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    HOWTO: NVIDIA Linux Display Driver

    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
    Last edited by gmerrick; May 20th, 2008 at 05:23 PM. Reason: added removal of /lib/linux-restricted-modules/.nvidia_new_installed

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    Re: HOWTO: NVIDIA Linux Display Driver

    Glad to see this. I did it and it worked for me. I am curious however to see why it doesnt say what my model of video card is. It only says nvidia. Normally in the past it would say "NVidia 9600GT" for example.

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    Re: HOWTO: NVIDIA Linux Display Driver

    I added the removal of the file

    /lib/linux-restricted-modules/.nvidia_new_installed

    somehow missed that in my notes....you may want to go and remove that or leave as is.

    I complied this from trial and error and notes included with the Nvidia driver, which I can't locate anymore.

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    Re: HOWTO: NVIDIA Linux Display Driver

    Thanks I will try that when i get home from work.

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