HOW-TO: Nvidia's Latest and Greatest drivers in 10.10

[crownclown]

Im using Nvidia Geforce 310M Cuda..
well the additional ask to install the nvidia grafix as it was re***mended.
but after i install it then when reboot.. it only blank screen..
it's been 5 times i format my partition to get back my ubuntu...
is there any way to get this done ?
im still new with ubuntu...

[cwwilson721]

Since you are having issues, I would install the drivers from Ubuntu, from System > Administration > Additional Drivers.

[vangop]

Nice to know how to install second-tier packages that are ALMOST Nvidia's latest and greatest. They are NOT 'Nvidia's Latest and Greatest' because the packagers have to wait for Nvidia to put out the drivers, and then package them. Since they are packaged by a third-party, it does not fit into this how-to.

I, for one, will not install these packages, because I DON'T KNOW THE MAINTAINERS. I do, however, know Nvidia.

But it IS a nice shortcut, for those who wish to do this.

Hi!
I have hp 8440p laptop with

$ lspci | grep -i nvidia
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation GT218 [NVS 3100M] (rev a2)
01:00.1 Audio device: nVidia Corporation High Definition Audio Controller (rev a1)

I went to the nVidia site and couldn't find the nvs 3100 in the list of models. There's only nvs 300, but on the details page it doesn't list my card.
But if I enable the ppa I can upgrade.
Can you suggest how to find the driver, since I don't know much about the nvidia card families.