[SOLVED] Why do closed nvidia graphic drivers consume so much RAM?

I'm using nvidia Geforce 7600GT graphic card, and I tried to install nvidia-304xx graphic drivers. Everything went smoothly, but after my system started I saw that there is 4x times more RAM consumption when compared it to nouveau driver. See the following pics:
http://img849.imageshack.us/img849/7117/starto.png
up: nouveau || down: nvidia
http://img35.imageshack.us/img35/148/graphicq.png
left: nouveau || right: nvidia
I've been trying to solve this issue for 2 weeks, but I have no idea why my system consumes almost 400 MiB of RAM when only openbox is started. Compared to debian + full gnome -- 280MiB. Both systems are using the same nvidia driver. I tried even to borrow the kernel from debian and then install the drivers, but this doesn't help. Still apps in the graphic environment consume several times more RAM.
As you can see, having only 1GiB of RAM I can't afford to have 400MiB openbox. Try to think about opening web browser or other apps. xD
Does anyone know why this is happening and how to fix it? I saw similar thread on this forum, but I can't find it anymore, and there was exactly the same situation, or more or less.
For better insight -- data from http://www.pixelbeat.org/scripts/ps_mem.py
Nouveau:
Private + Shared = RAM used Program
76.0 KiB + 20.0 KiB = 96.0 KiB sleep
108.0 KiB + 27.0 KiB = 135.0 KiB agetty
120.0 KiB + 17.0 KiB = 137.0 KiB gpm
112.0 KiB + 26.5 KiB = 138.5 KiB gnome-pty-helper
180.0 KiB + 19.5 KiB = 199.5 KiB dhcpcd
176.0 KiB + 32.5 KiB = 208.5 KiB dbus-launch
224.0 KiB + 50.0 KiB = 274.0 KiB rtkit-daemon
288.0 KiB + 108.0 KiB = 396.0 KiB dnscrypt-proxy (2)
388.0 KiB + 42.5 KiB = 430.5 KiB hddtemp
416.0 KiB + 73.0 KiB = 489.0 KiB systemd-logind
504.0 KiB + 68.5 KiB = 572.5 KiB bluetoothd
384.0 KiB + 218.5 KiB = 602.5 KiB fancontrol
444.0 KiB + 185.5 KiB = 629.5 KiB gconf-helper
500.0 KiB + 132.5 KiB = 632.5 KiB gconfd-2
432.0 KiB + 224.0 KiB = 656.0 KiB login
448.0 KiB + 276.0 KiB = 724.0 KiB avahi-daemon (2)
656.0 KiB + 69.5 KiB = 725.5 KiB smartd
684.0 KiB + 42.5 KiB = 726.5 KiB hamachid
732.0 KiB + 110.5 KiB = 842.5 KiB ntpd
912.0 KiB + 51.5 KiB = 963.5 KiB systemd-udevd
616.0 KiB + 378.5 KiB = 994.5 KiB cups-browsed
932.0 KiB + 149.5 KiB = 1.1 MiB xscreensaver
676.0 KiB + 409.5 KiB = 1.1 MiB dbus-daemon (2)
968.0 KiB + 238.5 KiB = 1.2 MiB obex-data-server
804.0 KiB + 628.0 KiB = 1.4 MiB bash (2)
1.0 MiB + 379.0 KiB = 1.4 MiB cupsd
1.2 MiB + 494.5 KiB = 1.7 MiB devilspie
1.7 MiB + 90.5 KiB = 1.8 MiB systemd
1.3 MiB + 806.5 KiB = 2.1 MiB tint2
1.9 MiB + 628.0 KiB = 2.5 MiB slim
7.0 MiB + -3819.5 KiB = 3.2 MiB polkitd
2.6 MiB + 729.0 KiB = 3.3 MiB openbox
2.2 MiB + 1.3 MiB = 3.5 MiB avant-window-navigator
2.3 MiB + 1.3 MiB = 3.7 MiB pnmixer
3.4 MiB + 468.5 KiB = 3.8 MiB pulseaudio
4.2 MiB + 534.5 KiB = 4.7 MiB systemd-journald
3.8 MiB + 1.6 MiB = 5.5 MiB awn-applet
5.2 MiB + 2.2 MiB = 7.4 MiB conky (3)
10.0 MiB + 512.5 KiB = 10.5 MiB Xorg
8.6 MiB + 2.2 MiB = 10.8 MiB applet.py
10.0 MiB + 2.3 MiB = 12.3 MiB blueman-applet
11.4 MiB + 2.7 MiB = 14.1 MiB terminator
107.2 MiB
=================================
Nvidia:
Private + Shared = RAM used Program
108.0 KiB + 27.5 KiB = 135.5 KiB gnome-pty-helper
108.0 KiB + 28.0 KiB = 136.0 KiB agetty
128.0 KiB + 18.0 KiB = 146.0 KiB gpm
180.0 KiB + 19.5 KiB = 199.5 KiB dhcpcd
176.0 KiB + 34.5 KiB = 210.5 KiB dbus-launch
224.0 KiB + 53.0 KiB = 277.0 KiB rtkit-daemon
284.0 KiB + 109.0 KiB = 393.0 KiB dnscrypt-proxy (2)
392.0 KiB + 44.5 KiB = 436.5 KiB hddtemp
424.0 KiB + 76.0 KiB = 500.0 KiB systemd-logind
440.0 KiB + 73.5 KiB = 513.5 KiB bluetoothd
496.0 KiB + 144.5 KiB = 640.5 KiB gconfd-2
424.0 KiB + 227.0 KiB = 651.0 KiB login
448.0 KiB + 213.5 KiB = 661.5 KiB gconf-helper
680.0 KiB + 46.5 KiB = 726.5 KiB hamachid
656.0 KiB + 74.5 KiB = 730.5 KiB smartd
456.0 KiB + 281.0 KiB = 737.0 KiB avahi-daemon (2)
732.0 KiB + 116.5 KiB = 848.5 KiB ntpd
900.0 KiB + 53.5 KiB = 953.5 KiB systemd-udevd
616.0 KiB + 382.5 KiB = 998.5 KiB cups-browsed
592.0 KiB + 407.5 KiB = 999.5 KiB dbus-daemon (2)
944.0 KiB + 170.5 KiB = 1.1 MiB xscreensaver
1.0 MiB + 382.0 KiB = 1.4 MiB cupsd
852.0 KiB + 802.0 KiB = 1.6 MiB bash (2)
1.7 MiB + 94.5 KiB = 1.8 MiB systemd
1.9 MiB + 662.0 KiB = 2.6 MiB slim
2.6 MiB + 757.0 KiB = 3.3 MiB openbox
3.4 MiB + 514.5 KiB = 3.9 MiB pulseaudio
7.9 MiB + -3780.5 KiB = 4.3 MiB polkitd
7.0 MiB + 1.9 MiB = 8.9 MiB systemd-journald
22.0 MiB + 1.0 MiB = 22.9 MiB devilspie
22.0 MiB + 1.2 MiB = 23.2 MiB tint2
23.1 MiB + 1.8 MiB = 25.0 MiB avant-window-navigator
23.2 MiB + 1.9 MiB = 25.1 MiB pnmixer
24.8 MiB + 2.2 MiB = 26.9 MiB awn-applet
29.9 MiB + 3.2 MiB = 33.1 MiB applet.py
32.4 MiB + 3.8 MiB = 36.2 MiB terminator
56.4 MiB + 834.5 KiB = 57.2 MiB Xorg
67.3 MiB + 3.5 MiB = 70.8 MiB conky (3)
359.9 MiB
=================================
Last edited by morfik (2013-05-06 10:50:30)

