comes up offering to install the appropriate proprietary-if-necessary drivers for my nVidia chipset.

Lane

rsw

#! CrunchBanger

Registered: 2009-08-26

Posts: 100

Re: Howto: Nvidia in Statler / Squeeze

lnxrox's instructions worked perfectly for my Geforce 4 Ti4200.  Build-essential and module-assistant were necessary but once those were installed the Nvidia script took care of the rest

Panzer

Member

Registered: 2010-02-06

Posts: 49

Re: Howto: Nvidia in Statler / Squeeze

This is a nice howto! I bought a new pc and I'll try to install Nvidia driver by this way.
But is it going to install the latest version? I think its 195.36.15
If not, how can I do it?
Thanks

wishwish

#! Member

Registered: 2010-03-25

Posts: 68

Re: Howto: Nvidia in Statler / Squeeze

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Last edited by wishwish (2010-07-12 19:17:22)

wishwish

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Registered: 2010-03-25

Posts: 68

Re: Howto: Nvidia in Statler / Squeeze

Trying to install linux headers, so I can install this nvidia.
I reinstalled #!, so I have to install nvidia again.

sudo apt-get install linux-headers-$(uname -r)
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
E: Couldn't find package linux-headers-2.6.32-3-686
 

Anyone know what I can do?

Edit: turns out my kernel wasn't up to date. Upgraded it, and then there were headers available.  Eeesh!

Last edited by wishwish (2010-08-26 12:13:53)

futuremonkey

Member

Registered: 2009-03-31

Posts: 12

Re: Howto: Nvidia in Statler / Squeeze

I just want to point out that module-assistant isn't installed by default in Statler alpha 2, so the "m-a a-i" command doesn't work OTB.  I had never used or even heard of that tool before, so it took me a while to figure out where to get "m-a".  Might want to add a note that module-assistant is a necessary package, just to spare some potential frustration.

lnxr0x

Member

Registered: 2009-09-29

Posts: 11

Re: Howto: Nvidia in Statler / Squeeze

Strange I just installed Alpha 2 today and my previous method of installing Nvidia drivers failed .. the only difference is that i'm trying the XFCE ver .. could that have something to do with it ?? It fails because the GCC ver don't match. I've run "sudo export CC=/usr/bin/gcc-4.3" but it doesn't work. I CAN run "export CC=/usr/bin/gcc-4.3" as a standard user, but then I still can't run the installer without being root.. any idea what i'm missing ??

Panzer

Member

Registered: 2010-02-06

Posts: 49

Re: Howto: Nvidia in Statler / Squeeze

I'd like to play Starcraft II  on my Statler system and http://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.p … &iId=20882
recommands to install Nvidia 256.44 to obtain better performance.
What is the easiest way to install it on #!?

Thanks.

anonymous

The Mystery Member

From: Arch Linux Forums

Registered: 2008-11-29

Posts: 8,901

Re: Howto: Nvidia in Statler / Squeeze

Follow the instructions in this thread:

http://crunchbanglinux.org/forums/topic … e-fx-5200/

When downloading the driver, just make sure to grab 256.44 and the rest is the same.

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