New to Ubuntu.

[P4man]

A quick google turned up this:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1247196

So if you get your network sorted with a cable, the driver manager WILL prompt you for nvidia drivers, but those drivers will apparently mess up your screen resolution.

So, I would suggest you apply that person's solution before you reboot (and after installing those drivers), otherwise you will end up with a machine with no graphical interface, and being new to ubuntu, that is not what you want.

In steps (after getting online):
1. go to system > adminstration > hardware drivers
Select the suggested nvidia 185 drivers, and apply. Do NOT reboot when prompted.

2. Press alt+F2 and type (or copy paste) this command:

gksudo gedit /etc/X11/xorg.conf

(note the red X is in uppercase!)
Locate the "device" section in that text file. It will look similar to this (its mine):

Section "Screen"
    Identifier     "Screen0"
    Device         "Device0"
    Monitor        "Monitor0"
    DefaultDepth    24
    Option         "TwinView" "1"
    Option         "TwinViewXineramaInfoOrder" "CRT-0"
    Option         "metamodes" "CRT: nvidia-auto-select +0+0, DFP: nvidia-auto-select +1440+0"
    SubSection     "Display"
        Depth       24
    EndSubSection
EndSection

Add a line so it looks like

Section "Screen"
    Identifier     "Screen0"
    Device         "Device0"
    Monitor        "Monitor0"
    DefaultDepth    24
    Option         "TwinView" "1"
    Option         "TwinViewXineramaInfoOrder" "CRT-0"
    Option         "metamodes" "CRT: nvidia-auto-select +0+0, DFP: nvidia-auto-select +1440+0"
   Option "ModeValidation" "NoTotalSizeCheck"
    SubSection     "Display"
        Depth       24
    EndSubSection
EndSection

Save the file, reboot, cross fingers

[Romanrp]

Wow!Thanks guys for all your help.
I tried to connect it with my pcs USB internet but it didn't work so I will try the packages.
Thanks again.
If this fails then I don't know what will work...

[Wrathe]

So does it work?

I got an ASUS K50IN as well.

The method I tried worked for a little while, until I went to Hardware Drivers (System > Admininstration) and clicked enabled (which froze it and then something happened and now it is disabled.. Below is what I did. They are my notes on what happened in case there is a reason to do it again. IT IS SUGGESTED YOU DO NOT DO THIS IF THE ABOVE WORKS!

Download NVIDIA-Linux-x86-185.18.36-pkg2.run (x86_64 for AMD64) from www.nvidia.com to desktop.


You must close X (the Graphical User Interface aka GUI). Open terminal and type:

sudo /etc/init.d/gdm stop



Press Ctrl + Alt + F1 (or F2 - F6) to open a different desk. Login with your username and password. Now type:

cd Desktop
sudo sh NVIDIA [press Tab]




Now go through the NVIDIA installer.

However I have not yet installed the Ubuntu updates. That may be why it did not work.