Is there a way to download a nvidia driver on the internet?

Romanrp · 2009-11-20 21:39:20

Archlinux has no driver for my grpahics card.
So i need to get one from the nvifdia unix portal.
I am restricted to the terminal.
The file is a run file, i will need to execute this .
Do i execute run files by ./ (at least in ubuntu)?

wonder · 2009-11-20 21:43:56

arch linux has more version of nvidia:
nvidia-96xx 96.43.14-1
nvidia-173xx 173.14.22-1
nvidia 190.42-1

which driver are you looking for?

fsckd · 2009-11-20 21:44:32

Romanrp wrote:

Archlinux has no driver for my grpahics card.
So i need to get one from the nvifdia unix portal.

AUR ftw!

I am restricted to the terminal.
The file is a run file, i will need to execute this .
Do i execute run files by ./ (at least in ubuntu)?

Depends if you have . in your path (echo $PATH). If yes, you do not need to use ./ . Regardless, it will always work if you have to. So use ./ and cultivate a good habit.

Edit: Thanks to kazuo for pointing out the ambiguity of my post.

Last edited by fsckd (2009-11-20 22:05:00)

kazuo · 2009-11-20 21:49:13

fsckd wrote:

I am restricted to the terminal.
The file is a run file, i will need to execute this .
Do i execute run files by ./ (at least in ubuntu)?
Depends if you have . in your path (echo $PATH), but it will always work if you have to.

No you dont need . in the PATH to execute something with absolute or relative path name e.g. with ./nvidia.run. If you have . in you PATH and is in the nvidia.run dir you can run it with 'nvidia.run' (w/o the ./)

EDIT: Now I dont know if I'm really fully correct but I think that adding . to you PATH is insecure

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fsckd · 2009-11-20 22:00:14

Err, yeah, my thoughts aren't exactly translating to the keyboard well today.

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Romanrp · 2009-11-20 22:10:47

my card is geforce g102m cudo so yeah i think it is the 190one.
edit: i installed the 190one and that is the one that didn't

this driver should work,it worked on ubuntu.
I will try change the settings in my virtual box.

Last edited by Romanrp (2009-11-20 22:24:51)

loafer · 2009-11-20 22:38:47

You could edit the PKGBUILD via abs to the version you need.

tavianator · 2009-11-20 22:40:34

OP: If the nvidia blob doesn't support your card, you could always try nouveau. Actually, I'd recommend that regardless, unless you need 3D.

kazuo · 2009-11-20 22:43:32

Romanrp wrote:

my card is geforce g102m cudo so yeah i think it is the 190one.
edit: i installed the 190one and that is the one that didn't
this driver should work,it worked on ubuntu.
I will try change the settings in my virtual box.

Uhhh... you are running Arch in a VM? If yes, remember that the video card is not the one you have in the host but the one virtualized by the VM in the guest.

Romanrp · 2009-11-20 22:49:15

I will try the nouveau.
so it's just pacman -S nouveau?

I am running arch in virtual box to practice so I can then install the real deal without hesitation.
My slackware installation didn't go too well.

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mandog · 2009-11-20 22:51:35

are you trying to run Arch in virtual box.

Romanrp · 2009-11-20 22:52:32

Trying? I succeeded.

kazuo · 2009-11-20 22:53:27

Romanrp wrote:

I will try the nouveau.
so it's just pacman -S nouveau?
I am running arch in virtual box to practice so I can then install the real deal without hesitation.
My slackware installation didn't go too well.

Ok, so read my post. Installing nvidia driver is not gonna work. Because you are inside a Virtual Machine.

mandog · 2009-11-20 22:58:00

If its yes you need to install Guest additions in virtual box as it will only use the virtual box graphics driver
kazuo has already told you that Arch+ all distros only work in virtualbox with vesa and the guest additions driver

Romanrp · 2009-11-20 23:03:06

ok so vesa should work
soory if I seem like a noob,it;s just that I am very new to this.but i learned more about linux in the past few hours of 'arching in vm' than a few months of buntu

edit: does arch play well with dualbooting?
I am getting tired of vbox ,i might dual boot.

Last edited by Romanrp (2009-11-20 23:05:03)

fsckd · 2009-11-20 23:12:03

You're learning about computing in general as well. These lessons can apply to other OSes.

Edit: Yeah, it dual-boots well. I have at least three other operating systems on this box.

Last edited by fsckd (2009-11-20 23:13:20)

mandog · 2009-11-20 23:13:38

Arch works excellent dual booting, triple, quadrupole, but I find that once its set up correctly you don't need any other distro.
But you need to use the WIKI to set things up properly.

Last edited by mandog (2009-11-20 23:14:16)

Romanrp · 2009-11-20 23:16:59

ok then,first thing in the morning dualboot it is.
Thanks for your help!

Mardoct · 2009-11-20 23:33:16

For a few different Nvidia cards I've had,

pacman -S nvidia && nvidia-xconfig

always worked perfectly with any DE/login manager. As as previously stated though, it wont work in a virtual box because the guest OS gets virtual hardware.

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