10.04 and nVidia

[Basil Chupin]

On 26/03/10 13:42, Fred A. Miller wrote:
> On 03/25/2010 09:33 PM, Marcelo Magno T. Sales wrote:
>    
>> Em Quinta-feira 25 Março 2010, Fred A. Miller escreveu:
>>
>>      
>>> After frequent attempts, it's apparent that Ubuntu beta1 is "busted"
>>> when it comes to at least some nVidia drivers. The error is that the
>>> system can't load the nVidia kernel module. This is a 64-bit box with
>>> a nVidia 6150 LE chipset. I updated after install but the system
>>> won't load the GUI once a nVidia driver is chosen.
>>>
>>> Fred
>>>
>>>        
>> After I installed nvidia drivers in Lucid, the nouveau driver would
>> always be loaded even if blacklisted. I had to remove it, then the
>> nvidia driver worked.
>> Well, sort of. The text consoles do not work (CTRL+ALT+Fx).
>> Also, if you are running gdm for graphical login, you may run into a
>> problem that causes X to restart if you press "2" or ENTER at the login
>> screen. This only happen once per system startup and after X is
>> restarted everything works fine. Removing plymouth eliminates this
>> problem.
>>
>>      
> I tried this also.....nada. It still can't load the nvidia module....the
> "173" is what I need.
>
> Fred
>    

You need to highlight the driver by making the button on the left green 
and then Activate the driver for it to be installed.

BC

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