[ubuntu-uk] Nouveau

Ron Rhodes owdronrhodes at tiscali.co.uk
Wed Dec 1 10:41:43 GMT 2010


On 01/12/10 09:29, Colin Law wrote:
> On 1 December 2010 02:33, Ron Rhodes<owdronrhodes at tiscali.co.uk>  wrote:
>> On 30/11/10 18:20, danteashton at gmail.com wrote:
>>> To be honest, not really; it's referred to as NVIDIA-current by jockey...
>>>
>>> On 30 November 2010 17:26, Ron Rhodes<owdronrhodes at tiscali.co.uk>    wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 28/11/10 15:49, danteashton at gmail.com wrote:
>>>>> The problem is, I have no idea how to get into Ubuntu and install the
>>>>> driver. Nouveau leaves me with a failed X session (IE, at the command
>>>> line)
>>>>> and I've little idea how to install the driver through that. :P
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>> Do you know which nvidia driver you need to install? Knowing this will
>>>> assist in guiding you through the process.
>>>> Awaiting your reply.
>>>> Regards Ron.
>>>>
>> Assuming you are connected to the internet, at the command line prompt
>> type "apt-get install
>> nvidia-current" without the quotation marks and it should install.
>
> should that be
> sudo apt-get install nvidia-current
>
> Colin
>
Yes, my error, thanks Colin
Ron



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