nvidia drivers

[iamsam]

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when i try and install the nvidia drivers i get this error:

ERROR: You appear to be running an X server; please exit X before
installing. For further details, please see the section INSTALLING
THE NVIDIA DRIVER in the README available on the Linux driver
download page at www.nvidia.com.

then it says:


ERROR: Installation has failed. Please see the file
'/var/log/nvidia-installer.log' for details. You may find
suggestions on fixing installation problems in the README available
on the Linux driver download page at www.nvidia.com.

and in the file it says:

nvidia-installer log file '/var/log/nvidia-installer.log'
creation time: Tue Jul 5 12:46:38 2005

option status:
license pre-accepted : false
update : false
force update : false
expert : false
uninstall : false
driver info : false
no precompiled interface: false
no ncurses color : false
query latest driver ver : false
OpenGL header files : true
no questions : false
silent : false
no backup : false
kernel module only : false
sanity : false
add this kernel : false
no runlevel check : false
no network : false
no ABI note : false
no RPMs : false
force tls : (not specified)
force compat32 tls : (not specified)
X install prefix : /usr/X11R6
OpenGL install prefix : /usr
compat32 install prefix : (not specified)
installer install prefix: /usr
utility install prefix : /usr
kernel name : (not specified)
kernel include path : (not specified)
kernel source path : (not specified)
kernel output path : (not specified)
kernel install path : (not specified)
proc mount point : /proc
ui : (not specified)
tmpdir : /tmp
ftp mirror : ftp://download.nvidia.com
RPM file list : (not specified)

Using: nvidia-installer ncurses user interface
-> The file '/tmp/.X0-lock' exists... an X server appears to be running
ERROR: You appear to be running an X server; please exit X before installing.
For further details, please see the section INSTALLING THE NVIDIA DRIVER
in the README available on the Linux driver download page at
www.nvidia.com.


and i couldnt find a README on the Linux install page on nvidia's site, so i really have no clue what to do

[techieMoe]

Try one of these tutorials:

http://www.linuxforums.org/tutorials...ial-44103.html
http://www.linuxforums.org/tutorials...ial-30452.html

[greenpenguin]

Make sure you're using the latest drivers too, I found that out after struggling with nVidia's drivers for about a week...

[willcox]

lets say that you're talking about fedora core 4... I would suggest to read these instructions:
http://stanton-finley.net/fedora_cor...ion_notes.html

[willamette]

Try to amend the /etc/inittab
change to the init 3 default (I can't remember the whole words)
Then you can install in the text mode

[eugrus]

ERROR: You appear to be running an X server; please exit X before
installing.

So, DO IT!!!!!!!!

/sbin/init 3

[eugrus]

Try to amend the /etc/inittab
change to the init 3 default (I can't remember the whole words)
Then you can install in the text mode

You are telling nonsense. There is no need in changing configs for one-time action.

Just

/sbin/init 3

[greenpenguin]

I had to do that - I couldn't get it to boot otherwise.
I had to remove rhgb from the grub kernel line too

[eugrus]

I had to do that - I couldn't get it to boot otherwise.

You could just use Ctrl+Alt+F1 to switch to the first console and then you could

init 3

and install nvidia drivers.

[kuson]

I have a Dell E6400 Latitude and had problems with Multiple Display when installing Ubuntu 11.10 despite it working on LiveCD.

Here's my solution --
1) I downloaded and installed the latest NVIDIA drivers (either by downloading it directly [which I had to press CTRL-ALT-F1 to go to command line mode, ps -ef | grep X and killed the PID of X, and then ran the NVIDIA_DRIVER_FILE.run in bash] or by apt-get as suggested above -- I tried both, so not sure whether one was better than the other). However, I still could not get it to work, as I think the xorg.conf was not properly changed to make use of the driver;


2) HOWEVER, I was lucky to have a previous backup of xorg.conf (X Configuration that NVIDIA driver seems to modify during installation), and manually modified it so that the Dual Display works. After rebooting, the Multiple Display Works!

BTW, here is my new xorg.conf file, [cat /etc/X11/xorg.conf]:

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# nvidia-xconfig: X configuration file generated by nvidia-xconfig
# nvidia-xconfig: version 285.05.09 (buildmeister@swio-display-x86-rhel47-02.nvidia.com) Fri Sep 23 17:55:57 PDT 2011

Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "Layout0"
#Screen 0 "Screen0"
Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0
InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
EndSection

Section "Files"
EndSection


Section "Module"
Load "glx"
EndSection

Section "ServerFlags"
Option "Xinerama" "0"
EndSection


Section "InputDevice"
# generated from default
Identifier "Mouse0"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "auto"
Option "Device" "/dev/psaux"
Option "Emulate3Buttons" "no"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
# generated from default
Identifier "Keyboard0"
Driver "kbd"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Configured Monitor"
EndSection


Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Monitor0"
VendorName "Unknown"
ModelName "DELL E178WFP"
HorizSync 30.0 - 83.0
VertRefresh 50.0 - 77.0
#Identifier "Monitor0"
#VendorName "Unknown"
#ModelName "Unknown"
#HorizSync 28.0 - 33.0
#VertRefresh 43.0 - 72.0
#Option "DPMS"
EndSection

Section "Device"
Identifier "Configured Video Device"
Driver "nvidia"
Option "NoLogo" "True"
EndSection


Section "Device"
Identifier "Device0"
Driver "nvidia"
VendorName "NVIDIA Corporation"
BoardName "Quadro NVS 160M"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen0"
Device "Device0"
Monitor "Monitor0"
DefaultDepth 24
Option "TwinView" "1"
Option "TwinViewXineramaInfoOrder" "DFP-0"
Option "metamodes" "CRT: nvidia-auto-select +1280+0, DFP: nvidia-auto-select +0+0"
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
EndSubSection
EndSection
------------------------------------------

Best of luck guys,

@kuson