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From: Francesco Pietra (chiendarret_at_gmail.com)
Date: Sat May 04 2013 - 01:37:42 CDT

If you move to Debian, and use the simple procedure there, you get
automatically updated everything you need to this concern. I use that for
both simple graphic cards and a GTX-680 cluster without any problem (Debian
GNU-Linux amd64, but, in the past, I also used that procedure for Debian
GNU-Linux i386). Ubuntu might be of interest for tablets/laptops, but for
desktop/server use, why not using the original OS?

Best
chiendarret

On Fri, May 3, 2013 at 8:36 PM, DENILSON FERREIRA DE OLIVEIRA <
denilson_at_dqi.ufla.br> wrote:

> Hi Aric.
>
> It seems to me that you did not use the correct procedure to install the
> proprietary NVidia driver v. 310.44. Therefore, I suggest:
>
> 1) uninstall cuda and undo all the modifications that you have done to
> configuration files, blacklists etc.
> 2) do the same to the proprietary NVidia driver v. 310.44
> 3) install nouveau (default driver from Xorg) from ubuntu repository.
> Although we need to blacklist nouveau, we must have it installed because
> there are some dependencies without which Ubuntu probably will not work
> correctly.
> 4) Supposing you have done everything correctly (restart the computer and
> check), you are now ready to install the proprietary NVidia driver v. 310.44
> 5) sudo apt-get install build-essential linux-source linux-headers-`uname
> -r`
> 6) sudo shutdown -r now
> 7) sudo apt-get install dkms #If you do not install dkms you will probably
> have to re-install nvidia driver after any update of the linux source/linux
> headers.
> 8) sudo cp /etc/default/grub /etc/default/grub-original
> 9) sudo cp /boot/grub/grub.cfg /boot/grub/grub.cfg-original
> 10) sudo cp /etc/init/rc-sysinit.conf /etc/init/rc-sysinit.conf-original
> 11) sudo gedit /etc/default/grub
>
> a) change
> GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash”
> to
> GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="text rdblacklist=nouveau nouveau.modeset=0”
>
> b) change
> GRUB_HIDDEN_TIMEOUT=0
> GRUB_HIDDEN_TIMEOUT_QUIET=true
> to
> #GRUB_HIDDEN_TIMEOUT=0
> #GRUB_HIDDEN_TIMEOUT_QUIET=true
>
> c) change
> #GRUB_TERMINAL=console
> to
> GRUB_TERMINAL=console
>
> 12) sudo update-grub
> 13) sudo gedit /etc/modprobe.d/disable-nouveau.conf
>
> write the following commands and save the file:
> blacklist nouveau
> options nouveau modeset=0
>
> 14) sudo shutdown -r now # As you are using "text" instead of "quiet
> splash" in your grub file, your machine will restart in text mode
> 15) Go to the directory where you have downloaded the nvidia driver and:
> sudo sh NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-310.44.run
> Three questions will appear during the installation:
> a) Do you want to use dkms ? I suggest yes.
> b) Do you want to install OpenGL 32 bits ? I suggest yes.
> c) Do you want to make alterations to the configuration file of
> Xorg/Xserver ? I suggest yes.
>
> 16) sudo shutdown -r now
> 17) As you are using "text" instead of "quiet splash" in your grub file,
> your machine will restart in text mode. Thus, type:
> sudo service lightdm start
> 18) If you do not like to start in text mode, just change the grub file
> and update it (sudo update-grub).
>
> Good luck.
>
> Best regards.
>
> Denilson.
>
> Denilson F. Oliveira
> Laboratório de produtos Naturais
> Departamento de Química
> Universidade Federal de Lavras
> Caixa Postal 3037
> Lavras (A CIDADE DAS QUEIMADAS) - MG - BRASIL
> Fone: 55-35-3829-1623
> Fax: 55-35-3829-1271
> e-mail: denilson_at_dqi.ufla.br
>
>
>
> -------- Mensagem original -------- Assunto: vmd-l: VMD Crash with Ubuntu
> 12.04 LTS and NVidia 310.44 driver. Data: Thu, 02 May 2013 20:17:49 +0900
> De:
> Aric Newton <agnewton_at_berkeley.edu> <agnewton_at_berkeley.edu> Para:
> vmd-l_at_ks.uiuc.edu
>
> VMD users,
>