Vorbis, you're my savior! It works.
I changed some stuff since then, but I had 90 MiB graphic environment (nouveau). Now I have 129.0 MiB (nvidia) -- it's 40 MiB more, but I can live with that. And of course, it is not 300+ MiB.
Private + Shared = RAM used Program
104.0 KiB + 26.5 KiB = 130.5 KiB gnome-pty-helper
112.0 KiB + 27.0 KiB = 139.0 KiB agetty
176.0 KiB + 19.5 KiB = 195.5 KiB dhcpcd
224.0 KiB + 54.0 KiB = 278.0 KiB rtkit-daemon
232.0 KiB + 122.0 KiB = 354.0 KiB su
288.0 KiB + 68.0 KiB = 356.0 KiB xcompmgr
260.0 KiB + 120.0 KiB = 380.0 KiB openbox-autosta
324.0 KiB + 108.0 KiB = 432.0 KiB dnscrypt-proxy (2)
412.0 KiB + 45.5 KiB = 457.5 KiB hddtemp
388.0 KiB + 80.5 KiB = 468.5 KiB dbus-launch (2)
404.0 KiB + 75.0 KiB = 479.0 KiB systemd-logind
444.0 KiB + 72.5 KiB = 516.5 KiB bluetoothd
432.0 KiB + 155.0 KiB = 587.0 KiB gconfd-2
480.0 KiB + 236.0 KiB = 716.0 KiB gconf-helper
448.0 KiB + 286.0 KiB = 734.0 KiB avahi-daemon (2)
684.0 KiB + 51.5 KiB = 735.5 KiB hamachid
680.0 KiB + 96.5 KiB = 776.5 KiB smartd
764.0 KiB + 112.0 KiB = 876.0 KiB ntpd
4.6 MiB + -3809.0 KiB = 911.0 KiB at-spi2-registryd
676.0 KiB + 267.5 KiB = 943.5 KiB at-spi-bus-launcher
908.0 KiB + 48.5 KiB = 956.5 KiB systemd-udevd
588.0 KiB + 530.0 KiB = 1.1 MiB sh (5)
1.0 MiB + 115.5 KiB = 1.1 MiB xscreensaver
752.0 KiB + 593.0 KiB = 1.3 MiB cups-browsed
944.0 KiB + 477.0 KiB = 1.4 MiB dbus-daemon (4)
1.2 MiB + 596.0 KiB = 1.7 MiB cupsd
1.3 MiB + 537.0 KiB = 1.8 MiB bash (2)
1.2 MiB + 748.0 KiB = 2.0 MiB tint2
5.5 MiB + -3391.5 KiB = 2.1 MiB lightdm (2)
1.7 MiB + 658.5 KiB = 2.3 MiB systemd (2)
3.0 MiB + 667.0 KiB = 3.7 MiB openbox
3.5 MiB + 547.0 KiB = 4.0 MiB pulseaudio
7.7 MiB + -3735.0 KiB = 4.0 MiB polkitd
2.3 MiB + 2.0 MiB = 4.3 MiB pnmixer
4.2 MiB + 1.5 MiB = 5.6 MiB systemd-journald
10.1 MiB + -1668.0 KiB = 8.5 MiB conky (4)
8.5 MiB + 1.2 MiB = 9.7 MiB spacefm
14.7 MiB + 2.2 MiB = 16.8 MiB terminator
50.0 MiB + -3719.5 KiB = 46.3 MiB Xorg
129.0 MiB
=================================
I commented out the following lines:
# --enable-gl
# --enable-egl
I couldn't compile cairo with --enable-egl , so that's why I removed it too.

