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| Thread ID: 97054 | 2009-02-02 21:20:00 | Installing NVIDIA drivers under Ubuntu | LynX (14542) | Press F1 |
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| 744372 | 2009-02-05 06:26:00 | Just run it directly. All you should need to do is fire up a terminal, navigate to that folder, and run './linux-installer.sh'. If you want to install as root, run 'sudo ./linux-installer.sh'. No, installing alsa modules won't affect the nvidia one. |
Erayd (23) | ||
| 744373 | 2009-02-05 10:03:00 | I've inside a SERIOUS problem now. For some reason my screen resolution went down to 640*480 max AFTER installing the NVIDIA drivers, and now every time I start my PC in ubuntu the monitor says "Out of Range". It's probably that the refresh rate had somehow went down to 50Hz (or 50 kHz?!). Anyhow, I heard that I can reconfigure xorg.conf by, sudo dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg I did it in recovery mode, it came up with a bunch of keyboard settings. CLEARLY not what I wanted. Or should I try it in system environment, with GDM deactivated so it doesn't show Out of Range? Or is this complicated business is now intertwined with my graphics driver problem?! Could anyone get me out of this? Anyone? |
LynX (14542) | ||
| 744374 | 2009-02-05 21:50:00 | OKay, I think I got myself out of this now . . . did a master reset with sudo dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg -a But when I look at my xorg . conf, it only says something like "Default Monitor" or things like that, instead of detailed settings as the backup on 5 Feb showed . Do I try the nVIDIA business again? Or change "nv" in a field (that I can't remember what it is) to "nvidia"? Thanks everyone . Your helps are appreciated . p . s . What file do you run to start UT2004 (UT2004 . exe certainly won't work :))? I can't seem to find one as it's not on the Application menu . |
LynX (14542) | ||
| 744375 | 2009-02-05 22:02:00 | Normally you run 'ut2004' if I remember correctly. It should appear on the app menu under 'games', unless ubuntu is handling its menus weirdly - always a possibility. | Erayd (23) | ||
| 744376 | 2009-02-06 00:48:00 | The thing is, after installation (Which used disc 2 2nd time), the terminal window disappeared, then it appeared as if nothing happened. I went to Games menu, but it wasn't there. So I have to navigate to ut2004 root folder, and seen a bunch of ut2004 named files with various extensions. What should I run, or should I reinstall it? | LynX (14542) | ||
| 744377 | 2009-02-06 01:12:00 | You should be able to just run: ./ut2004 When you're in the UT2K4 directory :) |
Chilling_Silence (9) | ||
| 744378 | 2009-02-06 01:29:00 | You should be able to just run: ./ut2004 When you're in the UT2K4 directory :) Normally you don't even need to do that - it' snormally in your PATH, so you can just run 'ut2004' from anywhere on the system. |
Erayd (23) | ||
| 744379 | 2009-02-06 02:10:00 | Ah yeah, good point :D | Chilling_Silence (9) | ||
| 744380 | 2009-02-06 04:49:00 | Here's the latest update: my system managed to restore to the very first post condition (nvidia still not working), but when I double click on the file 'ut2004' in its root folder, neither 'run' nor 'run in terminal' responds (Correction: "run in terminal" would give me a flash of a window, probably Terminal window). NVIDIA drivers are still not working well, nor ut2004. Also, my graphics card can handle well even with "Extra" appearance desktop effects. The wobbly windows, fading things all worked well without slowdowns. |
LynX (14542) | ||
| 744381 | 2009-02-06 08:41:00 | Chances are the drivers are installed but not in use, check your xorg.conf file | Chilling_Silence (9) | ||
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