HowTO – install NVIDIA driver for PClinusOS2013

[vlaporte]

HowTO – install NVIDIA driver for PClinusOS2013
03/03/13

Problem- PClinuxOS2013 fail GUI after install to hard drive due to wrong NVIDIA driver autonmatically installed. Difficult ot correct as no GUI.

Get the NVIDIA driver for Linux (covers many GeForce video cards) at the Nvidia.com website – about 30MB and install to USB drive. CHMOD 777 -R this file to change permissions.

Solution – Use PClinuxOS2013 live CD  to install proper driver but  NVIDIA self executing program will only run in level 3 (no GUI running).
So insert USB drive with NVIDIA program > boot with live CD > at GRUB screen select  CONSOLE > login: root > password: root.

Now you have a full cli interface as root.

Identify the correct partition name of the USB drive
# fdisk -l
result    sdb1

or
# dmesg | grep -i SCSI

Next create a directory and mount the USB drive
# mkdir  /mnt/usb

# mount  -t  vfat  /dev/sdb1  /mnt/usb

Verify the drive is mounted
# mount

Now move to the driver on the USB drive
# cd   /mnt/usb
View the driver
# ls
Now start the self executing program
#   ./NVIDIA...............

Just follow the instructions in the Nvidia program.

Luck,
Vince

[JohnW_57]

 

Which Nvidia driver ?

There is already an updated driver (I guess) for FX5xxx cards.

It's not recommended to install the drivers from the Nvidia site.

JohnW

[TerryN]

Exactly ...
The problem with the nvidia173 driver has been fixed.  It's much easier just to do

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apt-get update && apt-get dist-upgrade
to install the fixed driver.

Terry.

[JohnW_57]

Exactly ...
The problem with the nvidia173 driver has been fixed.  It's much easier just to do

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apt-get update && apt-get dist-upgrade
to install the fixed driver.

Terry.

When it's moved to non-free section (still in testing). 

JohnW

[daniel]

Note:
If you use the way from vlaporte, you will lose the support from here, because we can nothing fix, what we have not done...

Regards
Daniel

[loudog]

was just in the repo for updating and did not see an updated nv driver (173-xxx-2) so whoever is teasing me it's not funny anymore.
  anyway any idea when this will be officially released because the nv (xorg) driver will not allow me to run google earth.

[TerryN]

was just in the repo for updating and did not see an updated nv driver (173-xxx-2) so whoever is teasing me it's not funny anymore.
  anyway any idea when this will be officially released because the nv (xorg) driver will not allow me to run google earth.

See http://www.pclinuxos.com/forum/index.php/topic,114049.msg972737.html#msg972737

Terry.