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Redrazor39
January 17th, 2008, 10:48 PM
:mad: I can't enable the Nvidia graphics card driver! I have an Nvidia Geforce Go 7400, so I should be able to enable it, but I always get this error message:

The software source for the package

nvidia-glx-new

is not enabled


and I can't enable anything! It just says "close"! What do I do? I just now dual booted Ubuntu and Vista because I loved Ubuntu from the Live CD and the first thing I wanted was compiz fusion! Please help!
poo_22
January 17th, 2008, 10:51 PM
i had the same problem, i think my internet wasn't working, so i closed the restricted drivers thing, fixed my internet, restarted pc and it worked fine after..
probably this has nothing to do with the actual solution to ur problem byt try it anyways...
Redrazor39
January 17th, 2008, 10:54 PM
i had the same problem, i think my internet wasn't working, so i closed the restricted drivers thing, fixed my internet, restarted pc and it worked fine after..
probably this has nothing to do with the actual solution to ur problem byt try it anyways...
But, then how can I be on firefox? My internet is working fine, I think I tried restarting the comptuer... what could be wrong?

btw, what graphics card do you have?
poo_22
January 17th, 2008, 10:58 PM
i have geforce mx400..
sry can't be of more help.. i just saw that i had same error, it just worked after..

did you try rebooting though?
Redrazor39
January 17th, 2008, 11:20 PM
I tried rebooting and no luck. Still the same error message...
Sef
January 18th, 2008, 12:02 AM
The software source for the package

nvidia-glx-new

is not enabled


What does the Restricted Drivers Manager say? (System > Administration > Restricted Drivers Manager)
FuturePilot
January 18th, 2008, 02:42 AM
Go System>Administration>Software Sources and make sure you have all the boxes checked in the first tab. Uncheck the CD-ROM one if it is checked. Go to the Updates tab and check the first two and optionally the fourth one. Click Close and Reload the sources when prompted. Then try the Restricted Driver Manager again.
Redrazor39
January 18th, 2008, 12:02 PM
Thank you so much! Now this worked! All I have to do is reboot now and then I'll enable compiz fusion! Thanks!!! YAAY!! THAT'S THE WHOLE REASON (among many others) that I wanted Ubuntu!!! YAY!!!:):):):):):):):KS