Install Nvidia Graphics Drivers 190.42 in Ubuntu Karmic/Jaunty/Intrepid/Hardy
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Compared to the NVIDIA 185.xx driver series, the NVIDIA 190.42 driver brings new hardware support, support for OpenGL 3.2, many VDPAU video playback improvements, initial support for X Server 1.7 / X.Org 7.5, support for configuring the NVIDIA GPU's fan-speed, and support for configuring the GPU PowerMizer mode. There are also various bug-fixes and other smaller improvements. Among the newly supported hardware is the GeForce GT 220, GeForce G102M, GeForce G210, GeForce G210M, GeForce GT 230M, GeForce GT 240M, GeForce GTS 250M, and GeForce GTS 260M.
The NVIDIA 190.42 driver, however, does not contain the OpenCL support that is found in this driver set, but we anticipate the Open Computing Language library to be merged into the mainline package soon.
The official NVIDIA 190.42 display driver is available for 64-bit Linux and 32-bit Linux. The FreeBSD and Solaris NVIDIA drivers have also reached version 190.42 with similar changes.
For Ubuntu Karmic Users
Use the following command to add PPA
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:nvidia-vdpau/ppa
Other User
First you need to edit /etc/apt/sources.list file
sudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list
add one of the following lines
For Jaunty users
deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/nvidia-vdpau/ppa/ubuntu jaunty main
deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/nvidia-vdpau/ppa/ubuntu jaunty main
For Intrepid Users
deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/nvidia-vdpau/ppa/ubuntu intrepid main
deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/nvidia-vdpau/ppa/ubuntu intrepid main
For Hardy Users
deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/nvidia-vdpau/ppa/ubuntu hardy main
deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/nvidia-vdpau/ppa/ubuntu hardy main
Save and exit the file
Install GPG key using the following command
sudo apt-key adv
--keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com--recv-keys CEC06767
Update source list
sudo apt-get update
Install beta drivers
sudo apt-get install nvidia-190-modaliases nvidia-glx-190 nvidia-settings-190
Hi!
I Follow the steps for jaunty but I wasn’t able to install GPG Key. I get a “keyserver timed out” error:
“Executing: gpg –ignore-time-conflict –no-options –no-default-keyring –secret-keyring /etc/apt/secring.gpg –trustdb-name /etc/apt/trustdb.gpg –keyring /etc/apt/trusted.gpg –keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com –recv-keys CEC06767
gpg: requesting key CEC06767 from hkp server keyserver.ubuntu.com
gpg: keyserver timed out
gpg: keyserver receive failed: keyserver error”
Hi
Is it safe to install from nvidia.run package? I installed version 185.* from .run packages successfully.
Thank you
Thanks for your comment i have corrected now
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:nvidia-vdpau/ppa
gives:
gpg: requesting key … from hkp server keyserver.ubuntu.com
gpg: keyserver timed out
gpg: keyserver receive failed: keyserver error
Now I succeed get the key… 3’rd time I tried…
keyserver timed out and libxine1-bin requires nvidia-185-libvdpau, which was removed by nvidia-190-libvdpau.
do i have to disable the Restricted Hardware of nVidia 185 first before proceed with the installation?
Key server may be busy that is why you are getting timedout messages
Do i need to uninstall the old nvidia 185 driver before updating with the new one?
I’d rather hace the actual deb line than this fancy new repo add thing. Which aparantly depends on servers on the Internet to work 😉
Could you?
Ah yes, ofcourse, simply adapt one of the other deb lines. Thanks anyway 😉
Ok.. So this install made my computer unable to boot. I just got a flickering screen and nothing else.
I had to go press esc while booting to get in single user mode. And then:
mount -o rw,remount /
aptitude remove –purge nvidia-190-libvdpau nvidia-settings-190
aptitude install nvidia-185-libvdpau nvidia-glx-185 nvidia-settings
This will recompile the kernel module you need to get your laptop back in working condition (Which in my case is a T61P Lenovo)
@Mark
luckily I did not install …
This is the key CEC06767:
http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0x1DABDBB4CEC06767
File > Save As…
Nice. Works like a charm on a clean install of Karmic, amd64.
