I am using ubuntu 12.04 with Nvidia Geforce 6150SR graphic card.In 12.04 Ubuntu does not recognize a screen resolution 1440x900 for my monitor "Flatron L177WSB".I tried this method,but not working.It fails from 5th step. Terminal shows
Failed to get size of gamma for output default
I am using AMD athlon 64x2,1GB memory.
I have a Nvidia Ge force Ge6150 SE graphics card. I am running ubuntu 12.04. When I try to install the .run file it fails. It shows the message like this:
I tried to install it after uninstalling the old driver.still same message. Here is the log file:
nvidia-installer log file '/var/log/nvidia-installer.log'
creation time: Mon Jun 11 05:46:17 2012
installer version: 295.53
PATH: /usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games
nvidia-installer command line:
./nvidia-installer
Using: nvidia-installer ncurses user interface
-> The file '/tmp/.X0-lock' exists and appears to contain the process ID '1062' of a >runnning X server.
ERROR: You appear to be running an X server; please exit X before installing. For >further details, please see the section INSTALLING THE NVIDIA DRIVER in the README >available on the Linux driver download page at www.nvidia.com.
ERROR: Installation has failed. Please see the file '/var/log/nvidia-installer.log' >for details. You may find suggestions on fixing installation problems in the README >available on the Linux driver download page at www.nvidia.com.
but no such file is shown in the process manager.