Thursday, August 14, 2008

NVidia 8500GT not support!

I successfully installed my Ubuntu but NVidia 8500GT display driver not support! ARH~~~
To check the drivers, go to System->Administration->Hardware Drivers. It will shows something like this:-
My NVidia accelerated graphics driver is "Not in use". When i clicked the "Enabled" check box, it shows this:-
The message showing that accelerated graphics driver is required for fully utilize the 3D potential of the NVidia graphics card. When i enable it, it will do an online update and ... it seen like successfully but after i restart my PC, my screen turn up in low-resolution mode, a maximum of 640 x 480!!! Before update the driver my resolution is 1280x800.

I had tried the automatic update, manual install the driver downloaded from NVidia website or even Envy, but all fail!

I tried to check from the website, many people having this problem. Then I tried to search for the list of the graphic cards that support for Ubuntu 8.04. Seen like it only support up to NVidia 8400GS or ATI x1300. So, before you buy your hardware, make sure to check the hardware support list first. The list can be found in here: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/HardwareSupport/ And, before install the Ubuntu, you can always do a "Hardware Test" first. I failed the video test when doing the hardware test, but I still installed it hopefully the auto update can solve this problem, but it failed too. :(

Other than the display driver, the rest is working fine. But without the correct display driver, I can't play 3D, no game, no compiz (3D effect desktop) .... There are few solutions for me right now,
  1. change my display card
  2. wait for new driver/solution/patch
  3. wait for Ubuntu 8.10 (will be release on October)
Finally, I decided to wait for 8.10. Meanwhile, I will download the 8.10 Alpha 4 and try it first. The alpha 4 can be downloaded from here: http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/releases/intrepid/alpha-4/

Hopefully the newer version solved this problem.......

4 comments:

  1. Welcome to the blogosphere! Wait for the next Ubuntu we must!

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  2. 1. download driver from nvidia
    2. disable the driver in restricted drivers
    3. ctrl + alt + F1
    4. login
    5. sudo /etc/init.d/gdm stop
    6. sudo sh NVIDIAxxxxxxxxxxx.run
    7. answer ok and yes to questions
    8. sudo reboot
    you should have 3D acceleration and dual monitor support working now
    i've had good luck with this method
    hope this helps you out

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  3. thank you "Anonymous" ... but this problem has been solved in Ubuntu 8.10! :D

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  4. If you r using ubuntu 8.04, run this command in terminal
    sudo apt-get install nvidia-glx-new

    restart your computer immediately. Enable desktop effect (main menu>Appearance>Visual effect>Extra) and enjoy ubuntu great graphical effect

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