[03:23] <crdlb> hello
[03:24] <nj786> crdlb?what do i do?
[03:24] <nj786> crdlb, help me through this
[03:24] <nj786> crdlb?
[03:24] <crdlb> ok go to edit>preferences
[03:24] <crdlb> and be patient
[03:25] <nj786> sorry, ok and then
[03:25] <crdlb> click the Networks tab
[03:25] <crdlb> and find "Ubuntu Servers"
[03:25] <nj786> ok next
[03:25] <crdlb> or something like that
[03:25] <nj786> ok found unbuntu server
[03:25] <crdlb> ok
[03:25] <nj786> double click?
[03:26] <crdlb> yes
[03:26] <nj786> ok then
[03:26] <crdlb> then on the servers tab
[03:26] <crdlb> change it to irc.freenode.net/8001
[03:26] <nj786> ok done
[03:26] <nj786> doi close the window
[03:27] <crdlb> yes
[03:27] <nj786> ok i am done
[03:27] <nj786> what do i do now?
[03:27] <crdlb> then exit xchat-gnome
[03:27] <crdlb> and reopen it
[05:10] <PepperBob> so..
[05:10] <PepperBob> Woody_, open a terminal
[05:10] <Woody_> tes
[05:10] <Woody_> yes
[05:10] <Woody_> ok
[05:11] <Woody_> opened
[05:11] <PepperBob> type: sudo /etc/init.d/gdm stop
[05:11] <PepperBob> be aware: your x will stop!
[05:11] <Woody_> ok
[05:11] <PepperBob> did it stop?
[05:11] <Woody_> yes
[05:12] <PepperBob> ok, login at the prompt
[05:12] <Woody_> ok
[05:12] <PepperBob> now: cd ~/Desktop
[05:12] <Woody_> yes
[05:13] <PepperBob> type: sudo sh NV....<driver-file>
[05:13] <PepperBob> erm...
[05:13] <PepperBob> Woody_, i meant without those dots... sudo sh <file-you-downloaded>
[05:14] <Woody_> i forgot the file name
[05:14] <PepperBob> Woody_, just type "NV" and hit the <TAB> key
[05:14] <PepperBob> Woody_, it will autocomplete
[05:14] <Woody_> ah okay
[05:14] <Woody_> yes, as in Windows Command Prompt
[05:14] <Woody_> okay
[05:15] <PepperBob> Woody_, yes - even better ;)
[05:15] <Woody_> :P
[05:15] <PepperBob> Woody_, so did you typed that?
[05:15] <Woody_> there is a warning now
[05:15] <Woody_> yes, i typed it
[05:15] <Woody_> and asked for a password
[05:15] <Woody_> i put the password
[05:15] <PepperBob> good
[05:15] <Woody_> and now i came to a screen
[05:15] <PepperBob> good
[05:15] <PepperBob> now proceed
[05:15] <Woody_> should i type what the Warning says?
[05:16] <Woody_> i got another warning that says:
[05:16] <PepperBob> yes please
[05:17] <Woody_> YOU DO NOT APPEAR TO HAVE AN NVIDIA GPU SUPPORTED BY THE 1.0-9755 NVIDIA LINUX GRAPHICS DRIVER INSTALLED IN THIS SYSTEM.
[05:17] <Woody_> i think i can still proceed, there is the OK button
[05:17] <Woody_> should i proceed?
[05:17] <PepperBob> Woody_, that's it.
[05:17] <PepperBob> Woody_,  YOU DO NOT APPEAR TO HAVE AN NVIDIA GPU SUPPORTED BY THE 1.0-9755 NVIDIA LINUX GRAPHICS
[05:17] <Woody_> so?
[05:18] <PepperBob> Woody_, somehow it seems as if you graphics adapter has no 3d option
[05:18] <Woody_> but the 2 laptops have the same graphics adaptor
[05:19] <PepperBob> Woody_, yeah i saw that...
[05:19] <PepperBob> Woody_, but it can't detect it
[05:19] <PepperBob> Woody_, that causes the driver to fail when loading
[05:19] <Woody_> mmmm
[05:19] <PepperBob> Woody_, probably it's damaged or turned off (bios settings?)
[05:20] <Woody_> but i use it for Windows XP
[05:20] <Woody_> it works normally
[05:20] <PepperBob> Woody_, pressing OK will send you back to the terminal i guess
[05:20] <Woody_> its asking me if i want to install or not
[05:21] <Woody_> if i should accept the license agreement or not
[05:21] <PepperBob> Woody_, try to install
[05:21] <Woody_> ok
[05:21] <Woody_> i got another error that says:
[05:21] <PepperBob> Woody_, even if it compiles it, it will fail loading i guess
[05:22] <Woody_> No precompiled kernel interface was found to match your kernel; would you like the installer to attempt a kernel interface for your kernel from the nvidia ftp site?
