Removing Nouveau Driver for Nvida/CUDA Installation

[Virulent87]

Hello.

@12ud124. i try instal as u said but when i update-grub my X wont start.

i got "kicked back" in text mode with text to check this log as says:

X.Org X Server 1.7.6
Release Date: 2010-03-17
X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0
Build Operating System: Linux 2.6.24-28-server x86_64 Ubuntu
Current Operating System: Linux bt 2.6.39.4 #1 SMP Wed Aug 17 21:42:30 EDT 2011 x86_64
Kernel command line: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.39.4 root=UUID=f553f545-53c5-4e1d-adfa-8627cd688679 ro text splash vga=791
Build Date: 08 March 2011  08:22:34AM
xorg-server 2:1.7.6-2ubuntu7.6 (For technical support please see http://www.ubuntu.com/support) 
Current version of pixman: 0.16.4
	Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.x.org
	to make sure that you have the latest version.
Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting,
	(++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational,
	(WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
(==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.0.log", Time: Mon Sep 19 18:49:27 2011
(==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf"
(==) Using config directory: "/usr/lib/X11/xorg.conf.d"
(==) ServerLayout "Layout0"
(**) |-->Screen "Screen0" (0)
(**) |   |-->Monitor "Monitor0"
(**) |   |-->Device "Device0"
(**) |-->Input Device "Keyboard0"
(**) |-->Input Device "Mouse0"
(==) Automatically adding devices
(==) Automatically enabling devices
(WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/X11/cyrillic" does not exist.
	Entry deleted from font path.
(WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi/" does not exist.
	Entry deleted from font path.
(WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi/" does not exist.
	Entry deleted from font path.
(WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi" does not exist.
	Entry deleted from font path.
(WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi" does not exist.
	Entry deleted from font path.
(==) FontPath set to:
	/usr/share/fonts/X11/misc,
	/usr/share/fonts/X11/Type1,
	/var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/TrueType,
	built-ins
(==) ModulePath set to "/usr/lib/xorg/extra-modules,/usr/lib/xorg/modules"
(WW) AllowEmptyInput is on, devices using drivers 'kbd', 'mouse' or 'vmmouse' will be disabled.
(WW) Disabling Keyboard0
(WW) Disabling Mouse0
(II) Loader magic: 0x7cb840
(II) Module ABI versions:
	X.Org ANSI C Emulation: 0.4
	X.Org Video Driver: 6.0
	X.Org XInput driver : 7.0
	X.Org Server Extension : 2.0
(--) using VT number 8

(--) PCI:*(0:2:0:0) 10de:05e3:1043:82d9 nVidia Corporation GT200b [GeForce GTX 285] rev 161, Mem @ 0xfa000000/16777216, 0xd0000000/268435456, 0xf8000000/33554432, I/O @ 0x0000ac00/128, BIOS @ 0x????????/524288
(WW) Open ACPI failed (/var/run/acpid.socket) (No such file or directory)
(II) LoadModule: "extmod"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libextmod.so
(II) Module extmod: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
	compiled for 1.7.6, module version = 1.0.0
	Module class: X.Org Server Extension
	ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 2.0
(II) Loading extension MIT-SCREEN-SAVER
(II) Loading extension XFree86-VidModeExtension
(II) Loading extension XFree86-DGA
(II) Loading extension DPMS
(II) Loading extension XVideo
(II) Loading extension XVideo-MotionCompensation
(II) Loading extension X-Resource
(II) LoadModule: "dbe"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libdbe.so
(II) Module dbe: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
	compiled for 1.7.6, module version = 1.0.0
	Module class: X.Org Server Extension
	ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 2.0
(II) Loading extension DOUBLE-BUFFER
(II) LoadModule: "glx"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libglx.so
(II) Module glx: vendor="NVIDIA Corporation"
	compiled for 4.0.2, module version = 1.0.0
	Module class: X.Org Server Extension
(II) NVIDIA GLX Module  280.13  Wed Jul 27 17:12:07 PDT 2011
(II) Loading extension GLX
(II) LoadModule: "record"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/librecord.so
(II) Module record: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
	compiled for 1.7.6, module version = 1.13.0
	Module class: X.Org Server Extension
	ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 2.0
(II) Loading extension RECORD
(II) LoadModule: "dri"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libdri.so
(II) Module dri: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
	compiled for 1.7.6, module version = 1.0.0
	ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 2.0
(II) Loading extension XFree86-DRI
(II) LoadModule: "dri2"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libdri2.so
(II) Module dri2: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
	compiled for 1.7.6, module version = 1.1.0
	ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 2.0
(II) Loading extension DRI2
(II) LoadModule: "nvidia"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/nvidia_drv.so
(II) Module nvidia: vendor="NVIDIA Corporation"
	compiled for 4.0.2, module version = 1.0.0
	Module class: X.Org Video Driver
(EE) NVIDIA: Failed to load the NVIDIA kernel module. Please check your
(EE) NVIDIA:     system's kernel log for additional error messages.
(II) UnloadModule: "nvidia"
(II) Unloading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/nvidia_drv.so
(EE) Failed to load module "nvidia" (module-specific error, 0)
(EE) No drivers available.

Fatal server error:
no screens found

Please consult the The X.Org Foundation support 
	 at http://wiki.x.org
 for help. 
Please also check the log file at "/var/log/Xorg.0.log" for additional information.

 ddxSigGiveUp: Closing log

i nano grub.cfg [after grub-update] and he remove "nouveau.modset=0"
i try install with BT wiki drivers and with last Linux on my video card (nVidia 285)...
Any idea how to set up my card so i can run cuda ?
P.S. Why u just cant return good old "apt-get install nvidia-driver"

[Dezio]

I have the same video card but does not work .. I have tried all possible configurations but does not work..
Tired to lost a lot of time.. that sux

[Vespian]

Alright, a few things. I finally got this working and this is what I've learned.

In order to do this you have to do it on a persistant file system. This will NOT work on a live USB that has not been modified to have a persistant file system. The easiest way to do this; Universal USB installer. I warn you though, running a persistant file system off of a USB drive is incredibly slow. I recommend you install BT5 (from within the live USB) to a seperate external hard drive on an EXT3 partition. Using swap space is up to you, but if you have limited memory it could come in handy.

After you have done this, follow the instructions as laid out by 12ud124. You have to prevent nouveau from loading in grub. It is the only thing that i've tried that works so far.

IMPORTANT: If you update-grub you MUST go back and re edit it to prevent nano from loading. You will have to do this from the console as the x server wont start if you have the nvidia drivers installed and nouveau loads on boot. My suggestion if you've already done this and you can't get x to start... use nano.

-Vespian

[Osirium]

The 12ud124 step-by-step solution works smoothly for me.

Distro is permanent actually so I don't know what I can tell about the live running situations.

Additional aspect:

Last night I considered that my system works too good so I decided to run nvidia-config and that's why because the Nvidia admin tool says that I'm running any nvidia drivers.

In my office I've two monitors so I would need to extend the image from the primary to secondary which never worked so far, the driver still duplicates image from one to another.

However the nvidia-config command modified the xorg.conf file and BOOM...no display after restart, just a big error log / display and like.

Workaround:

1. nvidia-uninstal
2. mv xorg.conf from the /etc/X11/ folder.
3. Follow again the procedure with the kernel compiling Nvidia drivers.
4. You'll got the display back and running again.

[templar13]

The 12ud124 step-by-step solution works smoothly for me.

This method works for me too!

I have instaled BT5 r3, have Nvidia geforce 8800GTS!

The only difference is that i have downloaded newest drivers from nvidia site(304.51)!

TY and have fun!