Nvidia 8800GTS on 10.4

[Scott Sherman]

Hello there,

I'm just wondering whether anybody has had any issues with drivers for a nvidia 8800gts graphics card when installing Ubuntu 10.4?

There are 3 generic drivers available on there but neither seem to work/will not activate?

Cheers

[oldfred]

I have a 9600gt which I think is really the same (marketing)

I had to do this:
boot from the cd, press F6 and then select the Nomodeset option.
then
On first boot after install, press e on getting the GRUB bootloader.
Using arrow keys navigate to and delete quiet and splash and type the word nomodeset in their place
Press Ctrl and X to boot

After I installed nvidia driver (default newest from pop up) then it has worked without issue.

Other info:
Lucid 10.04 KMS
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/X/KernelModeSetting
# Nvidia (this should revert you to using -nv or -vesa):
echo options nouveau modeset=0 > /etc/modprobe.d/nouveau-kms.conf

[davepimp00]

I have a 9600gt which I think is really the same (marketing)

I had to do this:
boot from the cd, press F6 and then select the Nomodeset option.
then
On first boot after install, press e on getting the GRUB bootloader.
Using arrow keys navigate to and delete quiet and splash and type the word nomodeset in their place
Press Ctrl and X to boot

After I installed nvidia driver (default newest from pop up) then it has worked without issue.

Other info:
Lucid 10.04 KMS
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/X/KernelModeSetting
# Nvidia (this should revert you to using -nv or -vesa):
echo options nouveau modeset=0 > /etc/modprobe.d/nouveau-kms.conf

Sorry im new but i have a question, when you say "press e on getting the GRUB bootloader." what does this actually mean?

[oldfred]

When you boot the grub menu comes up and normally gives you 10 sec before booting the default menu entry. Once of the choices is to edit a menu entry before booting, very good for testing alternatives or fixing problems to get into system and make permanent fixes.

[JohnHeikkila]

Grub 2: Hold SHIFT when the white mark is blinking on the black background
Grub legacy: Press ESC when it says you can

[DemanRisu]

afaik, the 8800GTS is more powerful than the 9600. I'd say it's more at the power level of a 9800GTX. The 9xxx line was just a rehash of the previous generation's technology with smaller chips.