-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Joseph Shuttleworth wrote: > When I run nvidia-settings I get this output: > *You do not appear to be using the Nvidia x driver. > *Please edit your X configuration file (just run > *'nvidia-xconfig' as root), and restart the X server.
OK, so you are not in fact using the nvidia binary driver. > > When I run this command I get: > *...@kubutu:/etc$ sudo nvidia-xconfig > *[sudo] password for joe: > *sudo: nvidia-xconfig: command not found > > I don't know where to find this command. > locate nvidia-xconfig or sudo find / -iname nvidia-xconfig possibly sudo find / -iname nvidia-xconfig\* I have never used this command so I am not sure what it does. >>Try it again without the cut command: >>aptitude search nvidia > > p nvidia-173-kernel-source - NVIDIA binary kernel module source > i nvidia-173-modaliases - Modaliases for the NVIDIA binary > X.Org dri > p nvidia-180-kernel-source - NVIDIA binary kernel module source > p nvidia-180-libvdpau - Video Decode and Presentation API > for Unix <snip> > What are the letters on the left for? > The letters on the left are the package status, "i" means installed, "p" means not installed (or purged state), "v" stands for virtual package. - From a terminal try this: lsmod |grep nvidia If you do not get anything in return, try this: sudo modprobe nvidia Then look at the output of dmesg. There should be a line or two at the end that will tell you what happened. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAkp1vgMACgkQwRXgH3rKGfP66gCfaMe7txNSS2XsN70BolvwkEEf wFkAoIEALUx0kp16HIAaOYFUp99uQ814 =LLfs -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ clug-talk mailing list [email protected] http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) **Please remove these lines when replying