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tom 5337 0.0 1.6 26544 13140 tty1 S Sep03 0:13 /usr/lib/xfce4/xfce4/panel-plugin
tom 5339 0.0 0.2 5048 2216 ? S Sep03 0:00 /usr/lib/GConf/gconfd-2 21
tom 7011 0.0 2.3 32168 18612 ? Ss 17:35 0:01 Terminal
tom 7012 0.0 0.0 2420 652 ? S 17:35 0:00 gnome-pty-helper
tom 7013 0.0 0.2 4532 1668 pts/0 Ss 17:35 0:00 bash
tom 7183 0.0 0.1 4228 1428 ? S 21:04 0:00 /bin/sh /opt/mozilla/bin/firefox
tom 7187 0.0 0.1 4224 1432 ? S 21:04 0:00 /bin/sh /opt/mozilla/lib/firefox-
tom 7192 5.3 7.8 158728 61260 ? Sl 21:04 1:21 /opt/mozilla/lib/firefox-2.0.0.6/
root 7205 0.0 0.1 3600 924 pts/0 S 21:04 0:00 su
root 7206 0.0 0.2 4264 1672 pts/0 S 21:04 0:00 bash
root 7211 0.0 0.5 10708 4024 pts/0 S+ 21:07 0:00 vi /etc/rc.conf
tom 7258 0.0 0.2 4532 1668 pts/1 Ss 21:28 0:00 bash
tom 7260 0.0 0.1 3552 996 pts/1 R+ 21:29 0:00 ps -aux
I'm astounded that xfce-related items would consume so much memory. Also, Tomboy and Firefox really eat up memory in a hurry. Thunar, too. Is this normal? Doesn't seem like it should be...
Oh, fyi, the daemons loaded at startup are:
DAEMONS=(syslog-ng network netfs crond alsa hplip cups hal)
Any help would be appreciated here. I can send over any specifics about my system or outputs of a command as needed for remote troubleshooting. Thanks!
Last edited by wrycatcher (2007-09-05 05:01:07)

