14 Feb
2013
14 Feb
'13
1:54 a.m.
On Wed, 13 Feb 2013 11:41:06 -1000, david wrote:
That's what I would have expected. Possibly the 'studio' parts are
causing the problem then (in that I probably don't have the right
linux-headers or something similar).
On 02/13/2013 10:58 AM, John Murphy wrote:
A good suggestion, thank you, but no difference unfortunately.
I stopped the display manager (lightdm) from a virtual terminal
and tried 'sudo apt-get install nvidia-310-dev'. It worked, but
still no working driver according to nvidia-settings. After running
nvidia-config I'm limited to 640x480, which doesn't help.
I've installed Ubuntu Studio 13.04. It has a
real time version
of the latest kernel and I quite like the XFCE desktop, although
I'm more used to KDE. It boots from Grub in about seven seconds,
which is remarkable.
But I use one installation for all and I really need proprietary
Nvidia drivers. Preferably version 310. I've tried installing
'nvidia-current' which provides v304, but doesn't work. An 'apport'
problem is mentioned in the (Synaptic) details during install and
the 'Nvidia Settings' widget reports no working driver installed
and to try running 'sudo nvidia-config' (or something like that)
which I tried. Even tried copying a known good xorg.conf from my
currently working KDE (12.04). On a previous attempt I tried most
variations of 310 and something from an xorg-edgers ppa.
Perhaps the closed driver needs to be installed when X is not running?
Try from a text login? I've had
similar problems before, requiring various blacklisting
of Nouveau and certain framebuffer drivers, but before I try that;
is there some other possible reason why ubuntu-studio 13.04 or
XFCE isn't likely to work with (closed) nvidia drivers?
XFCE shouldn't care a bit about which video driver you use; it's just
using X. I've used XFCE on closed NVidia drivers (not the version you're
talking about) without any problems. Installed them using Synaptic with
no problems. Can't answer for Ubuntu 13, though. Ubuntu's
Unity interface tries to do
what I consider fancy stuff for the desktop UI, so it might be more
sensitive to drivers. (Like KDE4 in that area, I think.)
I tried Ubuntu 13.04 between attempts with the studio version. It would
only boot to a rescue 'low graphics' mode, which turned out to be just
a login prompt, but I was able to update and then install nvidia-current
OK on that and it worked fine on the next reboot.
But I think if you can't even get X to run the
driver in the first place
(boot to a text login, login and run "startx"), you haven't even gotten
to the point where XFCE or the Ubuntu UI is trying to use it.
Just downloaded a daily build of Xubuntu 13.04. I'll try starting
from there. All of these Raring-Ringtail installs are a bit awkward
for me, as there's a bug which means I have to disconnect all HDDs
bar the one on which I'm going to install. :|
Thanks.
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