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Help with Nvidia driver

doubledragon5

Thu May 24, 2012 1:10:15 pm

Hi I'm new to the whole linux experience, and currently have Zorin 5.2 installed.. My question is, under additional drivers it says my nvidia driver is active, but not in use.. How do you actually get the driver to work? what does not in use mean? Thanks

Wolfman

Thu May 24, 2012 3:56:32 pm

Hi and welcome,

the driver will activate when it needs to be drawn on, you may not even notice it!!.

Regards Wolfman :D

madvinegar

Thu May 24, 2012 5:30:46 pm

Would you like to post the result of
Code:
lspci -nn
just to see the exact model and ID of your card?

doubledragon5

Thu May 24, 2012 6:06:18 pm

jason@jason-desktop:~$ lspci -nn
00:00.0 Memory controller [0580]: nVidia Corporation CK804 Memory Controller [10de:005e] (rev a3)
00:01.0 ISA bridge [0601]: nVidia Corporation CK804 ISA Bridge [10de:0050] (rev a3)
00:01.1 SMBus [0c05]: nVidia Corporation CK804 SMBus [10de:0052] (rev a2)
00:02.0 USB Controller [0c03]: nVidia Corporation CK804 USB Controller [10de:005a] (rev a2)
00:02.1 USB Controller [0c03]: nVidia Corporation CK804 USB Controller [10de:005b] (rev a3)
00:04.0 Multimedia audio controller [0401]: nVidia Corporation CK804 AC'97 Audio Controller [10de:0059] (rev a2)
00:06.0 IDE interface [0101]: nVidia Corporation CK804 IDE [10de:0053] (rev a2)
00:07.0 IDE interface [0101]: nVidia Corporation CK804 Serial ATA Controller [10de:0054] (rev a3)
00:08.0 IDE interface [0101]: nVidia Corporation CK804 Serial ATA Controller [10de:0055] (rev a3)
00:09.0 PCI bridge [0604]: nVidia Corporation CK804 PCI Bridge [10de:005c] (rev a2)
00:0a.0 Bridge [0680]: nVidia Corporation CK804 Ethernet Controller [10de:0057] (rev a3)
00:0b.0 PCI bridge [0604]: nVidia Corporation CK804 PCIE Bridge [10de:005d] (rev a3)
00:0c.0 PCI bridge [0604]: nVidia Corporation CK804 PCIE Bridge [10de:005d] (rev a3)
00:0d.0 PCI bridge [0604]: nVidia Corporation CK804 PCIE Bridge [10de:005d] (rev a3)
00:0e.0 PCI bridge [0604]: nVidia Corporation CK804 PCIE Bridge [10de:005d] (rev a3)
00:18.0 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] HyperTransport Technology Configuration [1022:1100]
00:18.1 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Address Map [1022:1101]
00:18.2 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] DRAM Controller [1022:1102]
00:18.3 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Miscellaneous Control [1022:1103]
01:08.0 RAID bus controller [0104]: Silicon Image, Inc. SiI 3114 [SATALink/SATARaid] Serial ATA Controller [1095:3114] (rev 02)
01:09.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394) [0c00]: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT6306/7/8 [Fire II(M)] IEEE 1394 OHCI Controller [1106:3044] (rev 80)
01:0a.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Marvell Technology Group Ltd. 88E8001 Gigabit Ethernet Controller [11ab:4320] (rev 13)
02:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: nVidia Corporation Device [10de:1244] (rev a1)
02:00.1 Audio device [0403]: nVidia Corporation Device [10de:0bee] (rev a1)
03:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Ralink corp. RT2860 [1814:0781]


Thanks for the reply, I posted this from terminal hope it helps.. I believe I bought the nvidia gforce GTX 550TI

madvinegar

Fri May 25, 2012 9:28:50 am

Swarf, doubledragon5 says that the driver in additional drivers is activated, but not in use.

My suggestion would be to try out the new Zorin6 which wil be based in Kernel 3.2.0-x and hopefully your card will be detected and enabled out of the box. Nvidia has a very good relationship with linux and stays always up to date.

You can download and create a live CD or USB of the new zorin 6 RC just to try it out before the final release is formally ready for download.

I am personally waiting for Zorin 6 core to be released before proceeding in any installations as my GPU is not detected and fully used in zorin 5.2 (the 3d effects do not work), but with kernel 3.2.0-x everything works out of the box!

doubledragon5

Sat May 26, 2012 2:30:50 am

swarfendor437 wrote:Do you get any 'recommended' drivers when you run 'Additional Drivers'?


Ya just their recommended driver which is not current, and is activated. I don't understand how it is activated but not in use...

doubledragon5

Sat May 26, 2012 2:32:20 am

swarfendor437 wrote:That 'activated but not in use' is the same issue with some users with Broadcom wifi chipsets - it recognises it is Broadcom but assigns the wrong driver - from what I could tell from scouring the internet I think 10.10 was the version of Ubuntu it worked with - will have another delve and get back here - but not tonight!


I just downloaded it and going to try it out probably next week after I move into my new place...