[05:22] <PepperBob> Woody_, that's okay
[05:23] <PepperBob> "YES" or whatever
[05:23] <Woody_> ok
[05:23] <PepperBob> Woody_, this is the time when it starts to compile a new module for your kernel.
[05:23] <Woody_> no matching premcomiled kernel interface was found on Nvidia ftp sites
[05:24] <Woody_> this means that the installer will need to compile a kernel interface for your kernel
[05:24] <PepperBob> ok
[05:24] <Woody_> thats what the error says
[05:24] <PepperBob> yes it should compile it
[05:24] <Woody_> Another error :P
[05:24] <PepperBob> Woody_, that's okay so far. the worst error was the first one.
[05:25] <Woody_> You do not appear to have libc header files installed on your system. Please install your distribution's libc development package/
[05:25] <Woody_> .*
[05:25] <Woody_> i press okay
[05:25] <Woody_> and another error comes
[05:26] <PepperBob> Woody_, ok.. seems as if there are some packages missing
[05:26] <Woody_> Installation has Failed. Please see the file  ` /var/log/nvidia-installer.org
[05:26] <PepperBob> ok.
[05:26] <Woody_> it threw me back to the terminal
[05:26] <PepperBob> Woody_, you need to install package:
[05:26] <PepperBob>  linux-libc-dev
[05:26] <PepperBob> Woody_, so type: sudo apt-get install  linux-libc-dev
[05:27] <Woody_> ok working....
[05:27] <Woody_> tetched 664KB
[05:28] <Woody_> fetched*
[05:28] <Woody_> okay
[05:28] <PepperBob> Woody_,
[05:28] <Woody_> done
[05:28] <PepperBob> just for the moment:
[05:28] <PepperBob> please type: sudo modprobe nvidia
[05:29] <Woody_> Not loading nvidia module; not used in /etc/X11/xorg.conf
[05:29] <PepperBob> Woody_, you just typed modprobe nvidia?
[05:29] <Woody_> yes
[05:29] <Woody_> with sudo
[05:30] <PepperBob> yes. and the output was "Not loading nvidia module; not used in /etc/X11/xorg.conf"
[05:30] <Woody_> yes
[05:30] <PepperBob> Woody_, type: sudo nano /etc/X11/xorg.conf
[05:30] <Woody_> ok
[05:30] <PepperBob> scroll to that line that says Driver "nvidia"
[05:31] <PepperBob> and check if it's uncommented..
[05:31] <Woody_> there is no "nvidia"
[05:31] <Woody_> its "nv"
[05:31] <PepperBob> Woody_, rewrite it to "nvidia"
[05:31] <Woody_> ok
[05:31] <Woody_> it is not commented
[05:32] <PepperBob> hit CTRL-X
[05:32] <PepperBob> and safe
[05:32] <Woody_> okay saved
[05:32] <PepperBob> modprobe again please
[05:33] <PepperBob> what does it say?
[05:33] <Woody_> [ 2898.676000]  nvidia: Unknown parameter 'NVerg_SoftEDIDs'
[05:33] <Woody_> FATAL: Error running install command for nvidia
[05:33] <PepperBob> Woody_, that sounds too bad.
[05:34] <Woody_> oh :(
[05:34] <PepperBob> Woody_, you can try to run the nvidia installer
[05:34] <PepperBob> Woody_, but it will fail loading the module in the end.
[05:34] <Woody_> im getting the same errors
[05:34] <PepperBob> Woody_, which?
[05:34] <Woody_> same, the ones when i install the nvidia installer
[05:35] <PepperBob> can you paste /var/log/nvidia-installer.org
[05:36] <Woody_> whats the command?
[05:36] <PepperBob> Woody_, "cat"
[05:37] <Woody_> no such file or direcotry
[05:37] <Woody_> directory*
[05:37] <PepperBob> Woody_, whoops.. it's  /var/log/nvidia-installer.log
[05:38] <Woody_> okay
[05:38] <Woody_> its so large
[05:38] <Woody_> it needs a pastebin
[05:38] <Woody_> and im not on X
[05:38] <Woody_> can i use vncviewer?
[05:38] <PepperBob> Woody_, let's try this:
[05:38] <Woody_> ok
[05:39] <PepperBob> Woody_, sudo apt-get install openssh
[05:39] <PepperBob> Woody_, this will install a ssh server and you'll be able to access wisam from you other notebook
[05:39] <Woody_> E: couldn't find package openssh
[05:40] <PepperBob> Woody_, just take "ssh"
[05:40] <Woody_> ok working now
[05:40] <Woody_> downloading
[05:40] <PepperBob> what is you local username on wisam?
