[Evanrich]

They are playing faster than their normal speed ?!

Ayway i also tried the new driver and runs very fine. I suggest using the the nvidia driver team ppa. This way you will have auto update for the drivers and you don't have to recompile the driver when you have a kernel update. I did it this way:

Code:

sudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list #copy-paste the following to the end of the list
------------------------
deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/nvidia-vdpau/ppa/ubuntu jaunty main
deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/nvidia-vdpau/ppa/ubuntu jaunty main
------------------------

sudo apt-key adv --recv-keys --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com 71609D4D2F1518FA9C5DC0FB1DABDBB4CEC06767
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install linux-headers-generic nvidia-glx-185
sudo reboot

After this you can update the driver and kernel any time (if available) with

Code:

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade
sudo reboot

Cheers

i dont know squat about linux, so let me ask you a dumb question. I can run this on the xbmc live install, and it will update the graphics drivers on my zotac ion system? I had used an older version of the restricted drivers integrated into my iso, but are you telling me if i do the above, that i'll be able to update from within my system?

[ezechiel1917]

i dont know squat about linux, so let me ask you a dumb question. I can run this on the xbmc live install, and it will update the graphics drivers on my zotac ion system? I had used an older version of the restricted drivers integrated into my iso, but are you telling me if i do the above, that i'll be able to update from within my system?

Not sure about that, I tried it, but lost autologin and boot straight to xbmc, also had a problem with x server reporting different kernel version for nvidia drivers than I had. Best way is to wait that someone compiles restricted drivers img which you can add to xbmc live boot disk I guess.

[Evanrich]

Not sure about that, I tried it, but lost autologin and boot straight to xbmc, also had a problem with x server reporting different kernel version for nvidia drivers than I had. Best way is to wait that someone compiles restricted drivers img which you can add to xbmc live boot disk I guess.

damn tried it before your reply. everything updated but then when i went to reboot, it would just sit at stage where it set my hard drives APM level...time to reinstall

[falos]

i dont know squat about linux, so let me ask you a dumb question. I can run this on the xbmc live install, and it will update the graphics drivers on my zotac ion system? I had used an older version of the restricted drivers integrated into my iso, but are you telling me if i do the above, that i'll be able to update from within my system?

i ran it from safe mode. it worked. otherwise (ie. ctrl alt + f2) xbmc live is still running and the updating process gets screwed up (my guess). good luck with it!

[snoxbox]

damn tried it before your reply. everything updated but then when i went to reboot, it would just sit at stage where it set my hard drives APM level...time to reinstall

I had the same problem. I checked the logs and there was an issue with the kernel. I executed this:

Code:

sudo apt-get install build-essential cdbs fakeroot dh-make debhelper debconf libstdc++5 dkms linux-headers-$(uname -r)

as mentioned here:
http://wiki.xbmc.org/?title=XBMCbuntu#Me...for_NVIDIA

and it rebuilt the kernel and everything worked after that.

[burritoboy9984]

Attempting to install newest drivers, getting an error x server is running... What am I doing wrong?

Thanks!
-Erik

[klamath]

Attempting to install newest drivers, getting an error x server is running... What am I doing wrong?

Thanks!
-Erik

sudo /etc/init.d/gdm stop

[Kermee]

Attempting to install newest drivers, getting an error x server is running... What am I doing wrong?

Thanks!
-Erik

Assuming you're using Ubuntu:

1. Ctrl-Alt-F2
2. Login.
3. # sudo service gdm stop
4. Run nVidia drivers binary & install.
5. # sudo service gdm start
6. # clear ; exit
7. Ctrl-Alt-F1 to get back to X/GNOME login screen.

Cheers,
Kermee

[burritoboy9984]

delete

[burritoboy9984]

"sudo pkill X" Works

-Erik

[burritoboy9984]

* Starting Hardware abstraction layer hald [OK]
Setting volumes at 100%

* Checking battery state... [OK]
/dev/sda:
setting Advanced Power Management level to Oxfe (254) [OK]

I guess it didn't work, lol... doing a fresh install now... Anyone know how to add the drivers to an iso?

-Erik

[vikjon0]

I am running the latest version of the driver installed from
deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/nvidia-vdpau/ppa/ubuntu jaunty main
on a Asrock ION 330.

It seem to work less good with VDPAU compared to the previous version. When I play the the killasample it doesn't seem that smooth and the cpu usage is clearly higher.

Not a problem for me in daily usage. Will probably install from scratch in a few weeks and see what happens.

[SofaKng]

Damn, that update killed my XBMC Live install as well.

Can somebody give instructions on using Aptitude to get the latest nVidia drivers when it was installed from XBMC Live?