Nvidia driver, manual install

[sktsee]

On Sat, 14 Jul 2007 19:45:38 +0200, Cedric wrote:

> Hi All,
> 
> I want to manually install the nvidia video driver, so i have the newest 
> version. Installing the driver goes fine, and afterwards i can 
> edit /etc/X11/xorg.conf and restart the X server. Then i have accelerated 
> video.
> 
> But after i reboot i don't have a working configuration. It turns out the 
> kernel module is not the same version as the Xorg driver. Therefore i have to 
> run the following 2 commands after the system is booted in text mode:
> 
> sudo rmmod nvidia
> sudo insmod /lib/modules/2.6.20-16-generic/kernel/drivers/video/nvidia.ko
> startx
> 
> Could anybody tell me how i can completely disable the driver from kubuntu, so 
> the new driver is loaded?
> 
> Best regards,
> Cedric

Edit /etc/default/linux-restricted-modules-common and add the line:

DISABLED_MODULES="nv nvidia_new"

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