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Message #01451
Re: janitor-script bug when installing nvidia-256-series driver URGENT!!!
Hi Patrick,
thank you for patience.
I tried the way via distro-update. no chance.
With ppa:ubuntu-x-swat/x-updates I did not find any nvidia-current package
Here:
http://gamblis.com/2010/07/03/install-nvidia-256-35-display-drivers-in-ubuntu/
they give different sources for karmic. I tried those but it didn't work due
to some contradictions.
But I finally managed to install it. I used janitor for download. Then I
installed the nvidia drivers
by just running the downloaded script. Afterwards I run janitor again, which
accepted my driver and did the rest.
However, the driver seems to be buggy. Every other minute the screen becomes
black for a tiny moment.
But the rest works fine. Also the new Bios.
Thanks again for the help
cheers,
André
2010/8/6 Patrick Valdellon <valworx@xxxxxxxxx>
> Hi André,
>
> As I told you before, you don't have to rely on the janitor for the
> nvidia-installation.
> The following left me with working nvidia-card:
>
> sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntu-x-swat/x-updates
> sudo apt-get update
> sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
> sudo apt-get install nvidia-current nvidia-current-modaliases
> nvidia-settings
>
> Run the janitor script afterwards, and it will detect the installed
> driver, and you can just opt to not change the installation and finish
> the script properly.
>
> br,
> Patrick
>
> 2010/8/6 André Bergner <andre.bergner.0@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
> > Hi
> >
> > I'm trying to update my Nvidia drivers from the 195-version to the new
> > 256-version with the janitor-script.
> > The script was running fine up the point where it wants to install the
> > nvidia-driver. download worked fine but then I get the error message
> > mkdir: cannot create directory
> > `/usr/share/sony-laptop/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-256.44.run/': File exists
> >
> > The script is trying to create a directory with the same name as the file
> it
> > just downloaded. I absoluty don't understand why this happens. I cannot
> > locate the line in the script where it tries to crete that directory. I
> > believe it happens somewhere in the function
> > create_nvsetupfile(). But this function is crazy, I do not understand at
> all
> > what is happening there.
> > The old driver files had the ending -pkg0 . I don't no if the script
> might
> > be confused by that.
> > Can anybody help me, please.
> > I need my computer working very soon. I'm leaving for some conference in
> two
> > days. need help urgenly.
> > br, André
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