right ima go clean the guinea pigs as this is boring me atm.
i found this which is supposed to sort the problem with 8800gts, apparantly loads of people have the problem.
How I got the latest NVIDIA 100.14.11 drivers installed
Tip: press <TAB> to complete long file or directory names where possible, ie. NVIDIA<TAB>
1) Download the latest driver from
www.nvidia.com, and save it to your home directory, eg.
~/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-100.14.11-pkg1.run
2) Exit out of Gnome by pressing <CTRL-ALT-F6>, login at the prompt, and type:
sudo /etc/init.d/gdm stop (Gnome should stop).
3) Backup your current xorg.conf file:
sudo cp /etc/X11/xorg.conf /etc/X11/xorg_backup.conf
4) Enter the following commands:
sudo apt-get remove nvidia* linux-restricted-modules*
sudo apt-get install linux-headers-$(uname -r) \ build-essential pkg-config xorg-dev
sudo sh ~/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-100.14.11-pkg1.run
Follow prompts, selecting Y or ACCEPT to everything (ignore any warnings such as 'Unable to check for libGL.so.1')
5) Extract the libwfb files from the Nvidia driver package:
sh ~/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-100.14.11-pkg1.run -x
Copy the wfb module over:
cd ~/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-100.14.11-pkg2/usr/X11R6/lib/modules
sudo cp libnvidia-wfb.so.100.14.11 /usr/lib/xorg/modules
Change directories and create a link:
cd /usr/lib/xorg/modules
sudo ln -s libnvidia-wfb.so.100.14.11 libwfb.so
6) Fix the lrm-video file:
cd /etc/modprobe.d
sudo chmod go=rw lrm-video
sudo vim lrm-video
Comment out the 'nvidia' line by pressing the following keys in this order:
<DOWN> <DOWN> i # <ESC><ESC> : x <ENTER>
To examine the edited file, type:
cat lrm-video
It should now look like this:
install fglrx /sbin/lrm-video fglrx $CMDLINE_OPTS
#install nvidia /sbin/lrm-video nvidia $CMDLINE_OPTS
install nvidia_legacy /sbin/lrm-video nvidia_legacy $CMDLINE_OPTS
install nvidia_new /sbin/lrm-video nvidia_new $CMDLINE_OPTS
Change permissions back to read-only with:
sudo chmod go=r lrm-video
7) Now restart Gnome with
sudo /etc/init.d/gdm start (You should hopefully see an Nvidia logo flash on screen).
NB. At this point my top taskbar disappeared, so I pressed Alt-F2 (Run App) and chose Terminal to open a window)
You may see a warning about (not) using 'restricted drivers' - click to get rid of it.
Open a terminal prompt and type
sudo nvidia-settings
Click on the 'X Server Display Configuration' option, then set your resolution and colour depth as appropriate. (If you set it to 'auto', it should switch to your max.
resolution automatically).
NB: I was in high res at this point, and it detected my monitor, but the screen was quite fuzzy / badly aliased. Continue anyway.
Don't forget to click on the 'Save to X Configuration File' button to make sure your settings are stored for next time.
8) If you know what you're doing, you might want to tidy up your /etc/X11/xorg.conf file at this point, removing the old & now unwanted monitor, device & screen sections.
From the terminal prompt, type
sudo gedit /etc/X11/xorg.conf
As a rough guide, keep the sections with the identifiers 'Monitor0', 'Videocard0' and 'Screen0'. (Or leave it alone
(which is what I did); it still seems to work OK).
lot of talk about ubuntu but no walking as of yet, a big let down for me.
