B0rked nvidia drivers on Mint 13

BopNiblets

Hi guys, while trying to install nVidia drivers on my Mint desktop it failed and I got this message:
"Sorry, installation of this driver failed.
Please have a look at the log file for details: /var/log/jockey.log"

My resolution is now stuck in 640x480 (on a 22" monitor :pac:), there's no other dropdown option in the Monitors application in the menu.

Here's jockey.log
http://pastebin.com/yXC9mqiV

and X0rg.log:
http://pastebin.com/GAu379gz

inxi -Gx gives:
Graphics: Card: NVIDIA GF104 [GeForce GTX 460] bus-ID: 01:00.0
X.Org: 1.11.3 drivers: nouveau,vesa (unloaded: fbdev) FAILED: nvidia Resolution: 640x480@0.0hz
GLX Renderer: N/A GLX Version: N/A Direct Rendering: N/A

Do I have to mess around with the X0rg backup files?

I've removed all nvidia stuff with sudo apt get remove nvidia* I also tried downloading the nVidia drivers from the website and running the .run file but it gave me an error saying "There is already an X server running..."
I then tried from a command prompt sudo mdm stop and sudo service mdm stop but these didn't help, I still got the message.

timbyr

BopNiblets wrote: »

Hi guys, while trying to install nVidia drivers on my Mint desktop it failed and I got this message:
"Sorry, installation of this driver failed.
Please have a look at the log file for details: /var/log/jockey.log"

My resolution is now stuck in 640x480 (on a 22" monitor :pac:), there's no other dropdown option in the Monitors application in the menu.

Here's jockey.log
http://pastebin.com/yXC9mqiV

and X0rg.log:
http://pastebin.com/GAu379gz

inxi -Gx gives:
Graphics: Card: NVIDIA GF104 [GeForce GTX 460] bus-ID: 01:00.0
X.Org: 1.11.3 drivers: nouveau,vesa (unloaded: fbdev) FAILED: nvidia Resolution: 640x480@0.0hz
GLX Renderer: N/A GLX Version: N/A Direct Rendering: N/A

Do I have to mess around with the X0rg backup files?

I've removed all nvidia stuff with sudo apt get remove nvidia* I also tried downloading the nVidia drivers from the website and running the .run file but it gave me an error saying "There is already an X server running..."
I then tried from a command prompt sudo mdm stop and sudo service mdm stop but these didn't help, I still got the message.

https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat/+archive/x-updates/

Perhaps trying more up to date video drivers from this PPA will help.

Khannie

BopNiblets wrote: »

it gave me an error saying "There is already an X server running..."
I then tried from a command prompt sudo mdm stop and sudo service mdm stop but these didn't help, I still got the message.

I think you need to go to the tty. Use ctrl+alt+F1, log in, do the mdm stop then run the .run file.

In general it's best to get stuff from a repo or PPA though because you get the automatic module goodness when you upgrade the kernel.

Khannie

Oh, I think you need to blacklist the nouveau drivers too by the way. They don't play nicely with the nvidia drivers. That *may* require a reboot.

madhatter76

If you downloaded the new drivers, I would go to
telinit 1
That stops all unnecessary stuff.
apt-get remove nouveau*
sh ./NVidia*.run

http://www.solaris-cookbook.com/WP-Cookbook/linux/ubuntu-mint-install-latest-nvidia-drivers

BopNiblets

Well I was trying to install the drivers from tt1 (or 2) already but it seems the stop mdm commands weren't doing anything, I was still getting the error that an X server was running.
So I tried again and used killall mdm and the installer ran but then I got a couple of new errors something about kernel source files not being installed, I wasn't able to copy the text but I think it's in this log:
http://pastebin.com/WwPNKBT4

I added the PPA above and update && upgraded and the following packages were installed:
nvidia-current nvidia-settings xserver-xorg-video-intel
I'll see what a restart does now...
Nope, still in 640x480, I'd be happy enough getting the original drivers and resolution back!

Khannie

When building a module against the current kernel you need the headers installed.

sudo apt-get install linux-headers-generic

Then retry. You're nearly there.