Installing nVidia Drivers

[Peter Lieverdink]

Jose Luis Alarcon Sanchez wrote:
> On mar, 2005-11-15 at 14:45 -0900, John W Redelfs wrote:
> 
>>I just installed Ubuntu, and it is totally cool!  But I've hit a snag.
>> I've downloaded the latest nVidia driver for my graphics card onto my
>>Desktop, and I can get the install script to run using sudo in a
>>terminal.  But I get a screen saying it cannot find ld and to make
>>sure I have binutils installed and that ld is in the path.
>
>>How do I check to make sure I have binutils installed?  Where do I get
>>binutils if I don't haved it?  Can I use sudo from my user account to
>>install binutils?  Which directory do I install it in?  Can I use sudo
>>to put ld in the path?  What file do I edit, and where do I find it?

Noooo! It's pre-built, and contrary to popular belief, building your own
won't give you a speed increase.

>>Can you tell that I haven't done much with Linux lately?  It seems
>>like I've forgotten almost everything.  What is the quickest way for
>>me to get back up to speed?
>>
>>--
>>Your friend and brother,
>>John W. Redelfs, jredelfs at gmail.com
>>
> 
> Hi John.
> 
> Ubuntu "Breezy Badger" comes with gcc-4.0 by default, and you must to
> install the previous version, gcc-3.4.3, for get your Nvidia drivers
> working.
> 
> Another option for you is install the deb binary package, through
> apt-get, or Synaptic,

Indeed.

'sudo apt-get install linux-restricted-modules-$(uname -r) nvidia-glx'
'sudo nvidia-glx-conmfig enable'

And done.

- P.