Problem: Nvidia drivers are not loading
Hardware: Dell T110
Graphics Card
root@madeye:~# lspci | grep VGA
02:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation G96 [GeForce 9500 GT] (rev a1)
Nvidia Packages Installed
root@madeye:~# dpkg --get-selections | grep nvidia
nvidia-304 deinstall
nvidia-304-updates install
nvidia-current-updates install
nvidia-libopencl1-304 deinstall
nvidia-libopencl1-304-updates install
nvidia-opencl-icd-304 deinstall
nvidia-opencl-icd-304-updates install
nvidia-settings install
I have updated all packages after the install and installed kernel-headers
Relevant lines from Xorg.0.log:
[ 19.739] (II) LoadModule: "nvidia"
[ 19.739] (II) Loading /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/xorg/extra-modules/nvidia_drv.so
[ 19.740] (II) Module nvidia: vendor="NVIDIA Corporation"
[ 19.740] compiled for 4.0.2, module version = 1.0.0
[ 19.740] Module class: X.Org Video Driver
[ 19.774] (EE) NVIDIA: Failed to load the NVIDIA kernel module. Please check your
[ 19.774] (EE) NVIDIA: system's kernel log for additional error messages.
[ 19.774] (II) UnloadModule: "nvidia"
[ 19.774] (II) Unloading nvidia
[ 19.774] (EE) Failed to load module "nvidia" (module-specific error, 0)Ke
Relevant lines from kern.log:
Jun 28 16:05:12 madeye kernel: [ 19.835310] NVRM: This PCI I/O region assigned to your NVIDIA device is invalid:
Jun 28 16:05:12 madeye kernel: [ 19.835310] NVRM: BAR1 is 0M @ 0x0 (PCI:0000:02:00.0)
Jun 28 16:05:12 madeye kernel: [ 19.835318] NVRM: The system BIOS may have misconfigured your GPU.
Jun 28 16:05:12 madeye kernel: [ 19.835325] nvidia: probe of 0000:02:00.0 failed with error -1
Jun 28 16:05:12 madeye kernel: [ 19.835361] NVRM: The NVIDIA probe routine failed for 1 device(s).
Jun 28 16:05:12 madeye kernel: [ 19.835364] NVRM: None of the NVIDIA graphics adapters were initialized!
Jun 28 16:05:12 madeye kernel: [ 19.875318] NVRM: This PCI I/O region assigned to your NVIDIA device is invalid:
Jun 28 16:05:12 madeye kernel: [ 19.875318] NVRM: BAR1 is 0M @ 0x0 (PCI:0000:02:00.0)
Jun 28 16:05:12 madeye kernel: [ 19.875324] NVRM: The system BIOS may have misconfigured your GPU.
Jun 28 16:05:12 madeye kernel: [ 19.875328] nvidia: probe of 0000:02:00.0 failed with error -1
Jun 28 16:05:12 madeye kernel: [ 19.875348] NVRM: The NVIDIA probe routine failed for 1 device(s).
Jun 28 16:05:12 madeye kernel: [ 19.875350] NVRM: None of the NVIDIA graphics adapters were initialized!
What further troubleshooting steps to I need to take? What can I do to get the kernel to recognize the graphics card?
EDIT
As per terdon's answer, if I run the command, I get the below message:
dthacker@madeye:~$ sudo apt-get install nvidia-kernel-dkms nvidia-xconfig nvidia-settings
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done
Package nvidia-kernel-dkms is not available, but is referred to by another package.
This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or is only available from another source
E: Package 'nvidia-kernel-dkms' has no installation candidate
E: Unable to locate package nvidia-xconfig`
@terdon, I used this utility from the article you pointed me towards:
root@madeye:~# ubuntu-drivers devices | grep recommended
driver : nvidia-331 - distro non-free recommended
I then installed nvidia-331 and the restricted drivers utility shows that it is being used. The nvidia GUI utility still has no options visible for configuring multiple monitors (there are currently two connected to the card) and I am still getting errors in the kern.log saying the Nvidia init module failed.
Still working towards a solution...
Output of apt-get install nvidia-driver:
root@madeye:~# apt-get install nvidia-driver
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Package nvidia-driver is not available, but is referred to by another package.
This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or is only available from another source`