[05:40] <Woody_> done
[05:41] <Woody_> wissam-laptop
[05:41] <PepperBob> Woody_, do you know wissam's ip address?
[05:41] <Woody_> no, its DHCP
[05:41] <Woody_> wait, i can get it from the router
[05:41] <Woody_> one moment
[05:42] <PepperBob> Woody_, np, "ifconfig" will tell you as well
[05:42] <Woody_> ok got it
[05:42] <PepperBob> now turn to you other notebook
[05:42] <Woody_> yes
[05:42] <PepperBob> and open a terminal
[05:42] <Woody_> ok
[05:43] <PepperBob> how is you other notebook called?
[05:43] <Woody_> the one im using right now
[05:43] <PepperBob> yes
[05:43] <Woody_> laptop-123
[05:43] <PepperBob> now on laptop-123 type: ssh -l wissam-laptop <wissams-ip-address>
[05:44] <Woody_> okay
[05:45] <PepperBob> Woody_, what happened?
[05:45] <Woody_> it connected but it asked me about wissam-laptop password
[05:45] <Woody_> i did put it
[05:45] <PepperBob> ok
[05:45] <Woody_> and it still says access denied
[05:45] <PepperBob> Woody_, when you log in at wissam: the login name is wissam-laptop, is that correct?
[05:46] <Woody_> no
[05:46] <Woody_> its wissam
[05:46] <PepperBob> Woody_, ah i thought that... :)
[05:46] <PepperBob> so try again from laptop-123 type: ssh -l wissam <wissam's ip address>
[05:46] <Woody_> ah okay
[05:46] <Woody_> done
[05:46] <PepperBob> so enter password
[05:47] <Woody_> ok i entered it
[05:47] <Woody_> it works now
[05:47] <PepperBob> great
[05:47] <Woody_> Linux wissam-laptop 2.6.20-15-generic #2 SMP Sun Apr 15 07:36:31 UTC 2007 i686
[05:47] <Woody_> The programs included with the Ubuntu system are free software;
[05:47] <Woody_> the exact distribution terms for each program are described in the
[05:47] <Woody_> individual files in /usr/share/doc/*/copyright.
[05:47] <Woody_> Ubuntu comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by
[05:47] <Woody_> applicable law.
[05:47] <Woody_> Last login: Thu May 17 15:12:15 2007
[05:47] <PepperBob> now cat /var/log/nvidia-installer.log
[05:47] <Woody_> on which laptop? woody or wissam?
[05:47] <PepperBob> Woody_, you are working on laptop-123 now only
[05:47] <Woody_> ah sorry
[05:47] <Woody_> ok
[05:48] <PepperBob> Woody_, there you can copy and paste terminal stuff
[05:48] <Woody_> yes i can see this: wissam@wissam-laptop:~$
[05:48] <PepperBob> Woody_, now cat that file, and copy it and paste it.
[05:48] <Woody_> cat: /var/var/log/nvidia-installer.log: No such file or directory
[05:49] <PepperBob> Woody_, look at the path. there's one /var/ to much
[05:49] <Woody_> lol sorry sorry
[05:49] <PepperBob> Woody_, try to use Tabcompletion. it will ease your day ;)
[05:49] <Woody_> :D ok
[05:50] <PepperBob> now copy it from the terminal and put it in a pastbin
[05:50] <Woody_> http://pastebin.ca/493049
[05:50] <Woody_> thats it
[05:51] <PepperBob> Woody_, ok.. erm first of all: you installed libc-dev, don't you?
[05:51] <PepperBob> Woody_, can you please type: gcc --version
[05:52] <Woody_> ok
[05:52] <Woody_> gcc (GCC) 4.1.2 (Ubuntu 4.1.2-0ubuntu4)
[05:52] <Woody_> Copyright (C) 2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
[05:52] <Woody_> This is free software; see the source for copying conditions.  There is NO
[05:52] <Woody_> warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
[05:52] <PepperBob> ok
[05:52] <PepperBob> wait
[05:52] <nalioth> Woody_: try not to paste a bunch of extra stuff
[05:53] <Woody_> ok im sorry nalioth
[05:53] <nalioth> Woody_: it's ok for some stuff, but for versions and such, we don't need the copyright notices and such
[05:54] <Woody_> ok
[05:54] <PepperBob> Woody_, we should try with this:
[05:54] <PepperBob> http://www.nvidia.com/object/linux_display_amd64_1.0-9631.html
[05:54] <PepperBob> Woody_, Stop!
[05:54] <PepperBob> Woody_, http://www.nvidia.com/object/linux_display_ia32_1.0-9631.html
[05:54] <PepperBob> Woody_, wrong arch
[05:55] <PepperBob> Woody_, i wasn't aware of that text that said your GPU is only support by 96XX Drivers
[05:56] <PepperBob> umph...
