33 minutes ago, jarmstro said:

I do not understand how to install the NVidia drivers at the moment. It looks to be a black art.

We just got new ones today

https://www.nvidia.com/Download/driverResults.aspx/170804/en-us

couple of notes on the commands in the guide

start->Konsole

cd Downloads
chmod +x NVIDIA-Linux-*.run

first change to the Downloads directory (n.b. linux folders care about case, "Downloads" is a different folder than "downloads"

cmod +x -> make a file runnable (add x)

*.run -> any file starting NVIDIA-Linux- and ending in .run

because nothing on linux can run unless it has permission to do so

echo "blacklist nouveau" >> /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf

Politics, nouveau is the name of the graphics driver that comes with RHEL systems for nvidia, GPL open source, NV share very little of their black magic graphics, this and the next bit is all the PITA you need to remove it

2.6.2 Edit /etc/sysconfig/grub

probably the easy way to do this is use kwrite

su -
kwrite /etc/sysconfig/grub

Quote

2.6.3 Update grub2 conf

You are almost certain on EUFI

at this point if you reboot your machine it will have no graphics driver needed to start the desktop, if you ever have problems booting into the desktop, CTRL+ALT+F2 will switch to a text console (works identical to Konsole, except you have to log in first)

Sorry but I can't make head nor tail of how to install the Nvidia drivers given in the link. My card is compatible. . It seems absolutely ridiculously complicated. Is it seriously this complicated??? If you think I am going through all the rigmarole as per the posted guide then think again. I'm out. Who in their right mind would go to the trouble? All I need to do is install the drivers. It should be one click.
 

Please could some one give me a simple step by step instruction.  1, 2, 3, 4 etc together with any code and how to enter it. Thank you. 

Edited February 25, 20215 yr by jarmstro

45 minutes ago, jarmstro said:

Sorry but I can't make head nor tail of how to install the Nvidia drivers given in the link. My card is compatible. . It seems absolutely ridiculously complicated. Is it seriously this complicated??? If you think I am going through all the rigmarole as per the posted guide then think again. I'm out. Who in their right mind would go to the trouble? All I need to do is install the drivers. It should be one click.
 

Please could some one give me a simple step by step instruction.  1, 2, 3, 4 etc together with any code and how to enter it. Thank you. 

How did you install it in Ubuntu ?  pretty much a similar step , but I do not remember it now. You might need an init level or stop the desktop service 

Edited February 25, 20215 yr by HumptyDumpty

9 minutes ago, HumptyDumpty said:

How did you install it in Ubuntu ?  pretty much a similar step , but I do not remember it now. You might need an init level or stop the desktop service 

From an iso. Was straightforward but apparently Ubuntu is no good. I have absolutely no clue what either init level or stop the desktop are? All I want to do is run X-Plane.

2 hours ago, mSparks said:

We just got new ones today

https://www.nvidia.com/Download/driverResults.aspx/170804/en-us

couple of notes on the commands in the guide

start->Konsole

cd Downloads
chmod +x NVIDIA-Linux-*.run

first change to the Downloads directory (n.b. linux folders care about case, "Downloads" is a different folder than "downloads"

cmod +x -> make a file runnable (add x)

*.run -> any file starting NVIDIA-Linux- and ending in .run

because nothing on linux can run unless it has permission to do so

echo "blacklist nouveau" >> /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf

Politics, nouveau is the name of the graphics driver that comes with RHEL systems for nvidia, GPL open source, NV share very little of their black magic graphics, this and the next bit is all the PITA you need to remove it

2.6.2 Edit /etc/sysconfig/grub

probably the easy way to do this is use kwrite

su -
kwrite /etc/sysconfig/grub

You are almost certain on EUFI

at this point if you reboot your machine it will have no graphics driver needed to start the desktop, if you ever have problems booting into the desktop, CTRL+ALT+F2 will switch to a text console (works identical to Konsole, except you have to log in first)

Too complicated. I just want a simple way to install the drivers. Is it too much to ask? You need to understand that all these DOS commands mean nothing to me or most normal mortals. I can enter the code into the terminal but need a simple 1, 2 3. I don't want an explanation of what they do just a simple 1, 2, 3 from the unaltered updated install.  Because at the moment I haven't a clue? Ie:

1) Download drivers.

2) In the terminal enter blah blah blah

3) in the terminal enter blah blah blah

etc

Thanks

Edited February 25, 20215 yr by jarmstro

28 minutes ago, jarmstro said:

From an iso. Was straightforward but apparently Ubuntu is no good. I have absolutely no clue what either init level or stop the desktop are? All I want to do is run X-Plane.

from the iso , that means it was using the opensource driver and not the proprietary.  

