[CVALE] 3D in Ubuntu

[Stephen Walski]

Yes Synaptic is just a pretty gui for Apt-get... there is also an ncurses
one called aptitude and also Kynaptic for KDE. Its all the same apt-get and
uses the same source lists. Also in the newer ubuntu versions the update
manager also uses same thing.

On 6/21/06, Terry <terry at zinnianet.net> wrote:
>
> Hi Stephen,
>
> Are you suggesting that I use the Debian Nvidia Binaries instead of the
> Ubuntu ones?   Or does the GUI Synaptic package manager and apt-get
> point to the same repository?
>
> Do you know of another "simple" way to "test" the 3D driver?
>
> Terry
>
>
> Stephen Walski wrote:
> > Should have just been able to do
> >
> > sudo apt-get install nvidia-glx
> > sudo nvidia-glx-config enable
> > sudo reboot
> >
> > Get pretty Nvidia splash screen.. no need to modify xorg by hand.
> >
> > GLXgears doest give FPS anymore because they got real touchy about
> people
> > using it for a benchmark tool.
> >
> > On 6/21/06, Dennis Baker <mtbogre at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >>
> >> What is the "Driver" line in xorg.conf?  It should be nvidia.
> >>
> >> -- Dennis
> >>
> >>
> >> On 6/21/06, Terry <terry at zinnianet.net > wrote:
> >> >
> >> > Greetings,
> >> >
> >> > I loaded Ubuntu on someone's desktop so they could try Linux.  It
> seems
> >> > to work okay.  The wireless even worked once we swapped out a newer
> >> > Netgear PCI card for an older one.
> >> >
> >> > I'm having trouble getting the video drivers working for the Nvidia
> >> > GeForce 7800GT card however.  lsmod shows either the default "nv"
> >> driver
> >> >
> >> > or the Synaptic installed "nvidia" driver after I modify the
> >> > /etc/X11/xorg.conf file.
> >> >
> >> > When I run glxgears though it's just a cpu running at 99% that's
> >> > rendering the graphic.  Also glxgears is NOT giving the fps numbers.
> >> > When I purposely make a mistake in the xorg.conf file X11 complains
> >> so I
> >> > believe Ubuntu uses that path.
> >> >
> >> > What am I doing wrong?  Is there another simple test for the 3D
> >> > acceleration other than glxgears?  Do I need to pull the Nvidia web
> >> site
> >> >
> >> > file down because there's a problem with the Ubuntu binary driver.
> >> >
> >> > We're running the current desktop Ubuntu release pulled from the
> Ubuntu
> >> > site (or a mirror) about 10 days ago (6.06).  We also updated to the
> >> > newest kernel ( -25) available with an Ubuntu update via the Synaptic
> >> > manager.
> >> >
> >> > This is a dual boot machine and the video card works fine in
> MSXP-SP2.
> >> >
> >> > Although I've never cared for point-and-click distributions in the
> >> years
> >> >
> >> > past I'm giving this one a try and it mostly works on the target
> >> > hardware.
> >> >
> >> > Thanks for your help.
> >> >
> >> > Terry
> >> >
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> >>
> >>
> >> --
> >> Dennis Da-Ogre http://ogrehut.com
> >>
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