[05:57] <Woody_> PepperBob:
[05:57] <PepperBob> Woody_, yea
[05:57] <Woody_> im sorry, my computer just turned off :S
[05:57] <PepperBob> Woody_, don't worry.
[05:57] <Woody_> i pressed the button near the keyboard by mistake
[05:57] <Woody_> okay
[05:57] <Woody_> what was the command to reconnect to wissam?
[05:58] <PepperBob> Woody_, we have to download another driver... sorry for this confusion
[05:58] <PepperBob> Woody_, ssh -l wissam <wissam's ip>
[05:58] <Woody_> no problem
[05:58] <PepperBob> are you logged in?
[05:58] <Woody_> ok
[05:58] <Woody_> yes
[05:59] <PepperBob> Woody_, copy and paste this in the terminal:
[05:59] <PepperBob> http://us.download.nvidia.com/XFree86/Linux-x86/1.0-9631/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-9631-pkg1.run
[05:59] <PepperBob> Woody_, erm,..
[05:59] <PepperBob> wget http://us.download.nvidia.com/XFree86/Linux-x86/1.0-9631/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-9631-pkg1.run
[05:59] <Woody_> ok
[05:59] <PepperBob> Woody_, wget is a little tool that will download the driver
[05:59] <Woody_> actually thats installing in Wissam
[05:59] <Woody_> right?
[05:59] <Woody_> yes
[05:59] <Woody_> nice
[05:59] <PepperBob> damnit
[06:00] <PepperBob> Woody_, this ctrl+w is working all over the place :)
[06:00] <PepperBob> Woody_, did the download start
[06:00] <PepperBob> ?
[06:00] <Woody_> yes
[06:01] <PepperBob> Woody_, self experiment?
[06:01] <Woody_> lol i was trying ctrl+w
[06:02] <PepperBob> Woody_, first i thought ctrl-w is mac os only. but it works all over the place. can't believe it ;)
[06:02] <Woody_> 40%
[06:02] <Woody_> :D
[06:02] <Woody_> yeah
[06:02] <PepperBob> Woody_, that will be last try. if this driver complains about hardware, we've lost i guess...
[06:03] <Woody_> okay no problem, as God wants
[06:04] <PepperBob> Woody_, where are you from btw..
[06:04] <Woody_> Lebanon
[06:04] <Woody_> North of Israel
[06:05] <Woody_> 75%
[06:05] <PepperBob> Woody_, yeah just check google maps ;)
[06:05] <Woody_> :D
[06:05] <Woody_> 90%
[06:06] <PepperBob> Woody_, we're getting close...
[06:06] <Woody_> but i dont know why it shouldnt work!
[06:06] <PepperBob> Woody_, me too.
[06:06] <Woody_> the same laptop im working on is exactly the same as the one near me
[06:06] <Woody_> 99%
[06:06] <Woody_> done
[06:06] <PepperBob> Woody_, actually it should have worked with the packages from the repository
[06:07] <Woody_> yes
[06:07] <PepperBob> Woody_, ok. now type:
[06:07] <PepperBob> sudo sh NV.. < tab completion
[06:07] <Woody_> ok
[06:07] <PepperBob> so.. same programm different driver
[06:08] <Woody_> i got the same errors and kicked me back to the console
[06:08] <Woody_> terminal i mean
[06:08] <PepperBob> please paste /var/log/nvidia... again
[06:08] <PepperBob> use pastbin!
[06:09] <Woody_> whats the full command?
[06:09] <Woody_> ah one moment
[06:09] <Woody_> got it
[06:09] <PepperBob> Woody_, cat /var/log/nvid.. use tab completion
[06:11] <PepperBob> Woody_, got it?
[06:11] <Woody_> thats it: http://www.pastebin.ca/493082
[06:12] <PepperBob> Woody_, ok.. you're missing linux-libc-dev
[06:12] <PepperBob> Woody_, so type: apt-get install linux-libc-dev
[06:12] <Woody_> how do i get it?
[06:12] <Woody_> ok
[06:12] <PepperBob> erm.. Woody_ sudo!
[06:12] <Woody_> yes sure
[06:12] <Woody_> wissam@wissam-laptop:~$ sudo apt-get install linux-libc-dev
[06:12] <Woody_> Reading package lists... Done
[06:12] <Woody_> Building dependency tree
[06:12] <Woody_> Reading state information... Done
[06:12] <Woody_> linux-libc-dev is already the newest version.
[06:12] <Woody_> 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
[06:13] <PepperBob> Woody_, sudo apt-get install libc6-dev
[06:13] <PepperBob> Woody_, actually not sure which ones we did install already..
