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Hey.
I wanted to ask if possible, teach me how to install nvidia drivers private.
It's for a nvidia GeForce4 440mmx.
I was reading this (http://doc.slitaz.org/en:guides:nvidia), and took him to practice ... but I failed ... Is there a more "simple"?
Greetings and thanks.
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Run as root:
tazhw setup nvidia --non-free
Then the proprietary driver is downloaded, wait till you accept the license and may be you must run finally ,,nvidia-xconfig".
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Hey.
Typing "nvidia setup tazhw - non-free" happens:
173.14.31 package is downloaded ... but it turns out that my package would be the 96.xx.xx
After installing the 173. says "The 173.14.31 nvidia driver will ignore this gpu" ...
Now I can not start in graphical mode.
What I can do to start in graphical mode? and how do you then go down the necessary drivers? (96.xx.xx) (do not remember the numbers below).
Greetings and thanks!
P. S. seemed very simple:-P
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nvidia-96xx driver:
http://cook.slitaz.org/undigest/packages/nvidia-96xx-96.43.16_2.6.37.tazpkg
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That is difficult then:
tazx
Re-install the driver nv. Run first
tazhw detec-pci
The module nouveau should be loaded. Then:
/etc/init.d/slim start
startx
You should have the nv driver again and an Xscreen working.
I do no want to recommend something that I was not able to set up here on one old machine!;-)
"seemed very simple" - yes, not difficult, but it did not work - yet!
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Hey.
Thanks.
Ok, now I try and say how it went.
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Ok.
Already downloaded the file (http://cook.slitaz.org/undigest/packages/nvidia-96xx-96.43.16_2.6.37.tazpkg) and installed ... and now? because they have not "loaded".
regards
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Ctrl+bkspc
#nano /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/60-Device.conf
Driver "nvidia"
Ctrl+x
y
#/etc/init.d/slim start
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Then I did "startx" ... and this happened:
dlopen: /usr/lib/X11/modules/drivers/nvidia_drv.so: undefined symbol miEmptyData
Failed to load /usr/lib/X11/modules/drivers/nvidia_drv.so
Failed to load module "nvidia" (loader failed, 7)
No drivers available
Fatal server error:
no screen found
Openbox - Message: falló abrir variable entorno Display.
Cannot open display: :0.0
So.....
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Then check:
lsmod | grep nvidia
Is the module loaded?
lsmod | grep nouveau
Is the module nouveau loaded in addition: nvidia will not function then?
Control the /etc/init.d/rcS file whether nouveau still gets loaded. If yes comment it out. Then:
modprobe nvidia
lsmod | grep nvidia again
If it is loaded and nouveau is not loaded:
nvidia-xconfig (as root)
- May be that you have to go to /lib/... where the modules are and manually install the module.But this comes later, forgive me (and to be frank: mojo masters this better, what I tell you here is a pale repetition of what I learned from him)
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@mb
Non-free nvidia kernel module is called nvidia.
Nouveau was removed from linux-drm and is no longer on erdosain9 system.
@erdosain9
#tazhw detect-pci
lsmod | grep nvidia
Copy/paste the /var/log/Xorg.0.log to pastebin.com and post the link.
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Hi
When I do:
lsmod | grep nvidia
says: Nothing (I guess that is not loaded)
When I do:
lsmod | grep nouveau
says: things
"Control the /etc/init.d/rcS" (nouveau it's not here. It's here /etc/rcS.conf... I took it out and put nvidia.)
When I do:
modprobe nvidia
Says: module nvidia not found in modules dep
.......
Ahhhhhhhhhh, What I can do?
By the way, if I write nvidia_xconfig not even recognize the parameter.
"May be that you have to go to /lib/... where the modules are and manually install the module"...... how?
"But this comes later, forgive me (and to be frank: mojo masters this better, what I tell you here is a pale repetition of what I learned from him)"
You're helping me, and I thank you. I do not know niente, and I'm learning with you all.
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My suggestion is to use the "nv" driver, you should be able to get "1024x768" resolution.
The nvidia-9xx driver may be broken.
I have no hardware to test it with.
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Here is the link ... if there is still a possibility.
http://pastebin.com/EGtN1hx1
Is there a solution? With other distros there were no problems, such as ubuntu or puppy ... but I like SliTaz ... So I stay but Why should that not work?
Greetings and thanks for the time.
