test: Nvidia-installer

[Everitt]

Just thought I'd say that this worked fine for me. Thanks guys

[sling-shot]

Thanks [MU] for your .pup. The screen flicker is completely gone and i am enjoying Puppy even better.
I dont know if this is the right place, but while on PCLinuxOS, when i installed nVidia (the .run file from their official website) it gave me both graphics and sound. But here in Puppy my computer screen is beautiful but SILENT!!
Why no sound? Should do something else for the sound to come up?
-SS.

[tempestuous]

The nVidia graphics driver contains no audio-related files.
Try the ALSA sound wizard.

[sling-shot]

Ran the ALSA wizard. Unfortunately did not help matters any.
-SS.

[ecomoney]

found that the background problem can be solved by copying the .jpg background file into /usr/share/backgrounds and using the puppy background setter in the control panel to set it.

[rarsa]

Maybe someone has a clue or a comment about what I went through:

If I boot Puppy from the liveCD, puppy shows the xorgwizard. I select Xorg and Puppy freezes just after my selecion.

I installed the nvidia drivers with MU's installer, selected to create a default xorg.conf file tried to start X with "startx" but it showed the xorgwizard again which overrode the xorg.conf file and my computer was frozen again.

Rebooted and selected to create a default xorg.conf , manually symlinked X to Xorg, started a Xorg directly and got the expected result, a nice gray screen with a cursor. This meant that the driver and configuration was correct.

It didn't matter what I did if I tried to start X, xwin would call the xorgwizard who whould mess my xorg.config file. So here is what I did:

I executed "xorgconfig" directly to create a base xorg.config file with all the sections (keyboard and mouse included). I know the parameters for my display so I had no trouble.

xorgconfig only provides the option for an nv driver so at the end I had to manually change it to "nvidia"

I modified the xorg.config file to add a "#PuppyHardwareProfile=NVIDIA" as I found that xwin checks if that value corresponds to the result of the oem value of ddccprobe.

I modified one section of xwin to force using Xorg as it was always forcing it to XVesa (I still haven't investigated why)

After that I was able to startx without any problems. Now I am finally using the nvidia drivers.

I didn't see any part of the instuctions that indicates setting "#PuppyHardwareProfile=NVIDIA". the xwin code clearly does that check so... As it is working for other people I wonder if I am doing something wrong or it just that I had to do that workaround because for me Puppy freezes after the xorgwizard.

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[Gn2]

GUI desktop may be a PITA at times:
However, when correct drivers are loaded - a manual edit of x-server CFG always works
Sans proprietary support - VESA also always works
Xorg is only the X-server configuration > using correct specified device sections syntax - any driver MUST work

Why rely on Puppy scripts - use the proven Linux methods ?

Be thankful you don't need ATI support, Esp if user has older vid chipsets.
That entails DRI - generic vs proprietary GLX extensions -
And a prayer or two or Voodoo symbols to appease resident silicon scions.
Those offshoots that grow from.......
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[MU]

rarsa, I don't have that entry in Muppy 007 (Puppy 212).
What Puppy do you use? 213?
I think Barry rewrote the xorgwizard for 213.
But did not try that yet.
Mark

[rarsa]

I'm using 2.13.

Look at line 270 on the xwin script

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   CURRENTPROFILE="`cat /etc/X11/xorg.conf | grep '^#PuppyHardwareProfile' | cut -f 2 -d '=' | cut -f 1 -d ' '`"
   if [ ! "$CURRENTPROFILE" = "$HARDWAREPROFILE" ];then
    #video hardware has changed. either changed monitor or booting different PC.
    #same current xorg.conf as a profiled filename...
    mv -f /etc/X11/xorg.conf /etc/X11/xorg.conf.${CURRENTPROFILE}
    #if a previous profiled filename for new hardware, use that...
    [ -f /etc/X11/xorg.conf.${HARDWAREPROFILE} ] && cp -af /etc/X11/xorg.conf.${HARDWAREPROFILE} /etc/X11/xorg.conf
   fi
  fi
 fi
 if [ ! -f /etc/X11/xorg.conf ];then
  rm -f /etc/.XLOADED 2> /dev/null #not necessary, precaution.
  #1st dialog offers to use Xvesa...
  /usr/sbin/xorgwizard
  HAVEX="`readlink /usr/X11R7/bin/X`"
 fi
fi

As you can see there if the #PuppyHardwareProfile does not match and there isn't a xorg.config.NVIDIA, it forces to start the xorgwizard.

[MU]

yes, that's new, this will break the point "generic xorg.conf" in nvidia-installer.
I will update the included xorg.conf tomorrow.

Thanks, Mark

[MU]

I updated the dotpup with the new generic xorg.conf as suggested by rarsa.
Mark

[o4tuna]

Just bought a GeForce 6200
So I downloaded & installed this thing.
I get a VERY dim screen.
I do a little search on google & find this:

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If you are using an Nvidia GeForce 6200 based video card and an analog monitor

"When installing Knoppmyth with a NVIDIA GeForce 6200 video card and an analog monitor, the display would go very dim. It was hardly readable with the brightness turned all the way up.

The solution is to use the digital monitor out on the back of the video card with the analog adapter. This will give you a normal display.

In newer versions of the Nvidia drivers this bug is fixed.

So I drag out the adapter & plug it in, (had rebooted to the cd, so rebooted to the hdd, exited X & re-ran installnvidia, figure it's all hosed up now,
so choose create a generic xorg.conf file,
then configure xorg,
then test, looks good!
the run xorg, monitor goes dead (orange light/no signal)
ctrl alt backspac, comes back fine
try config again
run test, monitor goes dead (orange light/no signal)

puppy 2.13 (no other os)
pny GeForce 6200
Amd 3000+
1G ram
NEC Multisync 95 19"

[Cass]

is there an other way to get the InstallNvidia-Puppy-2.12-and-2.13.pup?

[gdemonta]

Hello Cass and welcome to Puppy!!
The dotpups.de site is temporarly down. See here for further details:
http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=15568

[Cass]

Quick and good! Thank you very much!

[bostonvaulter]

is there any chance that this will work in puppy2.1.4? I tried it but it seemed to cause my xserver not to run, so I got cold feet and just turned off my comp so the changes wouldn't get saved.

[rarsa]

What computer/card do you have?

On my HP dv6105 the xorgwizard freezes even if I have the nvidia drivers.

The solution is to modify the xorg.conf file manually. I can post mine if you think you can use it.

[tempestuous]

Even though Puppy 2.14 has a slightly revised kernel, I can confirm that the nVidia ver9629 driver package (which was compiled in Puppy 2.12) is still compatible and works fine.
I'm using this driver with an nVidia FX5200 graphics card under Puppy 2.14.

[rarsa]

I can confirm that the nVidia ver9629 driver package (which was compiled in Puppy 2.12) is still compatible and works fine.

Oh, the problem is not with the driver is with the xorgwizard.

The driver works OK once I configured the xorg.conf manually.

[bostonvaulter]

lol, I'm not even sure what card I have any more, I'm guessing it's a nvidia 6800 with 128MB ram but I could be way off because I haven't used it since last summer (when my hard drive crashed)

How would I check this in puppy?

My computer is a dell inspiron 9200.

[edit: well, curse my faulty memory. It turns out I have an ATI Mobility Radeon 9600...]