how do install nVidia drivers in a Ubuntu VM?

[eival]

i recently installed Ubuntu as a VM on a Windows OS but it doesnt recognize the restricted drivers automatically and when i download the driver from nvidia.com it doesnt let me run it.

unless im not doing it correctly.

ive tried double clicking the file and also using sudo apt-get (draging the file into the terminal)

but neither work.

[b0b138]

The video card of the VM is not your physical card, its an emulated basic vga/vesa card. The best it can do is installed with the guest additions (with vbox, vmware tools with vmware)

[eival]

well is there any way to get a larger resolution than 800x600 with an Ubuntu VM?

cause i also have a Windows XP VM an it lets me go up to 1024x768

[Dedoimedo]

Hello,
You will have to install guest addons, for VMware: VMware Tools, for VirtualBox: Guest Additions. That's for two most popular desktop virtualizations tools.
Dedoimedo

[eival]

thanks Dedoimedo:popcorn: