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Dr. div11
May 7th, 2011, 03:39 PM
hey .. any idea how to update addtional drivers using terminal......i want to update to NVIDIA accelerated graphics drivers.. using terminal... which command to use can u please tell me....

i am using ubuntu 10.10...!!!
Dr. div11
May 7th, 2011, 03:39 PM
hey .. any idea how to update addtional drivers using terminal......i want to update to NVIDIA accelerated graphics drivers.. using terminal... which command to use can u please tell me....

i am using ubuntu 10.10...!!!
dino99
May 7th, 2011, 03:42 PM
you mean there is no system menu to get that activation ? its on a server ?
Dr. div11
May 7th, 2011, 04:09 PM
you mean there is no system menu to get that activation ? its on a server ?


no no... there is ...but i want to upgrade using the terminal
dino99
May 7th, 2011, 04:17 PM
try something like:

sudo jockey-gtk -e nvidia-current

note: dkms need to be installed for the new kernel
alphacrucis2
May 7th, 2011, 04:22 PM
hey .. any idea how to update addtional drivers using terminal......i want to update to NVIDIA accelerated graphics drivers.. using terminal... which command to use can u please tell me....

i am using ubuntu 10.10...!!!

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BinaryDriverHowto/Nvidia
(https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BinaryDriverHowto/Nvidia)
howefield
May 7th, 2011, 04:24 PM
Duplicate threads merged.
Dr. div11
May 7th, 2011, 05:46 PM
the problem is ..whenever i update nvidia using additional driver..and restart ...my ubuntu always restarts in

tty1 mode...and after that i am not able to go back to ubuntu screen its like m stuck..
so i need a command line to update the driver using terminal..
please help..
jramshu
May 8th, 2011, 01:24 AM
Looks like you need to restart in recovery mode. Then work from there in low res.

EDIT: Going to have to find out what model graphics card you have.
jramshu
May 8th, 2011, 01:38 AM
Has anyone found a solution to this. I'm still waiting to find out what model and such the card is.
MAFoElffen
May 8th, 2011, 02:11 AM
try something like:

sudo jockey-gtk -e nvidia-current

note: dkms need to be installed for the new kernel
Then run:


sudo nvidia-xonnfig
@dino99:
Whatt's the difference in using jockey-gtk and:


sudo apt-get install nvidia-current
Jokey-gtk is the GUI version of the driver manager right? And if you didn't have a GUI running it would do what?