how to install the new nvidia-xconfig-1.0 utility under Linux Ubuntu

[danmarius1981]

Hello everybody,

Nvidia now provides a utility to easy configure the X server configuration file (besides the manual configuration). It is provided as a tar.gz file and it can be downloaded from the official Nvidia driver download website.

I used the standard procedure to install such files:

unpack the archive
change directory as root into the unpacked archive
./configure
make
make install

but it did not work.

I am using Linux Ubuntu. My video card is GeForce 4 MX and the driver is 96.43.13.
The archive does not provide any install instructions.

Guys, any help would be highly appreciated!

[jayd512]

Hello and Welcome!

Have you already checked your package manager for the correct drivers?
Ubuntu usually has this available in Synaptic, perhaps under Hardware Drivers or something similar.

[danmarius1981]

Hello and Welcome!

Have you already checked your package manager for the correct drivers?
Ubuntu usually has this available in Synaptic, perhaps under Hardware Drivers or something similar.

Jay,

I don't know how to use synaptic to check if the driver is the correct one. However, the driver that I have installed is the one that Ubuntu provides for my video card.

The thing is that when I run the ./configure command, it says "no such file or directory. The archive does not include any install help file or anything of that sort.

thanks.
md

[jayd512]

Are you booting into a working GUI? Such as Gnome?

[danmarius1981]

Are you booting into a working GUI? Such as Gnome?

yes. I am using Gnome.

[coopstah13]

nvidia-xconfig has been around long time

it should be included in a package called nvidia-utils, you should be able to find it in synaptic

[danmarius1981]

nvidia-xconfig has been around long time

it should be included in a package called nvidia-utils, you should be able to find it in synaptic

I cannot find nvidia-utils in my synaptic. BUT, a search of the internet did find a deb file of the nvidia-xconfig. I attached here, along with the tar.gz archive I found on the nvdia website. However, when trying to install the deb file it says:

"Error: Conflicts with the installed package 'nvidia-glx-96'". This particular file seems to be important :

"These binary drivers provide optimized hardware
acceleration of OpenGL applications via a direct-rendering X Server.
AGP, PCIe, SLI, TV-out and flat panel displays are also supported."

so I do not know if disabling is a good idea.

[coopstah13]

its already installed as part of the package from ubuntu for your graphics card

did you try running the command?

[danmarius1981]

its already installed as part of the package from ubuntu for your graphics card

did you try running the command?

No, so it is installed but I do not know how to start this utility. My understanding is that it has to be something easy to use, so not the manual way of configuring the X. Does it also imply using commands? I am expecting something different than that.

Thank you so much for your help!

[coopstah13]

nvidia-xconfig is a CLI utility, you have to execute it in terminal, and I believe it has to be done when the x server is not running, if you are looking for a GUI tool to configure things, then you need to install nvidia-settings package, which will then show up under system->administration I believe