Please Help!! Installing latest Nvidia 9600GT

[smarks]

I am having trouble installing the latest driver for my video card. The file is saved on my desktop.The driver i have installed now is the 169. but i want the latest one which is the one im trying to install.

Ubuntu 8.04 Hardy Heron
Driver: NVIDIA-Linux-x86-173.08.pkg1.run

I go into TTY and type
login: root
PW:*****
/etc/init.d/gdm stop
then
sh /home/smarks/desktop/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-173.08.pkg1.run
sh: Can't open /home/smarks/desktop/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-173.08.pkg1.run

Please Help if anyone can this has been bugging me for weeks and no one seems to be able to help.
Also when im booting up just before my login screen my background has tons of little choppy marks and it wont let me login so i have to reboot several times then it finally works. this happends all the time, im thinking its the driver but idk.

[nic2]

You need to install the build-essential packages - use the Synaptic Package Manager or type the following command in a Terminal:

sudo apt-get install build-essential

[smarks]

smarks@smarks:~$ sudo apt-get install build-essential
[sudo] password for smarks:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
build-essential is already the newest version.


Any other ideas

[nic2]

Have you downloaded the driver from http://www.nvidia.com/object/unix.html?

[smarks]

the one i downloaded is called NVIDIA-Linux-x86-173.08.pkg1.run.
I got it here http://www.nvidia.com/object/linux_display_ia32_173.08.html

[nic2]

Did you run the command as root (e.g. sudo sh NVIDIA-Linux-x86-173.08.pkg1.run)?

[smarks]

Ya everytime I would get this

smarks@smarks:~$ sudo sh NVIDIA-Linux-x86-173.08.pkg1.run
sh: Can't open NVIDIA-Linux-x86-173.08.pkg1.run

[smarks]

I had the file executable. I have permission. im typing in the right path. i dont understand why in TTY i can't open it. I can open it in konsole but it says i have to run in TTY

[nic2]

If I go on the original command you typed in your first post, you have used desktop and not Desktop. Please confirm this and try again.

[smarks]

wow amazing. that worked. i rebooted but now my res is stuck on 800 x 600.

[nic2]

Same problem here - this is how I came accross your thread ... if and when I come accross the answer, I will let you know (if you could do the same for me).

Good luck

[smarks]

for some reason when i try to configure the card theres no Geforce 9 series. highest is 8

[smarks]

thanks for your help. im atleast glad im over that first hump. Ill let you know if i find anything.

[ma245]

for configure NVIDIA 9600 GT

Ctrl+Alt+F1

sudo /etc/init.d/gdm stop

sudo sh NVIDIA-Linux-x86-xxx.xx-pkg1.run

sudo /etc/init.d/gdm start

sudo gedit /etc/default/linux-restricted-modules-common

DISABLED_MODULES=”nv”

this is all:KS

[smarks]

No F-ing way it works. looks soo clear and nice now. when i try to run x server settings it says


You do not appear to be using the NVIDIA X driver. Please edit your X configuration file (just run `nvidia-xconfig` as root), and restart the X server.

[nic2]

for configure NVIDIA 9600 GT

Ctrl+Alt+F1

sudo /etc/init.d/gdm stop

sudo sh NVIDIA-Linux-x86-xxx.xx-pkg1.run

sudo /etc/init.d/gdm start

sudo gedit /etc/default/linux-restricted-modules-common

DISABLED_MODULES=”nv”

this is all:KS

Tried it yesterday after reading about it in another tread - unfortunately did not work for me

[smarks]

Im also getting this

desktop effects could not be enabled

[smarks]

This is weird. after i install the video driver and then reboot. It trys to load load graphics and my res is 800X600. I am think its somthing with the xorg.conf file

[smarks]

nic2 are you sure you tried this. This is what the lower half of mine looks like incase urs is different.

sudo gedit /etc/default/linux-restricted-modules-common

# Use a space-separated list of modules you wish to not have linked
# on boot. The following example shows a (condensed) list of all
# modules shipped in the linux-restricted-modules packages:
#
# DISABLED_MODULES="ath_hal fc fglrx ltm nv"
#
# Note that disabling "fc" disables all fcdsl drivers, "ltm" disables
# ltmodem and ltserial, and "nv" disables the three nvidia drivers.
# You can also name each module individually, if you prefer a subset.

DISABLED_MODULES="nv"

Cus i reinstalled ubuntu and redid everything and that solved the 800x600 problem agin.