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05-09-2007	#1 (permalink)
Company2 Just Joined! Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 93	Nvidia trouble Hello I got Ubuntu and gave it another try after it came out with 7.04 and the screen finally loaded up, Now I have another problem even after I installed the nvidia driver nvidia won't work. I can't hear any sound. I even checked the sound and it was on nvidia and it still doesn't work help me.

05-09-2007	#2 (permalink)
AndrewB Banned Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 947	Could you possibly provide us with more information?

05-09-2007	#3 (permalink)
Company2 Just Joined! Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 93	00:00.0 Host bridge: nVidia Corporation Unknown device 0071 (rev c1) Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 0 Capabilities: <access denied> 00:00.1 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation Unknown device 007f (rev a1) Flags: 66MHz, fast devsel 00:00.2 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation Unknown device 0075 (rev a1) Flags: 66MHz, fast devsel 00:00.3 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation Unknown device 006f (rev a1) Flags: 66MHz, fast devsel 00:00.4 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation Unknown device 00b4 (rev a1) Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 0 00:01.0 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation Unknown device 0076 (rev a1) Flags: 66MHz, fast devsel 00:01.1 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation Unknown device 0078 (rev a1) Flags: 66MHz, fast devsel 00:01.2 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation Unknown device 0079 (rev a1) Flags: 66MHz, fast devsel 00:01.3 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation Unknown device 007a (rev a1) Flags: 66MHz, fast devsel 00:01.4 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation Unknown device 007b (rev a1) Flags: 66MHz, fast devsel 00:01.5 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation Unknown device 007c (rev a1) Flags: 66MHz, fast devsel 00:01.6 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation Unknown device 007d (rev a1) Flags: 66MHz, fast devsel 00:02.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation Unknown device 007e (rev a2) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode]) Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0 Bus: primary=00, secondary=01, subordinate=01, sec-latency=0 I/O behind bridge: 0000d000-0000dfff Memory behind bridge: dd000000-dfefffff Prefetchable memory behind bridge: 00000000b0000000-00000000bfffffff Capabilities: <access denied> 00:04.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation Unknown device 007e (rev a2) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode]) Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0 Bus: primary=00, secondary=02, subordinate=02, sec-latency=0 Capabilities: <access denied> 00:05.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation Unknown device 007e (rev a2) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode]) Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0 Bus: primary=00, secondary=03, subordinate=03, sec-latency=0 Memory behind bridge: dcf00000-dcffffff Capabilities: <access denied> 00:09.0 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation MCP55 Memory Controller (rev a1) Subsystem: Dell Unknown device 0000 Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 0 Capabilities: <access denied> 00:0a.0 ISA bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP55 LPC Bridge (rev a2) Subsystem: Dell Unknown device 01e0 Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 0 I/O ports at 4f00 [size=256] 00:0a.1 SMBus: nVidia Corporation MCP55 SMBus (rev a2) Subsystem: Dell Unknown device 01e0 Flags: 66MHz, fast devsel, IRQ 9 I/O ports at 4c00 [size=64] I/O ports at 5000 [size=64] I/O ports at 5100 [size=64] Capabilities: <access denied> 00:0a.2 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation MCP55 Memory Controller (rev a2) Subsystem: Dell Unknown device 01e0 Flags: 66MHz, fast devsel 00:0b.0 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation MCP55 USB Controller (rev a1) (prog-if 10 [OHCI]) Subsystem: Dell Unknown device 01e0 Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 17 Memory at dfff8000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K] Capabilities: <access denied> 00:0b.1 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation MCP55 USB Controller (rev a2) (prog-if 20 [EHCI]) Subsystem: Dell Unknown device 01e0 Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 17 Memory at dfff7f00 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256] Capabilities: <access denied> 00:0d.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation MCP55 IDE (rev a1) (prog-if 8a [Master SecP PriP]) Subsystem: Dell Unknown device 01e0 Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 0 [virtual] Memory at 000001f0 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [disabled] [size=8] [virtual] Memory at 000003f0 (type 3, non-prefetchable) [disabled] [size=1] [virtual] Memory at 00000170 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [disabled] [size=8] [virtual] Memory at 00000370 (type 3, non-prefetchable) [disabled] [size=1] I/O ports at ecf0 [size=16] Capabilities: <access denied> 00:0e.0 RAID bus controller: nVidia Corporation MCP55 SATA Controller (rev a2) (prog-if 85) Subsystem: Dell Unknown device 01e0 Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 18 I/O ports at fe00 [size=8] I/O ports at fe10 [size=4] I/O ports at fe20 [size=8] I/O ports at fe30 [size=4] I/O ports at fec0 [size=16] Memory at dfff9000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K] Capabilities: <access denied> 00:0e.1 RAID bus controller: nVidia Corporation MCP55 SATA Controller (rev a3) (prog-if 85) Subsystem: Dell Unknown device 01e0 Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 19 I/O ports at fe40 [size=8] I/O ports at fe50 [size=4] I/O ports at fe60 [size=8] I/O ports at fe70 [size=4] I/O ports at fed0 [size=16] Memory at dfffa000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K] Capabilities: <access denied> 00:0e.2 RAID bus controller: nVidia Corporation MCP55 SATA Controller (rev a4) (prog-if 85) Subsystem: Dell Unknown device 01e0 Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 20 I/O ports at fe80 [size=8] I/O ports at fe90 [size=4] I/O ports at fea0 [size=8] I/O ports at feb0 [size=4] I/O ports at fef0 [size=16] Memory at dfffb000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K] Capabilities: <access denied> 00:0f.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP55 PCI bridge (rev a2) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode]) Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 0 Bus: primary=00, secondary=04, subordinate=04, sec-latency=64 I/O behind bridge: 0000c000-0000cfff Memory behind bridge: d8000000-dcefffff Capabilities: <access denied> 00:0f.1 Audio device: nVidia Corporation MCP55 High Definition Audio (rev a2) Subsystem: Dell Unknown device 01e0 Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 18 Memory at dfffc000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K] Capabilities: <access denied> 00:13.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP55 PCI Express bridge (rev a2) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode]) Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0 Bus: primary=00, secondary=05, subordinate=05, sec-latency=0 Capabilities: <access denied> 00:18.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP55 PCI Express bridge (rev a2) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode]) Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0 Bus: primary=00, secondary=06, subordinate=06, sec-latency=0 I/O behind bridge: 0000b000-0000bfff Memory behind bridge: d5f00000-d7ffffff Prefetchable memory behind bridge: 00000000c0000000-00000000cfffffff Capabilities: <access denied> 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation GeForce 7900 GS (rev a1) (prog-if 00 [VGA]) Subsystem: nVidia Corporation Unknown device 0370 Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 21 Memory at dd000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16M] Memory at b0000000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=256M] Memory at de000000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16M] I/O ports at dc80 [size=128] [virtual] Expansion ROM at dfe00000 [disabled] [size=128K] Capabilities: <access denied> 03:00.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme BCM5751 Gigabit Ethernet PCI Express (rev 21) Subsystem: Dell Unknown device 01e0 Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 16 Memory at dcff0000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=64K] Capabilities: <access denied> 04:04.0 Multimedia audio controller: Creative Labs SB X-Fi Subsystem: Creative Labs X-Fi XtremeMusic Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 11 I/O ports at cce0 [size=32] Memory at dcc00000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=2M] Memory at d8000000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=64M] Capabilities: <access denied> 04:0a.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Texas Instruments TSB43AB22/A IEEE-1394a-2000 Controller (PHY/Link) (prog-if 10 [OHCI]) Subsystem: Dell Unknown device 01e0 Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 16 Memory at dcefb800 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=2K] Memory at dcefc000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K] Capabilities: <access denied> 06:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation GeForce 7900 GS (rev a1) (prog-if 00 [VGA]) Subsystem: nVidia Corporation Unknown device 0370 Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 21 Memory at d6000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16M] Memory at c0000000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=256M] Memory at d7000000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16M] I/O ports at bc80 [disabled] [size=128] [virtual] Expansion ROM at d5f00000 [disabled] [size=128K] Capabilities: <access denied> This is what comes up when I type lspci -v.

