nEwB in Ubuntu.. please help

[apomb]

Is there anyone here who knows how to get Ubuntu to recognise an Nvidia GeForce 6600GT AGP card!?!?! im getting nowhere on the Ubuntu site! please, its torturing me, i did everything that i can think of and everything that seems logical, and even some things that are illogical, but nothing works!!! please help me ...

-Ubuntu nEwB -Compwiz

[Hikaru79]

Do the following

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1. sudo apt-get install nvidia-glx
2. sudo nvidia-glx-config enable
3. sudo reboot

Note: (optional): If you are going to compile 3d applications, you will want to install the nvidia-glx-dev package, like sudo apt-get install nvidia-glx-dev
Note: (optional): the nvidia-settings package provides a control panel to configure graphics card options such as gamma correction. Install: sudo apt-get install nvidia-settings

[Cervantes]

Hikaru79 wrote:

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1. sudo apt-get install nvidia-glx
2. sudo nvidia-glx-config enable
3. sudo reboot

Note: (optional): If you are going to compile 3d applications, you will want to install the nvidia-glx-dev package, like sudo apt-get install nvidia-glx-dev
Note: (optional): the nvidia-settings package provides a control panel to configure graphics card options such as gamma correction. Install: sudo apt-get install nvidia-settings

Dandy. But, how does a new user know how to do this, without simply typing what people say? How do you know to do sudo apt-get install nvidia-glx-dev? By which I mean, how do you know you have to add a -dev at the end there?
I am finding that, for the most part, I'm not actually learning linux, I'm merely a go between for people online and my computer.

-Cervantes

[wtd]

Cervantes wrote:

Hikaru79 wrote:

Quote:

1. sudo apt-get install nvidia-glx
2. sudo nvidia-glx-config enable
3. sudo reboot

Note: (optional): If you are going to compile 3d applications, you will want to install the nvidia-glx-dev package, like sudo apt-get install nvidia-glx-dev
Note: (optional): the nvidia-settings package provides a control panel to configure graphics card options such as gamma correction. Install: sudo apt-get install nvidia-settings

Dandy. But, how does a new user know how to do this, without simply typing what people say?

http://www.ubuntuforums.org

And it's the same as learning anything else... the ability to recognize patterns is critical.

[apomb]

hmm, seems youre too late guys, i already trashed my plans on Ubuntu ... anyone want a copy? and btw, i have tried all of those, thats one of the first things i did i am just fed up with not having a computer of my own, so i went to the library and got myself a nice clean version of RED HAT... complete with "Complete reference to: LINUX" its pretty cool, a choice between KDE and Gnome, and a(n) in depth description of both! there is just more support with it, and i can actually use the desktop! I might try using UBUNTU on my next project computer, or this one, i dont know yet, but untill the bugs for the Xfree86 recognition af an AGP freakin videocard are fixed, im staying with the good ol' RED ... sorry for your time, i appreciate the support, like i said, i was getting way too frustrated.

Plus, im a totally new man, im officially coding in C++ and dabbling in perl ... so ill see you guys around! (esp. wtd!)

[wtd]

Dabbling with Perl?

http://www.perlmonks.com

[Hikaru79]

Cervantes wrote:

How do you know to do sudo apt-get install nvidia-glx-dev? By which I mean, how do you know you have to add a -dev at the end there?

The -dev is a common suffix for Debian-based systems. It means "development" and generally denotes a package that contains the source headers and is only used if you're going to compile other programs that need it. For example, you'll only ever need the libgtk2-dev package if you want to COMPILE ony our own a GTK-based program, such as Xfce. You only NEED libgtk2 itself to run the pre-compiled binary version of GNOME that Ubuntu comes with.

That's the difference between -dev and no -dev. -dev is the C source headers, no dev is the binary package.

[Andy]

im still waitin for my cds how long do they take to come?

[wtd]

It can take quite a while. Also, supplies are running low as they prepare for the release of Hoary.

I'd suggest finding someone with a decent connection and a CD burner to burn an install disc for you.

[Andy]

o lol i can dl it in a couple of min, but im too lazy to plus the cds'll look nice

[Hikaru79]

Andy wrote:

o lol i can dl it in a couple of min, but im too lazy to plus the cds'll look nice

Why didn't you say something, Andy? I carry 3 sets of Ubuntu pressed CD's (the "nice" ones) in my backpack all the time. I'll stop you next time I see you in the hall

[Mazer]

Andy... why wouldn't you just download your own ISO and install from that while waiting for the pressed CD? Then you can brag about how you have a unopened mint condition rare copy of Ubuntu Linux?

[apomb]

thnks wtd ... and i hve installed redhat ... Xwindows actually works! but its totally grainy and not the right resolution ... anyone know anything about how to fix these?

[wtd]

What resolution is it supposed to be?

Oh, and could you paste the contents of your /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 file here?

[apomb]

Actually, i found something on a Linux/Nvidia forum that perscribed a remedy for Geforce 6600GT cards : change the driver name to "vesa" in stead of "nv"

and ,by golly, it worked!!!

anyway, im up and running, just with no 3d accelleration, i have to wait for internet on it to download the appropriate drivers. thanks for all the help anyway. UBUNTU all the way!