On Wed, 2015-10-07 at 22:23 +0200, Thomas Lübking wrote: > On Mittwoch, 7. Oktober 2015 20:35:23 CEST, Eric Gunther wrote: > > On Wed, 2015-10-07 at 09:16 -0600, David wrote: > >> the full name of the driver is NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-352.41.run > >> i did try the nvidia support and they were not very helpful, they said > >> i had to contact the actual card manufacturer (evga), who said i had > >> to contact nvidia.... i looked through some of the nvidia forums and > >> they didn't have anything that was helpful. > >> it is mate display manager, although it is running in cinnamon. i > >> double checked because there were several others depending on distro > >> (lightdm, kdm) but mine does in fact have mdm by default. > > > > OK > > > >> ill look at virtual terminals for mate, would that have x stopped > >> though? > > > > I don't think it would have stopped X but uses another virtual terminal. > > > >> all of my f keys (2-7) result in a blank screen, f8 will switch back > >> and forth from the blank screen (the others will not switch back). i > >> don't recall off the top of my head if there was anything with the > >> keys above f8 but nothing that seemed any different or i'm sure i > >> would remember. > > > > OK > > > >> graphics is one of the things that doesn't make sense to me > >> sometimes, so when it comes to things like framebuffer i'm lost. if i > >> know where to look to find out what it needs to be, and where it needs > >> to be changed to make that happen i can usually handle that. anything > >> more and i'm at a loss though. > > > > It is complicated. although as I mentioned before... > > > > > > http://us.download.nvidia.com/XFree86/Linux-x86/256.35/README/index.html > > > > this might be a place to look. > > > >> i also read that shift, esc, or del can gain access to boot options > >> while on the bios screen but the only thing i was able to get (once, > >> and not since then) was a grub> command line that i don't know how to > >> get around in. > >> > > > > OK, Try what Thomas has said because he is far more knowledgeable than > > I: > > Oh, flowers. How kind and nice =)
You betcha. > > If the only point of this exercise is btw. to install the nvidia driver: > I kinda doubt it's really required to enter runlevel 3 or below for this. > > Granted, the installer will fail to load the new kernel module while X is up, > but unless it dares to restore the installation in turn, a reboot will "fix" > that anyway. > > inb4 you're currently using nouveau and end up with an unusable system, > ensure to blacklist the nouveau kernel module: > > echo "blacklist nouveau" | sudo tee /etc/modprobe.d/bl_nouvea.conf > > or similar. > > Cheers, > Thomas I did not remember why I do it that way but it works, although, I have looked back at it and it seems in opensuse - it was or is the way to go about it, here:https://en.opensuse.org/SDB:NVIDIA_the_hard_way#Install_the_NVIDIA_driver Also found this " Before you Begin Before you begin the installation, exit the X server and terminate all OpenGL applications (note that it is possible that some OpenGL applications persist even after the X server has stopped). You should also set the default run level on your system such that it will boot to a VGA console, and not directly to X. Doing so will make it easier to recover if there is a problem during the installation process. See Appendix I, Tips for New Linux Users for details. If you're installing on a system that is set up to use the Nouveau driver, then you should first disable it before attempting to install the NVIDIA driver. See Q & A 8.1, “Interaction with the Nouveau Driver” for details. " here: http://us.download.nvidia.com/XFree86/Linux-x86_64/352.41/README/installdriver.html Anyway this is how I do it, often with difficulty. CTRL ALT F1 login prompt, login as root sudo init 3 (still need sudo) Navigate to the directory where the run file is. launch with> sudo sh nvidia_runfile.run follow the onscreen instructions. reboot, into X > _______________________________________________ > xorg@lists.x.org: X.Org support > Archives: http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/xorg > Info: http://lists.x.org/mailman/listinfo/xorg > Your subscription address: %(user_address)s _______________________________________________ xorg@lists.x.org: X.Org support Archives: http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/xorg Info: http://lists.x.org/mailman/listinfo/xorg Your subscription address: %(user_address)s
