[Solved] Kubuntu 9.10 and Nvidia GForce GT 230M (HP dv7 3160es)

[matri]

Hi all, I have bought a new notebook, HP pavilion dv7 3160es. It has a nvidia GForce GT 230M graphic card. In the hardware controller, I see it recommend me a private driver to install for the graphic card. When I active it and restart the notebook, it doesn't start properly, the graphic enviroment doesn't start well, and I don't know how to fix it, only reinstalling the OS.

Can anyone tell me something about this?

(Sorry if my english isn't quite good)

[kapil]

Re: Kubuntu 9.10 and Nvidia GForce GT 230M (HP dv7 3160es)

what do you mean exactly by 'doesn't start properly'.. what exactly happen? nothing is displayed.. or only the graphic effects are not displayed?

did you install driver from here:
K->Applications->Systems->Hardware Driver

if not.. then try doing that first.

even i had problem when i installed kubuntu once.. but the problem was that the kubuntu was not installed properly.

copy paste the output of 'lspci' here.. it will be helpful to know whether driver has been recognised or not.

[matri]

Re: Kubuntu 9.10 and Nvidia GForce GT 230M (HP dv7 3160es)

Hi! When I said it daesn't start properly, I mean that it begins to start, I introduce my user and password and it begins to load. In teh load stage it begins to do strange things, and it doesn't start.

I have installed the driver from K->Applications->Systems->Hardware Driver, I didn't try envy, because it seems to ave the correct driver.

Here is the lscpi output

mcarmen@matri:~$ lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Arrandale DRAM Controller (rev 02)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Arrandale PCI Express x16 Root Port (rev 02)
00:1a.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset USB2 Enhanced Host Controller (rev 05)
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset High Definition Audio (rev 05)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset PCI Express Root Port 1 (rev 05)
00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset PCI Express Root Port 2 (rev 05)
00:1c.4 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset PCI Express Root Port 5 (rev 05)
00:1c.7 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset PCI Express Root Port 8 (rev 05)
00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset USB2 Enhanced Host Controller (rev 05)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev a5)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile 5 Series Chipset LPC Interface Controller (rev 05)
00:1f.2 SATA controller: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset 6 port SATA AHCI Controller (rev 05)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset SMBus Controller (rev 05)
00:1f.6 Signal processing controller: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset Thermal Subsystem (rev 05)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation Device 0a68 (rev a2)
01:00.1 Audio device: nVidia Corporation Device 0be3 (rev a1)
02:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation Device 4357 (rev 01)
03:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168B PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller (rev 03)
04:00.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): JMicron Technology Corp. IEEE 1394 Host Controller
04:00.1 System peripheral: JMicron Technology Corp. SD/MMC Host Controller
04:00.2 SD Host controller: JMicron Technology Corp. Standard SD Host Controller
04:00.3 System peripheral: JMicron Technology Corp. MS Host Controller
04:00.4 System peripheral: JMicron Technology Corp. xD Host Controller
ff:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation QuickPath Architecture Generic Non-core Registers (rev 02)
ff:00.1 Host bridge: Intel Corporation QuickPath Architecture System Address Decoder (rev 02)
ff:02.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation QPI Link 0 (rev 02)
ff:02.1 Host bridge: Intel Corporation QPI Physical 0 (rev 02)
ff:02.2 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Device 2d12 (rev 02)
ff:02.3 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Device 2d13 (rev 02)

Thanks for the reply

[dibl]

Re: Kubuntu 9.10 and Nvidia GForce GT 230M (HP dv7 3160es)

Possibly it is a framebuffer problem, or else a power management problem with the Nvidia driver. See #2 in the FAQs in my signature.

Try a boot option "vga=785" -- that one works for many laptops.

For power management, try boot options "noacpi", "noapic", "nolapic", etc. -- only one at a time.

[matri]

Re: Kubuntu 9.10 and Nvidia GForce GT 230M (HP dv7 3160es)

Hi!! I have just solve the problem. I have installed the nvidia driver 195.30 instead of drivers 190.xx and 185.xx. And with this driver it works perfect!!

Here is what I've done:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:nvidia-vdpau/ppa
sudo apt-key adv --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv-keys CEC06767
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install nvidia-195-modaliases nvidia-glx-195

and then in k --> System --> Hardware drivers, I have activated this driver.

Thanks for the replies

[Teunis]

Re: [Solved] Kubuntu 9.10 and Nvidia GForce GT 230M (HP dv7 3160es)

Thanks for the update with your solution!