NVidia driver problem

[Paul Gear]

en0f wrote:
> ...
> if it returns "nv":
> $ sed 's/nv/vesa/g' /etc/X11/xorg.conf

You're missing a -i after that sed command.  The above will just print
the file with nv changed to vesa.

> ...
> Now for getting the nvidia driver up & running:
> Either run envy as mentioned by James or download the nvidia binary
> driver's source from nvidia's website. Then create a kernel module and
> load the module by editing /etc/X11/xorg.conf to include "nvidia", add a
> line "nvidia" to /etc/modules too.
> 
> Graphical[1] and manual[2] method are also available if you want to
> follow them.
> 
> [1] https://help.ubuntu.com/community/NvidiaManual
> [2] https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BinaryDriverHowto/Nvidia

I would never compile it myself given that Ubuntu has a built-in tool to
handle this.  Go with option [2] (which is the graphical method, not the
manual one).

Paul
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