Difference between revisions of "NVidia 8800GT"
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| − | == | + | == Install Newer NVidia Driver == |
Stop X: | Stop X: | ||
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Run the nvidia driver installer: | Run the nvidia driver installer: | ||
| − | sudo sh ./NVIDIA-Linux-x86-169. | + | sudo sh ./NVIDIA-Linux-x86-169.07-pkg1.run |
Follow the instructions and get it to configure X for you. Finally, a tweak: | Follow the instructions and get it to configure X for you. Finally, a tweak: | ||
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== Fix The Fan Bug == | == Fix The Fan Bug == | ||
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| + | The 169.07 driver has a fanspeed bug that runs the fan at 100% at all times. This is highly annoying, and the gutsy build of nvclock will not let you change the fanspeed on NVidia 8x00 cards: | ||
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| + | '''johnno@zmog:~$''' nvclock -f -F auto | ||
| + | Error: Your card doesn't support fanspeed adjustments! | ||
Get nvclock from CVS: | Get nvclock from CVS: | ||
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sudo make install | sudo make install | ||
| − | + | Fix the fanspeed: | |
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| + | /usr/local/bin/nvclock -f -F auto | ||
| − | + | Add this to the bottom of /etc/init.d/gdm so it picks up every time X is restarted. | |
Latest revision as of 22:10, 28 January 2008
Install Newer NVidia Driver
Stop X:
sudo /etc/init.d/gdm stop
Install stuff:
sudo apt-get install pkg-config xserver-xorg-dev build-essential sudo apt-get --purge remove nvidia-glx nvidia-settings nvidia-kernel-common wget http://us.download.nvidia.com/XFree86/Linux-x86/169.07/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-169.07-pkg1.run
Run the nvidia driver installer:
sudo sh ./NVIDIA-Linux-x86-169.07-pkg1.run
Follow the instructions and get it to configure X for you. Finally, a tweak:
sudo vi /etc/modeprobe.d/lrm-video
Comment out the line:
install nvidia /sbin/lrm-video nvidia $CMDLINE_OPTS"
Cross fingers and start X:
sudo /etc/init.d/gdm start
Fix The Fan Bug
The 169.07 driver has a fanspeed bug that runs the fan at 100% at all times. This is highly annoying, and the gutsy build of nvclock will not let you change the fanspeed on NVidia 8x00 cards:
johnno@zmog:~$ nvclock -f -F auto Error: Your card doesn't support fanspeed adjustments!
Get nvclock from CVS:
mkdir nvclock-cvs && cd nvclock-cvs cvs -d:pserver:anonymous@nvclock.cvs.sourceforge.net:/cvsroot/nvclock login # no password, just press enter cvs -z3 -d:pserver:anonymous@nvclock.cvs.sourceforge.net:/cvsroot/nvclock co -P nvclock
Get dependencies, compile and install:
sudo apt-get build-dep nvclock cd nvclock sh autogen.sh ./configure make sudo make install
Fix the fanspeed:
/usr/local/bin/nvclock -f -F auto
Add this to the bottom of /etc/init.d/gdm so it picks up every time X is restarted.