05-15-2007	#4 (permalink)
Company2 Just Joined! Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 93	Doing more research I typed in Ctrl-Alt-F1 I then typed in this sequence sudo init 3 sudo sh nvidia.run I got this error message 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 Welcome to NVIDIA - Graphics, Motherboard, Drivers, PC, Laptop. 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 Welcome to NVIDIA - Graphics, Motherboard, Drivers, PC, Laptop.

05-16-2007

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techieMoe

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Company2

Doing more research I typed in Ctrl-Alt-F1
I then typed in this sequence

sudo init 3
sudo sh nvidia.run

I got this error message

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 Welcome to NVIDIA - Graphics, Motherboard, Drivers, PC, Laptop.

To kill the X server in Ubuntu (or any Debian distribution) use this command instead:

Code:

/etc/init.d/gdm stop

This comes from my tutorial:

http://www.linuxforums.org/forum/lin...d-drivers.html

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05-22-2007	#6 (permalink)
Company2 Just Joined! Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 93	Wow thanks that worked but now I got another error in so many words the terminal told me that I need to compile the kernel so that it can make room for nvidia and I don't know how to do that in Ubuntu.

05-22-2007

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djbenny

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i had this problem

what you have todo is...

Quote:

sudo dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg

then choose the NV driver

once you have doine that it should work then i used

Automatix software http://www.getautomatix.com/

to install the nvidia driver and it works perfectly!

then the sound problem...

add the acpi=off in the following

Quote:

## ## Start Default Options ##
## default kernel options
## default kernel options for automagic boot options
## If you want special options for specific kernels use kopt_x_y_z
## where x.y.z is kernel version. Minor versions can be omitted.
## e.g. kopt=root=/dev/hda1 ro
## kopt_2_6_8=root=/dev/hdc1 ro
## kopt_2_6_8_2_686=root=/dev/hdc2 ro
# kopt=root=/dev/sda1 ro acpi=off

#### DELETED STUFF #####

## ## End Default Options ##

title Ubuntu, kernel 2.6.15-26-686
root (hd0,0)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.15-26-686 root=/dev/sda1 ro quiet splash acpi=off
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.15-26-686
savedefault
boot

then the sound should work

05-22-2007	#8 (permalink)
Company2 Just Joined! Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 93	OK I think that nvidia is installed because the screen comes up when I get into Ubutnu. djbenny I don't understand how to install the sound drivers (I don't know what you are saying in your quote). Also When I type lspci nvidia still shows up as an unknown driver and the hardware info still shows up as an unknown driver what does that mean?

05-23-2007	#9 (permalink)
djbenny Just Joined! Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 7	well you have to edit the menu.lst in the boot/grub folder to add the acpi=off like the quote: and to configure the drivers goto applications then system tools there should be a nvidia application.

05-23-2007	#10 (permalink)
Company2 Just Joined! Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 93	Could you explain how to get sound because I didn't understand what you meant by that. Also how do you add acpi=off in the grub folder.

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