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Unable to enter Nvidia Settings

Asked by mrkim

I just did a fresh install of 8.10 64 bit on a new i7 machine with an MSI N9400GT card and when I tried to open the Nvidia settings from System->Administration->Nvidia X-Server Settings I get the following message :" You do not appear to be using the NVIDIA X driver. Please edit your X configuration file (just run `nvidia-xconfig` as root), and restart the X server."

I tried entering a terminal window, logging in as sudo su and then entered my password, then pasted in the "nvidia-xconfig" command, but alas, no joy. Can anyone help me along with this? Thanks in advance.

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mrkim (mrkimsteele1) said : 		#1

Sorry, I should have added the terminal output after entering the command, but here it is now : Using X configuration file: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf".

WARNING: No Layout specified, constructing implicit layout section using screen
         "Default Screen".

WARNING: Unable to find CorePointer in X configuration; attempting to add new
         CorePointer section.

WARNING: The CorePointer device was not specified explicitly in the layout;
         using the first mouse device.

WARNING: Unable to find CoreKeyboard in X configuration; attempting to add new
         CoreKeyboard section.

WARNING: The CoreKeyboard device was not specified explicitly in the layout;
         using the first keyboard device.

Backed up file '/etc/X11/xorg.conf' as '/etc/X11/xorg.conf.backup'
New X configuration file written to '/etc/X11/xorg.conf'

As a footnote, after doing all the initial updates after the install then restarting I was prompted to use the 180 nVidia driveras my best choice in the Restricted Drivers so I enabled it, which worked like a charm on my last installation, but not so this time :>(

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Best actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#2

sudo apt-get --purge remove nvidia*; sudo apt-get --purge autoremove; sudo apt-get --reinstall instakk jockey-gtk; gksudo jockey-gtk

If that says theres no drivers then go old school:

sudo apt-get install nvidia-glx-180

then reboot.

Hopefully jockey will work its magic

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mrkim (mrkimsteele1) said : 		#3

Thanks for the speedy response and most definitely for the help:>)

I entered the commands one by one and although for some reason it didn
like the "sudo apt-get --reinstall instakk jockey-gtk"
command I just bypassed that step and then
entered the "sudo apt-get install nvidia-glx-180" command, rebooted and
all is right with the world again!

Thanks a ton!

Kim Steele

actionparsnip wrote:
> Your question #73816 on nvidia-settings in ubuntu changed:
> https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nvidia-settings/+question/73816
>
> Status: Open => Answered
>
> actionparsnip proposed the following answer:
> sudo apt-get --purge remove nvidia*; sudo apt-get --purge autoremove;
> sudo apt-get --reinstall instakk jockey-gtk; gksudo jockey-gtk
>
> If that says theres no drivers then go old school:
>
> sudo apt-get install nvidia-glx-180
>
> then reboot.
>
> Hopefully jockey will work its magic
>
>

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mrkim (mrkimsteele1) said : 		#4

Thanks actionparsnip, that solved my question.