Public bug reported: Hello. I installed the nvidia_glx_new drivers and started getting all kinds of corruption whenever I closed the lid on my Presario F500 series laptop. The following bug report describes the exact problem that I'm having: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/207749
I did some more research and I think that my exact laptop (Presario F500 series) does not work with either the 167.x or 172.x NVIDIA drivers. Apparently, neither the nvidia drivers from the repos or the new ones from Nvidia will work on my machine. I need to use the old Feisty drivers (which worked great, btw). I followed the instructions that one user posted near the end of the thread I linked above, but now I'm hung up on one part. I'm hoping someone can help me with the next step. Here's what I followed: <blockquote> Ok I solved IT, installing the latest drivers won't work either.... i have to roll back to the 100.14.19 drivers, these seems to be working fine, no garbled consoles (i don't have a system hangs yet either) firstly uninistall the ubuntu nvidia driver in the restricted hardware app... the follow this guide to clean the system( http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=72490)<blockquote> If you wish to install the NVIDIA Linux graphics driver on a Debian GNU/Linux or Ubuntu system that ships with Xorg 7.x, please ensure that your system meets the following requirements: * development tools like make and gcc are installed * the linux-headers package matching the installed Linux kernel is installed * the pkg-config and xserver-xorg-dev packages are installed * the nvidia-glx package has been uninstalled with the --purge option and the files /etc/init.d/nvidia-glx and /etc/init.d/nvidia-kernel do not exist If you use Ubuntu, please also ensure that the linux-restricted-modules or linux-restricted-modules-common packages have been uninstalled. Alternatively, you can edit the /etc/default/linux-restricted-modules or /etc/default/linux-restricted-modules-common configuration file and disable the NVIDIA linux-restricted kernel modules (nvidia, nvidia_legacy) via: DISABLED_MODULES="nv nvidia_new" Additionally, delete the following file if it exists: /lib/linux-restricted-modules/.nvidia_new_installed Now donwload this drivers set (http://www.nvidia.com/object/linux_display_ia32_100.14.19.html) go to the console (crtl-alt-f1) stop gdm sudo /etc/init.d/gdm stop go to the driver download folder, and do sudo sh NVIDIA-Linux-x86-100.14.19-pkg1.run </blockquote> don't donwload the kernel modules, compile it ... reboot and Voila another nvidia nightmare solved for me.... </blockquote> I followed these instructions exactly, but the new driver does not appear to be running yet. I thought I screwed it up, but when I followed the instructions a second time, I received a message saying "Driver 100.blah.blah is currently installed. Do you want to reinstall?" I reinstalled anyway, but still nothing. Here's my question: How do I get this old driver to work? Since this wasn't from the repos, do I need to add "nvida" into my xorg.conf file manually? ** Affects: ubuntu Importance: Undecided Status: New -- Nvidia Hardy driver crashes F500 laptop https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/268226 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