Note the driver still needs to be activated after following this.
Just reboot, go to System -> Administration -> Hardware drivers, select version 190 and hit ‘Activate’.
yea so this caused by computer not to boot too. however, when i do what worked for mike i received a “this aptitude is not a super cow” message.
any help getting this thing to boot up again would be helpful. thanks
Hi,
I was going to try this but it wants to uninstall:
libmyth-0.22-0 mythtv-frontend mythvideo
Too bad. Otherwise I would try it out.
Thanks.
@textux
did you selected the 185 first from the Hardware Drivers before installing 190?
Nvidia-190 wants to uninstall amarok14 (Bogdan Butnaru PPA) as well. I will investigate the dependencies when I get home.
Hi. Tried this guide on the amd64 distro.
Every step work s perfectly except that when i reboot, i have to use terminal 😉 ‘startx’ gives me this reply; [my main graphic-card is the nvidia, i have hybrid graphics] please help me =s
(–) PCI:*(0:0:2:0) 8086:2a42:1734:1148 Intel Corporation Mobile 4 Series Chipset Integrated Graphics Controller
(–) PCI: (0:1:0:0) 10de:0649:1734:1148 nVidia Corporation G96 [GeForce 9600M GT] rev 161, Mem @ 0xf2000000/16777
(==) Using default built-in configuration (39 lines)
(==) — Start of built-in configuration —
Section “Device”
Identifier “Builtin Default intel Device 0”
Driver “intel”
EndSection
Section “Screen”
Identifier “Builtin Default intel Screen 0”
Device “Builtin Default intel Device 0”
Section “Screen”
Identifier “Builtin Default intel Screen 0”
I Xorg.0.log Row 70 Col 1 0:57 Ctrl-K H for help
EndSection
Section “Device”
Identifier “Builtin Default i810 Device 0”
Driver “i810”
EndSection
Section “Screen”
Identifier “Builtin Default i810 Screen 0”
Device “Builtin Default i810 Device 0”
EndSection
Section “Device”
Identifier “Builtin Default vesa Device 0”
Driver “vesa”
EndSection
Section “Screen”
Identifier “Builtin Default vesa Screen 0”
Device “Builtin Default vesa Device 0”
EndSection
Section “Device”
Identifier “Builtin Default fbdev Device 0”
Driver “fbdev”
EndSection
Section “Screen”
Identifier “Builtin Default fbdev Screen 0”
Device “Builtin Default fbdev Device 0”
EndSection
Section “ServerLayout”
Identifier “Builtin Default Layout”
Screen “Builtin Default intel Screen 0”
Screen “Builtin Default i810 Screen 0”
Screen “Builtin Default vesa Screen 0”
Screen “Builtin Default fbdev Screen 0”
EndSection
(==) — End of built-in configuration —
(==) ServerLayout “Builtin Default Layout”
(**) |–>Screen “Builtin Default intel Screen 0” (0)
and so on… do i have to specify what pci: to use?
Worked great for me on Karmic 64-bit! Hope this will fix the crashing and weird screen artifact issues I’ve been having since installing Karmic.
Seems faster anyway. 🙂 Thanks!
Hmmm actually I’m very happy with the 180 driver at the moment – docky is very fluid and has no issues. Is there any real benefit to trying out a bleeding edge 190 driver? is it really worth the risk?
@Jeff,
Would you detail your installation steps? I need to know did you need to unselect 180 from Hardware Drivers before installing 190?
Thanks
Worked great … although tv out stopped working. Reverted back to the previous one until I have time to sort out the tv bit.
@blink4blog,
No, I didn’t. The 180 drivers were removed automatically before the 190 drivers were installed. I checked Hardware Drivers after I rebooted, and the 190 drivers had been activated.
Good luck!
After installing nvidia 190.42, rkward is uninstalled. Its seems that I can not have both becoz they use libvdpau…. any expalnations or how can I go round this problem
@blink4blog:
i tried 185 but they failed to work properly due to a bug in karmic. so I removed them completely, and followed the steps from here.
this version works fine…
i encounter this error after hitting enter
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:nvidia-vdpau/ppa
error: