Michael, just curious to know from which Nvidia to which newer card you
upgraded. I have a fx5500 on AGP and as far as I can see the choice to
upgrade is very limited.
Thanks.
Malcolm

On 16 June 2012 11:58, Michael Stephenson <email address hidden> wrote:

> Personally I have solved this issue by getting a newever nvidia card
> however I wanted to try and help you guys out, dkms automatically builds
> and rebuilds kernel modules when it detects a change in kernel, which means
> when you install a new kernel from the repo, when you boot up it will take
> a couple of minutes or so longer because it is automatically compiling the
> new nvidia driver.
> So I had a poke about with making dkms work for the new 173 driver and
> here is what I did maybe someone can get this working and post it as a
> guide for others to use:
>
>
> cd ~/Downloads
>
> wget ftp://download.nvidia.com/XFree86/Linux-x86/173.14.35/NVIDIA-
> Linux-x86-173.14.35-pkg1.run<ftp://download.nvidia.com/XFree86/Linux-x86/173.14.35/NVIDIA-%0ALinux-x86-173.14.35-pkg1.run>
>
> chmod +x NVIDIA-Linux-x86-173.14.35-pkg1.run
>
> ./NVIDIA-Linux-x86-173.14.35-pkg1.run -x
>
> cd ./NVIDIA-Linux-x86-173.14.35-pkg1/usr/src/nv
>
> gedit ./dkms.conf
>
> Paste in this crap:
>
> PACKAGE_NAME="nvidia-173"
> PACKAGE_VERSION="173.14.35"
> CLEAN="make clean"
> BUILT_MODULE_NAME[0]="nvidia"
> DEST_MODULE_NAME[0]="nvidia_173"
> MAKE[0]="make module KERNDIR=/lib/modules/$kernelver IGNORE_XEN_PRESENCE=1
> IGNORE_CC_MISMATCH=1 SYSSRC=$kernel_source_dir LD=/usr/bin/ld.bfd"
> DEST_MODULE_LOCATION[0]="/kernel/drivers/char/drm"
> AUTOINSTALL="yes"
>
>
> Save and exit
>
> sudo dkms add ./NVIDIA-Linux-x86-173.14.35-pkg1/usr/src/nv
>
> Check to see /usr/src/nvidia-173-173.14.35 exists
>
> sudo dkms build nvidia-173/173.14.35
>
> This is where it fails if this had work the next step would probably be:
>
> sudo dkms install nvidia-173/173.14.35
>
> Since I don't have an older card any more I don't have the necessary
> drive to follow through on this but I'm sure some of you guys still hit
> by the bug do, so go make it work and post the solution!
>
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> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/948053
>
> Title:
>  nvidia-96 and nvidia-173 uninstallable on Precise
>
> Status in NVIDIA Drivers Ubuntu:
>  New
> Status in “nvidia-graphics-drivers-173” package in Ubuntu:
>  Triaged
> Status in “nvidia-graphics-drivers-96” package in Ubuntu:
>  Confirmed
> Status in “nvidia-graphics-drivers-173” source package in Precise:
>  Triaged
> Status in “nvidia-graphics-drivers-96” source package in Precise:
>  Confirmed
>
> Bug description:
>  Packages are available from the archive but uninstallable
>
>  # apt-get install nvidia-96 nvidia-173
>  Reading package lists... Done
>  Building dependency tree
>  Reading state information... Done
>  Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have
>  requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable
>  distribution that some required packages have not yet been created
>  or been moved out of Incoming.
>  The following information may help to resolve the situation:
>
>  The following packages have unmet dependencies:
>   nvidia-173 : Depends: xorg-video-abi-10 but it is not installable
>                Recommends: nvidia-settings but it is not going to be
> installed
>   nvidia-96 : Depends: xorg-video-abi-10 but it is not installable
>               Recommends: nvidia-settings but it is not going to be
> installed
>  E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.
>
>
>  # apt-cache policy nvidia-96 nvidia-173
>  nvidia-96:
>    Installed: (none)
>    Candidate: 96.43.20-0ubuntu6
>    Version table:
>       96.43.20-0ubuntu6 0
>          500 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise/restricted
> amd64 Packages
>  nvidia-173:
>    Installed: (none)
>    Candidate: 173.14.30-0ubuntu11
>    Version table:
>       173.14.30-0ubuntu11 0
>          500 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise/restricted
> amd64 Packages
>
>  ProblemType: Bug
>  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
>  Package: nvidia-173 (not installed)
>  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-18.28-generic 3.2.9
>  Uname: Linux 3.2.0-18-generic x86_64
>  .tmp.unity.support.test.0:
>
>  ApportVersion: 1.94-0ubuntu2
>  Architecture: amd64
>  CompizPlugins: No value set for
> `/apps/compiz-1/general/screen0/options/active_plugins'
>  CompositorRunning: compiz
>  Date: Tue Mar  6 14:26:34 2012
>  DistUpgraded: Fresh install
>  DistroCodename: precise
>  DistroVariant: ubuntu
>  DkmsStatus:
>   virtualbox, 4.1.8, 3.2.0-17-generic, x86_64: installed
>   virtualbox, 4.1.8, 3.2.0-18-generic, x86_64: installed
>  GraphicsCard:
>   Intel Corporation Core Processor Integrated Graphics Controller
> [8086:0046] (rev 18) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
>     Subsystem: Dell Device [1028:0456]
>  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Release amd64
> (20111012)
>  Lsusb:
>   Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
>   Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
>   Bus 001 Device 002: ID 8087:0020 Intel Corp. Integrated Rate Matching Hub
>   Bus 002 Device 002: ID 8087:0020 Intel Corp. Integrated Rate Matching Hub
>   Bus 001 Device 004: ID 0c45:641d Microdia 1.3 MPixel Integrated Webcam
>  MachineType: Dell Inc. Inspiron N4010
>  ProcEnviron:
>   TERM=xterm
>   LANG=en_US.utf8
>   SHELL=/bin/bash
>  ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.2.0-18-generic
> root=UUID=d8966312-304d-4504-b854-5ec365ce6e20 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
>  SourcePackage: nvidia-graphics-drivers-173
>  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
>  dmi.bios.date: 01/19/2011
>  dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Inc.
>  dmi.bios.version: A11
>  dmi.board.name: 021CN3
>  dmi.board.vendor: Dell Inc.
>  dmi.board.version: A11
>  dmi.chassis.type: 8
>  dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Inc.
>  dmi.chassis.version: A11
>  dmi.modalias:
> dmi:bvnDellInc.:bvrA11:bd01/19/2011:svnDellInc.:pnInspironN4010:pvrA11:rvnDellInc.:rn021CN3:rvrA11:cvnDellInc.:ct8:cvrA11:
>  dmi.product.name: Inspiron N4010
>  dmi.product.version: A11
>  dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Inc.
>  version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.7.0~bzr2995-0ubuntu5
>  version.ia32-libs: ia32-libs N/A
>  version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.30-1ubuntu1
>  version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 8.0.1-0ubuntu2
>  version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental N/A
>  version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 8.0.1-0ubuntu2
>  version.xserver-xorg-core: xserver-xorg-core 2:1.11.4-0ubuntu4
>  version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev
> 1:2.6.99.901+git20120126-0ubuntu2
>  version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati
> 1:6.14.99~git20111219.aacbd629-0ubuntu2
>  version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel
> 2:2.17.0-1ubuntu4
>  version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau
> 1:0.0.16+git20111201+b5534a1-1build2
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