i found the command nvidia-installer --uninstall and everything went right back to normal. whew. - gary
On Thu, Sep 8, 2011 at 5:01 PM, Gabriel H. Mercado <[email protected]> wrote: > ok i screwed it up now. I decided to reinstall the driver and ran a > > sudo sh NVIDIA-Linux-x86-280.13.run > > i ignored the 'Default Re: The distribution-provided pre-install > script failed!' proceed, yes/no? and proceeded, and it said it > installed correctly. > > after rebooting i only get a blinking orange cursor. I can reboot into > terminal. I'm currently checking all sorts of google results for > 'nvidia blank screen after reboot' etc., and variations, but no go. I > need to uninstall all nvidia stuff and redo the whole thing again but > am groping through this. > > any help > gary > > > > On Thu, Sep 8, 2011 at 12:27 AM, Christopher Baluyut <[email protected]> > wrote: >> BTW, I'm on a 9800GT with 512MB DDR3 (dated but still works). But I'm using >> a replacement heatsink for it since I'm slightly overclocking it. >> Here's a great resource on tweaking the Nvidia blob on >> Linux: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/NVIDIA >> On Thu, Sep 8, 2011 at 12:20 AM, Christopher Baluyut <[email protected]> >> wrote: >>> >>> It could be a couple of things... To get a "near perfect" Compiz >>> experience, I have to do some tweaks on my Ubuntu 11.04 desktop PC: >>> - Use the nvidia-current driver from X-Updates PPA (usually, the in-house >>> one gets dated) >>> - Tweak xorg.conf for things like triple-buffering, set PowerMizer to >>> Maximum Performance (and overclocking, but that's just me). >>> - Set Sync to VBlank on some options on Nvidia Settings Control Panel >>> - Disable the "ondemand" CPU governor in favor of "performance" >>> I got used to Compiz because with it, screen tearing is >>> almost negligible. >>> The above tweaks can help with VDPAU too. >>> >>> On Wed, Sep 7, 2011 at 10:28 PM, Michael Tinsay <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>>> >>>> Which actually makes Gary's problem sound kinda weird considering that >>>> the card he's having a problem with is NVIDIA-based. >>>> >>>> ________________________________ >>>> From: Christopher Baluyut <[email protected]> >>>> To: Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Technical Discussion List >>>> <[email protected]> >>>> Sent: Wednesday, September 7, 2011 8:44 PM >>>> Subject: Re: [plug] vidcard recommendations for ubuntu >>>> >>>> Nvidia VCs are generally considered better on Linux, especially in terms >>>> of 3D performance & the presence of a better GPU video off-loading API >>>> (VDPAU). >>>> >>>> On Wed, Sep 7, 2011 at 8:39 PM, Nikki Erwin C. Ramirez >>>> <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>> On Sep 7, 2011 8:09 PM, "Gabriel H. Mercado" <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> > >>>> > My problem is if someone recommends an ATI card for example, and I buy >>>> > one and it doesn't improve things, I hope the PC store I buy it from >>>> > honors their return policy allowing me to replace it. Which I can 100% >>>> > avoid just by asking the experts here what they use. >>>> You should be safe with either ATI or NVIDIA, right? Both of them have >>>> official drivers. >>>> I've successfully run StarCraft 2 on mid-range laptops (for 2010) with >>>> mid-range ATI and NVIDIA video cards, and my playing experience was quite >>>> good at Medium to High (mostly medium) video settings. >>>> _________________________________________________ >>>> Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List >>>> http://lists.linux.org.ph/mailman/listinfo/plug >>>> Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> "Linux is to Computing what Freedom is to Mankind. And Then There's >>>> Microsoft". >>>> >>>> ----- Helios >>>> >>>> Linux User 364495 >>>> http://counter.li.org >>>> >>>> twitter.com/wakizaki >>>> Christopher Baluyut on Google+ >>>> >>>> _________________________________________________ >>>> Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List >>>> http://lists.linux.org.ph/mailman/listinfo/plug >>>> Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph >>>> >>>> >>>> _________________________________________________ >>>> Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List >>>> http://lists.linux.org.ph/mailman/listinfo/plug >>>> Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> "Linux is to Computing what Freedom is to Mankind. And Then There's >>> Microsoft". >>> >>> ----- Helios >>> >>> Linux User 364495 >>> http://counter.li.org >>> >>> twitter.com/wakizaki >>> Christopher Baluyut on Google+ >> >> >> >> -- >> "Linux is to Computing what Freedom is to Mankind. 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