[06:13] <Woody_> ok downloading
[06:13] <PepperBob> Woody_, fyi: these are libraries used for compiling stuff
[06:14] <Woody_> aha okay
[06:14] <PepperBob> Woody_, first of all it hasn't complained about hardware...
[06:14] <Woody_> what do you do in life? are you a computer scientist/progam engineer?
[06:14] <Woody_> program*
[06:14] <Woody_> yes
[06:15] <Woody_> thats good
[06:15] <PepperBob> Woody_, kind of.. i'm developing databases for analytical stuff.
[06:15] <Woody_> wissam@wissam-laptop:~$ sudo apt-get install libc6-dev
[06:15] <PepperBob> Woody_, what about you?
[06:15] <Woody_> Reading package lists... Done
[06:15] <Woody_> Building dependency tree
[06:15] <Woody_> Reading state information... Done
[06:15] <Woody_> Suggested packages:
[06:15] <Woody_>   glibc-doc manpages-dev
[06:15] <Woody_> The following NEW packages will be installed:
[06:15] <Woody_>   libc6-dev
[06:15] <Woody_> 0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
[06:15] <Woody_> Need to get 3018kB of archives.
[06:15] <PepperBob> Woody_, erm...
[06:15] <Woody_> After unpacking 12.5MB of additional disk space will be used.
[06:15] <Woody_> Get:1 http://gh.archive.ubuntu.com feisty/main libc6-dev 2.5-0ubuntu14 [3018kB] 
[06:15] <Woody_> Fetched 3018kB in 1m51s (27.1kB/s)
[06:15] <Woody_> Selecting previously deselected package libc6-dev.
[06:16] <Woody_> (Reading database ... 94600 files and directories currently installed.)
[06:16] <Woody_> Unpacking libc6-dev (from .../libc6-dev_2.5-0ubuntu14_i386.deb) ...
[06:16] <Woody_> Setting up libc6-dev (2.5-0ubuntu14) ...
[06:16] <PepperBob> Woody_, okay, please keep pastebin in mind!
[06:16] <Woody_> I am a student
[06:16] <Woody_> Busines Computing Major / Computer Science Minor
[06:16] <Woody_> ok ok im sorry
[06:16] <PepperBob> cool ^
[06:16] <PepperBob> Woody_, ok, if this is done. please run the installer again
[06:16] <Woody_> ok
[06:17] <Woody_> building kernel module :D
[06:18] <Woody_> then it said this:
[06:18] <Woody_>   WARNING: You appear to be using a modular X.Org release, but nvidia-installer was unable to determine the correct X library installation path with the `pkg-config` utility.  Please install the X.Org SDK/development package for your distribution.
[06:19] <PepperBob> Woody_, mh.. wait
[06:20] <PepperBob> Woody_, alright. sudo apt-get install xserver-xorg-dev
[06:20] <PepperBob> Woody_, these are development files for xserver
[06:21] <Woody_> okay
[06:21] <nalioth> !xincludes
[06:21] <ubotu> When a program or configure script asks for "X includes", you should probably install the following packages: xlibs-dev   xlibs-static-dev   xorg-dev
[06:21] <Woody_> one moment, i clicked ok
[06:21] <Woody_> and now its searching for openGL
[06:21] <PepperBob> Woody_, still the old process?
[06:22] <Woody_> yes
[06:22] <PepperBob> Woody_, still working?
[06:22] <Woody_> yes
[06:22] <Woody_> building
[06:22] <PepperBob> Woody_, ok.
[06:23] <Woody_>  Would you like to run the nvidia-xconfig utility to automatically update
[06:23] <Woody_>   your X configuration file so that the NVIDIA X driver will be used when you
[06:23] <Woody_>   restart X?  Any pre-existing X configuration file will be backed up.
[06:23] <PepperBob> Yes
[06:23] <Woody_> Your X configuration file has been successfully updated.  Installation of
[06:23] <PepperBob> It will make the correct driver entries
[06:23] <Woody_>   the NVIDIA Accelerated Graphics Driver for Linux-x86 (version: 1.0-9631) is
[06:23] <Woody_>   now complete.
[06:23] <PepperBob> Woody_, good.
[06:23] <PepperBob> Woody_, now turn to wissam notebook
[06:23] <Woody_> so what do i do now?
[06:23] <Woody_> ok
[06:23] <PepperBob> and type on wissam: startx
[06:24] <PepperBob> Woody_, it should startx, hopefully.
[06:24] <Woody_> i got a long error
[06:24] <Woody_> i dont know if its an error
[06:25] <PepperBob> Woody_, did it start the x ?
[06:25] <Woody_> cant i type: startx from here?
[06:25] <Woody_> from this laptop?
