[SOLVED] Installation Nvidia drivers

shved · 2012-12-11 13:26:11

Hello I'm trying to install nvidia driver. I have GEFORCE GT 520M GPU. The driver from Nvidia website I'm install like that:

./Nvidia-Linux-x86_64-310.19.run -a --opengl-libdir=/usr/lib --force-tls=new

when I'm launching an Xorg the "Device not found" error appears.
I have insert

BusId PCI:1:0:0

line in my xorg.conf and it's launched. But there no output to the screen (only black screen and cursor in top left corner).

The nvidia-173xx driver from AUR tell me again "Device not found" and after I edit xorg.conf it tell me that device not support by this driver.
Nouveau is working but it not sutable for me.

Last edited by shved (2012-12-12 06:43:52)

chris_l · 2012-12-11 15:58:14

Isn't geforce 500 series recent enough for the nvidia driver?
I mean the official nvidia package (not the one from the AUR, but the one from the official repositories)

Give it a try

EDIT: to make it more clear, I mean

pacman -Sy nvidia

Last edited by chris_l (2012-12-11 16:23:33)

shved · 2012-12-11 17:24:31

chris_l wrote:

Isn't geforce 500 series recent enough for the nvidia driver?
I mean the official nvidia package (not the one from the AUR, but the one from the official repositories)
Give it a try
EDIT: to make it more clear, I mean
pacman -Sy nvidia

Yes I understood but the result is like with driver from Nvidia web-site. Black screen with cursor.

Last edited by shved (2012-12-11 17:24:53)

ihre · 2012-12-11 17:42:54

┌─ ‖ihre‖1337-ARCH‖ [~]
└──── pacman -Q | grep nvidia
lib32-nvidia-utils 310.19-1
nvidia 310.19-2
nvidia-utils 310.19-1
opencl-nvidia 310.19-1

These drivers work fine with a GTX680. I just installed them with pacman right after first reboot into recovery. I would get a black screen aswell, when trying to boot the normal kernel.

Last edited by ihre (2012-12-11 17:44:48)

shved · 2012-12-11 17:53:04

ihre wrote:

I just installed them with pacman right after first reboot into recovery. I would get a black screen aswell, when trying to boot the normal kernel.

What did you mean "reboot into recovery"?

If you mean rescue mode, then It still not working

Last edited by shved (2012-12-11 18:14:05)

chris_l · 2012-12-11 18:13:55

The M of 520M makes me think is a notebook. I have a vaio that has a switch to choose between speed and stamina mode. on speed mode, it uses an intel graphics card, on stamina it uses an nvidia card. My point is: is a notebook? if it is, is really using the 520M card?
do

# lspci

and check the nvidia card appears there

shved · 2012-12-11 18:15:48

chris_l wrote:

The M of 520M makes me think is a notebook. I have a vaio that has a switch to choose between speed and stamina mode. on speed mode, it uses an intel graphics card, on stamina it uses an nvidia card. My point is: is a notebook? if it is, is really using the 520M card?
do
# lspci
and check the nvidia card appears there

It's appears there. I get BusID from it to insert it into xorg.conf

karol · 2012-12-12 00:42:12

Did you completely removed the driver you installed from nvidia's website?
You can try the 304xx driver: https://www.archlinux.org/packages/?sor … =&limit=50

masteryod · 2012-12-12 01:50:24

First things first. As wiki says:

For GeForce 8 series and newer [NVC0 and newer] cards, install nvidia package[...]
For GeForce 6/7 series cards [NV40-NVAF], install nvidia-304xx package[...]
For GeForce 5 FX series cards [NV30-NV38], install nvidia-173xx package[...]

You need nvidia package i.e. drivers for GeForce 8 series and newer because you've got GeForce 520M and NOT GeForce FX 5 series. That's big difference. Basically you've got pretty new card and current drivers supports it. nvidia-304xx drivers could work but it's legacy driver and it won't get new features for your card while nvidia drivers will for couple years from now, it's recommended choice and they must work.

Second thing: give up on drivers from Nvidia website - install and configure properly once nvidia drivers from official repository and you'll be flying happy.

Third thing: If you got Optimus laptop go and read about it because in that case you've got not one but two graphic cards built in. And they're not even from same hardware manufacturer.

Last edited by masteryod (2012-12-12 01:53:19)

shved · 2012-12-12 06:42:42

Thank you guys, I found a solution in bumblebee. It appeared to be an Optimus laptop.

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