wrycatcher wrote:I don't have anything that usual installed, I don't think. If I go from a fresh boot up, my experience is that I end up using about 400MB out of the 768 MB total physical memory (eventually my system will slow to a crawl with about 95% of RAM used).
If it never exceeds 95% , I don't see why there should be any slow downs.
Does it swap ? Thats much more important to check than the memory usage (even if its obviously linked).
If a lot of swap is used, then it's very bad indeed, and you're left with the two obvious choices :
1) get more memory
2) use less memory hungry apps
Recently, I set up Ubuntu (which is more bloated than Arch, with a ton of unneeded crap by default) on a box with 256 MB.
Just booting into an empty gnome session filled up all ram. Then trying to start OpenOffice made the system swap badly,
and it was very slow.
I upgraded it to 512 mb, and everything is fine now.
So I find it strange that 768 mb can't handle arch + xfce.

Qosmio X300 - new nvidia graphic drivers are uninstallable: no nvidia chip

hello,
i have the qosmio X300-14P with windows 7..
i play actual games (f.e. skyrim) which need the LATEST video driver!
the x300 is said to have a nvidia geforce 9800M GTX video chip.
however, when i download the latest driver (295.73 today), at installation it says :
no nvidia hardware detected - unable to install !
=====================================
this is so with all nvidia drivers in the last 2 years (with windows 7 and windows vista alike) !
what is the problem ?
did toshiba not include an nvidia chip, but a cheap chinese noname chip, or what is the problem here ?
whatever notebook i had before the toshiba, it would accept actual nvidia drivers.
only the toshiba qosmio x300 doesnt.
why ?
it is vital that i install the latest drivers, how can i get by this problem ?
the driver that toshiba offers for the qosmio x300 is almoust 3 years old (2009, now it is 2012!) -
this is ridiculous!
an actual video/graphics driver is urgently needed, it is vital that the nvidia drivers work.
i ask toshiba :
HOW can i get the latest nvidia driver to work in the qosmio x300-14P ?
which is said to have a geforce 9800M GTX nvidia chip (though nvidia driver says : it does'nt).
how can i get the latest `nvidia drive (295.73)r to work ?
thank you
q.

