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    Re: [HOWTO] Install NVIDIA drivers manually on Lynx

    No need for nomodeset, blacklisting is very important, so is removing all nvidia related files and nouveau.
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    Talking Re: [HOWTO] Install NVIDIA drivers manually on Lynx

    Ty! Ty!

    Got it running. Yeah did blacklisting and uninstalling nvidia drivers before proceeding with the one from nvidia.com. Its pretty annoying to see ones machine with cool graphics and processing speed having to minimize and maximize windows like peeling ur desktop off!! But the fix is now quite popular in the web.

    Graphics is running like Bolt now!!

    Thanks a lot for keeping this forum alive. Linuxforall .. thanks for writing back. tc.
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    Question Re: [HOWTO] Install NVIDIA drivers manually on Lynx

    Any idea on how this nomodeset work with kernel? how does it work to start with the default graphics drivers in the first place? It is worth a bit of discussion cause that was how i got into before getting the above steps working.
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    Re: [HOWTO] Install NVIDIA drivers manually on Lynx

    If you do the blacklist, nomodeset is not really needed.
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    Wink Re: [HOWTO] Install NVIDIA drivers manually on Lynx

    Yeah dude .. I did get it running without nomodeset I guess i missed to mention it in my update above. You are right, it is not required when proper graphic drivers work. Its fine now, Just my curiosity on nomodeset parameter in grub menu. I guess it tells the kernel to stand back in setting graphics mode when with nVidia cards. If not nouveau will take charge.

    Thanks for the help.
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    Lightbulb Re: [HOWTO] Install NVIDIA drivers manually on Lynx

    This method worked great for me. Then, maybe because I was installing on a virgin 10.10 system, it didn't work. After the re-boot Gnome came back up so it wasn't possible to install the Nvidia driver.

    What I did was:

    <Ctrl><Alt><F1> which exits from the Gnome desktop
    Login again.
    sudo service gdm stop
    // this really exits X-Windows
    Now it is possible to install the Nvidia driver with:

    sudo sh NVIDIA-Linux-260.19.21.run
    The 260.19.21 driver is way, way better than nouveau.

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    Re: [HOWTO] Install NVIDIA drivers manually on Lynx

    The 260.19.21 driver is way, way better than nouveau
    I agree Clive. That one is good, I am using it.
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    Re: [HOWTO] Install NVIDIA drivers manually on Lynx

    just in case you guys didn't knew:
    you shouldn't isntall the nvidia drivers like this. you can avoid the whole problems with blacklisting and recompiling (reinstalling) everytime you get a kernel update if you use the x-swat repos.

    they delivers ubuntu packages updates that keep you current to the official nvidia driver releases. there is a release delay of at most 3 or 4 days after a nvidia beta or official release.

    https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat/+archive/x-updates

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    Re: [HOWTO] Install NVIDIA drivers manually on Lynx

    I followed this guide and it worked great!

    However, I think I have FBAR'ed my ethernet card.... I have no access to my network in Linux Mint 10, Windows 7, Linux Mint 10 LiveCD, or even Express Gate.

    The moment I restarted, the network connection died.

    Thoughts? Any help would be appreciated.

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    Re: [HOWTO] Install NVIDIA drivers manually on Lynx

    Error: Unable to find the kernel source tree for the currently running kernel. Please make sure you have installed the kernel source files for your kernel and that they are properly configured; on Red Hat Linux systems, for example, be sure you have the 'kernel-source'or 'kerneel-devel' RPM installed. If you know the correct kernel source files are installed, you may specifiy the kernel soucrce path with the ''-kernel-soucrce-path' command line option
    I did the procedure in p4 of this thread. Now when I reboot to the grub and choose to run ubuntu, ubuntu can't be loaded as expected andI come to the prompt shell, then I cd to the folder where the driver is and type:

    >sudo sh NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-260.19.36.run

    I get the installer running, later received above error about the kernel source path...What should i do? I don't know where is the kernel source path.

    Any help please.

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