I can't confirm how it would run now , it's been a while since I have installed Nvidia drivers in linux on my laptop , now i just let ubuntu use the default. But from what i remember i had to shut the desktop window manager service that is for the GUI that runs KDE etc....  

what sparks says will work . Don't think there is a short way around . Nvidia is way better in linux than the stupid AMD install. Maybe he can make a script for you 

have fun.  

 

 

4 minutes ago, HumptyDumpty said:

from the iso , that means it was using the opensource driver and not the proprietary.  

I can't confirm how it would run now , it's been a while since I have installed Nvidia drivers in linux on my laptop , now i just let ubuntu use the default. But from what i remember i had to shut the desktop window manager service that is for the GUI that runs KDE etc....  

what sparks says will work . Don't think there is a short way around . Nvidia is way better in linux than the stupid AMD install. Maybe he can make a script for you 

have fun.  

 

 

Actually I am having fun.😀  If he could make a script I would be forever in his debt! And if I get a 50% increase in FPS so would many others.😂

Edited February 25, 20215 yr by jarmstro

7 minutes ago, jarmstro said:

Actually I am having fun.😀  If he could make a script I would be forever in his debt! And if I get a 50% increase in FPS so would many others.😂

How I wish that 50% was real and not a dream  

52 minutes ago, jarmstro said:

I just want a simple way to install the drivers

Installing (and updating once they are installed) is easy, just did it today

su -
telinit 3

Login (black screen/no desktop, command prompt only, so write the next bit down/print it, remember you can use tab to auto complete, and replace jarmstro with whatever username you chose)

su -
cd /home/jarmstro/Downloads
chmod +x NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-460.56.run
./NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-460.56.run

yes/OK to all the questions

telinit 5

(you are back to the desktop with them installed)

the pain is that you have to uninstall and disable the ones that come with the .iso first.

You could try that and see if the nv installer will remove them for you, but historically it doesn't and the desktop will refuse to start if you have both nvidia and nouveau installed.

Edited February 25, 20215 yr by mSparks

31 minutes ago, HumptyDumpty said:

How I wish that 50% was real and not a dream  

Well unless I here from mSparks I have no idea how to proceed so it will remain a dream. All this nonsense just to install a driver? Seriously? I just need simple foolproof cut and paste instructions?

On 2/24/2021 at 11:05 AM, mjrhealth said:

I would have gone to linux, but since a lot of addons dont work with it, that is what killed that idea, and it wont change until more add ons do.

Upside: You spend less on add-ons.

Also, due to the bugs with Vulkan on AMD, I started to greatly appreciate those developers who do not try to do something too fancy in terms of plug-in driven graphics in their add-ons.

 

On 2/24/2021 at 11:46 AM, HumptyDumpty said:

 that bug bit me today and till afternoon i was still figuring out why my amd drivers are not working 

Which distro, which drivers, which GPU?

Just now, Bjoern said:

Upside: You spend less on add-ons.

Also, due to the bugs with Vulkan on AMD, I started to greatly appreciate those developers who do not try to do something too fancy in terms of plug-in driven graphics in their add-ons.

 

Which distro, which drivers, which GPU?

ubu 20.04 AMDGPU Pro . I have tried even the oibaf ones but they don't work for me   , not bothered as i sim on windows  now. 

Linux is now only for my work 

AMD RX 550 

Edited February 25, 20215 yr by HumptyDumpty

5 hours ago, Bjoern said:

Upside: You spend less on add-ons.

Also, due to the bugs with Vulkan on AMD, I started to greatly appreciate those developers who do not try to do something too fancy in terms of plug-in driven graphics in their add-ons.

 

Which distro, which drivers, which GPU?

I dont spend any money on airports or scenery only aircraft and im fussy on that.

Well I'm stuck. I don't understand all this unloading and installing drivers. Could some one please just list the exact code step by step without any waffle and explanation please? I've downloaded the Nvidia drivers and they are wherever Firefox has put them. Thanks

Edited February 26, 20215 yr by jarmstro

3 hours ago, jarmstro said:

Well I'm stuck. I don't understand all this unloading and installing drivers. Could some one please just list the exact code step by step without any waffle and explanation please? I've downloaded the Nvidia drivers and they are wherever Firefox has put them. Thanks

Hmm don't really recollect , but when I had last installed the Nvidia on my laptop in Ubuntu it was pretty straight forward. 

The only thing i needed to do is mark the Nvidia binary as an executable and stop the Dekstop Manager and then install it.

The steps for installing mentioned by Msparks looks very different for Fedora , the only time i have used a Redhat distro was way back in 1998-99 after that all my servers were Opensuse based and in those days no one bothered for all this because all was meant for server usage.

It's best that he makes a script for you that automates the installation.

PS : I had to get this AMD Driver sorted out finally at 4 am in the morning , looked like a corruption of my install of Ubuntu that wasn't setting up dkms LOL.  So finally i was able to run XP Vulkan.

Edited February 26, 20215 yr by HumptyDumpty