> I am experiencing a variant of the problem documented last weekend with
> Xubuntu/ Kubuntu (and perhaps related to this week's unanswered post re:
> Ubuntu 12.04). I've followed the recommended diagnostic and workaround
> procedures, but have not had any luck in remedying the problem.
>
> I am running Ubuntu 12.04.03 LTS (64-bit), with an NVidia GeForce GTX
> 550 Ti GPU. The proprietary NVidia driver v. 310.44 is installed as
> well as the CUDA 5.0 Toolkit. I have purged the nvidia drivers from the
> Ubuntu distro (sudo apt-get purge nvidia*). I have also blacklisted a
> number of modules int he /etc/modprobe.d file that were suggested for
> the proper running CUDA 5.0. These modules were leftover/ legacy
> modules from my 10.04 LTS.
>
> blacklist vga16fb
> blacklist nouveau
> blacklist rivafb
> blacklist nvidiafb
> blacklist rivatv
>
> I've followed the advice of Denilson and created a symlink to avoid
> having Xorg overwrite the link (content
> of /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions below).
>
> newton_at_newton-desktop:/usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions$ ls -l
> total 9664
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 22840 Apr 11 22:08 libdbe.so
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 22776 Apr 11 22:08 libdri2.so
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 43704 Apr 11 22:08 libdri.so
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 106032 Apr 11 22:08 libextmod.so
> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 16 Apr 27 22:31 libglx.so ->
> libglx.so.310.44
> -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 9661320 Apr 27 22:31 libglx.so.310.44
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 31200 Apr 11 22:08 librecord.so
>
> Per the diagnostic check recommended by John, the output from the
> glxinfo | grep commands are:
>
> newton_at_newton-desktop:~$ glxinfo | grep server
> server glx vendor string: NVIDIA Corporation
> server glx version string: 1.4
> server glx extensions:
>
> newton_at_newton-desktop:~$ glxinfo | grep client
> client glx vendor string: NVIDIA Corporation
> client glx version string: 1.4
> client glx extensions:
> newton_at_newton-desktop:~$
>
> What other diagnostic test should I consider to repair my installation
> of VMD? I the 310.44 driver still too "beta"? I can start VMD if it's
> the first program launched on system startup. If I try to launch it
> after other programs, then the system will "seize". I do get a Warning)
> about the "Composite" extension when it does startup properly, but
> disabling the "Composite" extension doesn't fix the problem (a sample
> start-up is provided below). I suspect the answer is in a system log
> file somewhere, but I am not sure which one to check. Your input is
> appreciated.
>
> Aric
>
>
>
> Info) Multithreading available, 12 CPUs detected.
> Info) Free system memory: 11262MB (93%)
> Info) Creating CUDA device pool and initializing
> hardware...
> Info) Detected 1 available CUDA accelerator:
> Info) [0] GeForce GTX 550 Ti 4 SM_2.1 @ 1.80 GHz, 1.0GB
> RAM,
> KTO, OIO,
> ZCP
> Warning) Detected X11 'Composite' extension: if
> incorrect
> display occurs
> Warning) try disabling this optional X server feature.
> Info) OpenGL renderer: GeForce GTX 550 Ti/PCIe/SSE2
> Info) Features: STENCIL MSAA(16) MDE CVA MTX NPOT PP
> PS
> GLSL(OVFGS)
> Info) Full GLSL rendering mode is available.
> Info) Textures: 2-D (16384x16384), 3-D
> (2048x2048x2048),
> Multitexture
> (4)
> Info) Dynamically loaded 2 plugins in directory:
> Info) /usr/local/lib/vmd/plugins/LINUXAMD64/molfile
>
> # These blacklist modules have been added for the sake of the CUDA 5.0
> # installation. These modules were identified/ specified from the
> website
> #http://sn0v.wordpress.com/2012/12/07/installing-cuda-5-on-ubuntu-12-04/.
> blacklist vga16fb
> blacklist nouveau
> blacklist rivafb
> blacklist nvidiafb
> blacklist rivatv
>
>