Need help with nvidia driver 1.0-8178

[ford460]

Hey guys,
I'm new to both linux and this forum. I have been trying to install the nvidia driver 1.0-8178, I exit X using ctrl,alt,shift,backspace. I then run "sh NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-1.0-8178-pkg2.run" This may be a good time to not i have the 64 bit edition of ubunt, and the nvidia drivers. I get an error to the effect of cannot compile kernel or something. I have no idea what this means, and all of the various fixes I have found on google don't seem to help. My kernel version in 2.6.12-9 -amd64-generic, which is what I get at uname -r. The whole problem is that UT2004 loads, and then the screen goes black and I have to reboot. I had the nvidia-glx installed through the synaptic package manager when this happened, so I tried the nvidia driver above, however I can't install the damn thing. Please help, and let me know if you need any more info.
Steve

Edit:
It seems that all of the sites just tell you to compile your kernel, or make sure your kernel is up to date, or make sure you have :make, kernel-sources, and gcc packages installed. How do I find this out? How do I install them if I don't have them?

[APwrs]

You can add all your various packages through Synaptic. I'm not that familiar with Ubuntu or how it names its packages, but the kernel source should be something like kernel-source or linux-source. Use Synaptic to do a search and you should be on the right path.

[justbill]

Have you tried this "How To" (http://www.ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=75074) yet? Method 2 worked for me. I have onboard graphics on that machine, so I had to comment out, or delete the information about the onboard graphics, in the /etc/X11/xorg.conf file and insert the specs on my nvidia card, then run the installer. However, this was on a old HP Pavilion 6630, so it is different from your 64bit. Any how give it a look if you have'nt already.

Good Luck
Justbill

Also: If you have problems, or questions about the how to, tseliot is real good about posting back and helping solve the problem. Just ask!

[ford460]

Thanks for the help guys, i'll try that out, btw who/where is tseliot?
Steve

[justbill]

tseliot wrote the "How To" for installing nvidia drivers, at ubuntu forums. That is the link I gave you.

Justbill

[mrBen]

I generally use this (https://wiki.ubuntu.com/BinaryDriverHowto/Nvidia) howto from the Ubuntu wiki to install, and it seems to work. Although I've a friend who had problems with an older Nvidia card - which one are you using?

[ford460]

I am using the Nvidia 6600 GT, so its not too old. And no tseliots link and method 2 did not work (or any other method for that matter) it gave me the same output I've been having. It did give some good information on kernels though, and when I go to /usr/src and ls the directory, I find this output interesting:
total 28
drwxr-xr-x 18 root root 4096 2006-03-24 09:03 linux-headers-2.6.12-10
drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 4096 2006-03-24 09:03 linux-headers-2.6.12-10-amd64-generic
drwxr-xr-x 18 root root 4096 2006-03-23 21:06 linux-headers-2.6.12-9
drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 4096 2006-03-23 21:06 linux-headers-2.6.12-9-amd64-generic
drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 4096 2006-03-23 22:36 linux-headers-2.6.12-9-amd64-k8
drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 4096 2006-03-23 22:36 linux-headers-2.6.12-9-amd64-k8-smp
drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 4096 2006-03-23 22:36 linux-headers-2.6.12-9-amd64-xeon
why do I have so many kernels installed? I may be wring but it would seem that I need only 1, the one for my machine, which I think is *-amd64-generic. I have an Athlon 64 3000+ proc, and am running Ubuntu 5.1 x64 edition. Furthermore, it doesn't seem to be the latest kernel available considering what I've come up with google. For some reason apt-get upgrade, doesn't find any newer kernel versions, nor does synaptic. I can find at least 2.6.16 on the web.
Thanks guys,
A very confused
Steve
Dallas, TX

[justbill]

Just post the problem in the thread that has the how to, and he will respond! He is actively helping others with nvidia problems.

Justbill