thanks for the answers to all, especially blob.
yes i am a gamer and therefore i need always the very latest graphics driver.
(yes, skyrim runs, but not with highest settings of course).
but i am about to buy a new notebook soon anyway.
this branding is a problem i came across earlier with the toshiba ram already.
that's the reason why this time i dont buy a new toshiba notebook anymore,
i will switch to lenovo.
i thought about the qosmio x770, as it has some nice features.
but they removed firewire etc., well ok, i could maybe live with that,
BUT i CANNOT live without an express card slot !
the xpress card slot is vital, as only there you can expand your notebook.
missing firewire could be corrected by a firewire express card, i always
use e-sata hdd connections, so i have an express card with 2 esata ports
(to have faster hdd writings). one internal esata port (even a combo port esata/usb2)
is just not eno8gh for me, i have usually connected 2 or 3 external drives.
as well i quite often use my express tv + video card.
that a notebook at this price has no express card slot is unbelievable !
this is a knockout feature for me.
i can swallow a lot, but not a missing express card slot, as this is the only feature
that makes it possible to expand a laptop (with a e-sata card, with a tv card, f.e.).
and so i could switch my tvc card and my esata card and whatever else i need
or might need later.
i might have purchased the x770 had it an express card slot, but without
it is so ridiculous that i would never buy it, no matter how good the other features are.
an express card slot is VITAL for every notebook.
that someone could spare it it like selling a rain jacket without a zip.
too bad, because else the x770 is not so bad.
i wonder what made them cut the express card out in a notebook
(that is not expand-friendly anyway).
i saw that some others companies did it as well.
this will not be a fortune, as i foresee that many people will, if not at once, then later
hate the missing express card slot.
it was about time that they put good graphic cards in notebooks (while once they are branded,
they are a hassle, good or not), and now they start cutting the vital express card slot.
unexpandable is the first that comes to my mind when i think about the x770.
the product designers at toshiba seem not to be very good.
branding, missing express card slots - what else may we have to expect in the future ?
i was about time to switch.