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@erdosain9
Which version of Slitaz do you use? Stable or cooking? This problem with Xscreen is quite recent, as I may assure you. On the same machine I have, as it takes not much place, Slitaz 2.0 stable: no problem, Slitaz 3.0 stable, no problem - and after some weeks with the help of the friends here I could even get the nvidia card working.
- On another machine, though, with an even older nvidia card, it did not work. The agp-System (whatever this is!) does not work together with this old card. So I use nouveau (,,nv" or ,,veda"), good enough at least for me (no gamer, no multimedia fan).
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This is the key error:
[ 13.350] (II) LoadModule: "nvidia"
[ 13.355] (II) Loading /usr/lib/X11/modules/drivers/nvidia_drv.so
[ 13.410] dlopen: /usr/lib/X11/modules/drivers/nvidia_drv.so: undefined symbol: miEmptyData
[ 13.410] (EE) Failed to load /usr/lib/X11/modules/drivers/nvidia_drv.so
[ 13.410] (II) UnloadModule: "nvidia"
[ 13.410] (EE) Failed to load module "nvidia" (loader failed, 7)
[ 13.410] (EE) No drivers available.
I'll try to update the driver, check back later.
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HI michaelbischof
I use the cooking because only from there I can run the wifi.
I do usually watch movies and many times in the browser, so I want to run the proprietary nvidia driver.
Also, as I said, SliTaz is much more attractive than other distros for me. And I love when you can do so much and so well, with so little (I mean it occupies on the hard drive, and installation time, etc.).
I've been testing a lot of distros (including the "light" and only this is as expected, as wanted)
Thanks for the work they are taken.
I can not write in English, but I can read ... and by god, google translate very badly. Edit words to come closer to what I mean. I hope it understandable.
regards
P. S..: Mojo, I'll be checking. :-)
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Funny: I have the same issue. On the same machine I can wifi with cooking but not with Slitaz 3.0 stable. My motivation seems similar to yours.
Ok, in this very moment such a driver issue is unwelcome: but it is much more comfortable than under Windows. Where it can be nearly impossible to install a driver even if you found one: "not certified by Windows". May well be that mojo succeeds in updating the driver. Wow: a hand-curtailed software for you, quite indidivually such a solution, isn't it?
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Commit:
http://hg.slitaz.org/wok-undigest/rev/08522bf057e9
Cook log:
http://cook.slitaz.org/undigest/cooker.cgi?pkg=nvidia-96xx
Updated Package:
http://cook.slitaz.org/undigest/packages/nvidia-96xx-96.43.20_2.6.37.tazpkg
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Hello mojo!
Works great!
Thank you very much!
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@erdosain9 and/or mojo,
Would you mind giving here the exact procedure to remove old driver and install the new fresh (and working) nvidia-96xx driver?
Thanks in advance.
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Hey.
I'm pretty ignorant ... just in case.
I did a clean install. so ...
What I did was, download the file, then in console:
Ctrl + Alt + bkspc
# nano / etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/60-Device.conf
Driver "nvidia"
Ctrl + x
and
# / etc / init.d / slim start
And that was it :-)
To confirm it is working I did was:
lsmod | grep nvidia
Just as you realize
P. S. following the steps described mojo.
regards
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Thank you for sharing. :-)
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@mojo,
I tried your package and am faced to the following when trying to start slim (which does not).
Here is my Xorg.0.log:
[ 175.610] (II) LoadModule: "nvidia"
[ 175.611] (II) Loading /usr/lib/X11/modules/drivers/nvidia_drv.so
[ 175.611] dlopen: /usr/lib/X11/modules/drivers/nvidia_drv.so: undefined symbol: noPanoramiXExtension
[ 175.611] (EE) Failed to load /usr/lib/X11/modules/drivers/nvidia_drv.so
[ 175.611] (II) UnloadModule: "nvidia"
[ 175.611] (EE) Failed to load module "nvidia" (loader failed, 7)
[ 175.612] (EE) No drivers available.
[ 175.612]
Fatal server error:
[ 175.612] no screens found
Thanks for checking.
EDIT:
I found on one forum that "reenabling xinerama" should fix the issue...
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@totoetsasoeur
If you have xorg-server-light installed which has compile option --disable-xinerama,
then install xorg-server which has xinerama enabled:
#tazpkg get-install xorg-server
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