[06:25] <PepperBob> no
[06:25] <Woody_> no it didnt start
[06:25] <Woody_> how can i send you the pastebin then?
[06:25] <PepperBob> go to laptop
[06:25] <PepperBob> and type in terminal:
[06:25] <Woody_> yes
[06:25] <PepperBob>  cat /var/log/Xorg.0.log
[06:25] <PepperBob> and paste this.
[06:25] <Woody_> laptop-123 you mean?
[06:25] <PepperBob> yes
[06:26] <PepperBob> but in the terminal pointed to wissam
[06:26] <Woody_> yes sure
[06:27] <Woody_> http://www.pastebin.ca/493106
[06:28] <PepperBob> Woody_, can you please type: lsmod | grep nvidia
[06:28] <PepperBob> Woody_, does this return something?
[06:28] <Woody_> ok
[06:29] <Woody_> no it didnt return anything
[06:29] <PepperBob> Woody_, now please type: sudo modprobe nvidia
[06:29] <PepperBob> we'll try it manually again
[06:30] <Woody_> FATAL: Error running install command for nvidia
[06:31] <PepperBob> Woody_, okay. now type: dmesg | grep -i nvidia
[06:31] <Woody_> http://www.pastebin.ca/493116
[06:32] <PepperBob> mh...
[06:32] <PepperBob> I googled for the error
[06:33] <Woody_> yes
[06:33] <PepperBob> no senible answer for this...
[06:34] <PepperBob> it's so strange
[06:34] <Woody_> mmmm
[06:35] <Woody_> its okay
[06:35] <Woody_> so i keep with legacy?
[06:35] <PepperBob> Woody_, well, the only thing is: switch xorg.conf back to "nv"
[06:37] <Woody_> yeah
[06:37] <Woody_> but nvidia legacy used to work on the pc
[06:37] <Woody_> on Wissam
[06:37] <Woody_> but only the 3D wont work like Beryl and Compiz
[06:38] <PepperBob> Woody_, oh if legacy worked use it
[06:39] <Woody_> im in X now
[06:39] <Woody_> with nv
[06:39] <PepperBob> Woody_, ok.
[06:39] <Woody_> im going to install nvidia legacy nwo
[06:39] <Woody_> now
[06:39] <PepperBob> Woody_, ok.
[06:41] <Woody_> PepperBob: thanks a lot bro
[06:41] <PepperBob> Woody_, i'm sorry that it didn't work out though...
[06:41] <Woody_> even if it didnt work, i appreciate you spending your time in helping me
[06:42] <PepperBob> Woody_, np... :)
[06:44] <PepperBob> Woody_, at least we setup some senisble stuff like ssh ;)
[06:44] <Woody_> haha yeah
[06:44] <Woody_> thats good
[06:45] <Woody_> PepperBob: how can i get back the legacy? sudo apt-get install nvidia-glx-legacy
[06:45] <PepperBob> yes
[06:45] <Woody_> and then after that, what is the second command?
[06:45] <PepperBob> Woody_, nothing. just restart X server
[06:46] <Woody_> i restarted, it didnt work
[06:47] <PepperBob> Woody_, please paste dpkg -l | grep nvidia
[06:47] <PepperBob> just want to make sure everything is setup correctly.
[06:48] <Woody_> wissam@wissam-laptop:~$ dpkg -l | grep nvidia
[06:48] <Woody_> rc  nvidia-glx                                 1.0.9631+2.6.20.5-15.20                NVIDIA binary XFree86 4.x/X.Org driver
[06:48] <Woody_> ii  nvidia-glx-legacy                          1.0.7184+2.6.20.5-15.20                NVIDIA binary XFree86 4.x/X.Org 'legacy' dri
[06:48] <Woody_> ii  nvidia-kernel-common                       20051028+1ubuntu7                      NVIDIA binary kernel module common files
[06:48] <PepperBob> Woody_, that's good.
[06:48] <PepperBob> Woody_, should work now.
[06:48] <PepperBob> What happened?
[06:49] <Woody_> do i reboot or just restart X?
[06:49] <PepperBob> Woody_, restart X will be enough
[06:49] <Woody_> i remember that i entered a command that made legacy as my primary
[06:49] <Woody_> the command was to enable it
[06:49] <PepperBob> mh...
[06:49] <PepperBob> hold on..
[06:50] <PepperBob> nvidia-glx-config enable
[06:50] <Woody_> can i reboot wissam from the console i have on this computer?
[06:51] <PepperBob> Woody_, no need to reboot
[06:51] <Woody_> i mean restart x
[06:51] <PepperBob> Woody_, no
[06:51] <PepperBob> Woody_, well yes. depends on how you wanna do it
[06:51] <PepperBob> i suggest turn to wissam notebook: and type sudo nvidia-glx-config enable
[06:51] <PepperBob> and then startx
[06:51] <Woody_> ok
[06:53] <PepperBob> so?
