[Sussex] Nvidia driver and updating.
John Gregory
john_gregory at onetel.com
Mon Jun 19 14:25:26 UTC 2006
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> 1. Re: Installing nvidia driver after new kernel - (K)Ubuntu ???
> (John D.)
> 2. Re: Installing nvidia driver after new kernel - (K)Ubuntu ???
> (Pybe)
> 3. Re: Installing nvidia driver after new kernel - (K)Ubuntu ???
> (John D.)
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> Subject:
> Re: [Sussex] Installing nvidia driver after new kernel - (K)Ubuntu ???
> From:
> "John D." <johnsemail at f2s.com>
> Date:
> Sun, 18 Jun 2006 18:44:59 +0100
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> On Sunday 18 June 2006 15:35, Pybe wrote:
>> Your sources list is basicly the same as mine i think (see attached). Did
>> you apt-get update 1st? If not try that then the apt-cache search.
>>
>> sudo apt-get update && apt-cache search linux-restricted-modules
>>
>> Gives me:
>>
>> linux-restricted-modules-2.6.15-23-386 - Non-free Linux 2.6.15 modules on
>> 386
>> linux-restricted-modules-2.6.15-23-686 - Non-free Linux 2.6.15 modules on
>> PPro/Celeron/PII/PIII/PIV
>> linux-restricted-modules-2.6.15-23-k7 - Non-free Linux 2.6.15 modules on
>> AMD K7
>> linux-restricted-modules-2.6.15-25-386 - Non-free Linux 2.6.15 modules on
>> 386
>> linux-restricted-modules-2.6.15-25-686 - Non-free Linux 2.6.15 modules on
>> PPro/Celeron/PII/PIII/PIV
>> linux-restricted-modules-2.6.15-25-k7 - Non-free Linux 2.6.15 modules on
>> AMD K7
>> linux-restricted-modules-386 - Restricted Linux modules on 386.
>> linux-restricted-modules-686 - Restricted Linux modules on
>> PPro/Celeron/PII/PIII/PIV.
>> linux-restricted-modules-common - Non-free Linux 2.6.15 modules helper
>> script
>> linux-restricted-modules-k7 - Restricted Linux modules on AMD K7.
>>
>> HTH
>> James
> Thanks James,
>
> Yes it did help (Ha! absolutely bloody marvellous). Obviously one of the
> different sources on the end of the list i.e. the ones that do differ from
> what I had must have had the packages - which one? I don't know.
>
> I just copied my list to sources.list.old and then bunged in the one that you
> attached and did the "sudo apt-get update && apt-cache search
> linux-restricted-modules" and it showed all the various bits - in fact adept
> showed me that there was updates available on the toolbar immediately, so I
> just rebooted into the new kernel and installed the nvidia-glx and
> linux-restricted-modules updates, re-started the session and bingo, a nice
> shiny desktop and a terminal that told me
>
> :~$ uname -r
> 2.6.15-25-686
> :~$
>
> Hoorah!
>
> Again, thanks very much for the direction/assistance. Very much appreciated.
>
> regards
>
> John D.
>
>
>
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> Subject:
> Re: [Sussex] Installing nvidia driver after new kernel - (K)Ubuntu ???
> From:
> Pybe <squalidstuff at gmail.com>
> Date:
> Sun, 18 Jun 2006 21:52:05 +0100
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>
> no problem, glad it helped. you may want to put some of your kde
> specific items back in as i am running standard ubuntu not kubuntu.
>
> Cheers
> James
>
> On 6/18/06, * John D.* <johnsemail at f2s.com <mailto:johnsemail at f2s.com>>
> wrote:
>
> On Sunday 18 June 2006 15:35, Pybe wrote:
> > Your sources list is basicly the same as mine i think (see
> attached). Did
> > you apt-get update 1st? If not try that then the apt-cache search.
> >
> > sudo apt-get update && apt-cache search linux-restricted-modules
> >
> > Gives me:
> >
> > linux-restricted-modules-2.6.15-23-386 - Non-free Linux 2.6.15
> modules on
> > 386
> > linux-restricted-modules-2.6.15-23-686 - Non-free Linux 2.6.15
> modules on
> > PPro/Celeron/PII/PIII/PIV
> > linux-restricted-modules-2.6.15-23-k7 - Non-free Linux 2.6.15
> modules on
> > AMD K7
> > linux-restricted-modules-2.6.15-25-386 - Non-free Linux 2.6.15
> modules on
> > 386
> > linux-restricted-modules-2.6.15-25-686 - Non-free Linux 2.6.15
> modules on
> > PPro/Celeron/PII/PIII/PIV
> > linux-restricted-modules-2.6.15-25-k7 - Non-free Linux 2.6.15
> modules on
> > AMD K7
> > linux-restricted-modules-386 - Restricted Linux modules on 386.
> > linux-restricted-modules-686 - Restricted Linux modules on
> > PPro/Celeron/PII/PIII/PIV.
> > linux-restricted-modules-common - Non-free Linux 2.6.15 modules
> helper
> > script
> > linux-restricted-modules-k7 - Restricted Linux modules on AMD K7.
> >
> > HTH
> > James
> Thanks James,
>
> Yes it did help (Ha! absolutely bloody marvellous). Obviously one of the
> different sources on the end of the list i.e. the ones that do
> differ from
> what I had must have had the packages - which one? I don't know.
>
> I just copied my list to sources.list.old and then bunged in the one
> that you
> attached and did the "sudo apt-get update && apt-cache search
> linux-restricted-modules" and it showed all the various bits - in
> fact adept
> showed me that there was updates available on the toolbar
> immediately, so I
> just rebooted into the new kernel and installed the nvidia-glx and
> linux-restricted-modules updates, re-started the session and bingo,
> a nice
> shiny desktop and a terminal that told me
>
> :~$ uname -r
> 2.6.15-25-686
> :~$
>
> Hoorah!
>
> Again, thanks very much for the direction/assistance. Very much
> appreciated.
>
> regards
>
> John D.
>
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> Subject:
> Re: [Sussex] Installing nvidia driver after new kernel - (K)Ubuntu ???
> From:
> "John D." <johnsemail at f2s.com>
> Date:
> Sun, 18 Jun 2006 23:37:26 +0100
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> On Sunday 18 June 2006 21:52, Pybe wrote:
>> no problem, glad it helped. you may want to put some of your kde specific
>> items back in as i am running standard ubuntu not kubuntu.
>>
>> Cheers
>> James
> Righto!
>
> I'd forgotten about that. It'd be hideous if I had to use gnome ;D
>
> regards
>
> John D.
>
>
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For what its worth I have just done a similar upgrade after changing
from SuSE 9.3 to 10.1.
In my case the driver from NVidia is the same for both versions. The
need to recompile is because the kernel has changed. Yast did not want
to know and I ccould only recompile from run level 3 as root on SuSE
10.1 There is a rudimentary Nvidia installer to guide one through the
process and edit the Xconf file with Sax.
John Gregory
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