Nvidia

Differences between revisions 4 and 5
⇤ ← Revision 4 as of 2005-08-01 08:18:02 →
Size: 1071
Editor: c-67-171-159-205
Comment:
← Revision 5 as of 2005-08-01 08:23:43 → ⇥
Size: 1215
Editor: c-67-171-159-205
Comment:
Deletions are marked like this. Additions are marked like this.
Line 6: Line 6:
 3. Log out of gnome, and log in again.  3. Log out of gnome, hit '''control-alt-backspace''', and log in again.
Line 8: Line 8:

If you see an nVidia splashscreen after hitting control-alt-backspace, your drivers are properly installed.

To enable support for nVidia graphics cards:

  1. Install the driver nvidia-glx using [https://www.ubuntulinux.org/wiki/SynapticHowto Synaptic].

    • System -> Administration -> Synaptic Package Manager

  2. Type nvidia-glx-config enable at a root terminal to enable it.

    • Applications -> System Tools -> Root Terminal

  3. Log out of gnome, hit control-alt-backspace, and log in again.

    • System -> Log Out

If you see an nVidia splashscreen after hitting control-alt-backspace, your drivers are properly installed.

Optional: The nvidia-settings package provides a control panel to configure graphics card options such as gamma correction.

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]. 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.

For other drivers, refer to the BinaryDriverHowto Part of UserDocumentation

BinaryDriverHowto/Nvidia (last edited 2008-08-06 16:22:27 by localhost)