[06:53] <Woody_> but still its not working well
[06:53] <Woody_> the graphics are not good
[06:53] <Woody_> its not using full colors
[06:54] <PepperBob> mh...
[06:56] <PepperBob> Woody_, probably you should run sudo dpkg --reconfigure xserver-xorg
[06:57] <PepperBob> erm.. dpkg-reconfigure
[06:58] <Woody_> ok
[06:58] <Woody_> there is a list
[06:58] <Woody_> of X server drivers
[06:58] <Woody_> which one should i choose?
[06:58] <Woody_> nvidia?
[06:58] <PepperBob> Woody_, mh... i think the nvidia one is the one that won't work
[06:58] <PepperBob> Woody_, any others?
[06:59] <PepperBob> nv i guess
[07:00] <Woody_> ok
[07:00] <Woody_> still not working
[07:01] <PepperBob> Woody_, you say the resolution and colors is not correct??
[07:01] <Woody_> its working
[07:02] <Woody_> but not with the legacy
[07:02] <PepperBob> well.
[07:02] <PepperBob> so you got it back then?
[07:02] <Woody_> maybe i should remove nvidia-glx?
[07:02] <PepperBob> dunno-
[07:02] <PepperBob> if it works - just leave it ;)
[07:03] <Woody_> it was better from before
[07:14] <Woody_> ill ask on the main of #ubuntu
[07:15] <PepperBob> Woody_, yup give it a try. i'm not too experienced with the glx stuff. i used to use the nvidia page driver...
[07:16] <Woody_> ah ok
[07:21] <Woody_> PepperBob: i wish someone listens to me on the main :P
[07:22] <PepperBob> Woody_, i'm sorry!
[07:22] <PepperBob> many people asking weird questions
[07:23] <Woody_> yeah
[07:23] <Woody_> no problem
[07:24] <PepperBob> Woody_, when you stick with "nv" you still have less colors?
[07:28] <Woody_> yes
[07:28] <PepperBob> Woody_, can you post you xorg.conf again plz
[07:28] <PepperBob> pastebin it somewhere
[07:29] <PepperBob> that's where the settings for screen resolution and color depth can be found
[07:31] <Woody_> no
[07:31] <Woody_> its not from that
[07:31] <Woody_> okay lets try
[07:32] <PepperBob> i mean if it's like 1024x768 with 24bits then ... it's fine i guess?!
[07:33] <Woody_> http://pastebin.ca/493219
[07:33] <Woody_> its from the driver not the color depth
[07:34] <PepperBob> ok, the settings are fine. that's it.
[07:38] <PepperBob> Woody_, probably this helps: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=233241
[07:40] <Woody_> SlimeyPete:
[07:40] <Woody_> guys
[07:40] <Woody_> my graphics driver is Geforce 4 Go 32MB
[07:41] <Woody_> so i think that the legacy drivers will work on it
[07:41] <SlimeyPete> yeah, that sounds about right
[07:41] <Woody_> i installed the legacy with:   sudo apt-get install nvidia-glx-legacy
[07:41] <Woody_> i rebooted
[07:41] <Woody_> i enter the X
[07:41] <Woody_> but the colors are not all working
[07:41] <Woody_> the colors are not smooth
[07:42] <Woody_> it was working from before, but i messed up with it
[07:42] <Woody_> now i want to restore it back
[07:42] <Woody_> what do you think i should do guys? SlimeyPete sorsis
[07:42] <sorsis> do you know how many colors you have n your desktop?
[07:42] <Woody_> i have the same laptop
[07:42] <Woody_> i have 2 laptops which are the same
[07:43] <Woody_> the one im using right now works
[07:43] <Woody_> up to 24bit i think
[07:43] <Woody_> the other computer (which has the problem) i want to install the legacy on it
[07:43] <Woody_> what exactly should i do?
[07:43] <SlimeyPete> the nvidia installer should have left a backup up of your xorg.conf. It'll probably be called /etc/X11/xorg.conf.0 or xorg.conf.old. Copy that over the top of /etc/X11/xorg.conf to get rid of your changes.
[07:44] <SlimeyPete> why did you use apt-get, by the way? Did the Restricted Hardware Manager not work?
[07:44] <Woody_> yes i tried the RHM it didnt work
[07:45] <SlimeyPete> ah right
[07:45] <SlimeyPete> did you run the nvidia-xconfig script? (it might be called something different in the legacy package, I can't remember)
[07:46] <Woody_> okay
[07:46] <Woody_> i did what you told me SlimeyPete
[07:46] <Woody_> no i didnt run that
[07:47] <SlimeyPete> ok, once you've copied the file over, just restart X by hitting ctrl-alt-backspace (remember to save your work first if you have anything open!)
