Nvidia driver (solved)

coyotito · posted: 2014-12-15 13:52

Is there some approved way to install the proprietary Nvidia driver in Luddite Stable with current kernel?
I mean apart from running the installer from Nvidias site?

rokytnji · posted: 2014-12-15 14:02

smxi comes to mind. Good morning.

Alanarchy · posted: 2014-12-15 22:53

with current kernel

Which Kernel exactly?

For those using antiX-13 series with the 3.7.10 kernel, you should update to the latest in the antiX stable repositories. The updated kernel fixes the bug of building applications that need to be built with Wheezy's libs and gcc.

Without going into detail, if you want to run antiX-13 series fixed to the Wheezy repository and want to install for example Virtualbox and nvidia drivers, you MUST install the latest 3.7.10.antix.7 kernel for your architecture for each application to build.

See
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thriftee · posted: 2014-12-16 01:36

coyotito wrote:Is there some approved way to install the proprietary Nvidia driver in Luddite Stable with current kernel?
I mean apart from running the installer from Nvidias site?

The proprietary driver might be in the repos depending on what video card you have and which driver it needs and whether that driver is supported for the kernel you are running now.

You didnt say what you have so nobody can give you an easy answer. Run the next line from a terminal session and post the results. That should help...

inxi -Fxz

Alanarchy · posted: 2014-12-16 11:48

Yes, but with the Kernel that comes on the Luddite 13.2 disk, smxi just simply screws up and complains about missing libs and gcc, as I found out the hard way. You have to install 13.2, then update the kernel, then run smxi to install the proprietry drivers, in that order.

Any other way and you end up pulling out your hair and swearing a lot.

anticapitalista · posted: 2014-12-16 12:02

Alanarchy is correct.

coyotito · posted: 2014-12-16 16:50

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inxi -Fxz
System:    Host: arcadia Kernel: 3.7.10-antix.5-amd64-smp x86_64 (64 bit gcc: 4.8.1)
           Desktop: IceWM 1.3.7
           Distro: antiX-13.2_x64-full Luddite 4 November 2013
Machine:   Mobo: ASUSTeK model: M3A78-T v: Rev 1.xx
           Bios: American Megatrends v: 0306 date: 08/27/2008
CPU:       Dual core AMD Athlon 64 X2 6000+ (-MCP-) cache: 1024 KB
           flags: (lm nx sse sse2 sse3 svm) bmips: 4010
           clock speeds: max: 3100 MHz 1: 1000 MHz 2: 1000 MHz
Graphics:  Card: NVIDIA G94 [GeForce 9600 GT] bus-ID: 01:00.0
           Display Server: X.Org 1.12.4 drivers: nouveau (unloaded: fbdev,vesa)
           Resolution: 1280x1024@60.0hz
           GLX Renderer: Gallium 0.4 on NV94
           GLX Version: 2.1 Mesa 8.0.5 Direct Rendering: Yes
Audio:     Card Creative Labs SB Audigy
           driver: snd_emu10k1 port: e800 bus-ID: 03:05.0
           Sound: ALSA v: k3.7.10-antix.5-amd64-smp
Network:   Card: Marvell 88E8056 PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet Controller
           driver: sky2 v: 1.30 port: d800 bus-ID: 02:00.0
           IF: eth0 state: up speed: 100 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
Drives:    HDD Total Size: 1004.2GB (42.8% used)
           ID-1: /dev/sda model: ST1000DM003 size: 1000.2GB
           ID-2: USB /dev/sdb model: Card_Reader size: 4.0GB
Partition: ID-1: / size: 20G used: 5.4G (30%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda3
           ID-2: /home size: 416G used: 120G (31%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda5
           ID-3: swap-1 size: 2.10GB used: 0.00GB (0%) fs: swap dev: /dev/sda6
Sensors:   System Temperatures: cpu: 21.0C mobo: 30.0C gpu: 38.0
           Fan Speeds (in rpm): cpu: 1695 psu: 0 sys-1: 0
Info:      Processes: 118 Uptime: 3 min Memory: 316.0/3959.0MB
           Init: SysVinit runlevel: 5 Gcc sys: 4.7.2
           Client: Shell (bash 4.2.371) inxi: 2.2.16

thriftee · posted: 2014-12-16 17:31

You need the 340.xx drivers for that card. I don't have a machine up with 13.2 at the moment, but I'm thinking those packages that include the proprietary driver for that card are in the repos and all you need to do is install them and then go to single user and run nvidia-xconfig, and then reboot.

When you do that in synaptic, you are switching the kernel as suggested above.

coyotito · posted: 2014-12-16 17:51

Thanx. And btw antiX 13 stable must be one of the best desktops out there, lightweight or no. will prob run this a year or so as oldstable.
Have upgraded so kernel must be the last one (
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stable main enabled).

okay so smxi -or just install 304.xxx driver.. Awesome forum too.

I value this ultrastable desktop so maybe think through if I need the proprietary driver.