Are nVidia 9 series supported on Ubuntu?

**lifeless2112** · January 26th, 2009, 05:12 PM

I'm considering buying a GeForce 9400 GT. Does anyone know if this is supported currently?

**klemperal** · January 26th, 2009, 05:55 PM

You should be ok. Check out this thread

**lifeless2112** · January 26th, 2009, 08:23 PM

alright just wondering because I know that the system requirements thread says they only tried 7 and 8 series. anyone else actually used a 9400 gt with Boxee on Ubuntu?

If not I'll tell you guys how it goes if I get it

**Thoku** · January 27th, 2009, 12:09 PM

I've got a 9500GT and getting just a black screen at the moment.

**jmccubbin** · January 28th, 2009, 02:42 PM

Using a 9600GT card (Asus brand with an oversized fan that is VERY quiet) and it works great. I'm running 8.10 using the 177 series Nvidia drivers.

**Thoku** · January 30th, 2009, 10:36 AM

Originally Posted by jmccubbin

Using a 9600GT card (Asus brand with an oversized fan that is VERY quiet) and it works great. I'm running 8.10 using the 177 series Nvidia drivers.

What driver are you using?

I have a 9500GT and X works, but boxee won't display. The card isn't even picked up properly. Actually would you mind sending me your /etc/X11/xorg.conf file so I can see if there are any major differences.

**jmccubbin** · January 30th, 2009, 01:47 PM

I'm using an Asus brand Nvidia 9600GT with the stock Ubuntu 177 series drivers. I installed them via the system -> administration -> hardware drivers menu. Select the Nvidia 177 drivers and click activate at the bottom. It installs them. The xorg.conf file is autogenerated, but here it is. I removed the comments for brevity.

# xorg.conf (X.Org X Window System server configuration file)
#
# This file was generated by dexconf, the Debian X Configuration tool, using
# values from the debconf database.

Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Configured Monitor"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
Identifier "Default Screen"
Monitor "Configured Monitor"
Device "Configured Video Device"
DefaultDepth 24
EndSection

Section "Module"
Load "glx"
EndSection

Section "Device"
Identifier "Configured Video Device"
Driver "nvidia"
Option "NoLogo" "True"
EndSection

You will note that it's not very specific. Btw, I'm not a slave to desktop fashion, so I turn off all of the desktop "visual effects" as it interferes with a couple of applications I use.

Having set up many an x-server conf file, I'm glad it's this easy now. I did note that there are newer Nvidia drivers out but you have to compile them the old way. I ruined an install the last time I tried that. I never could get X working again.