Nvidia proprietary driver install script [SOLVED]

°C · 2012-12-06 20:06:05

I am trying to use a pair of install scripts, found here to install Nvidia's proprietary driver.

#!/bin/bash
# nvidia -> nouveau

sed -i 's/#*options nouveau modeset=1/options nouveau modeset=1/' /etc/modprobe.d/modprobe.conf
sed -i 's/#*MODULES="nouveau"/MODULES="nouveau"/' /etc/mkinitcpio.conf

pacman -Rdds --noconfirm nvidia{,-utils}
pacman -S --noconfirm nouveau-dri xf86-video-nouveau

#cp {10-monitor,20-nouveau}.conf /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/

mkinitcpio -p linux

#!/bin/bash
# nouveau -> nvidia

sed -i 's/options nouveau modeset=1/#options nouveau modeset=1/' /etc/modprobe.d/modprobe.conf
sed -i 's/MODULES="nouveau"/#MODULES="nouveau"/' /etc/mkinitcpio.conf

pacman -Rdds --noconfirm nouveau-dri xf86-video-nouveau libgl
pacman -S --noconfirm nvidia{,-utils}

#rm /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/{10-monitor,20-nouveau}.conf

mkinitcpio -p linux

The switch from Nvidia to Nouveau script works fine, but when I run the switch from Nouveau to Nvidia script I get an error message when I open "nvidia-settings" telling me to run

nvidia-xconfig

as root, then reboot.

When I do this, I boot to a blank screen.

I dual boot siduction 2012.2.0~rc1- razor-qt with Nvidia proprietary driver installed using a /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/20-nvidia.conf file which I copied to my Arch /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d folder instead of running

nvidia-xconfig

as root, only to get the same results...........boot to a blank screen.

Last edited by °C (2012-12-07 09:00:49)

°C · 2012-12-07 09:00:23

modprobe nvidia
modprobe: ERROR: could not insert 'nvidia': No such device

dmesg
NVRM: The NVIDIA GeForce 6200 GPU installed in this system is
NVRM:  supported through the NVIDIA 304.xx Legacy drivers. Please
NVRM:  visit http://www.nvidia.com/object/unix.html for more
NVRM:  information.  The 310.19 NVIDIA driver will ignore
NVRM:  this GPU.  Continuing probe...
[   82.589965] NVRM: No NVIDIA graphics adapter found!

pacman -S nvidia-304xx

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#1 2012-12-06 20:06:05

Nvidia proprietary driver install script [SOLVED]

#2 2012-12-07 09:00:23

Re: Nvidia proprietary driver install script [SOLVED]

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