have you tried using the noveau driver under the staging drivers on linux kernel?
On Thu, Sep 8, 2011 at 5:28 PM, Gabriel H. Mercado <[email protected]> wrote: > i found the command nvidia-installer --uninstall and everything went > right back to normal. whew. - gary > > On Thu, Sep 8, 2011 at 5:01 PM, Gabriel H. Mercado <[email protected]> > wrote: >> ok i screwed it up now. I decided to reinstall the driver and ran a >> >> sudo sh NVIDIA-Linux-x86-280.13.run >> >> i ignored the 'Default Re: The distribution-provided pre-install >> script failed!' proceed, yes/no? and proceeded, and it said it >> installed correctly. >> >> after rebooting i only get a blinking orange cursor. I can reboot into >> terminal. I'm currently checking all sorts of google results for >> 'nvidia blank screen after reboot' etc., and variations, but no go. I >> need to uninstall all nvidia stuff and redo the whole thing again but >> am groping through this. >> >> any help >> gary >> >> >> >> On Thu, Sep 8, 2011 at 12:27 AM, Christopher Baluyut <[email protected]> >> wrote: >>> BTW, I'm on a 9800GT with 512MB DDR3 (dated but still works). But I'm using >>> a replacement heatsink for it since I'm slightly overclocking it. >>> Here's a great resource on tweaking the Nvidia blob on >>> Linux: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/NVIDIA >>> On Thu, Sep 8, 2011 at 12:20 AM, Christopher Baluyut <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>>> >>>> It could be a couple of things... To get a "near perfect" Compiz >>>> experience, I have to do some tweaks on my Ubuntu 11.04 desktop PC: >>>> - Use the nvidia-current driver from X-Updates PPA (usually, the in-house >>>> one gets dated) >>>> - Tweak xorg.conf for things like triple-buffering, set PowerMizer to >>>> Maximum Performance (and overclocking, but that's just me). >>>> - Set Sync to VBlank on some options on Nvidia Settings Control Panel >>>> - Disable the "ondemand" CPU governor in favor of "performance" >>>> I got used to Compiz because with it, screen tearing is >>>> almost negligible. >>>> The above tweaks can help with VDPAU too. >>>> >>>> On Wed, Sep 7, 2011 at 10:28 PM, Michael Tinsay <[email protected]> >>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Which actually makes Gary's problem sound kinda weird considering that >>>>> the card he's having a problem with is NVIDIA-based. >>>>> >>>>> ________________________________ >>>>> From: Christopher Baluyut <[email protected]> >>>>> To: Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Technical Discussion List >>>>> <[email protected]> >>>>> Sent: Wednesday, September 7, 2011 8:44 PM >>>>> Subject: Re: [plug] vidcard recommendations for ubuntu >>>>> >>>>> Nvidia VCs are generally considered better on Linux, especially in terms >>>>> of 3D performance & the presence of a better GPU video off-loading API >>>>> (VDPAU). >>>>> >>>>> On Wed, Sep 7, 2011 at 8:39 PM, Nikki Erwin C. Ramirez >>>>> <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> On Sep 7, 2011 8:09 PM, "Gabriel H. Mercado" <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>> > >>>>> > My problem is if someone recommends an ATI card for example, and I buy >>>>> > one and it doesn't improve things, I hope the PC store I buy it from >>>>> > honors their return policy allowing me to replace it. Which I can 100% >>>>> > avoid just by asking the experts here what they use. >>>>> You should be safe with either ATI or NVIDIA, right? Both of them have >>>>> official drivers. >>>>> I've successfully run StarCraft 2 on mid-range laptops (for 2010) with >>>>> mid-range ATI and NVIDIA video cards, and my playing experience was quite >>>>> good at Medium to High (mostly medium) video settings. >>>>> _________________________________________________ >>>>> Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List >>>>> http://lists.linux.org.ph/mailman/listinfo/plug >>>>> Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> "Linux is to Computing what Freedom is to Mankind. 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