How to install nvidia drivers 96.43.16 on lupu 525?
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How to install nvidia drivers 96.43.16 on lupu 525?
Hi, im using lupu 525 and i want install nvidia drivers for a video card geforce4 mx 440 agp8x, try installing the drivers from quickpet but doesnt work, after install the driver select probe in the xorgwizard put xwin and x dont start. thanks and sorry i dont talk very well english.
Changing video drivers sometimes can be a problem because it is such a vital component of the system.
What driver were you using before changing?
In Quickpet->drivers tab->Click here to test your graphics card
What driver does it recommend?
What driver were you using before changing?
In Quickpet->drivers tab->Click here to test your graphics card
What driver does it recommend?
The things they do not tell you, are usually the clue to solving the problem.
When I was a kid I wanted to be older.... This is not what I expected
YaPI(any iso installer)
When I was a kid I wanted to be older.... This is not what I expected
YaPI(any iso installer)
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im using vesa, the quickpet recommends the driver 96.43.16 try installing that and doesnt work, try installing another driver 96.43.16 wich found in the forum none of the two work,when i select choose in the xorg wizard i see two drivers nvidia one called nv and one called nvidia the nv drivers work but whithout graphic acceleration and the other does not work I guess that's the driver wich the pet install.
That's curious,...as I have that very same nvidia card (and use the 96.43.16 driver as well.). I'm using Macup 525 (which is the same, I believe,..as Puppy 525). The driver from the forums worked,...as well as the one from Quickpet (for another install I did on another computer,..that has the exact same nvidia card ...geforce4 mx 440 agp8x).
Changing video drivers is a black art sometimes.
Uninstall the downloads of Nvidia driver
Reboot computer
Start over with Quickpet.
If still no luck,
Try following these directions.
http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=58810
In a frugal install free space in the save file is critical.
Need at least 200MB.
Frugal install make sure you make a save file before changing video driver.
Sometimes for some reason Xorgwizard will not switch drivers.
Sometimes rebooting helps.
Sometimes a fresh install of Puppy is needed.
Seems to work best if it is the first thing you do in a fresh install. Change video driver.
Uninstall the downloads of Nvidia driver
Reboot computer
Start over with Quickpet.
If still no luck,
Try following these directions.
http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=58810
In a frugal install free space in the save file is critical.
Need at least 200MB.
Frugal install make sure you make a save file before changing video driver.
Sometimes for some reason Xorgwizard will not switch drivers.
Sometimes rebooting helps.
Sometimes a fresh install of Puppy is needed.
Seems to work best if it is the first thing you do in a fresh install. Change video driver.
The things they do not tell you, are usually the clue to solving the problem.
When I was a kid I wanted to be older.... This is not what I expected
YaPI(any iso installer)
When I was a kid I wanted to be older.... This is not what I expected
YaPI(any iso installer)
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install and uninstall many times the drivers from the quickpet and http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=56081 none of the two work, I dont know what to do, when my cd burner work I try again in a fresh install.
thanks for your help.
thanks for your help.
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NVidia 520 GT GeoForce GT 520 (Dual Monitor Display)
After reading these posts on NVidia card install, I'd like to chime in with my questions.
I dual boot my pc with Ubuntu 12.10 with NVidia 520GT as my video card set up for dual monitor.
Puppy Boots off my USB stick.
I think this is referred to a frugal install.
My Lupsave file is on the hard drive.
I did not install the card.
I wimped out and brought it to a local computer repair biz.
NVidia works nicely with with Ubuntu.
Before I go and experiment with trying to figure out how to install the drivers into my 5.25 PuppyLinux O/S, I'd like to ask:
For the sake of learning thru experimentation and refraining from messing up my 5.25 Puppy, would it be better to create a new Puppy 5.25 USB stick, backup my Lupsave file to an external drive then experiment with installing the NVidia drivers into Puppy.
What I want to achieve is the dual monitor setup.
The NVidia card is in the machine right now and Puppy is using it right now.
I have not so far installed any NVidia drivers into Puppy so how Puppy is using the NVidia card, I cannot explain. But it is.
But I am not getting the dual monitors.
I don't want to willy nilly begin installing drivers and thus mess up my O/S.
I don't want to have to start over.....
But having a backed up Lupsave file would give me more confidence to proceed.
How do I begin to know & locate which Nvidia package of drivers to use to install into my 5.25 Puppy O/S ?
And then after downloading the packet, how to I install it ?
Do I use Setup/QuickPet or some other utility in Puppy ?
Admittedly I am a nervous nellie on uncertain ground here.
Many thanks,
I dual boot my pc with Ubuntu 12.10 with NVidia 520GT as my video card set up for dual monitor.
Puppy Boots off my USB stick.
I think this is referred to a frugal install.
My Lupsave file is on the hard drive.
I did not install the card.
I wimped out and brought it to a local computer repair biz.
NVidia works nicely with with Ubuntu.
Before I go and experiment with trying to figure out how to install the drivers into my 5.25 PuppyLinux O/S, I'd like to ask:
For the sake of learning thru experimentation and refraining from messing up my 5.25 Puppy, would it be better to create a new Puppy 5.25 USB stick, backup my Lupsave file to an external drive then experiment with installing the NVidia drivers into Puppy.
What I want to achieve is the dual monitor setup.
The NVidia card is in the machine right now and Puppy is using it right now.
I have not so far installed any NVidia drivers into Puppy so how Puppy is using the NVidia card, I cannot explain. But it is.
But I am not getting the dual monitors.
I don't want to willy nilly begin installing drivers and thus mess up my O/S.
I don't want to have to start over.....
But having a backed up Lupsave file would give me more confidence to proceed.
How do I begin to know & locate which Nvidia package of drivers to use to install into my 5.25 Puppy O/S ?
And then after downloading the packet, how to I install it ?
Do I use Setup/QuickPet or some other utility in Puppy ?
Admittedly I am a nervous nellie on uncertain ground here.
Many thanks,