HOWTO: Install Proprietary Nvidia Linux Drivers for
I found that alot of the other howto's were kind of vague, so here is something that works quite well for me.
Download from the nvidia web site the latest linux pkg for the video card you are using
http://www.nvidia.com/Download/index.aspx?lang=en-us
The one I am using is NVIDIA-Linux-x86-169.12.pkg1.run from
http://us.download.nvidia.com/XFree8...69.12-pkg1.run
Ensure that your system is up to date by running
sudo apt-get update
Ensure that build-essential, make, gcc, linux headers (for your kernel version), pkg-config, xserver-xorg-dev, linux-libc-dev, libc6 are installed using apt-get or synaptic (do a search for the package names)
Uninstall via apt-get –purge nvidia-glx
Delete /etc/init.d/nvidia-glx
/etc/init.d/nvidia-kernel
/lib/linux-restricted-modules/.nvidia_new_installed
Add in using your favourite editor
sudo nano /etc/default/linux-restricted-modules-common
the following:
DISABLED_ MODULES= “nv, nvidia-new”
Crtl-alt F1 into a text window and log in to your account
shutdown gdm by sudo /etc/init.d/gdm stop
as fakeroot or sudo run NVIDIA-Linux-x86-169.12.pkg1.run ,and select the default setting and allow the package to build a new kernel module and configure Xorg automatically.
sudo ./NVIDIA-Linux-x86-169.12.pkg1.run
This has worked well for me in 7.10 and 8.04 where I need to get 30" 2650x1600 screens working as the build in drivers cannot handle the screens.
restart gdm by
sudo /etc/init.d/gdm start
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