Nvidia Display Driver

Putu Wiramaswara Widya initrunlevel0 at gmail.com
Thu Nov 12 07:24:49 UTC 2009


2009/11/12 wayan adjust <wayan.adjust at gmail.com>:
> Help Please,
>
> I have a problems with my display driver.
> I'm using nvidia gforce fx display adapter and gtc primera lcd monitor.
> since ubuntu 8.04 i can't use ubuntu live cd directly, my monitor always says "out of resolution"
> and i'm trying to install nvidia display drivers from nvidia website and ubuntu 8.04 run perfectly with 3d effect enable.
> But when i'm trying to use ubuntu 9.04 live cd, i can't install my display drivers, so i can't see
> my graphical desktop. When i'm trying to install my display driver from nvidia website, the installer
> says kernel source code doesn't match your current kernel version.
> I have tried this method:
> 1. cd to kernel source code
> 2. make prepare
> 3. make kernelversion
> 4. make kernelrelease
> 4. reinstall nvidia display driver
>
> but it dosn't work.

why you don't try to use proprietary hardware driver manager in
ubuntu? it's located on system > administration > hardware drivers
menu.

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