Can't run X on new nVidia card and computer

[Peter Garrett]

On Wed, 22 Mar 2006 21:25:52 +0900
Dave M G <martin at autotelic.com> wrote:

> One, I'm not sure how to edit or do anything about my xorg.conf file, 
> if, indeed, that is the problem.
> 
> Two, although I got the latest Linux drivers from the nvidia web site, I 
> don't know how to get them on my new computer. If I put them on an SD 
> card (the new computer has an internal SD reader), or on a CD rom, when 
> I insert them, I can't find any reference to them in the /media/ 
> directory. Do I have to mount them or something? If so, how?
> 
> I'm a little lost here. Any help would be much appreciated.

Have you looked at

https://wiki.ubuntu.com/BinaryDriverHowto

and

https://wiki.ubuntu.com/BinaryDriverHowto/Nvidia    ?

There might be some good guidance there...

HTH

-- 
Peter Garrett