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Joseph_sys
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PostPosted: Fri Feb 22, 2013 1:40 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I've tested it all night, nvidia driver don't kernel 3.5.7 or newer. I have:
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VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation GF116 [GeForce GTS 450] (rev a1)
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PostPosted: Fri Feb 22, 2013 2:21 pm    Post subject: <SOLVED> Nvidia drivers not working in X Reply with quote

I have the following:

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01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation GF119 [Quadro NVS 4200M] (rev a1)



That is very strange :?

I followed the process as describe above, and it is working fine...
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PostPosted: Fri Feb 22, 2013 2:39 pm    Post subject: Nvidia drivers not working in X Reply with quote

Try this wiki....they talk about different drivers for different Nvidia cards...according to this wiki Nvidia still has drivers for very old (workaround) to very new cards...

http://en.gentoo-wiki.com/wiki/Nvidia#Selecting_the_nVidia_Driver_Version


According to them your card should work:
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The nvidia-drivers package supports the full range of available nVidia cards. Multiple versions are available for installation, depending on the card(s) you have.
Newer cards such as the GeForce 8, 7 and 6 series should use the newer drivers from the 200.x series.
Older cards such as GeForce FX 5 series and related Quadro FX cards require the 173.x drivers. For these cards, you should mask >=x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers-180.00 in your /etc/portage/package.mask file.
Older cards such as the GeForce 3 or GeForce 4 and related Quadro4 and some Quadro2 series require the 96.x drivers. For these cards, you should mask >=x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers-97.00 in your /etc/portage/package.mask file. This will prevent newer versions of the driver which are incompatible with your card from being installed.
Old NV2x-based cards (such as TNT, TNT2, GeForce, GeForce 2, Quadro and Quadro2) require the older 71.x drivers (such as nvidia-drivers-71.86.01). For these cards, you should mask >=x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers-87.00 in /etc/portage/package.mask.


This wiki helped me alot. :lol:
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PostPosted: Fri Feb 22, 2013 2:53 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

my Ubuntu-12.10 installation runs

xorg-server-1.13.0
nvidia-310.14
linux-3.5.7.x - canonical maintained LTS
( see bug https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=458384 )

Your gpu chip should be supported using newer nvidia-drivers:
http://www.nvidia.com/object/linux-display-amd64-310.32-driver.html
click "supported products"
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