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This page should be rewritten using ["BinaryDriverHowto/ATI"] as a model, with an emphasis on the differences in procedure and packages between the current driver and the legacy driver. These differences are in the package containing the kernel modules in addition to the package containing the Xorg modules.

= Installation Procedure =
The NVIDIA drivers are in the "restricted" section of the Ubuntu Package repository, so before you will be able to install the drivers, you must enable this section on your system. If you have already done this, skip to step 7.

 1. Select the '''System''' menu at the top of the screen.
 2. Select '''Administration''' then '''Synaptic Package Manager'''.
 3. In the package manager, select the '''Settings''' menu, then '''Repositories'''.
 4. In the '''Software Sources''' dialog that comes up, click the '''Add''' button.
 5. In the '''Edit Repository''' dialog, ensure that the '''Restricted copyright''' box is checked, then press '''OK'''.
 6. Press '''OK''' to close the '''Software Sources''' dialog, when Synaptic asks you to reload the package database, say yes.
 7. You now have access to the many additional packages in the '''restricted''' section, including the nvidia driver packages.
 8. Click the '''Search''' button and search for "nvidia".
 9. Once the search is complete, click the white box next to the following packages and select '''Mark for Installation''' in the menu that pops up:
   * Everybody should install:
     * nvidia-settings
       ~-(in Dapper nvidia-settings is already part of nvidia-glx)-~
   * If you have an older TNT, TNT2, TNT Ultra, GeForce1 or GeForce2 card:
     * nvidia-glx-legacy
   * Otherwise if you have a newer card:
     * nvidia-glx
 10. Press the '''Search''' button again and this time search for "linux-restricted-modules".
 11. Once the search is complete find '''linux-restricted-modules-386''' (or '''linux-restricted-modules-686''' '''linux-restricted-modules-k7''' if you are running the 686 or k7 kernel) in the list and mark it for installation the same way as before.
 10. Click the '''Apply''' button to install the new packages.
 11. Once Synaptic has finished applying your changes, exit the application.
 12. Select the '''Applications''' menu at the top of the screen, then '''Accessories''' and then '''Terminal'''.
 13. In the terminal window, type the following command to enable the driver:
  {{{sudo nvidia-glx-config enable}}}

 14. Close all your applications, then press '''Ctrl-Alt-Backspace''' to restart the X server. If you see an nVidia splashscreen after hitting '''Ctrl-Alt-Backspace''', your drivers are properly installed.

= Remove the nVidia logotype =
If you want to get rid of the nVidia logotype that shows up before your login screen you need to perform some manual edits in the Xorg configuration file.
 1. Select the '''Applications''' menu at the top of the screen, then '''Accessories''' and then '''Terminal'''.
 2. Type the following:
{{{sudo gedit /etc/X11/xorg.conf}}}
 3. Find the line Driver "nvidia" in the Device section
 4. Just after this line, add
{{{
Option "NoLogo"}}}
 5. Save the file and exit
 6. Close all your applications, then press '''Ctrl-Alt-Backspace''' to restart the X server. If the logotype is gone and everything seems to work you are done.

= Notes =

If you are going to compile 3d applications, you will want to install the '''nvidia-glx-dev''' package

'''Note''': If you wish to use these drivers and run the XMMS music player, you should be aware of [https://bugzilla.ubuntu.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1724 this bug (fixed at least in Breezy]. You can get around this bug by installing libmik.

'''Note''': Be sure to have the right version of linux-restricted-modules installed. It must match the version of the running kernel.

'''Note''': Render''''''Accel has a bug. Memory leak and crashes. Disable it in /etc/X11/xorg.conf in the section "Device".
{{{
Option "RenderAccel" "false"}}}

'''Note''': If you get an error while loading NVIDIA module try to rebuild module dependencies - in Terminal run :

{{{ sudo depmod }}}

'''Note''': '''nvidia-glx''' provides a utility called '''nvidia-xconfig''' which can configure many of these options, including enabling TwinView. This utility is provided by NVIDIA, not by Ubuntu. To see all the options, open a terminal window and type:

{{{ man xconfig }}}

'''Getting suspend to work with the binary driver:'''
See NvidiaLaptopBinaryDriverSuspend


For other drivers, refer to the BinaryDriverHowto
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