What should I do if I install a graphics card driver error on Ubuntu 13.10?

Ubuntu installed graphics driver is sometimes not so smooth, will prompt an error and cause Nvidia driver installation failure, the following will be a detailed description of the installation of the graphics driver for Ubuntu 13.10 system, I hope to help you.

statement, only for Ubuntu 13.10 preliminary work environment NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-319.60.run version

installed as usual. Until you want to turn off the service lightdm item.

Set the directory location of NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-319.60.run to "dir" and execute it under "dir"

NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-319.60.run -x

A folder with the same name appears.

Copy text:

--- NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-319.60/kernel/nv-drm.c 2013-09-26 01:02:38.000000000 +0400

+++ NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-319.60/kernel/nv-drm.c 2013-10-02 14:00:03.617000000 +0400

@@ -201,12 +201,7 @@< Br>

memset(&nv_obj-)base, 0, sizeof(nv_obj-"base));

nv_obj-"pages = pages;

- ret = drm_gem_private_object_init(nvl -"drm, &nv_obj-"base, size);

- if (ret)

- {

- status = RM_ERR_OPERATING_SYSTEM;

- goto done;

- }

+ drm_gem_private_object_init(nvl-"drm, &nv_obj-"base, size);

ret = drm_gem_handle_create(file_priv, & Nv_obj-"base, handle);

if (ret)

diff -ur NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-319.60/kernel/nv-linux.h NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-319.60/Kernel/nv-linux.h

--- NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-319.60/kernel/nv-linux.h 2013-0 9-26 01:02:38.000000000 +0400

+++ NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-319.60/kernel/nv-linux.h 2013-10-02 14:01:31.461000000 +0400

@@ -1037,7 +1037,11 @@

#endif

#if ! Defined(NV_VMWARE)

+#if LINUX_VERSION_CODE KERNEL_VERSION(3, 11, 0)

#define NV_NUM_PHYSPAGES num_physpages

+#else

+# Define NV_NUM_PHYSPAGES get_num_physpages()

+#endif

#define NV_GET_CURRENT_PROCESS() current-》tgid

#define NV_IN_ATOMIC() in_atomic()

# Define NV_LOCAL_BH_DISABLE() local_bh_disable()

Saved under "dir", the name is patchfile.diff, execute the command

patch -p0 " patchfile.diff

and then close Lightdm:

sudo service lightdm stop

Then go to the "dir"/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-319.60 folder and execute:

sudo . /nvidia-install

can be installed

The above is the introduction of the Ubuntu 13.10 installation graphics driver error solution, but you do not know how to install the graphics driver, you can refer to the system The steps to install Nvidia Optimus driver in Ubuntu.