[07:47] <Woody_> now X cannot boot
[07:48] <Woody_> shit X can not start
[07:48] <Woody_> what should i do now?
[07:48] <SlimeyPete> wait a moment. It will probably give you a screen whcih will allow you to view the error log.
[07:49] <Woody_> it told me that the X could not be loaded
[07:49] <Woody_> and now it is asking for the username and password
[07:49] <Woody_> but not in X
[07:49] <SlimeyPete> right... it should have asked if you want to view the error log
[07:49] <Woody_> its like the terminal
[07:49] <Woody_> i think i clicked cancel
[07:49] <Woody_> what should i do now?
[07:50] <SlimeyPete> log in
[07:50] <SlimeyPete> and type "sudo nano /etc/X11/xorg.conf"
[07:50] <Woody_> ok
[07:51] <Woody_> the driver is "nvidia"
[07:51] <Woody_> i change it to "nv"?
[07:51] <SlimeyPete> yes
[07:51] <Woody_> rebooting now
[07:53] <Woody_> still the same thing
[07:53] <Woody_> Failed to start the X server
[07:53] <SlimeyPete> weird.
[07:53] <SlimeyPete> can you view the error log, this time?
[07:53] <Woody_> it asks, would you like to view the X server output to diagonse the problem?
[07:53] <Woody_> i press yes
[07:54] <SlimeyPete> if you scroll to the bottom, what does it say?
[07:54] <Woody_> Fatal server error
[07:54] <Woody_> No screens found
[07:54] <Woody_> i click okay?
[07:54] <SlimeyPete> hmm, OK. If you exit that screen it should ask if you want to see the detailed log.
[07:54] <SlimeyPete> You do want to view the detailed log.
[07:55] <Woody_> now it says, Would you like to view the detailed X server output as well?
[07:55] <Woody_> yes
[07:55] <SlimeyPete> yep, you want to do that
[07:55] <SlimeyPete> and look through it for the words "error", "warnign" and "nv"
[07:56] <Woody_> it says at the bottom
[07:56] <Woody_> no screens found
[07:56] <Woody_> how do i get back to my x?
[07:57] <SlimeyPete> so there are no other errors in the file? Further up, I mean.
[07:57] <SlimeyPete> they might give a clue as to exactly what failed
[07:57] <Woody_> the error is sooo long
[07:58] <SlimeyPete> yeah, I know. It's actually a file in /var/log , so you could always run nano on the file and use the search facility.
[07:58] <Woody_> but shouldnt it work if i change it to nv?
[07:59] <SlimeyPete> yes, it should, really. The other thing to check in your xorg.conf is the monitor settings, I guess.
[07:59] <Woody_> how can i get back to my X now?
[08:00] <Woody_> want me to send you my xorg.conf in pastebin?
[08:00] <SlimeyPete> nah... without knowing your hardware I can't really figure out what the problem is.
[08:00] <SlimeyPete> try a "sudo dpkg-reconfigure x-window-system"
[08:00] <SlimeyPete> that should set everything back to default, in theory
[08:01] <Woody_> wissam@wissam-laptop:~$ sudo dpkg-reconfigure x-window-system
[08:01] <Woody_> Package `x-window-system' is not installed and no info is available.
[08:01] <Woody_> Use dpkg --info (= dpkg-deb --info) to examine archive files,
[08:01] <Woody_> and dpkg --contents (= dpkg-deb --contents) to list their contents.
[08:01] <Woody_> /usr/sbin/dpkg-reconfigure: x-window-system is not installed
[08:02] <SlimeyPete> hrm... damn, wassit called in ubuntu. "xorg-server" or "xorg-common" maybe?
[08:02] <SlimeyPete> (sorry.... I'm not in Ubuntu at the moment, else I'd check)
[08:02] <SlimeyPete> ah
[08:02] <Woody_> i am trying VESA
[08:02] <SlimeyPete> it's "xserver-xorg"
[08:02] <Woody_> instead of NV
[08:03] <SlimeyPete> yeah, that's a good idea.
[08:03] <Woody_> maybe X will work now
[08:03] <Woody_> you're good in installing nvidia graphics on ubuntu?
[08:03] <SlimeyPete> I've been using nvidia with ubuntu for a couple of years... variosu different cards & versions of ubuntu
[08:04] <Woody_> X is working now
[08:04] <Woody_> yeah
[08:04] <SlimeyPete> I'm afraid I have to go now, though. Sorry I wasn't much help.
[08:04] <Woody_> no problem :)
[08:04] <Woody_> thanks anye
[08:04] <Woody_> anyway