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Author:  aaronb [ Sun Jul 10, 2005 12:59 pm ]
Post subject:  Cannot run nvidia-settings
I was hoping to tweak my TV-out to get a little better picture quality, so I tried to run nvidia-settings. I exited MythTV, opened an XTerm and tried to run it, but I just get "nvidia-settings: command not found". I also tried running by hitting [ctrl]-[alt]-[f1] to get to the console and running it there, same result. I'd installed the nvidia drivers without any problems, and everything else is working just fine.

I tried searching for this, but it doesn't look like anyone else has had this problem. I read this thread and tried running

Code:
ls -al /usr/local/bin/nvidia-settings


But I get this:

Code:
root@mythtv:~# ls -al /usr/local/bin/nvidia-settings
ls: /usr/local/bin/nvidia-settings: No such file or directory


I'm running R5A15, PVR250, Geforce FX5200, connected via SVideo to my TV. Is there any reason why nvidia-settings would not have been installed along with the drivers?
Author:  Xsecrets [ Sun Jul 10, 2005 1:35 pm ]
Post subject: 
if you installed the nvidia drivers you should have nvidia-settngs.

are you sure the drivers installed ok? and did you use the install script or did you download from nvidia?
Author:  aaronb [ Sun Jul 10, 2005 2:36 pm ]
Post subject: 
I didn't get any errors when I installed the drivers, and the tv-out works. I used the install script, and followed all of the directions exactly. The only indication that anything was at all wrong was when I couldn't run nvidia-settings. Is there a log I can check to see if there was an error installing the drivers?
Author:  tjc [ Mon Jul 11, 2005 4:02 pm ]
Post subject: 
There was a bug in R5A15 where it didn't recognize the version and thus didn't install that utility. The cheap hack is to edit the install script and add the version you're using to the "or" chain and rerunning the installer. I don't have access to my KnoppMyth box at the moment to provide more details but it should be obvious if you look at it....
Author:  aaronb [ Mon Jul 11, 2005 7:36 pm ]
Post subject: 
I've never edited a script before, but I'm assuming you mean this part:

Code:
if test "$VER" == "1.0-4620" -o "$VER" == "1.0-6106" -o "$VER" == "1.0-6111" -o "$VER" == "1.0-6629"; then
 rm -f /usr/bin/nvidia-settings
 rm -f /usr/local/bin/nvidia-settings
 cp usr/bin/nvidia-settings /usr/local/bin
fi


Do I just need to add

Code:
-o "$VER" == "1.0-7174"


to the first line, since that is the driver version I'm installing? It's odd that this hasn't been discussed on the forum before (at least not that I could find).
Author:  tjc [ Mon Jul 11, 2005 9:10 pm ]
Post subject: 
Yes. Make the if look like this:
Code:
if test "$VER" == "1.0-4620" -o "$VER" == "1.0-6106" -o "$VER" == "1.0-6111" -o "$VER" == "1.0-6629" -o "$VER" == "1.0-7174" ; then

For R5A16 I gave Cecil a test which isolates the version number and check that it's greater than or equal to 4620, can someone who's running R5A16 provide that?

I'm still stuck at work... :evil:

Edit - I *FINALLY* got out of the office and home where I have access to the KnoppMyth machine. Here is the replacement test...
Code:
if expr "$VER" : '1.0-\([0-9]*\)' '>=' 4620 ; then
Author:  aaronb [ Wed Jul 13, 2005 9:30 pm ]
Post subject: 
Thanks tjc, that solved my problem, I can run nvidia-settings now. I'm having trouble reading the text when I run it, but I seem to remember reading a thread about that before. I'll search for it.
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