nvidia geforce 8400m g suppurt in 64 bit?

[James Takac]

On Friday 27 July 2007 12:42:24 Les Gray wrote:
> On Friday 27 July 2007 11:20:08 James Takac wrote:
> > Hi Guys
> >
> > Anyone had luck getting the above card going in the 64 bit version of
> > ubuntu?
>
> The place to look is the display driver archive in the linux driver section
> of nvidia.com. There is a 'supported products list' but it always seems to
> lag behind. Each new driver release shows which cards they added support
> for. The release notes for driver version 100.14.03 show this -
>
> Added support for GeForce 8600 GTS, GeForce 8600 GT, GeForce 8500 GT,
> GeForce 8400 GS, and GeForce 8300 GS
>
> I would say that your card is supported from this driver onwards. Even
> though the absolute *exact* model is slightly different, it's the series
> number (8800 8400 etc.) which matters more than anything. For instance, I
> have a 7950 GT, and this card was supported as soon as the 7900 series was
> (the 7950 GT is just a hotted up 7900).
>
> Trouble is, you won't be able to install this recent driver version from
> the Ubuntu repositories. You will need to build it yourself using the
> package available at nvidia.com . A widely used guide on how to do it is
> available at http://albertomilone.com/latest_nvidia_udsf_feisty.html .
>
> If you haven't done this before it can be a little daunting. Another option
> therefore is to wait until Gutsy comes out, which will have a recent nvidia
> driver that is more easily installed.

I actually tried the driver from their site. It wont install for some reason. 
Just looked at the installer log again and see something in their I missed 
b4, i.e. x-server was running. Can I kick myself LOL Currently the system is 
dloading the updates for the system and am about to go to work. So I'll have 
to try again when I get home around 11:30pm. Guessing may need to boot into 
recovery mode as I was unable to stop x last time I tried

James