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| Thread ID: 66465 | 2006-02-24 01:40:00 | Nvidia Drivers on Ubuntu | Mirddes (10) | Press F1 |
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| 433287 | 2006-02-24 01:40:00 | ok so i downloaded the latest nvidia display drivers and followed the instructions on how to switch runlevels. then proceded to install the drivers. then it started saying some random crap abuot it not matching my kernal or something, and asked if i wanted to check teh ftp for one that matched, i said yes, it couldnt find one, it asked if i wanted to continue anyway, i said yes, it encounterd another error and said it woudl have to recompile (or something), i said sure, it then said it couldnt, and then failed. so i switched back to runlevel4. im irritated by this. anyone got a clue on how to install teh drivers correctly? note that this is basicly a fress install of ubuntu 5.04 cept i changed to a 'differnt kernel' by typing; sudo apt-get install linux-686 so that my computer woudl see my full gig of ram instead of like only 856MB not that my using this kernel shoudl make much difference since its for the p4 (ok ive got an athlonXP but its not like it shodul change matters much) -thanks- |
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| 433288 | 2006-02-25 21:11:00 | You need to download and install your kernel headers (linux-headers-686) so that the nVidia driver can compile against them. Each time you update your kernel, you will need to reinstall your nVidia driver as it is compiled for a specific kernel. Follow method 2 in this guide (ubuntuforums.org) |
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