[SOLVED] Mid 2009 MBP - nvidia nonfree drivers

- X server looking for nouveau
Hi all
So this is my first post on here but I have been looking on the net to find a resolution to the following for the past week or more; I have been using Ubuntu for a number of years now but would still recon my experiance in linux is still in the realm of beginner.
I have a Mid 2009 MBP with Nvidia 9600m gt and 9400m; the problem i face is getting X to start.
NOTE: Currently I'm running Manjaro 3.10.30 (clean install) as it couldn't get the pure Arch live to boot, didn't have time to investigate that, maybe in the comming weeks.
The Xorg.0.log states that it is trying to load a nouveau module
[ 11.610]
X.Org X Server 1.14.5
Release Date: 2013-12-12
[ 11.610] X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0
[ 11.610] Build Operating System: Linux 3.12.6-1-ARCH x86_64
[ 11.610] Current Operating System: Linux manjaro 3.10.30-1-MANJARO #1 SMP Fri Feb 14 06:07:50 UTC 2014 x86_64
[ 11.610] Kernel command line: BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-310-x86_64 root=UUID=d6202b98-312c-40e4-ba98-467a4f6b41c7 rw nomodeset
[ 11.611] Build Date: 08 January 2014 01:35:51PM
[ 11.611]
[ 11.611] Current version of pixman: 0.32.4
[ 11.611] Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.x.org
to make sure that you have the latest version.
[ 11.611] Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting,
(++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational,
(WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
[ 11.611] (==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.0.log", Time: Thu Mar 13 18:55:57 2014
[ 11.611] (==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf"
[ 11.611] (==) Using config directory: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf.d"
[ 11.611] (==) ServerLayout "Layout0"
[ 11.611] (**) |-->Screen "Screen0" (0)
[ 11.611] (**) | |-->Monitor "Monitor0"
[ 11.612] (**) | |-->Device "Device0"
[ 11.612] (**) |-->Input Device "Keyboard0"
[ 11.612] (**) |-->Input Device "Mouse0"
[ 11.612] (==) Automatically adding devices
[ 11.612] (==) Automatically enabling devices
[ 11.612] (==) Automatically adding GPU devices
[ 11.612] (WW) `fonts.dir' not found (or not valid) in "/usr/share/fonts/100dpi/".
[ 11.612] Entry deleted from font path.
[ 11.612] (Run 'mkfontdir' on "/usr/share/fonts/100dpi/").
[ 11.612] (WW) `fonts.dir' not found (or not valid) in "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi/".
[ 11.612] Entry deleted from font path.
[ 11.612] (Run 'mkfontdir' on "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi/").
[ 11.612] (==) FontPath set to:
/usr/share/fonts/misc/,
/usr/share/fonts/TTF/,
/usr/share/fonts/OTF/,
/usr/share/fonts/Type1/
[ 11.612] (==) ModulePath set to "/usr/lib/xorg/modules"
[ 11.612] (**) Extension "Composite" is enabled
[ 11.612] (**) Extension "RENDER" is enabled
[ 11.612] (WW) Hotplugging is on, devices using drivers 'kbd', 'mouse' or 'vmmouse' will be disabled.
[ 11.612] (WW) Disabling Keyboard0
[ 11.612] (WW) Disabling Mouse0
[ 11.612] (II) Loader magic: 0x7fac20
[ 11.612] (II) Module ABI versions:
[ 11.612] X.Org ANSI C Emulation: 0.4
[ 11.612] X.Org Video Driver: 14.1
[ 11.612] X.Org XInput driver : 19.1
[ 11.612] X.Org Server Extension : 7.0
[ 11.612] (II) xfree86: Adding drm device (/dev/dri/card0)
[ 11.612] (II) xfree86: Adding drm device (/dev/dri/card1)
[ 11.615] (--) PCI:*(0:2:0:0) 10de:0647:106b:00b0 rev 161, Mem @ 0xd4000000/16777216, 0xb0000000/268435456, 0xd2000000/33554432, I/O @ 0x00003000/128, BIOS @ 0x????????/524288
[ 11.615] (--) PCI: (0:3:0:0) 10de:0863:106b:00af rev 177, Mem @ 0xd6000000/16777216, 0xc0000000/268435456, 0xd0000000/33554432, I/O @ 0x00002000/128, BIOS @ 0x????????/131072
[ 11.615] Initializing built-in extension Generic Event Extension
[ 11.615] Initializing built-in extension SHAPE
[ 11.615] Initializing built-in extension MIT-SHM
[ 11.615] Initializing built-in extension XInputExtension
[ 11.615] Initializing built-in extension XTEST
[ 11.615] Initializing built-in extension BIG-REQUESTS
[ 11.615] Initializing built-in extension SYNC
[ 11.615] Initializing built-in extension XKEYBOARD
[ 11.616] Initializing built-in extension XC-MISC
[ 11.616] Initializing built-in extension SECURITY
[ 11.616] Initializing built-in extension XINERAMA
[ 11.616] Initializing built-in extension XFIXES
[ 11.616] Initializing built-in extension RENDER
[ 11.616] Initializing built-in extension RANDR
[ 11.616] Initializing built-in extension COMPOSITE
[ 11.616] Initializing built-in extension DAMAGE
[ 11.616] Initializing built-in extension MIT-SCREEN-SAVER
[ 11.616] Initializing built-in extension DOUBLE-BUFFER
[ 11.616] Initializing built-in extension RECORD
[ 11.616] Initializing built-in extension DPMS
[ 11.616] Initializing built-in extension X-Resource
[ 11.616] Initializing built-in extension XVideo
[ 11.616] Initializing built-in extension XVideo-MotionCompensation
[ 11.616] Initializing built-in extension XFree86-VidModeExtension
[ 11.616] Initializing built-in extension XFree86-DGA
[ 11.616] Initializing built-in extension XFree86-DRI
[ 11.616] Initializing built-in extension DRI2
[ 11.616] (II) LoadModule: "glx"
[ 11.616] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libglx.so
[ 11.638] (II) Module glx: vendor="NVIDIA Corporation"
[ 11.638] compiled for 4.0.2, module version = 1.0.0
[ 11.638] Module class: X.Org Server Extension
[ 11.638] (II) NVIDIA GLX Module 331.49 Wed Feb 12 20:17:10 PST 2014
[ 11.638] Loading extension GLX
[ 11.638] (II) LoadModule: "nouveau"
[ 11.638] (WW) Warning, couldn't open module nouveau
[ 11.638] (II) UnloadModule: "nouveau"
[ 11.638] (II) Unloading nouveau
[ 11.638] (EE) Failed to load module "nouveau" (module does not exist, 0)
[ 11.638] (EE) No drivers available.
[ 11.638] (EE)
Fatal server error:
[ 11.638] (EE) no screens found(EE)
[ 11.638] (EE)
Please consult the The X.Org Foundation support
at http://wiki.x.org
for help.
[ 11.638] (EE) Please also check the log file at "/var/log/Xorg.0.log" for additional information.
[ 11.638] (EE)
I have uninstalled all nouveau packages using the following page to help me; https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/NVIDIA
The following is the output of
$ pacman -Qs nvidia
local/libvdpau 0.7-1
Nvidia VDPAU library
local/linux310-nvidia 331.49-1 (linux310-extramodules)
NVIDIA drivers for linux.
local/mhwd-nvidia 331.49-1
MHWD module-ids for nvidia 331.49
local/mhwd-nvidia-legacy 304.119-1
MHWD module-ids for nvidia 304.119
local/nvidia-utils 331.49-1
NVIDIA drivers utilities
I am also including my xorg.conf created with
$ nvidia-xconfig
# nvidia-xconfig: X configuration file generated by nvidia-xconfig
# nvidia-xconfig: version 304.119 (buildmeister@swio-display-x64-rhel04-14) Fri Jan 17 10:35:46 PST 2014
Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "Layout0"
Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0
InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
EndSection
Section "Files"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
# generated from default
Identifier "Mouse0"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "auto"
Option "Device" "/dev/psaux"
Option "Emulate3Buttons" "no"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
# generated from default
Identifier "Keyboard0"
Driver "kbd"
EndSection
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Monitor0"
VendorName "Unknown"
ModelName "Unknown"
HorizSync 28.0 - 33.0
VertRefresh 43.0 - 72.0
Option "DPMS"
EndSection
Section "Device"
Identifier "Device0"
Driver "nvidia"
VendorName "NVIDIA Corporation"
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen0"
Device "Device0"
Monitor "Monitor0"
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
EndSubSection
EndSection
Output of
$ lspci -k | grep -A 2 -i "VGA"
02:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation G96M [GeForce 9600M GT] (rev a1)
Subsystem: Apple Inc. Device 00b0
Kernel driver in use: nvidia
03:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation C79 [GeForce 9400M] (rev b1)
Subsystem: Apple Inc. Device 00af
Kernel driver in use: nvidia
Also tried the 304 set but to no avail.
I noticed just before grabbing my the above files/data via ssh that the /home/[username] directory is still the default user, "Manjaro" in this case. but this is probably in part due to X server not being able to start.
If anyone has any idea what direction i should take, please let me know. I have an image/backup of my Ubuntu 12.04 which i might have to restore to get the equivalent data, but i would rather fix this without it.
P.S. Not sure if this is the correct section for this topic.
Last edited by DoveDev (2014-03-14 18:34:15)

