NVIDIA : Download latest nvidia linux driver from *www.nvidia.com/object/unix.html
Here is the step by step how to install nvidia driver
1)
Backup your graphics config file -> (i.e. Xorg.conf file) to restore it later if anything goes wrong
2)
Install build-essential package -> Required to compile nVidia Driver
3)
Remove Default Ubuntu nvidia Driver/settings
4)
Install nVidia Driver Downloaded from their website( *www.nvidia.com/object/unix.html)
1) Backup xorg.conf
sudo cp /etc/X11/xorg.conf /etc/X11/xorg.conf_backup
2) Install Build Essential
Use either graphics or command line method of installation
Graphics Method:
Insert your “Gusty Gibbon” cd in cd-rom drive.This will prompt you to start package manager. Click yes to start synaptic package manager. Search for package build-essential and mark it for installtion. If somehow this method do not work then use command line way.
Command Line Method:
Insert your “Gusty Gibbon” cd in cd-rom drive if necessary and in terminal type:
[FONT=Courier New, monospace]sudo apt-cdrom add (will ask for Gusty Gibbon cd, click yes)[/FONT]
[FONT=Courier New, monospace]sudo apt-get update[/FONT]
[FONT=Courier New, monospace]sudo apt-get install build-essential[/FONT]
3) Remove Default Ubuntu nVidia Driver/Settings
Then open Terminal and type (You can also copy n paste these in terminal)
sudo apt-get --purge remove linux-restricted-modules-`uname -r` linux-restricted-modules-common nvidia-glx nvidia-settings nvidia-kernel-common
It will ask you to remove also several files (among which linux-386, etc.): answer Yes.
Remove the file manually:
sudo rm /etc/init.d/nvidia-*
NOTE: Don't worry if the system complains that the file cannot be removed.
4) Install nVidia Driver/Settings
This action is to be performed in text mode so it is advisable to note down all the steps if you can't remember them.Copy your downloaded driver to desktop. The file name is something like this “NVIDIA-Linux-x86-169.07.pkg1.run”. To install it you have to type “ sudo sh NVIDIA-Linux-x86-169.07.pkg1.run ”. No need to type whole file name just type first latter(in this case capital N) and press TAB to autocomplete the file name.
Note : Linux is case sensitive i.e. NVIDIA and nvidia are not same.
Let us come to actual installtion steps
Press CTRL-ALT-F1 (so as to get to the command line, not a windowed terminal, but out of the graphical interface GUI)
login with your username and password (if required) and type
sudo /etc/init.d/gdm stop (To stop “Graphics Device Manager”)
cd /home/cadcrazy/Desktop (Navigate to Desktop i.e. nvidia driver location)
Note: Replace cadcrazy with your user name and use capital d in Desktop
Start nvidia installer:
sudo sh NVIDIA-Linux-x86-169.07.pkg1.run
Note: File name may not be same as written above
Agree to license terms. Then it'll prompt you to search for “Precompiled Headers”. Choose no. It'll then compile the kernel.At last it'll ask you to configure your driver using nvidia-xconfig utility. Again choose yes.
Restart the login manager:
sudo /etc/init.d/gdm restart
In this way if anything goes wrong and you have problems with the xserver (i.e. if it doesn't start) you can type:
[FONT=Courier New, monospace]sudo cp /etc/X11/xorg.conf_backup /etc/X11/xorg.conf [/FONT]
NOTE: if you forget to backup your old xorg.conf or lost your old xorg.conf or that doesn't work type this:
[FONT=Courier New, monospace]dpkg-reconfigure -phigh xserver-xorg[/FONT]
Congratulations, you have installed the new nvidia driver!
