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| Nvidia driver help?, I am a newbie Lenny user |
 Oct 24 2008, 11:55 AM
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Whats this Lie-nix Thing?  Group: Members Posts: 5 Joined: 24-October 08 Member No.: 13,728  |
Ok...
I am New to the whole Lenix thing I am using a Kunbutu and I have a Nvidia Geforce 8 series card I cannot find it when I look into Hardware Drivers Manager I know I have a Nvidia card I found it through the Terminal I have tried numerous things on the internet to get the driver installed One of the problems I have is that the screen is too small... like a 600x 800 or something... and I have a better screen resolution than that I am sure or can get a better one This problem was not always present, the screen being small, it was fine when I started up Kunbutu for the first time... but now Idk what happened |
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Oct 24 2008, 10:11 PM
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Its GNU/Linuxhelp.net Group: Support Specialist Posts: 1,630 Joined: 23-January 03 Member No.: 360 |
Did you follow the instructions on Nvidia's website ?
http://www.nvidia.com/object/linux_display_ia32_177.80.html |
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 Oct 25 2008, 11:50 AM
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Whats this Lie-nix Thing? Group: Members Posts: 5 Joined: 24-October 08 Member No.: 13,728 |
QUOTE (michaelk @ Oct 24 2008, 10:11 PM)  Did you follow the instructions on Nvidia's website ? http://www.nvidia.com/object/linux_display_ia32_177.80.html Yes and when I do that it says "nvidia-installer: Error opening log file '/var/log/nvidia-installer.log' for writing (Permission denied); disabling logging. Received signal SIGINT; aborting. " |
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Oct 25 2008, 03:10 PM
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Its GNU/Linuxhelp.net Group: Support Specialist Posts: 1,630 Joined: 23-January 03 Member No.: 360 |
Try using sudo i.e.
sudo nvidia_installer_program (Use actual program name) |
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 Oct 25 2008, 04:43 PM
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Whats this Lie-nix Thing? Group: Members Posts: 5 Joined: 24-October 08 Member No.: 13,728 |
it says the program doesnt exist then
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Oct 25 2008, 04:54 PM
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Its GNU/Linuxhelp.net Group: Support Specialist Posts: 1,630 Joined: 23-January 03 Member No.: 360 |
You are using the actual installer program versus what I had typed?
You can also try using the entire path. |
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 Oct 25 2008, 04:59 PM
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Whats this Lie-nix Thing? Group: Members Posts: 5 Joined: 24-October 08 Member No.: 13,728 |
I am using the program path I have typed...
I didnt copy and paste your reply... well it help to say I am using Kubuntu? |
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Oct 25 2008, 11:35 PM
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Whats this Lie-nix Thing? Group: Members Posts: 5 Joined: 24-October 08 Member No.: 13,728 |
I also need to know how to run things as a root?
that might help my problem |
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