This is one of them times I should have wrote down what steps i had completed and had not, I reread the information on this page, http://wiki.manjaro.org/index.php?title … on_Startup. Obviously i missed a vitel step while i was half asleep a few nights ago... Anyway This is solved.
P.S. I will be getting a refurbished Dell Latitude e7440 next week and I will be playing with it and a pure Arch experiance, can't wait. Catch you later.

HT3986 How do I update Windows7 64bit bootcamp NVIDIA graphic drivers? They seem to be way outdated.

NVIDIA Driver Downloads
Product
Current
Installed Driver
Latest Driver
Update
NVIDIA GeForce GT 330M
196.21
Verde 295.73 Driver
Version: 295.73 WHQL
Release Date: February 21, 2012

OK, I will try to explain it as best as I can. Get back to me if it works OK . This is to update the NVIDIA GeForce GT 330M Version 295.73 drive for Windows 7 Professional 64bit bootcamp on Mac OS X Lion 10.7.3.
_Go to.http://nvidia.com, select download drivers, select GeForce, click on Auto detect your GPU. Download the drivers, once downloaded run the installer ( I just did it all over again and when I ran it it installed the driver right away), you might or might not get an error saying it is not compatible, is OK. Now right click on your computer, click on Manage,click on Device Manager, then double click on Display adapters, right click on the adapter. Select Update Driver Software, CLick where it says Browse my computer for driver software. Then CLick where it says let me pick from a list of device drivers on my computer. CLick on Have Disk. Then Browse,
got to computer/C/NVIDIA/DisplayDriver/295.73/WinVista_Win7_64/International/Display.Dr iver click open the OK, then you will have a list with drivers, select the one for your computer and click next and install. You will get a windows saying it is not recommended to install blah blah, but if you want to update your driver just install it. I hope this work and good luck, let me know.

I have installed nvidia graphics drivers on windows 7 (bootcamp) now i can't use windows, it's just a black screen, how do i resolve this?

I have installed nvidia drivers from nvidias website for my geforce gt 650m on my early 2013 macbook pro retina 15", now i can't use windows in bootcamp, whenever i go into windows it turns into a black screen before i can see my desktop. How do i resolve this?

From the home screen, double click the home button to bring up the Recently used App list. Find the App with the problem and hold your finger on it untl the Apps start to shake. When that happens tap on the (x) on the right side corner of the app to close it.
Tap the home button again to get back to the home screen, and try to open the App again.
If that doesn't work, try resetting the iPad. (there should be no data loss):
Press and Hold the Power and home buttons until the Apple Logo shows up. Ignore any sliders that may appear.
When the iPad turns back on, try opening the App again.

Which MAC Pro graphics card and how much RAM for FCE HD usage?

I plan on purchasing a MAC Pro afer MacWorld Expo next month. Any recommendations for a specific graphics card that would complement my usage of Final Cut Express HD 3.5?
Also, should I increase my RAM? I currently use 2 gb of RAM on my G4. Will I see greater productivity if I bump it up to 4gb of RAM on the MAC Pro or will 2gb suffice which I had planned to increase it to from the standard 1gb supplied?
PowerMAC G4 dual 1.42ghz Mac OS X (10.4.7) 2gb RAM, 3-LaCie FW800 external drives
PowerMAC G4 dual 1.42ghz Mac OS X (10.4.7) 2gb RAM, 3-LaCie FW800 external drives

Any of the graphics cards that Apple sells for the Mac Pro will be fine. Personally, I'd suggest choosing one with at least 128MB video RAM, 256MB would be better.
2GB RAM in your Mac Pro will be more than enough for general purpose video editing. Going to 4GB will give you more oomph for RealTime effects and somewhat for rendering but you won't see a big difference in regard to capturing or general editing in the timeline.

[SOLVED] (None-issue) OpenBox seems to be using too much RAM

Hey all,
I turned my computer on, and I decided to see what sort of RAM my lightweight Openbox install uses.
I opened a terminal, typed top, and saw the memory was almost 400mb...
I don't have any panels, or any Conky. I have a background, that's about it for eyecandy.
The odd thing is, in the list after the top command, nothing seems to be using anymore than 0.1% Memory (I have 4GB RAM)...
I did install KDE not long ago, but I thought I'd gotten rid of all that by now (My first thought was maybe some of the background processes from KDE were still installed), so I'm not sure what to think right now!
I know it's a ridiculously broad problem, but I can't help thinking it's probably something I've installed that came with a load of other stuff I wasn't interested in (I had that issue a bit ago, had lots of Gnome dependencies installed along with a program) But the only thing I can think of is KDE or Gnome stuff, both of which I'm about 99% sure i got rid of.
Is there any way I can check EXACTLY what's using my RAM? I know 400mb out of 4GB doesn't sound a whole lot, but considering I'm essentially running a blank screen I think it's a bit fishy!
Thanks for any replies.
Last edited by Reded (2012-03-07 20:07:14)

Fastest reply ever!
free -m
total used free shared buffers cached
Mem: 3958 386 3572 0 23 172
-/+ buffers/cache: 190 3768
Swap: 0 0 0
That's about 2 minutes after a reboot, with no programs opened by me.
Like I said, 'top' command showed a nice long list of processes, none of which were breaking 0.1% MEM usage. X did pop up as 1.3% but then it'd disappear not long after.

[SOLVED] Why do closed nvidia graphic drivers consume so much RAM?

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